Idol Street

Idol Street
Parent companyAvex Group Holdings
FoundedOctober 2, 2010
FounderTatsuo Higuchi (supervising producer)[1]
GenreJ-pop (idols)
Country of originJapan
LocationTokyo
Official websiteidolstreet.jp

Idol Street (stylized as iDOL Street) is a Japanese record label and music project specializing in idols.[2][3][4]

It was launched by Avex on October 2, 2010, as a dedicated idol record label.[5] The first artist on the label was the idol group Super Girls, formed in June 2010.[4][5] As of March 2015, four girl groups have debuted on the label: Super Girls, Cheeky Parade (Until Summer 2018), GEM (Until Spring 2018), and The World Standard.[6][7][8][9]

Idol Street Project

The project includes 15 members: 11 members of Super Girls and 4 members of The World Standard.

Members

Super Girls

Main article: Super Girls (Japanese band)

The World Standard

Main article: The World Standard

Former Members

Cheeky Parade

Main article: Cheeky Parade

GEM

Main article: GEM (girl group)

Street-sei

Yokono Sumire (now a member of NMB48)

Solo

  • Saori Yasaka (八坂 沙織) — graduated from Super Girls on February 23, 2014[10]

References

  1. ^ "iDOL Street 樋口竜雄×編集長 平賀哲雄 スペシャル対談". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Prometheus Global Media, LLC. 2013.
  2. ^ "avexアイドル専用レーベル「iDOL Street」の公式ガイドブック発売" [Avex dedicated idol label releases official guidebook]. Musicman-NET (in Japanese). 2011-11-14. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
  3. ^ "avexアイドルオーディション2012開催大決定!そしてiDOL Streetから第2弾グループ「Cheeky Parade」誕生！". Mynavi News (in Japanese). 2012-02-09. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
  4. ^ a b "SUPER☆GiRLS has held 2nd anniversary live at their birthplace Nakano Sunplaza!! Total 56 idols from their label iDOL Street have joined the live!!". Kawaii girl Japan. 2012-06-18.
  5. ^ a b "History". Idol Street website (in Japanese). Avex Marketing Inc. 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-06-26. Retrieved 2014-05-13.
  6. ^ "わーすた オフィシャルウェブサイト". wa-suta.world (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-04-08.
  7. ^ "「iDOL Street」第3弾グループ、GEM（ジェム）が2014年元旦デビュー決定！". CDJournal News (in Japanese). 2013-10-15. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
  8. ^ "iDOL Streetの第3弾グループGEM、デビュー・シングル「We're GEM!」のMVが公開！". CDJournal (in Japanese). 2013-12-05. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
  9. ^ OKMusic (2014-01-05). "1月1日、avexのアイドル専門レーベル「iDOL Street」から新鋭・GEMがメジャーデビュー！" (in Japanese). Get News.
  10. ^ ｉＤＯＬ Ｓｔｒｅｅｔ最新グッズがｍｕ－ｍｏショップにて販売開始！. Zakzak (in Japanese). 2013-12-27. Retrieved 2014-05-12.