Hello! Project Shuffle Unit
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Script error: No such module "Nihongo". was a Japanese idol project group formed by Up-Front Promotion in 2000 and associated with Hello! Project.[1] Beginning in 2000, the Shuffle Unit project was a yearly collaboration among existing Hello! Project acts, where members were recombined into three different groups to release a single for each.
After a four-year hiatus, the project was briefly revived in 2009, where several old sub-groups saw a return under new names and new members. After 2009, the project became defunct.
History
2000-2005: Initial beginnings
Beginning in 2000, Tsunku created a music collaboration project with members of Hello! Project rearranged into three separate teams. The first theme, "color", consisted of Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., and Script error: No such module "Nihongo".. All groups released their singles on March 8, 2000, with Akagumi 4's single "Akai Nikkichō" charting the highest at #2 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Charts.[2]
In 2001, the groups were rearranged under the theme "party", with the three groups Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., and Script error: No such module "Nihongo".. All groups released their singles on July 4, 2001, with San-nin Matsuri's single "Chu! Natsu Party" charting the highest at #5 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Charts.[3] In 2002, the groups were rearranged under the theme "happiness", with the three groups Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., and Script error: No such module "Nihongo".. All groups released their singles on July 3, 2002, with Sexy 8's single "Shiawase Desu ka?" charting the highest at #2 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Charts.[4]
In 2003, the groups were rearranged under the theme "natural", with the three groups 7 Air, Salt 5, and 11 Water. All groups released their songs as a triple-A-side single on July 9, 2003.[5] The project then took a brief hiatus in 2004, where Tsunku decided to promote all Hello! Project artists as "H.P. All Stars" instead.
Tsunku resumed the Shuffle Unit project in 2005, with groups rearranged under the theme "elegance." The three groups consisted of Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., and Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., all of whom released their songs as a triple-A-side single on June 22, 2005.[6] Sexy Otona Jan's song "Onna, Kanashii, Otona" was later featured in the 2013 film The Wolverine.[7]
2009: Champloo
On July 15, 2009, Tsunku revived the Shuffle Unit project with a cover album titled Champloo: Happy Marriage Song Cover Shū, describing it as J-pop with the intention of it being played during summer parties and weddings.[8] He named the concept of the Shuffle Units "champloo" to describe the "chaotic" member line-up.[8] The project also saw the revival of inactive or disbanded Hello! Project acts under new names with new members, including High-King, Mini-Moni (revived as Script error: No such module "Nihongo".), Tanpopo (revived as Script error: No such module "Nihongo".), V-u-den (revived as Script error: No such module "Nihongo".), Petit Moni (revived as Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., ZYX (revived as ZYX Alpha, stylized as ZYX-α), and Aa![8] The Shuffle Units also released original songs on the Hello! Project's compilation album, Petit Best 10, and performed as concert-only units.[9]
Members
Member lists are adapted from Hello! Project's website:[10]
| Name | Group | Shuffle Units | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (2000) | Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (2001) | Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (2002) | Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (2003) | Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (2005) | Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (2009) | |||
| Yuko Nakazawa | Morning Musume | Akagumi 4 | N/A | Puri Puri Pink | N/A | |||
| Maki Goto | Morning Musume | Akagumi 4 | 7-nin Matsuri | Sexy 8 | N/A | |||
| Miho Shinoda | Taiyō to Ciscomoon | Akagumi 4 | N/A | |||||
| Danielle | Coconuts Musume | Akagumi 4 | N/A | |||||
| Natsumi Abe | Morning Musume | Kiiro 5 | 10-nin Matsuri | Odoru 11 | Salt 5 | N/A | ||
| Kei Yasuda | Morning Musume | Kiiro 5 | 10-nin Matsuri | Odoru 11 | N/A | Puri Puri Pink | N/A | |
| Ruru | Taiyō to Ciscomoon | Kiiro 5 | N/A | |||||
| Ayaka | Coconuts Musume | Kiiro 5 | 7-nin Matsuri | Sexy 8 | 11 Water | N/A | ||
| Michiyo Heike | — | Kiiro 5 | 7-nin Matsuri | Sexy 8 | N/A | |||
| Kaori Iida | Morning Musume | Aoiro 7 | 10-nin Matsuri | Odoru 11 | 11 Water | Puri Puri Pink | N/A | |
| Sayaka Ichii | Morning Musume | Aoiro 7 | N/A | |||||
| Mari Yaguchi | Morning Musume | Aoiro 7 | 7-nin Matsuri | Sexy 8 | 11 Water | N/A | ||
| Atsuko Inaba | Taiyō to CiscomoonTemplate:Efn | Aoiro 7 | N/A | 7 Air | Puri Puri Pink | N/A | ||
| Miwa Kominato | Taiyō to Ciscomoon | Aoiro 7 | N/A | |||||
| Mika | Coconuts Musume | Aoiro 7 | 10-nin Matsuri | Happy 7 | 7 Air | N/A | ||
| Lehua | Coconuts Musume | Aoiro 7 | 7-nin Matsuri | N/A | ||||
| Rika Ishikawa | Morning Musume | — | San-nin Matsuri | Sexy 8 | 7 Air | N/A | ||
| Ai Kago | Morning Musume | — | San-nin Matsuri | Happy 7 | Salt 5 | N/A | ||
| Aya Matsuura | — | — | San-nin Matsuri | Odoru 11 | Salt 5 | N/A | ||
| Asami Kimura | Country Musume | — | 7-nin Matsuri | Happy 7 | 11 Water | N/A | ||
