All current idol groups from Hello! Project get together for a new single to be released on September 26th.
It is entitled Yeah Yeah Yeah / Akogare no Stress-free / Hana, Takenawa no Toki (YEAH YEAH YEAH/憧れのStress-free/花、闌の時).
This is the 2nd single after the single All For One & One For All ! (with the first idol groups from H!P) released in 2004.
Kobushi Factory will release their new single Kitto Watashi wa / Naseba Naru (きっと私は / ナセバナル) on August 8th.
This is the 6th single by the magnolia idol group Kobushi Factory.
It has a double A-side.
The MV for Kitto Watashi wa was unveiled.
Kobushi Factory come back with a new single titled Kore kara da! / Ashita Tenki ni Naare (これからだ! / 明日テンキになあれ).
It is the 5th major single of the idol group and will be released on March 28th.
It is also the first single of Kobushi Factory reduced to five members. Three members Fujii Rio, Ogawa Rena and Taguchi Natsumi successively left the idol group in 2017.
Ogawa Rena left Kobushi Factory et le Hello! Project.
This announcement was made on September 6 on the official website of Hello! Project.
Renako has been suffering from anxiety for several months. Unfortunately, her condition did not improve after treatment and after consulting her doctor, she decided to leave the group and the entertainment industry.
Although Fujii Rio announced in last May her graduation from Kobushi Factory scheduled after the end of Hello! Project summer tour, it was announced on July 6 that she had left this group and the Hello! Project earlier than expected.
Her contract with Hello! Project was canceled immediately, due to a violation of the latter. The staff of H!P noting the decision was made after discussions with her family.
Hirose Ayaka, leader of the Kobushi Factory, apologized to the fans for this sudden announcement.
Kobushi Factory will release their new single on June 14.
It is entitled Shalala! Yareru Hazusa / Eejanaika Ninjanaika (シャララ！やれるはずさ/エエジャナイカ ニンジャナイカ).
This is the last single with Fujii Rio who announced her graduation from Kobushi Factory at the end of the Hello! Project 2017 Summer concert tour.
Fujii Rio announced her graduation from Kobushi Factory and Hello! Project.
Riorio is going to leave the idol group at the end of the Hello! Project 2017 Summer concert tour.
Fujii Rio goes to university since this Spring, and she has decided to focus on studies. She was worried about the balance between her activities with Kobushi Factory. She wants to become a teacher or a nurse.
Kobushi Factory will release its 1st studio album Kobushi Sono Ichi (辛夷其ノ壱) on November 30.
The track listing and the photos of the members of the idol group were unveiled.
This album will contain, in the original CD, 17 tracks in total including new songs and those released as singles, since the group’s debut, such as : Nen ni wa Nen / Survivor (indie single), Dosukoi! Kenkyo ni Daitan / Ramen Daisuki Koizumi-san no Uta / (…), Sakura Night Fever / Chotto Guchoku ni! Chototsu Moushin / Osu! Kobushi Tamashii and Samba! Kobushi Janeiro / Bacchikoi Seishun! / Ora wa Ninkimono.
The new single of Kobushi Factory entitled Samba! Kobushi Janeiro / Bacchikoi Seishun! / Ora wa Ninkimono (サンバ！こぶしジャネイロ／バッチ来い青春！／オラはにんきもの) will be released on July 27.
It’s the 3rd major single of the idol group. It contains a triple A-side.
The music videos were unveiled.
The new single of Kobushi Factory entitled Sakura Night Fever / Chotto Guchoku ni! Chototsu Moushin / Osu! Kobushi Tamashii (桜ナイトフィーバー / チョット愚直に！猪突猛進 / 押忍！こぶし魂) will be released on February 17.
It’s the 2nd major single of Kobushi Factory. It contains a triple A-side.
The video clips of Chotto Guchoku ni! Chototsu Moushin and Osu! Kobushi Tamashii were unveiled.