Berryz Kobo. Berryz Kobo is a Japanese Lolita group. It was founded on January 14, 2004. Berryz Kobo is a fixed group under HELLO! PROJECT. In 2002, Tsunku, the director of HP, launched the HELLO! KIDS plan from all over Japan.
27,958 people were recruited to select 15 little girls aged from 8 to 12 years old, called Hello! Project kids. At the time of its establishment, the average age of the first members was only 10.75 years old, and all of them were in the compulsory education stage, so they adopted an unfixed approach.
Member policy, but the members have not been changed so far; as the remaining Hello! Project kids members were officially announced to form another group ℃-ute on June 11, 2005, the possibility of Berryz Kobo members being changed also increased
Then it was greatly reduced.
The eight starting members are Shimizu Saki (captain), Tsunaga Momoko, Tokunaga Chinami, Sudo Moma, Natsuyaki Masaru, Ishimura Maiha (left the team on October 2, 2005), Kumai Yurina and Sugatani Risako.
Has high support within certain groups.
Five singles and one album were released within one year of its establishment, with mediocre sales. Oricon's highest weekly single sales ranking was No. 7 (スッペシャル ジェネレーション, April 4-April 10, 2005?).
Later, he formed a new group with the members of Good Morning, respectively forming 4kids (Hagiwara Mai, Suzuki Airi, Sudo Moma, Sugatani Risako), ZYX (Ari Yaguchi
Momoko Tsusunaga) あぁ!
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On January 14, 2004, 8 members were finally selected from 15 kids as Berryz Kobo members. At the beginning of its establishment, with an average age of 10.8 years old, it set a record for the youngest music group in Japan.
On March 3, 2004, the first single "あなたなしでは生きてゆけない" ??was released, officially debuting. When Berryz Kobo debuted, it was at the low point of HP. The graduation of the old members of Good Morning led to a decline in popularity.
At a young age, the B workers and HP seniors took up the responsibility of revitalizing the HP family. They lived up to expectations and released 10 singles and 2 albums in two years, maintaining an average rate of one every two months.
According to incomplete statistics, he participated in 57 publicity activities such as handshake meetings, face-to-face meetings, and press conferences.
Organized 46 concerts (including solo and non-solo).
The origin of the name evolved from berry: berry->berries->berryz->berryz workshop.
Berry is the general name for strawberry fruits, which are usually small in size and rich in moisture.
This name is based on the hope that the music expressed by berryz Kobo can have a similar feeling.