The Scanty (stylized as THE★SCANTY) was a Japanese girls pop-rock band formed in
Tokyo
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in October 2001. They disbanded in October 2003. Futami and Akane formed their own band
Plink? They performed the two opening themes for the
anime
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Full Moon o Sagashite
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Arina Tanemura. The manga was serialized in Shueisha's ''shōjo'' manga magazine '' Ribon'' from January 2002 to June 2004 and collected in seven ''tankōbon'' volumes.
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'' and also made cameo appearances in the show.
Members
* Yoppy (Yoshiko Yamamoto)
:The vocalist. Born on October 05, 1980 in
Osaka
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.
* Akane
:Bass. From
Chiba
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* (), town in Jianli County, Jingzhou, Hubei
Japan
* Chiba (city), capital of Chiba Prefecture
** Chiba Station, a train station
* Chiba Prefecture, a sub-national jurisdiction in the Greater Tokyo Area on ...
, born on January 20, 1978.
* Futami
:Guitar. From
Tokyo
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, born on July 5, 1978.
* To-Bu
:Drums. From
Tochigi, born on July 17, 1973.
Discography
Singles
*"レディースナイト" (TOCT-4324)
0/17/2001 contains:
# レディースナイト (Ladies Night)
# ラブレターヒストリー (Love Letter History)
# レディースナイト (Instrumental)
# ラブレターヒストリー (Instrumental)
*"Home Girl" (TOCT-4350)
1/30/2002 contains:
# Home Girl
# Waist
# Home Girl (Instrumental)
*"I Heart U" (TOCT-4396)
7/10/2002 contains:
# I Heart U
# FCG Super Remix
# I Heart U (Instrumental)
*"コイバナ" (TOCT-4418)
9/26/2002 contains:
# コイバナ (Koibana)
# Rock'N Roll Princess
# コイバナ (Instrumental)
# Rock'N Roll Princess (Instrumental)
*"Loveララバイ" (TOCT-4453)
2/26/2003 contains:
# Love ララバイ (Love Lullaby)
# True Romance
# Love ララバイ (Instrumental)
# True Romance (Instrumental)
*"マバタキ (Hippo's Blink Edit)" (YRCN-10018)
8/06/2003 contains:
# マバタキ (Hippo's Blink Edit) (Mabataki (Hippo's Blink Edit))
# One Girl
# マバタキ (Hippo's Blink Edit) (Instrumental)
Albums
*''For Cherry Girls'' (TOCT-24735)
3/20/2002 contains:
# Home Girl
# Promise List
# レディースナイト (Ladies Night)
# ウサミツ (Usamitsu)
# Waist (Album Mix)
# I Heart U
# ラブレターヒストリー (Album Mix)
# Chocolate Day
*''Four Lucky Girls'' (TOCT-24972)
3/26/2003 contains:
# One Girl
# Love ララバイ (Love Lullaby)
# PP
# Lucky 8
# Horoscope
# コイバナ (Koibana)
# Voice March
# マバタキ (Mabataki)
DVD
*''The 1st'' (TOBF-5129)
3/26/2003 contains:
# レディースナイト (Ladies Night)
# Home Girl
# I Heart U
# コイバナ (Koibana)
# Love ララバイ (Love Lullaby)
References
Further reading
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Japanese rock music groups
Japanese all-female bands
Musical groups from Tokyo
Musical groups established in 2001
Musical groups disestablished in 2003