| Ayumi Shibata | Melon Kinenbi | — | 7-nin Matsuri | Odoru 11 | 11 Water | Elegies | N/A | |
| Hitomi Yoshizawa | Morning Musume | — | 10-nin Matsuri | Sexy 8 | 11 Water | N/A | ||
| Nozomi Tsuji | Morning Musume | — | 10-nin Matsuri | Odoru 11 | 11 Water | N/A | ||
| Megumi Murata | Melon Kinenbi | — | 10-nin Matsuri | Odoru 11 | 11 Water | N/A | ||
| Masae Otani | Melon Kinenbi | — | 10-nin Matsuri | Sexy 8 | 7 Air | N/A | ||
| Hitomi Saito | Melon Kinenbi | — | 10-nin Matsuri | Happy 7 | 11 Water | N/A | ||
| Rinne | Country Musume | — | 10-nin Matsuri | Odoru 11 | N/A | |||
| Makoto Ogawa | Morning Musume | N/A | Happy 7 | Salt 5 | N/A | |||
| Ai Takahashi | Morning Musume | N/A | Happy 7 | 7 Air | Elegies | High-King | ||
| Risa Niigaki | Morning Musume | N/A | Happy 7 | 7 Air | N/A | ZYX-α | ||
| Mai Satoda | Country Musume | N/A | Sexy 8 | 7 Air | Elegies | N/A | ||
| Asami Konno | Morning Musume | N/A | Odoru 11 | 11 Water | N/A | |||
| Rika Ishii | — | N/A | Odoru 11 | N/A | ||||
| Miki Fujimoto | Morning MusumeTemplate:Efn | N/A | Odoru 11 | 11 Water | Sexy Otona Jan | N/A | ||
| Yuki Maeda | — | N/A | Salt 5 | N/A | ||||
| Miyabi Natsuyaki | Berryz Kobo | N/A | Sexy Otona Jan | Aa! | ||||
| Megumi Murakami | Cute | N/A | Sexy Otona Jan | N/A | ||||
| Reina Tanaka | Morning Musume | N/A | Elegies | High-King | ||||
| Saki Shimizu | Berryz Kobo | N/A | High-King | |||||
| Maimi Yajima | Cute | N/A | High-King | |||||
| Yuuka Maeda | Smileage | N/A | High-King | |||||
| Airi Suzuki | Cute | N/A | Aa! | |||||
| Lin Lin | Morning Musume | N/A | Shin Mini-Moni | |||||
| Kanon Fukuda | Smileage | N/A | Shin Mini-Moni | |||||
| Akari Takeuchi | Hello Pro Egg | N/A | Shin Mini-Moni | |||||
| Karin Miyamoto | Hello Pro Egg | N/A | Shin Mini-Moni | |||||
| Saki Nakajima | Cute | N/A | Petit Moni V | |||||
| Mai Hagiwara | Cute | N/A | Petit Moni V | |||||
| Erina Mano | — | N/A | Petit Moni V | |||||
| Koharu Kusumi | Morning Musume | N/A | ZYX-Alpha | |||||
| Momoko Tsugunaga | Berryz Kobo | N/A | ZYX-Alpha | |||||
| Chinami Tokunaga | Berryz Kobo | N/A | ZYX-Alpha | |||||
| Maasa Sudo | Berryz Kobo | N/A | ZYX-Alpha | |||||
| Erika Umeda | Cute | N/A | ZYX-Alpha | |||||
| Ayaka Wada | Smileage | N/A | ZYX-Alpha | |||||
| Saki Ogawa | Smileage | N/A | ZYX-Alpha | |||||
| Sayumi Michishige | Morning Musume | N/A | Zoku V-u-den | |||||
| Jun Jun | Morning Musume | N/A | Zoku V-u-den | |||||
| Risako Sugaya | Berryz Kobo | N/A | Zoku V-u-den | |||||
| Eri Kamei | Morning Musume | N/A | Tanpopo Sharp | |||||
| Aika Mitsui | Morning Musume | N/A | Tanpopo Sharp | |||||
| Yurina Kumai | Berryz Kobo | N/A | Tanpopo Sharp | |||||
| Chisato Okai | Cute | N/A | Tanpopo Sharp | |||||
Timeline
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Discography
Albums
| Title | Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN | JPN Hot | ||||
| Script error: No such module "Nihongo". | 2009 |
Track listing
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37[11] | — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. | |||||
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN | ||||
| Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (Akagumi 4)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
2000 | 2[2] | — | Petit Best: Ki-Ao-Aka |
| Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (Kiiro 5)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
3[12] | — | ||
| Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (Aoiro 7)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
4[13] | — | ||
| Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (San-nin Matsuri)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
2001 | 5[3] | — | Petit Best 2: San-Nana-Jū |
| Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (7-nin Matsuri)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
6[14] | — | ||
| Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (10-nin Matsuri)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
7[15] | — | ||
| Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (Happy 7)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
2002 | 3[16] | — | Petit Best 3 |
| Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (Sexy 8)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
2[4] | — | ||
| Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (Odoru 11)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
4[17] | — | ||
| Script error: No such module "Nihongo". / Script error: No such module "Nihongo". / "Be All Right!" (7 Air, Salt 5, & 11 Water)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
2003 | 2[5] | — | Petit Best 4 |
| Script error: No such module "Nihongo". / Script error: No such module "Nihongo". / Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (Sexy Otona Jan, Elegies, Puri Puri Pink)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
2005 | 6[6] | — | Petit Best 5 |
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Video singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN | ||||
| Script error: No such module "Nihongo".[18] | 2000 | — | — | Petit Best DVD |
| Script error: No such module "Nihongo".[19] | 2001 | — | — | Petit Best 2 DVD |
| Script error: No such module "Nihongo".[20] | 2002 | — | — | — |
| Script error: No such module "Nihongo".[21] | 2003 | — | — | — |
| Script error: No such module "Nihongo". | 2005 | 13[22] | — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. | ||||
Notes
References
External links
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