EXILE is a unit of the music collective EXILE TRIBE, and has been active since 1999. The group was originally called J Soul Brothers, but after numerous member changes, leader HIRO decided on “EXILE.”

In total, the group has had nineteen members—HIRO, Matsumoto Toshio, USA, MAKIDAI, and ATSUSHI have since retired. The remaining, active members are AKIRA, TAKAHIRO, Tachibana Kenchi, Kuroki Keiji, TETSUYA, NESMITH, SHOKICHI, NAOTO, Kobayashi Naoki, Iwata Takanori, Shirahama Alan, Sekiguchi Mandy, Sekai, and Sato Taiki.

EXILE has an extensive discography; the group has released eleven studio albums and six compilations of their best works. Of these seventeen albums, only two have peaked lower than the number one spot on Japan’s Oricon chart. The group has also had many singles that peaked at the top spot, such as “NEW HORIZON” from 2014, “EXILE PRIDE ~こんな世界を愛するため~” from 2013, and “ALL NIGHT LONG” from 2012.