perfume,J-pop

Perfume (group)

Perfume (パフューム, Pafyūmu?) is a female J-pop and Electropop group consisting of three members from Hiroshima, Kashiyuka, Nocchi, and A~chan who debuted locally in 2001 and nationally in 2005. Since 2003 Perfume have been produced by Yasutaka Nakata, founder of the group capsule and the contemode label. From 2005 until 2008, Perfume has released six major singles. In 2007, Perfume released Polyrhythm, which became their first top 10 in the Oricon charts. Since then, Perfume has been breaking record after record with new singles. Their second album, Game, was released on April 16, 2008 and debut on the Oricon sales chart at number 1.

In 2001, Nocchi (Ayano Ōmoto), Kashiyuka (Yuka Kashino), and A~chan (Ayaka Nishiwaki), friends from Hiroshima, aged 11–12, joined together to form Perfume.

In 2002, they released two limited edition singles called "Omajinai Perori" and "Kareshi Boshūchū", sold only in Hiroshima.

In 2003, Perfume moved to Tokyo and became produced by FUURI-CL. By 2004, they had released three singles, "Sweet Donuts", "Monochrome Effect", and "Vitamin Drop" under the Indies label Bee-Hive. They also performed three live shows within that time. Fans acquired appreciation for them because of their energetic performances.

On September 21, 2005, "Linear Motor Girl" was released: Yasutaka Nakata used their cute pop/techno style for their major debut. In 2006 Perfume released two singles, "Computer City" and "Electro World". It wasn't until 2007, Perfume was chosen to promote their new single "Polyrhythm" in a recycling campaign commercial. After that, Perfume was a huge success. The day of its release, "Polyrhythm" hit number #4 on the Oricon charts and #7 for the weekly ranking, making this the first time Perfume has reached the top 10. It turned Perfume into a major hit group in Japan selling over 60,000 copies of their single Polyrhythm alone. After that, they appeared on many shows and radio programs such as Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ, Music Station (which exposed them overseas through its airings on ANIMAX), and Liquidroom. On December 31, 2007, Perfume performed in a concert titled "Countdown 2008". This is by far the biggest performance in the history of the group. In Feb. 2008, Perfume released their new single "Baby Cruising Love / Macaroni". It broke the previous records by achieving #3 on the daily and weekly charts. Complete best has hit the charts since it's release due to Perfume's growing popularity. Perfume's newest album Game has achieved #1 on April 16, 2008 on the daily Oricon charts.

On April 4, 2008, Perfume begun starring in the show Happy!, along with model Naoto Tokuzawa and comedian Nishioka Sumiko.1 The talk show will be aired every Friday night on NTV. Following the start of the show, Perfume's second album, Game, was released on April 16, 2008.2 The album was released in regular and limited editions with the latter including a DVD. The DVD includes a video of their song "Ceramic Girl" (セラミックガール, "Ceramic Girl"?), which was introduced on the commercial for VAIO also known as "Perfume VAIO Movie Lovely Story". The DVD also includes different versions of the Promotional Video for "Macaroni": -A~chan Version-, -Nocchi Version-, and -Kashiyuka Version-.

On April 9, 2008, a video for another new song from the Game, "Secret Secret" premiered on MTV Japan. Another song in the album, "Butterfly" is used in the second promotional video of Mugen no Frontier: Super Robot Wars OG Saga.

On July 9, 2008, a new single love the world will be released. The B-side of the single is "edge". The single comes in a regular edition and a limited edition. The limited edition includes a DVD with the promotional video for the title song, which premiered on MTV Japan on June 23, 2008.