Flower Notes

**Flower Notes** (フラワーノート), was a Japanese pop group within Hanakotoba Factories. They were originally formed on May 10, 2015 by four members from Hanakotoba Kenshuusei and three winners of Hanakotoba Factories "ONLY YOU" Audition.

On March 26, 2020, Flower Notes disbanded with a concert at Tokyo Dome City Hall.

## Members

*Main article: Flower Notes Members*
* Members at Time of Disbandment
* Former Members

* Myoui Mina
* Tamura Mayu
* Tanabe Minami
* Mouri Ami
* Inoue Rei

- Yanagawa Nanami  (Graduated: March 11, 2019)

- Asahara Rin  (Graduated: July 13, 2017)

## History

### **2015: Formation and Major Debut**

On May 10, during the Hanakotoba Project 2015 SPRING concert, a new Hanakotoba Factories unit consisting of Hanakotoba Kenshuusei members Myoui Mina, Mouri Ami, Yanagawa Nanami, Asahara Rin and Hanakotoba Factories "ONLY YOU" Audition winners Tamura Mayu, Tanabe Minami and Inoue Rei was announced.

On June 8, Myoui Mina was announced leader of Flower Notes, while Tamura Mayu was announced sub-leader of the group.

On June 14, it was announced that Flower Notes would release their major debut single "Sweet Snow" on August 14.

On September 28, Flower Notes performed at the *Honkaku Ongaku Joshi-sai -Sono Kyuu-*.

On November 16, Flower Notes performed at the *Honkaku Ongaku Joshi-sai -Sono Juuichi-*, making their second appearance at the live idol event.

On November 20, it was announced Flower Notes won a Newcomer Award at the *57th Japan Record Awards* and were nominated for the Best Newcomer Award, which they successfully won during the December 30 broadcast.

On November 24, Flower Notes released their 2nd single "Show TIME".

### **2016**

On January 11, Flower Notes performed at Radio NIKKEI's *Idol Generation vol.34* event, and at FM-FUJI's *GIRLS❤GIRLS❤GIRLS* premium live at Shinjuku ReNY on January 26.

On February 29, Flower Notes performed at the *Honkaku Ongaku Joshi-sai -Sono Juushi-*, making their third appearance at the live idol event. On March 12, they performed at the PINK!SS & Kopinks! Last Live 2016 MOMENT memories/memorize, along with Someday Somewhere, and were guests at the TSURI×BIT Presents Ore Toku Dayo! Zennin Shugo! ~Spring Special~ live on March 14.

On March 21, Flower Notes released their 3rd single "Smile Again".

On July 20, Flower Notes released their 4th single "Hikari no Kage".

On September 26, it was announced that Flower Notes would host a regular corner on the multi-network music info program *Uta-navi!* titled "Flower Notes no Dosukoi! Teikiben." The corner began in October, with members taking turns as hosts.

On December 1, Flower Notes released their 5th single "Cross Over".

### **2017**

From February 23 to March 4, Flower Notes starred in the musical JK Ninja Girls. It was also announced that the group would also be starring in their first movie, an adaptation of the musical, which was theatrically released on July 17.

On March 9, Flower Notes released their 6th single "SHINING☆STAR".

On March 31, Asahara Rin announced she would graduate from the group in July 2017.

On June 20, Flower Notes released their 7th single "Natsu wanna say love U".

On July 13, Asahara Rin graduated from the group.

On October 21, Flower Notes released their 8th single "Chikutaku☆2NITE".

### **2018**

On January 25, Flower Notes released their 9th single "Shoujo Traveler".

On April 19, their first radio show, titled *Flower Notes no Yozora de Aimashou*, began airing on FM-FUJI.

On May 20, Flower Notes released their 10th single "Ryuusei no Kuchizuke".

On August 3, Flower Notes performed at TOKYO IDOL FESTIVAL 2018 on the SMILE GARDEN stage in the day and the HOT STAGE in the evening.

On November 2, Yanagawa Nanami announced that she would be graduating from the group in March 2019 to further her education.

On November 12, Flower Notes released their 11th single "White Wishes".

### **2019**

On March 11, Yanagawa Nanami graduated from the group. She subsequently retired from the entertainment industry to solely focus on entering university.

On April 12, Flower Notes released their 12th single "Evolution No.9".

On August 4, Flower Notes performed at TOKYO IDOL FESTIVAL 2019 on the SMILE GARDEN and HOT STAGE.

On August 17, Flower Notes released their 13th single "HAPPY 7 DAY".

Flower Notes 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.

On November 26, Flower Notes released their 14th single "MY ONLY ONE".

### **2020**

On January 8, it was announced that Flower Notes would disband on March 26, 2020 with a concert at Tokyo Dome City Hall.

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

On March 3, Flower Notes released their 15th and final single, "Ai Ai Ai".

On March 19, BS SKY PerfecTV! aired a two-hour television special about the group titled *Flower Notes Tokuban ~Minna de Sakaseta Seishun no Hana~*.

On March 26, the members graduated from the group and, except for Inoue Rei, also from Hanakotoba Project at the end of the Flower Notes Live 2020 ~The Final Ring!~, and the group has officially disbanded.

## Discography

* Albums
* Singles

Studio Albums

Major Singles
1. [2015.08.14] Sweet Snow
2. [2015.11.24] Show TIME
3. [2016.03.21] Smile Again
4. [2016.07.20] Hikari no Kage
5. [2016.12.01] Cross Over
6. [2017.03.09] SHINING☆STAR
7. [2017.06.20] Natsu wanna say love U
8. [2017.10.21] Chikutaku☆2NITE
9. [2018.01.25] Shoujo Traveler
10. [2018.05.20] Ryuusei no Kuchizuke
11. [2018.11.12] White Wishes
12. [2019.04.12] Evolution No.9
13. [2019.08.17] HAPPY 7 DAYS
14. [2019.11.26] MY ONLY ONE
15. [2020.03.03] Ai Ai Ai

Digtal Singles