Black & White (AAA song)

AAA トリプル・エー
AAA in 2015 From left to right: Naoya Urata, Shinjiro Atae, Misako Uno, Mitsuhiro Hidaka, Chiaki Ito, Takahiro Nishijima and Shuta Sueyoshi
Background information
Origin	Japan
Genres	Pop, electronic, dance, eurobeat, techno, club
Years active	2005–present
Labels	Avex Trax
Website	www.avex.jp/aaa
Members	Takahiro Nishijima Misako Uno Naoya Urata Mitsuhiro Hidaka Shinjiro Atae Shuta Sueyoshi
Past members	Yukari Goto Chiaki Ito

AAA (トリプル・エー, Toripuru Ē, Triple A), a backronym for Attack All Around, is a 6-member Japanese pop group signed to the label Avex Trax which debuted in September 2005. The name has the meaning of challenging everything, and the group is marketed by their label as a "super performance unit".

The group was formed through Avex's auditions and originally consisted of five young men and three young women who had acted in commercials and had experience being back dancers for other Japanese stars, such as Ayumi Hamasaki and Ami Suzuki.

The information listed is according to their profiles, in official order.

AAA was originally planned to be a six-member group. Initially, it included the five male members Takahiro Nishijima, Naoya Urata, Shuta Sueyoshi, Shinjiro Atae, Mitsuhiro Hidaka, and Misako Uno as the only female member. Avex later decided to add two more female members, Yukari Goto then Chiaki Ito. All eight entered the agency through auditions and underwent training in the Avex Artist Academy, the record label's talent training facility. As the songs "Blood on Fire" and "Friday Party" were prepared before their debut for six members, the two girls are only heard in the refrain.

In April 2005, Avex officially announced the debut of the group with seven members (excluding Ito), and oldest member Urata as the leader. AAA officially started their activities as a group in May. On 15 June, Ito was added to the group. AAA debuted on 14 September that year with "Blood on Fire" and were received well due to the song being used as the theme song of the live action Initial-D movie.

In their debut year, they received the "Best Newcomer Award" at the 47th Japan Record Awards. From September to December they released a single each month plus a photobook and their very first album, Attack, in January 2006. With all the releases and promotional activities, the group did not have time to perform their songs live. However, as each of the singles tackled different genres, they did relatively well on the charts.