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Hello! Project Shuffle Unit
ハロー!プロジェクト シャッフルユニット
OriginTokyo, Japan
Genres
Years active
  • 2000-2003
  • 2005
  • 2009
Labels
Spinoff of
Past membersSee list
Websitewww.helloproject.com

Hello! Project Shuffle Unit (ハロー!プロジェクト シャッフルユニット, Harō! Purojekuto Shaffuru Yunitto) was a Japanese idol project group formed by Up-Front Promotion in 2000 and associated with Hello! Project.[2] Beginning in 2000, the Shuffle Unit project was a yearly collaboration among existing Hello! Project acts, where members were recombined into three different groups to release a single for each.

After a four-year hiatus, the project was briefly revived in 2009, where several old sub-groups saw a return under new names and new members. After 2009, the project became defunct.

History

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2000-2005: Initial beginnings

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Beginning in 2000, Tsunku created a music collaboration project with members of Hello! Project rearranged into three separate teams. The first theme, "color", consisted of Akagumi 4 (あか組ぐみ4), Kiiro 5 (黄色おうしょく5), and Aoiro 7 (青色あおいろ7). All groups released their singles on March 8, 2000, with Akagumi 4's single "Akai Nikkichō" charting the highest at #2 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Charts.[3]

In 2001, the groups were rearranged under the theme "party", with the three groups San-nin Matsuri (三さん人にん祭さい), 7-nin Matsuri (7人にん祭さい), and 10-nin Matsuri (10人にん祭さい). All groups released their singles on July 4, 2001, with San-nin Matsuri's single "Chu! Natsu Party" charting the highest at #5 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Charts.[4] In 2002, the groups were rearranged under the theme "happiness", with the three groups Happy 7 (ハッピー♥7), Sexy 8 (セクシー8), and Odoru 11 (おどる♥11). All groups released their singles on July 3, 2002, with Sexy 8's single "Shiawase Desu ka?" charting the highest at #2 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Charts.[5]

In 2003, the groups were rearranged under the theme "natural", with the three groups 7 Air, Salt 5, and 11 Water. All groups released their songs as a triple-A-side single on July 9, 2003.[6] The project then took a brief hiatus in 2004, where Tsunku decided to promote all Hello! Project artists as "H.P. All Stars" instead.

Tsunku resumed the Shuffle Unit project in 2005, with groups rearranged under the theme "elegance." The three groups consisted of Sexy Otona Jan (セクシーオトナジャン), Elegies (エレジーズ), and Puri Puri Pink (プリプリピンク), all of whom released their songs as a triple-A-side single on June 22, 2005.[7] Sexy Otona Jan's song "Onna, Kanashii, Otona" was later featured in the 2013 film The Wolverine.[8]

2009: Champloo

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On July 15, 2009, Tsunku revived the Shuffle Unit project with a cover album titled Champloo: Happy Marriage Song Cover Shū, describing it as J-pop with the intention of it being played during summer parties and weddings.[1] He named the concept of the Shuffle Units "champloo" to describe the "chaotic" member line-up.[1] The project also saw the revival of inactive or disbanded Hello! Project acts under new names with new members, including High-King, Mini-Moni (revived as Shin Mini-Moni (新しんミニモニ。)), Tanpopo (revived as Tanpopo Sharp (タンポポ＃, stylized as Tanpopo#)), V-u-den (revived as Zoku V-u-den (続ぞく・美よし勇いさむ伝つたえ)), Petit Moni (revived as Petit Moni V (プッチモニV), ZYX (revived as ZYX Alpha, stylized as ZYX-αあるふぁ), and Aa![1] The Shuffle Units also released original songs on the Hello! Project's compilation album, Petit Best 10, and performed as concert-only units.[9]

Members

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Member lists are adapted from Hello! Project's website:[10]

