Rainbow×2

Rainbow×2 (pronounced Rainbow Rainbow) is Hello Pro Kenshuusei's second indies album. It was pre-released on May 6, 2018 at the Hello! Project Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2018 ~Haru no Koukai Jitsuryoku Shindan Test~"ハロプロ研修生 2ndアルバム CD「Rainbow×2」会場先行販売のお知らせ" (in Japanese). Hello! Project. 2018-04-28. and was released for general sale on July 11, 2018."ハロプロ研修生/Rainbow×2" (in Japanese). TOWER RECORDS ONLINE.
==Tracklist==
#Rainbow - Horie Kizuki, Maeda Kokoro, Kanatsu Mizuki, Nishida Shiori, Shimakura Rika
#Yacchae! GO! GO! (やっちゃえ！GO！GO！; Let's Do It! GO! GO!) - Horie Kizuki, Maeda Kokoro, Ono Kotomi, Nishida Shiori, Shimakura Rika, Nakayama Natsume, Tamenaga Shion, Kubota Nanami, Shutto Anna, Kanemitsu Ruru, Matsubara Yulia
#43do (43度; 43 Degrees) - Inoue Hikaru, Yonemura Kirara, Yamazaki Yuhane, Doi Rena, Okamura Minami, Matsunaga Riai
#Tadashii Seishun tte Nan Darou (正しい青春ってなんだろう; What Are Honest Youth?) - Inoue Hikaru, Kanatsu Mizuki, Ono Kotomi, Nishida Shiori, Shimakura Rika, Yamada Ichigo, Nakayama Natsume, Tamenaga Shion, Kubota Nanami, Shutto Anna, Kanemitsu Ruru, Matsubara Yulia
#Medatte Do Dance (目立ってDo Dance; Stand Out Do Dance) - Noguchi Kurumi, Kodama Sakiko, Yonemura Kirara, Hashisako Rin, Hibi Marina, Eguchi Saya, Okamura Minami
#Arigatameiwaku Monogatari - Inoue Hikaru, Horie Kizuki, Maeda Kokoro, Yamazaki Yuhane, Nishida Shiori
#Hello! Massara no Jibun - Ono Mizuho, Ichioka Reina, Horie Kizuki, Maeda Kokoro
#Gobaku ~We Can't Go Back~ - Kawamura Ayano, Dambara Ruru, Ichioka Reina, Takase Kurumi, Kiyono Momohime
#Isshakudama de Buppanase! - Kaga Kaede, Ono Mizuho, Ichioka Reina, Horie Kizuki, Maeda Kokoro, Kanatsu Mizuki
#Mirai e Tsunagu Yakusoku (未来へ繋ぐ約束; A Promise Connecting to the Future) - Inoue Hikaru, Noguchi Kurumi, Kodama Sakiko, Yonemura Kirara, Hashisako Rin, Hibi Marina, Eguchi Saya, Doi Rena, Okamura Minami, Matsunaga Riai, Yamada Ichigo, Nakayama Natsume, Tamenaga Shion
#Real☆Little☆Girl - Hello Pro Kenshuusei Hokkaido
==Featured Members==
*Hello Pro Kenshuusei
**19th Gen: Inoue Hikaru
**22nd Gen: Horie Kizuki
**24th Gen: Maeda Kokoro, Kanatsu Mizuki
**25th Gen: Noguchi Kurumi, Ono Kotomi, Kodama Sakiko, Yonemura Kirara
**26th Gen: Yamazaki Yuhane, Nishida Shiori, Hashisako Rin
**27th Gen: Shimakura Rika, Hibi Marina, Eguchi Saya, Doi Rena, Okamura Minami, Matsunaga Riai, Yamada Ichigo, Nakayama Natsume
**28th Gen: Tamenaga Shion, Kubota Nanami, Shutto Anna, Kanemitsu Ruru, Matsubara Yulia
*Morning Musume
**13th Gen: Kaga Kaede
*ANGERME
**6th Gen: Kawamura Ayano
*Juice=Juice
**Dambara Ruru
*Tsubaki Factory
**Ono Mizuho
*Ichioka Reina
*Takase Kurumi
*Kiyono Momohime
*Hello Pro Kenshuusei Hokkaido
**Oota Haruka
**Sato Hikari
**Ishiguri Kanami
**Kawano Minori
**Kitagawa Ryo
**Kudo Yume
**Yamazaki Mei
==Album Information==
*Lyrics: KOUGA (#1); Nakatani Nobuyuki (#2); Fukuda Kanon (#3-4); Kodama Ameko (#5); Tsunku (#6); Miura Yoshiko (#7); Hoshibe Sho (#8); Mori Chiyoko (#9); Mikage Masahide (#10); (#11)
*Compositions: KOUGA (#1); Nakamura Yoshinori (#1); Nakatani Nobuyuki (#2); Kujime Shingo (#3); Furukawa Takahiro (#4); Jean Luc Ponpon (#5); Hoshibe Sho (#5, #8, #11); Suzuki Akinori (#5); Tsunku (#6); Shifo (#7); Pieru (#9); Mikage Masahide (#10)
