Hello! Project is the umbrella name for all-female recording artists and groups under the Japanese idol entertainment company Up-Front Promotion, a subsidiary of Up-Front Group.
The Hello! Project shuffle units were an annual event in the Japanese idol collection Hello! Project between 2000 and 2005. Members of existing Hello! Project groups and soloists were shuffled into three separate units for a season-long collaboration. Shuffle units formed between 2000 and 2002 released separate singles with A-side tracks of different styles but follow a common theme. Because of the nature of their releases, these units compete against each other to see which unit can sell the most singles. However, songs of the participating units in 2003 and 2005 were released together as an extended play or album and, therefore, the sales competition between units stopped. No shuffle units were formed in 2004 because the then-current Hello! Project groups and soloists formed a single unit called H.P. All Starts instead.
Natsumi Abe is a Japanese singer and actress, a former member of Morning Musume, and currently a member of Dream Morning Musume.
Berryz Kobo was a Japanese idol girl group. The pop group was part of Hello! Project, produced by Tsunku, who also wrote their songs. Of all the musical acts in Hello! Project, Berryz held the title of the most consistent line-up, having kept all of their original members since their one and only graduation in 2005.
Momoko Tsugunaga is a former Japanese singer, actress, and radio personality. Tsugunaga joined Hello! Project as a member of Hello! Project Kids at the age of 10 and later became part of the girl groups Berryz Kobo and Buono! Following Berryz Kobo's hiatus, she became the playing manager of Country Girls. In 2017, she retired from the entertainment industry to work in education.
Mai Hagiwara is a former Japanese singer and actress. At age 6, she auditioned for Hello! Project Kids in 2002 and later became part of the girl group Cute under the Hello! Project collective.
Saki Nakajima was a member of Cute, a Japanese pop group within Hello! Project.
Live from Tokyo is a live EP by Japanese band Superfly, performed at the Shibuya Apple Store on June 6, 2007, and then released exclusively to the iTunes Store on June 27. It was one of the earliest Live from Tokyo albums released to the iTunes Store in Japan. It consists of covers of four rock songs from the late 1960s and early 1970s. The tracks were subsequently released as B-sides to the group's single "Hi-Five". All four songs are included on the second disc of the "Wildflower & Cover Songs: Complete Best 'Track 3'" single.
Angerme, formerly S/mileage, is a Japanese idol girl group from Hello! Project, which originally consisted of four former Hello! Pro Egg members that left Egg in 2010 and became full-time members of Hello! Project. In 2010, they won the Japan Record Award for Best New Artist. In 2011, five new girls were added to the group as part of the second generation, with two being former Egg members and three new girls. With 3 members graduating, S/mileage continued the rest of their career as a 6-member group.
Dancing at Budokan!! is a DVD/BD set and live album released by Japanese recording artist Superfly. The performances featured are from Superfly's December 14, 2009, concert at the Nippon Budokan arena in Tokyo, all recorded on the first DVD/BD. The second DVD/BD features footage of Shiho Ochi's performance with Big Brother and the Holding Company at the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts stop on the Heroes of Woodstock Tour, an interview on her album Box Emotions, and the live performances at the Roppongi Hills Arena free concert. The limited edition DVD bundle includes a two CD album of the Budokan concert. On the Oricon music DVD charts, it peaked at #7 while on the charts for 7 weeks.
"I Spy I Spy" is a collaboration single by Japanese artist Superfly and Australian band Jet that was released in the name of "Superfly×JET" to the Japanese market on November 28, 2007. Superfly travelled to Sydney to record the song with Jet.
"Manifesto" is the second single by Japanese act Superfly, released on August 1, 2007. It is the last single to include Koichi Tabo as a member of Superfly. It reached 51st place on the Oricon weekly singles chart and charted for four weeks. A special live version of "Manifesto" from the "13,000 Person Live @ Osaka-jō Hall FM802 Requestage" is an iTunes Store exclusive.
"Wildflower" is a song by Japanese musical act Superfly. Used as the theme song for the drama Gold, it was released as a single on September 1, 2010. The single release was packaged as "Wildflower" & Cover Songs: Complete Best 'Track 3', a four-song extended play featuring a cover album as a bonus disc.
"Onna to Otoko no Lullaby Game" is the 44th single by Japanese idol girl group Morning Musume. It is the last single to feature Eri Kamei, Junjun and Linlin prior to their graduation. The single was released in four editions: Limited A, B and C, and normal. The limited editions each came with a different DVD. The limited edition releases, as well as the first press of the normal edition, also came with an event serial number card. The Single V was released on November 24, 2010. The single debuted at #6 on the weekly Oricon charts, selling a reported total of 42,405 copies in the first week.
"Dancing on the Fire" is a single by Japanese rock act Superfly, the group's ninth single overall. Released on November 18, 2009, "Dancing on the Fire" is Superfly's first single after the release of their second album Box Emotions. The title track was used in commercials for Canon's IXY Digital 930 IS camera.
The discography of the Japanese idol group Cute consists of 23* singles, 7 studio albums, and 1 compilation album. Beginning with the Cute's major debut back in 2007, all its singles* reached the Top 10 in the Oricon Weekly Chart.
"Aitai Aitai Aitai na" is the 19th major single by the Japanese idol group Cute, set for release in Japan on September 5, 2012.
Juice=Juice, pronounced "Juice Juice", is an 8-member Japanese girl group, formed in 2013. It is positioned as a unit formed of 6 trainee members of Hello! Project.
Coupling Songs: 'Side B' is a compilation album by Japanese musical unit Superfly. Released on December 2, 2015, the album was packaged as a 2-CD set with Superfly's single "Kuroi Shizuku", and compiles Superfly's original B-sides released between 2007 and 2014.
