Puffy AmiYumi discography

The discography for Japanese pop/rock duo Puffy AmiYumi consists of 14 studio albums, 8 compilation albums, 2 remix albums, 12 video albums and 41 singles. Their first single Asia no Junshin became an instant hit in Japan where it sold more than a million records and help to catapult the group.^[1]Jet-CD is their most successful album (having sold more than a million copies only in Japan),^[2] Kore ga watashi no ikiru michi is their most successful single (having sold more than 1.5 million copies only in Japan).^[3] They have sold more than 15 million records worldwide.^[4]

Puffy AmiYumi discography
Puffy AmiYumi live at Japan Expo 2009 (Paris, France)
Studio albums	14
Compilation albums	8
Singles	41
DVDs	12

Albums

Studio albums

#	Information
1st Album	AmiYumi Released: July 22, 1996 Chart peak: #3^[5] Singles: "Asia no Junshin"
2nd Album	SoloSolo Released: August 6, 1997 Chart peak: #2^[6] Singles: "Honey (Onuki Ami)", "V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N (Yoshimura Yumi)"
3rd Album	Jet-CD Released: April 4, 1998 Chart peak: #1^[7] Singles: "Kore Ga Watashi no Ikiru Michi", "Circuit no Musume", "Nagisa ni Matsuwaru ET Cetera", "Mother/Neholina Haholina", "Ai no Shirushi"
4th Album	Fever*Fever Released: June 23, 1999 Chart peak: #3^[8] Singles: "Tararan", "Puffy de Rumba", "Nichiyoubi no Musume", "Yume no Tameni"
5th Album/1st N.A. Album	Spike Released: October 12, 2000 Chart peak: #10^[9] Singles: "Umi Eto", "Boogie Woogie No.5"
6th Album	Hit Parade Released: October 24, 2002 Chart peak: #10^[10] Singles: "Aoi Namida", "Hurricane"
7th Album/3rd N.A. Album	Nice Released: January 22, 2003 Chart peak: #20^[11] Singles: "Atarashii Hibi", "Akai Buranko"
8th Album	59 Released: March 31, 2004 Chart peak: #62^[12] Singles: "Sunrise"
9th Album/4th N.A. Album	Splurge Released: June 28, 2006 Chart peak: #19^[13] Singles: "Hajimari no Uta/Nice Buddy", "Mogura Like", "Tokyo I'm On My Way"
10th Album/5th N.A. Album	Honeycreeper Released: September 26, 2007 Chart peak: #27^[14] Singles: "Boom Boom Beat/Oh Edo NagareboshiIV", "Oriental Diamond/Kuchibiru Motion"
11th Album	PUFFY AMIYUMI x PUFFY Released: March 25. 2009 Chart peak: #97^[15] Singles:
12th Album/6th N.A. Album	Bring it! Released: June 17, 2009 Chart peak: #17^[16] Singles: "All Because of You", "My Story", "Hiyori Hime"
13th Album	Thank You Released: March 9, 2011 Chart peak: #25 ^[17] Singles: "R.G.W.", "Happy Birthday"
14th Album	The Puffy Released: September 22, 2021 Chart peak: #27^[18] Singles: TBD

Compilation albums

#	Information
1st album	Puffy Re-Mix Project released: 1999 chart peak: #28 ^[19]
2nd album	The Very Best of Puffy/AmiYumi Jet Fever released: 2000 chart peak: #2 ^[20]
3rd album	An Illustrated History released: 2002 chart peak: n/a
4th album	PRMX Turbo released: 2003 chart peak: #179 ^[21]
5th album	Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi released: 2004 chart peak: #49 ^[22]
6th album	Hit&Fun released: 2007 chart peak: #9 ^[23]
7th album	15 released: 2011 chart peak: n/a
8th album	20th Anniversary Best Album released: 2016 chart peak: n/a^[24]

