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{{Short description|Japanese pop band}}
{{refimprove|date=September 2010}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = D-51<br/>ディー・ゴー・イチ
| image           =
| caption         =
| image_size      =
| alias           =
| origin          = [[Okinawa Prefecture]], [[Japan]]
| genre           = [[Japanese Pop]]
| years_active    = 2003&ndash;present
| label           = [[Pony Canyon]]
| associated_acts =
| website         = [http://d-51.jp/ D-51 Official Website] {{in lang|ja}}
| current_members = Yū Uezato<br/>Yasuhide Yoshida
| past_members    =
}}
{{nihongo|'''D-51'''|ディー・ゴー・イチ|Dī Gō Ichi}} is a Japanese [[pop music]] band. D-51 is group consisting of two men, Yu and Yasu. They are signed under [[Pony Canyon]] label. According to its members, the name D-51 came from [[Japanese National Railways]]' [[D51 steam locomotive]] class.
In 2005, they had their first big hit with the single ''[[No More Cry]]'', which peaked at no. 5 on [[Oricon]] charts and became the 13th best selling single of the year, selling 402,034 copies. In 2006, their single "Brand New World" was used as the sixth opening theme for the [[One Piece]] anime
==Members==
*Yu : born Yū Uezato (上里優 ''Uezato Yū'') on November 9, 1983 in [[Ginowan, Okinawa|Ginowan]], [[Okinawa Prefecture]], [[Japan]].
*Yasu : born Yasuhide Yoshida (吉田安英 ''Yoshida Yasuhide'') on April 6, 1982 in [[Naha, Okinawa|Naha]], Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
==Discography==
===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of singles, with selected chart positions
|-
! rowspan=2; style="width:2em;" |Year
! rowspan=2; style="width:20em;" | Title<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.d-51.jp/disco/15thsingle.php|title=D-51 - ディスコグラフィー|author=|date=|work=d-51.jp|accessdate=15 April 2015}}</ref>
! colspan=2; style="width:16em;" | [[Oricon]]<ref name="o-disco-singles">{{cite web | script-title=ja:D-51のシングル売上ランキング |trans-title=D-51 Single Rankings | url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/335419/rank/single/ |language=Japanese | work=[[Oricon]] | accessdate=April 15, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/335419/rank/single/p/2/|title = D-51のシングル売上ランキング 2ページ目}}</ref>
<!-- ADD LATER IF AVAILABLE
! rowspan=2; style="width:12em;" | Sales<ref name="sales">{{cite web | title=オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」 |trans-title=Oricon Ranking Information Service 'You Big Tree' | url=http://ranking.oricon.co.jp |language=Japanese | work=[[Oricon]] |subscription=yes | accessdate=May 21, 2014}}</ref>{{efn|group=upper-alpha|Sales provided by Oricon database and are rounded to the nearest thousand copies.}}
-->
! rowspan=2; style="width:10em;" | Album
|-
! style="width:6em;" | Peak<br>position
! style="width:6em;" | Weeks<br> charted
|-
| {{dts|2003|08|30|format=y}}
|align=left| "Let's Try"
| &ndash;
| &ndash;
|
|-
| {{dts|2004|07|07|format=y}}
|align=left| "Top of the Summer"
| &ndash;
| &ndash;
|
|-
| {{dts|2004|11|24|format=y}}
|align=left| "Dreamin' On"
| &ndash;
| &ndash;
|
|-
| {{dts|2005|02|02|format=y}}
|align=left| "No more cry"
| 2
| 28
| <!-- theme song for the [[Japanese television drama]] ''[[Gokusen 2]]'' -->
|-
| {{dts|2005|07|06|format=y}}
|align=left| "Hibiscus"<br>(ハイビスカス ''Haibisukasu'')
| &ndash;
| &ndash;
|
|-
| {{dts|2005|10|26|format=y}}
|align=left| "Always"
| 23
| 8
| <!-- (theme song for the movie ''[[Always Sanchōme no Yūhi]]'') -->
|-
| {{dts|2006|07|26|format=y}}
|align=left| "Brand New World"
| 15
| 11
| <!--sixth theme song for the [[anime]] series ''[[One Piece]]'' -->
|-
| {{dts|2006|11|29|format=y}}
|align=left| "Hajimaru"<br>(はじまる)
| 88
| 1
|
|-
| {{dts|2007|02|07|format=y}}
|align=left| "Forever Friends"
| 67
| 2
|
|-
| {{dts|2007|08|29|format=y}}
|align=left| "Stand Up!"
