ANGERME
| Angerme | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Japan |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 2009–present |
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| Associated acts | |
| Website | www |
| Members |
Ayaka Wada (2009-) Kana Nakanishi (2011-) Akari Takeuchi (2011-) Rina Katsuta (2011-) Mizuki Murota (2014-) Maho Aikawa (2014-) Rikako Sasaki (2014-) Moe Kamikokuryou (2015-) Momona Kasahara (2016-) |
| Past members |
Meimi Tamura (2011-2016) Kanon Fukuda (2009-2015) Yuuka Maeda (2009-2011) Fuyuka Kosuga (2011) Saki Ogawa (2009-2011) |
Angerme (アンジュルム Anjurumu?), formerly S/mileage (スマイレージ Sumairēji?) is a Japanese idol girl group from Hello! Project, which originally consisted of four former Hello! Pro Egg (Hello! Project trainees) members that left Egg in 2010 and became full-time members of Hello! Project. In 2010, they won the Japan Record Award for Best New Artist. In 2011, five new girls were added to the group as part of the second generation, with two being former Egg members and three new girls, while also losing three members at the same time; three more members were added in 2014. With the Graduations of two members, and the additions of two more members in 2015 and 16, as of July 2016 the total members of the group stands at 9 members.
On April 4, Japanese music producer Tsunku announced on his blog that a new girl group consisting of Hello! Pro Egg members would be formed. He later revealed that the members would be Ayaka Wada, Yuuka Maeda, and Kanon Fukuda, all formerly of Shugo Chara Egg!, as well as fellow Egg Saki Ogawa, and announced that Ayaka would be the leader. A month later, on May 7, 2009, he revealed that the group would be called "S/mileage". The name is a portmanteau of the English words "smile", "mileage", and "age", and together the name means "the age of smiles".
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