Hangry & Angry
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Hangry & Angry-f is a Japan
ese female pop/rock duo created in 2008, consisting of former Morning Musume
members Hitomi Yoshizawa
("Hangry") and Rika Ishikawa
("Angry"). The group is a collaboration with a Harajuku
fashion store, which sells fashion designer h.Naoto
's mascot kittens of the same name. The band serves to promote stuffed toys and various other products from the store.
The duo was officially announced via the opening of their MySpace account in October 2008. The page drew 100,000 views within four days, and quickly reached 1,000,000 views. Their first mini-album
, "Kill Me Kiss Me", was released simultaneously in Japan and South Korea on November 19, 2008. It was not initially revealed who the two girls really were, though fans quickly recognized them and they later revealed themselves to be Yoshizawa and Ishikawa. As of 2009, the unit is known as Hangry & Angry-f, the "f" referring their new future style of white costumes.
Hangry & Angry made their overseas debut at Sakura-Con
in April 2009, performing as the headline act. They will be touring Europe in April, their first overseas tour.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese female pop/rock duo created in 2008, consisting of former Morning Musume
Morning Musume
, sometimes referred to as is a Japanese idol girl group, whose act generally revolves around singing and dancing to upbeat melodies. They are the lead group of Hello! Project, which is managed and produced by Tsunku, who composes nearly all the lyrics and melodies of their songs...
members Hitomi Yoshizawa
Hitomi Yoshizawa
is a former leader of the pop group Morning Musume and current member of the duo Hangry & Angry as Hangry. She is the current leader of the Hello! Project futsal team Gatas Brilhantes H.P...
("Hangry") and Rika Ishikawa
Rika Ishikawa
, is a Japanese pop singer and TV/radio hostess, associated with the Hello! Project banner and best known as a former member of the pop group Morning Musume. She was the leader of the trio v-u-den until June 2008...
("Angry"). The group is a collaboration with a Harajuku
Harajuku
Harajuku is the common name for the area around Harajuku Station on the Yamanote Line in the Shibuya ward of Tokyo, Japan....
fashion store, which sells fashion designer h.Naoto
H. Naoto
Naoto Hirooka, better known as H. Naoto is a Japanese avant-garde fashion designer. H. Naoto's style of clothing and accessories could be classified under Japanese punk and gothic lolita, and he has been called the "most visible and successful of the labels fixated on that style."He graduated from...
's mascot kittens of the same name. The band serves to promote stuffed toys and various other products from the store.
The duo was officially announced via the opening of their MySpace account in October 2008. The page drew 100,000 views within four days, and quickly reached 1,000,000 views. Their first mini-album
Mini-LP
A Mini-LP or Mini-album is a short album, usually retailing at a lower price than an album that would be considered "full-length".-History:...
, "Kill Me Kiss Me", was released simultaneously in Japan and South Korea on November 19, 2008. It was not initially revealed who the two girls really were, though fans quickly recognized them and they later revealed themselves to be Yoshizawa and Ishikawa. As of 2009, the unit is known as Hangry & Angry-f, the "f" referring their new future style of white costumes.
Hangry & Angry made their overseas debut at Sakura-Con
Sakura-Con
Sakura-Con is an annual three-day anime convention held during March or April at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center in Seattle, Washington.- Programming :...
in April 2009, performing as the headline act. They will be touring Europe in April, their first overseas tour.
Albums
| # | Title | Release date | Album type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kill Me Kiss Me Kill Me Kiss Me (album) Kill Me Kiss Me is the debut mini-album released by the group Hangry & Angry. It was released on November 19, 2008. There was no limited edition of the CD released, but 10,000 of the first available CDs in Japan featured a limited edition steel box case.... |
19 Nov 2008 | Mini-album Mini-LP A Mini-LP or Mini-album is a short album, usually retailing at a lower price than an album that would be considered "full-length".-History:... |
| 1 | Sadistic Dance Sadistic Dance (album) Sadistic Dance is Hangry & Angry's first full-length album, released approximately one year after the mini-album Kill Me Kiss Me. It was released on November 18, 2009 in both limited and regular editions... |
18 Nov 2009 | Studio album Studio album A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or... |
Singles
| # | Title | Release date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Kill Me Kiss Me" | 10 Oct 2008 |
| 2 | "Top Secret" |
11 Nov 2009 |
| 3 | "Reconquista" | 2 July 2011 |