OFFICIAL HIGE DANDISM

Official Hige Dandism (Official髭男dism), more commonly known as Higedan, is a Japanese pop-rock band from Matsue. It formed in June 2012 in Matsue, with members Satoshi Fujihara (藤原 聡) (vocals, percussion, keyboards), Daisuke Ozasa (小笹 大輔) (guitar, backing vocals), Makoto Narasaki (楢崎 誠) (bass, saxophone, backing vocals) and Masaki Matsūra (松浦 匡希) (drums, percussion, backing vocals). Author of 7 EPs designed, and notably Stand by You EP ( ranked #17 in Japan in 2018), Hello EP (#2 in 2020) and Mixed Nuts EP (#3), Official Hige Dandism has also released three very well-received albums in the local charts: Escaparade (#15 in 2018), and above all Traveler and Editorial, which both ranked #1, respectively in 2019 and 2021. Their top-ranked tracks include "Pretender" (no. 9 in 2019), "I Love..." (#5 in 2020), and "Hello" and "Universe " (#2 and #3 in 2021). In 2024, the band put the finishing touches to a fourth album, Rejoice, led by the single "Sharon" , which reached #44 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100.