Shanadoo
| Shanadoo | |
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| Origin | Japan |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 2006–2014 |
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| Associated acts | Vivace |
| Website | Shanadoo.com |
| Past members | Marina Kakitsu Chika Takagi Junko Fukuda Manami Fuku |
Shanadoo (Japanese: シャナドゥー Hepburn: Shanadū?) were a Japanese dance and pop girl group. Produced in Germany and Japan, the band consisted of four members, lead singer Marina Kakitsu along with Chika Takagi, Manami Fuku and Junko Fukuda. They were signed to Icezone Music and Avex.
Shanadoo is an all female group made up of four young Japanese women from the Platinum Production agency. Chika Takagi, Manami Fuku and Junko Fukuda alrady had worked together before Shanadoo as a part of Avex Trax's promotional unit group, Vivace. Vivace's activities included work as race queens, bikini pin-up modeling and even two Japanese recordings, One of them being their song "Flame love", which features as the last track on the 2004 compilation album Autobacs GT 2004 Series - Japan GT Championship. The other song "On My Own", a cover version of Jade Donno's song of the same name, features on the non-stop megamix edition of the 2004 compilation album Autobacs GT 2004 Series - Japan GT Championship. Both songs also appear on their "Viva Vivace" video album and various other Avex Trax music compilations such as Girl's Box. Marina Kakitsu was added as lead vocalist to complete Shanadoo. The band went into production with noted Eurodance producer, David Brandes, whose credits include acts such as E-Rotic, Bad Boys Blue and Vanilla Ninja.
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