Singles

1. "Asia no Junshin" (1996) #3^[25]
2. "Kore ga Watashi no Ikiru Michi" (1996) #1^[26]
3. "Circuit no Musume" (1997) #1^[27]
4. "Nagisa ni Matsuwaru etc." (1997) #1^[28]
5. "Mother/Nehorina Hahorina" (1997) #5^[29]
6. "Ai no shirushi" (1998) #3^[30]
7. "Tararan/Puffy no Tourmen" (1998) #4^[31]
8. "Puffy de Rumba" (1998) #14^[32]
9. "Nichiyobi no Musume" (1999) #15^[33]
10. "Yume no tame ni" (1999) #12^[34]
11. "Umi e to/Pool Nite" (2000) #15^[35]
12. "Boogie Woogie No. 5" (2000) #22^[36]
13. "Atarashii Hibi" (2001) #28^[37]
14. "Aoi Namida" (2001) #32^[38]
15. "Hurricane" (2002) #36^[39]
16. "Akai Buranko/Planet Tokyo" (2002) #45^[40]
17. "Sunrise" (2004) #24^[41]
18. "Hajimari no Uta/Nice Buddy" (2005) #33^[42]
19. "Hi Hi" (2005) #107^[43]
20. "Mogura Like" (2006) #35^[44]
21. "Tokyo I'm on My Way" (2006) #58^[45]
22. "Hazumu Rizumu" (2006) #15
23. "Hataraku Otoko" (2006) #41^[46]
24. "Boom Boom Beat/O Edo Nagareboshi IV " (2007) #47^[47]
25. "Oriental Diamond/Kuchibiru Motion " (2007) #55^[48]
26. "All Because Of You " (2008) #34^[49]
27. "My Story " (2008) #44^[50]
28. "Hiyori Hime " (2009) #38^[51]
29. "Dareka ga " (2009) #30^[52]
30. "R.G.W " (2010) #44^[53]
31. "Happy Birthday " (2011) #56^[54]
32. "Sweet Drops" (2011) #34^[55]
33. "Tomodachi no Wao!" (2012) #85^[56]
34. "Datsu Dystopia" (2013) #102^[57]
35. "Himitsu no Gimme Cat -Ufufu Honto yo-" (2014)
36. "Colorful Wave Surfers" (2015) ^[58]
37. "Puffypipoyama" (2015) ^[59]#62^{[citation needed]}
38. "Bouken no Dadada" (2017) ^[60]
39. "Susume Nonsense" (2018) ^[61]
40. "Hō yare ho" (2020) ^[62]
41. "Pathfinder" (2021) ^[63]

DVDs

The release date on DVD is in parentheses

1. RUN! PUFFY! RUN! 1996 (2000)
2. TOUR! PUFFY! TOUR! 1997 (2000)
3. Jet Tour '98 (2000)
4. Jet 1998 (2000) - Music videos, including Chinese version of "Kore ga Watashi no Ikiru Michi"
5. Fever*Fever 1999 (2000) - Concert footage from Fever Fever tour
6. CLIPS (2000.07.05 and VHS) #15 ^[64]
7. PUFFY SPIKE Daisakusen (2001) - Concert footage
8. Rolling Debut Revue - Canada USA Tour 2002 (2002)
9. Funclips Funclub (2005) #99 ^[65]
10. TOUR! PUFFY! TOUR! 10 Final (2006) # 168 ^[66]
11. Sparks Go Go 15th Special Junk! Junk! Junk! (2006) #186 ^[67]
12. Sparks Go Go 20th Anniversary Special (Junk! Junk! Junk! 2010) #58 ^[68]

