Country Musume
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| Country Musume | ||
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 Country Musume Mai Satoda
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| Background information | ||
| Also known as | Kan Musume, Kan Musu, Country Musume ni Rika Ishikawa, Country Musume ni Konno to Fujimoto | |
| Genre(s) | Japanese pop | |
| Years active | 1999–present | |
| Label(s) | zetima | |
| Associated acts |
Morning Musume, H!P Summer Shuffles, v-u-den | |
| Website | Profile on Hello! Project Official Website | |
| Members | ||
| Mai Satoda |
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| Former members | ||
| Asami Kimura Miuna Saito Miki Fujimoto Asami Konno Rika Ishikawa Rinne Toda Azusa Kobayashi Hiromi Yanagihara |
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Country Musume (カントリー娘。 Kantorī Musume?) is an all-female J-pop group within Hello! Project.
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[edit] History
Country Musume was formed in 1999 and was billed as "Country Girls from Hokkaidō". The initial group consisted of members and Hokkaidō natives Rinne Toda, Azusa Kobayashi, and Hiromi Yanagihara.
Shortly before release of their first single in July 1999, Hiromi was killed in a car accident. After the tragedy, Azusa departed from the group and Rinne carried on as a soloist, releasing 2 singles under the "Country Musume" name by herself. In summer of 2000, Asami Kimura was added to the group and the duo released one more single.
Their popularity rose when Morning Musume's Rika Ishikawa, who's from Kanagawa and not Hokkaidō, was lent into the group in April 2001. The trio, under the name "Country Musume featuring Rika Ishikawa (Morning Musume)", released 2 singles and an album. Early in 2002, Mai Satoda was recruited into the group. (Mai initially auditioned to be a Morning Musume member but was recruited into Country Musume instead.)
The quartet released one single before Rinne, the remaining original member, bid farewell at the end of 2002. Afterwards, Asami, Rika, and Mai released one more single.
In mid-2003, Country Musume had a major shift in its roster. Miuna Saito, who's from Shizuoka, was recruited into the group. Instead of Rika Ishikawa, the group featured Asami Konno and Miki Fujimoto from Morning Musume (both are Hokkaidō natives). Under this new formation (named "Country Musume ni Konno to Fujimoto"), the quintet has released three singles as of date. In 2004 Country Musume (but not the featured singers) participated in Hello! Project's Folk Songs CD (fifth in the series), where various H!P artists sing covers of Japanese and Western folk songs.
Asami and Miuna graduated from Country Musume and Hello! Project in its 10th anniversary concert on January 28, 2007[1] leaving Mai as the only remaining member.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
| # | Title | Release date | Members |
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| 1 | Country Musume Daizenshu 1 (カントリー娘。大全集 ①?) | 2001-12-12 | Toda, Kimura, Ishikawa |
| 2 | Country Musume Daizenshu 2 (カントリー娘。大全集 ②?) | 2006-08-23 | - |
[edit] Singles
| # | Title | Release date | Members | ||
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| 1 | Futari no Hokkaido (二人の北海道?) | 1999-07-23 | Yanagihara, Kobayashi and Toda | ||
| 2 | Yukigeshiki (雪景色?) | 1999-11-30 | Toda | ||
| 3 | Hokkaido Shalala (北海道シャララ?) | 2000-04-27 | |||
| 4 | Koi ga Suteki na Kisetsu (恋がステキな季節?) | 2000-07-31 | Toda and Kimura | ||
| Country Musume ni Ishikawa Rika | |||||
| 5 | Hajimete no Happy Birthday (初めてのハッピーバースディ!?) | 2001-04-18 | Toda, Kimura and Ishikawa | ||
| 6 | Koibito wa Kokoro no Ouendan (恋人は心の応援団?) | 2001-10-17 | |||
| 7 | Iroppoi Onna ~SEXY BABY~ (色っぽい女 ~SEXY BABY~?) | 2002-04-17 | Toda, Kimura, Satoda and Ishikawa | ||
| 8 | BYE BYE Saigo no Yoru (BYE BYE 最後の夜?) | 2002-11-13 | Kimura, Satoda and Ishikawa | ||
| Country Musume ni Konno to Fujimoto | |||||
| 9 | Uwaki na Honey Pie (浮気なハニーパイ?) | 2003-07-24 | Kimura, Satoda, Saitou, Konno and Fujimoto |
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| 10 | Senpai ~LOVE AGAIN~ (先輩 ~LOVE AGAIN~?) | 2003-12-05 | |||
| 11 | Shining Itoshiki Anata (シャイニング 愛しき貴方?) | 2004-08-04 | |||
[edit] DVD
[edit] References
- ^ Hello! Project official site announcement. Retrieved 2006-11-26.
[edit] External links
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