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generasia:Featured article for 2017 week 27

TOKYO GIRLS' STYLE promoting "water lily ~Suiren~" (2017)

TOKYO GIRLS' STYLE

TOKYO GIRLS' STYLE or TOKYO JOSHIRYU (東京女子流) is a four-member female Japanese pop vocal and dance group signed to avex trax. It was avex's first girl group in seven years.

The group was revealed on January 1, 2010 with the launching of their official website. The group performed their first live at SHIBUYA O-nest on February 7th, and they were the opening act for AAA's tour AAA Heart to ♥ TOUR 2010 on April 29th.

On May 5th, 2010 the group released their debut single, "Kirari☆". Their second "debut single", called "Onnaji Kimochi", was released two weeks later on the 19th. On December 22, 2012 they held a one man live at Nippon Budokan. They became the youngest female group to perform at the venue at the time, with the average age of 15. They held a second live on the same date the following year, 2013.

In January 2015 the group made the decision to step away from their idol image and strive to become artists. They released their first best album 1st BEST ALBUM Kirari☆ on May 5, 2015, 5 years after their debut single, to mark the new chapter of their careers.

Their 23rd single "water lily ~Suiren~" is released this week on July 5th.