Canary Club

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

Canary Club
OriginJapan
GenresJ-pop
Years active2007 (2007)–2012
LabelsTN-mix (2007-2011), Space Craft Group (2011-Present)
Associated actsTsunku
MembersMana Ogawa
Ayumi Takada
Mikiho Niwa
Ikuko Ōura
Past membersRiho Sugiura (2007-2009)
Erina Hashiguchi (2007-2009)
Yuma Uchida (2007-2010)
Reiko Okada (2007-2011)
Yurie Matsuri (2007-2011)
Chihira Mochida (2009-2015)

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 game Rhythm Heaven in 2011.

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
  • Ikuko Ōura (大浦育子, nickname: Ikucchi), born (1989-09-22) September 22, 1989

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