Color-code (stylized as color-code) is an all-female Japanese pop group formed by
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fashion
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director and editor,
Nicola Formichetti
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History
In 2013, Nicola Formichetti, a frequent collaborator with singer-songwriter
Lady Gaga
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/ref> teamed up with Nippon Columbia
, often pronounced ''Korombia'', operating internationally as , is a Japanese record label founded in 1910 as Nipponophone Co., Ltd. It affiliated itself with the Columbia Graphophone Company of the United Kingdom and adopted the standard UK C ...
to hold the POP ICON PROJECT TOKYO. Auditions "to discover a Japanese version of Lady Gaga" were held and three members were selected, Tsujikawa Nanami and Moriyasu Mako, both from Osaka
is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of ...
, and Yasukawa Marisa from Chiba.
They released their debut single "I Like Dat" on September 17, 2014. Follow up single, "Hands UP!" was released on May 20, 2015.
In 2018, color-code signed with a new label, Dreamusic
is a Japanese record label also working as a subsidiary of TY Limited Incorporated.
Its chairman is Tom Yoda, ex-chairman of Avex Group.
Labels
* Dreamusic Overseas
* Teenage Symphony Label
* Feel Mee (from assets acquired from Interchannel in ...
, and released single "if ~kono-goe ga todokunara~". In 2020, they released their debut album "Re∂l" Official website: Re∂l
(Japanese)
Discography
Albums
Singles
References
External links
color-code Official Site
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Japanese girl groups
Japanese pop music groups
Musical groups established in 2013
Nippon Columbia artists
2013 establishments in Japan