*Arrangements: Nakamura Yoshinori (#1); KOUGA (#1); Nakatani Nobuyuki (#2); Suzuki Shunsuke (#3); Furukawa Takahiro (#4); Jean Luc Ponpon (#5); Hirata Shoichiro (#6); Hamada Pierre Yusuke (#7); AKIRA (#8); Pieru (#9); Uesugi Hiroshi (#10); Takahashi Yuichi (#11)
*Chorus: M!ho (#1, #5, #7, #9); Shiobara Namiko (#2, #5, 11), Yamao Masato (#3, #8, #9); Fukuda Kanon (#4); Kubota Kaoru (#6); (#9); Takahashi Yuichi (#11)
*Guitar: Kamata Koji (#6); Takahashi Yuichi (#11)
*Recording Director: Yamao Masato (#1-#5, #7-#10); Kamata Koji [TNX] (#6); Hashimoto Shin (#11)
*Recording Coordination: Kobayashi Shinnosuke [TNX]
*Mixing Engineer: Niitsu Tomoyuki (#1-#5, #7, #8, #10); Matsui Kazumi (#6, #9); Takasaki Akira (#11)
*Assistant Engineer: Hiratsuka Kazuya
*Mastering Engineer: Akihiro Shiba
*Dance Choreography: YOSHIKO (#9, #10https://ameblo.jp/yoshiko-445-yoshiko/entry-12692666214.html)
==Performances==
===Concert Performances===
;Rainbow
*Hello! Project Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2018 6gatsu ~Niji~ - Hello Pro Kenshuusei, Hello Pro Kenshuusei Hokkaido
*Hello! Project Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2018 9gatsu ~Momiji~
*Hello Pro Kenshuusei Hokkaido Teiki Kouen Vol.7 - Hello Pro Kenshuusei Hokkaido
*Hello! Project 20th Anniversary!! Hello! Project 2019 WINTER ~YOU & I~
*Hello! Project Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2019 ~Haru no Koukai Jitsuryoku Shindan Test~ - Hello Pro Kenshuusei, Hello Pro Kenshuusei Hokkaido, BEYOOOOONDS
*Hello! Project Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2022 6gatsu COLOR ~Shikisai~
;Yacchae! GO! GO!
*Hello! Project 20th Anniversary!! Hello! Project 2018 WINTER ~PERFECT SCORE~
*Hello! Project Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2018 3gatsu ~Sakura~
*Hello! Project Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2018 6gatsu ~Niji~ - Hello Pro Kenshuusei, Hello Pro Kenshuusei Hokkaido
*Hello Pro Kenshuusei Hokkaido Teiki Kouen Vol.6 ~ Summer Special! - Hello Pro Kenshuusei Hokkaido, Inaba Manaka, CHICA#TETSU, Ame no Mori Kawa Umi
*Hello Pro Kenshuusei Hokkaido Teiki Kouen Vol.7 - Hello Pro Kenshuusei Hokkaido
*Hello! Project 20th Anniversary!! Hello! Project COUNTDOWN PARTY 2018 ~GOOD BYE & HELLO!~
*Hello! Project Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2019 3gatsu ~SUN~ - Hello Pro Kenshuusei, Hello Pro Kenshuusei Hokkaido
*Morning Musume '19 Concert Tour Haru ~BEST WISHES!~ (opening act)
;43do
*Hello! Project Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2018 6gatsu ~Niji~ - Hello Pro Kenshuusei, Hello Pro Kenshuusei Hokkaido
*Hello! Project 20th Anniversary!! Hello! Project 2018 SUMMER ~ALL FOR ONE~
*Hello Pro Kenshuusei Hokkaido Teiki Kouen Vol.7 - Hello Pro Kenshuusei Hokkaido
*Hello! Project Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2018 12gatsu ~Mikan~ - Ota Haruka, Ono Kotomi, Kodama Sakiko, Yonemura Kirara, Hashisako Rin, Matsunaga Riai, Yamada Ichigo, Nakayama Natsume, Kubota Nanami, Shutto Anna, Kanemitsu Ruru, Matsubara Yulia
*Hello! Project Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2019 ~Haru no Koukai Jitsuryoku Shindan Test~
*Hello! Project Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2020 9gatsu ~Cosmos~ - Matsubara Yulia, Onoda Karin, Hirayama Yuki, Kitahara Momo
*Hello! Project Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2022 12gatsu Snowflake ~Kesshou~ - Hello Pro Kenshuusei, OCHA NORMA
