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\"Happiness\"Happiness<\/strong>\u00a0is a Japanese dance and vocal girl group formed in October 2008 and produced by LDH<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It currently consists of 7 members.<\/p>\n

The leader is Ariiso Miyuu.<\/p>\n

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

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Biography \/ History<\/h2>\n

Happiness was originally a 5-member unit consisting of Kaede, Miyuu, Mimu, Karen, and Sayaka.<\/p>\n

The girls performed as backup dancers during Exile Live Tour<\/span> in 2008.<\/p>\n

In July 2009, Yurino joined the group after her victory in the LDH Dream Girls Audition 2008<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Happiness released their 1st single Happy Talk<\/span> in October 2009.<\/p>\n

Their major debut single Kiss Me<\/span> was released in February 2011.<\/p>\n

\"Happiness\"Mimu graduated in January 2012.<\/p>\n

Sugieda Mayu had to stop her activities between August 2012 and August 2013 due to a medical treatment.<\/p>\n

In May 2013, Suda Anna and Kawamoto Ruri from E-Girls were added to the unit.<\/p>\n

\"Happiness\"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

In the beginning of 2014, Happiness were transferred to the label Rhythm Zone which is part of Avex group.<\/p>\n

Takeda Kyoka, Dobayashi Kaede, Fujii Karen and Suda Anna 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

\"Happiness<\/p>\n

Sugieda Mayu<\/a> announced her withdrawal in April 2014 in order to pursue her career as a solo artist.<\/p>\n

Fujii Karen and her sister Shuuka (Flower) appeared in a commercial for Fasio (\u30d5\u30a1\u30b7\u30aa) makeup cosmetics in January 2016. The CM song was Happiness’ single Sexy Young Beautiful<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The track\u00a0Born to Be Free<\/span>, from this CD, was used to promote the Cirque du Soleil show Totem<\/span><\/span> in Japan in February 2016. The choreography was arranged by Sayaka and Yurino.<\/p>\n

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

Fujii Karen and Suda Anna participated in a campaign for Beats by Dr. Dre headphones in March 2016.<\/p>\n

Hapiness’ Always<\/span> is the theme song for the film Itazura na Kiss The Movie ~High School Hen~ (\u30a4\u30bf\u30ba\u30e9\u306aKiss The Movie\uff5e\u30cf\u30a4\u30b9\u30af\u30fc\u30eb\u7de8\uff5e)<\/span> which is going to be released in November 2016 in Japan.<\/p>\n

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