Genres J-Pop Labels Avex Trax Past members Ayano Konishi Origin Tokyo, Japan (2010) | Years active 2010 (2010)–present Website tokyogirlsstyle.jp Genre J-pop | |
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Albums Limited addiction, Killing Me Softly, Reflection Members Hitomi Arai, Mei Shôji, Yuri Nakae, Miyu Yamabe, Ayano Konishi Profiles | ||
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Tokyo Girls' Style (東京女子流, Tōkyō Joshi Ryū) (stylized as TOKYO GIRLS' STYLE) is a Japanese idol girl group created by Avex Trax. Originally consisting of five teenage members, Miyu Yamabe, Hitomi Arai, Yuri Nakae, Ayano Konishi and Mei Shyoji, the group was the first idol group that Avex had created in seven years. Konishi retired from the group in December 2015.
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The group's name symbolizes that the group is full of surprises and it is unknown how they would develop in the future, much like Tokyo's image. They also hope that they can one day emulate Tokyo's success in areas such as entering overseas markets and coming up with their own unique style.
Debut & Idol Career
Avex created the group Tokyo Girls' Style in 2009 to capitalize on the rising demand for Japanese idol girl groups, a trend fueled by the success of the female idol group AKB48. Members of the group later said that they had previously worked with this record label before, and were reportedly encouraged to audition for the new group. On December 1, 2009 the Japanese media made reports about this new group, though Avex kept the identities of the group's members a secret until January 1, 2010. From January 1 to January 5, 2010, Avex gradually released more information on the members of the group, and launched the group's official website.
The group's debut single, "Kirari" (キラリ☆, lit. "Sparkling"), was released on May 5, 2010, reaching a peak position of 30th place on the Oricon charts. Their second single, "Onnaji Kimochi" (おんなじキモチ, "Same Feeling"), was subsequently released on May 19, 2010. Their first album, Kodou no Himitsu, which is a compilation of their previous singles, was released in Japan on May 4, 2011. This album peaked at the 25th position on the Oricon charts.
In order to break into other Asian markets, Tokyo Girls' Style re-recorded the song in their second single, "Onnaji Kimochi", in Mandarin Chinese. This version of the song was included in the album entitled 心跳的秘密 (Xīntiào de mìmì), which was released in Taiwan on May 4, 2011, and in Hong Kong one week later. The group admitted that "They were worried that their singing is not good because the Chinese pronunciation is so hard [to grasp]."
Since then, the group has released more albums in these two places, as well as releasing a Chinese-language official site.
In 2012, they made their debut performance in Singapore. They later commented that "they were surprised by how many people showed up to watch them.".
Tokyo Girls' Style's 11th single, ROAD TO BUDOKAN 2012: Bad Flower, was released on October 17, 2012, and it became their first single to debut on the Oricon TOP10 charts, debuting at the 4th position. They later performed their first solo gig at Nippon Budokan on December 22, 2012, becoming the youngest female group to perform at this location. During this concert, the age of the group's members were revealed for the first time; previously, only their birthdays had been revealed.
In 2014, the group starred in two films, Count Five To Dream Of You (directed by Yuki Yamato), and Kotodama – Spiritual Curse, a of famous horror movie series in Japan. Of the experience Ayano Konishi shares, "It was horrifying to shoot at the abolished school at the middle of night. It was completely dark there, so it was too scary to be alone. Especially in front of mirror, I was not able to keep my eyes open because of the fear of accidentally seeing someone standing behind me." The two films had a US premiere at the Japan Film Festival in San Francisco in July 2014. They also made their US performance debut at the J-Pop Summit Festival 2014 at Union Square.
Post-Idol Career
On January 6th, 2015, the group announced it would no longer be an idol group beginning April 2015. They released their last single as an idol group, "Stay with Me" on March 3, 2015.
The group celebrated the fifth anniversary of their debut with the release of the compilation album 1st BEST ALBUM Kirari☆. A month after, they released their first post-idol single "Never Ever" on June 24th, 2015. The title track was selected as the ending theme for the anime Fairy Tail. Before its release, member Konishi Ayano announced she would be taking an indefinite suspension of activities to focus on treatment for her lower back pain. The group continued to promote as four, leading up to the release of their fifth album Reflection on December 23rd, 2015.
On December 30th, 2015, Konishi Ayano announced her retirement from both Tokyo Girls' Style and the music business in general, citing ongoing health concerns as the cause for her loss in confidence in her ability to fulfill her duties as a performer. The group have continued on as four.
In 2016, the group released two singles, "Shinkai" and "Mille-Feuille", on August 31 and November 11, respectively.
Songs
Partition LoveKilling Me Softly · 2014
Never ever -Instrumental-Reflection · 2015
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