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was a sub-group of the Japanese idol girl group Morning Musume and associated with Hello! Project. It was formed by Up-Front Promotion in November 1998 as Morning Musume's first sub-group. While the main group Morning Musume features predominantly upbeat songs with a fast tempo, Tanpopo featured slower tempo, sentimental and retro-style songs.

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Tanpopo
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タンポポ
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ja
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Tokyo, Japan
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J-pop
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Zetima
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Morning Musume
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Tanpopo Sharp
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Aya Ishiguro Kaori Iida Mari Yaguchi Ai Kago Rika Ishikawa Asami Konno Risa Niigaki Ayumi Shibata

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Contents
  • History
  • Members
  • First generation
  • Second generation
  • Third generation
  • Legacy
  • Discography
  • Albums
  • Singles
  • DVD
  • Appearances
  • Photobooks
  • Radio
  • References
  • External links

was a sub-group of the Japanese idol girl group Morning Musume and associated with Hello! Project. It was formed by Up-Front Promotion in November 1998 as Morning Musume's first sub-group. While the main group Morning Musume features predominantly upbeat songs with a fast tempo, Tanpopo featured slower tempo, sentimental and retro-style songs.

==History== The group was founded in November 1998, consisting of three Morning Musume members: Aya Ishiguro, Kaori Iida, and Mari Yaguchi. After the formation, the group immediately released their first single, "Last Kiss," which was used on the anime Sorcerous Stabber Orphen. The single has a "sexy" vibe that they used on their second single and first album. However, they created a fresh image when they released "Tanpopo". This new image did not become as popular as the first image they had created.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tanpopo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.