Melon Kinenbi

Melon Kinenbi (メロン記念日, sometimes romanized as Melon Kinen-Bi) was an all-girl Japanese pop group within Hello! Project. They were formed after they successfully passed the 2nd Morning Musume & Michiyo Heike Imotobun Audition. Melon Kinenbi is the oldest group in the history of Hello! Project not to have changed any of its members since its formation. The band occasionally worked as dancers for other Hello! Project artists; they can, for instance, be seen in the music video for Maki Goto's single "Yaruki! It's Easy".

The entire group officially graduated from the Hello! Project on March 31, 2009, along with the rest of the Elder Club. After their graduation, they collaborated with other Japanese punk-rock groups for several limited-release indie singles, and released their 4th album Melon's Not Dead. Two days after the album release and just after their 10-year anniversary, the group announced that they would disband following their final tour activities in May 2010.^[1] The group performed together for the last time on May 3, at Nakano Sun Plaza.

Members

Discography

Original Albums

Greatest Hits Albums

Singles

Collaboration Singles

Unreleased

"Romantic wo Tsukinukero!" (ロマンチックを突き抜けろ！, "Breakthrough Romantic!") (debuted at their 2009 tour)

DVDs

Photobooks

• 2004 – Hello! Project 2004 Winter Melon Kinenbi (Hello! Project 2004 winter メロン記念日)
• 2004 – Melon Kinenbi First Shashinshū "Taiyō to Kajitsu" (メロン記念日ファースト写真集「太陽と果実)
• 2004 – Hello! Project 2004 Summer Melon Kinenbi (Hello! Project 2004 summer メロン記念日)

Appearances

Television

• Morning Musume no Heso (モーニング娘。のへそ)
• Idol wo Sagase (アイドルをさがせ!)
• Majokko Rika-chan no Magical v-u-den (魔女っ娘。梨華ちゃんのマジカル美勇伝)
• Tensai Terebikun Max (天才てれびくんMax)
• Musume Dokyu (娘Dokyu)

Radio

• Colorful Pleasure
• Hyper Night Melon Kinenbi no "Meronpa" (ハイパーナイト・メロン記念日の「めろんぱ」)
• Mijōku! Soujōku!! Seijoku!!! Kanjōku!!!! (未熟! 早熟!! 成熟!!! 完熟!!!!, Immature! Precocious!! Mature!!! Totally Matured!!!!)
• Hello Pro Yanen

Internet

• The Moving Radio Korette Yappari Melon Kibun (The moving Radio これってやっぱりメロン気分)

Musicals

• Love Century -Yume wa Minna Kerya Hajimaranai-
• Sōgen no Hito
• Okaeri

Events

• 2005 – July Hello! Project Fan Club Gentei Event

Concerts

• 2002 – First Concert "Kore ga Kinenbi" (ファーストコンサート「これが記念日」, First Concert "This is Kinen-Bi")
• 2003 – Melon Kinenbi Live Tour 2003 Haru ~1st Anniversary~ (メロン記念日Live Tour 2003春～1st Anniversary～, Melon Kinenbi Live Tour 2003 Spring -1st Anniversary-)
• 2003 – Melon Kinenbi Live Tour 2003 Summer ~Natsu Melon~ (メロン記念日ライブツアー2003Summer　～夏メロン～, Melon Kinenbi Live Tour 2003Summer -Summer Melon-)
• 2003 – Melon Kinenbi Concert 2003.12.13-14 ~'03 Christmas Special Chōjibu Melon~ (メロン記念日 単独コンサート2003年12月13・14日　～'03クリスマススペシャル 超渋メロン～)
• 2004 – Melon Kinenbi Live Tour 2004 Haru ~Mō Hore Chauzo!~ (メロン記念日ライブツアー2004春 ～もぅ ホレちゃうぞ！～)
• 2004 – Melon Kinenbi Special Live 2004 ~Bonus~ (メロン記念日スペシャルライブ2004～ボーナス！～)
• 2004 – Melon Kinenbi Live Tour 2004 Natsu (メロン記念日ライブツアー2004夏)
• 2004 – Melon Kinenbi Concert Tour 2004 Fuyu ~The Melon Show~ (メロン記念日コンサートツアー2004冬 ～ザ☆メロンショー！～)
• 2005 – Hello Project! Matsuura Aya Captain Kouen~ (ハロ☆プロ パーティ～!2005～松浦亜弥キャプテン公演～)
• 2005 – Shin Himejishi Tanjō Kinen Matsuura Aya W Melon Kinenbi Concert in Himeji Shiro ~Matsura Aya Satogaeri SPECIAL~ (新姫路市誕生記念 松浦亜弥・W・メロン記念日 コンサート in 姫路城～松浦亜弥 里帰りスペシャル～)
• 2005 – Hello Project! Matsuura Aya Captain Kōen Neo~ (ハロ☆プロ パーティ～!2005～松浦亜弥キャプテン公演Neo～)
• 2005 – Melon Kinenbi Concert Tour 2005 Fuyu "Kyō mo Melon, Ashita mo Melon, Christmas wa Masuku Melon de!" (メロン記念日 コンサートツアー2005冬『今日もメロン明日もメロン、クリスマスはマスクメロンで！』)

References

External links

• Official UP-FRONT WORKS Discography Entry
• Melon Lounge Official blog
• Kpopwiki:Melon Kinen-Bi