UltraCats
| UltraCats | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Japan |
| Years active | 2001–2002 |
| Labels | Sony Music Japan |
| Website | Official info page |
| Past members | Teruyoshi Uchimura, Kazuki Ōtake, Udo Suzuki, Jinny Lee |
UltraCats (ウルトラキャッツ UrutoraKyattsu?, formed October 19, 2001) is a Japanese popular musical group consisting of members Utchan, Ōtake, Udo, and Jinny. After Jinny left UltraCats, she started solo career as Chae Yeon.
UltraCats started off as a singing group in a popular Japanese TV show Utchan Nanchan no Urinari!! in 2001, a year after Jinny's arrival in Japan. Jinny was already in this show for a year since 2000, but she had not had a chance to pursue her dream of becoming a singer to the fullest, although amongst other projects, she had a chance to take part in the short-lived singing group Brand-new Biscuits through the early 2001.
Knowing her dream and struggle, after Brand-new Biscuits' cessation, Uchimura started UltraCats as a part of the show, and besides them, he included the members Udo, which makes it to have a similar member structure to the once popular singing group from the show, Pocket Biscuits, and Ōtake later.
However, they were not able to sell any CDs until the very end of the show that suddenly came in March, 2002. In terms of the activities as UltraCats in the show, all they did was going to Korea and trying to sell the group by singing their only song at that time "Barem" in Korean on the streets—which attracted a handful of fans that supported them by going around to their street performances and making a website—and by contacting media and producers, which did not always welcome them.
Their first step to success as a professional singing group came when they were offered to sing on a stage after the live broadcasting of a popular Korean music program, 'SBS Popular Song.' They offered that after UltraCats' performance, they would have voting by the audience that came to see the program, and if UltraCats were able to obtain at least 70% support by the audience, they can sell a CD in Korea.
To everyone's surprise, UltraCats was able to obtain over 90% support of 426/473 people, going far over the minimum of 331/473 people, and at that moment, in addition to selling a CD in Korea, it was also decided that the Japanese company Sony Music Entertainment would sell UltraCats' song "Barem" in Japanese in Japan.
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