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#1 TenshiDoll

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Posted 23 November 2012 - 10:11 PM

I've been keeping my eye on this group lately, and I decided to make their topic ^_^
Smile Gakuen (Smile Academy) is an Idol group formed in 2011 with girls from Primary, Middle, and High school.
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Members:
生徒紹介 > 東京校 クラスS

Arisa Haneya
Karin Imai
Mii Uchida
Mami Kitamura
Nene Konishi
Mei Nakahara
Runa Nishiwaki
Rika Aida
Honoka Nagashima
生徒紹介 東京校 Mクラス

Runa Kizawa (former H!P Egg)
Ami Sakurai
Aoi Isaki
Shizuka Mukai
Ichigo Okazaki
Nanako Taya
Aoi Mizuno
生徒紹介 > 福岡校

Yuka Iida

Former Members:
Ami Yamada (graduated December 1st, 2012)

Singles:
1st -- Smile Gakuenスマイル学園
2nd --- La la La Smile ラ・ラ・ラ スマイル
3rd --- Smile Diet PiPi LaLa Taiso スマイルダイエット~PiPiLaLa体操
4th --- Give me A Smile (released November 14th, 2012)


Some videos of them performing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFUvD3y6Pko&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtE_OmO-PMA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrE_r6mIq58&feature=channel&list=UL



http://smilegakuen.jp/
http://ameblo.jp/smilegakuen/
http://smile-promotion.com/

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Top favorites: Mizuki, Tomoko, Akari, Yuka, Murotan

Favorite H!P group: Juice=Juice


#2 TenshiDoll

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Posted 02 December 2012 - 08:54 AM

They are releasing a PV for "GIVE ME A SMILE"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbtyuxkWOW0


And also, Yamada Ami has graduated from Smile Gakuen (December 1st, 2012)
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Top favorites: Mizuki, Tomoko, Akari, Yuka, Murotan

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#3 Xacur

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Posted 22 September 2013 - 11:43 PM

I like this sub-unit called UNDER FACE,

it's formed by three of the younger members, Nanako, Honoka and Ichigo.

Official website: http://underface.jp/

Official facebook account: https://www.facebook...E.PROMOTIONTEAM

 



#4 Superior UUG

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Posted 23 September 2013 - 12:53 AM

Those girls look evil.....

I am following this group for one reason..Runa!


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#5 Xacur

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Posted 23 September 2013 - 08:51 PM

But they are so cute, these three girls and two other Aida RIka and Mizuno Aoi have another sub-unit called Smile Kiss Gumi, with a completely different style.

 



#6 sushisushi

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Posted 26 September 2013 - 06:14 PM

Hey, i have seen this - especially UNDER FACE - and i think, it´s a new idolband, that must take a closer look.

 

At first I thought they are the simple electro counterpart to Baby Metal, but they are not . And when I heard the first notes of the current single, " PL" , I also thought more likely that I did not really like. I can with electro sound really not much use .
 
And yet ... after a while ... and ever ...
 
Gradually, I became aware of how UNDER FACE , but pursue an independent "idea" , are even unique, and perhaps even the most " futuristic Japan " personalize with all its contradictions. Not only visually - located in Gothic -Lolita , Cyper / steampunk , science fiction , with glowing contact lenses , equipped with futuristic weapons with strange names like "Child Abuser sensor " , "Sadness Deflector ", " Unripe Adult sensor ", " Brain Washers " etc. , but also in substance :
UNDER FACE - these are NANAKO TAYA (born 7.1.2001 ) , HONOKA NAGASHIMA (born 29.1.2001 ) and ICHIGO OKAZAKI (born 28.2.2002 ) - do not come from this world . That's not even (only) meant the transferor sense, they actually come from somewhere in the star system , have come to Earth to study the people to understand and maybe even learn something from us - or, perhaps more likely is to teach us something.
This affects not only the music but also the lyrics and so far the only video story strange, if not disturbing. Can both still very much room for interpretation and speculation. Quite different than what we usually know of Idol Bands ago .
Fits just the facial expressions of the three . They have none. They not only look like without emotion , they have none. At least until they have the " emotion chip " get planted.
So now they have emotions , perhaps to "us" better understand and to "us" to possibly hold a mirror up better, although that was not their original intention . Or maybe it is .
 
Thus, there is a philosophy behind UNDER FACE .
 
Excerpt of the upcoming single "Wall Breaker ":
 
" I scream , because i want to disapear
But i have to get out of here
To knock the door down and run
None of us in the world is actually Understood
We're the minority
It's slavery , the working poor
They do not care if we live or die
They think , we have no value marcet
Their livestock are we ? "
 
Amazing for a band with such a young idol members.
 
Particularly be emphasized just is - as mentioned - the current single with accompanying video " Perfect Lolita "
 
 
And one thing first: The " happy " sound at the beginning and the distorted voices, perhaps somewhat reminiscent of children's techno - disco, should not deceive ourselves over it , that the sound in combination with the songwriting for a while, exerts its own fascination . And is anything but childish .
UNDER FACE is the invitation to judge not only the face, but to look deeper , beneath the surface . Mankind has become completely superficial. We strive only for riches , true values ​​are not worth anything . So we must leave us the question: why and what we actually live?
I believe UNDER FACE are one of the best new releases at all .


