Formed in Nagoya, idol group Team Syachihoko are to release their first ever greatest hits album “Syachi BEST 2012-2017” on October 18th, a record that will serve as a compilation of their 5-year idol success. The group have unveiled three different CD covers showcasing each of the five members for each edition of the album that will be released.
The news that Team Syachihoko would be releasing their first greatest hits album was announced at the end of June earlier this year. The girls took to their fans to vote for their favourite songs from the group to make it the ultimate collection and a truly “best hits album for the fans.” 20 songs were chosen to feature on Syachiko BEST 2012-2017.
The album will be released in 3 types: a regular edition, a 5-year anniversary edition, and the “ROAD to Nagoya Dome-mae Yada” edition. Each edition of the album is a re-tasting of Team Syachiko’s 5-year music career for you to lap up and enjoy.
The regular edition features cover art of each member laid on top of sushi rice just like a sushi ingredient.
The 5-year anniversary edition sees the girls sat as the main dish alongside a set of golden chopsticks.
The ROAD to Nagoya Dome-mae Yada edition includes 2 new tracks. As the title suggests, this edition is being released in the run up to their next venue goal: Nagoya Dome. The CD cover has each member reaching for not a beach flag like the sport, but a golden beach carp.
The booklet that comes with the album contains new photos of the group, as well as throwback photos taken over the course of 5 years. Make sure to check out the details below of the special bonus event that will be held at their Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka concerts in November for people who have purchased the greatest hits album.
And there’s another bonus for for people attending this special event who have purchased one copy of each edition of the album. They will be given the making-of DVD for their concert at Gaishi Hall back in March completely free! And since the 5-year anniversary edition includes the entire live footage of the Gaishi Hall concert, you can enjoy both as a set.
Team Syachihoko are set to perform at Tokyo Dome City Hall on September 3rd and at Aichi Prefectural Art Theater on September 24th for “Syachi Sama 2017.” In the meantime, get your hands on a copy of Team Syachiko’s greatest hits and enjoy the best of their humour-filled tunes!
ROAD to Nagoya Dome-mae Yada (2CD＋SG) – ¥3,900 + tax [WPCL-12751~3]
〔Special Bonus Details〕
Upon purchasing one copy of each edition of “Syachi BEST 2012-2017” you will receive a ticket to claim your bonus. Simply take your ticket to one of the specified concerts where you can exchange it for the aforementioned DVD. For full details on how to participate, check the group’s official website!
＜Dates/Times/Venues/Outfits＞
Sunday Nov. 12th @ Osaka Merchandise Mart Hall A
Photo w/ one member (Everyday Clothes: AM ver./PM ver.) – Begins at 9:30 and ends at 12:30
Signing Session (Album Outfits) – Begins at 13:30 and ends at 14:30
Handshake Session (Album Outfits) – Begins at 14:45 and ends at 16:30
Saturday Nov. 18th @ Nihon Gaishi Forum Receiption Hall
Photo w/ one member (white outfits worn at Gaishi Hall concert) – Begins at 9:30 and ends at 12:30
Signing Session (Album Outfits) – Begins at 13:30 and ends at 14:30
Handshake Session (Album Outfits) – Begins at 15:00 and ends at 17:00
Saturday Nov. 25th @ Nihonbashi Plaza
Photo w/ one member (Hakama) Begins at 9:30 and ends at 13:30
Signing Session (Album Outfits) Begins at 15:00 and ends at 16:30
Handshake Session (Album Outfits) Begins at 17:30 and ends at 18:30
Sunday Nov. 26th @ Nihonbashi Plaza
Photo w/ one member (Album Outfits) – Begins at 9:30 and ends at 13:302ショット撮影会（アルバム衣装）受付開始時間9：30 受付締切時間13：30
Signing Session (Album Outfits) Begins at 15:00 and ends at 16:30
Handshake Session (Album Outfits) Begins at 17:30 and ends at 18:30
Team Syachihoko’s hugely popular TV variety show “Kuro Syachi,” which airs on Mētele (Nagoya Broadcasting Network), will broadcast the idol group’s first ever stage performance which will held at Higashibetsuin Hall in Nagoya from Friday August 25th to Sunday August 27th.
The variety show has continued for 4 years since 2014 and changes its title from “Yuru Syachi” to Kuro Syachi” in April this year. The name change symbolizes a new concept they are going with for the show. The show will see the members turn from “Team Syachihoko” into “Kuro Syachi.” The “syachi” in the group’s name, another way of writing the pronunciation of “syachi,” means “orca” or “killer whale.” You can guess then that they are no longer to be messed with – they will level up from light-hearted to intense.
The aim of this change is in support of their first ever stage performance. But it won’t merely be just a ‘theatrical’ kind of performance – it’ll include singing, dancing, sword fights and more for an exciting and jam packed new installment.
The performance was created entirely in Nagoya together with other creators in Nagoya whom the members have connections with.
The performance will be held 5 times from August 25th to August 27th. The final date, August 27th, is already sold out, and the other dates have just a small number of tickets left.
In the final week of the summer holiday, why not head on over to Higashibetsuin Hall to witness the one and only Team Syachihoko?
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“Kuro Syachi” ～Syachi Nendaiki / Shanimuni no Shou”
The idol group of Avex called “GEM” held “GEM YUMENO TSUBOMI ~Tuika Shoho~” on the 6th of May at Diamond Hall in Aichi Prefecture. The live was an additional performance of their first national tour and Chiyuri Ito, and Chisami Ito (a member of GEM) who is a member of “Team Shachihoko” appeared as a surprise guest at the first session of the live.
