Back Number

Japanese three-piece band (2004-)
Organization musical_group Q1960142
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Summary

Back Number is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,656 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • A notable work attributed to Back Number is 水平線 (back numberの曲)[3].
  • Back Number's instance of is recorded as musical group[4].
  • Back Number's genre is J-pop[5].
  • Back Number's genre is pop rock[6].
  • Back Number's record label is recorded as Universal Sigma[7].
  • Back Number's country of origin is recorded as Japan[8].
  • Back Number comprises Iyori Shimizu[9].
  • Back Number comprises Kazuya Kojima[10].
  • Back Number comprises Hisashi Kurihara[11].
  • Back Number's website account on is recorded as Line[12].
  • 2004 marks the founding of Back Number[13].
  • Back Number's location of formation is recorded as Gunma Prefecture[14].
  • Back Number's official website is recorded as https://backnumber.info/[15].
  • Back Number's official website is recorded as https://www.id-entertainment.co.jp/feature/backnumber_detail[16].
  • Back Number's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Back Number[17].
  • Back Number's topic has template is recorded as Template:Back number[18].
  • Back Number's represented by is recorded as id ENTERTAINMENT[19].
  • Back Number's start of work period is recorded as 2004[20].
  • Back Number's member count is recorded as {'unit': 'man', 'amount': '+3'}[21].
  • Back Number's language used is recorded as Japanese[22].
  • Back Number's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+447010'}[23].
  • Back Number's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+430639'}[24].
  • Back Number's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+457015'}[25].
  • Back Number's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+968000'}[26].
  • Back Number's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+490821'}[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Group[28]

  • Country: JP[29]

  • Began / founded: 2004[30]

  • Genre(s): j-rock, pop rock[31]

  • Community tags: j-rock, pop rock[32]

  • MusicBrainz ID: f35bfbe2-d30e-402c-9ac1-fa5f90b72ec2[33]

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Founding

2004 marks the founding of Back Number[13]. Its location of formation is recorded as Gunma Prefecture[14].

Why It Matters

Back Number ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,656 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [33] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10d ago · Yshrkwhr · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Isni → 0000000471046436
    Wikipedia languages → ['bn', 'en', 'id', 'ja', 'ko', 'ru', 'simple', 'th', 'zh']
    Wikidata description → Japanese three-piece band (2004-)
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Isni: 0000000471046436"
  2. 18w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14501 → 71284
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14501: 71284, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/291513674|back number (#291513674)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7967|DAM karaoke artist ra"
  3. 18w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of origin → Japan
    Inception → —
    Genre → J-pop, pop rock
    Work period start → —
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14494: 62615, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/291417688|back number (#291417688)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7955|JOYSOUND top 100 arti"
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