- DEF.DIVA
Infobox musical artist
Name = DEF.DIVA
Img_capt = DEF.DIVA, 2006.
Img_size = 195
Background = group_or_band
Origin =Tokyo ,Japan
Genre =J-pop
Years_active = 2005–2007
Label =Zetima
Associated_acts =v-u-den ,Gomattou ,Nochiura Natsumi , GAM,Morning Musume
URL = [http://www.helloproject.com/ Hello! Project Official Website]
Past_members =Aya Matsuura Maki Goto Natsumi Abe Rika Ishikawa DEF.DIVA is a "special group" formed in 2005 from the
Hello! Project idol umbrella and consists ofAya Matsuura ,Maki Goto ,Natsumi Abe , andRika Ishikawa . The band's name is an abbreviation of the phrase "Definite Diva".Three of the members of DEF.DIVA (Goto, Abe, Ishikawa) were previous
Morning Musume members, while Matsuura is a soloist. Goto and Abe are now also soloists and Ishikawa leadsv-u-den . Goto, Matsuura and Abe also composed a previous three-member special group,Nochiura Natsumi . The four were joined together in September 2005 to form DEF. DIVA.Currently, the individual members are involved in other projects, with Abe's and Goto's solo careers and Ishikawa's status as leader of v-u-den taking priority over DEF.DIVA. Matsuura, meanwhile, is involved in a new duo, GAM with fellow Gomattou member
Miki Fujimoto as well as continuing her own solo career.Discography
Members
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Aya Matsuura (Soloist)
*Maki Goto (Soloist, former member ofMorning Musume ; graduated from Hello! Project in October 2007)
*Natsumi Abe (Soloist, former member ofMorning Musume )
*Rika Ishikawa (Former member ofMorning Musume and leader ofv-u-den )External links
* [http://www.helloproject.com/artist/33/ Official Hello! Project profile]
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