is a Japanese pop band formed in 1988, comprising

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(lead vocals) and

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(bass). Founding member Takahiro Nishikawa (keyboards) left in 2003 to pursue a solo career. Dreams Come True has sold more than 50 million records worldwide. Their fifth album, ''

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'' (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. Nakamura composed the music for the

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games '' Sonic the Hedgehog'' (1991) and ''

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'' (1992).

History

Vocalist

, bassist

, and keyboardist Takahiro Nishikawa formed Dreams Come True in 1988. The band is commonly known as DCT (Dreams Come True) and sometimes referred to as . Their first album sold more than one million copies in Japan. Their fifth, ''

'' (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. Nakamura composed the music for the

games '' Sonic the Hedgehog'' (1991) and ''

'' (1992). In 1993, Dreams Come True recorded "Winter Song" for the opening theme of the Japanese version of the film ''

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'' and the following year recorded the song "Eternity" for the animated film ''

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'' by

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. In Japan, they recorded theme songs for programs produced by

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hired the band to create themes for their television shows, and attractions at the

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. 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. Yoshida started a solo music career in 1995, and the following year appeared on the cover of ''Time''. She has also appeared in advertisements for

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, Shiseido, Lotte,

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, and

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. Nakamura was hired to compose the music for several television commercials, and around the same time compiled various Dreams Come True songs for

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to be used in the game ''

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'', a spin-off of the ''

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'' series. 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

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. They later signed with Virgin Music America and Toshiba-EMI in Japan, due to that label's promises to break the group into the American market—something Sony was unwilling to do. Their first album under the new contract, ''Sing Or Die'' (a title that half-jokingly described the band's relationship with their former label, according to Nakamura), was released in an English-language version, but received little promotion or airplay. Part of the failure of the Virgin-DCT relationship can be laid at the label's attempt to renovate the band into something the American audiences could relate to. Yoshida took the stage name "Miwa", Nakamura became "King Masa," but Nishikawa remained the same, and only received a passing mention on ''Sing or Die's'' liner notes. Musically, the album veered away from the classic DCT formula and deeper into the hip-hop dance theme begun on ''Delicious'' and ''Love Unlimited''. The combination was not well received by American audiences, nor DCT's legion of loyal Japanese fans. Dreams Come True left Virgin after the failure of ''Sing or Die''. Nishikawa departed in 2002 to pursue a solo career. Following Nishikawa's departure, he was arrested for assault and drug possession, but received a suspended sentence. After a second arrest for possession in 2006, he was sentenced to prison. Following 2001's ''Monkey Girl Odyssey'', DCT severed all ties with Virgin and Toshiba-EMI, and set up shop with Universal Music Japan. More recent albums such as ''The Love Rocks'' and ''And I Love You'' have returned to the classic DCT sound, and have been received more warmly. The band released one more English-language album on Universal called '' Love Overflows'', which were re-recorded versions of songs from '' Love Goes On'' to '' Monkey Girl Odyssey''. They have also been involved in charity events. Including the collaboration " Zero Landmine" with

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in 2001 to help raise funds for

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removal agencies, and taking part in the

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benefit concert in 2005. On November 12, 2008, their single "Tsuretette Tsuretette" was released. "Tsuretette Tsuretette" debuted a top on the Oricon weekly charts, nine years ten months since their last number-one single "Asa ga Mata Kuru". The song also appears on the band's most recent album, '' Do You Dreams Come True?.'' 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." Their

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and

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of their 20th Anniversary tour is one of the first concert videos to be filmed with the RED One high-definition camera. 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. In November of that same year, they released their 23rd album, ''Love Central,'' their second on Universal Music Japan's Nayutawave label. In 2016, they released their first complete greatest hits album, ''

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''.

Reception

In a 2006 survey of people between 10 and 49 years of age in Japan,

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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

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(1,606,780 copies), "Happy Happy Greeting" from Kinki Kids (608,790 copies), and " My Funny Valentine" by

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Band members

Current members *

– vocal, songwriter *

– bass guitar, composer,

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Former members * Takahiro Nishikawa – keyboards, synthesizer programmer (1988–2003)

Discography

Studio albums

*''Dreams Come True'' (1989) *'' Love Goes On...'' (1989) *''Wonder 3'' (1990) *''Million Kisses'' (1991) *''

'' (1992) *''Magic'' (1993) *''Delicious'' (1995) *'' Love Unlimited∞'' (1996) *''Sing or Die'' (1997) *''The Monster'' (1999) *''Monkey Girl Odyssey'' (2001) *''Diamond 15'' (2004) *'' The Love Rocks'' (2006) *''And I Love You'' (2007) *'' Do You Dreams Come True?'' (2009) *''Love Central'' (2010) *''Attack 25'' (2014) *''The Dream Quest'' (2017)

References

External links

Official website

Dreams Come True Garden

Dreams Come True Wonderland 2007 Official Site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dreams Come True (Band) Japanese co-ed groups Japanese pop music groups Japanese musical duos Universal Music Japan artists Sony Music Entertainment Japan artists Musical groups established in 1988 Musical groups from Tokyo Female-fronted musical groups Male–female musical duos