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#TOKIO26周年

As a small way to celebrate their anniversary, I'm listing one song I like from each year since debut and included a snippet of it.

(PS: I excluded single songs.)

(1994) 時代(TOKIO)をよろしく!
co-written by Leader
from Love You Only single

Go TOKIO, dash into the future!

(1995) Boku no Ojisan ~my uncle is a nice guy~
from Heart wo Migakukkyanai single

(1996) Ano Ko (娘?) wo Sagashite
from BLOWING album

Summer love?

(1997) 22sai
from WILD & MILD album

Please, 1997 Taichi was so pretty, help.
(Also, this song is a mood.)

(1998) Yakusoku no Basho ~Believe~
co-written by Tatsuya
from Graffiti album

Well, it gives the other party the space to move on, but still, person will wait on their promise.

(1999) Kimi to Mou Ichido...
written by Chobitto Foster (Taichi)
from 15minutes

short background: It's from a DASH segment where they try to find out if it's possible to release a CD just from earnings as street musicians! (one of my fave projects tbh)

(2000) Junk food wo Gyakushuu
from YESTERDAY & TODAY album

(2001) Symphonic
from 5AHEAD album

((Guuuuh I really love this song ))

(2002) Neighbor
written by Tom Nashville (Tomoya)
from GREEN single

(2003) Phonograph
from glider album

I wasn't able to include it in the cut, but I really love Leader's voice in this song Such a good song.

(2004) Julia (Piano version)
from Transistor G Girl single

A cover of their 1997 single Julia! I know I said singles not included but ahhhhhhh this cover is just too lovely to pass up.

(2005) Sunset, Sunrise
from ACT II album

A comfort song!!! Also love his MTV Unplugged perf of this

(2006) Reply
from Sorafune/do! do! do! single

My other fave is Starving Man from Harvest but ahhh I'm a sucker for songs like these.

(2007) Stardust Lover Orchestra
from SEISYuN single

(2008) Joushou Shikou
from Amagasa/Akireru Kurai Bokura wa Negaou single

That instrumentation, yes

(2009) Chikai
written by Leader
from Taiyou to Sabaku no Bara/Subeki Koto single

Lovely song

(2010) Period
from Advance/Mata Asa ga Kuru single

((Side note: I know the obvious pick for 2010 is either Everlasting or Robou no Hana..... but I think those are popular enough ))

(2011) PLUS
written by Leader
from Miageta Ryusei single

Leader's lyrics, really

(2012) Strobe
from Haneda Kuukou no Kiseki/KIBOU single

(2013) To be
from Tegami single

Here for that guitar riff and that singing
Also the lyrics!!!!!! Yes!!!!

(2014) Miagereba
written by Taichi
from LOVE, HOLIDAY single

(2015) Can we...
written by Tomoya
from Tokyo Drive single

Made with Lyric! Not exactly a byproduct but it was another song that was made along with it. (Was this song C? omg Tomo stans please educate me)

(2016) Jump
written by Taichi
from fragile single

((Is this really a Taichi song hahaha! Sounds like something Tomoya made!))

(2017) story
written by Taichi
from Kumo single


It's That Song.

(2018) Ayamegokoro
written by Kaoru (Mabo) and Shima-san (Leader)
from Shima Shigeko's Zaregoto single

There's a certain wistfulness to it? And Leader's voice, aaaaa! (I wish they made more songs like this hehe )

Extra!
(2004) Lion Heart
from TOK10 album

They did an a cappella version of SMAP's Lion Heart! Listen to iiiiiiit

Extra!
(2014) Kokoro
from Heart album

Okay, that's it for this mini-celebration! I'm so sorry for flooding your TL

I don't know what path will TOKIO take in the future, and I can only wish that they'd still be involved in music production. All the best (and love!) to them

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#TOKIOデビュー26周年おめでとう