ZOO

ZOO (ズー) was a 90's dance unit whose major hit single was the 1991 single "Choo Choo TRAIN".

Members

• TACO (野嶋千照; Nojima Senteru)
• MARK (岡山純久; Okayama Sumihisa)
• NAOYA (瀬谷直也; Seya Naoya)
• LUKE (斎藤憲史; Saitou Kenji)
• CAP (坂井俊浩; Sakai Toshihiro)
• HIRO (五十嵐広行; Igarashi Hiroyuki)
• SATSUKI (御木五月; Goki Satsuki)
• SAEKO (海老沢佐江子; Ebisawa Saeko)
• HISAMI (竹村久美; Takemura Hisami)
• MAMI (村尾真美; Murao Mami)
• YU-KI (北村夕起; Kitamura Yuuki)

Information

ZOO was formed in 1989 with ten members as a dance unit. There first single, "Careless Dance", was released in 1991 with moderate success. The single featured vocals by future TRF member YU-KI, who left the group after the single was released.

The group released two more singles till they found much success with their fourth single, "Choo Choo TRAIN", that sold over a million copies. The group had moderate success after their hit single but broke up on Christmas Day 1995. After that, one member, HIRO, formed his own dance/pop group that was later named EXILE.

Discography

Albums

• [1991.07.21] NATIVE
• [1991.12.15] Present Pleasure
• [1992.05.13] Gorgeous
• [1992.12.16] JUNGLE
• [1993.11.19] Can I Dance?
• [1994.12.07] ZOO PALAST

Remix Album

• [1995.08.19] REMIX

Live Album

• [1996.03.21] ZOO THE FINAL ~LAST DANCE LIVE

Best Albums

• [1993.05.21] ZOO FOR SALE
• [1995.12.16] LAST DANCE
• [2001.09.27] ZOO Pure Best
• [2003.03.19] ZOO GOLDEN☆BEST Special Works

Singles

• [1990.05.21] Careless Dance
• [1991.02.06] GIVEN
• [1991.07.03] Native
• [1991.11.07] Choo Choo TRAIN
• [1992.04.29] Gorgeous
• [1992.10.21] YA-YA-YA
• [1993.06.18] SHY-SHY-SHINE
• [1993.10.21] Ding Dong Express
• [1994.04.21] On Time
• [1994.11.07] Angelic Dream
• [1995.04.01] Adam
• [2000.11.22] DANCE PARADISE HYPER EURO ZOO
• [2003.12.10] Choo Choo TRAIN

External Links

• ZOO's FOR LIFE Page
• Japanese Wikipedia: ZOO