was a Japanese

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associated with

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. 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, a ...

(

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Erika Miyoshi is a Japanese pop singer and former member of the Hello! Project-associated trio v-u-den. History In July 2003, Erika successfully passed the ''Tsunku♂ Produce Hello! Project Shin Unit Audition''. In August 2004, she joined the group calle ...

, and

Yui Okada (born December 28, 1987, in Yao, Osaka, Japan) is a gravure model, model and race queen, former member of Japanese idol pop group v-u-den that was associated with Hello! Project. She remained within the group until its disbandment in 2008, aft ...

, 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

Legacy

In 2009, V-U-den was revived as a

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under the name . The new line-up consisted of

members

Sayumi Michishige is a Japanese singer, actress and model. She is a former sixth-generation member and former leader of the J-pop group Morning Musume. Following the departure of fifth-generation member Risa Niigaki on October 12, 2013, Michishige held the longe ...

and Jun Jun; and

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member

Risako Sugaya is a former Japanese singer and actress. She first gained recognition when she joined Hello! Project Kids and later became one of the lead vocalists of the girl group Berryz Kobo from 2004 to 2015. Career 2002–2004: Hello! Project Kids, ...

. The group released songs for Hello! Project's compilation album ''Champloo 1: Happy Marriage Song Cover Shū''. 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

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"Ai (

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)" 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~ (チャンプル1 ~ハッピーマリッジソングカバー集~)

DVDs

References

External links

Official Hello! Project profile
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