Piccolo Town
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Piccolo Town is a Japan
ese record label
owned by Up-Front Works, a Japanese entertainment management company. The label is handled by King Records. It is home to artists such as Berryz Koubou
, and v-u-den
. Former Piccolo Town artists include ZYX
, Aa!
, Sayaka Ichii
, Maki Goto
, and Gomattou
.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
owned by Up-Front Works, a Japanese entertainment management company. The label is handled by King Records. It is home to artists such as Berryz Koubou
Berryz Koubou
is an all-girl Japanese pop group within Hello! Project. The original eight members began as Hello! Project Kids and often were back-up dancers for W's music videos...
, and v-u-den
V-u-den
is a Japanese pop group within Hello! Project. The group was formed in August 2004 and consists of members Rika Ishikawa , Erika Miyoshi, and Yui Okada, with Ishikawa being the leader. The name means: , , and...
. Former Piccolo Town artists include ZYX
ZYX
was a short-lived Japanese pop group made up of five Hello! Project Kids members led by Mari Yaguchi of Morning Musume. Yaguchi acted as a mentor and the group released two singles. ZYX is important in that it is the first unit that Hello! Project Kids officially joined with the second being Aa!...
, Aa!
Aa!
is a Japanese pop group in Hello! Project, formerly made up of leader and Morning Musume member Reina Tanaka, Miyabi Natsuyaki and Airi Suzuki, two Hello! Project Kids...
, Sayaka Ichii
Sayaka Ichii
joined the girl group Morning Musume in 1998. She, along with Mari Yaguchi and Kei Yasuda, formed the second generation of members. While in Morning Musume, Sayaka Ichii was put into the spin-off group, Petitmoni. Ichii was also part of the Hello Project! Summer Shuffles 2000 group Aoiro 7...
, Maki Goto
Maki Goto
is a Japanese singer, lyricist and former actress. Born and raised in Edogawa, Tokyo, Goto began her musical career in 1999 when she joined Morning Musume as the only third generation member. Her first single with the group, "Love Machine", topped the Oricon singles charts and sold over a million...
, and Gomattou
Gomattou
was a one-shot Hello! Project group, similar to the Hello! Project shuffle units, that released one single called "Shall We Love?".The formation of Gomattō was announced in October 2002. The idea behind the trio was an R&B style dance-based group featuring Hello! Project soloists Maki Goto, Aya...
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