Smewthie

June 2022

**Smewthie** (スミュウジー) is a five-member Japanese idol group formed on February 22nd, 2021.

The group is made up of the five main voice actresses from the 2022 reboot anime, Tokyo Mew Mew New.

## History

### **Formation & Early Career (2020 - 2021)**

On February 22nd, 2020, a teaser website appeared, the only content was a countdown timer, and mention of an upcoming announcement referred to as "Tokyo Mew Mew New".

Details about the new project were scarce. The countdown timer ended on April 2nd, 2020, revealing that Tokyo Mew Mew would receive a new anime adaption called "Tokyo Mew Mew New". 2 hours later, Nakayoshi also announced the news.

The official website revealed that Pony Canyon's voice acting office, Swallow, is holding auditions to find a brand new voice actress to play Momomiya Ichigo. The winner of the auditions will also be performing as an in-character idol in the upcoming "Tokyo Mew Mew New" idol group called "**Smewthie**".

On February 2nd, 2021, the 10th Tokyo Mew Mew New Prologue video was released, in which Tenma Yūki learned that she would be awarded the role of Ichigo during a video call with Saki Nakajima.

The 11th Prologue video reveleaed that the new voice actresses for Aizawa Minto, Midorikawa Retasu, Bu-Ling Huang and Fujiwara Zakuro which were (in order) Hinata Mirai, Jūni Ryōko, Toda Rian and Momoka Ishii respectively.

### ***Bitter Sweet Darling, Tokyo Mew Mew New's Premiere* and *First 3 Character Songs* (2021)**

On March 2nd, 2021, a preview of bitter sweet darling and Resolution of Colors was uploaded onto the official Tokyo Mew Mew New channel, which would eventually be the 1st OP and ED for the anime respectively. On March 20th, a MV teaser for bitter sweet darling was uploaded and it was revealed that the song would release on March 22nd, 2021 and the full MV was released on YouTube the very next day, March 21st. The making of the song and MV was released over the days after the MV was released, and a full dance performance of the song was released on April 2nd, 2021.

Smewthie's first performance was during the TOKYO MEW MEW NEW Online Event "1st MEW♡ting" Livestream, where they performed bitter sweet darling and Resolution of Colors (timestamps are in the description). Also, this livestream revealed a teaser picture for the anime and the idol group's name and logo. Near the end of the livestream, a letter from Mia Ikumi (R.I.P) was read to Smewthie, and they were shown a piece of art Ikumi had drawn for them.

On February 22nd, 2022, it was revealed that the anime would be broadcasted in July. They also revealed the character designs and voice actors for Aoyama Masaya, Shirogane Ryō, Akasaka Keiichiro and Masha. They were all voiced by (in order) Uchida Yūma, Nakamura Yūichi, Shirai Yūsuke and Ishihara Kaori. In addition to this, the second PV for the anime was released on May 28th, 2022 which revealed a preview of Episode 1 and all the 5 girls's attacks, including Ichigo's transformation sequence. At the end of the PV, the voice actors for Kisshu, Tart and Pie which were (in order) Okamoto Nobuhiko, Yamashita Daiki and Umehara Yūichirō respectively. A short PV series called "Petit! Tokyo Mew Mew New" was created before the anime aired and the first 5 PVs were each Mew Mew introducing themselves. After the first episode aired, short PVs were uploaded after every episode had been aired, explaining the story and what will come next, it also had special PVs dedicated to special events like birthdays etc.

After the first episode was aired on July 5th, 2022, the official Tokyo Mew Mew New channel uploaded the TV-Size OP (Cat!! Shite SuperGirls) and the TV-Size ED (Tokimeki ☆ Ichigo Ichie). The next day, on July 6th, it was revealed that "Cat!! Shite SuperGirls" will have it's own MV in a teaser of Zakuro's side for the MV, the rest of girls's sides were released the following days. On July 10th, 2022, the full MV for "Cat!! Shite SuperGirls" was premiered and uploaded to YouTube. Tokimeki ☆ Ichigo Ichie's full dance practice video was uploaded later that year on December 3rd, 2022.

On July 30th, 2022, Zakuro's first character song for Tokyo Mew Mew New, was uploaded and it was sung by Momoka Ishii who is Zakuro's voice actress, the song was called "I Believe" and it was featured in Episode 4 of the anime during the audition scene. On August 13th, 2022, Zakuro's second character song for the anime, was uploaded and it was again, sung by Momoka Ishii. The song was called "Watashi o Yobu koe" and it was featured in Episode 6 of the anime towards the end of the episode. Both songs were released on other platforms as well.

