E.G.family

E.G.family's final lineup (February 2020)

**E.G.family** was a project composed by artists and groups related to E-girls. The project was announced on June 5, 2017 and it effectively started on July 17, 2017.

The project ended on December 31, 2020 following E-girls' disbandment.

## About

E.G.family was previously a joint project of the groups Dream, Happiness and Flower which was named *E-girls*. With the evolution of the project, E-girls formally became an original group and the brand *E-girls* became E.G.family. E.G.family is also the female equivalent of the EXILE TRIBE.

*We are here to announce that E-girls will be evolved into E.G.family.*
*"E-girls" is a girls' entertainment project debuted in April 2011. The members from Dream, Happiness and Flower gathered together to realize their dreams on a larger stage.*
*Thanks to your support, "E-girls" has accumulated valuable experience and realized a lot of dreams in these 6 years.*
*What kind of team E-girls should become from now on, so that more people could enjoy their entertainment? What kind of entertainment should E-girls present? In order to address these matters, 19 members shared their dreams with each other. They also exchanged their ideas about how to make everyone's dream come true and how to make E-girls a better group.*
*In order to present better entertainment that more people could enjoy and to make everyone's dream come true, the E-girls members made a decision that they would carry out activities as E.G.family in the future.*
*LDH respects every member's will and will help them to realize their dreams.*
*Please look forward to the future activities of E-girls, Dream Ami, DANCE EARTH PARTY, Happiness, Flower, ShuuKaRen, SudannaYuzuYully and E.G.family and support them as always.*

June 5, 2017

*In April 2011, the three groups of Dream, Happiness, and Flower gathered together and began as an entertainment project.*
*Thanks to everyone's warm support, we have been able to fulfill many drams, including a 3rd arena tour and our 4th consecutive appearance on Kouhaku.*
*Six years have passed since we began, and we talked about what to do to keep E-girls shining. As a result of multiple discussions with the 19 members, sharing each other’s dreams and respecting them, we decided to start a new organization.*
*The future "E-girls" will expand into a three dimensional artist group known as "E.G.family" and evolve as a girls entertainment project.*
*E.G.family includes seven artists: E-girls, Dream Ami, DANCE EARTH PARTY, Happiness, Flower, ShuuKaRen, and SudannaYuzuYully.*
*E-girls, which has been working as a "project" so far will start anew as one team of 11 members.*
*Everyone in E.G.family will use what has been gained in experience with E-girls so far, so that everyone's dreams will come true. And seeking a new glow, we will further evolve.*
*All the members will work with their full power so that the entertainment delivered by E.G.family will be better than ever.*
*Anticipate our new form of evolution, and we look forward to your continued support.*

June 5th, 2017

Dream
The three remaining members of Dream would be focusing on their side projects' activities, as it was also announced that the group would not have future activities together. Therefore, the group had disbanded.
Dream Aya

Aya would graduate from both E-girls and Dream, as well retire from singing and performing, become the chief creative manager of E-girls, and work as a staff member to support the production activities of E-girls and other E.G. family members. She would also continue to work as an artist focusing on creative activities such as photography and graphic design.
Dream Ami

Ami, who has been able to pull E-girls to the top so far and fulfill many dreams, would be focusing on her solo activities as she expressed that she wanted independence as a soloist without being a member on E-girls.

Dream Shizuka

Shizuka would focus on activities as a member of DANCE EARTH PARTY. DANCE EARTH PARTY would be a bridge that connects E.G.family and EXILE TRIBE.

MIYUU

MIYUU, who has devoted herself to Happiness as a leader and choreographer, and live composition/directing, would be aiming for further growth in those areas.

Kawamoto Ruri

Kawamoto Ruri would focus on Happiness activities with the desire of expanding Happiness' range of music and increasing her expressive power as a vocalist in hopes of pulling along Happiness even further.

Fujii Shuuka

Fujii Shuuka, due to her limited time and busy schedule, would be focusing on her modeling activities, and further evolve her activities with Flower and ShuuKaRen.

Shigetome Manami

Shigetome Manami would focus on activities as a member and leader of Flower, to make the group even better than before.

Nakajima Mio

Like Shigetome, Nakajima Mio would be focusing on activities as a Flower member, challenging her performance skills in order to increase her own expressiveness and Flower's.

E-girls Pyramid, Rabbits and Bunnies
Until now, the lineup was a pyramid structure, with everyone aiming for E-girls, but now it's a three-dimensional place called E.G.family where all groups co-exist. Since the pyramid was discontinued, young girls in Rabbits, Bunnies, and others would now be part of "EXPG LAB".

## Line-up at Time of Discontinuation

* **E-girls**

* **Dream Ami**

**Dream Ami**
* **Dream Shizuka**

**Dream Shizuka**
* **Happiness**

* **Shigetome Manami**

**Shigetome Manami**
* **Rei**

**Rei**
* **Sudannayuzuyully**

### Former Groups/Acts

* ShuuKaRen (July 17 - December 31, 2017)
	+ Fujii Shuuka
* DANCE EARTH PARTY (July 17, 2017 - December 4, 2018)
* Flower (July 17, 2017 - September 30, 2019)
	+ Nakajima Mio (July 17, 2017 - December 31, 2019)
* Dream Aya *(chief creative manager)* (July 17, 2017 - January 31, 2020)

