+Cinnamon Story+

  name: 安倍なつみ / Abe Natsumi
  nicknames: Nacchi, Nacci Nachimi
  birthday: August 10, 1981 (26 years old)
  height: 152 cm / 5'0"
  bloodtype: A
  birthplace: Muroran, Hokkaido, Japan
  generation: first

  * likes: fashion, sunflowers, gerberas, cherry blossoms, autumn, sushi; the words freedom,
    life, love; the colors light blue, baby pink, beige, and other 'sparkling' colors; natto, fish,
    cooking, writing poems, swimming, pasta, French bread, kabocha, Indian food, broiled sweet
    chestnuts; the phrase "Think from the heart"; the words "natural" and "jiyuu"
  * dislikes: wasabi, cilantro, pickles, celery, scallions, parsley
 

Hello! Project
Hello! Project groups: モーニング娘。/ Morning Musume.; 後浦なつみ / Nochiura Natsumi; DEF.DIVA; モーニング娘。誕生10年記念隊 / Morning Musume. Tanjou 10nen Kinentai
subgroups: モーニング娘。さくら組 / Morning Musume. Sakuragumi
concert units: Elder Club
shuffle groups: 黄色5 / Kiiro 5; 10人祭 / 10nin Matsuri; おどる♥11 / Odoru 11; SALT5, H.P. All Stars

Morning Musume.
debut single: モーニングコーヒー / Morning Coffee (January 28, 1998)
last single: 愛あらば IT'S ALL RIGHT / Ai Araba IT'S ALL RIGHT (January 14, 2004)
graduation: January 25, 2004

Solo (not including duets/special singles)
debut single: 22歳の私 / 22sai no Watashi (August 12, 2003)
lastest single: 息を重ねましょう / Iki wo Kasanemashou (October 24, 2007)
number of singles: 10
number of studio albums: 3

 

  name: 青山テルマ / Aoyama Thelma
  birthday: October 27, 1987 (20 years old)
  bloodtype: B
  birthplace: Nara, Japan

  debut single: ONE WAY (September 5, 2007)
  latest single: そばにいるね feat. SoulJa (January 23, 2008)
  number of singles: 2
  number of studio albums: 1

  stage name: BoA
  real name: 권보아 / Kwon Boa
  birthday: November 5, 1986 (21 years old)
  height: 160 cm / 5'3"
  bloodtype: AB
  birthplace: Guri, South Korea

  * favorite artists: Nelly, Britney Spears, Brian McKnight, P!NK, 
   Janet Jackson, Jay-Z, Mariah Carey, Suzuki Ami, Hamasaki
   Ayumi, Amuro Namie, Utada Hikaru, aiko, hitomi, m-flo, Crystal
   Kay
  * favorite actors: Yoo Ji-tae, Leonardo DiCaprio
  * favorite movie: Notting Hill
  * likes: singing, dancing, movies, R&B music

 
Japan
debut single: ID;Peace B (May 30, 2001)
latest single: be with you. (February 20, 2008)
number of singles: 26
number of studio albums: 6

Korea
debut single: Double (November 22, 2003)
latest single: Key of Heart (September 21, 2006)
number of singles: 5
number of studio albums: 5

  members: 梶浦由記 / Kajiura Yuki; 南里 侑香 / Nanri Yuuka
  nickname: FJY
  composition, lyrics, keyboards: Kajiura Yuki
  vocals: Nanri Yuuka

  Kajiura Yuki
  birthday: August 6, 1965 (42 years old)
  birthplace: Tokyo, Japan

  Nanri Yuuka
  birthday: March 13, 1984 (24 years old)
  height: 157 cm / 5'2"
  blood type: A
  birthplace: Nagasaki, Japan

  debut single: 瞳の欠片 / Hitomi no Kakera (May 8, 2004)
  latest single : romansque (April 18, 2007)
  number of singles: 7
  number of studio albums: 2

  stage name: 浜崎あゆみ / Hamasaki Ayumi
  real name: 濱崎歩 / Hamasaki Ayumi, different spelling
  nicknames: あゆ / アユ / Ayu
  penname: CREA
  birthday: October 2, 1978 (29 years old)
  height: 156 cm / 5'1"
  weight: 40 kg (88.18 lbs)
  blood type: A
  birthplace: Fukuoka prefecture

