Angerme (アンジュルム), formerly S/mileage, is a Japanese idol girl group from Hello! Project, which originally consisted of four former Hello! Pro Egg (Hello! Project trainees) members that left Egg in 2010 and became full-time members of Hello! Project. In 2010, they won the Japan Record Award for Best New Artist. In 2011, five new girls were added to the group as part of the second generation, with two being former Egg members and three new girls. With 3 members graduating, S/mileage continued the rest of their career as a 6-member group.
Since the formation of ANGERME, there have been 4 more generations and 3 more graduations. As of November 2018, the total members of the group stands at 12 members, with one announced graduation.
S/mileage era:
S/mileage appeared as the opening support act at fellow Hello! Project unit Cute's concert on March 20, 2010. On April 3, they performed a joint concert with Erina Mano, at which Tsunku announced that the girls would indeed make their major debut, and revealed the completed mosaic.Their first major single, "Yume Miru Fifteen" (A Dreaming Fifteen Year Old), was released on May 26, and debuted on Oricon at number 5. Their first tour, titled "Devil Smile Angel Smile," began on October 9, 2010.
In late August, a post on their official website revealed that their first album had been set for a winter release. The album's name was later revealed to be Warugaki 1 (Evil Brats 1) and was released on December 8, 2010. On December 30, S/mileage received the Japan Record Award for Best New Artist, beating, among other nominees, Girls' Generation.
The group made their official event debut in Nagoya on March 19, with their fourth single "Otona ni Narutte Muzukashii!!!", released March 14, their first release on the Up-Front Works label. It peaked at the #1 spot on the Oricon weekly indies chart.
On April 30, 2014 S/mileage released their sixteenth single, "Mystery Night! / Eighteen Emotion". On August 2, S/mileage attended the 2014 Tokyo Idol Festival. On August 3, S/mileage also appeared on the SMILE GARDEN live stage as a special opening act.[21] On August 18, it was announced that S/mileage's official website would be closing on August 31. On August 20, S/mileage released their seventeenth single, "Aa Susukino / Chikyuu wa Kyou mo Ai wo Hagukumu". This was their final single as 6 member S/mileage.
Angerme era:
On September 24, 2014, it was announced that a third generation for the group would be added from among the Hello Pro Kenshūsei, as well as a name change for the group to be decided on October 31. On October 4, Mizuki Murota, Maho Aikawa, and Rikako Sasaki were revealed as the new members, bringing the group to nine girls. On November 26, S/mileage performed as the opening for Morning Musume '14 Concert Tour Aki GIVE ME MORE LOVE ~Michishige Sayumi Sotsugyou Kinen Special~ in Yokohama Arena. They performed "Eighteen Emotion" with the 3rd generation, marking this as their first performance as a 9-member line-up.
As of June 13, 2017 after the departure of senior label mates C-ute, Ayaka Wada officially took the role of Hello!Project Leader. On June 21, ANGERME released their 23rd single, "Ai Sae Areba Nanni mo Iranai / Namida Iro no Ketsui / Majokko Megu-chan". On June 26, Funaki Musubu, who transferred from Country Girls, and Kawamura Ayano, former Hello Pro Kenshūsei joined ANGERME as new 6th generation members.
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