On March 5th, idol group Bakusute Sotokanda Icchome held a press conference in Tokyo, where they announced that they would be releasing their major debut single, "Baito Fighter", from Warner Music Japan on May 8th. This song was chosen out of over 200 demo tracks.

Bakusute Sotokanda Icchome is an idol group that was created from the�idol training cafe 'AKIHABARA Backstage pass'�produced by�Tsunku and�Shikura Chiyomaru. Their indies 1st single, "Produce", ranked 17th on Oricon's single weekly chart, and their 2nd single "Yoropiku Pikuyoro!" came in 8th.



The press conference started with the introduction of the 12 main members. The 8 members who are chosen by popular vote of their customers are called "weekly ranking" and they are�Aikawa Ayano, Moroboshi Azuna, Kawaoto Yumi, Aoshima Karen, Hario Arisa, Hirosawa Mai, Kumamoto Miwa, and Asakura Yuri. The label staff chose Taiga Hana and Hanano Yuuka as the "maker waku", and AD Nagisa and Suzumi Hinano were chosen by the staff as "bakusute".

As the girls received blessings from 100 people, such as Warner Music's chairman Ishizaka Keiichi and professional wrestler Chono Masahiro, they declared, "We really felt that we are able to make our major debut because of everyone's support. But our start line is here, so please continue to support us. We will do our best!"

Source & Photos: Oricon