CASSIS

Original line-up (2007)

**CASSIS** (an acronym for **Creator Actress Singer SISters**), now know as **sherry**, is an all-female J-Pop group created by LDH in collaboration with the record label Pony Canyon. Their music style combined disco music with dance and R&B.

CASSIS was managed by LDH from 2007 to 2008 until the group was dropped by their initial record label.

## Members

### Current Members

* KUROKI
* HARUKA

### Former Members

* MAMI (2007-2008)
* SAYURI (2007-2009)
* YUKO (2007-2009)
* HOTARU (2007-2013)

## History

### 2007-2008

CASSIS was formed at EXPG through an audition held along with music label Pony Canyon, to form a Euro-dance based female dance and vocal unit. Ultimately, they debuted as a 6-member group with the girls KUROKI (Kuroki Haruka, she lost the right to go under her first name against the group’s other Haruka in a rock-paper-scissors game), HARUKA (Kataoka Haruka), MAMI (Goto Mami), YUKO (Saito Yuko), SAYURI (Yamamoto Sayuri) and HOTARU (Suzuki Hotaru) on August 17, 2007, under the record label Pony Canyon with the single "LOVE AUTOMATIC". The title track from this single was a cover of the European dance hit "AUTOMATIC" by EliZe.

After the group released their 2nd single "Magic C" on November 21, 2007,  they were dropped from Pony Canyon and parted from LDH. In May 2008, MAMI left the group.

### 2009

After leaving LDH, CASSIS signed with UNIVERSAL MUSIC JAPAN and changed their name to "sherry" on January 1.

On April 22, 2009, they released a techno-dance cover of *Dragon Ball*’s ending song "Romantic Ageru yo" (ロマンティックあげるよ) as the title track of their 3rd single. In December, two more members left: YUKO and SAYURI.

### 2010-2014

In 2010, the 3 remaining members signed with Anchor Records and released their 4th single "Shinalize" on July 28, followed by their 5th single "FIRST ONE" on December 1.

On August 1, 2012, they released the digital single "Post Post". However, the group never succeeded in hitting the charts. In May of 2013, HOTARU also left the group, with only KUROKI and HARUKA remaining.

In August 2014, the two remaining members started promoting as members of the dance and vocal group "BeBeeLand" too, having a concurrent position in this group and sherry.

### 2016

On March 29, the duo released their sixth single "PRIDE".

## Discography

### Singles

1. [2007.08.17] LOVE AUTOMATIC (**CASSIS**)
2. [2007.11.21] Magic C (**CASSIS**)
3. [2009.04.22] Romantic Ageru yo (ロマンティックあげるよ)
4. [2010.07.28] Shinalize
5. [2010.12.01] FIRST ONE
6. [2016.04.11] PRIDE

## Filmography

### Radio

* [2011.05.-2012.08.] GIRLS・GIRLS・GIRLS "Sherysta! / シェリスタ! -Sherry's Studio-" (FM FUJI)

### Stage

* [2012.08.03-26] Usani (Theater Ginza by PARCO)

## Trivia

* All members had lines to sing, although it seems like two of them were the main vocalists in their debut line-up.
* YUKO was the lyricist for most of the group's songs ("LOVE AUTOMATIC", "Yeah! Be my own love", "STAND UP", "Magic C", "Love So Serious" and "Sweet Melody").
* They were first female group project from LDH since PARADISE GO!! GO!! was a group initially formed under the talent school CALESS.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 CASSIS Debut
2. ↑ CASSIS、セカンド・シングルの試聴到着
3. ↑ Sherry\_Discography\_Blog
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Home\_Sherry\_Anchor Records
5. ↑ Hotaru Blog
6. ↑ BeBeeLand Blog
7. ↑ Kuroki Haruka Blog

## External links

* Official YouTube
* Official Website