Perfume (group)

Infobox musical artist
Name = Perfume


Background = group_or_band
Alias =
Origin = Hiroshima, Japan
Genre = Japanese pop, Electropop
Years_active = 2001–present
Label = Tokuma Japan Communications
Associated_acts =
URL = [http://www.amuse.co.jp/perfume/ Amuse Official Site]
Current_members = Ayano Ōmoto
Yuka Kashino
Ayaka Nishiwaki
Past_members =

nihongo|Perfume|パフューム|Pafyūmu is a female J-Pop and electropop group from Hiroshima, consisting of Ayano Ōmoto, Yuka Kashino, and Ayaka Nishiwaki, that debuted locally in 2001 (Ayano in 2003) and nationally in 2005. They call themselves the "Near Future Technopop Unit".

Since 2003 Perfume has been produced by Yasutaka Nakata, founder of the group capsule and the contemode label. From 2005 to 2008, Perfume has released six major singles.

History

Perfume was formed in 2001 and originally consisted of Ayaka "A~chan" Nishiwaki, Yuka "Kashiyuka" Kashino and Yuuka Kawashima. Shortly after the band's formation, Kawashima left the group to concentrate on her studies and was replaced by Ayano "Nocchi" Ōmoto.

Bee-Hive Records

In 2002, Perfume released two limited edition singles, "Omajinai Perori" and "Kareshi Boshūchū", sold only in Hiroshima, on the label Bee-Hive Records. The band moved to Tokyo in 2003 to be produced by FUURI-CL, and by 2004 had released three more singles, "Sweet Donuts", "Monochrome Effect", and "Vitamin Drop", produced by capsule's Yasutaka Nakata. They also performed three live shows within that time, gaining fans for their energetic performances.

Tokuma Japan Communications

On September 21, 2005, their major debut "Linear Motor Girl" was released, and in 2006 Perfume released two singles, "Computer City" and "Electro World".

Polyrhythm

Their first major commercial success was when they were chosen to promote their new single "Polyrhythm" in an advertisement for a recycling campaign. On the day of its release, "Polyrhythm" achieved number #4 on the Oricon charts and #7 for the weekly ranking, the first time Perfume had reached the Top 10, and selling over 60,000 copies. They then appeared on many television and radio programmes 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", by far the biggest performance in the history of the group.

Baby Cruising Love/Macaroni

In February 2008, Perfume released "Baby Cruising Love/Macaroni", which achieved greater success than "Polyrhythm" by achieving #3 on the daily and weekly charts. Their debut compilation album, "Perfume ~Complete Best~", re-entered the charts two years after its release due to Perfume's growing popularity, and their second album, "Game" achieved #1 on April 16, 2008 on the Oricon daily chart.

On April 9, 2008, a video for another new song from "Game", "Secret Secret" premiered on MTV Japan. Another song in the album, "Butterfly" is used in the second promotional video of "".

2008

On July 9, 2008, single "love the world" was released and debuted on the Oricon sales chart at #1, becoming the first techno song ever to do so and breaking the record of #2 set in 1983 by Yellow Magic Orchestra. [citeweb|url=http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/080715/gnj0807150432006-n1.htm|title=テクノ史上初！Perfumeオリコン1位|accessdate=2008-07-15|date=2008-07-15|publisher=Sankei Sports|language=Japanese] On November 19 2008, single "Dream Fighter" will be released.

Members

Perfume members use their nicknames on stage rather than their real names.
* – Real name: nihongo|Ayano Ōmoto|大本 彩乃
* – Real name: nihongo|Yuka Kashino|樫野 有香
* – Real name: nihongo|Ayaka Nishiwaki|西脇 綾香

Discography

*Main|Perfume discography

References

External links

* [http://www.amuse.co.jp/perfume/ Amuse Official Site] Languageicon|Flash, Japanese
* [http://blog.amuse.co.jp/perfume/p/ Amuse | Perfume Blog] ja icon
* [http://www.tkma.co.jp/tjc/j_pop/perfume/ Tokuma Japan Communications Official Site] ja icon