Magnolia Factory

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Kobushi Factory
Origin Tokyo, Japan
Genres
Years active 2015 (2015)–present
Labels Up-Front Works
Website helloproject.com/kobushifactory/
Members Rio Fujii
Ayaka Hirose
Minami Nomura
Rena Ogawa
Ayano Hamaura
Natsumi Taguchi
Sakurako Wada
Rei Inoue

Kobushi Factory (こぶしファクトリー?, lit. "Magnolia Factory") is a Japanese girl idol group, formed by Up Front Group under the umbrella of Hello! Project in January 2015. The group is composed of eight girls who were members of Hello Pro Kenshusei.

History

Formation and pre-debut

On January 2, 2015, during the first stage of the Hello! Project 2015 Winter concert series, it was announce that the new unit consisting of Rio Fujii, Ayaka Hirose, Minami Nomura, Reina Ogawa, Ayano Hamaura, Natsumi Taguchi, Sakurako Wada, and Rei Inoue, was formed.[1] Up Front Group announce that the name for the new unit was determined as Kobushi Factory on February 25.[2] On March 8, it was announced that the leader and the sub-leader of the unit were determined as Ayaka Hirose and Rio Fujii respectively.[3]

After member colors were announced through the episode #120 of YouTube program Hello! Project Station (ハロ!ステ Haro! sute?) on June 3,[4] their debut from a major label in Fall 2015, and the titles for their debut singles were announced during the first stage of the Roku-gatsu no nama-tamago Show! concert series on June 14.[5] The date for their debut from a major label was announced as September 2 through the episode #125 of Hello! Project Stationon July 8.[6]

Members

Their member color was announced through the episode #120 of Hello! Project Station, as well as Tsubaki Factory members.[4]

Name Nicknames Birth date and age Prefecture
of origin		 Member color Notes
Rio Fujii (藤井 梨央?) Riorio
Fujidon		 (1999-03-04) March 4, 1999 (age 25) Aichi      Mustard Sub-leader
Ayaka Hirose (広瀬 彩海?) Ayapan (1999-08-04) August 4, 1999 (age 25) Kanagawa      Turquoise Leader, ex-member of Nice Girl Project!
Minami Nomura (野村 みな美?) Minamina (2000-02-10) February 10, 2000 (age 24) Tokyo      Royal blue
Rena Ogawa (小川 麗奈?) Renako (2000-03-27) March 27, 2000 (age 24) Tochigi      Red
Ayano Hamaura (浜浦 彩乃?) Hamachan (2000-04-26) April 26, 2000 (age 24) Saitama      Pink
Natsumi Taguchi (田口 夏実?) Tagucchi (2000-07-21) July 21, 2000 (age 24) Saitama      Orange
Sakurako Wada (和田 桜子?) Wadasaku
Sako		 (2001-03-08) March 8, 2001 (age 23) Aichi      Green
Rei Inoue (井上 玲音?) Reirei (2001-07-17) July 17, 2001 (age 23) Tokyo      Purple Ex-member of Nice Girl Project!

Discography

Singles

# Title Peak rank Release date
1 Dosukoi! kenkyo ni daitan / Ramen daisuki koizumi-san no uta / Nen ni wa nen (Nen-iri Ver.)
(ドスコイ！ケンキョにダイタン/ラーメン大好き小泉さんの唄/念には念(念入りVer.)?)		 3

September 2, 2015
2 Sakura Night Fever / Chotto Guchoku ni! Chototsu Moushin / Osu! Kobushi Tamashii
(桜ナイトフィーバー/チョット愚直に！猪突猛進/押忍！こぶし魂?)		 1 [7]

February 17, 2016

DVD singles

# Title Peak rank Release date
1 Nen ni wa nen / Survivor
(念には念/サバイバー?)		 N/A

March 26, 2015

Awards

Japan Record Awards

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See also: 57th Japan Record Awards

The Japan Record Awards is a major music awards show held annually in Japan by the Japan Composer's Association.

Year Recipient/Nominated work Award Result
2015 Magnolia Factory New Artist Award[8] Won
Best New Artist Award[8] Won

References

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External links

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