Cutie Street

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Cutie Street
OriginJapan
Genres J-pop
Years active2024–present
Labels Kawaii Lab.
Members
  • Risa Furusawa
  • Aika Sano
  • Kana Itakura
  • Ayano Masuda
  • Emiru Kawamoto
  • Miyu Umeda
  • Nagisa Manabe
  • Haruka Sakuraba
Website asobisystem.com/talent/cutiestreet/

Cutie Street (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese girl group that formed in 2024. They debuted with the single "Kawaii Dake ja Dame Desu ka?" in November 2024.

Contents

History

2024: Formation and debut

On July 23, 2024, Kawaii Lab. announced that they would form a new girl group. [1] The group's name "Cutie Street" and eight members were revealed on July 30. Before joining Cutie Street, Risa Furusawa and Kana Itakura were models, Aika Sano was an actress, Ayano Masuda and Miyu Umeda were members of A♡Z (2021) and Lapilaz (2022–2023), Emiru Kawamoto was a member of Amorecarina Tokyo (2015–2016) and its sub-unit Amorecarina Cute (2015), Tokyo CuteCute (2015–2019), and HO6LA (2021–2022), and Haruka Sakuraba was a contestant on Produce 101 Japan The Girls . [2]

They performed live for the first time at Tokyo Idol Festival 2024 on August 4. [3] Cutie Street released their debut single "Kawaii Dake ja Dame Desu ka?" on November 13. [4]

They will hold their first concert at Toyosu Pit in Tokyo on February 2, 2025. [5]

Members

Discography

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released, certifications and album name
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"Kawaii Dake ja Dame Desu ka?" (かわいいだけじゃだめですか?)2024332Non-album single

Other charted songs

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"Devoted Cinderella!" (ひたむきシンデレラ!)202436"Kawaii Dake ja Dame Desu ka?"

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