3776
| 3776 | |
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| Origin | Shizuoka, Japan |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 2013–present |
| Labels | Natural Make |
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3776(pronounced 'Minanaro') is a Japanese Idol group themed after Mount Fuji, Japan's tallest mountain.
The group has received critical acclaim for their musicianship and DIY ethos.
History
TEAM MII
Inspired by AKB48, Akira Ishida - who would later become the producer of 3776 - decided to launch a local idol group. Ishida sent e-mails to city offices all over Japan. One of the cities he included in his letters was Fujinomiya, a city in Shizuoka prefecture. A city official in Fujinomiya, which was celebrating its 60th anniversary, had already been considering creating an idol group under the project name Waga-Machi-No-AKB (Our town's AKB) in commemoration of the town when he received Ishida's letter. Upon receiving the letter he requested a demo of Ishida's music. After hearing the demo he promptly requested that Ishida become the producer of his idol group.[1][2] Auditions were held to determine the group's lineup: Wagamachi-no-AKB audition participants were judged on dancing to a song by AKB48. After the audition 24 members were selected to make up the group,[3] which Ishida named TEAM MⅡ after NMB48's Team M.
TEAM MⅡ debuted on June 2, 2012 with the debut song "Yappari-Kimiwa-Sousa-Bacchirisa". Because it was created by the city office, many limitations were placed on the group.They were allowed to perform only in Fujinomiya City, and weren't allowed to sell any goods or CDs. From the beginning their contract was only for one year, after which they were to disband.
For one year Ishida worked to create 9 songs, 8 of which were performed. The city office stopped Ishida from performing the song "Yu-Rei-Shoutengai" (Ghost Shopping District) since they felt that the song's title and lyrics were inappropriate, and asked Ishida to change the name to "Gambare-Shoutengai" (Cheer Up! Shopping District). Because Ishida refused to amend his song, "Yu-Rei-Shoutengai" was not even practiced by the members. The theme of the song is actually satirical and sympathetic to the situation of Fujinomiya's shopping district, which began to decline after the large shopping retailer AEON opened in 2001, forcing many stores in Fujinomiya to close.
TEAM MII disbanded on March 24, 2013. 3 EPs, "Yappari-Kimiwa-Sousa-Bacchirisa", "Minna-No-Fujinomiya-Yakisoba", and "Wakatteyone-Sensei" were released on April 27, 2013 after they had already parted ways.
3776 Season#1
Once their contract was terminated, some of the members desiring to continue the idol group asked Ishida to continue as their producer. In response to their requests Ishida started 3776 on July 22, 2013 when Mt. Fuji was registered as a world heritage site. The group's name was derived from the altitude of Mt. Fuji, 3776 meters. The group consisted of 7 members; Mari Mitsumoto, Seina Hara, Yuika Taki, Rena Mochizuki, Sakura Suzuki, Rina Nakahara, and Hina Saito, all of whom were former TEAM MⅡ members.
3776 debuted their first song "Watashi-no-sekai-isan" (My World Heritage) at a ceremony held by the Fujinomiya city office celebrating Mt. Fuji's registration as a world heritage site. The song poked fun at people who were carried away with the prestige of Mt Fuji receiving "World Heritage Site" status, promoting the idea that the true value of something is unchangeable whether recognized by an authority or not.
Because Seina Hara, Yuika Taki and Rina Nakahara left the group successively, Ishida declared 3776 Season#1 to be over in October.
"Watashi-no-sekai-isan" was released attributed to 3776 Season#1 on December 22, 2013, despite the fact that season 3776 Season#2 had already begun.
3776 Season#2
On November 2, 2013, Chiyono Ide joined the group. 3776 Season#2 started and on November 4, 2013, Sakura Suzuki left the group. 3776 Season#2 consisted of Rena Mochizuki, Mari Mitsumoto, Hina Saito, and Chiyono Ide. They performed their new songs "Moe-Moe-Kataomoi" and "Mini-kite" on November 2, 2013.On January 2014, Sumire Kondo became a member of 3770 (3776's group to train new talent, becoming the first member to join 3776). She was the first member of 3776 who didn't also formerly belong to Team MⅡ. They released EPs "Jokyoku" and "Shinpai-No-Tane" on June 22, 2014. Right after the release, Rena Mochizuki and Hina Saito left the group and Mari Mitsumoto also stated that she would leave the group in the near future. Ishida declared 3776 Season#2 to be over and 3776 Season#2+ to have begun on July 30, 2014.
3776Season#2+
Due to the sudden withdrawal of 3776's then most popular member Rena Mochizuki, and Mari Mitsumoto's plan to leave the group, Ishida added trainee Sumire to 3776 and changed 3776 Season#2 to 3776 Season#2+. The members consisted of Mari Mitsumoto, Chiyono Ide and Sumire Kondo (3770). At first, they planned to recruit new members for 3770 and when 3770 reached 6 members, 3776 Season#4 would start.
3776 Season#2+ was active, performing in tandem with 3776 Season#3 until February 2015 when Mari Mitsumoto left the group. New songs for Season#2+ were not created.
