User:Kanemura Miku/sandbox

Choose possible topics:

Option 1: Hinatazaka46

I chose this topic not only because they are my favorite Japanese idol groups but also that people from western countries don't know them that much, or J-pop female idol groups in general. The article itself is really short and has too little content (Level S). It also contains some incorrect/inaccurate information about this topic.

Option 2: Wagakki Band

Wagakki Band is one of the two Japanese rock bands that I extremely like. They combined Japanese traditional music with pop rock music so perfectly that they are becoming cultural shock for a lot of people. The article is level S as well and I still see some important information about the band missing in the article.

Based the starting date of two variety show above and the characteristics of them, the information in the HInatazaka 46 page is partially wrong. The first variety show of this group is Let's Meet at Hinatazaka (日向坂で会いましょう)　since it is their regular variety show (this means this show will keep going once per week until the group is disbanded) and it started earlier than Hinabingo. Hinabingo is seasonal variety show and there's usually a blank time period between each season from one week to a couple of months, which means it is not continuous. The information of variety shows is nearly completely missing on the page of Hinatazaka 46, as it is one of their most important ways to attract fans.

Hinatazaka46 (Japanese: 日向坂46) is a Japanese idol group produced by Yasushi Akimoto.

The group was created on November 29, 2015 as Hiragana Keyakizaka46, an affiliated act of Keyakizaka46 and part of the Sakamichi Series along with their sister group Nogizaka46. On February 11, 2019, Hiragana Keyakizaka46 announced that they were forming an independent group named Hinatazaka46, named after Hyūgazaka street in Minato-ku, Tokyo, which uses the same kanji. The new group debuted with a single titled "Kyun" on March 27, 2019.

The captain of the group is Kumi Sasaki. The group has appeared in multiple variety shows, including Keyakitte Kakenai?, Keyabingo!, Hiragana Oshi as Hiragana Keyakizaka46 and Hinabingo!, Hinatazaka de Aimashō as Hinatazaka46.

2015-2016: The Formation of Hiragana Keyakizaka46
On November 29, 2015, the formation of an affiliated group (also known as under group) of Keyakizaka46 was announced in their exclusive TV variety show Keyakitte, Kakenai? named Hiragana Keyakizaka46, along with a new member Neru Nagahama joining the group. As a special case, it was decided that Neru Nagahama is going to be with Keyakizaka46 as a member of the affiliated group since she did not participate in the final audition of Keyakizaka46. The recruitment of more Hiragana Keyakizaka46 members was also announced at the same time. In order to differentiate the main and the under group, Keyakizaka46 (欅坂46) was called Kanji Keyakizaka46 and Hiragana Keyakizaka46 (けやき坂46) was called Hiraganakeyaki due to that one group name was written in Kanji and the other one was written in Hiragana.

On May 8, 2016, the 11 girls who passed the final audition were announced as the new formal members of Hiragana Keyakizaka46. They are also known as the 1st generation of the group, along with Neru Nagahama.

On October 28, 2016, the first solo event of Hiragana Keyakizaka46, the Hiragana Hospitality Meeting (ひらがなおもてなし会), was held at Akasaka BLITZ, Tokyo, with a price of 500 yen/person.

2017: Live Concert, 2nd Generation and Nagahama's Departure
On March 21-22, Hiragana Keyakizaka46 Solo Concert was held at Zepp Tokyo. It was announced during the concert that the group will start their Zepp Tour. The first concert was on May 31 of the same year at Zepp Namba. On April 6, the Keyakizaka46 1st Anniversary Live Concert was held at Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo. Also, during the live concert, the additional audition of Hiragana Keyakizaka46 was announced. The audition began during the summer of the same year.

On May 31, the recruitment started. It ended on August 13 and 9 girls passed the final audition, known as the 2nd generation of the group.

On September 24, Seed & Flower announced that Neru Nagahama will no longer be a part of both Keyakizaka46 and Hiragana Keyakizaka46. She will leave the under group and focus on the activities of Keyakizaka46.

2018: Budokan, Exclusive Variety Show, Debut Album and the 3rd Generation
On January 30 – February 1, Keyakizaka46 was going to hold live concerts at Nippon Budokan, Tokyo for 3 days. Originally, it was announced that the first day was going to be the solo concert of Hiragana Keyakizaka46 and the 2nd & 3rd day were concerts of Kanji Keyakizaka46. Yet due to the medical treatment of Kanji Keyakizaka46's center member Yurina Hirate, Seed & Flower announced that the concerts of Kanji Keyakizaka46 were completely canceled. Instead, Hiragana Keyakizaka46 was the substitute and the event became a 3-day live concert of Hiragana Keyakizaka46. It was also announced at the concert that Hiragana Keyakizaka46 is going to release a solo album. On April 9, the exclusive variety show of the group named Hiragana Oshi started broadcasting. They had another variety show named KEYABINGO!4 Hiraganakeyakitte Nani? started on April 17. They began their first show on Stage AYUMI on April 20 – May 6. On June 3, during the live streaming showroom of the group's live tour (『けやき坂46 走り出す瞬間ツアー2018 開幕直前緊急特番!』), Kumi Sasaki was announced to be the captain of Hiragana Keyakizaka46. On June 20, Their debut album Hashiridasu Shunkan was published. During the summer, the three Sakamichi groups, Nogizaka46, Keyakizaka46 and Hiragana Keyakizaka46 announced together of the beginning of their collaborative audition. On November 29, distribution of the 39 girls who successfully passed the final audition was announced. Hinano Kamimura joined the group as the only member of the 3rd generation. On December 10, the 3rd Generation Diagnosis Meeting was held in Budokan.

2019: Reborn as Hinatazaka46
On February 11, the live streaming showroom "Hiraganakara no Oshirase (The announcement from HIragana)" started, announcing that the publish of the group's first single and an individual offical website. At the end of the showroom, it was officially announced that the group had changed its name from Hiragana Keyakizaka46 to Hinatazaka46 and it would proceed its activity under this name.

On March 5-6, Hinatazaka46 held their Debut Count Live concert at Yokohama Arena. There were 24,000 audiences mobilized during the 2 days.

On March 27, the group published their first debut single "Kyun". It reaches roughly 360,000 sales on the first and 476,000 sales the end of the first week, refreshed the sales record that was previously kept by Keyakizaka46 and reached the top sales amount of all female artists in history.

On April 8, the group's exclusive variety show changed its name from "Hiragana Oshi" to "Hinatazaka de Aimashō" and kept broadcasting.

In September, Hinatazaka46 won the Best Dance Move Award of ＜MTV VMAJ 2019＞ with Kyun.

Hinatazaka will attend the "70th NHK Kōhaku Utagassen" on December 31, 2019.