7AIR was one of the Hello! Project shuffle groups from 2003, alongside SALT5 and 11WATER.
Members[]
History[]
7AIR was one of the three shuffle units created in 2003 and was made up of members from Morning Musume, Melon Kinenbi, Country Musume, Coconuts Musume and a Hello! Project soloist.
The group was made for the purpose of recording a song to be released along with the other 2003 shuffle unit works on a combined single. 7AIR's song was titled Kowarenai Ai ga Hoshii no and was an R&B style song that split the unit's members into two groups; Sexy and Cool. The Sexy singers - Ishikawa Rika, Takahashi Ai, Satoda Mai and Otani Masae - were the singers for the single while the Cool singers - Inaba Atsuko, Mika Todd and Niigaki Risa - were the rappers for the single.
The other 2003 shuffle units were the rappers; SALT5, and the Ska-style pop singers; 11WATER who released the songs Get Up! Rapper and Be All Right!.
The song was later covered by the Hello! Project subgroup, Minimoni as two members of that group were also in 7AIR, those being Takahashi Ai and Mika Todd. The song appeared on the groups second album, MiniMoni Songs 2 with all members singing but with Tsuji Nozomi and Mika Todd doubling up and rapping also. Inaba Atsuko is a backing vocalist on this track.
Discography[]
Singles[]
- [2003.07.09] Kowarenai Ai ga Hoshii no / GET UP! Rapper / BE ALL RIGHT! - 7AIR / SALT5 / 11WATER
Compilations / Other[]
- [2003.12.17] Hello! Project - Petit Best 4 (#1 Kowarenai Ai ga Hoshii no)
- [2008.12.10] Hello! Project - Hello! Project Shuffle Unit Mega Best (#10 Kowarenai Ai ga Hoshii no)
- [2020.01.08] Petit Best 20 2020 (Disc 1 #2 Kowarenai Ai ga Hoshii no)
Trivia[]
- Tsunku decided to have the elements as the theme for the shuffles this year, hence the naming of the groups.
- There were 45 girls in Hello! Project at the time of this release, but several of them are not in the shuffles this year; 15 Hello! Project Kids, Nakazawa Yuko, Yasuda Kei, Goto Maki, Kamei Eri, Michishige Sayumi, Tanaka Reina and Saito Miuna.