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* Otomegumi had one less member that Sakuragumi (until the graduation of Sakuragumi's leader, [[Abe Natsumi]]) and three of those members were from the newest generation to be added to Morning Musume.
 
* Otomegumi had one less member that Sakuragumi (until the graduation of Sakuragumi's leader, [[Abe Natsumi]]) and three of those members were from the newest generation to be added to Morning Musume.
 
*As of 2014, all members of Morning Musume Otomegumi are under UP-FRONT GROUP. As of November 27, 2014, only Michishige Sayumi is on hiatus.
 
*As of 2014, all members of Morning Musume Otomegumi are under UP-FRONT GROUP. As of November 27, 2014, only Michishige Sayumi is on hiatus.
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*{{Note|1}}Kumi (くみ) is the furigana of the kanji "組" when used alone. If the kanji is used with another word, usually next to a word that is written in kanji — in this case, otome (乙女) — the furigana will be gumi (ぐみ).
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Revision as of 03:25, 12 December 2014

Morning Musume Otome Gumi (モーニング娘。おとめ組) was one of the subgroups that divided the Japanese pop group Morning Musume when the group split in 2003 to enable the towns with smaller venues a chance to see the idols perform. The groups counterpart was Morning Musume Sakura Gumi. Otome Gumi remained active from 2003 to 2004 before the seperate groups merged once more to form the full Morning Musume line-up. There hasn't been a split like this since.

The words otome (おとめ) and gumi (組)[N1] mean "young girl" and "group," respectively. If translated to English, the group's name will be "Morning Musume, the Young Girl Group." This made sense as three of the four newly added sixth generation members were included in the group's line-up.

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Morning Musume Otome Gumi, September 2003

Purpose

The sole purpose of Morning Musume Otome Gumi — as well as its counterpart, Sakura Gumi — was to seperately perform in small towns that couldn't provide large enough venues for the full ensemble of Morning Musume. Aside from their separate tours, the groups also released two singles each with Otome Gumi's representing the modern Japanese woman. The groups both became inactive in the Spring of 2004 when they merged back together to form Morning Musume once more.

History

2003

The news of Morning Musume's planned split into two seperate halves was announced in 2003 and met with dismay by fans of the group. It hadn't been made clear at first that the group was not to be splitting for good and as a result much confusion arose concerning Morning Musume's future. On September 18, 2003 the group's debut single was released, titled "Ai no Sono ~Touch My Heart!~". The single contained an upbeat title track that was supposed to represent the modern Japanese woman. Their counterpart sang slower paced songs about the traditional Japanese woman and the groups competed for sales with Otome Gumi losing to the more popular image of Sakura Gumi.

2004

This was the final year of Otome Gumi's existance as a seperate group and they soon joined back into Morning Musume. However they released one more single before the merged, once again competing for sales with Sakura Gumi. "Yuujou ~Kokoro no Busu ni wa Naranee!~" was released on February 25, 2004 and once again lost to Sakura Gumi's single once more.

Members

Discography

Singles

DVD Singles

DVDs

Photobooks


Trivia

  • Morning Musume Otomegumi never sold as many copies of their singles as their counterpart, Morning Musume Sakura Gumi did.
  • Otomegumi had one less member that Sakuragumi (until the graduation of Sakuragumi's leader, Abe Natsumi) and three of those members were from the newest generation to be added to Morning Musume.
  • As of 2014, all members of Morning Musume Otomegumi are under UP-FRONT GROUP. As of November 27, 2014, only Michishige Sayumi is on hiatus.

References

Notes

  • ^ Kumi (くみ) is the furigana of the kanji "組" when used alone. If the kanji is used with another word, usually next to a word that is written in kanji — in this case, otome (乙女) — the furigana will be gumi (ぐみ).

Sources

External Links