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\"Flower\"Flower<\/strong> is a Japanese dance and vocal girl group formed in April 2010 and produced by LDH<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It currently consists of 6 members.<\/p>\n

The leader is Shigetome Manami.<\/p>\n

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

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Biography \/ History<\/h2>\n

Flower was originally a 4-member unit consisting of Mizuno Elina, Nakajima Mio, Fujii Shuuka, and Shigetomo Minami. They were part of EXPG (Exile Professional Gym) dance school.<\/p>\n

The girls performed as backup dancers during Exile Live Tour<\/span> in 2010.<\/p>\n

\"Flower\"In July 2011, 5 other members were added after the Vocal Battle Audition 3<\/span> held by LDH : Washio Reina, Muto Chiharu, Ichiki Kyoka, Bando Nozomi and Sato Harumi. They were selected among 30000 applicants.<\/p>\n

Flower released their 1st single Still<\/span> in October 2011.<\/p>\n

Their major debut single Sakura Regret (Sakura\u30ea\u30b0\u30ec\u30c3\u30c8)<\/span> was released in February 2012.<\/p>\n

\"Flower\"In July 2013, the battle Happiness vs Flower<\/span> was organized. The winner was the group which had the most CD sales, people at live events, YouTube views… Flower won the competition.<\/p>\n

Former leader Mizuno Elina withdrew in October 2013 in order to pursue her career as an actress.<\/p>\n

Fujii Shuuka, Sato Harumi and Bando Nozomi were 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 actresses.<\/p>\n

\"Flower\"The girls host the show Flower Blooming Radio<\/span> on FM Fukuoka (FM\u798f\u5ca1) since January 2014.<\/p>\n

Muto Chiharu<\/a> withdrew in October 2014 to study abroad.<\/p>\n

Flower performed the Japanese version of the theme song of the American movie Annie<\/span> which was released in theaters January 2015 in Japan. The title of the track is Tomorrow ~Shiawase no Housoku~ (Tomorrow\uff5e\u3057\u3042\u308f\u305b\u306e\u6cd5\u5247\uff5e)<\/span>. The film is an adaptation of the musical of the same title.<\/p>\n

\"Flower\"The female unit’s 2nd album Hanadokei<\/a> (\u82b1\u6642\u8a08)<\/span> will be on sale in March 2015. It inclut the song Dreamin’ Together<\/span> in collaboration with the English girl group Little Mix.<\/p>\n

Flower Live Tour 2015 Hanadokei<\/span> was held during the summer of 2015.<\/p>\n

Ichiki Kyoka<\/a> announced her graduation in October 2015.<\/p>\n

The single\u00a0Hitomi no Oku no Milky Way<\/a> (\u77b3\u306e\u5965\u306e\u9280\u6cb3)<\/span>, released in December 2015, is the ending theme for the anime Kindaichi Case Files R (Returns) (\u91d1\u7530\u4e00\u5c11\u5e74\u306e\u4e8b\u4ef6\u7c3fR)<\/span>.<\/p>\n

\"Flower\"Washio Reina debuted as seiyuu (\u58f0\u512a ; voice actress) in this anime Chibi Maruko-chan<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Fujii Shuuka and her sister Karen (Happiness) appeared in a commercial for Fasio (\u30d5\u30a1\u30b7\u30aa) makeup cosmetics in January 2016.<\/p>\n

Sato Harumi and Fujii Shuuka\u00a0appeared in a commercial for Samantha Vega, along with E-Girls’ Kaede and Fujii Karen, in February 2016.<\/p>\n

Fujii Shuuka, Bando Nozomi and Sato Harumi participated in a campaign for Beats by Dr. Dre headphones in March 2016.<\/p>\n

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