is a

Japanese idol An is a type of entertainer marketed for image, attractiveness, and personality in Japanese pop culture. Idols are primarily singers with training in acting, dancing, and modeling. Idols are commercialized through merchandise and endorsements ...

girl group that formed in 2021. They released their debut single, "Koi no Crouching Start / Omatsuri Debut da ze!", on July 13, 2022.

History

On March 7, 2021, it was announced by

Mizuki Fukumura is a Japanese singer, dancer, and actress. She is a ninth-generation member, current leader of the pop group Morning Musume as well as the current and seventh leader of Hello Project. Prior to becoming part of Morning Musume, Fukumura was known ...

that a new Hello! Project group would be formed that year with the first members to join the line-up announced as Kirara Yonemura, Kanami Ishiguri, Nanami Kubota and Madoka Saito. It was also revealed that the line-up would be finalised by the end of the year. On July 5, additional members of the group were announced as Natsume Nakayama, Ruli Hiromoto, Miku Nishizaki, and Momo Kitahara. A Hello! Project audition was held starting on July 20, in order to add more members to the group's line-up. On December 12, it was announced by Karin Miyamoto, that the group would be named Ocha Norma and two contestants from the previous audition, Sumire Tashiro and Roko Tsutsui, would join the group. On January 8, 2022, Ocha Norma digitally released their first song, "Ramen Daisuki Koizumi-san no Uta". On July 13, the group released their debut single "Koi no Crouching Start / Omatsuri Debut da ze!".

Members

* Madoka Saito (斉藤円香) – leader * Ruli Hiromoto (広本瑠璃) – sub-leader * Kanami Ishiguri (石栗奏美) * Kirara Yonemura (米村姫良々) * Nanami Kubota (窪田七海) * Sumire Tashiro (田代すみれ) * Natsume Nakayama (中山夏月姫) * Miku Nishizaki (西﨑美空) * Momo Kitahara (北原もも) * Roko Tsutsui (筒井澪心)

Discography

Singles

References

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