color-code
OriginJapan
GenresJapanese Pop, Dance
Years active2013–present
LabelsNippon Columbia (2014-2017)
Dreamusic (2018-present)
MembersTsujikawa Nanami
Yasukawa Marisa
Moriyasu Mako
Websitecolor-code.jp/

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

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

Singles

Release Title Chart positions Album
Oricon Singles Charts
Billboard Japan Hot 100
RIAJ digital tracks*
2014 I Like Dat Non-album single
2015 Hands UP!
2017 Sakura ame
Re start Re∂l
Parallel World
Better Days Non-album single
keep it one love Re∂l
this city
2018 if ~kono-goe ga todokunara~ Non-album single
Fuyu koi hanabi / SCRAP & BUILD
2019 KAGEROU Re∂l
2020 THE 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)
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