## History

### 2017

On June 5, it was announced that the girls' entertainment project "E-girls" would expand their organization as the artist group "E.G. family" and start with a new structure. With this change, E-girls would become an original group within E.G. family and now consist of 11 members instead of 19. Those 11 members would be: Washio Reina (Flower), Fujii Karen (Happiness / ShuuKaRen), Takebe Yuzuna (Sudannayuzuyully), Kaede (Happiness), Sato Harumi (Flower), Suda Anna (Happiness / Sudannayuzuyully), Bando Nozomi (Flower), SAYAKA (Happiness), YURINO (Happiness / Sudannayuzuyully), Ishii Anna and Yamaguchi Nonoka. The theme of this project would be "E.G. EVOLUTION: Seeking new brilliance, each one of us will evolve further". On the other hand, the future plans of the members who had decided to leave E-girls were also revealed: Fujii Shuuka would concentrate on the activities of Flower / ShuuKaRen, Shigetome Manami and Nakajima Mio on Flower, and MIYUU and Kawamoto Ruri on Happiness. As for Dream, there would be no plans for the three members to work as a trio, and each member would remain with the group by taking on its name like their surname. Dream Aya would become the chief creative manager and retire as a vocal performer, Dream Ami would focus on her solo activities, and Dream Shizuka would act as the vocalist of DANCE EARTH PARTY. All in all, the newly formed E.G. family would consist of E-girls, Dream Ami, DANCE EARTH PARTY, Happiness, Flower, ShuukaRen, and Sudannayuzuyully. According to their agency, LDH JAPAN, all 19 members of E-girls and the staff had many discussions over time since the end of their tour in August 2016, and the members themselves decided that it was time for each one of them to start moving toward their own dreams.

On the same day, it was announced that E-girls would hold the 2-day concert *E-girls LIVE 2017 ~E.G.EVOLUTION~* at Saitama Super Arena on July 15 and 16 as a memorial live concert that culminates 6 years of E-girls and marks the start of "E.G. family". The second day of the live, the 16th, would be Dream Aya's last day as a vocalist and performer.

On December 31, Fujii Shuuka graduated from Flower and ShuuKaRen and retired from the entertainment industry due to to the symptoms of the cervical spinal disc herniation, that she was diagnosed with in October, becoming more severe. It was also announced that with her departure, ShuuKaRen would end their activities as an unit since only Fujii Karen would remain as a member. ShuuKaRen was removed from the E.G.family line-up on January 1, 2018.

### 2018

On December 4, DANCE EARTH PARTY announced that its members would end their activities in the group. With the announcement, Dream Shizuka became a soloist within E.G.family.

### 2019

On December 4, 2018, it was announced that E.G.family's first tour titled *E.G.POWER 2019 ~POWER to the DOME~* would take place. The tour would include all members and units within E.G.family's line-up and was held from February 22 to May 25, 2019. A footage of the concert at NHK Hall was released on July 24.

On September 20, Flower member Nakajima Mio announced that she would retire from entertainment industry to start a new life path as she was pregnant and engaged to FC Machida Zelvia football player Togashi Cayman. As result, Flower and its staff went through repeated discussions and it was decided that the group would disband at the end of the same month. Aside Najakima, the remaining members would continue working in the entertainment industry with Washio Reina, Bando Nozomi and Sato Harumi staying as members of E-girls.

On September 30, Flower officially disbanded and on October 1, the group was removed from E.G.family's line-up.

On December 22, at "Bessekai"'s release event, it was announced that E-girls would disband at the end of 2020. With the announcement, it was revealed that after the disbandment, Bando Nozomi, Sato Harumi, Ishii Anna and Yamaguchi Nonoka would focus on their acting and modeling careers, SAYAKA, Kaede, Fujii Karen, YURINO and Suda Anna would devote themselves full time to Happiness, which had entered a partnership with the American company 88rising with intentions of international expansion, Washio Reina would make her solo debut as a singer, and Takebe Yuzuna would join a new unit formed with the successful candidates of an international audition held by DJ and LDH EUROPE's CEO Afrojack.

On December 31, Nakajima retired from the entertainment industry and subsequently left E.G.family.

### 2020

On January 1, Dream Aya announced that she would work independently as a photographer and graphic designer outside of LDH. Despite her leaving, she would continue to produce fan club goods and newsletters for the agency as usual. Her contract ended on January 31 and she left E.G.family.

On October 2, Washio Reina made her solo debut with the digital single "Call Me Sick / Konna Sekai ni Shita no wa Dare da" under the stage name **Rei**, and was added to the E.G.family line-up.

On November 28, with the announcement that E-girls' disbandment would happen as scheduled on December 31, it was revealed that E.G.family would be discontinued and the mobile site would be renamed to *LDH Girls* on January 1, 2021.

On December 31, the project officially discontinued.

## Discography

Other Albums
* [2020.09.09] E.G.POWER 2019 ~POWER to the DOME~ *(digital live album)*

Video Releases
* [2019.07.24] E.G.POWER 2019 ~POWER to the DOME~

## Concerts/Tours

* [2019.02.22-2019.05.25] E.G.POWER 2019 ~POWER to the DOME~

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 E-girlsを応援してくださる皆さまへ
2. ↑ To everyone who always supports E-girls
3. ↑ E-girls’ “E.G. Evolution” reveals several major announcements, including a line up change, releases, and new tour
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 https://mdpr.jp/music/detail/1691676
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 https://natalie.mu/music/news/235440
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2091853/full/
7. ↑ https://mdpr.jp/music/detail/1691606
8. ↑ https://mdpr.jp/music/detail/1691633
9. ↑ https://e-talentbank.co.jp/news/enta/36572/?type=desc
10. ↑ Dream Ayaを応援してくださる皆様へ
11. ↑ E.G.family mobile事務局より大切なお知らせ

## External Links

* E.G.family page
* E.G. EVOLUTION page

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