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{{nihongo|'''Cute'''|℃-ute（キュート）|Kyūto|both syllables are inflected; also stylized as '''°C-ute'''}} is a [[Japan]]ese girl group, currently consisting of five teenage girls. The pop group is part of [[Hello! Project]], produced by [[Tsunku]], who also writes almost all the band's songs.
{{nihongo|'''Cute'''|℃-ute（キュート）|Kyūto|{{IPA-ja|/ˈkjuːˈto/|}}also stylized as '''°C-ute'''}} is a [[Japan]]ese girl group, currently consisting of five teenage girls. The pop group is part of [[Hello! Project]], produced by [[Tsunku]], who also writes almost all the band's songs.


Cute made its [[major label|major]] debut in 2007 and that year won the [[Japan Record Award]] for Best New Artist. All the group's [[major label|major-label]] [[single (music)|singles]] have debuted in the top 10 of the [[Oricon]] Weekly Singles Chart.
Cute made its [[major label|major]] debut in 2007 and that year won the [[Japan Record Award]] for Best New Artist. All the group's [[major label|major-label]] [[single (music)|singles]] have debuted in the top 10 of the [[Oricon]] Weekly Singles Chart.

Revision as of 08:55, 6 May 2012

This article is about a Japanese girl group. For other uses, see Cute (disambiguation).
Cute
Also known as°C-ute
OriginJapan
GenresPop
Years active2005–present
LabelsZetima (JP)
Pony Canyon (KR)[1]
MembersMaimi Yajima
Saki Nakajima
Airi Suzuki
Chisato Okai
Mai Hagiwara
Past membersMegumi Murakami (2005-2006)
Kanna Arihara (2006-2009)
Erika Umeda (2005-2009)
WebsiteCute on YouTube

Cute (℃-ute（キュート）, Kyūto, [/ˈkjuːˈto/]also stylized as °C-ute) is a Japanese girl group, currently consisting of five teenage girls. The pop group is part of Hello! Project, produced by Tsunku, who also writes almost all the band's songs.

Cute made its major debut in 2007 and that year won the Japan Record Award for Best New Artist. All the group's major-label singles have debuted in the top 10 of the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart.

History

2002–2003: Hello! Project Kids

All the group's members were initially selected during the audition for Hello! Project Kids in 2002.

Since then, the girls undertook serious professional training in Hello! Project.

In 2002, Airi Suzuki and Mai Hagiwara, as members of the group 4Kids, played in the Minimoni movie Okashi na Daibōken!.

In 2003, some Hello! Project Kids were placed in bands led by Morning Musume members: Airi Suzuki was selected to be in Aa!, while Erika Umeda, Maimi Yajima, and Megumi Murakami were in the group called ZYX. Both units were proved to be short-lived, and their activity virtually came to a stall with the creation of Berryz Kobo in January 2004.

2005–2006: Formation

Cute was formed in the year 2005, consisting of seven girls from Hello! Project Kids who had not been chosen to form the group Berryz Kobo.[2] The creation of Cute was officially announced on June 11, 2005, though its formation had been rumored for several months prior.

In January 2006, at the start of the Hello! Project Winter 2006 concert tour, Kanna Arihara, a Hello! Pro Egg member, was added as part of the Wonderful Hearts team.

In May–July 2006, in a span of 4 months, Cute released 4 indie singles.

On October 31, 2006, Megumi Murakami left the group, officially to concentrate on her studies.[3]

2007: Major-label debut

On February 21, 2007, Cute's first official single "Sakura Chirari" was released. On the first day it ranked 3rd in the Oricon Daily Singles Chart, a feat not even accomplished by Morning Musume, whose debut single ranked 6th.[4] With their debut single, they became the youngest group (with the average age of 13) to rank in the top 10.[5]

On December 30, 2007, Cute received the Japan Record Award for Best New Artist.[6][7]

The year ended with the group's debut at the 58th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen, an annual music show broadcast on December 31. They performed a number together with Morning Musume and Berryz Kobo.[8][9][10]

2008

At the end of 2008, Cute was nominated for the main Japan Record Award, the Grand Prix, for the song "Edo no Temari Uta II", which was chosen as one of the best works of the year, but lost to Exile and had to be contented with a Gold Award.[11][12][13]

2009: Line-up changes

On February 26, 2009, Hello! Project announced that Kanna Arihara was having difficulty performing on stage due to hallux valgus, or bunion deformity, and would not be able to attend Hello! Project 10th Anniversary fan club event that week. She would also be absent from Hello! Project's activities, including activities in Cute, while receiving treatment.[14][15][16] Finally, in July 2009, Hello! Project informed that Arihara had decided to leave Cute and Hello! Project and return to the life of a normal girl.[17]

On August 1, 2009, Hello! Project posted Erika Umeda's official announcement that at the end of the upcoming Cute's 2009 fall concert tour she would be graduating from Cute and Hello! Project to pursue her dream of becoming a fashion model.[18] Her graduation was held on October 25 in Osaka, at the last concert of the tour.

The last single to feature Erika Umeda, "EVERYDAY Zekkōchō!!", released on September 19, 2009, topped at number 1 in the Oricon daily singles chart and at number 2 in Oricon Weekly to become the Cute's highest-ranking single to date.

In November 2009, the official group member colours changed to: Maimi Yajima – red, Saki Nakajima – blue, Suzuki Airi – pink, Chisato Okai – green, and Mai Hagiwara – yellow.

