Run Girls, Run!

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Run Girls, Run!
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OriginJapan
Genres J-pop, Anisong
Years active2017 (2017)–2023 (2023)
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Website rungirlsrun.jp

Run Girls, Run! is a Japanese voice-actor group consisting of Coco Hayashi, Yuuka Morishima, and Nanami Atsugi associated with Avex Pictures and 81 Produce. The group as artists released songs collaborating with anime works such as Wake Up, Girls! New Chapter , [1] Kiratto Pri Chan , and others. They appear as voice actor in those programs.

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History

Coco, Yūka and Nanami have passed the audition jointly held by Avex and 81 Produce in 2017 (avex x 81 Produce Wake Up, Girls! 3rd Anime Song Vocal Audition) and formed Run Girls, Run! at July 30, 2017.

Run Girls, Run! appeared in Wake Up, Girls! New Chapter as a group with the same unit name, and their first song KAKERU x KAKERU was used in it [1] ,.

On February 28, 2018, they released the debut single Slide Ride as the opening theme of Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody . [2]

In the anime Kiratto Pri Chan airing from April 2018 to March 2021, they voiced Mirai Momoyama, Rinka Aoba, and Mel Shido. They also sang all of the opening themes of Kiratto Pri Chan.

On July 25, 2022, it was announced on their official website that the group would disband on March 31, 2023.

Members

Timeline

Run Girls, Run!

Discography

Albums

TitleAlbum detailsCharts
JPN
[3]
Run Girls, World!22
Get Set, Go!
  • Released: April 6, 2022
  • Formats: CD, digital download
25

Singles

No.TitleRelease dateStandard Item NumberCharts
CD/DVD
CD/Blu-ray
CD JPN
[3]
1"Slide Ride" (スライドライド)February 28, 2018EYCA-11830/BEYCA-1183144
2"Kiratto Start" (キラッとスタート)May 2, 2018EYCA-11865/BEYCA-1186639
3"Go! Up! Stardom!" (Go! Up! スターダム!)October 31, 2018EYCA-12056/BEYCA-1205750
4"Break the Blue!!/Never-ending!!"February 6, 2019EYCA-12225/BEYCA-1222631
5"Diamond Smile" (ダイヤモンドスマイル)May 29, 2019EYCA-12530/BEYCA-1253151
6"Share the Light"November 27, 2019EYCA-12731/BEYCA-1273238
7"Luminance Princess" (ルミナンスプリンセス)December 16, 2020EYCA-13176/BEYCA-1317738
8"Dreaming Channel!" (ドリーミング☆チャンネル!)May 19, 2021EYCA-13350/B
EYCA-13351/B
EYCA-1335240

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