Name Group Shuffle Units
Color Units (色いろユニット) (2000) Festival Units (祭まつりユニット) (2001) Happiness Units (幸しあわせユニット) (2002) Natural Units (自然しぜんユニット) (2003) Elegance Units (優雅ゆうがユニット) (2005) Champloo Units (チャンプルユニット) (2009)
Yuko Nakazawa Morning Musume Akagumi 4 N/A Puri Puri Pink N/A
Maki Goto Morning Musume Akagumi 4 7-nin Matsuri Sexy 8 N/A
Miho Shinoda Taiyō to Ciscomoon Akagumi 4 N/A
Danielle Coconuts Musume Akagumi 4 N/A
Natsumi Abe Morning Musume Kiiro 5 10-nin Matsuri Odoru 11 Salt 5 N/A
Kei Yasuda Morning Musume Kiiro 5 10-nin Matsuri Odoru 11 N/A Puri Puri Pink N/A
Ruru Taiyō to Ciscomoon Kiiro 5 N/A
Ayaka Coconuts Musume Kiiro 5 7-nin Matsuri Sexy 8 11 Water N/A
Michiyo Heike — Kiiro 5 7-nin Matsuri Sexy 8 N/A
Kaori Iida Morning Musume Aoiro 7 10-nin Matsuri Odoru 11 11 Water Puri Puri Pink N/A
Sayaka Ichii Morning Musume Aoiro 7 N/A
Mari Yaguchi Morning Musume Aoiro 7 7-nin Matsuri Sexy 8 11 Water N/A
Atsuko Inaba Taiyō to Ciscomoon[a] Aoiro 7 N/A 7 Air Puri Puri Pink N/A
Miwa Kominato Taiyō to Ciscomoon Aoiro 7 N/A
Mika Coconuts Musume Aoiro 7 10-nin Matsuri Happy 7 7 Air N/A
Lehua Coconuts Musume Aoiro 7 7-nin Matsuri N/A
Rika Ishikawa Morning Musume — San-nin Matsuri Sexy 8 7 Air N/A
Ai Kago Morning Musume — San-nin Matsuri Happy 7 Salt 5 N/A
Aya Matsuura — — San-nin Matsuri Odoru 11 Salt 5 N/A
Asami Kimura Country Musume — 7-nin Matsuri Happy 7 11 Water N/A
Ayumi Shibata Melon Kinenbi — 7-nin Matsuri Odoru 11 11 Water Elegies N/A
Hitomi Yoshizawa Morning Musume — 10-nin Matsuri Sexy 8 11 Water N/A
Nozomi Tsuji Morning Musume — 10-nin Matsuri Odoru 11 11 Water N/A
Megumi Murata Melon Kinenbi — 10-nin Matsuri Odoru 11 11 Water N/A
Masae Otani Melon Kinenbi — 10-nin Matsuri Sexy 8 7 Air N/A
Hitomi Saito Melon Kinenbi — 10-nin Matsuri Happy 7 11 Water N/A
Rinne Country Musume — 10-nin Matsuri Odoru 11 N/A
Makoto Ogawa Morning Musume N/A Happy 7 Salt 5 N/A
Ai Takahashi Morning Musume N/A Happy 7 7 Air Elegies High-King
Risa Niigaki Morning Musume N/A Happy 7 7 Air N/A ZYX-αあるふぁ
Mai Satoda Country Musume N/A Sexy 8 7 Air Elegies N/A
Asami Konno Morning Musume N/A Odoru 11 11 Water N/A
Rika Ishii — N/A Odoru 11 N/A
Miki Fujimoto Morning Musume[b] N/A Odoru 11 11 Water Sexy Otona Jan N/A
Yuki Maeda — N/A Salt 5 N/A
Miyabi Natsuyaki Berryz Kobo N/A Sexy Otona Jan Aa!
Megumi Murakami Cute N/A Sexy Otona Jan N/A
Reina Tanaka Morning Musume N/A Elegies High-King
Saki Shimizu Berryz Kobo N/A High-King
Maimi Yajima Cute N/A High-King
Yuuka Maeda Smileage N/A High-King
Airi Suzuki Cute N/A Aa!
Lin Lin Morning Musume N/A Shin Mini-Moni
Kanon Fukuda Smileage N/A Shin Mini-Moni
Akari Takeuchi Hello Pro Egg N/A Shin Mini-Moni
Karin Miyamoto Hello Pro Egg N/A Shin Mini-Moni
Saki Nakajima Cute N/A Petit Moni V
Mai Hagiwara Cute N/A Petit Moni V
Erina Mano — N/A Petit Moni V
Koharu Kusumi Morning Musume N/A ZYX-Alpha
Momoko Tsugunaga Berryz Kobo N/A ZYX-Alpha
Chinami Tokunaga Berryz Kobo N/A ZYX-Alpha
Maasa Sudo Berryz Kobo N/A ZYX-Alpha
Erika Umeda Cute N/A ZYX-Alpha
Ayaka Wada Smileage N/A ZYX-Alpha
Saki Ogawa Smileage N/A ZYX-Alpha
Sayumi Michishige Morning Musume N/A Zoku V-u-den
Jun Jun Morning Musume N/A Zoku V-u-den
Risako Sugaya Berryz Kobo N/A Zoku V-u-den
Eri Kamei Morning Musume N/A Tanpopo Sharp
Aika Mitsui Morning Musume N/A Tanpopo Sharp
Yurina Kumai Berryz Kobo N/A Tanpopo Sharp
Chisato Okai Cute N/A Tanpopo Sharp

