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\"Starmarie\"Starmarie<\/strong> is a Japanese idol group formed in July 2008.<\/p>\n

It currently consists of 5 members.<\/p>\n

They are gothic lolitas.<\/p>\n

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The idol unit is based in Tokyo.<\/p>\n

The girls perform songs with the themes of fantasy and fairy tales.<\/p>\n

Their fans are called “Marist” (\u30de\u30ea\u30b9\u30c8).<\/p>\n

Biography \/ History<\/h2>\n

In July 2008, the 3 original members were Aoki Shiori, Arai Kaori and Sekine Saya.<\/p>\n

Kishita Nozomi joined the idol unit in August 2008.<\/p>\n

Starmarie released their debut single Time Machine Love (\u30bf\u30a4\u30e0\u30de\u30b7\u30fc\u30f3\u30fb\u30e9\u30d6)<\/span> in February 2009.<\/p>\n

Arai Kaori withdrew in November 2009. She was replaced by Takamori Shino.<\/p>\n

Sekine Saya announced her withdrawal in August 2010.<\/p>\n

Starmarie took part in Allover<\/a> project. Aoki Shiori, Kishita Nozomi, and\u00a0Takamori Shino were members of Team\u00a0\u03b1 (alpha).<\/p>\n

\"Starmarie\"Starmarie participated in Anime Expo AX<\/span> in July 2013 in Los Angeles as industry guests. It was their first live performance overseas.<\/p>\n

The idol group performed at Best of Anime<\/span> in Philippines in September 2013 and in May 2014.<\/p>\n

Starmarie went back to USA in March 2014 to participate in SXSW<\/span> music festival in Austin, Texas.<\/p>\n

\"Starmarie\"Aoki Shiori withdrew in April 2014.<\/p>\n

In June 2014, Matsuzaki Hiroka, Nakane Motoko and Watanabe Kaede<\/a> joined the unit as new members.<\/p>\n

In September 2014, Starmarie participated in Tokyo Crazy Kawaii Taipei<\/span> in Taiwan along with other Japanese idol groups. The girls held a live performance in the Philippines a few days later.<\/p>\n

\"Starmarie\"In November 2014, they performed at Little Tokyo Crazy Kawaii Taipei<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Starmarie official collection card app for iPhone was released in December 2014. It is available on the iTunes<\/a> store.<\/p>\n

Kishita Nozomi and Nakate Motoko starred as actresses in the stage play Ginga Tetsudou no Yoru ni Kanari Yoru Yoru (\u9280\u6cb3\u9244\u9053\u306e\u591c\u306b\u304b\u306a\u308a\u4f9d\u308b\u591c)<\/span> in January 2015. It is the 7th stage play by Space Trip company.<\/p>\n

\"Starmarie\"Starmarie Asia Tour 2015 ~Fantastic~<\/a><\/span> was held from March to May 2015. The idol group gave concerts in Japan, in Taiwan, in the Philippines and in Indonesia.<\/p>\n

The girls partiicipated in CLAS:H 2015<\/span><\/a> in Jakarta, Indonesia, in May 2015.<\/p>\n

Starmarie performed at Pipe Live Music<\/a><\/span> in Taiwan alongside Kikkawa You<\/a> in July 2015.<\/p>\n

\"Starmarie\"Their single Mekurumeku Yuuki<\/a> (\u30e1\u30af\u30eb\u30e1\u30af\u52c7\u6c17\uff01)<\/span>, which was released in August 2015, is the ending theme song for the anime\u00a0Card Fight!! Vanguard G (\u30ab\u30fc\u30c9\u30d5\u30a1\u30a4\u30c8!! \u30f4\u30a1\u30f3\u30ac\u30fc\u30c9G)<\/span> airing on TV Tokyo.<\/p>\n

In August 2015, Nakane Motoko and Kishita Nozomi were appointed PR ambassadors of the Atami Sun Beach Water Park (\u71b1\u6d77\u30b5\u30f3\u30d3\u30fc\u30c1\u30a6\u30a9\u30fc\u30bf\u30fc\u30d1\u30fc\u30af) in Shizuoka prefecture.<\/p>\n

Nakane Motoko changed her name to Nakane Monya<\/a> in August 2015.<\/p>\n

The idol group was back to Taiwan in September 2015, and then in November 2015 as part of their\u00a0The Fantasy World<\/a><\/span>\u00a0concert tour. The members also participated in a gothic lolita fashion event and in a girls idol festival.<\/p>\n

\"StarmarieThey held their first live in Hong Kong<\/a> in December 2015.<\/p>\n

In January 2016,\u00a0Starmarie met\u00a0Taiwanese president\u00a0Tsai Ing-wen<\/a> before their show\u00a0at the\u00a0Fancy Frontier Cosplay Convention<\/span> at Taipei Expo Park.<\/p>\n

In February 2016, the girls unveiled new costumes<\/a> whose design\u00a0was made\u00a0in collaboration with internationally popular Harajuku street fashion brand Putumayo\u00a0and costume house Rion.<\/p>\n

The single Hime wa Rankiryuu Goikkou-sama<\/a>\u00a0(\u59eb\u306f\u4e71\u6c17\u6d41\u2606\u5fa1\u4e00\u884c\u69d8)<\/span>, on sale in April\u00a02016, is the ending theme song for the\u00a0anime Onigiri (\u9b3c\u65ac)<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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