| 110
| 1
|
|-
| {{dts|2008|02|06|format=y}}
|align=left| "Sepia"<br>(セピア)
| 135
| 1
|<!-- fourth ending theme song for the [[anime]] series ''[[Blue Dragon]]'' -->
|-
| {{dts|2008|07|30|format=y}}
|align=left| "Travelers of Life"
| 85
| 2
|
|-
| {{dts|2009|02|04|format=y}}
|align=left| "Road"<br>(ロード)
| 172
| 1
|
|-
| {{dts|2009|10|28|format=y}}
|align=left| "Lady Don't Cry"
| 110
| 1
|
|-
| {{dts|2010|05|26|format=y}}
|align=left| "Familia"<br>(ファミリア)
| 50
| 3
| <!-- used as fifteenth ending song for the [[anime]] series ''[[Reborn!]]'' -->
|-
| {{dts|2012|10|17|format=y}}
|align=left| <br>(めぐり逢い)
| 148
| 1
|
|-
|}
===Albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of albums, with selected chart positions
|-
! rowspan=2; style="width:2em;" |Year
! rowspan=2; style="width:20em;" | Title<ref name="d-51.jp">{{cite web|url=http://www.d-51.jp/disco/minialbum2.php|title=D-51 - ディスコグラフィー|author=|date=|work=d-51.jp|accessdate=15 April 2015}}</ref>
! rowspan=2; | Catalogue <br/> Number <br/>(Japan)
! colspan=2; style="width:16em;"| [[Oricon]]<ref name="o-disco-albums">{{cite web | script-title=ja:D-51のアルバム売上ランキング |trans-title=D-51 Album Rankings | url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/335419/rank/album/ |language=Japanese | work=[[Oricon]] | accessdate=April 15, 2015}}</ref>
! rowspan=2 | Notes
<!-- ADD LATER IF AVAILABLE
! rowspan=2; style="width:12em;" | Sales<ref name="sales"/>{{efn|group=upper-alpha|Sales provided by Oricon database and are rounded to the nearest thousand copies.}}
-->
|-
! style="width:6em;"| Peak<br>position
! style="width:6em;"|  Weeks<br> charted
|-
| {{dts|2004|02|14|format=y}}
|align=left| ''Street Breeze''
| FLHO-101<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/335419/products/541334/1/|title=STREET BREEZE|author=|date=|work=ORICON STYLE|accessdate=15 April 2015}}</ref>
| &ndash;
| &ndash;
|
Mini-album<br>
Track listing:
#''Let's Try''
#''Lonely Saturday Night''
#''Crazy Love''
#''Dancin' in the Street''
#''Futari''
#''Let's Try'' (original [[karaoke]])
|-
| {{dts|2005|03|16|format=y}}
|align=left | ''Oneness''
| PCCA-02251
| &ndash;
| &ndash;
|
Track listing:
#''Top of the Summer''
#''No More Cry (Smile Power Mix)''
#''My favorite island'' (message)
#''Kaze no Melody'' (風のメロディー ''Melody of the Wind'')
#''Million Night''
#''Born singer×2'' (message)
#''Kibō Clap'' (希望クラップ ''Clap for Hope'')
#''Kōsotori'' (コウノトリ ''Stork'')
#''Life is music'' (message)
#''Believer''
#''Another Day''
#''Harmony''
#''We are ready!'' (message)
#''Let's Try'' (street band version)
|-
| {{dts|2006|03|15|format=y}}
|align=left| ''2gether''
| PCCA-02551
| 39
| 3
|
Track listing:
#''Shall We Nori Nori?'' (SHALL　WE　ノリノリ? ''Shall We Get Wild?'')
