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Origin | Japan |
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Years active | 2014–2021 |
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Maison Book Girl (stylized as Maison book girl) was a Japanese alternative idol girl group formed in 2014. [1] They released their debut album, Bath Room, on September 23, 2015. [2] They disbanded on May 30, 2021. [3]
At Bis' final concert on July 8, 2014, Megumi Koshōji announced that she would form a new idol group. On November 5, the final line-up was revealed. [1] They released their debut singles, "White" and "Black", exclusively at their live shows from March 14, 2015. On March 27, Kaori Sōmoto left the group and Rin Wada joined. [4] The group released their debut studio album, Bath Room, on September 23. [2] On April 30, 2016, they released the EP Summer Continue, [5] followed by the single "River (Cloudy Irony)" on November 30, which would be their first release under Tokuma Shoten. [6] Their second album, Image, was released on April 5, 2017. [7] The single "412" was released on July 19, 2017, [8] followed by "Cotoeri" on December 13, [9] In early 2018, the group signed with UK label, Read The Air Records. [10] They released the single "Elude" on June 20, 2018, which would be their first release under Pony Canyon. [11] Their third studio album, Yume, was released on November 21. [12] The single "Soup" was released on April 3, 2019, [13] followed by "Umbla" on July 31. [14] Their fourth studio album, Umi to Uchu no Kodomotachi, was released on December 18, 2019. [15] Their first compilation album, Fiction, which was due to be released April 29, 2020, was postponed to June 24 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [16] On May 30, 2021, after Maison book girl's Solitude Hotel concert at Maihama Amphitheater it was announced that the group had disbanded and that a Blu-ray of the concert would be released on August 18. [3]
Title | Album details | Peak positions | |
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JPN Oricon [17] | JPN Billboard [18] | ||
Bath Room |
| 84 | — |
Image |
| 26 | 48 |
Yume |
| 27 | 51 |
Umi to Uchu no Kodomotachi (海と宇宙の子供たち) |
| 38 | 49 |
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Album details | Peak positions | |
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JPN Oricon [17] | JPN Billboard [18] | ||
Fiction |
| 29 | 29 |
Title | Album details | Peak positions |
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JPN Oricon [17] | ||
Summer Continue |
| 43 |
Title | Year | Peak positions | Album | |
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JPN Oricon [17] | JPN Billboard [19] | |||
"River (Cloudy Irony)" | 2016 | 30 | 86 | Non-album singles |
"412" | 2017 | 33 | — | |
"Cotoeri" | 26 | 77 | Yume | |
"Elude" | 2018 | 27 | — | |
"Soup" | 2019 | 17 | — | Umi to Uchu no Kodomotachi |
"Umbla" | 19 | — | ||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Album details | Peak positions |
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JPN Oricon [17] | ||
Solitude Hotel 2F+Faithlessness |
| 16 |
Solitude Hotel |
| 25 |
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
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