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DASH!!
Origin	Japan
Years active	TBA
Genres	JPOP
Labels	Vision Factory
Members	Toshihiro Nobeyama, Naofumi Sakatani, Shunsuke Tanaka, Reiya Watanabe
Website(s)	n/a

DASH!! is a Japanese singing group consisting of 4 very young boys, under the Record of Vision Factory. They have still yet to debut though, since they have yet to Debut it is hard to find information about them

Contents 1 Biography 2 Members 2.1 Former Members 3 Discography 4 References 5 See also 6 External links

DASH!! is a four member dance and vocal unit who attended the Caless Vocal and Dance School in Osaka. Energetic dancers, they are the junior version of music group Lead, who also are part of Caless. DASH!! began their dancing career because they were inspired by their senpais, w-inds. and Lead. DASH!! were members of Heavy Rhythm [collaboration of many units (ex; SUGER, RAVE) but had their final performance on the 28th of August, 2006] and Vision Factory [since early 2004]. The dance instructor for this group is Taichi of Caless Dance Studio. Like Lead, DASH!! is a four MC group, meaning that all of them rap. DASH!! have many original songs, such as MILLIONAIRE, Memories, and SPECIAL DAYS, which was written by DASH!! themselves. In the very beginning, DASH!! was a four member group and went by the name DASH!. This unit consisted of Tsuyoshi Ikegawa, Shota Nishida, Toshihiro Nobeyama, and Shunsuke Tanaka. However, somewhere around early 2003, Nishida left while Ryo Tanaka and Naofumi Sakatani were added. By the end of 2003, there was yet another member change, and Ikegawa left DASH!. [He later became the leader of another unit, RAVE.] In early 2004 they were signed with Vision Factory, but they have still yet to debut. On March 2006, Reiya Watanabe left RAVE and was added to DASH!!. The last member change was on June of the same year; Ryo [the leader] left DASH!! in order to pursue high school in hopes of receiving a good education. Thus, Toshihiro was announced the new leader of DASH!!.

TOSHIHIRO NOBEYAMA
Known as: TOSHI
Kanji Name: 延山 信弘
Hiragana: のべやま　としひろ
DOB: May 17, 1991
Blood Type: O

Toshi Nobeyama is the new leader of DASH!! since Ryo Tanaka left in June 2006. Toshi's last name may also be pronounced "Nobuyama", it depends which region of Japan one comes from. He is one of the lead vocals for DASH!!, but also raps and dances. He was also a backup dancer for another group with Ryo (Yu-Ya) and has been a Bluecross model as well. He likes to wear hats and accessories, and enjoys Apollo (candy). Toshi is playful, but knows how to work hard when it comes down to it. Toshi's smile is to die for. One might compare his style to Shinya Taniuchi of Lead. Though his hair was originally black, sometime around April 2006 he died it a dark brown.

NAOFUMI SAKATANI
Known as: NAO
Kanji Name: 酒谷 尚史
Hiragana: さかたに　なおふみ
DOB: February 4, 1992
Blood Type: O

Nao Sakatani is one of the lead vocals for DASH!!, but, like Toshi, also raps and dances. He's very playful and loves to laugh all the time. Nao loves to write lyrics in his spare time -- he even has a folder to keep all of his papers for writing lyrics in! Aside from co-writing Special Days!, Nao also wrote First Love [on his own!] In his blogs, Nao likes to lie a lot, but reveals the truth before he has posted the blog. He will say something like "This is a baby picture of me." and then the next line he will say "Just kidding. I bought this folder." When Toshi dyed his hair to a dark brown, Nao stated in a blog that he liked it. Nao is an overall free spirit who loves to sing and dance.

SHUNSUKE TANAKA
Known as: SHUN
Kanji Name:田中 駿介
Hiragana: たなか　しゅんすけ
DOB: April 21, 1992
Blood Type: B

Shun Tanaka is the younger brother of Ryo Tanaka [formal leader]. He does backup vocal (chorus), rap, and dance for the group. Shun is very cheery, and one who aboslutely loves dance. One time (in a blog), he even said that the dance session that day was very tiring and dangerous, but it had been fun! He enojoys making jokes and hanging out with his friends. When he dances, he always has a determined expression on his face. Before, Reiya had gone to live with the Tanaka's. Shun's reaction was of pure glee because it meant that he had someone closer to his age to play games and to joke around with. He generally dislikes school, but when it comes to dance classes it's a different story. Once, in his blog, he wrote about school being his enemy.

REIYA WATANABE
Known as: REIYA
Kanji Name:渡辺 黎哉
Hiragana: わたなべ　れいや
DOB: December 15, 1992
Blood Type: Unknown

Reiya was originally in a group, RAVE, and was also part of the Heavy Rhythm Crew, but because of a member change, he is now the newest member of DASH!! He joined only on the 7th of March, 2006 [probably because of Ryo's planned departure]. Despite the fact that he is the youngest &newest member, he gets along well with the other DASH!! members. Reiya has also modeled along with the rest of RAVE some suits in the past. He has two dogs, Ringo and Azu, and is a free spirit. He tends to blog a lot and change words meant to be in hiragana into katakana a lot (mostlikely the equivalent of us typing in CAPS!) in order to show his excitement. He loves to take pictures of himself and uses these to post on his blogs. According to the rest of DASH!!, he can memorize dance steps quickly and is a fast-learner when it comes to songs.

Ryo Tanaka
Known as: RYO
Kanji Name: 田中 涼
Hiragana:たなか りょう
DOB: August 31, 1990
Blood Type: B

Ryo Tanaka was the leader of DASH!!. His job was to do the backup vocals, rap, and dance for DASH!!. He was also a backup dancer for another group. He is the older brother of member Shun Tanaka. In late 2005, Ryo was in the movie 少年と星と自転車 (Shonen to Hoshi to Jitensha -- The Boy, the star, and the Bicycle) which premiered at a festival held in Japan. Just like the other DASH!! members, Ryo has also been a model of Bluecross. He is very good friends with the other members of the Heavy Rhythm Crew and enjoys hanging out and speaking with them. He left DASH!! in June 2006 in order to go to High School. Ryo was very excited to go to Senior High, but stated that he thought it would be a bit lonely since he would be leaving his good friends in Middle school (DASH!! members). There are rumors that he might come back to DASH!! in two years, after he graduates.

Year	Song	Album
?	"MILLIONAIRE"	?
?	"Memories"	?
?	"Special Days"	?
Notes: Only known songs up to date.

• http://www.geocities.com/dashignition/

• List of bands from Japan

• Vision Factory