The first session of the live started with “We’re GEM!”GEM, who was performing with local idol groups throughout Japan started the live with a powerful performance. The subsequent songs were powerful “Fine! ~fly for the future~” and “Baby, Love me!” After that, they performed their signature tune called “Do you Believe?” in which a white costumed Chiyuri Ito appeared on the stage.
After Chiyuri Ito performed “Do you Believe?” with GEM, she requested GEM’s members to sing “Shuto Iten Keikaku,” a tune of Team Shachihoko. Her older sister Chisami Ito sang “Kitto For You!” which she had been singing since she was a trainee in Nagoya with Chiyuki Ito and fans were allured to their voices.
GEM also performed single tunes such as“Sugar Baby” which came up in conversation in SNS as a “little-devil dance” and “Star Shine Story.” They performed “Yume no Tubomi”which was the title song of this tour as the last song of the live.
The encore call by the audience, “G・E・M” was resonated throughout the venue and the members of GEM clad in a new costume reappeared on the stage. They performed their new tune called “Kimi to Boku” and showed the fans their new image before finishing the live.
On the 12th of June (Mon), they will hold their 4th anniversary concert “GEM 4th Anniversary Live ～YUMENO TSUBOMI～.” Check out the future of GEM!
Nagoya based idol group Team Syachihoko are to play at the Nippon Budokan on August 31st as part of their concert project “VICTORY YEAR ROAD to KASEDARA” which is being held as part of their 5-year debut anniversary where they will play 5 shows to 50,000 people. They just recently invaded Taiwan for the second time to promote their new single, “ULTRA Chou MIRACLE SUPER VERY POWER BALL”. Taiwan Comic Exhibition began on August 11th and is running for 6 days. It is being held at the Taipei World Trade Center and is estimated to bring together more than 60,000 people. Team Syachihoko made an appearance on stage in the Japan section on the first day of the event.
They performed twice, once at 12pm and again at 3pm. Instead of introducing themselves with their business cards, they came on with their debut single “Capital Location Plan”.
The girls put on an energetic show of 7 tracks, including their new song “Nemurenai Nai NIGHT!” and “777”. They finished the show with a performance of their latest single, “ULTRA Chou MIRACLE SUPER VERY POWER BALL”, to which the Taiwanese fans responded excitedly with rounds of head-banging! The venue was absolutely packed full to the roof with both Japanese and Taiwanese fans.
For the second performance, the girls came onto stage full of energy together with Debayashi, where they changed the atmosphere of the venue at once with peformances of “Koibito wa Sniper”, “OEOEO”, “JOINT”, and of course “ULTRA CHOU MIRACLE SUPER VERY POWER BALL”. Although it was the group’s second live show of the day, the Japanese and Taiwanese fans never let up once as they all touched shoulders and head-banged together while cheering for the girls.
The girls shouted “Se-no” (translation: “Ready?”) during for the song “Dakishimete Anthem”, to which all the fans replied in unison “Taiwan”. The performance lasted for 80 minutes.
After the show, the girls held a handshake event where the Taiwanese fans, as well as the Japanese fans who had rushed over from Japan, could meet the members of Team Syachihoko.
The girls will be performing for their second time ever at the Nippon Budokan on August 31st, before embarking on the 3rd leg of their 5-year debut, 5 performances to 50,000 people tour “VICTOY YEAR ROAD to KASADERA” which will take place at Yokohama Arena on November 13th. Moreover, September marks the start of their “LIVE HOUSE TOUR 2016 ～Kouyou Shi ni Ikou YO!” With so much planned from now, we just can’t take our eyes off Team Syachihoko!
【Live at Nippon Budokan "Syachi Summer 2016 Manatsu no POWER BALL" details】 Date/Time: August 31st - DOORS @ 17:30, START @ 18:30 Venue: Nippon Budokan Tickets: General Tickets now on sale
5 years have past since the idol group of 6 from Nagoya with the name 'Team Syachihoko' started performing in the streets, taking their first steps in their career. Their new single ‘Chérie!’ will be available for purchase from 7th April! Their new music video for ‘Chérie!’ was released on 22nd March.
Team Syachihoko focus on their sense of kawaii in their music, as shown in the music video for ‘Chérie!’, where each member wears sailor style uniform during the filming and switch their outfits to show off their fashion co-ordination and retro fashion. 8 patterns of costumes were worn by the girls to squeeze in a little more cuteness.
The music video also includes a unique feature for fans to get a little more — 100 QR codes have incorporated into the music video and by scanning these QR codes, you can enjoy special secret clips of the filming on that day along with links to recommended brands worn by the 6 idols during the filming such as ‘Aymmy’, ‘flower’ and ‘Spinns’.
This video’s purpose was to showcase cuteness to the world in the form of cute girls gathered in the kawaii district of Harajuku, with Omotesando as its location. During the clip, the tourist information centre MOSHI MOSHI BOX, which is managed by MOSHI MOSHI NIPPON makes its own special appearance, with a focus on Sebastian Masuda’s pop world clock ー the symbol of Harajuku!
Team Syachihoko’s debut ‘Chérie!’ will be available for sale from 7th April. In order for this to make their ‘victory year’, They will be performing at “VICTORY YEAR” Road to Kasadera” in Makuhari Messe event hall over two days which will be their 5th year public performance. This is their first public performance to take place in May and they expect to engage 50,000 people with their big box live plan.
