Perfume

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Perfume (パフューム, Pafyūmu) is a Japanese techno pop group consisting of three members, Ayano Omoto, Yuka Kashino and Ayaka Nishiwaki. The group have been active since early 2000 and are notable for being the namesake of Chocolate Disco, the first Stand in the series to be named after a Japanese song.

History

The group was formed in 2000 by Ayaka Nishiwaki, Yuka Kashino and former member Yuka Kawashima (河島 佑香, Kawashima Yuka) in the young talent academy Actor's School in Hiroshima. Because the three of them had the kanji for "fragrance" (香, ka / kaori) in their names, they decided to name the group "Perfume" (香水, kousui).

Ayano Omoto

Ayano Omoto (大本 彩乃, Omoto Ayano), known by her stage name NOCCHi, This section requires expansion.

Yuka Kashino

Kashino with volumes of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure on her bookshelf.

Yuka Kashino (樫野 有香, Kashino Yuka), known by her stage name KASHIYUKA, This section requires expansion.

Kashino is infamous for being a big fan of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Her favourite part is currently Vento Aureo, and her favourite character is Bruno Bucciarati. When Perfume appeared on the TV show "Music Fighter" in April, 2009, Kashino revealed that JoJo's Bizarre Adventure was the thing that she was currently most into. Kashino initially disliked the series because of its crude art style, but later begun reading it after a JoJo fan passionately recommended it to her.[1] In an interview with Perfume in the music magazine "What's In" from March 2009, Kashino also mentioned JoJo as the manga series that she was recently addicted to.[2]

Ayaka Nishiwaki

Ayaka Nishiwaki (西脇 綾香, Nishiwaki Ayaka), known by her stage name a-chan, This section requires expansion.

Relevant discography

"Chocolate Disco"

"Chocolate Disco" (チョコレイト・ディスコ) was included as one of the two tracks featured on Fan Service [sweet] (ファン・サーヴィス [sweet]), the ninth single by Perfume. It was released on February 14, 2007. The song "Chocolate Disco" was later included as the fifth track on Perfume's debut studio album GAME, released April 16, 2008. Following its release, GAME has been cited as one of the most successful techno pop albums of all time,[3] with many of the the tracks being compared to French duo Daft Punk.[4]

The song "Chocolate Disco" was used as the namesake for the Stand Chocolate Disco in Steel Ball Run,[5] making it the first Stand in the series to be named after a song from a Japanese artist. People at the time speculated that the first Japanese Stand name would either be a song from Shoko Nakagawa or SOUL'd OUT, since both had close ties to Araki and were notable fans of the series.[6][7] The inclusion of "Chocolate Disco" was very unexpected, as Araki is rarely known to listen to Japanese music.[8]

Music producer Yasutaka Nakata, who wrote and composed "Chocolate Disco" for Perfume, said in an interview that his favorite manga was JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, and that he was impressed to find out about the appearance of Chocolate Disco in the series.[9] Nakata was very happy to have his song featured as a Stand and would advertise it as such whenever he played it at events.[10]

The name of Chocolate Disco was later changed in SBR Volume 17, noticeably having a different spelling than the one used in the single.[11] The spelling of the user's name was also changed from "Disco" to "D-I-S-C-O."[12]

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Cover Single Name Artist Use Release Date
1 Fan Service -sweet-.png Fan Service [sweet] (ファン・サーヴィス [sweet])
"Chocolate Disco" (チョコレイト・ディスコ) (A-side)
"Twinkle Snow Powdery Snow" (B-side) 		Perfume Name of Chocolate Disco February 14, 2007

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Trivia

  • A popular fan comic depicting the members of Perfume with different Stands was created in June 2008. The comic showed Yuka Kashino with the Stand "Chocolate Disco." Interestingly, this was posted two months prior to Chocolate Disco's reveal in Steel Ball Run.[13]

References

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  1. ↑ その魅力は「精神的な部分」ッ！？ 『Perfume』樫野有香さんは「ジョジョ」にハマり中
  2. ↑ What's In (Watts 2-in-1)? 2009 April Issue
  3. ↑ Perfume - bounce.com インタビュー
  4. ↑ Game – Perfume". AllMusic
  5. ↑ JOJOVELLER: Araki's Stand Commentaries - Chocolate Disco
  6. ↑ MTV SOUL'd OUT Special (February 2005)
  7. ↑ 初の”邦楽スタンド”が実現かッ！？ MTV PAPER『超スタンド級対談 SOUL’d OUT × 荒木飛呂彦』
  8. ↑ Manga OMO! (January 2002)
  9. ↑ Capsule Archive　カプセルアーカイブ
  10. ↑ スタンドも月までブッ飛ぶこの衝撃…　ジョジョ史上初、“邦楽”から付けられた「スタンド名」が登場！！
  11. ↑ 『チョコレイト・ディスコ』 → 『チョコレート・ディスコ』
  12. ↑ 『ディスコ』 → 『ディ・ス・コ』
  13. ↑ JOJO風Perfume

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