Fragrant Drive

May, 2022

**Fragrant Drive** (フラグラントドライブ) is a J-pop group. They were under the label Label The Garden until October 1, 2020 as the label closed down. They are currently independent.

The group was announced on October 2, 2018 with it merging the groups Clef Leaf and seeDream into one new group.

Fragrant Drive's highest selling single is "Garusupi ~Smells Like Girl Spirit~" with 5,207 copies being sold while their lowest selling single being "Mune no Oku no Vermillion" with 4,364 copies being sold.

## Members

*Main Article: Fragrant Drive Members*
* Current Members
* Former Members

* Ihara Kanami (伊原佳奈美); **Geranium pink**) (Graduated; March 30, 2022)
* Mita Noe (三田のえ); **Sabon Blue**) (Graduated; March 30, 2022)
* Hayama Yuzu (葉山ゆず; **Black**) (Graduated; September 27, 2020)
* Nishioka Rena (西岡玲菜; **Yellow**) (Graduated; September 27, 2020)
* Katoh Marin (加藤真凜; **Aquamarine**) (Graduated; May 2, 2020)
* Sakashita Miyabi (坂下雅) (Left; February 21, 2019)

## History

### 2018: Formation

On October 2, during the regular LTG Teiki Kouen in ZEST ~Clef Leaf & seeDream~ concert. It was announced that Clef Leaf and seeDream would join together and become one new group. Details about the new group would come at a later time and both groups would continue being active as current until November 25.

On November 14, it was announced that the new group's debut performance will be at *LIVE SHOW CASE 2018* on December 9th.

On November 25, the name of the group was announced as Fragrant Drive. As well as naming Itabashi Kana as leader and Katoh Marin as sub-leader.

### 2019

On February 21, it was announced on the official Fragrant Drive Twitter that Sakashita Miyabi had resigned from Fragrant Drive and Label The Garden due to violating her contract.

On March 27, they will release their first single Mune no Oku no Vermillion.

On April 28, Fragrant Drive held their first solo one man live concert, Fragrant Drive 1st One Man Live ~Mune no Oku no Vermillion~.

From June 22 to 23, Fragrant Drive were invited to perform at 3D LIVE Revolution in Taipei, Taiwan. This was Fragrant Drive's first overseas expedition.

On August 2 and 4, Fragrant Drive will perform at TOKYO IDOL FESTIVAL 2019.

On July 13, Fragrant Drive will perform at Idol Koushien SUMMER FESTIVAL 2019.

On August 18, Fragrant Drive were invited to perform at Guild Friends ULTRA Live Vol.1 in Taipei, Taiwan.

On December 18, Fragrant Drive released their 2nd major single Garusupi ~Smells Like Girl Spirit~.

### 2020

On February 29, it was announced that Katoh Marin would graduate from Label The Garden and Fragrant Drive on May 2. She is graduating to focus on her physical condition.

On March 29, Fragrant Drive was supposed to hold their second one man live concert, Fragrant Drive 2nd One Man Live ~Still Growing Up~. It was cancelled as the Tokyo Metropolitan Governor requested people not to go out due to coronavirus pandemic.

On July 31, it was announced that Hayama Yuzu and Nishioka Rena would be graduating Fragrant Drive on September 30. It was also announced that on October 1 Fragrant Drive would be leaving Label The Garden and Nippon Columbia and continue independently.

On October 1, Fragrant Drive opened up their own YouTube channel. The members will start to post different types of videos, like challenges and dance videos, so fans can get to know the members better.

On October 2, Fragrant Drive performed at TOKYO IDOL FESTIVAL Online 2020.

On November 7, Fragrant Drive performed at the Saco Fes Vol.3. At the performance the new system was unveiled with new members Tsuji Rio and Mita Noe being introduced.

### 2021

On June 27, Fragrant Drive held a solo concert Fragrant Drive 60min GIG in AK.

On August 3, it was announced that the group had halted group activities due to Tsuji Rio being diagnosed with COVID-19 and Itabashi Kana being a close contact to Tsuji. The group resumed activities on August 18 when Itabashi's isolation period ended.

### 2022

On February 20, they had a solo concert Furadora HADO Shukushou Kouen.

On February 22, it was announced that both Ihara Kanami and Mita Noe would be graduate from Fragrant Drive on March 21, 2022 with a graduation live Fragrant Drive Ihara Kanami & Mita Noe Farewell Party.

