Country Musume
Country Musume (Japaneseカントリー 娘., Kantori Musume. ) Was one of the first major bands of the Hello! Project. It was founded in 1999 and lasted until early 2007 and then as a solo act until March 2009. 2014 new members and thus the survival of the group were announced. The motto of the group is " country girls from Hokkaido ", as for the Japanese Hokkaido " in the country" is ( a lot of agriculture, vast nature, few cities ).
The most successful single of the group is Hajimete no Happy Birthday!, Which was sold over 140,000 times.
Career
The first formation of the group was after a week-long casting, which also physical work had to be done on a farm, from gutter Toda, Azusa Kobayashi and Hiromi Yanagihara. On July 16, 1999 Hiromi died in a car accident, and Azusa left the group shortly thereafter, so that Rinna had to first solo concert. In 2000, Asami Kimura joined the group.
In 2001, Tsunku, the manager of the Hello! Project to bring the idea to alternate members of the sister group Morning Musume in the band. Rika Ishikawa was selected as the first, to strengthen the group, so that the band's name in Country Musume ni Ishikawa. was changed.
In 2002 May Satoda came into the group, and channel Toda she left to focus on an acting career.
In 2003, Miúna Saito in the group, and Rika Ishikawa was replaced by two other Morning Musume - members, Miki Fujimoto and Asami Konno. From now on, was the new lineup Country Musume ni Konno to Fujimoto ..
In early 2007, finally got Miúna Saito and Asami Kimura from Country Musume and Hello! Project from. Also Miki and Asami Konno were no longer part of the band, so that in May Satoda was left, and was called from there to Country Musume Satoda Mai. They remained until the Elder Club Graduation on 31 March 2009 at the Hello! Project and was then part of the band " Ongaku Gatas " in which also participated Asami Konno.
On January 2, 2014 Tsunku commented that he think about restarting the group. On February 11, May Satoda took place during the winter concert of Hello! Projects announced via a video message that a casting would take place for new members. Satoda, which follows her husband, the baseball player Masahiro Tanaka in the U.S., will not be part of the new line.
Profiles
- Former members Azusa Kobayashi ( born January 30, 1977 in Hokkaido ), and Azusa
- Hiromi Yanagihara ( born September 19, 1981 in Chiba, † 17 July 1999), also Hiromi
- Channel Toda ( born June 2, 1981 in Hokkaido )
- Miúna Saito (born 1 December 1984), also Miúna
- Asami Kimura ( born July 17, 1984 in Hokkaido ), and Asami
- May Satoda ( born March 29, 1984 in Hokkaido ), and Mai- chan, Sato -chan, Mai Mai
- Rika Ishikawa ( born January 19, 1985 in Kanagawa-ken ), and Charmy, Rika- chan
- Miki Fujimoto ( born February 26, 1986 in Hokkaido ), also Mikitty
- Asami Konno ( born May 7, 1987 in Hokkaido ), and Asa, cocoon