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#1 Ares13

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Posted 21 February 2013 - 08:26 AM

The group was formed in Osaka by childhood friends. They started performing in the street in Osaka Castle Park, which is a local haven for street performances. The girls wrote and composed their own songs; Misaki choreographed the dances. Dancing Dolls also began uploading dance covers to video sharing websites Nico Nico Douga and YouTube and achieved some notability there. Their videos became popular, and totaled over 10 million views by the time of their professional debut in 2012.

Dancing Dolls were signed by Sony Music Entertainment Japan and on September 12, 2012, released their debut single, titled "Touch -A.S.A.P.- / Shanghai Darling".At the time, the group's average age was 16. The single reached the 38th place in the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart. Also, the CD single was preceded by "Shanghai Darling", which was released on August 1 for digital download and peaked at the 8th spot in the daily Recochoku chart. The song "Touch -A.S.A.P-" is a cover of a theme song from the anime Touch, originally sung by Yoshimi Iwasaki and released as a single in 1985.

In May 2014, the twin sisters Kyoka and Asuka left the group and Dancing Dolls became inactive for several months.

At the end of January 2015, Miu and Kanon were recruited as new Dancing Dolls members. Both girls have started dance practice and song recording. The staff of the idol group published a picture of the new members and a video in which their faces are hidden in order to keep the identities of the new members a mystery until February 14. They were officially introduced and made their debut during Dancing Dolls’ live performance on February 14 in Tokyo. At the same time, they revealed that their new single My Way / Love Me, Love Me is planned to be released on March 25, 2015. This is the group's first album in 10 months with new members Miu and Kanon. The next Dancing Dolls’ single features a cover of the song Melo Melo Bakkyun sung by Miu and Kanon.

Reference from http://en.wikipedia....i/Dancing_Dolls

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Members
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Name: Hono ほの
Birth date: June 30, 1997
Blood Type: O
Position: Vocal, dance
Twitter: https://twitter.com/honoon2

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Name: Mii みい
Birth date: April 6, 1996
Blood Type: B
Position: Main vocal, dance
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mii_dd

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Name: Misaki みさき
Birth date: July 24, 1995
Blood Type: B
Position: Vocal, rap, dance, choreography
Twitter: https://twitter.com/dd_misaki

New members
Kanon
Birthday: 2000/9/19
Blood type: AB
Hometown: Hokkaido
Twitter: https://twitter.com/dd_kanon
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Miu
Birthday: 2001/11/13
Blood type: A type
Hometown: Hiroshima Prefecture
Twitter: https://twitter.com/dd_miu
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The original 3 members would be known as Dancing Dolls R for activities with the original 3 members
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Former members
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Name: Asuka あすか
Birth date: August 31, 1995
Blood Type: A
Position: Dance, chorus

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Name: Kyoka きょうか
Birth date: August 31, 1995
Blood Type: A
Position: Dance, chorus

Singles
Touch -A.S.A.P.- / Shanghai Darling
(タッチ-A.S.A.P.-/上海ダーリン)
Release: September 12, 2012
Oricon 1st week : 38th,

Wangan Wonder Darling / Raspberry Love
(湾岸ワンダーダーリン/ラズベリーラブ)
Release: January 30, 2013
Oricon 1st week : 32nd, 2822
 
DD JUMP
Release: July 24, 2013
Oricon 1st week : 39th, 2000

Ring Dong
Release: November 13, 2013
Oricon 1st week : 58th

monochrome
Release date : May 21, 2014
Oricon 1st week : 41st, 2397

MY→WAY/Love me,Love me
Release date : March 25, 2015
Oricon 1st week : 58th

Main site: http://dancingdolls.jp/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/dancingdolls/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/dancingdolls5
Staff Blog: http://dancingdolls.jp/blog/index.php
Members Blog: http://dancingdolls...._blog/index.php

#2 BerryzCelebration!

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Posted 21 February 2013 - 09:10 AM

This group seems interesting,I should check it out :D.


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#3 Ares13

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Posted 21 February 2013 - 09:20 AM

Surprisingly .. I can't find the thread here ...
I have been to both Idols and Music category and I can't find the thread ..
Hopefully it is not my bad that its here but I miss it ..

I been waiting for some time for someone to start a thread on them here so I can express my love for them!
They are freaking damn good ... !!! Finally .. I couldn't stand it anymore and did it myself ..lol XD

I only 1st saw them on a video - M-on! Special Live Girlpop vol.1 ~Colorful~ 121224
I watch it for S/mileage, TGS. Nogizaka46 and 9nine .. quite a good line up ..
But I was pretty blown away by this group as they start the show ..


My favorite is Mii .. the main vocal short hair girl ..She look alright and have good talent ..I would put her as good as any center/lead in the industry ..

