Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku
| Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku | |
|---|---|
| Native name | 私立恵比寿中学 |
| Also known as | Ebichu King of Gakugeeeekai |
| Origin | Tokyo, Japan |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Labels |
Stardust Ongaku Shuppan (2010–2011) Defstar Records (2012–2015) SME Records (2015–present) |
| Associated acts | |
| Website | shiritsuebichu |
| Members |
Rika Mayama Ayaka Yasumoto Aika Hirota Mirei Hoshina Rina Matsuno Hinata Kashiwagi Kaho Kobayashi Riko Nakayama |
| Past members | Kanon Narumi Uno Hinaki Yano Rio Koike Reina Miyazaki Mizuki Natsu Anno Hirono Suzuki |
Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku (私立恵比寿中学 Shiritsu Ebisu Chūgaku?, lit. "Ebisu Private Junior High School") is a Japanese girl idol group. The band's name is officially shortened to Ebichu (エビ中?), which is a double entendre that can mean "in a shrimp". The group was created by 3B Junior, the third section of the talent agency Stardust Promotion. Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku is a "little sister" group to another Stardust Promotion girl group, Momoiro Clover Z.
Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku is named after a fictitious school in Ebisu, a neighbourhood in Shibuya, Tokyo. It was planned as a group of elementary and middle school students. The band was officially nicknamed "King of School Play", and its concept was advertised as being a group with very rough singing and dancing skills. Or, more accurately, the band's slogan was "Unarticulated dance and shaky vocals." Ebichu was formed as a quintet on August 4, 2009. At present, there are eight members. The only original member who is still in the group is Rika Mayama. Although in April 2012 they both entered high school, it was decided that they would remain in the group. They joke that they are middle school students forever.
In June 2011, it was announced that Ebichu was to hold its first solo concert, on October 8 at Shibuya O-East. Parts of it were released on the band's first solo live DVD, which appeared on February 15 of the next year. In total, in October Shiritsu Ebisu Chūgaku gave three sold-out performances. After six self-published "indie" singles on the talent agency's recording label, the latest few of which charted on Oricon, the group signed a temporary contract with the major label Defstar Records to release a single titled, incidentally, "Karikeiyaku no Cinderella" ("Temporary Contract Cinderella"). The release date had already been determined as May 5, 2012, the Children's Day. The contract signing was made into a ceremony, which was held on March 4 in the presence of a large audience of fans. The single "Karikeiyaku no Cinderella" debuted at number 7 in the Oricon daily ranking for May 1. Having peaked in the daily chart at second position, it also debuted at number 7 in the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart.
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