≠Me (ノットイコールミー; pronounced "Not Equal Me", stylized as ≠ME), is a
Japanese idol
An is a type of entertainer marketed for image, attractiveness, and personality in Japanese popular culture, Japanese pop culture. Idols are primarily singers with training in other performance skills such as acting, dancing, and modeling. Idol ...
girl group
A girl group is a music act featuring two or more women in music, female singers who generally vocal harmony, harmonize together. The term "girl group" is also used in a narrower sense in the United States to denote the wave of American female p ...
that formed in early 2019.
The twelve-person group is produced by former
AKB48
AKB48 (pronounced ''A.K.B. Forty-Eight'') is a Japanese idol musical girl group named after the Akihabara area in Tokyo, where the group's theater is located. AKB48 has sold more records than any other female musical act in Japanese history. AK ...
and
HKT48
HKT48 (read "H.K.T. Forty-eight") is a Japanese idol group produced by Yasushi Akimoto. HKT48 is named after the Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Hakata-ku ward of Fukuoka, where Akimoto originally intended to base the group. The group currently performs at ...
member
Rino Sashihara
is a Japanese tarento, singer, producer and actress. She is best known as a former member of idol groups HKT48, AKB48 and STU48, and was the theater manager for HKT48 and STU48. She was also a member of AKB48's unit Not Yet and is the produc ...
and is the sister group of
=Love.
History
2019–present: Formation and debut
In late 2018, auditions for what would be
=Love's sister group were held. On February 24, 2019, a line-up of eleven members was confirmed.
The final member was revealed on April 8. They released their eponymous debut digital single on August 3. On August 4, the group performed alongside their sister group at
Tokyo Idol Festival 2019. The group featured as the sole performer on =Love's sixth single B-side track which was released on October 30. In October 2020, the group performed at Tokyo Idol Festival 2020. On April 7, 2021, they released their first EP, . On July 14, they released the single . Their second single, , was released on November 10. The group's third single, , was released on February 16, 2022, followed by their fourth single, , on August 3, and their fifth single, , on November 23. Their sixth single, , was released on April 12, 2023
Members
*Hana Ogi (尾木波菜)
*Kirari Ochiai (落合希来里)
*Moeko Kanisawa (蟹沢萌子)
*Natsune Kawaguchi (河口夏音)
*Natsumi Kawanago (川中子奈月心)
*Momo Sakurai (櫻井もも)
*Mirei Suganami (菅波美玲)
*Hitomi Suzuki (鈴木瞳美)
*Saya Tanizaki (谷崎早耶)
*Nanaka Tomita (冨田菜々風)
*Shiori Nagata (永田詩央里)
*Miyuki Honda (本田珠由記)
Discography
Studio albums
Extended plays
Singles
References
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Japanese girl groups
Japanese idol groups
Japanese pop music groups
Musical groups from Tokyo
Musical groups established in 2019
2019 establishments in Japan