chelmico (チェルミコ ''cherumiko'') is a rap duo from Japan composed of Rachel Watashiga and Mamiko Suzuki, known professionally as Rachel and Mamiko, respectively. 'chelmico' is a portmanteau of the duo's names.
Career
chelmico formed in 2014 after Rachel Watashiga and Mamiko Suzuki met through a mutual friend at a
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in
Arakawa, in Tokyo, Japan. The two bonded over a love of music, particularly over Japanese hip-hop group
Rip Slyme
Rip Slyme (often stylized as RIP SLYME) is a Japanese hip hop group composed of four Master of ceremonies, MCs (Ryo-Z, Ilmari, Pes & Su) and a Disc jockey, DJ, Fumiya. Their sound is influenced by old-school hip hop and other Rapping, western rap ...
, and soon became regular friends. At the time, Watashiga did some modeling work and appeared in the background of music videos for Ōmori Seiko. When one of her friends offered her 10 minutes during a music event they were organizing in spring of 2014, Watashiga invited Suzuki to rap with her.
The next step came a year later, when they were given another offer to perform at another show for fifteen minutes. The two reached out to rapper
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, then known as Holly Page, to provide a track while they wrote lyrics. The end result was ''Labyrinth '97'', their first single. Their first self-titled album was released in October 2016 under the Cupcake ATM label. In 2018, they released their album ''POWER'' under
unBORDE
is a Japanese record label established on December 21, 2010 as a sublabel of Warner Music Japan. The label is currently led by Ryoma Suzuki, Rip Slyme's producer.
Current roster
As of June 2022:
* Aimyon
* Chelmico
* Genie High
* Shinsei Kamatte ...
, a division of
Warner Music Japan
Warner Music Group (WMG) owns, has a joint share, or is associated with the record labels listed here.
Flagship labels
*Atlantic Records
*Elektra Records
*Parlophone Records
*Warner Records
Atlantic Music Group
* 1st & 15th Entertainment
* A ...
, who they have been with since then.
Their single, ''Easy Breezy'', (released January 17, 2020) was used as the opening theme song for the anime adaptation of ''
Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
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'' Later that year, they appeared on the
m-flo
is a Japanese hip hop group consisting of Taku Takahashi, Verbal and Lisa.
Lisa left the group in 2002 to pursue a solo career and the remaining members then started the M-Flo Loves... project working different vocalists for each song over t ...
single ''RUN AWAYS.''
Two singles, ''milk'' and ''Disco (Bad dance doesn't matter),'' were released in July and August (respectively) preempting their third album, ''maze.'' The album released on August 26, 2020.
On March 14, 2021, Rachel announced she would take a hiatus from performing due to her marriage and pregnancy. She expressed a hope to return to music by the end of the year. Rachel announced she gave birth to her first child on June 7, 2021.
The duo released their third EP, 'COZY' on April 16, 2021, following the release of their single of the same name earlier that month.
On November 19, 2021, the duo released a single entitled '300 Million Yen'. This was followed by another single on March 17, 2022, titled 'Meidaimae'. Both of these would feature in their next studio album, 'Gokigen', which released on June 1, 2022.
Members
Rachel
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* Birthplace:
Kanagawa Prefecture
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Mamiko
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* Birth date:
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* Birthplace: ]Tokyo
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Discography
Studio albums
Mini-albums
Singles
Additional music work
* ''Trekkie Trax The Best 2016–2017'' (2018)
** 1. "Love Is Over"
** 19. "Love Is Over" (Tomggg Remix)
* Onigawara – チョコレイトをちょうだい (2015)
** 2. "YOU×3"
* Ken Hirai
is a Japanese singer-songwriter. Since his debut, Hirai has worked as a model, actor, composer, lyricist, singer, and brand ambassador.
During his career, Hirai has released forty-seven singles and eleven studio albums as of January 2024. – ''Half of Me'' (2018)
** 2. "Holic"
* Back Street Girls – ''Idol Kills'' (2019)
Cast
Radio
* ''chelmico - But It's Still Saturday'' (Scheduled to air from January 4, 2020 - the end of March on TBS Radio
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)
* ''Ogi Yahagi no Meganebiiki'' (January 3, 2020 on TBS Radio
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) (Mamiko only)
* All Night Nippon 0 (ZERO) (May 18, 2019 on Nippon Broadcasting)
References
External links
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YouTube channel
Twitter account
Instagram account
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Musical groups established in 2014
2014 establishments in Japan
Musical groups from Tokyo
Japanese musical duos
Hip-hop duos