  * favorite artists: KEIKO (globe), Miyazawa Rie, Matsuda Seiko, Babyface, En
    Vogue
  * favorite actors: Nicolas Cage, Miyazawa Rie
  * favorite movies: The Bodyguard, Betty Blue, Leaving Las Vegas
  * likes: biscuits, cakes, chocolates, kimchi, fashion magazines, poetry; respects
    people who "have things I don't have", people who are truthful
  * dislikes: liars, people who don't say hello

debut single: poker face (April 8, 1998)
latest single: Mirrorcle World (April 8, 2008)
number of singles: 43
number of studio albums: 9

  name: 飯田圭織 / Iida Kaori
  nicknames: Johnson, Kaorin, Kao-tan
  birthday: August 8, 1981 (26)
  height: 168 cm / 5'6"
  bloodtype: A
  birthplace: Muroran, Hokkaido, Japan


  * likes: drawing, cooking, the color red, tulips, roses, summer, oysters,
    scallions, cream bread; the words "love" and "peace", hamburgers
  * dislikes: fried tofu, bacon

  Hello! Project:
  Hello! Project groups: モーニング娘。/ Morning Musume.; モーニング
  娘。誕生10年記念隊 / Morning Musume. Tanjou 10 Kinentai
  subgroups: タンポポ / Tanpopo; モーニング娘。おとめ組 / Morning
  Musume. Otomegumi
  concert units: Hello! Project 紅組 / Hello! Project Akagumi; Elder Club
  shuffle units: 青色7 / Aoiro 7; 10人祭 / 10nin Matsuri; おどる♥11 /
  Odoru 11; 11WATER; H.P. All Stars; プリプリピンク / Puripuri Pink



Morning Musume.
debut single: 22歳の私 / 22sai no Watashi (August 12, 2003)
last single: THE マンパワー!!! / The Manpower!!! (January 19, 2005)
graduation: January 20, 2005

Solo
debut single: エーゲ海に抱かれて / E-GEkai ni Dakarete (February 4, 2004)
latest single: ドアの向こうでBellが鳴ってた / DOA no Mukou de Bell ga Natte'ta (July 28, 2004)
number of singles: 2
number of studio albums: 4

 
  members: 吉岡聖恵 / Yoshioka Kiyoe; 水野良樹 / Mizuno Yoshiki;
  山下穂尊 / Yamashita Hotaka
  leader/vocals/guitar: Mizuno Yoshiki
  main vocals: Yoshioka Kiyoe
  guitar/harmonica: Yamashita Hotaka

  Yoshioka Kiyoe
  nickname: きよらす / Kiyorasu
  birthday: February 29, 1984 (29 years old)
  height: 165 cm / 5'5"
  bloodtype: A
  birthplace: Atsuji, Kanagawa, Japan

  Mizuno Yoshiki
  nickname: よっちゃん / Yocchan
  birthday: December 17, 1982 (31 years old)
  bloodtype: A
  birthplace: Ebina, Kanagawa, Japan

  Yamashita Hotaka
  nicknames: ほっち / Hocchi; やまちゃん / Yama-chan
  birthday: August 27, 1982 (30 years old)
  bloodtype: O
  birthplace: Ebina, Kanagawa, Japan

debut single: SAKURA (March 15, 2006)
latest single: 帰りたくなったよ / Kaeritakunatta yo (April 16, 2008)
number of singles: 9
number of studio albums: 2

  name: 石川梨華 / Ishikawa Rika
  nicknames: Charmy, Rikacchi, Rikami
  birthday: January 19, 1985 (23 years old)
  height: 157.3 cm / 5'2"
  bloodtype: A
  birthplace: Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan

  * likes: shopping, tennis, nail art, earrings; the colors pink, black, and white;
    shiratama dumplings with red beans, cheese, sweets, meat, summer,
    dandelions, yo-yos, cake, steak, watching movies, the word "positive"
  * dislikes: birds

 


