Juice=Juice

Juice=Juice (pronounced as ジュースジュース) is a Japanese pop group under Hello! Project. They were originally formed on February 3, 2013 by five members from Hello Pro Kenshuusei and a member from the SATOYAMA movement unit GREEN FIELDS.

Juice=Juice's highest selling single is "SEXY SEXY / Naite Ii yo / Vivid Midnight" with 59,312 reported copies sold while their lowest selling major label single is "Senobi / Date ja nai yo Uchi no Jinsei wa" with 32,391 reported copies sold.

Members

 * Main article: Juice=Juice Members

Current Members

 * Miyazaki Yuka (宮崎由加; Peach ) Leader
 * Kanazawa Tomoko (金澤朋子;  Apple ) Sub-leader
 * Takagi Sayuki (高木紗友希; Lemon )
 * Miyamoto Karin (宮本佳林; Grape )
 * Uemura Akari (植村あかり; Melon )
 * Yanagawa Nanami (梁川奈々美;  Medium Blue ) Concurrent Country Girls member
 * Dambara Ruru (段原瑠々;  Orange )
 * Inaba Manaka (稲場愛香; Hot Pink )

2013
On February 3, during the Hello! Project Tanjou 15 Shuunen Kinen Live 2013 Fuyu ~Bravo!~ show in Fukuoka, Juice=Juice was announced as a new unit, consisting of Miyazaki Yuka, Kanazawa Tomoko, Takagi Sayuki, Otsuka Aina, Miyamoto Karin and Uemura Akari, with each member representing a fruit. The unit was unnamed until February 25, when the name and member colors were revealed.

On March 2, Juice=Juice made their debut as a group at the Hello! Project Haru no Dai Kansha Hinamatsuri Festival 2013, where they also announced and performed their first indies single "Watashi ga Iu Mae ni Dakishimenakya ne". Their debut indies single was pre-released on March 31 in respect to Hello Pro Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2013 ~3gatsu no Nama Tamago Show!~. The single had a general release on April 3, 2013 and reached #25 in the weekly Oricon charts, selling 2,275 in its debut week.

From March 16 to May 21, Juice=Juice was the opening act for parts of the Morning Musume Concert Tour 2013 Haru Michishige☆Eleven SOUL ~Tanaka Reina Sotsugyou Kinen Special~. On April 20, they were the opening act for the opening day of ℃-ute Concert Tour 2013 Haru ~Treasure Box~ in Kanagawa Prefecture.

On May 5, they performed and pre-released their second indies single "Samidare Bijo ga Samidareru" at the Hello Pro Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2013 ~Haru no Koukai Jitsuryoku Shindan Test~ event. Following the Kenshuusei event, Juice=Juice had their first fanclub event at Nakano Sun Plaza later that day. "Samidare Bijo ga Samidareru" later had a proper general release on June 12.

On May 19, it was announced during Hello! Project Yaon Premium Live ~Soto Fest~ that Hello Pro Kenshuusei would be releasing their second indies single titled "Ten Made Nobore!" on June 8 with Juice=Juice. The single is officially counted as Juice=Juice's third indies single. Juice=Juice and Hello Pro Kenshuusei had a release event for the single on June 13.

On June 13, the group's major debut was announced for summer 2013, with the single "Romance no Tochuu". The same day, Miyazaki Yuka was announced as the group's leader, while Kanazawa Tomoko as sub-leader. They also switched labels from UP-FRONT WORKS to hachama.

On July 5, it was announced that Otsuka Aina had withdrawn from both Hello Pro Kenshuusei and Juice=Juice due to contractual issues with her family. Juice=Juice resumed activities as a 5 member group.

As a fresh new group, Juice=Juice participated on various shows and events: UmiFesta OGA Song on July 14, Harajuku Dream JOL Festa on July 30, BAYLINE GO! GO! radio show on August 7, Pony Canyon's Ponikyan! Idol Club Thanksgiving ~Rival no Rival wa Idol~ on September 1, Nagoya TV's Fall 2013 Idol Festival on September 29.

On August 9, Juice=Juice began their mini live tour titled Juice=Juice Fresh Festival 2013. The tour concluded on August 28. On August 21, Juice=Juice held a fanclub event titled Juice=Juice Ouen Kikaku 2013.8 ~Miracle x Juice x Box~ in Tokyo.

