Tokyo Girls' Style
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Tokyo Girls' Style (東京女子流 Tōkyō Joshi Ryū) is a Japanese Idol group owned by music label Avex Trax and consisting of Ayano Konishi (小西彩乃 Konishi Ayano), Miyu Yamabe (山邊未夢 Yamabe Miyu), Hitomi Arae (新井ひとみ Arae Hitomi), Yuri Nakae (中江友梨 Nakae Yuri), and Mei Shyoji (庄司芽生 Shōji Mei). The group have launched eight singles and one album since forming in January 6, 2010, which is pretty normal pace for the ever-popular Japanese idol scene. Not just content with releasing music, Tokyo Girls' Style appear in many different talk shows, game shows, and promotional appearances to spread their marketable mugs across the TV screens.
Tokyo Girls' Style appear in the "From the Cybertron Satellite, Transformers Division" segments of Transformers: Prime after the main episode. There, the girls play with Transformers and learn about the franchise and world from the disembodied voice of Vector Sigma.
They also performed "Discord", the song used for show's third ending theme.
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From the Cybertron Satellite, Transformers Division
Notes
- While Tokyo Girls' Style may seem to foreigners like an odd choice for a CGI kids' show like Prime, the Japanese public have some of the most devoted fans around. Idol worship (Ha!) is being used by TV Aichi to draw in extra viewers who might never check out Transformers: Prime in the first place just to see their favourite girls. Additionally, Tokyo Girls' Style is one of the more wholesome Idol groups and are managed by a professional company. All publicity is good publicity!
- Tokyo Girls' Style members appear to be young teenagers, but in fact all their ages are kept secret to preserve their professional idol aura. While some might find this to be morally suspect, it improves marketability by making the girls more relatable to different age-groups, divided by how they dress or behave when appealing to each group.
