EXILE
Steered by the group's charismatic leader Hiro, 19-member Japanese pop unit
Exile (stylized as EXILE) formed in Tokyo in 1999 under the J Soul Brothers
moniker before taking up their current name in 2001. Their debut album Our Style
landed the following year, peaking at number five in Japan, and in 2003 the six
original members of Exile launched their own management and entertainment
company, LDH, putting out releases by an array of artists. Taking their
influence from R&B and glossy pop, the group scored their first Japanese
chart-topper with 2004 single "Real World" and in 2005...