Juice=Juice was the opening act for ℃-ute Budokan Concert 2013 "Queen of J-POP ~Tadori Tsuita Onna Senshi~" on September 9 and 10. Juice=Juice also had handshake events prior to the Budokan concert showings.

On September 11, their debut single, "Romance no Tochuu / Watashi ga Iu Mae ni Dakishimenakya ne (MEMORIAL EDIT) / Samidare Bijo ga Samidareru (MEMORIAL EDIT)", was released. The single debuted at #2 in the weekly Oricon charts with 37,213 copies sold.

On October 3, Juice=Juice began broadcasting their first regular radio show titled We are Juice=Juice on bayFM.

From October 12 to November 17, Berryz Koubou and Juice=Juice performed in a joint live house tour, titled Naruchika 2013 Aki Berryz Koubou x Juice=Juice.

On November 22, it was announced that Juice=Juice won a New Artist Award and were nominated for the Best New Artist Award at the 55th Japan Record Awards. The event took place on December 30, but they did not win.

On December 5, Juice=Juice released their 2nd single "Ijiwaru Shinai de Dakishimete yo / Hajimete wo Keiken-chuu". It became their highest selling single with 45,834 copies sold.

2014
On February 27, Juice=Juice released their first group photobook titled Juice=Juice 1st OFFICIAL PHOTO BOOK.

On March 19, Juice=Juice released their 3rd single, "Hadaka no Hadaka no Hadaka no KISS / Are Kore Shitai!".

On March 21, Juice=Juice's first solo live tour, Juice=Juice First Live Tour 2014 News=News ~Kakuchi yori Otodoke Shimasu!~, was announced. The tour began on June 13 and concluded in December.

On May 24 and 25, Juice=Juice held their first fanclub tour titled Juice=Juice 1st Fanclub Tour ~Miracle×Juice×Bus~ in Yamanashi.

On July 30, Juice=Juice released their 4th single, titled "Black Butterfly / Kaze ni Fukarete".

On September 23, Juice=Juice performed at the PINK!SS & Kopinks! Special Live 2014 ~Uso Mitai na Kyou~.

On October 1, Juice=Juice released their 5th single, titled "Senobi / Date ja nai yo Uchi no Jinsei wa".

On November 8, Juice=Juice performed at Ajinomoto Stadium. Former Morning Musume member Fujimoto Miki and her son Toranosuke went to watch Juice=Juice's performance.

From November 19 to 24, Juice=Juice starred in their first musical Koisuru Hello Kitty.

2015
On April 8, Juice=Juice released their 6th single, titled "Wonderful World / Ça va ? Ça va ?". It was their first single to reach #1 on the Oricon Weekly Chart, as well as their first single to not be produced by Tsunku.

On May 2 during the opening concert of the Juice=Juice First Live Tour 2015 ~Special Juice~ at Nakano Sun Plaza, Juice=Juice announced their first studio album First Squeeze! would be released on July 15. They also announced their goal to perform at Nippon Budokan in 2016 and their plan to reach it by performing 220 shows across Japan.

On May 30, Juice=Juice was invited to perform at the live event @ JAM 2015.

On June 21, Juice=Juice began their goal to perform 220 shows by fall 2016 with the Juice=Juice LIVE MISSION 220 ~Code1→Begin to Run~ concert tour.

On October 8, it was announced Juice=Juice would be starring in a 2016 Fuji TV drama titled Budokan about a fictional 5-member idol unit called NEXT YOU. During the production of the show, which began in November, many of Juice=Juice's lives, events, and appearances were as NEXT YOU.

2016
On February 3, Juice=Juice released their seventh single, and their first as NEXT YOU, titled "Next is you! / Karada Dake ga Otona ni Nattan ja nai".

On February 6, Juice=Juice's first TV drama Budokan premiered on Fuji TV. Another version, with 15 minute longer episodes of the drama, premiered on BS SKY PerfecTV! on February 10.

On March 12, Juice=Juice performed at the PINK!SS & Kopinks! Last Live 2016 MOMENT memories/memorize.

On May 4, it was announced via video, during the Juice=Juice LIVE MISSION 220 ~Code3 Special→Growing Up!~ at Nakano Sun Plaza and on Hello! Project Station, that Juice=Juice would hold their first concert at Nippon Budokan on November 7 after completing 220 shows as part of the LIVE MISSION 220 project.

