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. The group's final performance was on the January 2, 2009, New Year's Special episode of '' Quiz! Hexagon II''. The group's name comes from a mispronunciation of the word when it came up in a question on the show in mid-2007 (the word "''shūchishin''" was pronounced as by the members of the band). The group was disbanded in January 2009. Since then, Takeshi Tsuruno and Yusuke Kamiji have pursued solo musical careers, while Naoki Nokubo has returned to drama acting. Tsuruno has released two cover albums and released a single with another Hexagon Family vocal group, and Kamiji recording under the name "Yusuke" (written with different kanji than his legal name) has released three singles through the Sony Music Records label. The group also reunited to record a song with all of the Hexagon Family artists.

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Discography

Singles

As "Shuchishin"

# - April 9, 2008 #* The group's debut single only peaked at #2 on the Oricon's Weekly Charts from April 21 to May 12, 2008, but hit #1 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100, the Planet charts, the Sound Scan Japan charts, and the Music Station singles chart. It was the top selling single for the month of April 2008 on the Oricon's monthly charts, dropping to #3 in May, and was at #4 for the first half of the year, and #5 for 2008 on the Oricon's yearly charts. It reached #10 on the ''Billboard Japan'' Year-End Hot 100. The Recording Industry Association of Japan certified it as a Platinum record and a Triple Platinum

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ringtone. The song subsequently became the most requested song in

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parlors in Japan, followed by Yazima Beauty Salon's "Nihon no Mikata -Nevada Kara Kimashita-" and GReeeeN's " Kiseki". The song was subsequently covered in English by

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''. # - June 25, 2008 #* The group's second single peaked at #2 on the Oricon's Weekly Charts and the Billboard Japan Hot 100, #2 for the month of July on the Oricon's Monthly Charts, and #16 on the Oricon's Yearly Charts. The RIAJ certified it as a Platinum record and a Double Platinum ringtone. # - December 10, 2008 #* This Christmas song is the group's only #1 single on the Oricon's Weekly Charts, reaching #1 on December 22, 2008. The song is coupled with , a solo by Tsuruno performing as .

As "Aladdin"

# - July 30, 2008 #* This single was a collaboration with Pabo (whose name comes from the Korean word "''pabo''" translated as "fool"), a female trio consisting of

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, Suzanne, and

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, who are also involved with ''Quiz! Hexagon II'', under the name . The song peaked at #2 on the Oricon Weekly Charts and the Hot 100, becoming the #3 selling single for the month of August 2008 and the #20 song of 2008 on the Oricon's charts. The RIAJ also certified "Hi wa, Mata Noboru" as a Platinum record.

Albums

* - October 22, 2008 ** ''We Love Hexagon'' is a compilation album of the various groups involved with ''Quiz! Hexagon II'' and "Shuchishin", "Nakanai de", and "Hi wa, Mata Noboru" are all included. Shuchishin also recorded a cover of RYOEI's and a cover of Shin Kōda's as a secret track for the album. The album charted at #1 on November 3, 2008, on the Oricon's Weekly Charts, #1 for the month of November on its Monthly Charts, and #24 for the year on the Yearly Charts. It was also certified as a Platinum Album in October and then Double Platinum in November. The group also performed on the album as on a cover of AIR BAND's and Tsuruno with Pabo's

performed as on a cover of misono & hiroshi's . * - October 21, 2009 ** ''We Love Hexagon 2009'' is the follow-up to ''We Love Hexagon'' consisting of tracks released over the 2009 season on ''Quiz! Hexagon II''. Shuchishin's "Yowamushi Santa" was included as part of the album. Takeshi Tsuruno also became a part of the group Friends with

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, and their song was included on the album. "Naite mo Ii Desu ka" was also recorded by the entire Hexagon Family (including Tsuruno, Kamiji, and Nokubo) as the , and a version performed live with the show's audience was included on the album. The ''2009'' album peaked at #2 on the Oricon Weekly Album Charts. * - November 17, 2010 **''We Love Hexagon 2010'' is the follow up to the ''2009'' edition. A remix of "Shuchishin" called the "Shame Remix 2010" is included on a limited edition bonus disk. Tsuruno is also featured on the album as a member of Friends and Tsubasa singing "Dear Friends -Tomo e-" and "Bokura ni wa Tsubasa ga Aru ~Mata Aou~".

Parody

Shuchishin and their debut single's popularity also spawned the parodic group consisting of owarai comedians Hiroshi Yamamoto of

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( represented by ), Takushi Tanaka of

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( represented by ). Hisokan released their own self-titled single on August 27, 2008, which peaked at #5 on the Oricon's Weekly Charts on September 8, 2008.

Gold Disc Awards

For the 23rd

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, Shuchishin won "New Artist of the Year", was included as one of "The Best 10 New Artists" twice (once as Aladdin and once as Shuchishin), and ''We Love Hexagon'' won "Project Album of the Year".

References

External links

Official website

Profile
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