Canary Club

Canary Club
OriginJapan
GenresJ-pop
Years active2007 (2007)–2012
Labels
  • TN-mix (2007–2011)
  • Space Craft Group (2011–2012)
Spinoff of
Past members
  • Mana Ogawa
  • Ayumi Takada
  • Mikiho Niwa
  • Ikuko Ōura
  • Riho Sugiura (2007–2009)
  • Erina Hashiguchi (2007–2009)
  • Yuma Uchida (2007–2010)
  • Reiko Okada (2007–2011)
  • Yurie Matsuri (2007–2011)
  • Chihira Mochida (2009–2015)

Canary Club (キャナァーリ倶楽部, Kyanāri Kurabu) is a Japanese girl group, founded by Tsunku in 2007 within his Nice Girl Project!.[1][2]

The group debuted in 2007 with the single "SWEET & TOUGHNESS" as a nine-member group. After two albums, six singles and various line-up changes between 2007 and 2011, Canary Club was transferred to Space Craft Group in 2011 with all members transferring except for Chihira Mochida, who remained a member of the group under TNX until her departure from the label in January 2015.. Since transferring, Canary Club have released songs for the games Rhythm Heaven and Rhythm Heaven Fever in 2008 and 2011 respectively.

In a blog post discussing her departure, Chihara Mochida revealed that Canary Club went on hiatus in May 2012 to focus on individual activities.

Members

Can's (subunit)

Aries (subunit)

  • Mikiho Niwa (丹羽未来帆, nickname: Mikki), born (1989-09-27) September 27, 1989 (age 35)
  • Ikuko Ōura (大浦育子, nickname: Ikucchi), born (1989-09-22) September 22, 1989 (age 35)

Former members

Can's
  • Riho Sugiura (杉浦里穂, nickname: Rippon), born (1992-02-03) February 3, 1992 (age 32) — left in January 2009
  • Erina Hashiguchi (橋口恵莉奈, nickname: Eri~na), born (1996-11-18) November 18, 1996 (age 28) — left in June 2009
Aries
  • Yuma Uchida (内田由麻, nickname: Ucchi), born (1994-11-07) November 7, 1994 (age 30) — left in March 2010
  • Reiko Okada (岡田怜子, nickname: Okkyan), born (1993-06-19) June 19, 1993 (age 31) — left in May 2011
  • Yurie Matsui (松井友里絵, nickname: Macchan), born (1988-04-06) April 6, 1988 (age 36) — left in May 2011
Subunit unknown
  • Chihira Mochida (持田千妃来, nickname: Chiichan), born (1997-10-12) October 12, 1997 (age 27) — joined in late 2009, left in January 2015

Discography

Singles

No. Title Release date Charts Album
JPN
[3]
1 "Sweet & Toughness" (SWEET&TOUGHNESS) May 3, 2007 (2007-05-03) 89 1 Kanari Canary
2 "Seishun Banzai!" (青春万歳!) July 25, 2007 (2007-07-25) 63
3 "Faith!" (FAITH!) January 1, 2008 (2008-01-01) 50 2 Eejanaika
4 "Nishiki Kazare" (ニシキカザレ) April 9, 2008 (2008-04-09) 28
5 "Hitomi ga Kirakirara" (瞳がキラキララ) July 16, 2008 (2008-07-16) 22
6 "Daisukki!" (ダイスッキ!) August 4, 2010 (2010-08-04) 50 —
DVD singles

Albums

No. Album details Charts
JPN
[4]
1 1 Kanari Canary (①かなりキャナァーリ)
  • mini-album
  • Released: October 17, 2007 (2007-10-17)
 —
2 2 Eejanaika (②エエジャナイカ)
  • Released: August 26, 2009 (2009-08-26)
 —

References

  1. ^ "つんく♂、芸能事務所4社合同でNICE GIRL プロジェクト!を発足" (in Japanese). Oricon. 2007-10-15. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
  2. ^ "キャナァーリ倶楽部、夢はドームツアーに海外公演" (in Japanese). Oricon. 2008-06-28. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
  3. ^ "キャナァーリ倶楽部のシングル売上ランキング" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
  4. ^ "キャナァーリ倶楽部のアルバム売上ランキング" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2015-04-28.