Sheki-Dol

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Sheki-Dol (Late 2001)

Sheki-Dol (Early 2001)

Sheki-Dol (2000)

シェキドル (Sheki-Dol) was a Hello! Project group from 2000 to 2002.

Their name is a combination of the Japanese word "sekidou" (equator) giving a hot image, the English phrase "shake it" (pronounced in Japanese as "sheki" or "shekitto"), and the English word "doll".

1 Members
2 History
3 Timeline
4 Discography
- 4.1 Singles
5 External links

Members

Original members (July 2000):

Kitagami Ami (北上アミ)
Oki Ibuki (大木衣吹, left in summer of 2001)

Joined March 2001:

Suenaga Mami (末永真己)

Joined August 2001:

Arai Saki (荒井紗紀)

History

Sheki-Dol was formed in July of 2000 with members Kitagami Ami and Oki Ibuki, two participants of the 4th Morning Musume & Heike Michiyo Protegee Auditions (the same auditions that Matsuura Aya eventually won).

In March of 2001, after their first single, Suenaga Mami joined the group, making Sheki-Dol a trio. In the summer of 2001, after their third single, Oki left to pursue a solo career, and Arai Saki joined to replace her in August of 2001.

Sheki-Dol's third single, Zentaiteki ni Daisuki Desu, was one of the ending theme songs of the anime Crayon Shin-chan.

Sheki-Dol's fourth single, Ai wa Muteki ~Hatachi no Yoru no Chikai~, was marketed as their major debut single. On every cover, the band name is written in Japanese and English. But on this single it is written only in Japanese. They also switched their record label from SPREE RECORDS to zetima.

Sheki-Dol was disbanded in January of 2002, after having released only four singles. The official reason was that one of its members needed medical attention. It was later discovered that Mami had become pregnant.