Timeline

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Discography

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Albums

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Title Year Album details Peak chart positions Sales
JPN JPN
Hot
Champloo 1: Happy Marriage Song Cover Shū (チャンプル1～ハッピーマリッジソングカバー集しゅう～) 2009
Track listing
  1. "Diamonds" (High-King)
  2. "Ai wa Katsu" (愛あいは勝かつ) (Cute & Erina Mano)
  3. "Yes-Yes-Yes" (Aa!)
  4. "Tentōmushi no Samba" (てんとう虫ちゅうのサンバ) (Shin Mini-Moni)
  5. "Kimi ga Iru Dake de" (君きみがいるだけで) (Petit Moni V)
  6. "Heya to Y Shirt to Watashi" (部屋へやとYシャツと私わたし) (Reina Tanaka from Morning Musume)
  7. "Mamotte Agetai" (守まもってあげたい) (Risa Niigaki & Eri Kamei from Morning Musume)
  8. "Akizakura" (秋桜あきざくら) (Ai Takahashi from Morning Musume)
  9. "Mirai Yosōzu II" (未来みらい予想よそう図ずII) (ZYX-αあるふぁ)
  10. "Only You" Zoku V-u-den)
  11. "Akai Sweet Pea" (赤あかいスイートピー) Tanpopo#)
  12. "For You..." (Lin Lin from Morning Musume)
  13. "Kanpaku Sengen" (関白かんぱく宣言せんげん) (Berryz Kobo & Erina Mano)
  14. "Sekai wa Futari no Tame ni" (世界せかいは二に人にんのために) (Sayumi Michishige, Koharu Kusumi, Aika Mitsui, & Jun Jun from Morning Musume)
 37[11] — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Singles

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Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album
JPN
"Akai Nikkichō" (赤あかい日ひ記帳きちょう)
(Akagumi 4) 		2000 2[3] — Petit Best: Ki-Ao-Aka
"Kiiroi Osora de Boom Boom Boom" (黄色きいろいお空そらでBOOM BOOM BOOM)
(Kiiro 5) 		3[12] —
"Aoi Sports Car no Otoko" (青あおいスポーツカーの男おとこ)
(Aoiro 7) 		4[13] —
"Chu! Natsu Party" (チュッ!夏なつパ～ティ)
(San-nin Matsuri) 		2001 5[4] — Petit Best 2: San-Nana-Jū
"Summer Reggae! Rainbow" (サマーれげぇ!レインボー)
(7-nin Matsuri) 		6[14] —
"Dancing! Natsu Matsuri" (ダンシング!夏なつ祭まつり)
(10-nin Matsuri) 		7[15] —
"Shiawase Beam! Suki Suki Beam!" (幸しあわせビーム!好すき好すきビーム!)
(Happy 7) 		2002 3[16] — Petit Best 3
"Shiawase Desu ka?" (幸しあわせですか?)
(Sexy 8) 		2[5] —
"Shiawase Kyōryū Ondo" (幸しあわせきょうりゅう音頭おんど)
(Odoru 11) 		4[17] —
"Kowarenai Ai ga Hoshii no" (壊こわれない愛あいがほしいの) / "Get Up! Rapper" (GET UP!ラッパー) / "Be All Right!"
(7 Air, Salt 5, & 11 Water) 		2003 2[6] — Petit Best 4
"Onna, Kanashii, Otona" (オンナ、哀かなしい、オトナ) / "Inshō-ha Renoir no You ni" (印象派いんしょうは ルノアールのように) / "Hitoshirezu Mune o Kanaderu Yoru no Aki" (人知ひとしれず 胸むねを奏かなでる 夜よるの秋あき)
(Sexy Otona Jan, Elegies, Puri Puri Pink) 		2005 6[7] — Petit Best 5
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Video singles

