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°C-ute, June 2008. (L to R): Arihara, Hagiwara, Yajima, Suzuki, Nakajima, Okai, Umeda

°C-ute, October 2007

°C-ute, February 2007

°C-ute, May 2006

°C-ute, December 2005

°C-ute, December 2004

°C-ute or ℃-ute (キュート) is a Hello! Project group featuring six Hello! Project Kids and a former Hello! Pro Egg.

1 History
2 Current Members
- 2.1 Graduated Members
3 Discography
4 Awards
5 Photobooks
6 Media
7 External links

History

°C-ute was officially announced by Tsunku on June 11, 2005 and would consist of the seven members of the Hello! Project Kids who were not part of Berryz Koubou. In January 2006, Arihara Kanna, a Hello! Pro Egg, was added to the group and made her debut during the Hello! Project 2006 Winter tour. For the rest of 2006, °C-ute appeared in several concerts performing original songs which were sold as Indies singles. On October 31, 2006, Murakami Megumi suddenly resigned from °C-ute and from Hello! Project; the official reason stating that she wanted to continue her education and lead a private life. The group made their major debut in February 2007 with the single, "Sakura Chirari".

°C-ute has a weekly 30 minute radio show called Cutie Party. It began on October 07, 2006 and airs on FM FUJI every Saturday from 23:00 to 23:30 as the opening portion of Hello! Project Night. Like Morning Musume before them, at their debut concert each of the group's members were given a colour, used for merchandise, t-shirts and the like. Those colours: Umeda Erika - yellow; Yajima Maimi - pink; Nakajima Saki - orange; Suzuki Airi - green; Okai Chisato - blue; Hagiwara Mai - purple; and Arihara Kanna - red.

In the fall of 2007, °C-ute entered into the spotlight in the Japanese media because of their rising popularity, increasing sales and award nominations. °C-ute was a nominee for the "Newcomer Award" as part of the annual YTV show "Best Hits Kayousai". Although they didn't win, they got a prize for being the runner-up and performed on the show. On November 26th, it was announced that they were nomined for the 40th Japan Request Awards, a radio-related award (presented to artists who gets the most number of their songs requested). They didn't win, but they got medals for being the runner-up, and performed on the show. On November 29th, it was announced that °C-ute had won the New Artist Award from the 49th Japan Record Awards (Nihon Record Taishou), along with three other artists. On December 30, 2007, °C-ute was chosen as "Best New Artist" by Japan Record Awards.

°C-ute performed for the first time at NHK network's 58th Kouhaku Uta Gassen on December 31, 2007, along with Berryz Koubou and Morning Musume.

Current Members

Umeda Erika (梅田えりか)
Yajima Maimi (矢島舞美, leader)
Nakajima Saki (中島早貴)
Suzuki Airi (鈴木愛理)
Okai Chisato (岡井千聖)
Hagiwara Mai (萩原舞)
Arihara Kanna (有原栞菜, joined January 2006)

Graduated Members

Murakami Megumi (村上愛, left in October 2006)

Discography

Singles (Indies)

These singles were not released on a major record label. They were only sold at concerts, fan club events and at the Hello! Project store.

#	Title	Release date
1	まっさらブルージーンズ (Massara Blue Jeans)	2006.05.06
2	即抱きしめて (Soku Dakishimete)	2006.06.03
3	大きな愛でもてなして (Ooki na Ai de Motenashite)	2006.07.09
4	わっきゃない(Z) (Wakkyanai (Z))	2006.07.29

Singles (Major)

These singles are released on the zetima label.

#	Title	Release date	First week sales	Total sales
1	桜チラリ (Sakura Chirari)	2007.02.21	23,827	26,595
2	めぐる恋の季節 (Meguru Koi no Kisetsu)	2007.07.11	23,810	26,785
3	都会っ子純情 (Tokaikko Junjou)	2007.10.17	27,943	38,085
4	ＬＡＬＡＬＡ　幸せの歌 (LALALA Shiawase no Uta)	2008.02.27	29,086	31,650
5	涙の色 (Namida no Iro)	2008.04.23	30,008	33,422*
6	江戸の手毬唄II (Edo no Temari Uta II)	2008.07.30

Special Releases

#	Title	Release date	First week sales	Total sales
1	越えろ！楽天イーグルス (Koero! Rakuten Eagles)	2008.03.20	---	---

Albums

#	Title	Release date	First week sales	Total sales
1	キューティークイーン VOL.1 (Cutie Queen VOL.1)	2006.10.25	13,402	15,752
2	②mini～生きるという力～ (② mini ~Ikiru to Iu Chikara~)	2007.04.18	7,991	9,388
3	3rd～LOVE エスカレーション!～(3rd ~LOVE Escalation!~)	2008.03.12	13,780	17,099*