Pink Cres.

Pink Cres. (ピンククレス, Pinku Kuresu, stylized PINK CRES.) is a Japanese girl group formed by Up-Front Create in 2016. The group consists of three members: Miyabi Natsuyaki, Hikaru Kobayashi, and Yūka Nihei.[1]

Pink Cres.
Pink Cres. at Japan Expo Thailand 2017
From left to right: Nihei, Natsuyaki, and Kobayashi
Background information
OriginTokyo, Japan
Genres
Years active2016-present
LabelsUp-Front Works
Websitewww.pinkcres.com
Members

History

Miyabi Natsuyaki was a member of the Japanese idol girl group Berryz Kobo since 2004, and when the group went on indefinite hiatus in 2014, she decided to continue her singing career and held auditions for new members of a girl group in 2015.[2] Hikaru Kobayashi and Yūka Nihei passed the audition, and they were announced as new group members in April 2016.[1] They made their first public appearance at Buono!'s concert on August 25, 2016.[3]

Pink Cres. released their debut studio album, Crescendo, on June 28, 2017, which also included music videos for the songs "Fun Fun Fun" and "Kirei Kawai Mirai."[4] On June 27, 2018, Pink Cres. released the second studio album, Ecetera.[5]

Pink Cres. was scheduled to release their third studio album, No Borders, on February 6, 2019, but it was postponed.[6] On May 22, 2019, Pink Cres. released their first major single, "Tokyo Confusion / Uchū no Onna wa Amakunai."[7]

Members
  • Miyabi Natsuyaki (夏焼雅)
  • Hikaru Kobayashi (小林ひかる)
  • Yūka Nihei (二瓶有加)

Discography

Albums
Title Year Details Peak chart positions Sales
JPN
Crescendo 2017
  • Released: June 28, 2017 (2017-06-28)
  • Label: Up-Front Works
  • Format: CD, digital download
 150[8] —
Etcetera (えとせとら) 2018
  • Released: June 27, 2018 (2018-06-27)
  • Label: Up-Front Works
  • Format: CD, digital download
 66[9] —

Singles

Major
Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album
JPN JPN
Hot
"Tokyo Confusion / Uchū no Onna wa Amakunai" (トウキョウ・コンフュージョン/宇宙の女は甘くない) 2019 13[10] — TBA
"Roulette" (ルーレット) 2020 28[11] —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Promotional
Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album
JPN JPN
Hot
"Sweet Girl's Night" 2017 — — — Ecetera
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

References
  1. "PINK CRES.のプロフィール" [Pink Cres.'s profile]. Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved July 31, 2019.
  2. "夏焼 雅、音楽活動は新しいグループで" [Miyabi Natsuyaki to continue music activities with new girl group]. Barks (in Japanese). April 30, 2014. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
  3. "Buono!、武道館で約4年ぶり単独ライブ。夏焼雅の新グループは「PINK CRES.」". Barks (in Japanese). August 25, 2016. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
  4. "夏焼雅率いるPINK CRES.、デビューアルバムよりMV2本同時公開". Natalie (in Japanese). June 26, 2017. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
  5. "PINK CRES.が2ndアルバム「えとせとら」発売、7月からは初のライブツアー開催". Natalie (in Japanese). June 27, 2018. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
  6. "≪発売延期≫No Borders" [(cancelled) No Borders]. Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved July 31, 2019.
  7. "PINK CRES.がシングル発売記念イベント、「お尻でくるみ割り」のチェリー吉武も登場". Rolling Stone Japan (in Japanese). May 23, 2019. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
  8. "crescendo". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  9. "えとせとら" [Ecetera]. Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved July 31, 2019.
  10. "トウキョウ・コンフュージョン/宇宙の女は甘くない＜初回生産限定盤＞". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  11. "ルーレット(通常盤A)". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved March 4, 2020.
  12. "週間 CDシングルランキング 2020年03月09日付" [Weekly CD Single Ranking for March 9, 2020] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
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