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Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album
JPN
"The Ki-Ao-Aka" (ザ・黄き青あおあか)[18] 2000 — — Petit Best DVD
"The San-7-10-nin Matsuri" (ザ・三さん・7・10人にん祭さい)[19] 2001 — — Petit Best 2 DVD
Single V: "Shiawase Beam! Suki Suki Beam" / "Shiawase Desu ka?" / "Shiawase Kyōryū Ondo" (シングルV「幸しあわせビーム!好すき好すきビーム!」「幸しあわせですか?」「幸しあわせきょうりゅう音頭おんど」)[20] 2002 — — —
Single V: "Kowarenai Ai ga Hoshii no" / "Get Up! Rapper" / "Be All Right!" (シングルV「壊こわれない愛あいがほしいの・GET UP!ラッパー・BE ALL RIGHT!」)[21] 2003 — — —
Single V: "Onna, Kanashii, Onna" / "Inshō-ha Renoir no You ni" / "Hitoshirezu Mune o Kanaderu Yoru no Aki" (シングルV「オンナ、哀かなしい、オトナ/印象派いんしょうは ルノアールのように/人知ひとしれず 胸むねを奏かなでる 夜よるの秋あき」) 2005 13[22] — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Notes

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  1. ^ Atsuko Inaba was part of Taiyo to Ciscomoon until their disbandment.
  2. ^ Miki Fujimoto was a soloist before joining Morning Musume in 2003.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Tsunku. つんく♂オフィシャルウェブサイト (in Japanese). Archived from the original on July 4, 2010. Retrieved June 20, 2017.
  2. ^ "Up-Front Works | Shaffuru yunitto: Shinguru" シャッフルユニット:シングル [Up-Front Works | Shuffle Units: Singles] (in Japanese). Up-Front DC Co., Ltd. Archived from the original on July 19, 2017. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
  3. ^ a b "赤あかい日ひ記帳きちょう". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved December 22, 2019.
  4. ^ a b "チュッ!夏なつパ～ティ". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved December 22, 2019.
  5. ^ a b "幸しあわせですか?". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved December 22, 2019.
  6. ^ a b "壊こわれない愛あいがほしいの/GET UP!ラッパー/BE ALL RIGHT!". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved December 22, 2019.
  7. ^ a b "オンナ、哀かなしい、オトナ/印象派いんしょうは ルノアールのように/人知ひとしれず 胸むねを奏かなでる 夜よるの秋あき". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved December 22, 2019.
  8. ^ "由紀ゆきさおり×ウルヴァリン!? 最新さいしん作さくの挿入歌そうにゅうかに「生いきがい」". Natalie (in Japanese). September 17, 2013. Retrieved January 7, 2020. 劇げき中ちゅうでは、由紀ゆきさおりの「生いきがい」のほか、ハロー！プロジェクトのシャッフルユニットであるセクシーオトナジャンが2005年ねんにリリースした楽曲がっきょく「オンナ、哀かなしい、オトナ」、ヒップホッププロデューサーのDJ PMXによる「その時ときが来くるまで… feat. K DUB SHINE」の3曲きょくが挿入歌そうにゅうかとして採用さいようされた。
  9. ^ "プッチベスト10". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  10. ^ ハロプロヒストリー [Hello! Project history] (in Japanese). Up-Front DC Co., Ltd. Archived from the original on January 2, 2012. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
  11. ^ "チャンプル1～ハッピーマリッジソングカバー集しゅう～". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved November 15, 2018.
  12. ^ "黄色きいろいお空そらでBOOM BOOM BOOM". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved December 22, 2019.
  13. ^ "青あおいスポーツカーの男おとこ". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved December 22, 2019.
  14. ^ "サマーれげぇ! レインボー". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved December 22, 2019.
  15. ^ "ダンシング!夏なつ祭まつり". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved December 22, 2019.
  16. ^ "幸しあわせビーム!好すき好すきビーム!". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved December 22, 2019.
  17. ^ "幸しあわせきょうりゅう音頭おんど". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved December 22, 2019.
  18. ^ "DVDザ・黄き青あおあか". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  19. ^ "ザ・三さん・7・10人にん祭さい". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  20. ^ "シングルV「幸しあわせビーム!好すき好すきビーム!」「幸しあわせですか?」「幸しあわせきょうりゅう音頭おんど」". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  21. ^ "シングルV「壊こわれない愛あいがほしいの・GET UP!ラッパー・BE ALL RIGHT!」". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  22. ^ "シングルV「オンナ、哀かなしい、オトナ/印象派いんしょうは ルノアールのように/人知ひとしれず 胸むねを奏かなでる 夜よるの秋あき」". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved September 25, 2019.
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