Kobushi Factory/Members

This page consists of basic information about members of the former J-pop group Kobushi Factory.
All members joined the group on January 2, 2015 and they were part of Hello Pro Kenshuusei.
==Former Members==
Name 	Born 	Origin 	BloodType	JoinDate 	DepartureDate 	MemberColor	Notes
(藤井梨央) 	March 4, 1999(age ) 	Aichi 	B 	January 2, 2015	July 6, 2017 	Mustard 	Sub-leader (2015-2017)Former Hello Pro Kenshuusei (2013-2015)
(広瀬彩海) 	August 4, 1999(age ) 	Kanagawa	O 	January 2, 2015	March 30, 2020 	Turquoise 	LeaderFormer member (2011-2014)Former Hello Pro Kenshuusei (2014-2015)
(野村みな美) 	February 10, 2000(age )	Tokyo 	B 	January 2, 2015	March 30, 2020 	Royal Blue 	Former Hello Pro Kenshuusei (2012-2015)
(小川麗奈) 	March 27, 2000(age ) 	Tochigi 	A 	January 2, 2015	September 6, 2017	Red 	Former Hello Pro Kenshuusei (2011-2015)
(浜浦彩乃) 	April 26, 2000(age ) 	Saitama 	AB 	January 2, 2015	March 30, 2020 	Pink 	Former Hello Pro Kenshuusei (2011-2015)
(田口夏実) 	July 21, 2000(age ) 	Saitama 	A 	January 2, 2015	December 6, 2017 	Orange 	Former Hello Pro Kenshuusei (2011-2015)
(和田桜子) 	March 8, 2001(age ) 	Aichi 	B 	January 2, 2015	March 30, 2020 	Green 	Former Hello Pro Kenshuusei (2012-2015)
(井上玲音) 	July 17, 2001(age ) 	Tokyo 	O 	January 2, 2015	March 30, 2020 	Purple 	Former member (2013-2014)Current member of Juice=Juice (2020-present)Former Hello Pro Kenshuusei (2014-2015)
==Leadership==
Leader 	Period of Time 	Tenure	Sub-Leader	Period of Time 	Tenure
Hirose Ayaka	March 8, 2015 – March 30, 2020	 	Fujii Rio 	March 8, 2015 – July 6, 2017 	
Hirose Ayaka	March 8, 2015 – March 30, 2020	 	None 	July 7, 2017 - March 30, 2020	
==Member Colors==
Each Kobushi Factory member has their own color for outfits and merchandise to distinguish between each member. On June 3, 2015, on Hello! Project Station, the founding members of Kobushi Factory and Tsubaki Factory received t-shirts revealing their official member colors. Across the two groups, their member colors were distinct, with Kobushi Factory being assigned darker colors, and Tsubaki Factory being assigned lighter colors. Upon Kobushi Factory's disbandment in 2020 and the addition of the four new Tsubaki Factory members in 2021, the colors are no longer kept distinct between the two groups.
Color 	Member
Red 	Ogawa Rena (2015-2017)
Orange 	Taguchi Natsumi (2015-2017)
Mustard 	Fujii Rio (2015-2017)
Green 	Wada Sakurako (2015-2020)
Turquoise 	Hirose Ayaka (2015-2020)
Royal Blue	Nomura Minami (2015-2020)
Purple 	Inoue Rei (2015-2020)
Pink 	Hamaura Ayano (2015-2020)
==Tenures==
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==Members Single Count==
Member 	Debut Single 	Last Single 	Single Count
Fujii Rio 	Nen ni wa Nen / Survivor	Shalala! Yareru Hazu sa / Ee ja nai ka Ninja nai ka	5 Singles
Hirose Ayaka 	Nen ni wa Nen / Survivor	Seishun no Hana / Start Line 	9 Singles
Nomura Minami 	Nen ni wa Nen / Survivor	Seishun no Hana / Start Line 	9 Singles
Ogawa Rena 	Nen ni wa Nen / Survivor	Shalala! Yareru Hazu sa / Ee ja nai ka Ninja nai ka	5 Singles
Hamaura Ayano 	Nen ni wa Nen / Survivor	Seishun no Hana / Start Line 	9 Singles
Taguchi Natsumi	Nen ni wa Nen / Survivor	Shalala! Yareru Hazu sa / Ee ja nai ka Ninja nai ka	5 Singles
Wada Sakurako 	Nen ni wa Nen / Survivor	Seishun no Hana / Start Line 	9 Singles
Inoue Rei 	Nen ni wa Nen / Survivor	Seishun no Hana / Start Line 	9 Singles
==Members Line-Ups==
Date 	Member(s) 	Total Members	Age Average	Singles Released with Line-up
January 2, 2015(Formation)	Group formation. Founding members include Fujii Rio, Hirose Ayaka, Nomura Minami, Ogawa Rena, Hamaura Ayano, Taguchi Natsumi, Wada Sakurako, and Inoue Rei.	8 	14.75-17.17	Nen ni wa Nen / Survivor, Dosukoi! Kenkyo ni Daitan / Ramen Daisuki Koizumi-san no Uta / Nen ni wa Nen (Nen'iri Ver.), Sakura Night Fever / Chotto Guchoku ni! Chototsumoushin / Osu! Kobushi Tamashii, Samba! Kobushi Janeiro / Bacchikoi Seishun! / Ora wa Ninkimono, Shalala! Yareru Hazu sa / Ee ja nai ka Ninja nai ka
July 6, 2017 	Fujii Rio leaves. 	7 	17.01-17.18	None
September 6, 2017 	Ogawa Rena graduates. 	6 	17.13-17.38	None
December 6, 2017 	Taguchi Natsumi leaves. 	5 	17.38-19.66	Kore Kara da! / Ashita Tenki ni Naare, Kitto Watashi wa / Naseba Naru, Oh No Ounou / Haru Urara, Seishun no Hana / Start Line
==Timeline==
==Trivia==
*Kobushi Factory was the first Hello! Project group to consist only of members from Hello Pro Kenshuusei.
*All the members were born between 1999 and 2001, making this the first group to have all members born after Hello! Project's formation.
*Kobushi Factory had only 2 years and 4 month gap between the oldest and youngest member.
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