On October 26, Juice=Juice released their 8th single, "Dream Road ~Kokoro ga Odoridashiteru~ / KEEP ON Joshou Shikou!! / Ashita Yarou wa Bakayarou".

2017
On March 11 and 12, Juice=Juice held their second fanclub tour, Juice=Juice Fanclub Tour ~Miracle×Juice×Bus 2~ in Izu.

On April 26, Juice=Juice released their 9th single "Jidanda Dance / Feel! Kanjiru yo".

On May 19, Juice=Juice released the digital song "Goal ~Ashita wa Acchi da yo~".

On June 16, they released another digital song "Jouro".

On June 26, it was announced through a special episode of Hello! Project Station that Dambara Ruru and Yanagawa Nanami, as a concurrent member from Country Girls, have joined Juice=Juice as new members and would begin activities in the group in the Hello! Project 2017 SUMMER concert tour  and Juice=Juice LIVE AROUND 2017 ~Seven Horizon~.

On August 23, Juice=Juice released their first digital single "Fiesta! Fiesta!".

2018
On April 18, Juice=Juice released their 10th single, "SEXY SEXY / Naite Ii yo / Vivid Midnight".

On June 13, it was revealed that Inaba Manaka had joined Juice=Juice as a new member and would begin activities with the group in the Hello! Project 20th Anniversary!! Hello! Project 2018 SUMMER concert tour.

On August 1, they released their second studio album Juice=Juice#2 -¡Una más!-.

Activities Outside Japan
Juice=Juice performed outside of Japan for the first time on October 3 and 4, 2015 in Taipei and Hong Kong as part of the LIVE MISSION 220 project.

On February 11 and 12, 2017, Juice=Juice was invited to perform at the @JAMxTALE in HongKong 2017.

On April 12, 2017, Juice=Juice announced they would hold a world tour in the fall with concerts in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Mexico, Thailand, and Malaysia. The tour's title was later announced as Juice=Juice LIVE AROUND 2017 ~World Tour~, and it would start on September 8 in Mexico City. Concerts in Indonesia and Taiwan were also added to the tour. Instead of full concerts, in Malaysia, they performed in the JAPAN x MALAYSIA Friendship Concert 2017, and in Indonesia, they performed a free mini concert at the Taste of the World festival.

On June 2 and 3, 2017, the group was invited to perform at Viral Fest Asia 2017 in Bangkok, Thailand.

After they completed their first seven shows of the Juice=Juice LIVE AROUND 2017 ~World Tour~ in October 2017, Juice=Juice announced they would also tour South America that December. They performed at the IDOL♡LOVE event in Peru, then held a concert in Chile. Afterwards, the groups performed in two Brazilian cities, São Paulo and Fortaleza, of the which the latter took place at the Sana Fest anime convention.

Group Name Origin
Juice=Juice was named by Tsunku. According to him Juice=Juice's concept should be cool and sexy. He named it with the hope that it would be a unit that was fresh and full of personality forever. Still, the fact that it is not bright and cheerful childish, It is a good stretch while mature, to COOL, and can produce a sense of youth sizzle.

Discography

 * Main article: Juice=Juice Discography

Albums=
 * Studio Albums
 * 1) [2015.07.15] First Squeeze!
 * 2) [2018.08.01] Juice=Juice#2 -¡Una más!-


 * Soundtrack Mini Album
 * [2014.12.24] Engeki Joshibu "Musical Koisuru Hello Kitty" Original Soundtrack


 * -|Singles=
 * Indies Singles
 * 1) [2013.03.31] Watashi ga Iu Mae ni Dakishimenakya ne
 * 2) [2013.05.05] Samidare Bijo ga Samidareru
 * 3) [2013.06.08] Ten Made Nobore! (Hello Pro Kenshuusei feat. Juice=Juice)


 * Major Singles
 * 1) [2013.09.11] Romance no Tochuu / Watashi ga Iu Mae ni Dakishimenakya ne (MEMORIAL EDIT) / Samidare Bijo ga Samidareru (MEMORIAL EDIT)
 * 2) [2013.12.04] Ijiwaru Shinai de Dakishimete yo / Hajimete wo Keiken-chuu
 * 3) [2014.03.19] Hadaka no Hadaka no Hadaka no KISS / Are Kore Shitai!
 * 4) [2014.07.30] Black Butterfly / Kaze ni Fukarete
 * 5) [2014.10.01] Senobi / Date ja nai yo Uchi no Jinsei wa
 * 6) [2015.04.08] Wonderful World / Ça va ? Ça va ?
 * 7) [2016.02.03] Next is you! / Karada Dake ga Otona ni Nattan ja nai (NEXT YOU / Juice=Juice)
 * 8) [2016.10.26] Dream Road ~Kokoro ga Odoridashiteru~ / KEEP ON Joshou Shikou!! / Ashita Yarou wa Bakayarou
 * 9) [2017.04.26] Jidanda Dance / Feel! Kanjiru yo
 * 10) [2018.04.18] SEXY SEXY / Naite Ii yo / Vivid Midnight


