Bluem of Youth (russian: Цветы юности) is a Japanese

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group which achieved greatest success in the late 1990s after it was the subject of a

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series called ''

Susunu! Denpa Shōnen was a Japanese reality TV show which aired from January 11, 1998 to September 29, 2002 on the Nippon TV network, and online from October 2009. Description The title means "Do not proceed! Crazy youth". "Denpa" literally means ''radio waves'', but ...

''. The name is a mix of "bloom of youth" and "

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". Its members are Yuji Bessho (別所悠二) and Hiroyuki Matsugashita (松ヶ下宏之). They went on permanent hiatus on

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of 2002, but played a 10th anniversary concert commemorating their debut in 2005. The duo traveled across

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for seven months from March to October 1999, for a

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ese

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called ''

''. Their career was at a crossroads due to poor sales and their contract with their

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was not renewed.

Discography

Singles

* ''Saigo no Negai'' (10 October 1995) * ''10 Calls After'' (13 December 1995) * ''TRUTH'' (1 July 1996) * ''Time goes by ... Kimi ga Irudake de / Senrozoi no Koi' (1 October 1997) * ''Garden'' (21 March 1998) * ''Russian Roulette'' (20 June 1998) * ''Koe'' (2 December 1998) * ''Last Tour ~Yakusoku no Basho e~'' (1 December 1999) * ''Stairway'' (23 February 2000) * ''Lover's slit'' (2 August 2000) * ''If'' (12 October 2000) * ''Yudachi -sound of the memory-'' (8 August 2001) * ''Saruveju'' (9 October 2002) * ''Hitohira no Yume'' (4 December 2002)

Albums

* ''bloom of youth'' (1 February 1996) * ''Target'' (1 July 1998) * ''Supasība'' (Спасибо, en: Thank you) (15 March 2000) * ''Early Singles+'' (19 April 2000) * ''Fuyu no Shizuku'' (5 December 2001) * ''Gift -Bluem of Extra-'' (27 March 2002) * ''GROWIN' DAYS'' (18 December 2002) * ''20021228 LIVE COMPLETE'' (23 April 2003)

DVD

* ''Supasība Tour 2000'' (23 August 2000) * ''12 Clips+'' (28 March 2001) * ''Ichiya Ensōkai -classical premium-'' (18 December 2002) * ''GROWIN' DAYS CLIPS +'' (19 February 2003)

References

External links

B.O.Y's PAGE
{{Authority control Japanese pop music groups Sony Music Entertainment Japan artists Musical groups from Hiroshima Prefecture