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Momoko Tsugunaga
is a Japanese former singer, actress, and radio personality. Tsugunaga joined Hello! Project as a member of Hello! Project Kids at the age of 10 and later became part of the girl groups Berryz Kobo and Buono! Following Berryz Kobo's hiatus, she became the playing manager of Country Girls. In 2017, Tsugunaga retired from entertainment to become a kindergarten teacher. Career 2002–2004: Hello! Project Kids and ZYX In 2002, Tsugunaga auditioned for Hello! Project Kids with the song "Koi wo Shicchaimashita!" by Tanpopo. Her audition tape was aired on Morning Musume's variety show ''Hello! Morning''. She was placed in the group with 14 other girls. In the same year, she starred in the movie ''Koinu Dan no Monogatari'' as the main character, Mao Morishita. In 2003, Tsugunaga appeared in the music video for Miki Fujimoto's " Boogie Train '03." She also became a member of the subgroup ZYX along with Mari Yaguchi from Morning Musume, Erika Umeda, Maimi Yajima, Saki Shimizu, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics Statistics (from German language, German: ', "description of a State (polity), state, a country") is the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data. In applying statistics to a s ... and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc. was originally set up as a subsidiary of Original Confidence and took over the latter's Oricon record charts in April 2002. The charts are compiled from data drawn from some 39,700 retail outlets () and provide sales rankings of music CDs, DVDs, electronic games, and other entertainment products based on weekly tabulations. Results are announced every Tuesday and published in ''Oricon Style'' by subsidiary Oricon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miki Fujimoto
(born February 26, 1985), professionally known by her birth name of , and nicknamed Mikitty, is a Japanese actress, singer and YouTuber. After failing the audition to join girl group Morning Musume with the fourth generation members, Fujimoto debuted as a solo artist within Hello! Project in 2002 with the single " Aenai Nagai Nichiyōbi". Fujimoto later joined Morning Musume in 2003 along with the sixth generation and eventually became the leader of the group in 2007. Early life Fujimoto was born and raised in the Takikawa area of Hokkaidō, Japan. She is the youngest of four children: she has an older brother (who won a defamation case alongside Fujimoto in 2009), and two older sisters. Her father died on November 10, 2010. Career Early work: 2002–2003 Fujimoto originally started out as a solo singer in 2002 under the idol family Hello! Project, becoming the first of six members to debut under Hello! Project after losing a Morning Musume audition. She is often called by f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shugo Chara!
, also known as ''My Guardian Characters'', is a Japanese shōjo manga, ''shōjo'' manga series created by the Mangaka, manga author duo, Peach-Pit (manga artist duo), Peach-Pit. The story centers on elementary school girl Amu Hinamori, whose popular exterior, referred to as "cool and spicy" by her classmates, contrasts with her introverted personality. When Amu wishes for the courage to be reborn as her would-be self, she is surprised to find three colorful eggs the next morning, which hatch into three Guardian Characters: Ran, Miki, and Su. ''Shugo Chara!'' is serialized in the magazine ''Nakayoshi'' and published by Kodansha in Japan. Del Rey Manga, Del Rey has licensed the English language manga rights, releasing the first volume on March 27, 2007. It won the 2008 Kodansha Manga Award for best children's manga. ''Shugo Chara!'' has also been adapted into a fifty-one episode anime television series of the same title produced by Satelight under the direction of Kenji Ya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cute (Japanese Idol Group)
, was a Japanese girl group associated with Hello! Project and produced by Tsunku. Cute consisted of Maimi Yajima, Saki Nakajima (singer), Saki Nakajima, Airi Suzuki, Chisato Okai, and Mai Hagiwara, who were all members of Hello! Project Kids prior to the group's formation. The original member line-up also consisted of fellow Hello! Project Kids members Megumi Murakami and Erika Umeda, as well as Kanna Arihara (a member of Hello Pro Kenshusei, Hello Pro Egg, Hello! Project's trainee group), prior to their departure. After releasing a string of independent hits, Cute made its major label, major debut in 2007 with "Sakura Chirari" and that year won the Japan Record Award for Best New Artist. In 2008, the group was nominated for the main Japan Record Award, the Grand Prix, its song being named one of the year's best songs. All of the group's major label, major-label single (music), singles debuted in the top 10 of the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart. History 2002–2004: Formation an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Airi Suzuki
