2011–2012: Formation and pre-debut In April 2011, Hiro of
Exile began forming Generations. The candidate members started their activities in the summer of 2011, with a major debut as their goal. In April 2012,
Alan Shirahama,
Ryota Katayose,
Ryuto Kazuhara,
Hayato Komori,
Reo Sano, and
Mandy Sekiguchi were announced to the public as official members. On 11 September 2012, it was announced that
Yuta Nakatsuka, who had been a support member for the group, would be added as an official member. Generations then made their major debut on 21 November, with the single "Brave It Out", which was used as theme song for the
NTV drama
Sugarless starring Alan Shirahama and Reo Sano.
2013–2014: Debut album: Generations In January 2013, the group changed their name from "Generations" to "GENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE" and released their second single titled "Animal" on 30 of the same month. On 15 May 2013, Generations released their 3rd single titled "Love You More" as their first ballad single, it was their first single to include an English version of their previous single as a bonus track, and the first to be released in the One Coin CD and Music Card formats. The single was used as theme song for
Samantha Thavasa CM "Samantha × Kawaii ×Art". On 10 July, Generations and
Sandaime J Soul Brothers released a collaborative single titled "Burning Up" as a part of
Exile Tribe releases, it topped the oricon weekly ranking and sold approximately 263,625 copies in its first week of release. On 13 November of the same year, they released their self-titled first original studio album, and achieved first place on the
Oricon charts for the first time, selling approximately 49,000 copies in its initial week of release. On 9 October, Generations released their 4th and last single of the year titled "Hot Shot", it sold 106,358 copies in its first week and ranked #2 on the
Oricon weekly charts becoming their best selling single until the release of "All for you" later on 2015. In January 2014, Hiro appointed Alan to be the leader of the group. On 23 April, the group released their 5th single, "Never Let You Go" and on 27 April, it was announced Alan and Mandy were two of five people who passed the final audition to join Exile as performers, making them currently members of both Exile and Generations. All members of Generations auditioned. On 3 September 2014, the group released their sixth single "Always with you", it was used as the theme song for the Japanese drama
Is There a Vet in the House? aired on
NTV and
YTV. In November 2014, Generations announced they would release a new album in February, followed by a nationwide tour as well as a world tour. The world tour was scheduled to take place in June, with stops in
Paris,
London,
Los Angeles,
New York,
Taipei, and
Hong Kong.
2015–2016: Generation Ex and Speedster On 26 January 2015, Generations was appointed as "2015 Hong Kong Tourism Goodwill Ambassador". On 16 September 2015, the group released their 10th single "All For You", which was used as theme song for the movie Girl's Step, starring
E-girls member
Anna Ishii. The single reached the #1 position on both the daily and weekly
Oricon charts, making this Generations' first #1 single. On 27 January 2016, the group released their 11th single "AGEHA" as their first single of the year, which later won best choreography The album sold 71,000 copies in its first week and topped the Oricon weekly ranking. From 23 April to 25 December, Generations went on their first nationwide Arena Tour
"Generations Live Tour 2016 "Speedster" for which they performed in 18 venues around Japan with a total of 41 performances. On 29 June 2016, the group released their 12th single and their second single of the year, titled which is their first ballad single with "no dance music video". The single sold 94,000 copies in its first week of release, and reached #1 position on the weekly
Oricon charts becoming their second #1 single after "All For You". On 16 November, Generations released their 13th single, "Pierrot" as their last single of the year. It debuted at number two on the
Oricon weekly singles chart and peaked at number 3 on
Billboard Japan Hot 100.