Hello! Project
Hello! Project groups: モーニング娘。/ Morning Musume.; カントリー娘。に 石川梨華 / Country Musume. ni Ishikawa Rika; ROMANS, v-u-den, エコモニ。/
Eco Moni; DEF.DIVA, 音楽ガッタス / Ongaku Gatas
subgroups: タンポポ / Tanpopo; モーニング娘。おとめ組 / Morning Musume. Otomegumi
concert units: Hello! Project 紅組 / Hello! Project Akagumi; Wonderful Hearts, Elder Club
shuffle units: 青色7 / Aoiro 7; 三人祭 / 3nin Matsuri; SEXY 8, 7AIR, H.P. All Stars

Morning Musume
debut single: ハッピーサマーウェディング / Happy Summer Wedding (May 17, 2000)
last single: 大阪 恋の歌 / Osaka Koi no Uta (April 27, 2005)
graduation: May 7, 2005

  name: 加護亜依 / Kago Ai
  nicknames: あいぼん / Aibon; Aipi
  birthday: February 7, 1988 (20 years old)
  height: 155 cm / 5'1"
  bloodtype: AB
  birthplace: Nara-ken, Japan

  * likes: karaoke, cooking, the color white, tulips, the word "happy", ponzu, nattou,
    natadekoko, pastries, ramen, the phrase "Always smile!"
  * dislikes: carrots, Japanese mushrooms

  Hello! Project
  Hello! Project groups: モーニング娘。/ Morning Musume.; ダブルユー / W
  subgroups: タンポポ / Tanpopo; ミニモニ。/ Mini Moni.; モーニング娘。さくら組 /
  Morning Musume. Sakuragumi
  concert units: Hello! Project 白組 / Hello! Project Shirogumi; Wonderful Hearts
  shuffle groups: 黄色5 / Kiiro 5; 三人祭 / 3nin Matsuri; Happy 7, SALT5, H.P. All 
  Stars

Morning Musume.
debut single: ハッピーサマーウェディング / Happy Summer Wedding (May 17, 2000)
last single: 女子かしまし物語 / Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari (August 22, 2004)
graduation: August 1, 2004

  stage name: 辻希美 / Tsuji Nozomi
  legal name: 杉浦希美 / Sugiura Nozomi (after marriage)
  nicknames: のの / Nono; ののたん / Nonotan; のん / Non; の
  んちゃん / Non-chan; Tsujiji
  birthday: June 17, 1987 (21 years old)
  bloodtype: O
  height: 151 cm / 4'11"
  birthplace: Tokyo, Japan

  * likes: cooking, volleyball, sunflowers, summer, spring; the
     colors pink, white, and orange; chocolate ice cream, yams, aloe
     yogurt
  * dislikes: nattou, shellfish

  Hello! Project
  Hello! Project groups: モーニング娘。/ Morning Musume.; ダ
  ブルユー / W
  subgroups: ミニモニ。/ Mini Moni.; モーニング娘。おとめ組 /
  Morning Musume. Otomegumi
  concert units: Hello! Project 白組 / Hello! Project Shirogumi;
  Wonderful Hearts
  shuffle groups: 青色7 / Aoiro 7; 10人祭 / 10nin Matsuri; おど
  る♥11 / Odoru 11; 11WATER; H.P. All Stars
  TNX groups: ギャルル / Gyaruru

Morning Musume.
debut single: ハッピーサマーウェディング / Happy Summer Wedding (May 17, 2000)
last single: 女子かしまし物語 / Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari (August 22, 2004)
graduation: August 1, 2004

  stage name: 宇多田ヒカル / Utada Hikaru; Utada
  real name: 宇多田光 / Utada Hikaru (different spelling)
  nickname: Hikki
  birthday: January 19, 1983
  bloodtype: A
  height: 158 cm / 5'2"
  birthplace: New York City, New York, United States

