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Shonentai

Japanese male idol group
MusicGroup male_idol_group Q871072

Facts

18 properties
Instance of
male idol group
Award received
Golden Arrow Award[6]
Notable work
君だけに, Kamen Butōkai, デカメロン伝説, じれったいね[2][3][4][5]
Inception
1985[13]
Genre
pop music[7]
Country of origin
Japan[9]
Discography
Shonentai discography[8]
Has characteristic
idol group[15]
Has part(s)
Noriyuki Higashiyama, Kazukiyo Nishikiori, Katsuhide Uekusa[10][11][12]
Has parts
Noriyuki Higashiyama, Kazukiyo Nishikiori, Katsuhide Uekusa
Language used
Japanese[20]
Member count
3.0[18]
Name
少年隊[19]
Nickname
ショーネン[14]
Record label
Warner Music Japan (1985–1992), Pony Canyon (1993–1996), ELOV-Label (1997–2019)
Represented by
Smile-Up[16]
Start of work period
1981[17]
Work period start
1981
🏷️ Also known as
en Shonentai hu Shonentai hu Sónentai ja ジャニーズ少年隊 ja ショーネン ja しょうねんたい ja 少年隊 ko 소년대 th โชเนนไต zh-hans 少年队
🔖 Identifiers · 9
BabelNet ID
00564179n
Discogs artist ID
3487913
Freebase ID
/m/01sm9hj
Google Play Music artist ID (former scheme)
Ajfauhzcglb64aoencyl6uaibta
MusicBrainz artist ID
8f9098ec-f742-4f2a-b555-63573ad04d3b
Topic's main category
Wikidata item
Uta-net.com artist ID
2714
WhoSampled artist ID
Shonentai
YouTube playlist ID
PLm1-tEAUIIitE7AC1_jxSOL0hPjsyMTco

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🔗 Connections
Mb:performer of 22
PLAYZONE'99 Goodbye & Hello, ABC, BACKSTAGE PASS, BEST OF 少年隊, Magical 童謡 Tour, PLAYZONE2002 愛史, PLAYZONE2003 Vacation, PLAYZONE 2005 〜20th Anniversary〜 +14 more
Record label 3
Pony Canyon, Warner Music Japan, ELOV-Label
← Mb:member of band 3
Noriyuki Higashiyama, Kazukiyo Nishikiori, Katsuhide Uekusa
Has part(s) 2
Noriyuki Higashiyama, Kazukiyo Nishikiori
← Member of 2
Noriyuki Higashiyama, Kazukiyo Nishikiori
Award received 1
Golden Arrow Award
Country of origin 1
Japan
Genre 1
pop music
Language used 1
Japanese
Represented by 1
Smile-Up
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Summary

Shonentai is a male idol group[1].

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[21]

  • Country: JP[22]

  • Began / founded: 1981[23]

  • Genre(s): idol kayō, pop[24]

  • Community tags: boy band, idol kayō, pop[25]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 8f9098ec-f742-4f2a-b555-63573ad04d3b[26]

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Works and Contributions

Notable works include 君だけに[2], a single[27]; Kamen Butōkai[3], a single[28]; デカメロン伝説[4], a single[29]; and じれったいね[5], a single[30].

FAQs

What awards did Shonentai receive?

Honors received include Golden Arrow Award[6].

Related Entities

Japan Pony Canyon

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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