Ai-Girls

is a Japanese 19-member idol group in Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture. It is the official local idol group, sponsored by KMA Popular Friends, Yonezawa City, and the Board of Education of Yonezawa City.

Description
The twenty who were chosen by audition that took place in October 2012, it was formed as a social contribution idle unit of Yonezawa departure.
It was a full-scale stage debut appeared in 19 people in Yonezawa Uesugi Festival opening festival held at the stage of Denkokuno-Mori of Yonezawa City on April 29, 2013. Started volunteering events and appearances in the province outside the center Yonezawa city as a "social contribution idle unit to deliver energy and love across the country from Yonezawa". The serve the general producer is also performed dance music guidance and voluntarily provided by musical artists Kato Machaaki of Takahata, Yamagata Prefecture town resident.

Group name
Tentative name of the ACB48 Yonezawa was given at the time of the audition from the initial apple(TATEYAMA apple) Yonezawa specialty, carp(Yonezawa carp), of beef(Yonezawa beef). Name from it is the general public after the audition, it was the theme of "Love(愛:Ai) and righteousness(義:Gi)" of the military commander-Naoe Kanetsugu laid the foundation of Yonezawa, and Ai-Girls was adopted. Thought of as "I want to support the group in the heart full of love" and thought of as "want to grow up to a group, such as those delivering love" is put love local Yonezawa.

Details
In the wake of the feeling that "I want to continue to spread to teenagers the circle of social contribution", was proposed by Yonezawa in the "citizen proposal cooperative model project" Shiokawa Tomoko representative of KMA poplar Friends is a youth healthy development organizations Yonezawa "ACB48 Yonezawa (tentative name) development Project "was adopted in fiscal year 2012.

"Training of junior leaders who can contribute to the community, programs that can contribute to the healthy development of youth" as, Web pages, and publicity of the city In addition to the KMA poplar Friends, Board of Education Yonezawa City and Yonezawa City have link the name to the organizers adjust PR activities in, ensure the practice location, and offer activities place, I do a backup in terms of the burden of cost. In addition, Yonezawa textile is used for part of the costume, cooperative participation of citizens are going to provide the dough Yonezawa textile industry union youth plays a central role, local high school students and in charge of costume design.

Members

Successful candidates of 20 decision in the audition was held on October 20, 2012, development projects in 22 people has started two names will be added to the successful candidates later, but 19 people three people declined the activity it was the debut in.
Blog post members and the introduction of the event has been adopted is nicknamed it could stand approachable.

Discography

Singles

See also 
SPLASH (Japan Idol Group)

References

External links
 Ai-Girls Official website  
 Ai-Girls Official blog - Ameba 

2012 establishments in Japan
Japanese girl groups
Japanese pop music groups
Musical groups established in 2012
Musical groups from Yamagata Prefecture