Other works

• Hosted the Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa-Puffy show.
• Appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! (April 25, 2005).^[69]
• Played "Electric Beach Fever" and "That's the Way It Is" at Japan's New Year's Eve Countdown show (2005–2006).^[70][71]
• Recorded a version of Girls Just Wanna Have Fun with Cyndi Lauper on her album, The Body Acoustic.
• Recorded the Teen Titans theme song.
• Recorded the opening theme (Sunrise) for SD Gundam Force.
• Two songs from PUFFY's Solo Solo album, Yumi Yoshimura's solo song, Kyouki na Futari [Perfect Couple] for an opening theme and Ami Onuki's solo song, Tadaima [I'm Home] for an ending theme were recorded for Hare Tokidoki Buta (Tokyo Pig).
• Recorded the song Hito Natsu No Keiken on the Yamaguchi Momoe Tribute Album "Tribute Thank You For...".
• Recorded a cover version of the Guitar Wolf song Can-Nana Fever on a tribute album "I Love Guitar Wolf Very Much".
• Contributed backing vocals on Sayonara for an early American version and eventual Japanese version of Bleu's album Redhead.
• Friends Forever was featured on the Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed soundtrack.
• Urei was featured in What's New Scooby-Doo? episode called Big Appetite in Little Tokyo (second season, first episode).
• Hi Hi was featured in Chilean telenovela Brujas.
• Asia no junshin was featured on the compilation album Japan For Sale Vol.1.
• Asia no junshin was also featured in the arcade game Taiko no tatsujin 5.
• Atarashii hibi was featured on the compilation album Japan For Sale Vol.2.
• Hajimari no uta was featured on the compilations albums Jpop CD, Vol. 2 and Pikachu The Movie Song Best 1998-2008. It was also featured in Pokémon movie: Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew.
• Nice Buddy was featured in Gossip Girl episode called Seventeen Candles (first season, eighth episode).
• Kore ga watashi no ikiru michi was featured in Heroes episode called Genesis (first season, first episode).
• Kore ga watashi no ikiru michi was used in Donkey Konga 3.
• Kore ga watashi no ikiru michi (The Readymade Darlin' Of Discothèque Track) was used in French/Japanese movie Wasabi.^[72]
• Ai no shirushi was featured in Japanese movies Waterboys^[72] and Lovely Complex.^[73]
• Recorded the opening theme (Hataraku Otoko, Unicorn cover) for anime Hataraki Man.
• Recorded the opening theme (Oh Edo Nagareboshi IV) for anime Oh! Edo Rocket.
• Recorded the opening theme (Hiyori Hime) for anime Genji Monogatari Sennenki.
• Recorded the theme (Wedding Bell, Sugar cover) for Japanese drama Konkatsu!.
• Recorded the theme (Dareka ga) for movie Naruto Shippūden 3: Inheritors of the Will of Fire.
• Recorded the theme (Sweep Drops) for movie Usagi Drop (film).
• Recorded the song (Now Romantic) for CD compilation Yoshimoto Cover & Best (CD).
• Susume Nonsense was recorded as the eleventh ending theme for Chibi Maruko-chan (1995 series) appearing for the first time in episode 1119 premiered on October 8, 2017.^[74]
• Performed Koi no Vacance song by The Peanuts for Chibi Maruko-chan (1995 series) Christmas Special premiered on December 23, 2018.^[75]
• Recorded a cover of The Night Begins to Shine for the ending of the Teen Titans Go! 4-part special based on the song, which was also included on the soundtrack CD

References

1. 一般社団法人 日本レコード協会 > 各種統計 > その他のデータ > 年度別ミリオンセラー一覧 > 1996年 [(RIAJ - Statistics - Other Data - List of million-certified compact discs by year - 1996)]. riaj.or.jp (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved June 19, 2011.
2. 一般社団法人 日本レコード協会 > 各種統計 > その他のデータ > 年度別ミリオンセラー一覧 > 1998年 [(RIAJ - Statistics - Other Data - List of million-certified compact discs by year - 1998)]. riaj.or.jp (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved July 19, 2011.
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39. "Oricon Style: Hurricane". Retrieved 22 May 2023.
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41. "Oricon Style: Sunrise". Retrieved 22 May 2023.
42. "Oricon Style: Hajimari no Uta/Nice Buddy". Retrieved 22 May 2023.
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44. "Oricon Style: Mogura Like". Retrieved 22 May 2023.
45. "Oricon Style: Tokyo I'm on My Way". Retrieved 22 May 2023.
46. "Oricon Style: Hataraku Otoko". Retrieved 22 May 2023.
47. "Oricon Style: Boom Boom Beat/Oh Edo NagareboshiIV". Retrieved 22 May 2023.
48. "Oricon Style: Oriental Diamond/Kuchibiru Motion". Retrieved 22 May 2023.
49. "Oricon Style: All Because Of You". Retrieved 22 May 2023.
50. "Oricon Style: My Story". Retrieved 22 May 2023.
51. "Oricon Style: Hiyori Hime". Retrieved 22 May 2023.
52. "Oricon Style: Dareka Ga". Retrieved 22 May 2023.
53. "Oricon Style: R.G.W." Retrieved 22 May 2023.
54. "Oricon Style: Happy Birthday". Retrieved 22 May 2023.
55. "Oricon Style: Sweet Drops". Retrieved 22 May 2023.
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57. "Oricon Style: Datsu Dystopia". Retrieved 22 May 2023.
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