Kobushi Factory Members

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Main Article: Kobushi Factory
Members (altogether): 8 Members at time of disbandment: 5 Graduated members: 1 Resigned members: 2

This page consists of basic information about members of the former J-pop group Kobushi Factory.

All members joined the group on January 2, 2015 and they were part of Hello Pro Kenshuusei.

List of Members

Members at Time of Disbandment

Name	Birthdate	Home Prefecture	Blood Type	Date Joined	Date Graduated	Member Color	Notes
Hirose Ayaka (広瀬彩海)	August 4, 1999 (age 22)	Kanagawa	O	January 2, 2015	March 30, 2020	Turquoise	Leader Former NICE GIRL Project! Kenshuusei member (2011-2014)
Nomura Minami (野村みな美)	February 10, 2000 (age 21)	Tokyo	B			Royal Blue
Hamaura Ayano (浜浦彩乃)	April 26, 2000 (age 21)	Saitama	AB			Pink
Wada Sakurako (和田桜子)	March 8, 2001 (age 20)	Aichi	B			Green
Inoue Rei (井上玲音)	July 17, 2001 (age 20)	Tokyo	O			Purple	Former NICE GIRL Project! Kenshuusei member (2013-2014), Current member of Juice=Juice (2020-present),

Former Members

Name	Birthdate	Home Prefecture	Blood Type	Date Joined	Date Left / Graduated	Member Color	Notes
Fujii Rio (藤井梨央)	March 4, 1999 (age 22)	Aichi	B	January 2, 2015	July 6, 2017	Mustard	Sub-leader (2015-2017)
Ogawa Rena (小川麗奈)	March 27, 2000 (age 21)	Tochigi	A		September 6, 2017	Red
Taguchi Natsumi (田口夏実)	July 21, 2000 (age 21)	Saitama	A		December 6, 2017	Orange

Leadership

Leader	Period of time	Sub-Leader	Period of time
Hirose Ayaka	March 8, 2015 – March 30, 2020	Fujii Rio	March 8, 2015 – July 6, 2017
		None	July 7, 2017 - March 30, 2020

Members Colors

Each Kobushi Factory member had their own color for outfits and merchandise to distinguish between each member.

Color	Owner
Red	Ogawa Rena (2015-2017)
Orange	Taguchi Natsumi (2015-2017)
Mustard	Fujii Rio (2015-2017)
Green	Wada Sakurako (2015-2020)
Turquoise	Hirose Ayaka (2015-2020)
Royal Blue	Nomura Minami (2015-2020)
Purple	Inoue Rei (2015-2020)
Pink	Hamaura Ayano (2015-2020)

Tenures

Member	Tenure	Time in group
Hirose Ayaka	January 2, 2015 - March 30, 2020	5 Years, 2 Months, 28 Days
Nomura Minami
Hamaura Ayano
Wada Sakurako
Inoue Rei
Taguchi Natsumi	January 2, 2015 - December 6, 2017	2 Years, 11 Months, and 4 Days
Ogawa Rena	January 2, 2015 - September 6, 2017	2 Years, 8 Months, and 4 Days
Fujii Rio	January 2, 2015 - July 6, 2017	2 Years, 6 Months, and 4 Days

Members Single Count

Member	Debut Single	Last Single	Single Count
Hirose Ayaka	Nen ni wa Nen / Survivor	Seishun no Hana / Start Line	9 Singles
Nomura Minami
Hamaura Ayano
Wada Sakurako
Inoue Rei
Fujii Rio		Shalala! Yareru Hazu sa / Ee ja nai ka Ninja nai ka	5 Singles
Ogawa Rena
Taguchi Natsumi

Members Line-Ups

Date	Member(s)	Total Members	Age Average	Singles Released with Line-up
January 2, 2015 (Formation)	Group formation. Founding members include Fujii Rio, Hirose Ayaka, Nomura Minami, Ogawa Rena, Hamaura Ayano, Taguchi Natsumi, Wada Sakurako, and Inoue Rei.	8	14.75-17.17	Nen ni wa Nen / Survivor, Dosukoi! Kenkyo ni Daitan / Ramen Daisuki Koizumi-san no Uta / Nen ni wa Nen (Nen'iri Ver.), Sakura Night Fever / Chotto Guchoku ni! Chototsumoushin / Osu! Kobushi Tamashii, Samba! Kobushi Janeiro / Bacchikoi Seishun! / Ora wa Ninkimono, Shalala! Yareru Hazu sa / Ee ja nai ka Ninja nai ka
July 6, 2017	Fujii Rio leaves.	7	17.01-17.18	None
September 6, 2017	Ogawa Rena graduates.	6	17.13-17.38	None
December 6, 2017	Taguchi Natsumi leaves.	5	17.38-19.66	Kore Kara da! / Ashita Tenki ni Naare, Kitto Watashi wa / Naseba Naru, Oh No Ounou / Haru Urara, Seishun no Hana / Start Line

Trivia

• Kobushi Factory was the first Hello! Project group to consist only of members from Hello Pro Kenshuusei.
• All the members were born between 1999 and 2001, making this the first group to have all members born after Hello! Project's formation.
• Kobushi Factory had only 2 years and 4 month gap between the oldest and youngest member.

See Also

• Hello Pro Kenshuusei