Puffy AmiYumi discography explained

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

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		JPN [5]	US World [6]
AmiYumi	Released: July 22, 1996 Label: Epic Records Japan	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	Released: June 28, 2006 Label: Kioon Music	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	Released: September 22, 2021 Label: Warner Music Japan	27	—

Compilation albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		JPN
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	Released: May 21, 2002 Label: Bar/None	—
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 (Japanese: 非脱力派宣言)	Released: April 6, 2016 Label: Warner Music Japan	14

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
		JPN [7]
"Asia no Junshin" (Japanese: アジアの純真)	1996	3	AmiYumi
"Kore ga Watashi no Ikiru Michi"		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
	2006	33	Splurge
"Tokyo I'm on My Way"		58
(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	—
		—	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	—
"Pathfinder"[11]	2021	—	The Puffy
"Sweet Sweet"[12]	2023	—
"Collage"[13]	2024	—

DVDs

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

• 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", for an opening theme and Ami Onuki's solo song, "Tadaima" 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 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: .
• 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 .
• 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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/million_list/1996.html. ja: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). Recording Industry Association of Japan. June 19, 2011. ja.
2. Web site: http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/million_list/1998.html. ja: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. July 19, 2011.
3. Web site: Puffy Special Interview. dead. Oricon. November 22, 2016. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20070102202458/http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/interview/061122_01.html. January 2, 2007.
4. Web site: Dennis A.. Smith. J-Ent! 50-page Special Feature: Puffy AmiYumi 15th Anniversary featuring interviews from 2000-2010. J-Ent. June 19, 2021.
5. Web site: 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 . ja. June 11, 2024.
6. Puffy AmiYumi Chart History: World Albums . Billboard . June 11, 2024.
7. Web site: https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/19838/products/single/. ja:PUFFYの作品 - シングル . Works by Puffy Single. Oricon News. ja . June 11, 2024.
8. Web site: 29 March 2017 . Bouken no dadada - Single by PUFFY . iTunes.
9. Web site: 7 December 2018 . Susume Nonsense - Single by Puffy. iTunes.
10. Web site: 28 July 2020 . ほうやれほ - Single by PUFFY . 22 May 2023 . music.apple.com.
11. Web site: Pathfinder . Amazon.
12. Web site: Sweet Sweet. Puffy AmiYumi Official Website. September 20, 2024. ja.
13. Web site: 10 Oct 2024 . Collage - Single by PUFFY . 5 Oct 2024 . amazon.jp.
14. Web site: Oricon Style: Clips. Oricon. 22 May 2023. ja.
15. Web site: Fun Clips Fun Club. 22 May 2023. ja.
16. Web site: Oricon Style: Tour! Puffy! Tour! 10 Final. Oricon. 22 May 2023. ja.
17. Web site: Sparks Go Go 15th Special Junk! Junk! Junk!. Oricon. 22 May 2023.
18. Web site: Sparks Go Go 20th Anniversary Special (Junk! Junk! Junk! 2010). Oricon. 22 May 2023. ja.
19. Web site: Episode #4.29 . IMDb. September 20, 2024.
20. Web site: YouTube. YouTube. Google, Inc.. August 16, 2022.
21. Web site: YouTube . YouTube. Google, Inc.. August 16, 2022.
22. Web site: Ami Onuki . .
23. Web site: Love Com . .
24. Web site: Female Pop Duo Puffy to Sing New Chibi Maruko-chan Anime's Ending Song. Anime News Network. Kadokawa Corporation. October 6, 2017. August 16, 2022.
25. Web site: Puffy AmiYumi Duo Guest Star on Chibi Maruko-chan Christmas Special - Interest. Anime News Network. Kadokawa Corporation. December 15, 2018. August 16, 2022.