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Puffy AmiYumi discography
Puffy AmiYumi live at Japan Expo 2009 (Paris, France)
Studio albums14
Compilation albums8
Singles41
DVDs12

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]

Albums

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Studio albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions
JPN
[5] 		US
World
[6]
AmiYumi 3 —
Solo Solo
  • Released: August 6, 1997
  • Label: Epic Records Japan
 2 —
Jet CD
  • Released: April 4, 1998
  • Label: Epic Records Japan
 1 —
Fever*Fever
  • Released: June 23, 1999
  • Label: Epic Records Japan
 3 —
Spike
  • Released: October 12, 2000
  • Label: Epic Records Japan
 10 —
The Hit Parade
  • Released: October 24, 2002
  • Label: Epic Records Japan
 10 —
Nice
  • Released: January 22, 2003
  • Label: Epic Records Japan
 20 —
59
  • Released: March 31, 2004
  • Label: Epic Records Japan
 — —
Splurge 19 9
Honeycreeper
  • Released: September 26, 2007
  • Label: Kioon Music
 27 —
Puffy AmiYumi x Puffy
  • Released: March 25, 2009
  • Label: Kioon Music
 — —
Bring It!
  • Released: June 17, 2009
  • Label: Kioon Music
 17 —
Thank You
  • Released: March 9, 2011
  • Label: Kioon Music
 25 —
The Puffy 27 —

Compilation albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions
JPN
[5]
PRMX
  • Released: December 31, 1999
  • Label: Epic Records Japan
 28
The Very Best of Puffy/AmiYumi Jet Fever
  • Released: July 5, 2000
  • Label: Epic Records Japan
 2
An Illustrated History —
PRMX Turbo
  • Released: September 18, 2003
  • Label: Epic Records Japan
 —
Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi
  • Released: May 11, 2005
  • Label: Kioon Music
 49
Hit&Fun
  • Released: February 14, 2007
  • Label: Kioon Music
 9
15
  • Released: November 23, 2011
  • Label: Kioon Music
 21
20th Anniversary Best Album (非脱力派宣言)
  • Released: April 6, 2016
  • Label: Warner Music Japan
 14

Singles

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Title Year Peak chart positions Album
JPN
[7]
"Asia no Junshin" (アジアの純真) 1996 3 AmiYumi
"Kore ga Watashi no Ikiru Michi" (これが私の生きる道) 1 Jet CD
"Circuit no Musume" (サーキットの娘) 1997 1
"Nagisa ni Matsuwaru Et Cetera" (渚にまつわるエトセトラ) 1
"Mother/Nehorina hahorina" (Mother/ネホリーナハホリーナ) 5
"Ai no Shirushi" (愛のしるし) 1998 3
"Tararan/Puffy no Tōrmen" (たららん/パフィーのツアーメン) 4 Fever*Fever
"Puffy de Rumba" (パフィー de ルンバ) 14
"Nichiyōbi no Musume" (日曜日の娘) 1999 15
"Yume no tame ni" (夢のために) 12
"Umi e to/Pool Nite" (海へと/プールにて) 2000 15 Spike
"Boogie Woogie No. 5" (ブギウギ No.5) 22
"Atarashī hibi" (あたらしい日々) 2001 28 Nice
"Aoi Namida" (青い涙) 32 The Hit Parade
"Hurricane" (ハリケーン) 2002 36
"Akai Buranko/Planet Tokyo" (赤いブランコ/Planet Tokyo) 45 Nice
"Sunrise" 2004 34 59
"Hajimari no Uta/Nice Buddy" (はじまりのうた/ナイスバディ) 2005 33 Splurge
"Hi Hi" — Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi
"Mogura Like" (モグラライク, Mogura Raiku) 2006 33 Splurge
"Tokyo I'm on My Way" 58
"Hazumu Rhythm" (ハズムリズム, Hazumu Rizumu) (with Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra) 15 Hit&Fun
"Hataraku Otoko" (働く男) 41
"Boom Boom Beat" (Boom Boom Beat/お江戸流れ星IV) 2007 47 Honeycreeper
"Oriental Diamond/Kuchibiru Motion" (オリエンタル・ダイヤモンド/くちびるモーション) —
"All Because of You" 2008 34 Bring It!
"My Story" 44
"Hiyori Hime" (日和姫) 2009 38
"Dareka ga" (誰かが) 30 15
"R.G.W." 2010 44 Thank You!
"Happy Birthday" (ハッピーバースデイ) 2011 —
"Sweet Drops" 34 15
"Tomodachi no Wao!" (トモダチのわお！) 2012 — 20th Anniversary Best Album
"Datsu Dystopia" (脱ディストピア) 2013 —
"Himitsu no Gimme Cat 〜Ufufu Honto yo〜" (秘密のギミーキャット 〜うふふ 本当よ〜) 2014 —
"Colorful Wave Surfers" 2015 — Non-album single
"Puffypipoyama" (パフィピポ山, Pafīpipoyama) — The Puffy
"Bōken no Dadada"[8] (冒険のダダダ) 2017 —
"Susume Nonsense"[9] (すすめナンセンス) 2018 —
"Hō yare ho"[10] (ほうやれほ) 2020 — Non-album single
"Pathfinder"[11] 2021 — The Puffy
"Sweet Sweet"[12] 2023 —
"Collage"[13] 2024 — Non-album single

