generasia:Featured article for 2014 week 33
E-girls
E-girls is a Japanese pop collective girl group under rhythm zone that features all the members of the groups Dream, Happiness, Flower, bunny (non debuted dance group) and EGD (EXPG Girls Dancer). The group name stands for EXILE Girls Unit.
During their formation in late 2011, it consist of 21 members which include all the members of Dream, Happiness and FLOWER before the departure of Dream's Sayaka and Happiness' MIMU going on hiatus. In 2012 for the release of their second single two new members joined the group, Kizu Reina and Suda Anna, both being members of EGD a dance group of EXPG (EXILE' Dance Academy).
In early 2013 the group released their first studio album, Lesson 1. It ranked #1 on Oricon's weekly albums chart, selling 57,337 copies in its first week. In January 5, 2014, Dream's Aya was appointed by HIRO as leader of E-girls.
E-girl's newest single "Odoru Ponpokorin" will be released this week on August 13, 2014.
