Dreams Come True (band)

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Template:Nihongo is a Japanese pop band formed in 1988 by Miwa Yoshida (lead vocals), Masato Nakamura (bass) and Takahiro Nishikawa (keyboards). Nishikawa left in 2002 to pursue a solo career.

Dreams Come True has sold more than 50 million records worldwide.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Their fifth album, The Swinging Star (1992), was the first Japanese album to sell more than three million copies, and for several years was the highest-selling Japanese-language album of all time.<ref name=":0" /> Nakamura composed the music for the Sega Mega Drive games Sonic the Hedgehog (1991) and Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (1992). In 1998, Dreams Come True released the English-language album Sing or Die, which was a commercial failure in the west.

History

Dreams Come True was formed in 1988 by Miwa Yoshida (lead vocals), Masato Nakamura (bass) and Takahiro Nishikawa (keyboards).<ref name=":0">Template:Cite magazine</ref> The band is commonly known as DCT and sometimes referred to as Template:Nihongo. Their first album, Dreams Come True, sold more than one million copies in Japan.<ref name="riaj-sep1996">Template:Cite journal</ref> Their fifth, The Swinging Star (1992), was the first Japanese album to sell over three million copies, and for several years was the best-selling Japanese-language album of all time.<ref name=":0"/>

Nakamura composed the music for the Sega Mega Drive games Sonic the Hedgehog (1991) and Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (1992).<ref name=":1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 1993, Dreams Come True recorded "Winter Song" for the opening theme of the Japanese version<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> of the film Sleepless in Seattle<ref name="auto">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> and the following year recorded the song "Eternity" for the animated film The Swan Princess by New Line Cinema. In Japan, they recorded theme songs for programs produced by Tokyo Broadcasting System. The Walt Disney Company hired the band to create themes for their television shows and attractions at the Tokyo Disney Resort. In 2001, the band performed "Crystal Vine", the theme song for the Japanese version of Atlantis: The Lost Empire, and Yoshida performed the dub of Audrey Rocio Ramirez.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Yoshida started a solo music career in 1995, and the following year appeared on the cover of Time.<ref name="auto"/> She also appeared in advertisements for Sony, Visa, Honda, Shiseido, Lotte, Vodafone, and Coca-Cola. Nakamura was hired to compose the music for several television commercials, and around the same time compiled Dreams Come True songs for Konami to be used in the video game Dancing Stage featuring Dreams Come True.

On April 1, 1996, Dreams Come True released Love Unlimited, their final album for Sony Music. News of their departure caused Sony Music shares to drop severely on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 1997, they signed with Virgin Music America and Toshiba-EMI in Japan and attempted to break the into the American market. Their first album with Virgin, Sing or Die,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="moma">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> was released in English in 1998.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Yoshida took the stage name "Miwa" and Nakamura became "King Masa", but Nishikawa remained the same, and only received a passing mention on Sing or Die's liner notes.<ref name="moma" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The album was a commercial failure. According to The New York Times, the "brand of bright, uptempo pop just didn't hit the right chord with American listeners".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In The Washington Post, Mark Jenkins wrote that Sing or Die was "global pop in the worst sense ... this is music that aspires to the depth of advertising jingles".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Following 2001's Monkey Girl Odyssey, Dreams Come True severed ties with Virgin and Toshiba-EMI, and set up an independent label, DCT Records. It was the last work to credit Nishikawa.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ShujoPrime DCT">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Nishikawa departed in 2002 to pursue a solo career.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Following his departure, he was arrested for assault and drug possession and received a suspended sentence. After a second arrest for possession in 2006, he was sentenced to prison.<ref name="ShujoPrime DCT" /><ref name="matomedia">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Dreams Come True joined Universal Music Japan in 2003.<ref name="Last FM DCT">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> They released one more English-language album on Universal called Template:Ill in 2004, which were re-recorded versions of songs from Love Goes On to Template:Ill.<ref name="Last FM DCT" /> Albums such as The Love Rocks (2006)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and And I Love You (2007)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> returned to the classic Dreams Come True sound.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

On November 12, 2008, Dreams Come True released the single "Tsuretette Tsuretette. It debuted a top on the Oricon weekly charts, nine years ten months after their last number-one single, "Asa ga Mata Kuru".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The song also appears on the album Do You Dreams Come True?.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The album is available in three versions: A single disc version, containing the main album; a second that adds Greatest Hits: The Soul 2, a sequel to their 2000 greatest-hits package; and a third that adds a live DVD, "Winter Fantasia 2008."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Their DVD and Blu-ray of their 20th Anniversary tour is one of the first concert videos to be filmed with the "Red One" high-definition camera.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2010, they released their download only single "Godspeed", where the title is meant to be an even stronger wish of "Good Luck" for everyone to listen to it.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In November, they released their 23rd album, Love Central, their second on Universal Music Japan's Nayutawave label. Their song "Itoshi no Riley" is the Japanese theme song of Inside Out. The music video is sandwiched in between the Lava short and the actual film itself on the theatrical release.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2016, Dreams Come True released their first complete greatest hits album, Dreams Come True The Ura Best! Watashi Dake no Dorikamu.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In the tour event that the group celebrates around every 4 years, "Dreams Come True Wonderland", for the 2019 event, Nishikawa appeared as a surprise guest. Nakamura often visits Nishikawa at the bar he runs in Hokkaido, where he works as a DJ.<ref name="ShujoPrime DCT"/>

In September 2021, Dreams Come True released the single "Tsugi no Se~no! De - On the Green Hill", a new version of Nakamura's theme for Green Hill Zone from Sonic the Hedgehog.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

On July 2, 2025 it was announced that the group would be in charge of the TV Asahi drama The Big Chase: Tokyo SSBC Files theme song, named "Beacon".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Charity events and participation

DCT has been involved in charity events, including the collaboration work "Zero Landmine" with Ryuichi Sakamoto in 2001 to help raise funds for land mine removal agencies,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and taking part in the Live 8 benefit concert in 2005.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Reception

In a 2006 survey of people between 10 and 49 years of age in Japan, Oricon Style found the number-one selling song "Love Love Love" (2,488,630 copies) the second most popular Valentine's Day song in Japan. The most popular song was Sayuri Kokushō's 1986 debut single "Valentine Kiss", which sold only 317,000 copies. The other songs in the top five were "Valentine's Radio" from Yumi Matsutoya (1,606,780 copies), "Happy Happy Greeting" from Kinki Kids (608,790 copies), and "My Funny Valentine" by Miles Davis.<ref name="oricon-pop-valentine">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Band members

Current members

Former members

Discography

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Studio albums

See also

References

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