is a Japanese singer, actress, model, and radio personality associated with Up-Front Works. In 2002, she joined Hello! Project as a member of Hello! Project Kids and later debuted as the lead vocalist of the Japanese idol girl group Cute (Japanese idol group), Cute in 2005. Throughout her singing career, Suzuki also became a vocalist for the girl group Buono! From June 2015 onwards, she became an exclusive model for the fashion magazine ''Ray''. After Cute and Buono! disbanded in 2017, Suzuki left Hello! Project and debuted as a solo singer with the album ''Do Me a Favor'', with "Distance" as its lead track. Career 2002–2005: Hello! Project Kids, 4Kids, and Aa! Having taken singing lessons since kindergarten, in 2002, Suzuki auditioned for Hello! Project Kids with the song "Kimochi wa Tsutawaru" by BoA. Her audition tape was aired on Morning Musume's variety show ''Hello! Morning''. She was placed in the group with 14 other girls. She made her first appearance as an angel i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miyabi Natsuyaki
is a Japanese singer. Her career began in 2002 when she passed the audition for Hello! Project Kids, an all-female child pop group under Hello! Project. She continued to sing in that group and became a part of four smaller groups composed of Hello! Project Kids members— Aa!, Sexy Otonajan, Buono! and Berryz Kobo. She was the sub-captain of Berryz Kobo until their indefinite hiatus in 2015. She became a member of female pop band PINK CRES. (Pink Crescendo). Career 2002–2004: Hello! Project Kids In 2002, Natsuyaki successfully passed the Hello! Project Kids' Audition alongside other members of Berryz Kobo. As a member of Berryz Kobo, she participated in the band's weekly radio show ''Berryz Kobo Kiritsu! Rei! Chakuseki!''. That same year, she was cast in ''Koinu Dan no Monogatari'', however she did not have a large part due to her age. Many members of Hello! Project Kids and Morning Musume participated in this film. In 2004, Hello! Project participated in a large shuf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cha Cha Sing
"Cha Cha Sing" (stylized as "cha cha SING") is the 29th single by the Japanese female Japanese idol, idol group Berryz Kobo, released in Japan on July 25, 2012. Background The single was released in four versions: Limited Edition A, Limited Edition B, Limited Edition C, and Regular Edition. Each edition has a different cover. All the limited editions were shipped sealed and included a serial-numbered entry card for the lottery to win a ticket to one of the single's launch events. The limited editions A and B included a bonus DVD: Limited Edition A DVD contained the "Cha Cha Sing (Dance Shot Ver.)" music video, Limited Edition B — "Cha Cha Sing (Close-up Berry Kobo Ver.)". The title track "Cha Cha Sing" is a cover of the song "Row Mah Sing" (; ) by popular Thailand, Thai singer Bird Thongchai, and the first B-side "Loving You Too Much" is also a cover of a song by him, titled "Too Much So Much Very Much". Both were translated into Japanese. One version of the "Cha Cha Sing" m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anata Nashi De Wa Ikite Yukenai
is the Japanese word for "you". Anata may refer to: * Anata, a Japanese language second-person pronoun, sometimes used by married couples to refer to their partners * Anata (band), a technical death metal band from Varberg, Sweden that formed in 1993 * 'Anata, a Palestinian town in the Jerusalem Governorate in the central West Bank *Anata, a festivity celebrated since the early 1990s in the city of Oruro, Bolivia linked to pre-Hispanic agricultural practices * "Anata" (song), a song by Utada Hikaru * "Anata", a song by L'Arc-en-Ciel from their 1998 album ''Heart The heart is a muscular Organ (biology), organ found in humans and other animals. This organ pumps blood through the blood vessels. The heart and blood vessels together make the circulatory system. The pumped blood carries oxygen and nutrie ...'' See also * Anatta, the Buddhist doctrine of "non-self" {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All For One & One For All!
