Gatas Brilhantes H.P.

ガッタス ブリリャンチス H.P. (Romaji: Gatas Brilhantes H.P.) is the futsal (indoor soccer) team consisting of members of Hello! Project. It was created as a part of a "celebrity futsal" initiative after the World Cup 2002, and officially founded in October 2003 (although it would not receive its current name until 2004).

The name is originally from Portuguese and can be literally translated as "Shining Pussycats". Pussycat being Brazilian slang for a pretty girl and shining in this context means someone talented or exceptional (much like the word tensai in Japanese).

Team members

Gatas Brilhantes H.P.
ガッタス ブリリャンチス H.P.
Gatas Crest
Nickname	Gatas
Affiliation	Hello! Project
Founded	September 2003
League	Futsal League for Working Lady
Coach	Kitazawa Tsuyoshi
Captain	Yoshizawa Hitomi
Uniform Gatas Uniform 06-07

Current members

No.	Name	Group
1	Tsuji Nozomi (Goal Keeper)
3	Shibata Ayumi	Melon Kinenbi
6	Fujimoto Miki (Sub-Captain)	Soloist
7	Korenaga Miki	Ongaku Gatas
9	Ishikawa Rika	Soloist/Ongaku Gatas
10	Yoshizawa Hitomi (Captain)	Soloist/Ongaku Gatas
11	Satoda Mai	Country Musume/Ongaku Gatas
12	Konno Asami (Goal Keeper)	Soloist/Ongaku Gatas
16	Shimizu Saki	Berryz Koubou
17	Yajima Maimi	°C-ute
22	Nakajima Saki	°C-ute
23	Noto Arisa	Hello! Pro Egg/Ongaku Gatas
26	Okai Chisato	°C-ute
28	Sengoku Minami	Hello! Pro Egg/Ongaku Gatas
31	Fujisaki Hiromi
32	Nagai Saki
33	Sugawara Kanae
34	Yaguchi Megumi

Reserves & Former Members

See Gatas Brilhantes H.P. (members).

Little Gatas

See Little Gatas.

Mix Gatas

See Mix Gatas.

Results

See Gatas Brilhantes H.P. (results).

Uniforms

The official Gatas uniform is orange with white accents. All of the members of Morning Musume wore jerseys similiar to the Gatas uniforms in the Go Girl ~Koi no Victory~ PV. There is also a second uniform in a light blue color that isn't worn as often, but recently made an appearance at a training camp held in June. The keepers Konno Asami and Tsuji Nozomi wore new red jerseys for the duration of the camp. And on top of that, there was a third uniform that was worn for a futsal clinic held on July 2, 2005. These clinic uniforms were light pink.

In late July of 2005 the uniforms were changed to orange with black trim, with the goal keepers wearing navy blue with orange trim. There is also an alternate uniform of black with orange trim, with the goal keepers wearing silver with orange trim. With this change the uniforms also stopped having the team name written on the front and instead have the name of their new sponsor, the Skylark Group.

Ongaku Gatas

Several members of the team had formed a music unit - Ongaku Gatas.

Trivia

• Despite being formed in autumn 2003 for the sake of playing in the Hello! Project Sports Festival 2003, Gatas did not receive its name until 2004.
• During summer 2006, Yoshizawa Hitomi, Fujimoto Miki, Ishikawa Rika and Tsuji Nozomi had to temporarily leave the team to attend other duties. During this time, Shibata Ayumi was named captain of the team and several members of Little Gatas, Hello! Pro Egg, and foreign exchange student Shimmin were brought in to support the team in their absence. This team was called MIX Gatas.
• Gatas Brilhantes were spokeswomen for Adidas during summer of 2006.
• Except for the H!P Kids, all Gatas members have referee credentials.

Top Scorer

Place	Name	Year-by-year
		2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	Total
1°	Korenaga Miki	-	5	20	10	-	35
2°	Yoshizawa Hitomi	-	8	12	5	1	26
3°	Fujimoto Miki	-	5	8	6	1	20
4°	Satoda Mai	-	1	5	1	-	7
5°	Ishikawa Rika	1	1	3	1	-	6

Appearances

Place	Name	Year-by-year
		2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	Total
1°	Satoda Mai	2	14	33	28	4	81
2°	Yoshizawa Hitomi	2	14	32	25	4	77
3°	Fujimoto Miki	-	14	32	25	4	75
4°	Korenaga Miki	-	11	32	28	-	71
5°	Ishikawa Rika	2	9	31	22	1	65
Total Matches
-	Matches	2	14	36	28	4	84

Official Media

Magazines

Sals, the Official Guidebook Sals2 Sals3 Sals4 Sals5 Sals2008

• [2004.07.30] Sals amazon.co.jp
• [2004.12.25] Sals2 (With DVD) amaon.co.jp
• [2005.07.21] Sals3 (With DVD) amazon.co.jp
• [2005.12.15] Sals4 (With Booklet) amazon.co.jp
• [2006.08.11] Sals5 (With DVD) amazon.co.jp
• [2008.01.26] Sals2008 amazon.co.jp

Books

Spirit of Gatas Pocket Gatas Miuna Note Pocket Gatas: The Dramatic Games Selection 2003-2007 Spirit of Gatas 2007

• [2005.11.22] スピリッツ・オブ・ガッタス (Spirit of Gatas) amazon.co.jp
• [2006.11.20] ポケットGatas (Pocket Gatas) amazon.co.jp
• [2007.01.29] みうなノート (Miuna Note) amazon.co.jp
• [2007.03.20] ポケットGatas The Dramatic Games Selection 2003-2007 (Pocket Gatas: The Dramatic Games Selection 2003-2007) amazon.co.jp
• [2007.04.27] スピリッツ・オブ・ガッタス2007 (Spirit of Gatas 2007) amazon.co.jp

DVDs

Banzai! Futsal Sphere League Official Futsal Basics Training DVD

• [2005.09.14] 万才!フットサル (Banzai! Futsal)
• [2006.05.24] スフィアリーグ公式フットサル基礎トレーニングDVD (Sphere League Official Futsal Basics Training DVD)
• [2007.06.27] 万才!フットサル2 (Banzai! Futsal 2) (cancelled)

External links

• Official website
  • Goods
• Viva! Futsal
• Wikipedia:Gatas Brilhantes H.P.
• Wikipedia:ja:Gatas Brilhantes H.P.
• Vamos Jogar Futsal! English Fansite for Gatas & Cerbies