was a Japanese-Korean

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formed by R & C Ltd. in 2002. The group consists of Marina Takahashi and

Choi Soo-young Choi Soo-young (; born February 10, 1990), professionally known as Sooyoung, is a South Korean singer, actress and songwriter. She was a member of the short-lived Korean-Japanese singing duo Route 0 during 2002 in Japan. After returning to Sou ...

History

In December 2001, ''

Asayan ''Asayan'', originally known as was a talent search variety show that aired on TV Tokyo from 1995 to 2002. Some idols that were originally discovered through Asayan auditions produced by Tsunku, formed groups that worked under the umbrella grou ...

'' held the Japanese-Korean Ultra Idol Duo Audition, which was broadcast on

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. Out of 15,000 applicants, Marina Takahashi was chosen as the Japanese representative, while

was chosen as the Korean representative. Route 0 released "Start" as their first single on April 26, 2002, which was used as the opening theme song to ''Hamaraja''. The song was produced by

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. They also appeared on ''

Oha Suta ''Oha Suta'' () is a Japanese children's breakfast television show. Produced by Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions (ShoPro) for TV Tokyo, the show airs on TV Tokyo & TX Network. It premiered in 1997 as a relaunch of (. ''Sutajio'' is a loanword f ...

'' for a 3-day television feature, as well as exclusive models for the junior fashion brand Chubbygang and the magazine ''Melon''. "Waku Waku It's Love" was released on November 9, 2002, as the ending theme song to ''Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ'' for the month of November 2002. On July 23, 2003, Route 0 released "Painting" as their third single, which was the ending theme song to ''Downtown DX''. On the same day, a video single version of "Painting" was also released. After 2003, Route 0 ended activities together. Takahashi retired from entertainment, while Soo-young would later go on to become a member of South Korean girl group

Girls' Generation Girls' Generation (), also known as SNSD, is a South Korean girl group formed by SM Entertainment. The group is composed of eight members: Taeyeon, Sunny, Tiffany, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung, Yoona, and Seohyun. Originally a nine-piece ensembl ...

in 2007 and actress.

Members

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Discography

Singles

Video singles

References

External links

* {{Authority control Girls' Generation Japanese girl groups Japanese idol groups Japanese pop music groups Japanese musical duos J-pop music groups Musical groups established in 2002 Musical groups disestablished in 2003 Musical groups from Tokyo Singing talent show winners