Exile (Japanese band)

Exile
Exile in Taiwan in January 2020
Background information
Also known as	J Soul Brothers (1999–2001)
Origin	Tokyo, Japan
Genres	J-pop R&B dance house
Years active	2001–present
Labels	LDH Rhythm Zone
Spinoffs	J Soul Brothers Exile Tribe
Members	Exile Hiro Toshio Matsumoto Exile Makidai Exile Usa Exile Atsushi Exile Akira Exile Takahiro Kenchi Tachibana Exile Tetsuya Exile Nesmith Exile Shokichi Exile Naoto Naoki Kobayashi Takanori Iwata Alan Shirahama Sekai Taiki Sato
Past members	Shun Keiji Kuroki Mandy Sekiguchi
Website	exile.jp

Exile (stylized in all caps as EXILE) is a 17-member Japanese boy band. Hiro is the group's leader, who debuted as a member of Zoo under For Life Music, but Exile have released their singles and albums under Avex Group's label Rhythm Zone. Hiro and Avex's president Max Matsuura came from the same high school.^[1] In 2003, the six original members of Exile founded the management and entertainment company LDH which has debuted many successful groups and soloists ever since. Exile is the representative group of the company.

In total, they have sold over 15,600,000 albums.