*Hello! Project Year-End Party 2022 ~GOOD BYE & HELLO!~
;Tadashii Seishun tte Nan Darou
*Hello! Project Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2018 3gatsu ~Sakura~
*Hello! Project 20th Anniversary!! Hello! Project Hina Fes 2018
*Hello! Project Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2018 ~Haru no Koukai Jitsuryoku Shindan Test~
*Hello! Project Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2018 6gatsu ~Niji~
*Hello Pro Kenshuusei Hokkaido Teiki Kouen Vol.6 ~ Summer Special! - Hello Pro Kenshuusei Hokkaido, Inaba Manaka, CHICA#TETSU, Ame no Mori Kawa Umi
*Hello Pro Kenshuusei Hokkaido Teiki Kouen Vol.7 - Hello Pro Kenshuusei Hokkaido
*Hello! Project Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2018 12gatsu ~Mikan~ - Ota Haruka, Ono Kotomi, Kodama Sakiko, Yamada Ichigo, Nakayama Natsume, Kubota Nanami, Kanemitsu Ruru, Matsubara Yulia
*Hello! Project Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2020 9gatsu ~Cosmos~ - Hashida Honoka, Nishizaki Miku, Ebata Kisaki, Murakoshi Ayana
;Medatte Do Dance
*Hello! Project 2017 SUMMER ~HELLO! GATHERING~
*Hello! Project Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2017 9gatsu ~Go NEXT!~
*Hello Pro Kenshuusei Hokkaido Teiki Kouen Vol.4 - Hello Pro Kenshuusei Hokkaido
*Hello Pro Kenshuusei Hokkaido Teiki Kouen Vol.5 - Hello Pro Kenshuusei Hokkaido
*Hello! Project Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2017 12gatsu ~Conti→New!~
*Hello! Project 20th Anniversary!! Hello! Project COUNTDOWN PARTY 2017 ~GOOD BYE & HELLO!~
*Hello! Project Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2018 9gatsu ~Momiji~
*Hello! Project 20th Anniversary!! Hello! Project Hina Fes 2019
*Hello! Project Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2019 ~Haru no Koukai Jitsuryoku Shindan Test~
*Hello! Project Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2022 6gatsu COLOR ~Shikisai~ - Hello Pro Kenshuusei, OCHA NORMA
;Mirai e Tsunagu Yakusoku
*Hello! Project Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2019 3gatsu ~SUN~ - Hello Pro Kenshuusei, Hello Pro Kenshuusei Hokkaido, BEYOOOOONDS
===Event Performances===
;Rainbow
*[2021.09.03] Tsubaki Factory Asakura Kiki Birthday Event 2021 - Asakura Kiki
;Tadashii Seishun tte Nan Darou
*[2023.02.09] ANGERME Tamenaga Shion Birthday Event 2023 - Tamenaga Shion
*[2024.04.24] BEYOOOOONDS Nishida Shiori & Yamazaki Yuhane FC Event 2024 ~Futari wa Yuhashio~ - Nishida Shiori, Yamazaki Yuhane
*[2024.07.23] Juice=Juice Arisawa Ichika・Irie Risa・Ebata Kisaki FC Event 2024 - Arisawa Ichika, Irie Risa, Ebata Kisaki
==Oricon Chart Positions==
;Daily & Weekly Rankings
Total Reported Sales: 635*
==Trivia==
*Inoue Hikaru is the only Hello Pro Kenshuusei member to be featured in both this album and its predecessor, ① Let's say "Hello!". Several others from the first album are still present in this album, but were no longer Kenshuusei at the time of its release.
==References==
==External Links==
*Official Announcement
*Discography: Hello! Project, UP-FRONT WORKS
*Lyrics: , , , , , , , Gobaku ~We Can't Go Back~, , , 
Category:Hello Pro Kenshuusei Albums
Category:2018 Albums
Category:Indie Albums
Category:English Name Album
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Category:13th Generation Morning Musume Albums In
Category:Lowest Selling Album
Category:Lowest Ranking Album