Tanpopo
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was a JPop group founded in 1998 and the first subgroup of Morning Musume. The original members were: Kaori Iida, Aya Ishiguro, and Mari Yaguchi. The songs were considered more mature than most Morning Musume songs. In 1998, they recorded Last Kiss which was used as the ending theme for the Orphen anime. After Aya Ishiguro left the group in 1999 the two remaining members continued to sing and perform Tanpopo's song. In 2000, Ai Kago and Rika Ishikawa from the fourth generation of Morning Musume were added to Tanpopo. On July 31st, 2002, it was announced that Tanpopo was going to be completely reformed. Rika Ishikawa became the group's new leader and fifth generation Morning Musume members Asami Konno, and Risa Niigaki were added. Melon Kinen-Bi member Ayumi Shibata was also added. The third generation of Tanpopo released only one single. Currently the group is on indefinite hiatus.
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Members
First Generation
- Kaori Iida(飯田圭織)
- Aya Ishiguro (石黒 彩)
- Mari Yaguchi (矢口真里)
Second Generation
- Kaori Iida (飯田圭織)
- Mari Yaguchi (矢口真里)
- Ai Kago (加護 亜依)
- Rika Ishikawa (石川梨華)
Third Generation
- Rika Ishikawa (石川梨華)
- Asami Konno (紺野あさ美)
- Risa Niigaki (新垣里沙)
- Ayumi Shibata (柴田あゆみ)
Discography
Singles
- 1998-11-18 : (debut of first generation)
- 1999-03-10 :
- 1999-06-16 :
- 1999-10-20 :
- 2000-07-05 : (debut of second generation)
- 2001-02-21 :
- 2001-11-21 :
- 2002-09-26 : (debut of third generation, Tanpopo put on hiatus)
Albums
- 1999-03-31 : Tanpopo 1
- 2002-09-04 : All of Tanpopo
DVDs
- 2004-06-16 :Tanpopo Single V Clips 1
External links
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