3776 Season#3
Further resignations from leading members forced Ishida to start 3776 Season#3 as Chiyono Ide's solo project. 3776 Season#3 started on August 8, 2014. The Season#3 EP "Love Letter" was released on December 28, 2014. Then the online music distribution website OTOTOY started offering "Love Letter" and TEAM MⅡ's "Yappari-Kimiwa-Sousa-Bacchirisa", "Minna-No-Fujinomiya-Yakisoba", and "Wakatteyone-Sensei" for download, all previously only available on CD. Following this, OTOTOY began to build up many different corporate relationships with 3776, and eventually digitally released all of their previous CDs.
On April 26, 2015, Chiyono Ide played their 4 new songs "Haru-Ga-Kita" ," Hachi-Gome-Nya-Mada-Hayai" ," Noboranai-Riyuu-Ga-Aruto-Sureba", and "3.11" which were defined as being 3776 Season#3.1.A music video for "3.11" was made and edited exclusively by Akira Ishida. The song's theme was the 2011 Great Tōhoku Earthquake and the tsunami which followed. 3.11 became 3776's most famous song to date.
On the day of the debut of 3776 Season#3.1, 3776's official Twitter account released a statement saying that until 3776 Season#3 had accomplished all of the things they could do in a solo style, 3776 Season#3 would continue.[4] As a result, the trainees in 3770 were changed into their own new group, Mi-Ⅱ (from "Team Minanaro II"), which would cover all of 3776 and TEAM MII's older music.
On July 11, 2015, 3776 had their first "one man show" live concert in Tokyo named "Hinan-Keikaku-to-Bousai-Kunren" (Plan for evacuation and disaster training). At the concert, they started to sell 3.11 as their first single, and Mari Mitsumoto returned as a special guest.
On December 12, 2015, they released their full-length album Minanaro-Wo-Kikanai-Riyuuga-Arutosureba (If there were a reason to not listen to 3776). It received high acclaim from critics and musicians alike and became their first commercially successful CD.
"Bon-To-3776-Ga-Isshoni-Kuruyo" and Mousugu-Koukouseikatsu
At their third "one man show" live concert at Shinjuku Loft named "Bon-To-3776-Ga-Isshoni-Kuruyo"(Bon festival and 3776 come together), they performed their Top 5 most famous songs as voted on by their fans. During the performance, Chiyono Ide, performing as 3776Season#3 announced to the crowd that a guest would be performing. She called for the guest to come out and then having changed clothes emerged as the guest as a solo Idol. She performed 5 songs and afterward announced 3 things. Firstly, that she would embark on a solo career while continuing to perform with 3776, secondly, that she would release her debut solo album titled Mou-Sugu-Koukouseikatsu, and thirdly, that 3776 would hold an audition for 3776Season#4.[5] It was later announced that her album Mousugu-Koukouseikatsu would be released on the music distribution website ototoy.jp on August 22, 2016, and would subsequently be released on CD on September 28.
Discography
Natural Make
| # | Title | Release date | |||
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| 1 | TEAM MII | "Yappari-Kimiwa-Sousa-Bacchirisa" (やっぱり君はそうさバッチリさ) | April 28, 2013 (CD) December 29, 2014 (OTOTOY) | NAMA-0001 | 1."Yappari-Kimiwa-Sousa-Bacchirisa" (やっぱり君はそうさバッチリさ) 2."Yappari-Kimitomo-Sonouchi-Bye-Bye" (やっぱり君ともそのうちバイバイ) 3. "Wakutama-ike Tayori" (湧玉池便り) 4."Mo☆Chotto Onna-no-Ko" (も☆ちょっと女の子) 5."Yappari-Kimiwa-Sousa-Bacchirisa"やっぱり君はそうさバッチリさ[Instrumental] 6."Yappari-Kimitomo-Sonouchi-Bye-Bye"やっぱり君ともそのうちバイバイ[Instrumental] 7."Wakutama-ike Tayori"湧玉池便り[Instrumental] 8."Mo☆Chotto Onna-no-Ko"も☆ちょっと女の子[Instrumental] |
