ANGERME have announced that member Funaki Musubu has received surgery for vocal cord nodules. Funaki had problems with her throat for awhile, and after a doctor's examination, she was diagnosed with vocal cord nodules. She decided to have surgery done as it was affecting her in her daily conversations. Reportedly, the surgery was a success.  As Funaki will not be able to use her voice for a while, she will participate in Hello! Project's sum

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It's been determined that new member Hashisako Rin will be joining ANGERME. As you may know, Katsuta Rina will be graduating from ANGERME after their concert on September 25 at Pacifico Yokohama. The announcement of Hashisako joining the group was announced on July 3 during Hello! Project's YouTube program 'Hello! Station.' Leader Takeuchi Akari announced that 13-year-old Hello! Pro trainee Hashisako will be joining the group. She expressed,

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ANGERME's Katsuta Rina has announced that she will be graduating from both the group and Hello! Project after their concert on September 25 at Pacifico Yokohama. Katsuta decided to graduate from Hello! Project as she wanted to prepare herself to enter the fashion industry. On Hello! Project's official website, she wrote, "In a good way, I have no regrets in terms of my activities. I feel very refreshed. When I looked forward, there was clearly a

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ANGERME will release their first artist book, titled "ANGERMOOK," on May 24. "ANGERMOOK" will hit shelves before leader Wada Ayaka's graduation. Its chief editors are Aoi Yu and Kikuchi Akiko who both claim to be big fans of the group. They were in charge of a variety of things such as suggesting the theme, selecting the outfits, directing the shoots, choosing the layouts, and checking names. Besides Aoi and Kikuchi, art director Tabei

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ANGERME will release a new album titled "Rinne Tenshou ~ANGERME Past, Present & Future~" on May 15. The album will be released as a three disc set. In addition, Limited Edition A will come with a Blu-ray containing footage from their live tour 'Denko Sekka' held last fall, and Limited Edition B will come with a Blu-ray including PVs released after their name change. More details will be revealed in the near future.Source: natalie

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ANGERME will release a double A-side single titled "Koi wa Accha Accha / Yumemita 15-nen (Fifteen)" on April 10. This will be leader Wada Ayaka's last single as she will be graduating from the group on June 18. The word "Accha" in "Koi wa Accha Accha" means "good" in Hindi. The lyrics were written by Kodama Ameko. Meanwhile, "Yumemita 15-nen (Fifteen)" is written by former member Fukuda Kanon, who graduated from the group in November of 2015

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Former ANGERME member Tamura Meimi will release her solo debut single "Kagayaite ~My dream goes on~" on September 26. Tamura graduated from ANGERME in May of 2016 in order to pursue her childhood dream of becoming a musical actress. Her solo debut single is created with the concept "fusing musical and pop." The title track was composed by Kari Kimmel, written by Fujibayashi Shoko, and produced by Tobinai Masahiro (agehasprings). Tamura challenge

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Recochoku have updated their weekly charts for the week of May 9th to May 15th. Check out the top ranking digital singles, albums, and music videos for this week below! - < Digital Single - Weekly Ranking > 01 - "Lemon" - Yonezu Kenshi 02 - "Todokanai Kara" - Hirai Ken 03 - "KISS is my life." - SingTuyo 04 - "Zero" - Fukuyama Masaharu 05 - "HANABI" - Mr.Children 06 - "To see the future" - Ren (Kusunoki Tomori) 07 - "Play

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On May 12, former ANGERME member and musical actress Tamura Meimi held her first solo live at Shibuya duo MUSIC EXCHANGE where she performed 19 songs. It's been two years since Tamura graduated from ANGERME to pursue musical acting, which has been a dream of hers since she was little. This live was a fan club event, and tickets for both the daytime and evening shows sold out on the same day.  During the daytime show, the

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It's been announced that Wada Ayaka will graduate from both ANGERME and Hello! Project in spring of 2019. She is the last original member to graduate from the group. Wada made the announcement on April 5 via her blog explaining that graduation was in talks since 2017. She stated, "I thought over and over, 'Will I be able to continue chasing after the same dream with everyone?' That thought and the present were complexly intertwined within me

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