Berryz Kobo (Berryz工房, Berryz Kōbō; lit. "Berryz Workshop") was a Japanese idol girl group formed by Up-Front Promotion…
Berryz Kobo (Berryz工房, Berryz Kōbō; lit. "Berryz Workshop") was a Japanese idol girl group formed by Up-Front Promotion in 2004 and associated with Hello! Project. The group's members consisted of Hello! Project Kids members Saki Shimizu, Momoko Tsugunaga, Miyabi Natsuyaki, Chinami Tokunaga, Maasa Sudo, Yurina Kumai, and Risako Sugaya; Maiha Ishimura left the group in 2005. Berryz Kobo debuted with their first single in March of the same year. In 2007, Berryz Kobo became the youngest act ever to give a solo concert at Saitama Super Arena. In 2008, the group received the Best Asian Newcomer Award at the Asia Song Festival and a Cable Music Award at the 41st Japan Cable Awards ceremony. As of December 2014, the group had released 36 singles, nine studio albums, one EP and one compilation album. Berryz Kobo's combined CD and DVD sales exceeded one million copies in Japan alone.
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Eiko Segawa (瀬川瑛子; born 6 July 1947 in Shibuya, Tokyo) is a Japanese female enka singer. She is affiliated with the…
Eiko Segawa (瀬川瑛子; born 6 July 1947 in Shibuya, Tokyo) is a Japanese female enka singer. She is affiliated with the talent agency NoReason Inc. Her 1986 single "Inochi Kurenai" reached No.2 on the Japanese Oricon charts and sold 692,000 copies.
Mako Sakurai (桜井 真子, Sakurai Mako; born (1986-10-07)October 7, 1986), better known by the mononym name Mako (sometimes…
Mako Sakurai (桜井 真子, Sakurai Mako; born (1986-10-07)October 7, 1986), better known by the mononym name Mako (sometimes stylised MAKO), is a Japanese voice actress, singer and a member of the band Bon-Bon Blanco, in which her prominent role is as the maraca player. She has also performed in a Japanese television drama called Meido in Akihabara. She is affiliated with I'm Enterprise. Her anime voice acting debut was in Kamichu! where, in the ending theme song, her character also plays the maracas. As Hinako Hiiragi in anime Chitose Get You!! she plays maracas again, in the ending theme (episodes 1–13).