°C-ute is a Japanese girl group, consisting of five members. Cute is part of Hello! Project, produced by Tsunku, who also writes almost all the band’s songs.
Cute made its major debut in 2007 and that year won the Japan Record Award for Best New Artist. In 2008, the group was nominated for the main Japan Record Award, the Grand Prix, its song being named one of the year’s best songs. As of May 2013, all of the band’s major-label singles have debuted in the top 10 of the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart.
As of 2012, the band’s image was considered bright and energetic. Cute’s 16th and 17th singles (2011) were happy songs in a major key, but the 18th single “Kimi wa Jitensha Watashi wa Densha de Kitaku” (April 2012) was quite unusual. It was a rock ballad about saying goodbye (it is time to go home and the girl singer must part with the boy she loves). Later, the band’s songs became more mature.
Current Members
- Maimi Yajima (矢島 舞美) (Leader)
- Saki Nakajima (中島 早貴)
- Airi Suzuki (鈴木 愛理) (Also member of “Buono!”)
- Chisato Okai (岡井 千聖)
- Mai Hagiwara (萩原 舞)
Former Members
- Megumi Murakami
- Kanna Arihara
- Erika Umeda
C-ute
Background Information
Native Name °C-ute
Also known as C-ute, Cute
Years active 2005 – Present
Official Website http://www.helloproject.com/c-ute
YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/user/ocutechannel
Official Twitter N/A
Official Facebook N/A
Tags: C-Cute, Hello! Project, Tsunku
Categorised in: J-Pop, Kawaii, Pop Culture
This post was written by Mathew Ryan
°C-ute is a Japanese girl group, consisting of five members. Cute is part of Hello! Project, produced by Tsunku, who also writes almost all the band’s songs.
Cute made its major debut in 2007 and that year won the Japan Record Award for Best New Artist. In 2008, the group was nominated for the main Japan Record Award, the Grand Prix, its song being named one of the year’s best songs. As of May 2013, all of the band’s major-label singles have debuted in the top 10 of the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart.
As of 2012, the band’s image was considered bright and energetic. Cute’s 16th and 17th singles (2011) were happy songs in a major key, but the 18th single “Kimi wa Jitensha Watashi wa Densha de Kitaku” (April 2012) was quite unusual. It was a rock ballad about saying goodbye (it is time to go home and the girl singer must part with the boy she loves). Later, the band’s songs became more mature.
Current Members
- Maimi Yajima (矢島 舞美) (Leader)
- Saki Nakajima (中島 早貴)
- Airi Suzuki (鈴木 愛理) (Also member of “Buono!”)
- Chisato Okai (岡井 千聖)
- Mai Hagiwara (萩原 舞)
Former Members
- Megumi Murakami
- Kanna Arihara
- Erika Umeda
C-ute
Background Information
Native Name °C-ute
Also known as C-ute, Cute
Years active 2005 – Present
Official Website http://www.helloproject.com/c-ute
YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/user/ocutechannel
Official Twitter N/A
Official Facebook N/A
Tags: C-Cute, Hello! Project, Tsunku
Categorised in: J-Pop, Kawaii, Pop Culture
This post was written by Mathew Ryan