Official Hige Dandism — Official髭男dism
Japanese band formed in 2012 that made its major-label debut in 2018 with the single “ノーダウト”, first appeared on NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen in 2019 and held its first stadium tour in 2025.
In the catalogue: 1 work · 1 release of it
On this page
About the artist
OFFICIAL HIGE DANDISM (Official髭男dism), or HIGEDAN for short, is a Japanese band formed in 2012 whose members are 藤原聡 (vocals, piano), 小笹大輔 (guitar), 楢﨑誠 (bass, saxophone) and 松浦匡希 (drums). The band's name expresses the members' wish to keep making music that excites everyone with this same line-up, even once they reach an age suited to wearing beards.
On April 22, 2015, the band debuted with the mini-album “ラブとピースは君の中”. On April 11, 2018, its first full-length album, “エスカパレード”, and the single “ノーダウト” (“No Doubt”) were released on the same day; “ノーダウト” is the band's major-label debut single and the theme song of the Fuji TV Getsuku (Monday 9 p.m.) drama “コンフィデンスマンJP”.
In 2019, the band released the single “Pretender” (May 15) and then “Traveler” (October 9), its first album since its major-label debut. On December 31 that year, it made its first appearance on the 70th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen, performing “Pretender”. On February 12, 2020, “Official髭男dism one-man tour 2019＠日本武道館”, a video of the tour's Nippon Budokan show, was released. In June that year, Pony Canyon launched a new label, IRORI Records, and the band was among its first artists.
On August 18, 2021, the band released its second major-label album, “Editorial”, which includes “Cry Baby”, the opening theme of the TV anime “Tokyo Revengers”. In September that year, its first arena tour, “Official髭男dism one-man tour 2021-2022 -Editorial-”, opened at PIA ARENA MM in Yokohama; it ended on April 17, 2022, at the Matsue City General Gymnasium in the band's home prefecture of Shimane, after 48 shows attended by about 300,000 people. A video of the Saitama Super Arena show was released on October 5, 2022.
On June 22, 2022, the band released “ミックスナッツEP”, whose title song, “ミックスナッツ” (“Mixed Nuts”), is the opening theme of the TV anime “SPY×FAMILY”; on October 12, it digitally released “Subtitle”, the theme song of the TV drama “silent”. At the 37th Japan Gold Disc Award, announced by the Recording Industry Association of Japan on March 10, 2023, “ミックスナッツ” won Song of the Year by Streaming in the Japanese music category, and the band won six awards in all. The 74th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen on December 31, 2023, was the band's fourth appearance; it performed “Chessboard”, the set piece for the junior high school division of the 90th NHK National School Music Competition, together with singing videos submitted by junior high school students.
On May 7, 2024, radio stations across Japan broadcast “Official髭男dism Live at Radio”, a studio live performance by the band. In July that year, the band released its third major-label album, “Rejoice”; pre-ordering it within a set period earned an early-reservation bonus Blu-ray of that performance, “Official髭男dism Live at Radio”, with five songs: “日常”, “TATTOO”, “Chessboard”, “ミックスナッツ” and “SOULSOUP”. “Official髭男dism Arena Tour 2024 - Rejoice -”, a live video of the band's 2024 arena tour, was released on December 10, 2025.
On May 17 and 18, 2025, at Yanmar Stadium Nagai in Osaka, and on May 31 and June 1 at Nissan Stadium in Kanagawa, the band held its first stadium tour, “OFFICIAL HIGE DANDISM LIVE at STADIUM 2025”, drawing a total of 250,000 people to the four shows. A theatrical version of the tour was screened in Japan and abroad and drew 100,000 viewers; “OFFICIAL HIGE DANDISM LIVE at STADIUM 2025”, a complete live video of the final show at Nissan Stadium on June 1, was released on July 15, 2026. In 2025, cumulative streams of the band's songs in Japan passed 10 billion. On January 22, 2026, “FOUR-RE:ISM”, the fan club tour the band played as a four-piece at Zepp venues in five cities across Japan, ended at Zepp Nagoya.
In 2026, “エルダーフラワー” (“Elderflower”), the theme song of the film “人はなぜラブレターを書くのか”, and “スターダスト” (“Stardust”), the theme song of TBS's Sunday Theater drama “GIFT”, were released digitally on March 30 and April 13 respectively, and on April 22 they were released on CD as the double A-side single “スターダスト/エルダーフラワー”. From April that year, the band held a nationwide tour, “OFFICIAL HIGE DANDISM one-man tour 2026”. On August 29 and 30, its Asia tour, “OFFICIAL HIGE DANDISM ASIA TOUR 2026”, played two shows at the Taipei Arena, the band's second time performing in Taipei after 2024 and its first time performing there on two consecutive days.
Overview
- Formed
- June 7, 201214 yr to date
- Formed in
- Shimane Prefecture · Japan
- Career start
- First album · April 22, 2015
- Active
- April 22, 2015 – present11 years