On September 19th, 2022, Ichigo's first character song for the anime, was uploaded and it was sung by Tenma Yūki who is Ichigo's voice actress, the song was a remake of "my sweet heart" which was the 1st opening to the original 2002's anime adaption, it was released on all platforms and it was the ending tune to the final episode of the new anime, Episode 12. The full song of the new version can be found here. The very next day, on September 20th, 2022, it was revealed that Tokyo Mew Mew New would be getting a Season 2 and it will be premiering sometime in April this year.

### ***Story with you... / 恋はア・ラ・モード (にゅ〜♡ver.), Tokyo Mew Mew New Season 2* and *めがもるふぉ～ぜ♡ / Can-do Dreamer (2022 - 2023)***

On December 22nd, 2022, a teaser video was uploaded to YouTube for an upcoming MV and song called "Story with you..." by Smewthie, in which, **could possibly be the new OP or ED for Season 2 of the anime, although this is unconfirmed and just a speculation.** On January 9th, 2023, the full MV was released and the song was released on many different platforms. It was later revealed that the song was included in an Album and an EP called "Story with you... / 恋はア・ラ・モード (にゅ〜♡ver.)" which can be found here and on many other platforms. Previews of their live performances for Tokimeki ☆ Ichigo Ichie and Resolution of Colors were uploaded on 18th and 19th January respectively.

On February 23rd, 2023, the official YouTube channel for Tokyo Mew Mew New uploaded a new PV announcing Season 2's air date and a preview of the season itself. Season 2 for the anime will premiere on 3 different channel blocks in Japan which include:

* **TV Tokyo** on April 4th, 2023 at **24:00**
* **TV Tokyo (BS)** on April 4th, 2023 at **24:30**
* **AT-X** on April 23rd, 2023 at **23:30**

On March 10th, 2023, it was announced on the official Twitter page for the group that a new album called "めがもるふぉ～ぜ♡ / Can-do Dreamer" will be released on April 19th, 2023, 15 days after the premiere of Season 2 for Tokyo Mew Mew New. The album comes as a **Limited Edition** and an **Anime Edition**, it's revealed that めがもるふぉ～ぜ♡ and Can-do Dreamer will be the OP and ED for the anime respectively. On the official YouTube channel for Tokyo Mew Mew New, it's also revealed that めがもるふぉ～ぜ♡ will have it's own MV that will premiere on the same day as Season 2 premieres. They also uploaded a teaser for the MV on March 20th, 2023.

## Members

* Tenma Yūki (天麻ゆうき: **Pink**) as **Momomiya Ichigo** (桃宮いちご)
* Hinata Mirai (日向未来: **Light Blue**) as **Minto Aizawa** (相沢みんと)
* Jūni Ryōko (十二稜子: **Light Green**) as **Retatsu Midorikawa** (緑川れたつ)
* Toda Rian (戸田梨杏: **Yellow**) as **Bu-Ling Huang** (黄歩鈴)
* Momoka Ishii (石井萌々果: **Purple**) as **Zakuro Fujiwara** (藤原ざくろ)

## Discography

### **Theme Song CDs:**

* **[2022.08.17]** Cat!! Shite SuperGirls / Tokimeki ☆ Ichigo Ichie (Cat!! してSuperGirls / トキメキ☆イチゴいちえ; *Cat!! Hero SuperGirls / Heartbeat ☆ Once-in-a-Lifetime*)
* **[2023.01.18]** Story with you... / Koi wa A La Mode (New~♡ver.) (Story With You... / 恋はア・ラ・モード（にゅ～♡ ver.))
* **[2023.04.19]** Megamarufose♡ / Can-do Dreamer (めがもるふぉ～ぜ♡ / Can-do Dreamer; *Megamarufose♡ / Can-do Dreamer*)

### **Character Songs:**

#### **Tenma Yūki:**

* **[2022.09.20]** my sweet heart (にゅ〜♡Ver.)

#### **Momoka Ishii:**

* **[2022.07.26]** I Believe
* **[2022.08.09]** Watashi no Yobu koe

## Videos

【Resolution of colors】Smewthie「Story with you...／恋はア・ラ・モード(にゅ〜♡ver.)」【初回盤特典映像】試聴動画Resolution of Colors Performance (Recent)Smewthie “Resolution of colors” Dance Performance VideoResolution of Colors (Dance Performance)Smewthie “Resolution of colors” Live Performance Video-2Resolution of Colors (First Performance)Smewthie - Resolution of Colors full performance for Tokyo Mew Mew NewResolution of Colors (Livestream Performance)Resolution of colorsResolution of Colors (Audio)Smewthie (スミュウジー) - Resolution of Colors -Color Coded ENG-ROM-JP- -東京ミュウミュResolution of Colors (Color Coded Lyrics)Smewthie『bitter sweet darling』Music Videobitter sweet darling』's Full MV【東京ミュウミュウ にゅ〜♡ OP主題歌】Smewthie「Cat!!してSuperGirls」Music Video「Cat!!してSuperGirls」's Full MV