''All for One & One for All!'' is the first (and only) mini album by Hello! Project unit H.P. All Stars, released on December 1, 2004 in both a normal and limited edition, the limited edition having a different cover. It reached a peak of #5 on the daily Oricon charts, lasting 7 weeks. The concept behind the song was to show the fans appreciation and celebrate Hello! Project's seventh anniversary, whilst sending a message of peace. The title track features every member of Hello! Project at the time of release; however, the coupling tracks were sung only by a few specially selected singers. On the normal edition cover, the members are arranged in the shape of the letter "H" on the front cover, and the letter "P" on the back cover, representing the Hello! Project initials. The first pressing came with a 100-page photobook. Track listing #"All for One & One for All!" – 05:46 # – 05:25 #*Performed by Atsuko Inaba, Masae Ohtani, Ayumi Shibata and Aya Matsuura. # &ndash ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megumi Murakami
is a Japanese choreographer and former singer and actress. She first gained recognition when she joined Hello! Project Kids and later became the lead vocalist of the girl group Cute until her retirement in 2006. Career 2002–2005: Hello! Project Kids and ZYX In 2002, Murakami auditioned for Hello! Project Kids with the song "Pittari Shitai X'mas!" by Petitmoni. Her audition tape was aired on Morning Musume's variety show '' Hello! Morning''. She was placed in the group with 14 other girls. She made her first appearance in the 2002 film ''Koinu Dan no Monogatari''. In 2003, Murakami became a member of the subgroup ZYX along with Mari Yaguchi from Morning Musume, Erika Umeda, Maimi Yajima, Saki Shimizu, and Momoko Tsugunaga. They released their debut single, "Iku ZYX! Fly High" on August 6, 2003, followed by "Shiroi Tokyo" on December 10, 2003. During the summer of 2004, Murakami appeared in the music video for "Yokohama Shinkirou" by Maki Goto. Later that year, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saki Shimizu
is a Japanese former singer. Her career began in 2002 when she passed the audition for Hello! Project Kids, an all-female teen pop group within Hello! Project. She continued to sing in that group and became a part of two smaller groups composed of Hello! Project Kids members, Berryz Kobo and ZYX. She is captain of J-pop band Berryz Kobo. Early life Shimizu was born in Tokyo, Japan. In 2002, she passed the Hello! Project Kids Audition. Career As a member of Berryz Kobo, she participated in their radio show ''Berryz Kobo Kiritsu! Rei! Chakuseki!''. She was cast as one of the main characters in "Koinu Dan no Monogatari". Many members of Hello! Project Kids and Morning Musume participated in this film. In 2003, Shimizu was chosen to join the group ZYX, which consisted of five Hello! Project Kids and Mari Yaguchi, who acted as a mentor. They released two singles: "Iku ZYX! Fly High" and "Shiroi Tokyo". They remained active until 2004, when Saki and Momoko Tsugunaga b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maimi Yajima
is a Japanese singer and actress. She was a member and the leader of Cute, a girl idol group within Hello! Project. Career Yajima first joined Hello! Project in 2002 as one of the fifteen children chosen from the Hello! Project Kids auditions after performing " Momoiro Kataomoi" by Aya Matsuura. She debuted the same year in the movie '' Koinu Dan no Monogatari'', taking on one of the main roles as an antagonist. The following year, she joined the first of the kids' groups, ZYX, which released two singles. In 2004, Berryz Kobo was formed, with the intention of rotating the girls throughout the unit. Yajima did not make the original pick, and the idea was eventually dropped. The remaining girls eventually ended up forming Cute in 2005. Despite not being the oldest, Yajima still became the group's leader, after Erika Umeda turned down the role. The group did not make its official debut until late in 2006, with their first official single released in February 2007. Aside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