Anyway ... I am terrible in info finding and news of lesser known groups because I don't understand Japanese..
I hope people would help me out and post more info on them ...
and I hope we can support this group ...

Thanks.. :)

They have a YouTube channel
https://www.youtube....ancingdollssmej
but unfortunately ... Its not available to outside of Japan .. >.<

So we can only get stuff outside of the official channel ..
Touch -A.S.A.P.-


Wangan Wonder Darling


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Posted 21 February 2013 - 12:43 PM

I'm surprised this thread wasn't created earlier. The girls are seriously talented.

So far I only like the song Touch A.S.A.P but I always look forward to new stuff from them. I still don't know the members very well tho.


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#5 Ares13

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Posted 21 February 2013 - 12:57 PM

^
They are seriously talented and they don't look that bad too...
they are suppose to be from a dancing background but their vocal are great too ..

On YouTube there are plenty of their street performance video ..
which was recorded with quite terrible equipment but they sound great still .. such is their standard...

I like this video ... the place is small and sound system not that great ...
any weakness, mistake or lack of standard is very obvious ..
and they still pull it off great ...they are serious performer but they have the look too .. :D



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Touch -A.S.A.P.-
http://www.dailymoti...ic#.USYIxmc5qzk

Shanghai Darling
http://www.dailymoti...ic#.USYIVGc5qzk

Wangan Wonder Darling
http://www.dailymoti...ic#.USYJLGc5qzm

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Posted 21 February 2013 - 01:55 PM

Wow! They're bursting with talent! looking forward to this group


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Posted 21 February 2013 - 02:10 PM

^x2 Actually one of the first few videos I saw of them was their street performance and I was really impressed and I'm like a total sucker for really talented idols.

I've been wondering for sometime, do Asuka and Kyoka sing at all?


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#8 Ares13

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Posted 21 February 2013 - 03:01 PM

^ I dunno ... but I think they do too...

that's why I need help from nice people who know about them to post here .. :)

They started very young they have been performing and training for a long time ...
there are plenty of old info on them ...
but I can't read Japanese and have been struggling with google translator ..

Even though .. they didn't disclose their full name .. they have been doing or trying to get in this business for so long to a point .. it's not much of a secret ..
Even with my lack of abilities and knowledge i found it .. lol XD

Hono - 門元穂果 (Kadomoto Honoka)
Mii - 中島弥咲 (Nakajima Misaki)
Misaki - 桜田美咲 (Sakurada Misaki)
Asuka - 永山飛鳥 (Nagayama Asuka)
Kyoka - 永山杏佳 (Nagayama Kyoka)

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Posted 21 February 2013 - 09:53 PM

After watching a few of their perfomances,I seriously think they are the most talented group I know (No offense H!P).I think I am starting to like Misaki.Her dance skills are so sharp,it scares me.


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Posted 21 February 2013 - 10:04 PM

That PV for Shanghai Darling mildly disturbs me.



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Posted 21 February 2013 - 11:31 PM

^ Yeah, the PV for Shanghai Darling is... slightly disturbing...

 

I've heard of this group before but was put off when I saw that PV, lol.



#12 Ares13

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Posted 22 February 2013 - 02:11 AM

Ya.. PV for Shanghai Darling has some disturbing and weird content to me ..
The disturbing stuff is not done by the girls but by all the dude around ..
but anyway .. there was another disturbing PV in idol world that made news which is Nogizaka46 skirt lifting thing..
and they are both under Sony .. hmm .. :P

Anyway .. its nice to me ...
come on .. its a bikini one .. LOL
anyway .. its better than they just keep shooting 5 of them dancing in a area ...for all PV...

anyway ...
this is the only thing I can find .. that's hot to me... lol XD
hope there are more .. but that all I can find ..lol XD
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Anyway .. it seem that NMB48 team N Yoshida Akari (Akarin) knows them ..
I think they did something together when they are younger..
and she seem to be close to Mii because they are born on the same year ...
I can't read Japanese but its interesting to me ..

Seem that Mii and Akarin went out together on the 17 Feb ..
and Mii blog about it .. titled it Akarin
http://dancingdolls....g_category_id=7
and Akarin also did blog about it on her NMB48 blog ..titled it Mii
http://ameblo.jp/nmb...94607.html#main
Both post a picture of their matching phone strap ..
Akarin say something about knowing her since she is a kid and was same unit as her ..
and she call Mii by her real name in the blog.. lol

anyway .. it was interesting to me .. :P

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Posted 26 February 2013 - 01:34 AM

Ok I'm gonna put everything I can give you on them since many people seem interested

To here for those interested on their official website they have a DDTV

http://dancingdolls....dex.php?mc_id=1

Be patient, the videos take a little while to load but they are available outside Japan ^^

They are all quite short. In the first or second one they all introduce themselves and talk about their charm points and such

 

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If you have a niconico douga account, here's theirs. They make covers, here's one available on youtube [Mirrored] (credit to the youtube user)

http://youtu.be/ox-ZR-2r4s8 

Also a performance live pre-debut 

 

More predebut videos

http://youtu.be/0B5bSLyNmPk

 

Is it possible that the Asuko and kyoka were some kind of... unit before?