 * Digital Singles
 * 1) [2017.08.23] Fiesta! Fiesta!


 * Collaboration Singles
 * [2018.09.26] YEAH YEAH YEAH / Akogare no Stress-free / Hana, Takenawa no Toki (Hello Pro All Stars)


 * -|Songs=
 * Digital Songs
 * [2017.05.19] Goal ~Ashita wa Acchi da yo~
 * [2017.06.16] Jouro


 * -|DVDs=
 * 1) [2013.07.26] Juice=Juice Ohirome Event
 * 2) [2014.01.09] Juice=Juice Profile Movie Kanzenban
 * 3) [2014.01.27] Juice=Juice Ouen Kikaku 2013.8 ~Miracle×Juice×Box~
 * 4) [2014.04.16] Naruchika 2013 Aki Berryz Koubou x Juice=Juice
 * 5) [2014.11.27] Juice=Juice FC Event 2014 ~Miracle×Juice×Box II~ Major Debut 1 Shuunen Kinen!
 * 6) [2014.11.27] Juice=Juice Days
 * 7) [2016.04.xx] Juice=Juice FC Event 2015 ~Meri Kuri×Juice×Box~
 * 8) [2017.03.xx] Juice=Juice FC Event 2016 ~Meri Kuri×Juice×Box II~
 * 9) [2017.07.xx] Juice=Juice Fanclub Tour ~Miracle×Juice×Bus 2~ in Izu

Publications

 * See also: List:Juice=Juice Publications

Photobooks

 * [2014.02.27] Juice=Juice 1st OFFICIAL PHOTO BOOK
 * [2017.04.29] Juice=Juice PhotoBook ~from DVD MAGAZINE Vol.11~

Calendars

 * [2014.09.13] Juice=Juice 2015 Calendar
 * [2015.09.12] Juice=Juice 2016 Calendar
 * [2016.09.24] Juice=Juice 2017 Calendar
 * [2017.10.06] Juice=Juice 2018 Calendar
 * [2018.09.11] Juice=Juice 2019 Calendar

Radio

 * [2013–] We are Juice=Juice

Theater

 * [2014] Musical Koisuru Hello Kitty
 * [2018] Time Repeat ~Eien ni Kimi wo Omou~

TV Programs

 * [2013] Hello! SATOYAMA Life
 * [2014–] The Girls Live

TV Dramas

 * [2016] Budokan (武道館)

Trivia

 * Even after their official debut, Tsunku said members could be added to the group.
 * This ended up being true in 2017, when the group got two new members, Yanagawa Nanami and Dambara Ruru, and another in 2018, Inaba Manaka.
 * Tsunku shortens their name as "Juu=Juu".
 * Miyazaki Yuka is the only member who is not a former Hello Pro Kenshuusei, and she is also the oldest current member.
 * All five original members have participated in a SATOYAMA movement unit.
 * When they were an indies group, the members incorporated their members colors in jewelry and socks in their singles.
 * They were the only group in Hello! Project to have fruits as their member colors. Though with the addition of Yanagawa Nanami and Dambara Ruru, which Yanagawa took the color medium blue, the group appears to have dropped the fruit concept.
 * They were the first Hello! Project group to release a triple A-side single and the first to release a single without a B-side.
 * The members declared October 10 to be "JuuJuu no Hi", or "Juice=Juice Day", as the number 10 is read as "juu" in Japanese.
 * Juice=Juice was the first Hello! Project unit to be created under.
 * They were the first Hello! Project act with no relation to Morning Musume to reach #1 on the weekly Oricon singles chart with "Wonderful World / Ça va ? Ça va ?".
 * Yanagawa Nanami and Inaba Manaka were both members of Country Girls, though Yanagawa is a concurrent member and Manaka graduated in 2016.