[E-Girls] Welcome and follow them in their 1st Thread

adantatu2 · #1 7th December 2013, 05:31 AM

E-GIRLS

E-girls is a Japanese pop collective girl group under avex trax that features all the members of the groups Dream, Happiness, Flower, bunny (non debuted dance group) and EGD (EXPG Girls Dancer). The group name stands for EXILE Girls Unit.

Members

Spoiler:

2011-2012: Debut and "Follow Me"
During their formation in late 2011, it consist of 21 members which include all the members of Dream, Happiness and FLOWER before the departure of Dream's Sayaka and Happiness' MIMU going on hiatus. In 2012 for the release of their second single two new members joined the group, Kizu Reina and Suda Anna, both being members of EGD a dance group of EXPG (EXILE' Dance Academy).

By the time they prepare to release the third single, the total number of members got up to 31 people (two of them on hiatus) due to the addition of bunny and more EGD. The increase in number lead to a new system for the release of their next single where the girls are required to undergo a period of training and afterwards, the girls who excelled and fit the image of the single would be chosen to participate. 16 girls made the cut and were featured on their third single, "Follow Me".

2013-present: Lesson 1 and rise of popularity
In late 2012 three members from the undebuted group bunny left E-Girls, and the 28 remaining members released the single "THE NEVER ENDING STORY". Less than one month later the same line-up released the single "CANDY SMILE", however only 12 members were featured on the music video. In early 2013 the group released their first studio album, Lesson 1. It ranked #1 on Oricon's weekly albums chart, selling 57,337 copies in its first week. In May, Suda Anna and Kawamoto Ruri, previously from the undebuted groups on E-girls, joined the group Happiness. Some months later, Kizu Reina, from the undebuted group EGD, left E-girls. In September, Nakajima Momoka joined EGD, replacing Kizu Reina, and all 29 members were featured in the single "Gomennasai no Kissing You". Momoka was known for being the girl reading the book in the PV of "THE NEVER ENDING STORY" and appearing in the dance intro of the PV of "CANDY SMILE". In October 11, LDH announced a new member on E-girls, Watanabe Marina, being part of EGD. A week later, in October 18, it was announced that Mizuno Erina left both E-girls and Flower to focus on her actress career. At the same day it was announced their seventh single, "Kurukuru", featuring 18 members on the jacket covers and music video. The group gained considerable momentum in 2013, appearing on year-end shows and being invited to Kouhaku.

Discography

Albums
[2013.04.17] Lesson 1

Singles
[2011.12.28] Celebration!
[2012.04.18] One Two Three
[2012.10.03] Follow Me
[2013.02.20] THE NEVER ENDING STORY
[2013.03.13] CANDY SMILE
[2013.10.02] Gomennasai no Kissing You (ごめんなさいのKissing You)
[2013.11.20] Kurukuru (クルクル)

E-Girls - クルクル PV

FLOWER - 白雪姫 PV

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adantatu2 · #2 7th December 2013, 05:59 AM

FLOWER will release their 6th single Shirayukihime on 25th December.

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FINALLY, Flower's album, "Flower" now listed for 2014.01.22 release, 2 editions.

Yay, i want an album with the 9 girls, but, oh well, i hope this album is amazing.

Yooku · #3 7th December 2013, 12:13 PM

Lesson 1 is really good.

I haven't really listened recent singles so I can't comment on them.

tokyoxjapanxfan · #4 7th December 2013, 12:48 PM

I've been waiting for their album for so long lol.

I loved Still.

Shirayuki hime is really good, the video has great production.

adantatu2 · #5 7th December 2013, 10:26 PM

I don't like Lesson 1 at all, for me many of the new songs were boring.

adantatu2 · #6 12th December 2013, 03:27 AM

Flower - "Flower" Tracklist

-CD
1. Still
2. forget-me-not　～Wasurenagusa～
3. Unknown track
4. Taiyou to Himawari
5. Fadeless Love
6. YOUR GRAVITY
7. Boyfriend (Moonlight Version)
8. To Be Free!!
9. Koibito ga Santa Claus
10. Shirayukihime
11. SAKURA Regret
12. Hatsukoi
13. CALL
-DVD
Still MUSIC VIDEO
SAKURA Regret MUSIC VIDEO
forget-me-not ～Wasurenagusa～ MUSIC VIDEO
Koibito ga Santa Claus MUSIC VIDEO
Taiyou to Himawari　MUSIC VIDEO
Shirayukihime　MUSIC VIDEO
Hatsukoi　MUSIC VIDEO
Flower Documentary

They're including many b-sides. I think there are only 2 new songs.

kakumei · #7 24th December 2013, 04:53 AM

CD

+DVD

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new E-girls single, "Diamond Only" 2014.02.26
CD http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=RZCD-59568
+DVD http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=RZCD-59567

adantatu2 · #8 24th December 2013, 06:28 AM

^Thanks for the news !
These covers are different, i thought they're going to be like the usual covers.
And yay, new E-Girls single so soon

kakumei · #9 7th January 2014, 03:38 PM

"let go again feat. VERBAL (m-flo)" last new song announced for the album, it is a sequel to 2004's m-flo loves YOSHIKA "let go" will be digitally released 1.8

preview up:
http://www.flower-ldh.jp/disco/

adantatu2 · #10 8th January 2014, 03:38 AM

The full song is out now

Spoiler:

tsumekaze_ · #11 8th January 2014, 07:28 PM

is this avex's version of akb48? btw they're quite good, these girls! saw them @ kouhaku

adantatu2 · #12 9th January 2014, 01:33 AM

I think you said that for the amount of members, obviously, lol.

E-girls is a Japanese pop collective girl group under avex trax that features all the members of the groups Dream, Happiness, Flower, bunny (non debuted dance group) and EGD (EXPG Girls Dancer). The group name stands for EXILE Girls Unit.

In EXILE groups, there are only some vocalists and the rest are dancers.

My favourite group is FLOWER, they release fantastic ballads

tsumekaze_ · #13 9th January 2014, 11:51 AM

exactly XDD but I've seen some pf their performances live and at the end the vocalists are only few, is that right? I saw gomennasai no kissing you btw. I'll give a listen to FLOWER as I'm a sucker for ballads XD

adantatu2 · #14 10th January 2014, 03:12 AM

Flower's ballads are really really good.

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On January 7th, 14 members of EXILE's sister unit E-girls visited Nakameguro Hachiman Jinja to make their vows for the New Year.

The members appeared at the shrine wearing bright-colored furisode (long-sleeved kimono). They prayed for the success of their new album (March release, currently untitled) and their arena tour scheduled to be held in summer. Leader Aya expressed her hopes saying, "We want to start a girl group movement and stand on top."

The members also revealed that they received otoshidama (New Year's money gift) from the agency's president and former EXILE leader HIRO. When asked about the amount, they smiled and said, "a lot."

new single and now a new album, great !