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unit

Toraji Haiji was a temporary idol unit formed in December 2004 by Taichi Kokubun of Tokio and Tsuyoshi Domoto of Kinki Kids. The unit was created to promote the 2005 comedy film ''Fantastipo'', which stars Kokubun and Domoto. Their first appearance as a un ...

for the film ''

Fantastipo is a 2005 Japanese film starring Tsuyoshi Domoto (Kinki Kids) and Taichi Kokubun (TOKIO). The theme song "Fantastipo" is sung by the special unit of the 2 lead actors Toraji Haiji. Story The film mainly revolves around two siblings; the mostly de ...

'', which stars the Toraji Haiji members. It was released on January 26, 2005. It is their first and only single. The song was written by Yōji Kubota and Akio Shimizu, and arranged by Chokkaku. "Fantastipo" is a 70's mirror ball disco number with a steady

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melody. Toraji Haiji performed the song for the first time on television on ''

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'' on January 21, 2005. The following week they performed on ''

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'' and ''

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''. "Fantastipo" was a commercial hit, selling over 200,000 copies in its first week, and debuting at number one on the

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. It charted for 25 weeks. In February 2005, the single was certified for Platinum by the

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for shipments of over 250,000 copies. "Fantastipo" sold over 420,000 copies by the end of the year and was the 9th best-selling single of 2005.

Track listing

Credits and personnel

* Toraji Koinobori (

Taichi Kokubun is a Japanese keyboardist and actor. He plays keyboard for Tokio, a Johnny & Associates musical group. Early life Taichi Kokubun was born in Higashikurume, Tokyo. Career As an artist Before debuting with Tokio, Kokubun, like other Tokio m ...

) – Vocals * Haiji Koinobori (

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) – Vocals * Chokkaku – Music programming, keyboards, guitar * Takeshi Taneda – Bass guitar * Rush by Takashi Kato – Strings * Masayuki Iwata – Chorus * Yukako Ichiki – Chorus

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