{"id":24011,"date":"2014-06-20T22:32:01","date_gmt":"2014-06-20T20:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jpop-idols.com\/en\/?page_id=24011"},"modified":"2014-06-20T22:56:55","modified_gmt":"2014-06-20T20:56:55","slug":"sansanar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jpop-idols.com\/en\/sansanar\/","title":{"rendered":"Sansanar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-24106\" src=\"http:\/\/static.jpop-idols.com\/uploads\/2014\/06\/sansanar-okinawa.jpg\" alt=\"Sansanar (\u30b5\u30f3\u30b5\u30ca\u30fc)\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" \/><strong>Sansanar<\/strong> (\u30b5\u30f3\u30b5\u30ca\u30fc) is a Japanese female group formed in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>It currently consists of 3 members.<\/p>\n<p>The unit is from Okinawa.<\/p>\n<p>The name of the band means &#8220;cicada&#8221; in the local language.<\/p>\n<p>Sansanar perform the Ryukyu dance and a mix of j-pop and traditional songs from Okinawa which make their style unique. The girls classify their music as &#8220;Minyo Neo Pop&#8221; or &#8220;Neo Okinawa Pop&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Yurie plays the sanshin (\u4e09\u7dda), a Japanese traditional three-stringed instrument which is a precursor to the shamisen (\u4e09\u5473\u7dda).<\/p>\n<p>Asa plays Okinawan instruments such as the sanba (\u4e09\u677f), the flute (\u7b1b), and the kokyu (\u80e1\u5f13).<\/p>\n<p>The band held its 1st live performance at the <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Ryukyu Festival (\u7409\u7403\u30d5\u30a7\u30b9\u30c6\u30a3\u30d0\u30eb)<\/span> in October 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Their debut album was released in February 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Their 2nd album was released in Taiwan in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>The girls participated in <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Japan Expo<\/span> in Paris Nord Villepinte (France) in 2013 and 2014.<\/p>\n<p>They appeared in a TV commercial for <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Chura Time (\u30aa\u30ea\u30aa\u30f3 \u3061\u3085\u3089\u305f\u3044\u3080)<\/span> beer from Orion (\u30aa\u30ea\u30aa\u30f3) and Asahi (\u30a2\u30b5\u30d2) in summer 2014.<\/p>\n<h2>Profile<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Sansanar (\u30b5\u30f3\u30b5\u30ca\u30fc)<\/li>\n<li>Years active : 2010 &#8211; present<\/li>\n<li>Label : &#8211;<\/li>\n<li>Agency : &#8211;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Members<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Yurie (\u30e6\u30ea\u30a8) &#8211; Kaneshiro Yurie (\u91d1\u57ce\u512a\u91cc\u82f1)<\/li>\n<li>Asa (\u30a2\u30fc\u30b5) &#8211; Nishiyama Asako (\u897f\u5c71\u671d\u5b50)<\/li>\n<li>Ai (\u30a2\u30a4) &#8211; Moriyama Ai (\u68ee\u5c71\u4e9c\u8863)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Discography<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Singles<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Albums<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>16\/02\/2011 : Sansanar (\u30b5\u30f3\u30b5\u30ca\u30fc)<\/li>\n<li>12\/10\/2011 : Sansanar 2 (\u30b5\u30f3\u30b5\u30ca\u30fc\uff12)<\/li>\n<li>19\/06\/2013 : Sansanar 3 (\u30b5\u30f3\u30b5\u30ca\u30fc\uff13)<\/li>\n<li>23\/07\/2014 : Sansanar 4 (\u30b5\u30f3\u30b5\u30ca\u30fc\uff14)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Links<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Official Website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sansanar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Official Website<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>News<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Latest News<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24107\" src=\"http:\/\/static.jpop-idols.com\/uploads\/2014\/06\/sansanar.jpg\" alt=\"Sansanar (\u30b5\u30f3\u30b5\u30ca\u30fc)\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.jpop-idols.com\/uploads\/2014\/06\/sansanar.jpg 600w, https:\/\/static.jpop-idols.com\/uploads\/2014\/06\/sansanar-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sansanar (\u30b5\u30f3\u30b5\u30ca\u30fc) is a Japanese female group formed in 2010. It currently consists of 3 members. The unit is from Okinawa. The name of the band means &#8220;cicada&#8221; in the local language. 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