Here's an interview where they introduce themselves as "Asukyo"

http://youtu.be/40oPE6L2kPY

and another one

http://youtu.be/c0jyshZlKOo

If you check in the related they have a bunch of dance covers on there, They were famous dancers before Dancing Girls from what it seems.

 

Anyway, the girls have personnal Niconico accounts AND twitter (the twitters are active, but Niconico are old things before they were signed I think). I'm going to link them all here

 

Asuka and Kyoka

Niconico community : http://com.nicovideo...unity/co1271479

Niconico playlist : http://www.nicovideo...mylist/26555860 (shared)

Twitter : twitter.com/asukyo_asuka & twitter.com/asukyo_kyoka

Hono

Niconico : http://www.nicovideo...mylist/31862722

Twitter : twitter.com/honoon2

Mii 

Niconico : http://www.nicovideo...mylist/30930811

Twitter : twitter.com/mii_dd

Misaki :

http://www.nicovideo...mylist/32023471

No twitter/can't find it

 

 

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Cute fact : Mii follows C-ute & Up Up Girls staff on twitter :3

 

 

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Ok, and now some pics

 

Profiles from latest PV :

Spoiler


 
A little more from the magazine linked before
 
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The post is too long already. More to come later if you want ^^


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Posted 26 February 2013 - 02:18 AM

What magazine are those pictures from?


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Posted 26 February 2013 - 06:48 AM

^
^ OMG ... @JaeJoo - you are the best ... thanks :D
I don't know they have a DDTV on their site that can be played from oversea ...I was longing for more content on them ...
I didn't know Mii got a personal twitter ... ok following her now...
and I love the magazine pictures .. I am unable to find more except the one I post ...
Great !!!

I actually started my NicoNico account just to watch them ... I have been way lazy .. nothing had got me moving to start an account until them ...
I really like this group .. it remind me of SPEED who showcase their best of each side they have ...Their best dancer dance, rapper rap and singers sing ..
with their combine talent they give you their best of every department ...

Anyway ... I am extremely fascinated on Mii ...
When I first saw Dancing Dolls and Mii on the video M-on! Special Live Girlpop vol.1 ~Colorful~ 121224
I was totally attracted by her .. I like her look and feel ..the way she sing and dance...
I would already have like her a lot base on just that ... but she is actually better and more amazing than I thought ..
anyway .. the more I find out about Mii ..the more I get amazed and the more I like her ..

I will be looking out for the name Mii - Nakajima Misaki
this is her video ..where she sing and dance ... usually ..people who do these video ..singing alone or dancing alone is good enough ...but for her, she did both at the same time ..


and I found this video on her singing for a dance performance for another group ... on a big stage ..


I wouldn't call her the best singer in the world or even Japan .. but this is definitely good enough and way above average for a 16 year old girl...
To me the mark of a great singer is she can last a full song and get stronger as she goes on ... she is amazing to me .. :)

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Posted 03 March 2013 - 08:10 AM

Sorry I forgot to come back!

 

 

What magazine are those pictures from?

 

Weekly Playboy if I'm not wrong

 

 

SMEJP has released some more videos of them, but I can't get them (area restriction once again)

And no problem Ares13, glad I could help!



#17 Ares13

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Posted 21 March 2013 - 04:31 AM

Oh .. their video..
Mii cover the song and Misaki choreograph the dance ..
The dancing is great ..I really like Mii's voice.. nice video..


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Posted 28 March 2013 - 04:53 AM

wow... great... ^_^

I'm really glad to found this thread. I wanna know more about DD :c18:

 

oh, for the first time I saw the twins... their dance move was really cool :wub:

though sometimes still can't find which one is Asuka or Kyoka :P

well, it's DD time~ ^-^



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Posted 06 April 2013 - 12:41 AM

After some searching I found Misaki DOES have a twitter. :)

http://twitter.com/dd_misaki


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Posted 06 April 2013 - 11:30 PM

just recently noticed this group and i gotta say they have a lot of potential, i'll be looking forward to seeing more from them ^__^

 

oh and to anyone curious shanghai darling is a cover of Orange Range's Shanghai Honey and if you've seen the PV for that then you'll see very quickly the similarities between the 2 PVs lol






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