color-code
OriginJapan
GenreJapanese Pop, Dance
Years active2013–present
LabelNippon Columbia (2014-2017)
Dreamusic (2018-present)
Websitecolor-code.jp/
Current membersTsujikawa Nanami
Yasukawa Marisa
Moriyasu Mako

Color-code (stylized as color-code) is an all-female Japanese pop group formed by Italian-Japanese fashion director and editor, Nicola Formichetti.

History

In 2013, Nicola Formichetti, a frequent collaborator with singer-songwriter Lady Gaga,[1] teamed up with Nippon Columbia to hold the POP ICON PROJECT TOKYO. Auditions "to discover a Japanese version of Lady Gaga"[2] were held and three members were selected, Tsujikawa Nanami and Moriyasu Mako, both from Osaka, and Yasukawa Marisa from Chiba.

They released their debut single "I Like Dat" on September 17, 2014.[3] Follow up single, "Hands UP!" was released on May 20, 2015.[4]

In 2018, color-code signed with a new label, Dreamusic, and released single "if ~kono-goe ga todokunara~".[5] In 2020, they released their debut album "Re∂l" [6]

Discography

Albums

TitleAlbum Details
Re∂l
  • Release: September 15, 2020
  • Label: Dreamusic Inc.
  • Formats: CD

Singles

ReleaseTitleChart positionsAlbum
Oricon Singles Charts
Billboard Japan Hot 100
RIAJ digital tracks*
2014I Like DatNon-album single
2015Hands UP!
2017Sakura ame
Re startRe∂l
Parallel World
Better DaysNon-album single
keep it one loveRe∂l
this city
2018if ~kono-goe ga todokunara~Non-album single
Fuyu koi hanabi / SCRAP & BUILD
2019KAGEROURe∂l
2020THE MARCH

References

  1. ^ Lord Gaga: The Man Behind the Meat Dress
  2. ^ "color-code Profile". Archived from the original on 2015-05-02. Retrieved 2015-04-23.
  3. ^ NICOLA FORMICHETTI’S GIRL GROUP ‘COLOR-CODE’ WILL DEBUT WITH ‘I LIKE DAT’
  4. ^ 2nd シングル「Hands UP！」5月20日リリース決定！！ (Japanese)
  5. ^ Color-Code - If -Kono Koe Ga Todokunara- (CD)
  6. ^ Official website: Re∂l Archived 2020-10-17 at the Wayback Machine (Japanese)