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The Rampage from Exile Tribe (Japanese: ザ・ランページ・フロム・エグザイル・トライブ, stylized as THE RAMPAGE from EXILE TRIBE and also known as The Rampage), is aJ-pop vocal and dance group formed and managed by talent agency LDH and signed to Avex's record label Rhythm Zone. The Rampage is part of the collective supergroup, Exile Tribe and is composed of sixteen members. The group was formed in 2014 and the members were chosen from Exile's Vocal Battle Audition 4, EXILE PERFORMER BATTLE AUDITION and GLOBAL JAPAN CHALLENGE auditions. The Rampage made their debut on January 2017 with the release of their first single "Lightning".

2014–2016: Pre-debut

On April 11, 2014, Exile Hiro announced on the TV show Sukkiri!! a new group being formed for EXILE TRIBE.

On September 12, 2014, the final sixteen members of The Rampage were recruited from participants of "EXILE PERFORMER BATTLE AUDITION", a competition to be part of EXILE, "VOCAL BATTLE AUDITION 4", a competition for young people who dream of being vocalists, and "GLOBAL JAPAN CHALLENGE", a program for young people who dream of performing internationally and form a dance and vocal group. The name of the group, "The Rampage (run about wildly)" shows that the group would always dance wildly and passionately on stage. Before debuting, they went on their Musha Shugyo, touring the country for 2 years as part of their training. They performed for free in various places in Japan. Through these performances, they bonded as a group, improved as performers and gained fans. As part of their Musha Shugyo, the group also participated in EXILE TRIBE's "EXILE TRIBE PERFECT YEAR LIVE TOUR TOWER OF WISH 2014 ~THE REVOLUTION~" dome tours. In their final year of Musha Shugyo, the group split up into 3 separate teams to promote and improve themselves more individually.

Prior to their debut, the members of the group (specifically the performers) also participated in tours from other LDH artists as support members, such as Exile The Second's tour EXILE THE SECOND LIVE TOUR 2016-2017 "WILD WILD WARRIORS".

On September 27, 2016, it was revealed the group would make their major debut with their first single in early 2017.

2017: Debut with Lightning and first tour

The Rampage debuted in January 25, 2017, with their first single "Lightning" peaking at #2 on the Oricon Weekly Charts and being certified 'Gold' by the RIAJ for selling 100,000 physical copies. The group received their first major award in the MTV Video Music Awards Japan for their "Lightning" music video.

In the following months of April and July The Rampage released their second and third single "FRONTIERS" and 'Dirty Disco' which peaked at #3 and #5 respectively.

In early November, The Rampage released their fourth single '100degrees'. The single reached #6 in the Oricon Weekly Charts and earned the group the 'New Wave Artist Award' at the Asia Artist Awards where they performed for the first time overseas. Later on December The Rampage embarked in their first tour ever THE RAMPAGE LIVE TOUR 2017-2018 "GO ON THE RAMPAGE" starting in December and scheduled to end in March 2018.

2018: Final dates of their first tour, singles and first album THE RAMPAGE

On April 25, 2018, the group released their 5th single "Fandango", followed by their 6th single "HARD HIT" on July 18. On August 13, 14, 16 and 17 the group held the final dates of their first tour, which got titled as THE RAMPAGE LIVE TOUR 2017-2018 "GO ON THE RAMPAGE" THE FINAL.

On September 12, 2018, the group released their first album THE RAMPAGE. On the same day, their second tour and first arena tour named THE RAMPAGE LIVE TOUR 2019 "THROW YA FIST", that would go through 2019, was announced.

2019-present: Second live tour, Battle of Tokyo and second album

The group's 7th single "Throw Ya Fist" was released on January 30, 2019, as the kickoff single for their second tour. From February 6 to May 26, the group went on their second tour The Rampage Live Tour 2019 "Throw Ya Fist", which was also their first arena tour in Japan.

In June 2019, the Battle of Tokyo project started, which includes all Jr.Exile groups. During this month those 4 groups released collaboration singles every week, until they released a full album titled "Battle of Tokyo 〜Enter the Jr.Exile〜" on July 3, 2019. Accompanying the album release, the groups held a row of live performances from July 4 to 7 with the same name.

On July 31, the group released their 8th single "Welcome 2 Paradise", with a music video shot at Paradise City in South Korea.

On August 8, it was announced that the group would release their 9th single "SWAG & PRIDE" on October 2, which is also used in the TV drama HiGH&LOW THE WORST EPISODE.O. and the movie HiGH&LOW: THE WORST. Shortly after on August 19, The Rampage announced their second album to be released on October 30. The CD/2DVD and CD/2Blu-ray versions would also include live footage of THE RAMPAGE LIVE TOUR 2019 "THROW YA FIST" concert at Saitama Super Arena.

On August 21, an event called THE RAMPAGE from EXILE TRIBE 5th Anniversary Special Event was announced for September 12, celebrating five years since the group's formation.

Albums

Singles

Pre-released digital singles

As featured artists

As a lead artists

As a participating group

As a supporting members

Dramas

TV Shows

Internet Programs

Radio

Music Videos

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