ﾂ≫?ｹC-ute

ﾂ≫?ｹC-ute is an all-female Japanese pop group within Hello! Project. The character "ﾂ≫?ｹC" (degree Celsius) is substituted for "C" in notation for the purpose of expressing ardor—the hyphen doesn't have any meaning in particular. The proper pronunciation for this group in Japanese is kyūto (ﾆ鱈ﾆ停?ｦﾂーﾆ暖, kyūto?) with pitch accents on both "ū" and "o".

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ﾂ≫?ｹC-ute, a group that consists of the Hello! Project Kids who were not members of Berryz Koubou, was officially announced by Tsunku on June 11, 2005. In January 2006, Arihara Kanna, a former Hello! Pro Egg, was added to the group and made her debut during the Hello! Project 2006 Winter tour. ﾂ≫?ｹC-ute appeared in several concerts performing original songs which were sold as indie singles. On October 31, 2006, Murakami Megumi left the group suddenly without a graduation ceremony. The group's first major single, Sakura Chirari, was released on February 21, 2007.

ﾂ≫?ｹ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; Arihara Kanna, red.

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