2017–2018: Mad Cyclone and United Journey On 17 April 2017, the group released their 14th single, , with its music video shot in Los Angeles. The song was chosen as the theme song for
Aoyama Prestige Technology "Lost and Found" TV CM and also to promote
Rohto Pharmaceutical "Oxy" with both CMs featuring the group's leader Alan Shirahama. On 17 May 2017, Generations went on their second world tour "Generations 2017 World Tour ～Speedster～" which was scheduled to take place in Taipei,
Taiwan,
Macau, Los Angeles, New York, London and as a last stop Paris on 2 and 4 June. However, due to the
Manchester terror attack, European live performances got cancelled. On 5 July 2017, the group's 4th studio album
Namida o Nagasenai Pierrot wa Taiyou mo Tsuki mo nai Sora o Miageta was released. The title is a reference to the album's tracks "Namida", "Pierrot" and "Taiyou mo Tsuki mo" and to the song which was chosen as the theme song for the movie "My brother loves me too much" starring Ryota and was also used to promote the album. It later peaked at number two on the
Oricon weekly chart selling more than 94,000 copies in its first week making it their best selling album before the release of their first best album. The group launched their second nationwide Arena Tour "Generations Live Tour 2017 Mad Cyclone", which started on 22 July and ended on 17 December with a total of 29 performances in 11 venues across Japan. On 27 September 2017, the group released the music video of their 15th single "
Big City Rodeo" which was announced to be released on 25 October. The song peaked at number two on
Oricon and
Billiboard Japan Hot 100 with estimated physical sales of 117,842 and digital sales of 3271. On 1 January 2018, Generations released their first best album titled
Best Generation, which include all singles and music videos since their debut up to "Big City Rodeo" plus their new song "Alright! Alright!". The album was released in a Japanese edition and an international edition and peaked at number two on the
Oricon weekly chart, selling more than 100,000 copies in the first week of its release. In March 2018, Generations collaborated for the first time with American fashion brand
Guess on a unisex capsule collection. In the same month, the group held their China tour "Generations China Tour 2018 ～Mad Cyclone～" which took place in
Shenzhen,
Beijing, and
Shanghai. In May, Generations launched their first dome tour "Generations Live Tour 2018 United Journey", performing from 12 May to 5 August in four dome venues:
Nagoya,
Osaka,
Fukuoka, and
Tokyo. The group released their 16th single "F.L.Y. BOYS F.L.Y. GIRLS" on 13 June 2018, which included as B-side tracks, "United Journey", the theme song of their dome tour, and the theme song for drama
Love Rerun starring actress
Anne Nakamura. The single peaked at number two on
Oricon and Billboard Japan Hot 100. On 31 October, the group released their seventeenth single as their first ballad single release in 2 years. In 29 November, Generations and
E-girls were chosen to promote the "Energy Project" by LDH martial arts by releasing 2 digital singles "G-ENERGY" and "EG-ENERGY", respectively.
2019: Shonen Chronicle and Battle of Tokyo On 26 May 2019, Generations announced on a live episode of their internet TV show
Generations High School TV that they would be releasing one single per month for 3 consecutive months starting in July. On the same episode, the group announced they will hold their first national five dome tour titled
Generations Live Tour 2019 "Shonen Chronicle" beginning 31 August at
Sapporo Dome and ending on 15 December in
Fukuoka Yahuoku Dome. 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 3 July. Accompanying the album release, the groups held a row of live performances from 4 to 7 July with the same name. The first single of their 3-month project, released on 17 July, is titled "Brand New Story", which was used as the theme song of the anime movie
Ride Your Wave in which Ryota voiced as the main character. To promote the single, a music video was released on 21 June featuring the members in animated form created by
Science Saru. The single included "Control Myself" as a B-side track, being the group's first original English song featuring
Mandy as a rapper. On 5 July 2019, during the second day of
Battle of Tokyo 〜Enter The Jr.Exile〜, it was announced that the second single of the project is titled "Dreamers". The music video was released on 31 July in a short drama format with a duration over 11 min, the story showcased different types of "dreamers" played by the members with each one being in a different type of situation, showing what they would possibly do if they were not part of Generations. Musically speaking, "Dreamers" is the first group's song with a simple acoustic guitar sound and a slow tempo. The single featured the B-side "A New Chronicle", the theme song of the group's dome tour, and was released on 28 August. On 31 August 2019, it was announced that the third single and the last of the project is titled "EXPerience Greatness", the capitalized words of the title make reference to EXPG (Exile Professional Gym) as the song was created with the intention of sharing dreams with students of EXPG STUDIO and to march forward with them. The single's music video was released on 11 September, showcasing about 2,000 EXPG STUDIO students in various scenes. On 3 October 2019, it was announced that Generations would release their fifth studio album titled
Shonen Chronicle on 21 November. It would include all tracks from their previous 3-month project alongside
Ryuto's first solo song "Nostalgie" and 2 new songs, "One in a Million -kiseki no yoru ni-", the theme song for the movie
Kiss Me at the Stroke of Midnight starring Ryota and "Shinsei", which was written by Ryuto and Alan's first work as a sound producer. The CD/DVD and CD/Blu-ray editions of the album included each member version of the "Dreamers" Music Video. On 14 November 2019, Generations made their first appearance on the
70th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen and the first in the
Reiwa period.
