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Melon Kinenbi
Origin
Tokyo, Japan
Genres
J-pop
R&B
pop punk
electropop
dance-pop
Years active
1999–2010, 2011, 2013, 2018
Labels
Zetima
Past members
Hitomi Saito
Megumi Murata
Masae Ōtani
Ayumi Shibata
Website
Up-Front Agency
Melon Kinenbi (メロン記念日, sometimes romanized as Melon Kinen-Bi) were an all-girl Japanese pop group within Hello! Project. They were formed after they successfully passed the 2nd Morning Musume & Michiyo Heike Imotobun Audition. Melon Kinenbi is the oldest group in the history of Hello! Project not to have changed any of its members since its formation. The band occasionally worked as dancers for other Hello! Project artists; they can, for instance, be seen in the music video for Maki Goto's single "Yaruki! It's Easy".
The entire group officially graduated from the Hello! Project on March 31, 2009, along with the rest of the Elder Club. After their graduation, they collaborated with other Japanese punk-rock groups for several limited-release indie singles, and released their 4th album Melon's Not Dead. Two days after the album release and just after their 10-year anniversary, the group announced that they would disband following their final tour activities in May 2010.[1] The group performed together for the last time on May 3, at Nakano Sun Plaza, although Melon Kinenbi reunited temporarily in April 2011 to help the efforts following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. On December 31, 2013, Melon Kinenbi reunited a second time to perform at the Hello! Project Countdown Party 2013 〜Good Bye & Hello!〜 event. In October 2018, Melon Kinenbi reunited a third time to perform at the Hello! Project 20th Anniversary!! Hello! Project Hello! Face 2018 event in Saitama.
^"Important announcement regarding Melon Kinen-bi" (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on 2010-02-22. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
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