Diva (band)

Diva
Origin	Tokyo, Japan
Genres	J-pop
Years active	2011 (2011)–present
Labels	avex trax
Associated acts	AKB48
Website	avexnet.or.jp/diva/index.html
Members
Sayaka Akimoto Yuka Masuda Sae Miyazawa Ayaka Umeda

Diva (stylized as DiVA) is a sub-unit of all-female Japanese pop group AKB48.

History

Debut

The formation of Diva was announced to Sayaka Akimoto and Sae Miyazawa on January 10, 2011,^[1] and disclosed to public by the all Diva members at AKB48 Theater on February 27, 2011, on the same day Akimoto finished the Tokyo Marathon, and was notified by Yasushi Akimoto, who is also the producer of AKB48, to be reinstated as the captain of Team K.^[2] The concept of the unit is "The first-ever Dance & Vocal Unit from AKB48".^[3] They originally scheduled to release their debut single on April 27, 2011.^[4] But on April 1, it was announced that the release date has postponed to May 18^[5] due to the aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. The A-side song, "Tsuki no Ura gawa" (月の裏側, Reverse side of the Moon^?), is written by Akimoto, as well as some B-side songs including AKB48 Team-K's theater-performed song "Blue Rose", and one of the songs recorded on Type-B CD, "Information" (インフォメーション^?), is written by Tetsuya Komuro.^[6]

They performed publicly at the "Kobe Collection in Shanghai" on April 16, 2011, first time after the formation of the group has announced.^[7][8]

Discography

Singles

• [2011.05.18] Tsuki no Uragawa (月の裏側; The Other Side of the Moon)
• [2011.08.10] Cry

References

1. ^ "AKB48 Akimoto Sayaka - Miyazawa Sae no Ukkari Channel" broadcast on March 10, 2011 by JOQR radio
2. ^ "AKB48′s Akimoto Sayaka returns to Team K captain position, forms new unit DiVA". TOKYOGRAPH. February 28, 2011. http://www.tokyograph.com/news/akb48s-akimoto-sayaka-returns-to-team-k-captain-position-forms-new-unit-diva#more-18562. Retrieved April 18, 2011. 
3. ^ Diva official website Superimpose on the spot video clip indicates "first-ever" in Japanese, although the top page indicates "Dance & Vocal Unit of AKB48"
4. ^ "Debut Single「タイトル未定」3形態で4月27日発売！" (in Japanese). avex network. March 1, 2011. http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:wvWXckQS4O8J:avexnet.jp/id/divax/news/details/20110301001.html+DiVA%E3%80%804%E6%9C%8827%E6%97%A5&cd=10&hl=ja&ct=clnk&gl=us&source=www.google.com. Retrieved April 18, 2011. 
5. ^ "発売日変更のお知らせ" (in Japanese). DiVA Official Website. April 1, 2011. http://avexnet.or.jp/diva/news/20110401.html. Retrieved April 18, 2011. 
6. ^ "DISCOGRAPHY" (in Japanese). DiVA Official Website. http://avexnet.or.jp/diva/discography/. Retrieved April 18, 2011. 
7. ^ "AKB派生ユニットDiVA、初の中国ライブでデビュー曲披露" (in Japanese). Oricon. April 18, 2011. http://rn.oricon.co.jp/news/rankingnews/86777/full/. Retrieved April 18, 2011. 
8. ^ "KOBE COLLECTION 2011 SHANGHAI 上海公演速報レポート!!" (in Japanese). KOBE COLLECTION. April 18, 2011. http://kobe-collection.com/shanghai/. Retrieved April 19, 2011.