#7 eRDe7

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Posted 27 September 2013 - 10:01 AM

Well, I really like TicTocTicToc, and Perfect Lolita, too.

 

I will keep my eye on them. ;-)



#8 Xacur

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Posted 04 October 2013 - 04:14 PM

^ Perfect Lolita is a great song, the PV is good and lyrics are weird.

They uploaded a translation at their facebook page.
https://www.facebook...pe=3&permPage=1

 

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#9 Mr.Woofington

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Posted 11 October 2013 - 07:41 AM

The UNDER FACE group concept is creative and thoughtful.  Techno music with ornate costumes and props, a cyberpunk/futurist aesthetic.  The girls are kawaii cyborgs with sweet voices, and the lyrics (judging by the translations) are intense and serious!   The group has a similar configuration to Babymetal but the approach is quite different.

 

Their website offers free mp3's.  I love the track "Hamigaki Gum".  Pretty electronica in 3/4 time.

 

I ordered their two CD's from Amazon.jp, I want to support them.  :good:

 

Here is a live performance of their single "SKYTOWER":

 



#10 sushisushi

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Posted 11 October 2013 - 03:06 PM

A little bit more about the concept:

UF are cyborgs from a planet nobody knows. The masters/creators of UF want to study the human. So they look on the earth and see, that schools with teachers are the place, where humans learn everything. 

So they create the UF-Cyborgs like schoolgirls. 

And this cyborg-schoolgirls are confused about the contradictions in schools, teaching, human living, about the alleged truth. 

 

The song "Yutori" for example, is about the suicide of young students on the basis of the hard and strictly school-education. 

"Yutori" is a new school-concept of more "free spirit". 

http://en.wikipedia....utori_education

 

And the girls are still funny. 

 

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#11 Xacur

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Posted 11 October 2013 - 08:22 PM

But I don't know if they are pro yutori, or against yutori, I understood they are against it, because it makes children "weak and irresponsible".

Leaving that topic aside, I bought their songs in CD Baby, they have Flac downloads.

http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/UnderFace

I ordered one of their CDs in Amazon (first time I buy in Amazon) but it's taking a lot and I'm starting to think it wont arrive =/

 

They have these cool anime-like characters of UNDER FACE.

 

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#12 Foxmetal

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Posted 12 October 2013 - 02:08 PM

First thing of UF I saw was a picture in a twitter profile of a Moa Kikuchi (Babymetal) fan, WTF&Hell is that?, I thought. That was in Summer, about June or July. Today I like 'em more and more.

About that Yutori question: Maybe we can ask at Under Face Information, their Facebook page. I hardly can believe they prefer the harder system to the easier.

 

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#13 sushisushi

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Posted 12 October 2013 - 02:48 PM

@ Xacur: you are right.

"Yutori" is against the "yutori-education". For me, the yutori-idea sounds good, but they did not work? 

 

@ Foxmetal: Hey, don´t you like Hanako, or why don´t you post a picture of her? ^^



#14 Xacur

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Posted 12 October 2013 - 03:16 PM

^Her name is Honoka ^_^

Yeah, I don't know about Yutori, I just say that because of what they wrote in the lyrics picture.

Lyrics: http://on.fb.me/1hKNoCP

 

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Posted 12 October 2013 - 04:08 PM


 

@ Foxmetal: Hey, don´t you like Hanako, or why don´t you post a picture of her? ^^

 

 

@sushisushi Same to you! "Hanako" ... LOL That comes from you only have eyes for Nanako, ey? ;)


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#16 Mr.Woofington

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Posted 12 October 2013 - 05:02 PM

Their props are really amazing, with funny descriptions, look at all the detail: 

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#17 sushisushi

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Posted 12 October 2013 - 08:28 PM

Oh ... yes. Honoka. My foult. I should not adjust other people when i´m wrong.  :( First time i make this name-mistake. I´m so sorry.  :c03:

 

"Yutori" ... the idea behind yutori-education did not work.

Interpretation: the idea about learning by self and more "free-thinking" (?) results in weakness, the Yutori-generation don´t do more as they have learnd, they only critizice and only talking about things, they would do. But never do. Maybe it results in ijime (bulling at school), too.  



#18 Xacur

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Posted 12 October 2013 - 08:53 PM

UNDER FACE will be in this event, Cool Japan Yamanashi.

I don't know exactly what it is, but they have a website here:

http://cjy2013.com

http://cjy2013.com/ivent.html#show7

 

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#19 Xacur

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Posted 19 October 2013 - 05:26 PM

Promotion image for UNDER FACE's 3rd single. Will be released on December.

And many more in their twitter account

https://twitter.com/under_face/media

 

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#20 sushisushi

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Posted 21 October 2013 - 03:43 PM

Nanako always looks tall in the videos. But she isn´t. She is only 1,42m.

Honoka is 1,33m and Ichigo 1,27m. 

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