Buono!
Buono! | |
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Background information | |
Origin | Japan |
Genres | |
Years active | 2007 | – Present
Labels |
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Members | Momoko Tsugunaga Miyabi Natsuyaki Airi Suzuki |
Website | Buono! official site |
Buono! (ボーノ, Bōno) is a Japanese Hello! Project unit consisting of three members: Momoko Tsugunaga and Miyabi Natsuyaki from Berryz Koubou, and Airi Suzuki from Cute. The name translates into "good!" (from Italian), but in Japan has come to connote an association with food, as in "delicious." All three members of Buono! originate from Chiba Prefecture.
Members
Name | Birth date | Age | From | Member colour | Notes |
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Momoko Tsugunaga | March 6, 1992 | 32 | Berryz Kobo | Pink | Leader |
Miyabi Natsuyaki | August 25, 1992 | 32 | Red | Subleader | |
Airi Suzuki | April 12, 1994 | 30 | Cute | Green | Health guardian (Student in charge of lunch) |
History
The unit was officially announced at the Nakayoshi magazine Festival 2007 on July 21, 2007, at Sunshine City in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, and formed to sing both the opening ("Kokoro no Tamago") and ending ("Honto no Jibun") themes for the anime adaptation of the Shugo Chara! manga. Buono! continued to record the ending and opening themes for the first season of the anime. As of the second season, Buono! only recorded the ending themes, as the opening themes were handled by Shugo Chara Egg! and Guardians 4, two other groups formed for the sake of performing Shugo Chara! music. On March 10, 2008, a collaboration album with Guardians 4 and Shugo Chara!Egg was released titled as Shugo Chara!Song Best, and on the same day a DVD titled as "Shugo Chara! Clips Best" was released with the same artists Guardians 4 and Shugo Chara!Egg.
On March 7, 2009, Hello! Project announced that Buono! was to perform at the Japan Expo in Stockholm, Sweden, on May 24, 2009,[1] but the convention was cancelled a month earlier on April 21, 2009, due to "the financial change in world economy, severe competition from other festivals/concerts as well as poor ticket sales."[2]
In December 2010, Buono! left the Pony Canyon label and moved to the Zetima label. Their 11th single (and first single under the Zetima Label), Zassou No Uta, was released on February 2, 2011.
In February 2012, Buono! performed in Paris, France with a sold-out concert of 800 people.
On June 25, 2012, Buono! took part in Yubi Matsuri, an idol festival produced by Rino Sashihara from AKB48. The concert was held at Nippon Budokan before a crowd of 8,000 people and featured such girl groups as Idoling!!!, Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku, Super Girls, Tokyo Girls' Style, Nogizaka46, Passpo, Momoiro Clover Z, and Watarirouka Hashiritai 7.[3][4]
2016: Miyabi Natsuyaki announced on her official Instagram account that Buono! will return August 25, 2016. This will be her first performance with the members since Berryz Koubou went on indefinite hiatus in 2015.
