Label The Garden Wiki/News/2016

December 23, 2016 - Clef Leaf Major Debut and Members Announced
On December 23, during Columbia Idol Ikusei Variety 14☆Shoujo Funtou-ki! 〜Major Debut e no Michi 〜 it was announced that the new major label group would be called Clef Leaf. The members included seeDream members Yukishige Nana and Kamiya Izumi, Columbia Idol Audition Finalist Itabashi Kana and two new members Ihara Kanami and Sakashita Miyabi. seeDream member Ueno Tsuyuha would be conditional member aiming to debut with the group.
The group's major debut single, Evergreen, would be released on March 8, 2017 with two editions. The releases events would start in January 2017.
*Source: Label The Garden Twitter, Label The Garden Twitter*

October 28, 2016 - Kawase Miko to Leave seeDream and Label The Garden
On October 28, during Columbia Idol Ikusei Variety 14☆Shoujo Funtou-ki! 〜Major Debut e no Michi 〜 it was announced that Kawase would resign from seeDream and Label The Garden due to chronic neck pain.
Kawase joined Label The Garden on April 8, after she had passed the Columbia Idol Audition 2015. She joined Label The Garden's first group seeDream on June 12. Her final concert would be Seven Seeds Vol.3 on November 11.
*Source: Label The Garden Twitter, Kawase Miko Official Blog*

October 14, 2016 - 2nd Major Label Group to Debut in Spring 2017
On October 14, during Columbia Idol Ikusei Variety 14☆Shoujo Funtou-ki! 〜Dai 2-Shou Flower Notes Shidou!〜 it was announced that second major label group was set to debut in spring 2017.
The members would be selected either from seeDream or the finalists of the Columbia Idol Audition 2016.
*Source: Kamiya Izumi Official Blog*

September 28, 2016 - Columbia Idol Audition 2016 Results Announced
On September 28, during the last SHOWROOM live of the Columbia Idol Audition 2016 the audition results were announced with the winners being Asahina Ruu, Itabashi Kana, Tachibana Riko, and Katagiri Miho being the winners.
The finalists would join Label The Garden and start activities in January 2017.
*Source: Kamiya Izumi Offical Blog*

September 16, 2016 - Tsugawa Arika to Leave seeDream and Label The Garden
On September 16, during Columbia Idol Ikusei Variety 14☆Shoujo Funtou-ki! 〜Major Debut e no Michi 〜 it was announced that Tsugawa Arika would be leaving seeDream and Label The Garden due to going to get surgery for a chronic medical illness.
Tsugawa joined Label The Garden on April 8, after she had passed the Columbia Idol Audition 2015. She joined Label The Garden's first group seeDream on June 12. Her final concert would be Seven Seeds Vol.2 on September 25.
*Source: Tsugawa Arika Offical Blog, Label The Garden Twitter*

September 2, 2016 - Flower Notes Members Announced
On September 2, during Columbia Idol Ikusei Variety 14☆Shoujo Funtou-ki! 〜Major Debut e no Michi 〜 the members of the first major label group were announced. The members include Kimura Saya, Takahashi Mio, Minato Honami, Hazuki Kotomi, Nagasawa Yoshiho, and Fuji Aine. Kimura, Minato, Nagasawa, and Fuji all were finalists of the Columbia Idol Audition 2015.
They will have their major label debut with the single Koibana on December 7.
*Source: Label The Garden Twitter*

August 19, 2016 - Major Debut and Group Name Announced
On August 19, during Columbia Idol Ikusei Variety 14☆Shoujo Funtou-ki! 〜Major Debut e no Michi 〜 it was announced that there would be a major debut on December 7, 2016. The group name was announced as Flower Notes.
The group members would be selected from seeDream and be announced on the next Columbia Idol Ikusei Variety 14☆Shoujo Funtou-ki! 〜Major Debut e no Michi 〜 which would premiere on September 2.
*Source: Label The Garden Twitter*

August 19, 2016 - Nakajima Ayaka to Leave seeDream and Label The Garden
On August 19, during Columbia Idol Ikusei Variety 14☆Shoujo Funtou-ki! 〜Major Debut e no Michi 〜 it was announced that Nakajima Ayaka would leave SeeDream and Label The Garden. The reason for Nakajima leaving was due to family reasons
Nakajima joined Label The Garden on April 8, 2016 alongside the winners of the Columbia Idol Audition and two other girls. She had auditioned in the Columbia Idol Audition 2015 but was turned down for her age being outside the age restrictions. However, she got a call and was invited to join the label. She then joined the Label The Garden's first group seeDream on June 12. Her final concert would be the Seven Seeds Vol.1 on August 28.
*Source: Nakajima Ayaka Official Blog, Label The Garden Official Twitter*

June 24, 2016 - Columbia Idol Audition 2016
On June 24 it was announced that Label the Garden would be holding it's second audition, Columbia Idol Audition 2016. The audition will start taking applicants today until August 12.
On July 1 the second round will commence on SHOWROOM with each applicant getting a time slot to talk to fans and show off their skills. The finalists will be determined in mid-September and start training for a debut in early 2017.
*Source: Label The Garden Twitter*