2010

On November 27, 2010, Chisato Okai released a solo single on iTunes,[19][20] and is currently the only member in the group to have done so. The single closely followed the success of Chisato's dance videos on YouTube, the first of which, “Dance de Bakōn!”, had been viewed more than a million times by the end of January, 2011.[21][22]

2011

On February 23 Cute released their 15th single, "Kiss Me Aishiteru".

Cute's 16th single, "Momoiro Sparkling", debuted in the 4th place of the Oricon daily singles chart for May 24. It spent two consecutive weeks in the Top 30 of the Oricon Weekly, ranking 6th and 17th.[23]

On June 18, 2011, Cute's spring concert entitled Chō Wonderful! was broadcast live on the group's YouTube channel. The live stream was a big success. As it was later confirmed by the band's leader Maimi Yajima in her blog and by the management of the Up-Front Agency on Twitter, there were 93,144 YouTube viewers who watched the broadcast.

2012

On February 8, the group's 7th album, titled "Dai Nana Shō 'Utsukushikutte Gomen ne'", came out.

Cute's 18th single "Kimi wa Jitensha Watashi wa Densha de Kitaku" ("You ride your bicycle, while I catch the train home"[24]) was released on April 18. The music video for the song was uploaded on Cute's official YouTube channel on March 12.[25]
With more than 40,000 copies sold within the first week and reaching #3 of the Oricon weekly singles chart, the single became their highest-selling single to date, breaking the record of their 3rd major single "Tokaikko Junjō", which sold 38,000 in total.

Discography

Main article: Cute discography

Videography

Music videos

# Title Official
YouTube
link
Indie
1 "Massara Blue Jeans" watch
2 "Soku Dakishimete" watch
3 "Ōkina Ai de Motenashite" watch
4 "Wakkyanai (Z)" (Live Version) watch
Major
1 "Sakura Chirari" watch
2 "Meguru Koi no Kisetsu" watch
3 "Tokaikko Junjō" watch
4 "Lalala Shiawase no Uta" watch
— "Koero! Rakuten Eagles" (C-ute Ver.) watch
5 "Namida no Iro" watch
6 "Edo no Temari Uta II" watch
7 "Forever Love" watch
8 "Bye Bye Bye!" watch
9 "Shochū Omimai Mōshiagemasu" watch
10 "Everyday Zekkōchō" watch
11 "Shock!" watch
— "Shigatsu Sengen" watch
12 "Campus Life: Umarete Kite Yokatta" watch
13 "Dance de Bakōn" watch
14 "Aitai Lonely Christmas" watch
15 "Kiss me Aishiteru" watch
16 "Momoiro Sparkling" watch
17 "Sekaiichi Happy na Onna no Ko" watch
— "Amazuppai Haru ni Sakura Saku"
 by Berryz Kobo×C-ute 		watch
— "Busu ni Naranai Tetsugaku"
 by Hello! Project Mobekimasu 		watch
— "Yuke! Ganki-kun"
 by Mai Hagiwara 		watch
18 "Kimi wa Jitensha Watashi wa Densha de Kitaku" watch

Awards

Best Hit Kayōsai

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2007 C-ute (group) New Artist Award[26] Won
Best New Artist Award* Nominated

* Lost to RSP.

See also

Japan Cable Awards

The Japan Cable Awards (日本有線大賞, Nihon Yūsen Taishō) are sponsored by the National Cable Music Broadcasters Association (全国有線音楽放送協会).

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2007 "Meguru Koi no Kisetsu" Cable Music Award[26] Won
See also

Japan Record Awards

The Japan Record Awards is a major music awards show held annually in Japan by the Japan Composer's Association.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2007 "Tokaikko Junjō" New Artist Award[27] Won
Best New Artist Award[6][26] Won
2008 "Edo no Temari Uta II" Gold Award[11][26] Won
Grand Prix[11][12] Nominated
See also

See also

References

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  2. ^ つんく♂から「℃- ute（キュート）」に関してコメント
  3. ^ 『℃-ute　村上 愛』について皆様へ大事なお知らせ
  4. ^ "Oricon Style" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2007-01-22.
  5. ^ "MTV Chinese article" (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2007-03-22. Retrieved 2007-03-09.
  6. ^ a b "Kobukuro wins Japan Record Award". Tokyograph. 2007-12-30. Retrieved 2011-02-10.
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  12. ^ a b "EXILE, Jero win Japan Record Awards". Tokyograph. 2008-12-31. Retrieved 2011-02-10.
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  20. ^ "LOVE Namida Iro - Okai Chisato (C-ute)" (in Japanese).
  21. ^ "Chisato Okai dances "Dance de Bakōn!"". C-ute official YouTube channel.
  22. ^ "Okai Chisato's "Dance de Bakoon" YouTube video has reached 1 million views". Hello! Online twitter. January 20, 2011.
  23. ^ "シングル週間ランキング-ORICON STYLE ランキング" (in Japanese). Oricon Inc. 2011-06-08. Retrieved 2011-06-09.
  24. ^ The cover of "Single V'Kimi wa Jitensha Watashi wa Densha de Kitaku'"
  25. ^ "℃-ute 『君は自転車 私は電車で帰宅』 (MV)". - YouTube
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  27. ^ "49th Japan Record Award winners announced". Tokyograph. 2007-11-29. Retrieved 2011-02-08.
Preceded by Japan Record Award for Best New Artist
2007 		Succeeded by
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