Idol Street

Idol Street
Parent company Avex Group Holdings
Founded October 2, 2010
Founder Tatsuo Higuchi (supervising producer)[1]
Genre J-pop (idols)
Country of origin Japan
Location Tokyo
Official website idolstreet.jp

Idol Street (stylized as iDOL Street) is a Japanese record label and music project specializing in idols.[2][3][4]

It was launched by Avex on October 2, 2010 as a dedicated idol record label.[5] The first artist on the new label was the idol group Super Girls, formed in June 2010.[4][5] As of May 2014, three girl groups have debuted on the label: Super Girls, Cheeky Parade, and GEM.[6][7][8]

Idol Street Project

The project includes 74 members: 14 members of Super Girls, 9 members of Cheeky Parade (former 2nd generation trainees), 11 members of GEM (former 3rd generation trainees), 35 so-called street-sei or trainees (one 2nd generation, seven 3rd generation, twenty 4th generation, seven 5th generation, and four 6th generation), and solo singer Saori Yasaka.

Members

Super Girls

Cheeky Parade

Main article: Cheeky Parade

GEM

Main article: GEM (girl group)

Solo

References

  1. ↑ "iDOL Street 樋口竜雄×編集長 平賀哲雄 スペシャル対談". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Prometheus Global Media, LLC. 2013.
  2. ↑ "avexアイドル専用レーベル「iDOL Street」の公式ガイドブック発売" [Avex dedicated idol label releases official guidebook]. Musicman-NET (in Japanese). 2011-11-14. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
  3. ↑ "avexアイドルオーディション2012開催大決定!そしてiDOL Streetから第2弾グループ「Cheeky Parade」誕生！". Mynavi News (in Japanese). 2012-02-09. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
  4. 1 2 "SUPER☆GiRLS has held 2nd anniversary live at their birthplace Nakano Sunplaza!! Total 56 idols from their label iDOL Street have joined the live!!". Kawaii girl Japan. 2012-06-18.
  5. 1 2 "History". Idol Street website (in Japanese). Avex Marketing Inc. 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-13.
  6. ↑ "「iDOL Street」第3弾グループ、GEM（ジェム）が2014年元旦デビュー決定！". CDJournal News (in Japanese). 2013-10-15. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
  7. ↑ "iDOL Streetの第3弾グループGEM、デビュー・シングル「We're GEM!」のMVが公開！". CDJournal (in Japanese). 2013-12-05. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
  8. ↑ OKMusic (2014-01-05). "1月1日、avexのアイドル専門レーベル「iDOL Street」から新鋭・GEMがメジャーデビュー！" (in Japanese). Get News.
  9. ↑ ｉＤＯＬ Ｓｔｒｅｅｔ最新グッズがｍｕ－ｍｏショップにて販売開始！. Zakzak (in Japanese). 2013-12-27. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
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