#''Dance Around''
#''Hibiscus'' (ハイビスカス ''Haibisukasu'')
#''Missing You''
#''Donna ni'' (どんなに ''How'')
#''Ore Tomo'' (オレトモ ''With Me'')
#''Survivor'' (サヴァイバー ''Savaibaa'') (Beat Patrol Mix)
#''[[Bacchanale]] Time'' (バッカナル TIME ''Bakkanaru Taimu'')
#''Anata e ~ A Song for You'' (あなたへ ～ A SONG FOR YOU ''To You ~ A Song for You'')
#''Hopeful Days''
#''Always''
|-
| {{dts|2007|02|28|format=y}}
|align=left| ''Mitsu Yoko Ichi Mura''<br>(三横一村 ''Three Sides, One Village'')
| PCCA-02951<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/335419/products/695587/1/|title=三横一村 &#124; D-51}}</ref>
| 108
| 2
|
Track listing:
#''Ohanami Shite~na'' (お花見して～な ''I wanna do [[Hanami]]...'')
#''3rd Time's Luck''
#''Hajimaru'' (はじまる ''Start'')
#''Forever Friends'' (album mix)
#''Ganbare'' (願晴れ ''Wish for Sun'')
#''Hadaka no Ōsama'' (裸の王様 ''The Naked King'')
#''No Work, No Holiday''
#''Last Scene'' (ラストシーン ''Rasuto Shiin'') (album mix)
#''Brand New World''
#''Stay with me'' (acoustic live recording)
#''Hopeful Days'' (acoustic live recording)
|-
| {{dts|2009|03|04|format=y}}
|align=left | ''Daisy''
| PCCA-03351<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/335419/products/801014/1/|title=Daisy &#124; D-51}}</ref>
| 296
| 1
|
Track listing:
#''Daisy''
#''The life is dramatic''
#''Road'' (ロード)
#''Manon'' (マノン)
#''and i love you''
#''Hitori ja nai'' (ひとりじゃない)
#''Love''
#''Another sky''
#''Play on!''
#''Travelers Of Life''
#''Fight'' (ファイト)
#''Kiseki wa deai mata sore he'' (奇跡は出会いまたそれへ)
#''LOVE SONG''
#''Tokyo'' (東京)
|-
| {{dts|2010|12|01|format=y}}
|align=left| ''Star''
| PCCA-03651<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/335419/products/890462/1/|title=Star &#124; D-51}}</ref>
| 271
| 1
|
Track listing:
#''GOLDEN TIME''
#''BEAT''
#''Lady Don't Cry''
#''Step & Go''
#''Hitorikiri no Christmas'' (ひとりきりのクリスマス)
#''Midnight Train''
#''Akogare'' (あこがれ)
#''fall in love''
#''Perfect World (FUJIMINO MIX)''
#''Tabidachi no Kaze'' (旅立ちの風)
#''Familia'' (ファミリア)
#''STAR''
|-
| {{dts|2008|12|06|format=y}}
|align=left| ''Best of D-51''
| PCCA-03251<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/335419/products/746615/1/|title=Best of D-51 &#124; D-51}}</ref>
| 50
| 3
|
Compilation album
Track listing:
#''Top of Summer''
#''Dreamin' on''
#''No More Cry''
#''Hibiscus'' (ハイビスカス ''Haibisukasu'')
#''Always''
#''Brand New World''
#''Hajimaru'' (はじまる ''Start'')
#''Forever Friends''
#''Stand Up !''
#''Sepia'' (セピア)
#''Great Man'' (Yasu solo)
#''Sayonara to Namida'' (さよならと涙 ''Goodbye and Tears'') (Yu solo)
#''Lonely Saturday Night''
#''Hikō Shōnen-ki'' (飛行少年紀 ''Flying Youth'')
#''Life''
|-
| {{dts|2011|12|07|format=y}}
| ''Yet The Earth Does Move''
| FLHO-106<ref name="d-51.jp"/>
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
|
Mini-album
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
* "'Brand New World'". (November 2006) ''Newtype USA''. p.&nbsp;118.
==External links==
* [http://www.d-51.jp/pc.html D-51 Official Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130119052909/http://www.d-51.jp/pc.html |date=2013-01-19 }} {{in lang|ja}}
* [http://ameblo.jp/d51blog/ D-51 Official Blog] {{in lang|ja}}
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[[Category:Japanese pop music groups]]
[[Category:Pony Canyon artists]]
[[Category:Musical groups from Okinawa Prefecture]]
[[Category:Japanese boy bands]]