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\"Dream\"Dream<\/strong> is a Japanese dance and vocal unit formed in January 2000 and produced by LDH<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It currently consists of 4 members.<\/p>\n

The leader is Ami.<\/p>\n

The girls are also part of E-Girls<\/a> along with Happiness<\/a> and Flower<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Biography \/ History<\/h2>\n

The 3 original members were Matsumuro Mai, Tachibana Kana and Hasebe Yu. They had won the Avex Dream 2000<\/span> audition grand prix.<\/p>\n

Dream’s debut single Movin’ On<\/span> was released on January 1, 2000.<\/p>\n

Matsumuro Mai announced her graduation during the concert tour Dream Live 2002 Process<\/span> in July 2002.<\/p>\n

As a result, Ai Risa, Abe Erie, Takamoto Aya, Nakajima Ami, Nishida Shizuka and Yamamoto Sayaka were recruited as new members.<\/p>\n

Ai Risa graduated in March 2004.<\/p>\n

In May 2005, the girls formed Team Dream to play futsal.<\/p>\n

The J-Pop group changed its name to DRM in April 2007.<\/p>\n

In July 2008, their activities were suspended, and they were transferred to LDH.<\/p>\n

At the same period, Hasebe Yu withdrew in order to pursue her career as an actress.<\/p>\n

In September 2009, Dream restarted activities with the single Perfect Girls \/ To the Top<\/span> released under an indies label.<\/p>\n

It was a successful comeback, and Dream’s major debut single My Way ~Ulala~<\/span> went on sale in August 2010.<\/p>\n

Kana left the group in February 2011.<\/p>\n

Dream joined E-Girls in February 2011. Aya became the leader of the collective girl group.<\/p>\n

\"Dream\"Sayaka withdrew in March 2012.<\/p>\n

In May 2013, the single Only You<\/a><\/span> was used in the TV\u00a0commercial Samantha \u00d7 Kawaii \u00d7 Art<\/span> by\u00a0the fashion brand Samantha Thavasa (\u30b5\u30de\u30f3\u30b5\u30bf\u30d0\u30b5).<\/p>\n

In January 2014, Aya was named leader of E-Girls by Hiro (Exile).<\/p>\n

Shizuka was starring in the drama Koibumi Biyori (\u604b\u6587\u65e5\u548c)<\/span> broadcast on NTV between January and March 2014. It was their first experience as an actress.<\/p>\n

\"Dream\"The theme of the single Darling<\/a> (\u30c0\u30fc\u30ea\u30f3)<\/span>, released in November 2014, is the marriage.<\/p>\n

Dream’s single\u00a0Konna ni mo<\/a> (\u3053\u3093\u306a\u306b\u3082)<\/span>, on sale in February 2015, is a St Valentine’s Day story.<\/p>\n

Ami debuted as a seiyuu (\u58f0\u512a ; voice actress) for the 25th anniversary of the anime Chibi Maruko-chan<\/span>.<\/p>\n

\"AmiIn July 2015, she threw the ceremonial first pitch and a baseball game of the Saitama Seibu Lions at the Seibu Dome.<\/p>\n

Under the name of Dream Ami, she made her solo debut with the single Dress wo Nuida Cinderella (\u30c9\u30ec\u30b9\u3092\u8131\u3044\u3060\u30b7\u30f3\u30c7\u30ec\u30e9)<\/span>\u00a0in July 2015.<\/p>\n

The girls participated in a commercial for Mocomoco Jeans in November 2015. The single Blanket Snow (\u30d6\u30e9\u30f3\u30b1\u30c3\u30c8\u30fb\u30b9\u30ce\u30a6)<\/span> was used as the CM song.<\/p>\n

Ami dubbed the voice of Gazelle in Disney’s Zootopia (\u30ba\u30fc\u30c8\u30d4\u30a2)<\/span>. She has also performed the Japanese version of the theme song Try Everything (\u30c8\u30e9\u30a4\u30fb\u30a8\u30f4\u30ea\u30b7\u30f3\u30b0)<\/span>.\u00a0Shakira got this role in the US version. The animation movie is going to be released in theaters in April 2016 in Japan.<\/p>\n

Ami co-hosts the show Good Time Music<\/span> on TBS since April 2016.<\/p>\n

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