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幸せビーム!好き好きビーム! ([[Shiawase Beam! Suki Suki Beam!]])
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おどる♥11 ([[Odoru 11]])
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幸せきょうりゅう音頭 ([[Shiawase Kyouryuu Ondo]])
幸せきょうりゅう音頭 ([[Shiawase Kyouryuu Ondo]])

Revision as of 22:00, 21 June 2009

In March of 2000, Tsunku divided the members of the then-16-member Hello! Project into three groups, which he called "shuffle units." Tsunku proposed a challenge to each group: they would each release a single on the same day and compete to see who could sell the most copies. It was a success, with Akagumi 4 winning the challenge with 507,850 singles sold. Since then, the shuffles have been an annual event usually occuring in the summer (the exception being H.P. All Stars in winter 2004) and have continued to mix up the ever-growing population of Hello! Project into new and interesting group combinations.

In 2003, perhaps because of flagging sales, all three shuffle unit singles were released on one CD instead of three. In late 2004, to celebrate Hello! Project's seventh anniversary, its members weren't split up but were instead combined into one super group. 2005 saw the return of three separate shuffle groups, but rather than drawing from all of Hello! Project, only 11 members were selected to participate.

The term "shuffle unit" (シャッフルユニット) comes from the idea of "shuffling" the girls around from one group to another. Shuffle units are temporary groups, usually releasing only one single before leaving the spotlight. The creation and destruction of these groups has become a yearly event for Hello! Project. While it looked like this would continue for some time, 2006 did not see any shuffle units.

Shuffle units may disappear relatively quickly after being formed, but many of their songs live on long after their respective group is gone. Former shuffle unit songs continue to be performed at concerts or covered on albums by various Hello! Project members and subgroups, often slightly modified to fit the new artist.


2000

Theme: colors (色)

Group Song

あか組4 (Akagumi 4)

赤い日記帳 (Akai Nikkichou)

黄色5 (Kiiro 5)

黄色いお空で BOOM BOOM BOOM (Kiiroi Osora de BOOM BOOM BOOM)

青色7 (Aoiro 7)

青いスポーツカーの男 (Aoi Sportscar no Otoko)

These songs were released as three separate singles on 2000.03.08. The singles also featured a song called Hello! no Theme, each shuffle group performing their own version.


2001

Theme: summer fesitival (夏祭り)

Group Song

三人祭 (3nin Matsuri)

チュッ!夏パ~ティ (Chu! Natsu Party)

7人祭 (7nin Matsuri)

サマーれげぇ!レインボー (Summer Reggae! Rainbow)

10人祭 (10nin Matsuri)

ダンシング!夏祭り (Dancing! Natsu Matsuri)

These songs were released as three separate singles on 2001.07.04. The singles also featured a song called Hello! Mata Aou ne, each shuffle group performing their own version.


2002

Theme: happiness (幸せ)

Group Song

ハッピー♡7 (Happy 7)

幸せビーム!好き好きビーム! (Shiawase Beam! Suki Suki Beam!)

セクシー8 (Sexy 8)

幸せですか? (Shiawase Desu ka?)

おどる♡11 (Odoru 11)

幸せきょうりゅう音頭 (Shiawase Kyouryuu Ondo)

These songs were released as three separate singles on 2002.07.03. The singles also featured a song called Yoku Aru Oyako no Serenade, each shuffle group performing their own version.


2003

Theme: elements (人間に必要な 塩・空気・水)

Group Song

SALT5

GET UP!ラッパー (GET UP! Rapper)

7AIR

壊れない愛がほしいの (Kowarenai Ai ga Hoshii no)

11WATER

BE ALL RIGHT!

These songs were released as one single on 2003.07.09. This single also featured a fourth song called OH! BE MY FRIEND which was sung by all 23 shuffle group members.


2004

Theme: one super group

Group Song

H.P.オールスターズ (H.P. All Stars)

ALL FOR ONE & ONE FOR ALL!

This song was released as a single on 2004.12.01. This single also featured two additional songs: Sankaku Kankei performed by Inaba Atsuko, Ohtani Masae, Shibata Ayumi, and Matsuura Aya, and Suki ni Naccha Ikenai Hito by Tanaka Reina, Murakami Megumi, and Suzuki Airi.



2005

Theme: sexy/elegant/pretty (セクシー/エレガント/プリティ)

Group Song

セクシーオトナジャン (Sexy Otonajan)

オンナ、哀しい、オトナ (Onna, Kanashii, Otona)

エレジーズ (Elegies)

印象派 ルノアールのように (Inshouha Renoir no You ni)

プリプリピンク (Puripuri Pink)

人知れず 胸を奏でる 夜の秋 (Hitoshirezu Mune wo Kanaderu Yoru no Aki)

These songs were released as one single on 2005.06.22.


Cover list

Shuffle unit songs performed by other Hello! Project artists

Song Artist Album

Akai Nikkichou

Goto Maki

Makking Gold 1

Nakazawa Yuko

Together!

Kiiroi Osora de BOOM BOOM BOOM

Heike Michiyo

For Ourself ~Single History~

Abe Natsumi

Hitoribocchi

Hello! no Theme

Berryz Koubou

1st Cho Berryz

(16nin version)

Pucchi Best 1

Hello! Mata Aou ne

(20nin version)

Pucchi Best 2

Shiawase Desu Ka?

Goto Maki

2 Paint It Gold

Kowarenai Ai ga Hoshii no

Minimoni

Minimoni Songs 2

GET UP! Rapper

Matsuura Aya

X3

BE ALL RIGHT!

Minimoni

Minimoni Songs 2

Chu! Natsu Party

Berryz Koubou (Kumai Yurina, Natsuyaki Miyabi, and Tokunaga Chinami only)

(3) Natsu Natsu Mini Berryz

Yoku Aru Oyako no Serenade,

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