DVDs

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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 (July 5, 2000, and VHS) #15 [14]
  7. Puffy Spike Daisakusen (2001) - Concert footage
  8. Rolling Debut Revue - Canada USA Tour 2002 (2002)
  9. Fun Clips Fun Club (2005) #99 [15]
  10. Tour! Puffy! Tour! 10 Final (2006) # 168 [16]
  11. Sparks Go Go 15th Special Junk! Junk! Junk! (2006) #186 [17]
  12. Sparks Go Go 20th Anniversary Special (Junk! Junk! Junk! 2010) #58 [18]

Other works

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  • Hosted Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa-Puffy.
  • Appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on April 25, 2005.[19]
  • Played "Electric Beach Fever" and "That's the Way It Is" at Japan's New Year's Eve Countdown show (2005–2006).[20][21]
  • 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 AmiYumi's Solo Solo album, Yumi Yoshimura's solo song, "Kyōki na Futari" (lit. 'Perfect Couple'), for an opening theme and Ami Onuki's solo song, "Tadaima" (lit. 'I'm Home') for an ending theme were recorded for Fair, then Partly Piggy.
  • 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 "Big Appetite in Little Tokyo", the first episode of second season of What's New Scooby-Doo?.
  • "Hi Hi" was featured in Chilean telenovela Brujas.
  • "Asia no Junshin" was featured on the compilation album Japan For Sale Vol.1 and arcade game Taiko no Tatsujin 5.
  • "Atarashī 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 the eighth episode of the first season of Gossip Girl titled "Seventeen Candles".
  • "Kore ga Watashi no Ikiru Michi" was featured in Heroes episode called Genesis (first season, first episode). It was used in Donkey Konga 3. It also was used in the French/Japanese film Wasabi.[22]
  • "Ai no Shirushi" was featured in Japanese film Waterboys.[22] and Love Com.[23]
  • Recorded the opening theme "Hataraku Otoko" for Hataraki Man, originally by Unicorn.
  • Recorded the opening theme "Oh Edo Nagareboshi IV" for anime television series Oh! Edo Rocket.
  • Recorded the opening theme "Hiyori Hime" for Genji Monogatari Sennenki anime television series.
  • Recorded and covered "Wedding Bell", originally by Sugar, for Japanese drama Konkatsu!.
  • Recorded "Dareka ga" for Naruto Shippūden 3: Inheritors of the Will of Fire.
  • Recorded "Sweet Drop" for Bunny Drop film.
  • Recorded "Now Romantic" for CD compilation Yoshimoto Cover & Best (CD).
  • "Susume Nonsense" was recorded as the eleventh ending theme for Chibi Maruko-chan appearing for the first time in episode 1119 premiered on October 8, 2017.[24]
  • Performed "Koi no Vacance" song by The Peanuts for Chibi Maruko-chan 1995 Christmas Special premiered on December 23, 2018.[25]
  • Recorded a cover of "The Night Begins to Shine" for the ending of four-part special Teen Titans Go! based on the song, which was also included on the soundtrack CD.

References

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  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)] (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]. Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved July 19, 2011.
  3. ^ "Puffy Special Interview". Oricon (in Japanese). November 22, 2016. Archived from the original on January 2, 2007.
  4. ^ Smith, Dennis A. "J-Ent! 50-page Special Feature: Puffy AmiYumi 15th Anniversary featuring interviews from 2000-2010" (PDF). J-Ent. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
  5. ^ a b "PUFFYのランキング情報 - アルバム売上TOP18作品" [Puffy ranking information - Top 18 albums]. Oricon News (in Japanese). Retrieved June 11, 2024.
  6. ^ "Puffy AmiYumi Chart History: World Albums". Billboard. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
  7. ^ PUFFYの作品 - シングル [Works by Puffy | Single]. Oricon News (in Japanese). Retrieved June 11, 2024.
  8. ^ "Bouken no dadada - Single by PUFFY". iTunes. 29 March 2017.
  9. ^ "Susume Nonsense - Single by Puffy". iTunes. 7 December 2018.
  10. ^ "ほうやれほ - Single by PUFFY". 28 July 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2023 – via music.apple.com.
  11. ^ "Pathfinder". Amazon.
  12. ^ "Sweet Sweet". Puffy AmiYumi Official Website (in Japanese). Retrieved September 20, 2024.
  13. ^ "Collage - Single by PUFFY". 10 Oct 2024. Retrieved 5 Oct 2024 – via amazon.jp.
  14. ^ "Oricon Style: Clips". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  15. ^ "Fun Clips Fun Club" (in Japanese). Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  16. ^ "Oricon Style: Tour! Puffy! Tour! 10 Final". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  17. ^ "Sparks Go Go 15th Special Junk! Junk! Junk!". Oricon. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  18. ^ "Sparks Go Go 20th Anniversary Special (Junk! Junk! Junk! 2010)". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  19. ^ "Episode #4.29". IMDb. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
  20. ^ "YouTube". YouTube. Google, Inc. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
  21. ^ "YouTube". YouTube. Google, Inc. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
  22. ^ a b "Ami Onuki". IMDb.
  23. ^ "Love Com". IMDb.
  24. ^ "Female Pop Duo Puffy to Sing New Chibi Maruko-chan Anime's Ending Song". Anime News Network. Kadokawa Corporation. October 6, 2017. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
  25. ^ "Puffy AmiYumi Duo Guest Star on Chibi Maruko-chan Christmas Special - Interest". Anime News Network. Kadokawa Corporation. December 15, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
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