Osaka Performance Doll a.k.a. O.P.D. (大阪パフォーマンスドール) is a female japanese idol

Japanese idol

In Japanese culture, are media personalities in their teens and early twenties who are considered particularly attractive or cute and who will, for a period ranging from several months to a few years, regularly appear in the mass media, e.g...

 Jpop band from 1993 to 1997, theatre-based in Osaka, with five main members (called "F/Unit" with their initials) and several others for live performances and trainees.

OPD is the sister-band of Tokyo Performance Doll

Tokyo Performance Doll

Tokyo Performance Doll a.k.a. TPD was a female Jpop idol band that existed from 1990 to 1996. Inspired by Onyanko Club, it had seven main members and several other "trainees" for live performances, a formula later followed by Morning Musume, Hello! Project and AKB48...

 (TPD), inspirated by Jpop band Onyanko Club

Onyanko Club

was a large all-girl Japanese pop idol group in the 1980s. The group gave a new approach to the idol formula with its 52 official members and three unofficial members...

, like Morning Musume

Morning Musume

, sometimes referred to as is a Japanese idol girl group, whose act generally revolves around singing and dancing to upbeat melodies. They are the lead group of Hello! Project, which is managed and produced by Tsunku, who composes nearly all the lyrics and melodies of their songs...

 and the Hello! Project

Hello! Project

is the umbrella name for all female idol Japanese pop recording artists collective that are under contract with the Up-Front Group. The "mothership" group of Hello! Project is the super-group Morning Musume. Hello! Project's current leader is Risa Niigaki, the leader of Morning Musume...

 or AKB48

AKB48

AKB48 is a Japanese female idol group produced by Yasushi Akimoto.The group has achieved enormous popularity in Japan. Its ten latest consecutive singles topped the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart...

 more recently. Among main members are future Hello! Project

Hello! Project

is the umbrella name for all female idol Japanese pop recording artists collective that are under contract with the Up-Front Group. The "mothership" group of Hello! Project is the super-group Morning Musume. Hello! Project's current leader is Risa Niigaki, the leader of Morning Musume...

 singer Atsuko Inaba

Atsuko Inaba

is a J-pop singer formerly within Hello! Project. She began her career as a Japanese idol with female group Osaka Performance Doll from 1993 to 1996, then joined new Hello! Project group Taiyo to Ciscomoon in 1999, until its end in late 2000...

 and actresses Kumiko Nakano

Kumiko Nakano

Nakano Kumiko is an actress, who debuted as a japanese idol with girl band Osaka Performance Doll from 1993 to 1997.-Television:*星の金貨 *竜馬におまかせ!*Beautiful *歓迎！ダンジキ御一行様*木綿のハンカチ2...

 and Yukiko Takeuchi, the last one also performing in 1995 in the band "West End X Yuki", brother band of "East End X Yuri

East End X Yuri

East End × Yuri was a short lived collaboration between the Japanese hip hop group East End and the singer Yuri Ichii, ex-member from Jpop girl group Tokyo Performance Doll.-Members:East End members are Gaku, the MC , ROCK-Tee, a DJ , and Yoggy, another DJ ....

" with fellow TPD member Yuri Ichii

Yuri Ichii

is one of Japan's biggest rap stars and the lead of East End X Yuri. She was also a singer with the revolving-door group Tokyo Performance Doll alongside Ryoko Shinohara. She was part of TPD for a while but sought to do something different; she decided to try rap...

. Two members including Inaba leave OPD in 1996 and are replaced. The group disband in 1997, and make a reunion in 2008 for two shows and one compilation album.

Members

F/Unit (first members)

• Atsuko Inaba
  Atsuko Inaba
  is a J-pop singer formerly within Hello! Project. She began her career as a Japanese idol with female group Osaka Performance Doll from 1993 to 1996, then joined new Hello! Project group Taiyo to Ciscomoon in 1999, until its end in late 2000...
  
   (稲葉貴子), resigned March 1996
• Ayano Furutani (古谷文乃), resigned March 1996
• Yukiko Takeuchi (武内由紀子)
• Miho Ueda (上田美穂, alias "Yozora")
• Kumiko Nakano
  Kumiko Nakano
  Nakano Kumiko is an actress, who debuted as a japanese idol with girl band Osaka Performance Doll from 1993 to 1997.-Television:*星の金貨 *竜馬におまかせ!*Beautiful *歓迎！ダンジキ御一行様*木綿のハンカチ2...
  
   (中野公美子)

second member

• Naomi Shigemoto (重元直美) (march 1996)
• Aki Nakamura (中村亜紀) (march 1996)

Live performance members

• Muraoka Mika (村岡美香), resigned March 1994
• Suzuki Rika (鈴木里佳), resigned November 1994
• Nishimura Naomi (西村奈保美), resigned December 1994
• Matsumoto Jyunko (松本淳子), resigned May 1995
• Kajimoto Ai (梶本愛)
• Sakata Akiko (坂田朗子)
• Takeshita Eri (竹下恵理)
• Nishimoto Yasue (西元康恵)
• Yamano Kae (山野香恵)
• Mizuno Yukari (水野由加里)
• Mori Hiroko (森宏子), resigned November 1994
• Kawamoto Natsuko (河本奈津子)
• Oyama Rumi (大山ルミ)
• Oyama Erino (大山恵理乃)
• Matsumoto Miyuki (松本美由紀)
• Minamida Chizuru (南田千鶴)
• Miyauchi Jyunko (宮内潤子)
• Morita Yuuko (森田有子)
• Yamamoto Yoshiko (山本美子)
• Yamada Mari (山田真里)

Discography

Singles

• 1993.11.01 : Mangetsu no Yoru Takara / Umareta Gai no Fence wo Koete (満月の夜だから / 生まれた街のフェンスを越えて)
• 1994.03.21 : Koi ga Mabushikute (恋がまぶしくて)
• 1994.06.22 : Cherry Parade (チェリー・パレ－ド)
• 1994.11.02 : Lady Boy (レディボーイ)
• 1995.02.01 : Egao ni Dai Sekkin (笑顔に大接近)
• 1995.07.21 : Shiny Days
• 1996.02.21 : Suteki ni Naritai (素敵になりたい)
• 1996.06.01 : Nakitai (泣きたいッ)

Albums

• 1994.07.01 : d-Culture
• 1995.08.21 : NONG!
• 1996.07.21 : Magnet (マグネット)

Compilation

• 2008.??.?? : OPD ALL SONGS COLLECTION

External links

• Fan site