Canary Club

Canary Club
Canary Club
Origin	Japan
Genres	J-pop
Years active	2007–2012
Labels	TN-mix (2007–2011); Space Craft Group (2011–2012);
Spinoff of	Nice Girl Project!;
Past members	Mana Ogawa; Ayumi Takada; Mikiho Niwa; Ikuko Ōura; Riho Sugiura (2007–2009); Erina Hashiguchi (2007–2009); Yuma Uchida (2007–2010); Reiko Okada (2007–2011); Yurie Matsuri (2007–2011); Chihira Mochida (2009–2015);

Canary Club (キャナァーリ倶楽部, Kyanāri Kurabu) is a Japanese girl group, founded by Tsunku in 2007 within his Nice Girl Project!.^[1]^[2]

The group debuted in 2007 with the single "SWEET & TOUGHNESS" as a nine-member group. After two albums, six singles and various line-up changes between 2007 and 2011, Canary Club was transferred to Space Craft Group in 2011 with all members transferring except for Chihira Mochida, who remained a member of the group under TNX until her departure from the label in January 2015.. Since transferring, Canary Club have released songs for the games Rhythm Heaven and Rhythm Heaven Fever in 2008 and 2011 respectively.

In a blog post discussing her departure, Chihara Mochida revealed that Canary Club went on hiatus in May 2012 to focus on individual activities.

Members[edit]

Can's (subunit)

Mana Ogawa (小川真奈, nickname: Ogamana), born (1993-07-02) July 2, 1993 (age 30)
Ayumi Takada (高田あゆみ, nickname: Ayubee), born (1984-10-20) October 20, 1984 (age 39)

Aries (subunit)

Mikiho Niwa (丹羽未来帆, nickname: Mikki), born (1989-09-27) September 27, 1989 (age 34)
Ikuko Ōura (大浦育子, nickname: Ikucchi), born (1989-09-22) September 22, 1989 (age 34)

Former members[edit]

Can's

Riho Sugiura (杉浦里穂, nickname: Rippon), born (1992-02-03) February 3, 1992 (age 32) — left in January 2009
Erina Hashiguchi (橋口恵莉奈, nickname: Eri~na), born (1996-11-18) November 18, 1996 (age 27) — left in June 2009

Aries

Yuma Uchida (内田由麻, nickname: Ucchi), born (1994-11-07) November 7, 1994 (age 29) — left in March 2010
Reiko Okada (岡田怜子, nickname: Okkyan), born (1993-06-19) June 19, 1993 (age 30) — left in May 2011
Yurie Matsui (松井友里絵, nickname: Macchan), born (1988-04-06) April 6, 1988 (age 36) — left in May 2011

Subunit unknown

Chihira Mochida (持田千妃来, nickname: Chiichan), born (1997-10-12) October 12, 1997 (age 26) — joined in late 2009, left in January 2015

Discography[edit]

Singles[edit]

No.	Title	Release date	Charts	Album
No.	Title	Release date	JPN ^[3]	Album
1	"Sweet & Toughness" (SWEET&TOUGHNESS)	May 3, 2007 (2007-05-03)	89	1 Kanari Canary
2	"Seishun Banzai!" (青春万歳!)	July 25, 2007 (2007-07-25)	63	1 Kanari Canary
3	"Faith!" (FAITH!)	January 1, 2008 (2008-01-01)	50	2 Eejanaika
4	"Nishiki Kazare" (ニシキカザレ)	April 9, 2008 (2008-04-09)	28
5	"Hitomi ga Kirakirara" (瞳がキラキララ)	July 16, 2008 (2008-07-16)	22
6	"Daisukki!" (ダイスッキ!)	August 4, 2010 (2010-08-04)	50	—

DVD singles

Albums[edit]

No.	Album details	Charts
No.	Album details	JPN ^[4]
1	1 Kanari Canary (①かなりキャナァーリ) mini-album Released: October 17, 2007 (2007-10-17)	—
2	2 Eejanaika (②エエジャナイカ) Released: August 26, 2009 (2009-08-26)	—

References[edit]

^ "つんく♂、芸能事務所4社合同でNICE GIRL プロジェクト!を発足" (in Japanese). Oricon. 2007-10-15. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
^ "キャナァーリ倶楽部、夢はドームツアーに海外公演" (in Japanese). Oricon. 2008-06-28. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
^ "キャナァーリ倶楽部のシングル売上ランキング" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
^ "キャナァーリ倶楽部のアルバム売上ランキング" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2015-04-28.

External links[edit]

Official website
Official blog Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine
Canary Club "Ishin-denshin" No. 37 on TBS Radio

[1] "つんく♂、芸能事務所4社合同でNICE GIRL プロジェクト!を発足" (in Japanese). Oricon. 2007-10-15. Retrieved 2015-04-28.

[2] "キャナァーリ倶楽部、夢はドームツアーに海外公演" (in Japanese). Oricon. 2008-06-28. Retrieved 2015-04-28.

[oricon-singles-3] "キャナァーリ倶楽部のシングル売上ランキング" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2015-04-28.

[4] "キャナァーリ倶楽部のアルバム売上ランキング" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2015-04-28.

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