2020: Live×Online On 21 February 2020, it was revealed that the group would release their second collaboration with American fashion brand
Guess consisting of a new collection, lookbook and Pop-up in Tokyo. On 4 March 2020, Generations were selected as Japan & United Arab Emirates Goodwill Ambassadors. On 10 March 2020, the group unveiled their first single of the year titled "Hira Hira", which was released on 15 April. On 11 May, the group released a new digital song "You & I". From 18 April to 5 July, the group was scheduled to hold their dome tour Generations Perfect Live 2012▶2020, which would be part of LDH Perfect Year 2020: Season 2 "Imagination", but due to
COVID-19 pandemic, all performances were cancelled. In compensation, Generations held a series of
livestreamed concerts on the Japanese streaming platform
AbemaTV from July to December.
Live×Online "Generations" was held on 6 July, and
Live×Online Imagination "Generations" was held on 23 September. On 31 October, they held Generations Live×Online Infinity "Strange Halloween Night", and finally Generations Live×Online 2020 Ballad Best ~Orchestra Live~ on 27 December. On 27 September, it was announced that LDH Pictures' 4th Cinema fighters project "Kinou Yori Akaku Ashita Yori Aoku", which consists of six short films would feature 6 of Generations members as lead actors while Ryuto Kazuhara would be in charge of one of the theme songs, the project would be released in 2021. On 18 November, the group released their 24th single titled "Loading...", it includes their previous digitally released single" You & I", and "Star Traveling", the theme song of the movie
One in a Hundred Thousand starring Alan Shirahama. On December 31, the group appeared on the
71st NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen, performing for the second year in a row.
2021: Up & Down On 10 February, Generations released their first single of the year titled "Ame Nochi Hare" as the theme song of TV Asahi Saturday night drama ''Mokomi: She's a little weird''. On 18 April, a new album by Jr.Exile for the
Battle of Tokyo Project titled
Battle of Tokyo Time 4 Jr.Exile was announced to be released on 23 June, the songs by the individual groups and the collaboration song of Generations &
The Rampage were pre-released digitally from 19 April to 21 June, the music videos were released in a hybrid live-action/animated form, with this latter featuring the four groups' avatars. Moreover, the DVD Version included the concert video of "Battle Of Tokyo ~Enter The Jr.Exile~" held in Makuhari Messe in July 2019. On the first of May, the group released a new song titled "Hello! Halo!" digitally which was used as theme song for the
NHK ETV show
E Dance Academy. From 20 May to 2 June, Generations held a live tour titled
Generations Live×Offline "Loading...", the title makes reference to the Live×Online concerts held in 2020, with Offline meaning the resume of audience attendance. On the first day of the tour, the group announced their sixth album titled
Up & Down, which was released on 14 July. As a commemoration for the release, Generations held a special national event titled
Generations Love Post in hall venues from 5 September to 21 December. On 6 October, Generations released their 26th single titled "Unchained World" as the ending theme song for Netflix anime
Baki Hanma. Its CD single jacket illustration features the seven members of the unit, along with three characters from the anime - the protagonist Baki Hanma, Yujiro "Ogre" Hanma, and Biscuit Oliva. On 18 November, a premiere screening event & special live show was held for the 4th Cinema fighters project "Kinou Yori Akaku Ashita Yori Aoku" prior to the nationwide release on 26 November. Aside from the premiere screening event, the artists performed the theme songs of the films. On 22 December, the group released the tribute single "Generations from Exile" as a part of Exile's 20th anniversary celebration project "Exile Tribute", the single is the last of the four consecutive tribute singles releases by Jr.Exile groups. On 31 December, the group appeared on the 72nd NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen, performing for the third year in a row.
2022: Wonder Square On 11 March, the group held a live tour titled
Generations Live Tour 2022 "Wonder Square" with a 3-day opening concert at the Tokyo Dome. Generations revealed their first single of 2022 as the theme song for Fuji TV's drama "Teppachi!" starring Gekidan Exile's
Keita Machida, it included the track "Atarashii Sekai" previously streamed on 23 May, the single was released on 3 August in three editions.
2024: Member graduations On 30 April, 2024, Sekiguchi announced that he would be graduating from Generations as well as leaving his agency LDH to become independent. ==Members==