| 2 | TEAM MII | "Minna-No-Fujinomiya-Yakisoba" (みんなの富士宮やきそば) | April 28, 2013 (CD) December 29, 2014 (OTOTOY) | NAMA-0002 | 1."Minna-No-Fujinomiya-Yakisoba" (みんなの富士宮やきそば) 2."Yuru-Meter" (ゆるメーター) 3."Yu-Rei-Shoutengai" (ゆうれい商店街) 4."Minna-No-Fujinomiya-Yakisoba"みんなの富士宮やきそば[Instrumental] 5."Yuru-Meter"ゆるメーター[Instrumental] 6."Yu-Rei-Shoutengai"ゆうれい商店街[Instrumental] |
| 3 | TEAM MII | "Wakatteyone-Sensei" (わかってよねえ先生) | April 28, 2013 (CD) December 29, 2014 (OTOTOY) | NAMA-0003 | 1."Wakatteyone-Sensei" (わかってよねえ先生) 2."Notebook-No-Watashi" (ノートブックの私) 3."Kosobayuina" (こそばゆいな) 4."Wakatteyone-Sensei"わかってよねえ先生[Instrumental] 5."Notebook-No-Watashi"ノートブックの私[Instrumental] 6."Kosobayuina"こそばゆいな[Instrumental] |
| 4 | 3776 Season#1[6] | "Watashi-No-Sekaiisan" (私の世界遺産) | December 22, 2013 (initial release) March 30, 2016 (repress) | NAMA-0004 | 1.mi-na-na-RockII 2."Watashi-No-Sekaiisan" (私の世界遺産) 3."Kimi-To-Isshoni-Noboritai" (君と一緒に登りたい) 4."Daihunka-wa-Ikaga" (大噴火はいかが?) 5."Kokemomo" (コケモモ) 6."Watashi-No-Sekaiisan"私の世界遺産[Instrumental] 7."Kimi-To-Isshoni-Noboritai"君と一緒に登りたい[Instrumental] 8."Daihunka-wa-Ikaga"大噴火はいかが?[Instrumental] 9."Kokemomo"コケモモ[Instrumental] |
| 5 | 3776 Season#2 | 心配のタネ | June 22, 2014 | NAMA-0005 | 1.心配のタネ 2.もぇもぇ片想い 3.ニュートラル 4.Neutral -bossa style- 5.心配のタネ[Instrumental] 6.もぇもぇ片想い[Instrumental] 7.ニュートラル[Instrumental] |
| 6 | 3776 Season#2 | 序曲 | June 22, 2014 | NAMA-0006 | 1.序曲 2.みにきて! 3.さよなら小学生 4. ～みななろ劇場～『私は世界遺産』 5.序曲[Instrumental] 6.みにきて![Instrumental] 7.さよなら小学生[Instrumental] |
| 7 | 3776 Season#3 | Love Letter | December 28, 2014 | NAMA-0007 | 1.温暖湿潤山ガール 2.デジタルネイティヴ 3.誰かのモノです 4.A∩B 5.時空ラブレター～アフター大噴火の世界の君へ～ 6.温暖湿潤山ガール[Instrumental] 7.デジタルネイティヴ[Instrumental] 8.誰かのモノです[Instrumental] 9. A∩B[Instrumental] 10.時空ラブレター～アフター大噴火の世界の君へ～-Radio Edit-[Instrumental] 11.(答え合わせ) |
| 8 | 3776 Season#3 | 3.11 | July 11, 2015 | NAMA-0009 | 1.3.11 2.避難計画と防災グッズ 3.3.11[Instrumental] 4.避難計画と防災グッズ[Instrumental]|- |
| 9 | 3776 Season#3 | 3776を聴かない理由があるとすれば | October 28, 2015 | NAMA-0010 | 1.[Introduction] 2.登らない理由があるとすれば 3.[IntervalA] 4.水でできている [IntervalB] 6.洞窟探検 7.避難計画と防災グッズ 8.日本全国どこでも富士山 9.[IntervalC] 10.春がきた 11.湧玉池便り 12.生徒の本業 13.[IntervalD] 14.旅ふぉとセレクション 15.[IntervalE] 16.八合目にゃまだ早い 17.[IntervalF] 18.春は巡る 19.3.11 20.[Ending] |
| 10 | TEAM MII | TEAM MII 全曲集 | December 30, 2015 | NAMA-0011 | 1.やっぱり君はそうさバッチリさ 2.やっぱり君ともそのうちバイバイ 3.湧玉池便り 4.も☆ちょっと女の子[IntervalB] 5.みんなの富士宮やきそば 6.ゆるメーター 7.ゆうれい商店街 8.わかってよねえ先生 9.ノートブックの私 10.こそばゆいな |
| 11 | Chiyono Ide | "Mousugu-Koukouseikatsu" (もうすぐ高校生活) | August 22, 2016 (OTOTOY) September 28, 2016 (CD) | NAMA-0013 | 1."Mousugu-Koukouseikatsu～Introduction" (もうすぐ高校生活～Introduction) 2."Heart-No-Goshusen" (ハートの五線譜) 3."Taichou-Kanri-No-Tameni" (体調管理のために) 4.ギャル子大ピンチ! 5.カードリーダー 6.台風一過 7.授業は今日も 8.ラジオネーム 9.部活引退の次にすること 10.さらば高校生活 |
References
- ↑ "掟ポルシェも絶賛！ "富士山ご当地アイドル"3776（みななろ）に全国から熱視線、"珍しい"を貫く奇跡の誕生とは 2/4". Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- ↑ Kazumi Namba「Heroine-Tachi-No-Uta」Chapter21 Akira Ishida（Ongakishuppansha）
- ↑ Gakunan Asahi(Newspaper) November 17, 2016
- ↑ "Season#4について". Twitter. 2015-04-26. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
- ↑ "お盆のワンマン・ライヴも大成功! 3776、井出ちよのソロ・デビュー・アルバムをハイレゾ配信!". OTOTOY. 2016-08-16. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
- ↑ "私の世界遺産". Twitter. 2013-12-08. Retrieved 2016-07-26.