- ZYX
Infobox musical artist |
Name = ZYX
Img_capt = ZYX, 2003.
Back row (L to R): Erika Umeda, Mari Yaguchi, Maimi Yajima
Front row (L to R): Saki Shimizu, Megumi Murakami, Momoko Tsugunaga.
Background = group_or_band
Alias = Zicks
Origin =Japan
Genre =Japanese pop
Years_active = 2003 - 2004
Label =Piccolo Town
Associated_acts =Morning Musume ,Hello! Project Kids ,Aa! ,Berryz Koubou ,°C-ute
URL = [http://www.helloproject.com Hello! Project.com]
Past_members =Mari Yaguchi Erika Umeda Saki Shimizu Maimi Yajima Momoko Tsugunaga Megumi Murakami nihongo|ZYX|ジックス|Jikkusu|extra=pronounced "zicks" was a short-lived
Japanese pop group made up of fiveHello! Project kids led byMari Yaguchi ofMorning Musume . Yaguchi acted as a mentor and the group released two singles. ZYX is important in that it is the first unit that Hello! Project Kids officially joined with the second beingAa! formed in 2003, the third beingBerryz Kobo in 2004, and the fourth being°C-ute in 2005. AsSaki Shimizu andMomoko Tsugunaga were selected to become members of Berryz Kobo in 2004, the activity of ZYX virtually ended.The name ZYX is a kind of
acronym using a somewhat intricate play in notation. "Z" and "Y" are taken from the phrase nihongo|"Zettai Yume o Bai ni."|絶対、夢を倍に|We hope that you will definitely accomplish your dreams double in size. "Bai ni", meaning " [to accomplish] double in size", is represented not as "B" but as a multiplication mark "×" which was then identified with letter "X" in its formal resemblance. Also, it is strongly conscious that the letters ZYX are the last letters of the English alphabet in reverse order. InHello! Project , this inverted order naming is followed by the groups "W" created in 2004, "v-u-den " in 2005, "The Possible" in 2006 and SI☆NA in 2008. This line-up of groups continues the reverse alphabetical naming (ZYX-W-VU-T-S).Members
* (Leader) —
Morning Musume Hello! Project Kids :
* —°C-ute
* —Berryz Kobo
* — °C-ute
* — Berryz Kobo
* — °C-ute – retired onOctober 31 2006 to continue schooling and lead a private life.Discography
Singles
DVDs
External links
* [http://www.helloproject.com/artist/24/ Official Hello! Project profile]
* [http://www.up-front-works.jp/discography/piccolotown/03/list.html ZYX discography at Up-Front Works]
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