Claim: Big Bang released their first Japanese album in 2009.
Evidence: They would go on to release four more Japanese studio albums : Big Bang -LRB- 2009 -RRB- , Big Bang 2 -LRB- 2011 -RRB- , and the Japanese-language edition of Alive -LRB- 2012 -RRB- and Made Series -LRB- 2016 -RRB-.
Big Bang -LRB- another name : 1st Japanese Album -RRB- is the second studio Japanese album by South Korean boy band , Big Bang and was released on August 19 , 2009.