Ongaku Gatas

Ongaku Gatas
音楽ガッタス
Ongaku Gatas; 音楽ガッタス
Origin	Tokyo, Japan
Genres	Pop
Years active	2007-2010
Labels	Zetima
Associated acts	Elder Club, Country Musume, V-u-den, Morning Musume, , Hangry & Angry, Petitmoni, Tanpopo, Dream Morning Musume, Up Up Girls (Kakko Kari)
Website	www.gatas-brilhantes-hp.net/ongakugatas
Members	Hitomi Yoshizawa; Rika Ishikawa; ;
Past members	Asami Konno; Erina Mano; ; ; Arisa Noto; Mai Satoda

Ongaku Gatas (音楽ガッタス, Ongaku Gattasu) was a Japanese girl group consisted of select members from Hello! Project's futsal club Gatas Brilhantes H.P. and Hello Pro Egg.

History[]

The group was formed in 2007. The group's name combines the Japanese word ongaku (music) with the Portuguese word gatas, taken from the name of the Hello! Project futsal team, Gatas Brilhantes (that means Bright Female Cats). Together, the two words literally mean "musical cats" (gatas being the feminine form of the word gatos (cats)), although gatas is also slang for "pretty girls".

In early 2008, Erina Mano and (both Hello! Pro Eggs) graduated from the group. Mano left the group but continued as solo singer within Hello! Project, whereas Mutō left both the group and Hello! Project in its entirety to return to life as a normal student and focus on her studies.

In August 2009, it was announced that Arisa Noto and Yuri Sawada, two more Eggs, would both be graduating from Hello! Project. Sawada graduated from both Hello! Project and Ongaku Gatas, to focus on university. Noto, however, remained in the group, even though she had graduated from Hello! Project.^[1]

Although, soon after their winter tour finished in early 2009, Hitomi Yoshizawa, Rika Ishikawa, Asami Konno and Mai Satoda, all officially graduated from Hello! Project in March 2009 the group remained together, though they switched management to Up-Front Agency (the "parent management" of Hello! Project itself). The group went on a hiatus after their graduation. However, they began to tour again in March 2010, playing a total of three venues (Osaka, Aichi prefecture and Tokyo) to promote their new single "Ready! Kick Off!!" released on March 3.^[2]

Members[]

Hitomi Yoshizawa (Leader)
Rika Ishikawa
(是永美記, Korenaga Miki) (Hello! Pro Egg member)
(仙石みなみ, Sengoku Minami) (Hello! Pro Egg member)

Graduated members[]

Erina Mano (graduated March 2, 2008)
(武藤水華, Mutō Mika) (graduated April 28, 2008)
(澤田由梨, Sawada Yuri) (graduated August 30, 2009)
Asami Konno (graduated April 4, 2011)
Arisa Noto
Mai Satoda

Discography[]

Albums[]

#	Title	Release date
1	"1st Goodsal"	2008-02-06

Singles[]

#	Title	Release dates
#	Title	CD single	Single V
1	"Narihajimeta Koi no Bell"	2007-09-12	2007-09-12
2	"" (やったろうぜ!)	2007-12-05	2007-12-19
3	""	2008-09-10	2008-09-24
4	"Ready! Kick Off!!"	2010-03-06

DVD[]

#	Title	Release date
1	"Ongaku Gatas First Concert Tour 2008 Spring: Mi-sal, Shuku-sal, Goodsal!" (音楽ガッタスファーストコンサートツアー2008春～魅ザル祝ザル GOODSAL！～)	2008-05-28
2	"Ongaku Gatas Live Tour 2008 Winter: Come Together!" (音楽ガッタス　ライブツアー2008冬～Come Together！～)	2009-03-11

References[]

^ "Noto, Sawada leaving Hello! Pro Eggs". Tokyo Graph. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
^ "Ongaku Gatas - tour dates and discography" (in Japanese). Up-Front Works. Archived from the original on 2009-10-13. Retrieved 2010-03-23.

External links[]

Ongaku Gatas discography at Up-Front Works Official Website
Official Website (Japanese)

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[1] "Noto, Sawada leaving Hello! Pro Eggs". Tokyo Graph. Retrieved 2010-03-23.

[2] "Ongaku Gatas - tour dates and discography" (in Japanese). Up-Front Works. Archived from the original on 2009-10-13. Retrieved 2010-03-23.

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