Berryz Kobo

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Berryz Kobo (Berryz工房^?, literally "Berryz Workshop"; sometimes romanized as Berryz Koubou or Berryz Kōbō) is an all-girl J-pop group within Hello! Project. The original eight members are originally from Hello! Project Kids and often were back-up dancers for W (Double You)'s music videos. Prior to the band's formation, in such side projects as Aa! and ZYX, and in the Minimoni movie Okashi na Daibōken and Miyabi was in a small group called Sexy Otonajan.

Contents 1 History 2 Members 2.1 Present members 2.2 Graduated members 3 Discography and releases 3.1 Singles 3.2 Albums 3.3 EPs 3.4 Photobooks 4 Acts and performances 4.1 Concerts 4.2 Television 4.3 Radio 5 References 6 External links

[edit] History

They were announced at a Hello! Project Club Event on January 14, 2004. Hello! Project promoted the band by releasing three singles within a month of each other, starting in March 2004 with "Anata Nashi de wa Ikite Yukenai". Their first album, 1st Cho Berryz, followed the trilogy of debut singles in July 2004.

In February 2007, Berryz Kobo made news headlines after it was announced that the group would be holding a concert at Saitama Super Arena on April 1. Not only were the tickets for the two performances sold out (a total of 20,000 seats) almost two months in advance of the premiere, but also, the event marked a historical record in that the group became the first to perform in the arena whose members averaged no more than 14 years in age (surpassing the previous low of 16.3 set by Morning Musume four years earlier).^[1]

[edit] Members

[edit] Present members

• Saki Shimizu (Captain)
• Momoko Tsugunaga
• Chinami Tokunaga
• Maasa Sudou
• Miyabi Natsuyaki
• Yurina Kumai
• Risako Sugaya

[edit] Graduated members

• Maiha Ishimura (Graduated from Berryz Kobo and Hello! Project on October 2, 2005 to continue her schooling full-time)

[edit] Discography and releases

[edit] Singles

[edit] Photobooks

• 2005-05-20 – 1st Shashinshū "Berryz Kobo" (1st写真集「Berryz工房」^?)
• 2005-08-02 – "Seasonz" (「Seasonz」^?)
• 2005-08-25 – "Marugoto" - Berryz Kobo First Live Photobook (「まるごと」^?)
• 2005-12-02 – "Switch On" - Berryz Kobo Live Photobook (「スイッチON」^?)
• 2006-07-05 – "Nyoki Nyoki Champion" - Berryz Kobo Live Photobook (「にょきにょきチャンピオン」^?)

[edit] Acts and performances

[edit] Concerts

2004

• 2004 Natsu First Concert Tour ~W Standby! Double You & Berryz Kobo! (2004年夏ファーストコンサートツアー～Wスタンバイ!ダブルユー＆ベリ－ズ工房!～^?)

2005

• Berryz Kobo Live Tour 2005 Shoka Hatsu Tandoku ~Marugoto~ (Berryz工房ライブツアー2005初夏 初単独 ～まるごと～^?)
• 2005 Natsu W & Berryz Kobo Natsu Concert Tour "High Score!" (2005年夏 W&Berryz工房 コンサートツアー 『HIGH SCORE!』^?)
• Berryz Kobo Concert Tour 2005 Aki ~Switch On!~ (Berryz工房コンサートツアー2005秋 ～スイッチ ON!～^?)

2006

• Berryz Kobo Concert Tour 2006 Haru ~Nyoki Nyoki Champion!~ (コンサートツアー2006春～にょきにょきチャンピオン！～^?)
• Berryz Kobo Summer Concert Tour 2006 "Natsu Natsu! - Anata wo Suki ni Naru San Gensoku!" (サマーコンサートツアー2006『夏夏!～あなたを好きになる三原則～』^?)

2007

• Berryz Kobo Concert Tour 2007 Natsu ~Welcome! Berryz Kyuuden~ (Berryz工房コンサートツアー2007夏 ～ウェルカム！Berryz宮殿～^?)

2008

• Berryz Kobo Concert Tour 2008 Autumn ~Berikore!~
• 2008 Asia Song Festival

2009

• Berryz Kobo Concert Tour 2009 Haru ~Sono subete no ai ni~
• Berryz Kobo Concert Tour 2009 Aki ~Medachitai!!~

[edit] Television

• 2004-01-04 – 2004-04-02 Yoroshiku! Senpai (よろしく！先輩^?)
• 2004-04-05 – 2004-10-01 Futarigoto (二人ゴト^?)

[edit] Radio

• 2004-03-30 – Berryz Kobo Kiritsu! Rei! Chakuseki! (Berryz工房 起立! 礼! 着席!^?)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official Hello! Project profile (Japanese)
• Berryz Kobo official discography (Japanese)
• Berryz Kobo Kiritsu! Rei! Chakuseki! website (Japanese)
• Kpopwiki:Berryz Koubou