Honey Harmony

* BEY
* LC
* NY
* FR

**Honey Harmony** (ハニーハーモニー), was a Japanese pop group within Hanakotoba Factories that was formed in January 31, 2017 as a collective of three sub-groups: Love Crescendo (ラブクレッシェンド), Namae Yobaretai (名前呼ばれ隊; *Called Squad*) and FRONTIER (フロンティア), with first 2 groups consisting of Hanakotoba Kenshuusei members and the winners of Hanakotoba Factories 4ki "ONLY YOU" Audition and the 3rd group is only consisting of Hanakotoba Factories 4ki "ONLY YOU" Audition winners.

On December 31, 2021, Honey Harmony disbanded with a concert at Tokyo Dome City Hall.

## History

### **2017: Formation and Major Debut**

On September 10, 2016, it was announced that two new Hanakotoba Factories groups will be formed. Both group would begin activities sometime in the summer or fall 2017. On the same day, it was announced that an audition to find members for the new groups was slated to begin in late September of early October. The Hanakotoba Factories 4ki "ONLY YOU" Audition officialy began on October 1, 2016.

On January 1, the groups' names were revealed as **Love Crescendo** and **Namae Yobaretai**. Together they would form a collective group named Honey Harmony.

On January 31, the winners of the Hanakotoba Factories 4ki "ONLY YOU" Audition Audition were revealed as Arai Hitomi, Miyata Manamo, Ueda Miyabi joining Love Crescendo; Nakayama Riko, Morita Hikaru, Nagase Riko joining Namae Yobaretai; Matsumoto Hinata, Kanagawa Saya, Hasegawa Mitsuki and Hishida Myuka forming a new 3rd group, **FRONTIER**, instead of joining either of the two groups above. On the same day, it was also announced that Sasaki Maika and Konno Ayaka from Hanakotoba Kenshuusei would joined Love Crescendo and Namae Yobaretai, respectively.

On February 27, it was revealed that they would make their major debut and release their first single on June 1, with Synchronized ~Synchro~.

On May 23, Arai Hitomi was announced leader of **Love Crescendo**, Konno Ayaka was announced leader of **Namae Yobaretai** and Matsumoto Hinata was announced leader of **FRONTIER**; the members' image colors were also announced.

On May 24, Honey Harmony performed at GIRLS ROCKS.

On June 17, Honey Harmony performed at the GIRLS IDOL FESTA 2017.

On November 9, it was announced that Honey Harmony had won a Newcomer Award from the *50th Japan Cable Awards*, and they were presented their award at the ceremony on December 4.

On November 16, Honey Harmony were also announced to have won a Newcomer Award from the *59th Japan Record Awards*. At the ceremony on December 30, they were presented their award and were later announced as the winners of the Best Newcomer Award out of three other artists.

### **2018**

On January 5, Honey Harmony began their first radio show on Tokai Radio, titled *Honey Harmony no Camellia Night*.

On March 14, they performed in the second part of the SKY PerfecTV! Ongakusai 2018 alongside Someday Somewhere.

Honey Harmony performed on all three days of *TOKYO IDOL FESTIVAL 2018*, from August 3 through August 5.

On September 21, it was announced that Honey Harmony would sing Japanese covers of the opening and ending themes for the DreamWorks animated TV series *Trolls: Sing, Dance, Hug!* which begins airing on TV Tokyo on October 3. The opening theme is titled "Hair up Sora e!" (originally "Hair in the Air"), and ending theme is titled "Mou Saikou!" (originally "Best Day Ever").

### **2019**

On January 31, the second anniversary of their major debut, Honey Harmony published the *Honey Harmony 1st Official Book*. Also as part of the celebration, the group opened a pop-up café in collaboration with AREA-Q ANNEX in Harajuku named "Kissa Camellia" from the same day and ending on March 31.

On August 2, Honey Harmony performed at TOKYO IDOL FESTIVAL 2019.

Honey Harmony was invited to perform as guests at Meiji Yasuda Life J2 League Section 38 "TERADA 80th Anniversary Match Day" during FC Machida Zelvia vs. FC Gifu match on October 27.

### **2020**

On February 9, the group performed at MX IDOL FESTIVAL Vol.15 at Toyosu PIT.

### **2021**

On September 8, it was announced that Honey Harmony would disband on December 31, 2021 with a concert at Tokyo Dome City Hall. Afterwards,
the remaining members would continue to be active after graduating from the group, with most of them being added to other Hanakotoba Fairies Groups.

On October 9, they held their last fanclub bus tour.

On December 31, the members graduated from the group, and the group has officially disbanded.

## Discography

* Albums
* Singles

Studio Albums

Major Singles
1. [2017.06.01] Synchronized ~Synchro~
2. [2017.09.30] Mizu no Hoshi e Ai wo Komete
3. [2017.12.11] Mirai
4. [2018.02.05] Hiren Hakusho
5. [2018.06.22] Shishūki
6. [2018.09.30] Sayonara No Banka
7. [2018.12.04] Matenrō
8. [2019.03.06] Haru Oboro
9. [2019.06.07] Natsu Ni Dakarete
10. [2019.09.21] Rengesō No Koi
11. [2019.11.21] Ieji
12. [2020.04.22] Yoru No Tenohira
13. [2020.07.05] Yumemiru You Ni Aishitai
14. [2020.10.09] Boku no Besuto Furendo e
15. [2020.12.20] Atokata Mo Naku
16. [2021.05.09] Shiawase No Kakera
17. [2021.12.17] Hajimari No Uta, Anata E