was a Japanese
idol girl group
A girl group is a music act featuring several female singers who generally harmonize together. The term "girl group" is also used in a narrower sense in the United States to denote the wave of American female pop music singing groups, many of who ...
associated with
Hello! Project
is a Japanese musical collective consisting of all female recording artists and groups under Up-Front Promotion, a subsidiary of Up-Front Group. The name was initially used as Michiyo Heike and Morning Musume's fan club name in 1999, but ...
. The group was formed in August 2004 and consists of members
Rika Ishikawa
, is a Japanese actress and model associated with Hello! Project and best known as a former member of the pop group Morning Musume. She was the leader of the Japanese pop idol trio v-u-den until June 2008. She has performed as a solo singer, as ...
(
Morning Musume),
Erika Miyoshi, and
Yui Okada, with Ishikawa being the leader. The group officially disbanded on June 29, 2008 after their last concert during their ''v-u-densetsu 5'' tour.
Members
*
Rika Ishikawa
, is a Japanese actress and model associated with Hello! Project and best known as a former member of the pop group Morning Musume. She was the leader of the Japanese pop idol trio v-u-den until June 2008. She has performed as a solo singer, as ...
*
Erika Miyoshi
*
Yui Okada
Legacy
In 2009, V-U-den was revived as a
Hello! Project Shuffle Unit under the name . The new line-up consisted of
Morning Musume members
Sayumi Michishige and
Jun Jun;
Berryz Kobo member and
Risako Sugaya. The group released songs for Hello! Project's compilation album ''Champloo 1: Happy Marriage Song Cover ShΕ«''.
They also performed as a concert-only unit until 2011. In 2013, Zoku V-U-den reappeared with Rika Ishikawa to perform "Koisuru Angel Heart".
Discography
Albums (first generation)
Singles (first generation)
* Though the romanization of this song would imply the translation would be "Ice Cream and My Pudding", "Aisu" is written with the
kanji
are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are still used, along with the subse ...
"Ai (
ζ)" for "love", thus making it "Love Cream and My Pudding". Also, in the
PV for the song, there is a two-second screen that translates it as "Ice Cream and My Pudding", therefore it is a play on words.
Singles (second generation)
*"ONLY YOU" is released on the compilation "Champloo 1 ~Happy Marriage Song Cover Shuu~ (γγ£γ³γγ«1 ~γγγγΌγγͺγγΈγ½γ³γ°γ«γγΌι~)
DVDs
References
External links
Official Hello! Project profile
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Japanese girl groups
Japanese idol groups
Japanese pop music groups
Musical groups established in 2004
Hello! Project groups
Musical groups from Tokyo