generasia:Featured article for 2009 week 38

mihimaru GT

mihimaru GT is a Japanese Hip-Pop duo under the publicity of Stardust Music, management of Tearbridge Productions (avex trax sub-label and sub-company) and record label of Universal Music Japan. Their music is a mixture of hip-hop elements and Japanese pop sterotypical of the '90s. Their name comes from a meshing of the mi in mitsuyuki and the hi in hiroko and the suffix for ship names, -maru. The GT part of their name comes from Gran Turismo.

They gained public attention in 2006 with their third album mihimagic which reached #2 on the Oricon weekly charts and sold 279,892, following by their first best album THE BEST of mihimaru GT which topped the charts, selling 420,078 in total. On September 23rd, 2009, mihimaru GT will release their 22nd single Un♥Lock and second best album The Best Selection of ASIA simultaneously.