Our Story

## **Formation**

CH4U Started back in March 22, 2018 when Uriko and a few friends decided to create their own Idol Group after getting eliminated from the qualifiers of the *MNL48* First Generation auditions. It started as a joke, but with a little push from friends and other people, they went ahead and held auditions and started accepting members.

CH4U started with a total of 12 members, and was split into 2 teams. Team Cryptic and Team Holly. Each with 6 members, with a mix of members within and outside Manila.

## **Member Loss**

After a few unfortunate events CH4U has lost half of their original members.

With various reasons, 6 of the first few members decided to quit from the group. Some of them released public statements as to why they have decided to leave.

This has left CH4U with only 6 members from the initial 12. Uriko, Sunny, Kimhui, Eru-chii, Aya and Crystal.

## **First Performance**

The debut performance for CH4U was at *Pinoy Otaku Festival: Ai* back in June 2, 2018.

Uriko, Sunny, Kimhui and Eru-chii performed a couple of songs for the audience.

## **Manila Idol Matsuri**

For their first major stage, CH4U performed at *The Manila Idol Matsuri* together with other idol groups and cover groups from the Philippines. Including *Aidoru Sozai*, *A.L.I.C.E Project*, *JaphDolls* and *MNL48*.

Here, they also debuted their two original songs, Mithiin and Love4U.

## **Post MIM**

After *The Manila Idol Matsuri*, CH4U performed for a few events but with only Sunny and Uriko as it's active members. They performed collaborations with other idols and groups such as *Tanchikon*, *Seushi* and *Project:Urodia*.

## **Graduation**

At *Ozine Fest: Anime Figure Special*. CH4U has officially announced the graduation of four of it's inactive members. Kimhui, Eru-chii, Aya and Crystal.

Kimhui and Eru-chii was able to perform for their final stage, while Aya and Crystal both had video messages for the fans as farewell.

## **Reboot**

March 2019, CH4U underwent a re-brand with a new logo and concept. The concept now revolves on the 4 seasons: Summer, Winter, Spring and Autumn. With each member representing a season.

They also introduced two new members. Chiyuki and Clover. Their first performance as the new CH4U was held at *Ozine Fest 2019*.

They also debuted their newest song Coconuts at *Aidol Fiesta vol. 1*.

## **Toycon Stage**

Together with *Aidoru Sozai* and *Pastel∞Mix*, CH4U was one of the groups invited to perform at *Toycon 2019*. This was the first time that Toycon invited Local Idol Group performers, and CH4U was lucky enough to be part of this.

CH4U Performed for two stages. A collaboration stage with *Pastel∞Mix* as an intermission for the cosplay competition stage, and another for Toycon's Stage. This was also one of their most hectic events, as CH4U was able to perform a total of 6 songs, all while running back and forth between the stages.

## **Uriko Graduation**

On November 2019, CH4U's founding member *Uriko* performed for one last time. It was announced that she will be graduating from the group due to her back condition.

The other members surprised her with an acoustic version of one of their original songs Mithiin followed by a solo performance.

## **Patch Update 2.1**

March 2020. CH4U Updates everyone's Facebook profile Pictures to Monochrome at 3am, as if there was a virus that hit everyone's profile. CH4U then proceeded to announce that they are currently installing a Patch Update.

The Patch was later on revealed as the addition of a new member, *Seushi* taking the Winter Blue slot, and the change of *Chiyuki*'s color to Autumn Pink.

## **Chiyuki Graduation**

September 2020. Chiyuki's graduation from the group has been announced officially. Her graduation was due to a switch in career path, and this was supported by the members as well.

Her departure from the group has already been planned and discussed prior to the official announcement, but due to technical difficulties and circumstances, the said plans were no longer possible to be pushed further.

They have opted to simply announce the departure from the group via a post.

She is now a streamer via Youtube and Facebook Gaming under the name Planet Ashia.

## **Year END Party**

December 30, 2020. While the pandemic is still ongoing, the group conducted an online performance for the end of the year complete with recorded performance videos from each member, and even a group performance that was edited together.

At the same time, this was also where the group announced that they will finally disband as CH4U. A lot of people were shocked by the news, but they have announced that this was a decision that they made a long time ago, and decided that CH4U will no longer continue its activities.

The group was active for almost 3 years since March 2018, and decided to finally close on December 2020.