From April 15 - 18, new members were unveiled on the Fragrant Drive Twitter. Mitsumaru Yua, Nogami Coco, Kohinata Misaki, and Chiyoda Ruki. Kohinata and Chiyoda are former PASTELL members. For a new member to be unveiled the previous new member tweet had to get 100 retweets. On April 29 the new members performed with Fragrant Drive for the first time.

On August 20, it was announced that Fragrant Drive would hold their first Higashimeihan tour titled, Fragrant Drive Higashimeihan Tour 2022『Seven Girls, Seven Seeds』.

## Discography

### Major Sinlges

1. [2019.03.27] Mune no Oku no Vermillion
2. [2019.12.18] Garusupi ~Smells Like Girl Spirit~

### Digital Singles

* [2021.12.25] Futari no Story (ふたりのストーリー; *The Story of Two*)

### Original Songs

* [2020] Want Your Love
* [2022] Suki da! (好きだ; *I love!*)

## Trivia

* Their group emoji is a red rose "🌹".
* They decided during their January 31st SHOWROOM live to call their fans Flavor (フレーバー).

## See Also

* Fragrant Drive Discography
* Fragrant Drive Members
* Fragrant Drive Concert & Events
* Gallery:Fragrant Drive

## External Links

* Fragrant Drive HP
* YouTube
* Official Fragrant Drive Twitter
* Official Fragrant Drive Showroom

## References

1. ↑ [1] (in Japanese). Label The Garden Twitter. 2018-10-02.
2. ↑ [2] (in Japanese). Label The Garden Twitter. 2018-11-04.
3. ↑ [3] (in Japanese). Official Fragrant Drive Twitter. 02-21-2019.
4. ↑ "#フラドラ🌹初の海外遠征決定" (In Japanese). Fragrant Drive Official Twitter. 2019-05-20.
5. ↑ "世界最大級のアイドルフェス“TOKYO IDOL FESTIVAL 2019”出演決定!!" (In Japanese). Fragrant Drive HP. 2019-05-30. (Archived).
6. ↑ [https://twitter.com/FD\_LTG/status/1138356538219741185 "「TOKYO IDOL FESTIVAL 2019」
出演日決定‼️"] (In Japanese). Fragrant Drive Official Twitter. 2019-06-11
7. ↑ "“アイドル甲子園 SUMMER FESTIVAL 2019”出演決定!!" (in Japanese). Fragrant Drive HP. 2019-06-11.
8. ↑ SUMMER FESTIVAL 2019」出演決定‼️ (in Japanese). Fragrant Drive Official Twitter. 2019-06-11. (Archived).
9. ↑ [4] (In Japanese). Fragrant Drive Official Twitter. 2019-05-27.
10. ↑ "お知らせ" (in Japanese). Katoh Marin LineBlog. 2020-02-29.
11. ↑ "お知らせ" (in Japanese). Fragrant Drive Twitter. 2020-02-29.
12. ↑ [5] (in Japanese). Fragrant Drive Twitter. 2020-03-26.
13. ↑ "Fragrant Driveより大切なお知らせ" (in Japanese). Fragrant Drive Website. 2020-07-31.
14. ↑ "＜Fragrant Driveより大切なお知らせ＞" (in Japanese). Fragrant Drive Twitter. 2020-07-31
15. ↑ "#フラドラ 新体制での初ステージ" (in Japanese). Fragrant Drive Twitter. 2020-11-07.
16. ↑ "【お知らせ】" (in Japanese). Fragrant Drive Official Twitter. 2021-08-03.
17. ↑ "【Fragrant Driveより大切なお知らせ】" (in Japanese). Fragrant Drive Twitter. 2022-02-22.
18. ↑ "新メンバー紹介①" (in Japanese). Fragrant Drive Twitter. 2022-04-15.
19. ↑ "新メンバー紹介②" (in Japanese). Fragrant Drive Twitter. 2022-04-16.
20. ↑ "新メンバー紹介③" (in Japanese). Fragrant Drive Twitter. 2022-04-17.
21. ↑ "新メンバー紹介④" (in Japanese). Fragrant Drive Twitter. 2022-04-18.
22. ↑ [6] (in Japanese). Ihara Kanami Official Twitter. 2019-01-23.
23. ↑ [7] (in Japanese). Itabashi Kana Official Twitter. 2019-01-31.