Discography
Albums
Title | Release date | Chart position | Sales (Oricon) | |
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Oricon Weekly Albums Chart |
First week |
Total* | ||
Café Buono![5] | February 20, 2008 | 11 | 18,413 | 23,782 |
Buono! 2[6] | February 11, 2009 | 7 | 15,631 | 19,857 |
We Are Buono![7] | February 10, 2010 | 11 | 11,095 | 13,496 |
Mini albums
Title | Release date | Chart position |
Sales (Oricon) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Oricon Weekly Albums Chart |
First week |
Total* | ||
Partenza[8] | August 10, 2011 | 21 | 5,050 | 6,442 |
Sherbet | August 22, 2012 | 14 | 6,472 | 8,360 |
Compilations
Title | Release date | Chart position |
Sales (Oricon) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Oricon Weekly Albums Chart |
First week |
Total* | ||
The Best Buono![9] | August 10, 2010 | 16 | 8,494 | 10,119 |
Singles
Title | Release date | Chart position |
Sales (Oricon) | ||
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Oricon Weekly Singles Chart |
First week |
Total* | |||
Pony Canyon | |||||
"Honto no Jibun"[10] | October 31, 2007 | 5 | 29,715 | 42,035 | |
"Renai Rider"[11] | February 6, 2008 | 7 | 30,268 | 35,254 | |
"Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!"[12] | May 14, 2008 | 4 | 29,305 | 36,675 | |
"Gachinko de Ikō!"[13] | August 20, 2008 | 6 | 25,469 | 31,005 | |
"Rottara Rottara"[14] | November 12, 2008 | 8 | 22,484 | 27,104 | |
"Co-no-mi-chi"[15] | January 21, 2009 | 4 | 19,002 | 22,735 | |
"My Boy"[16] | April 29, 2009 | 7 | 19,884 | 23,621 | |
"Take It Easy!"[17] | August 26, 2009 | 10 | 15,517 | 18,170 | |
"Bravo Bravo"[18] | December 16, 2009 | 4 | 18,086 | 20,380 | |
"Our Songs"[19] | February 3, 2010 | 8 | 13,220 | 15,692 | |
Zetima | |||||
"Zassō no Uta" (雑草のうた)[20] | February 2, 2011 | 9 | 13,390 | 14,794 | |
"Natsu Dakara!" (夏ダカラ!)[21] | July 20, 2011 | 13 | 10,133 | 12,554 | |
Hatsukoi Cider / Deep Mind[22] | January 18, 2012 | 7 | 10,892 | 13,899 |
* These are unofficial figures obtained by adding together Oricon sales numbers for different periods of time when the single charted on Oricon.
DVDs
Concerts
- Buono! Live 2009: Hybrid Punch (Buono!ライブ2009 ~ハイブリッド☆パンチ~, February 2009)
- Buono! First Live 2009: Winter Festa (December 2009)
- Buono! Live Tour 2010: We are Buono! (May 19, 2010)
- Buono! Live Tour 2011 Winter Re;Buono (2011)
- Buono! 2011 Summer Concert Tour: Rock n’ Buono! 4 (2011)
- Buono! 2012 Live "Real" (2012)
References
- ^ "Buono! at Stockholm Expo 2009: 24th of May 2009". Hello!Online. 2009-03-06.
- ^ "Stockholm Japan Expo cancelled". Hello!Online. 2009-04-21.
- ^ 指原莉乃「ゆび祭り」で豪華コラボ版「ヘビロテ」実現 (in Japanese). Natalie. 2012-06-26. Retrieved 2012-11-20.
- ^ "指原莉乃プロデュース「第一回ゆび祭り」、DVD&Blu-rayでの発売が決定!" (in Japanese). My Navi. 2012-11-02. Retrieved 2012-11-20.
- ^ "Café Buono!" (in Japanese). Hello! Project.
- ^ "Buono!2" (in Japanese). Hello! Project. Archived from the original on 2009-09-16.
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- ^ "partenza" (in Japanese). Hello! Project.
- ^ "The Best Buono!" (in Japanese). Hello! Project. Archived from the original on 2013-11-01.
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- ^ "Ren'ai Rider" (in Japanese). Hello! Project.
- ^ "Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!" (in Japanese). Hello! Project. Archived from the original on 2009-08-26.
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- ^ "Rottara Rottara" (in Japanese). Hello! Project.
- ^ "co•no•mi•chi" (in Japanese). Hello! Project.
- ^ "MY BOY" (in Japanese). Hello! Project. Archived from the original on 2009-04-06.
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- ^ "Bravo☆Bravo" (in Japanese). Hello! Project. Archived from the original on 2009-08-24.
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- ^ "Zassou no Uta" (in Japanese). Hello! Project.
- ^ "Natsu Dakara!" (in Japanese). Hello! Project.
- ^ "DEEP MIND "Gomen nasai" Theme Song" (in Japanese). Hello! Project.