* likes: the color blue, cats, the word "kuso", tokoroten, nattou, bleu cheese, spicy food, vinegar, Dr. Mario, Tetris, genuine
  sounding music
* dislikes: fluorescent lights, mushrooms, tissue box covers, toilet seat covers, wearing make-up, hamburger steak
* favorite artists: Aaliyah, At the Drive-in, Bela Bartok, Björk, Blink 182, Blue Man Group, Bon Jovi, Brandy, Cocteau Twins,
  Craig David, Dr. Dre, Edith Piaf, Elvis Presley, Enigma, Erykah Badu, Freddie Mercury, Garbage, GLAY, Guns N'Roses, Guru,
  Incubus, Janet Jackson, Jeff Bucklet, Jimi Hendrix, Joe, Kate Bush, Lauryn Hill, Led Zeppelin, Madonna, Mary J. Blige, Maxwell,
  Metallica, Minnie Riperton, Miles Davis, Missy Elliot, Mozart, Nine Inch Nails, No Doubt, Ozaki Yutaka, Pearl Jam, Prince,
  Queen, Radio Head, Sada Masashi, Slash, Sting, The Beatles, The Cure, The Eagles, The Police, TLC, Trent Reznor, U2, Velvet
  Revolver, Stevie Wonder, Leah Dizon, Monica, Hibari Misora
* favorite movies: Being John Malkovich, Brazil, Tasogare Seibei, Lost Highway, π, The Shawshank Redemption, The
  Godfather Part II, The Jerk, Unbreakable, Orlando, Amadeus, Sleepy Hollow, Miyazaki Hayao movies

Japan
debut single: Automatic / time will tell (December 9, 1998)
latest single: Prisoner Of Love (May 21, 2008)
number of singles: 21
number of studio albums: 5

United States (as Utada)
debut single: Easy Breezy (August 2, 2004)
latest single: You Make Me Want To Be A Man (June 21, 2006)
number of singles: 4
number of studio albums: 2 (1 upcoming)

  name: 矢口真里 / Yaguchi Mari
  nicknames: Marippe, Yagu-chan, Yagu-chan, Yaguttsuan
  birthday: January 10, 1981 (27 years old)
  height: 145 cm / 4'9"
  weight: 39 kg / 86 lbs
  bloodtype: A
  birthplace: Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

  * likes: the colors white, red, black, and silver; sunflowers, yakiniku, bibimbap,
    cheese, rice, ice, table tennis, badminton, winter, playing video games, collecting
    platform shoes; the words "happy", "pure", "junsui", "shiawase", and "Full Power!";
    red rice, karaoke, green tea-flavored things
  * dislikes: milk, liver, avocado, green peas





Hello! Project
Hello! Project groups: モーニング娘。/ Morning Musume.; ZYX, ROMANS
subgroups: タンポポ / Tanpopo; ミニモニ。/ Mini Moni.; モーニング娘。さくら組 / Morning Musume. Sakuragumi
concert units: Hello! Project 紅組 / Hello! Project Akagumi; Elder Club
shuffle groups: 青色7 / Aoiro 7; 7人祭 / 7nin Matsuri; Sexy 8; 11WATER, H.P. All Stars

Morning Musume.
debut single: サマーナイトタウン / Summer Night Town (May 27, 1998)
last single: 大阪 恋の歌 / Osaka Koi no Uta (April 27, 2005)
resignation: April of 2005

  stage name: yasu
  real name: Hayashi Yasunori
  birthday: January 27, 1975 (33 years old)
  height: 170 cm / 5'7"
  weight: 57 kg / 126
  bloodtype: A
  birthplace: Hirakata, Osaka, Japan

  * likes: Kent 1 cigarettes; the colors white, blue and grey; playing
    pachinko, reading manga until late at night
  * favorite artists: DEAD END, BOØWY; respects HYDE of L'arc~en~ciel
  * favorite movie: Tenku no Shiro Laputa (trans. Laputa: Castle in the
    Sky)
  * favorite manga: Parasyte

  Janne Da Arc (currently on hiatus)
  debut single: RED ZONE (May 19, 1999)
  latest single: HEAVEN / Möbius (May 10, 2005)
  number of singles: 27
  number of studio albums: 6

  Acid Black Cherry (solo project)
  debut single: SPELL MAGIC (July 18, 2007)
  latest single: 冬の幻 / Fuyu no Maboroshi (January 16, 2008)
  number of singles: 4
  number of studio albums: 2 (1 upcoming)