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Love was a Japanese Pop duo formed and managed by LDH and signed to Sony Music Associated Records.

The duo consisted of the two vocalists from the project group REAL FORCE and disbanded at the end of 2012. Their songs have been popular on digital platforms.

Members[]

History[]

Pre-debut[]

At around the end of 2006, Misaki Matsumoto from PARADISE GO!! GO!! started to have side activities as one of the two vocalists in a new performance group created by LDH named REAL FORCE. The second vocalist of the group was Stephanie. Both of them had been active in performing arts since elementary school and in the entertainment industry for over 10 years.[1]

After some time, the focus was shifted on the two vocalists. Inspired by the origin of the name of their agency LDH and the ultimate theme of EXILE, Love, Dream & Happiness, and with the idea of creating groups that would represent those three concepts, Misaki and Stephanie were chosen to form the vocal duo named "Love".[1] As a result, REAL FORCE disbanded.

The duo's first (pre-debut) activity together was releasing a cover of Zone's "secret base ~Kimi ga Kureta Mono~" as a ringtone in 2008 (as well as releasing the full version in a special CD attached to the August 2008 issue of Gekkan EXILE magazine).[2]

2009: Debut[]

In 2009, LDH revealed that it had been decided to debut three girl groups in the same year, with them being named after the three words "Love", "Dream", and "Happiness" (LDH's acronym), which are the company's core themes.[2][3] This endeavour was titled the "Love, Dream, Happiness" project.[4]

In the summer of 2009, the three groups went on a nationwide free live show tour to introduce them to the public and promote their upcoming debut, with the final show taking place on August 3.[2][3] All groups were scheduled to debut afterwards under different record labels: Love would debut under Sony Music Associated Records, Happiness under UNIVERSAL SIGMA, and Dream under Avex.[2]

On August 26, Love made their major debut as the first group of the "Love, Dream, Happiness" project with the release of their first single "First Love ~Love Letter~", which won the power play of 14 FM stations nationwide.[2][1]

On November 25, they released their 2nd single "Second Love ~Tada Hitotsu no Negai Sae~",[5] which reached the #1 spot on the Chaku-Uta Weekly Chart with over 500.000 downloads. Afterwards, several of their songs started to get used as theme songs for TV dramas.[1]

2010[]

On March 10, the duo released their third single "Watashi Aumono".

On April 14, Love released their first studio album titled Taisetsu na Kimochi,[6] which peaked at number #12 on the Oricon album charts.[1]

From May 8 to June 21, they went on their first national live tour Love Live Tour 2010 "Love Letter" to nine locations across the country.[1]

On September 8, they released their fourth single "Kataomoi".

On October 27, they released their fifth single ""Aishiteru" no One Word" . The success of the duo was reinforced by winning the Newcomer of the Year Award at the 43rd Japan Cable Awards.[1]

2011[]

On May 11, they released their sixth single "Someday Again ~Mata Au Hi Made~".

On June 29, Love released their second studio album Tsunagaru Kimochi.

From August 14 to August 27, the duo went on their second live tour Love Live Tour 2011 ~Tsunagaru Kimochi~.

2012: Disbandment[]

Despite their apparent success, Love was faced with troubles behind the scenes. Shortly after her debut, MISAKI injured her vocal cords, which is fatal for a vocalist. She was unable to control her voice and give a satisfying performance.[1] In the spring of 2012, after nearly a year of hiatus, MISAKI's vocal cord injury seemed close to a full recovery and Love started to promote again.[1]

On April 25, the duo released their seventh single "100 Nengo no Kimi ni".

On November 21, they released the digital single "Time goes by ~Sayonara wa Iwanaide~", which would turn out to be their last release.

On December 28, the duo announced that they would end their activities at the end of the year.[7]

On December 31, Love ultimately disbanded after their contract with the record label Sony Music expired.

Discography[]

Albums[]

  1. [2010.04.14] Taisetsu na Kimochi
  2. [2011.06.29] Tsunagaru Kimochi

Singles[]

  1. [2009.08.26] First Love ~Love Letter~
  2. [2009.11.25] Second Love ~Tada Hitotsu no Negai Sae~
  3. [2010.03.10] Watashi Aumono
  4. [2010.09.08] Kataomoi
  5. [2010.10.27] "Aishiteru" no One Word
  6. [2011.05.11] Someday Again ~Mata Au Hi Made~
  7. [2012.04.25] 100 Nengo no Kimi ni

Digital Singles[]

  1. [2012.11.21] Time goes by ~Sayonara wa Iwanaide~

Participating Works[]

Concerts/Tours[]

  1. [2010.05.08-2010.06.21] Love Live Tour 2010 "Love Letter"
  2. [2011.08.14-2011.08.27] Love Live Tour 2011 ~Tsunagaru Kimochi~
  3. [2012.05.06-2012.12.08] Monthly Order Made Live "Kimi no Tame ni Utau" Love Live

Filmography[]

TV Shows[]

  • [2011] Shuukan EXILE (TBS)
  • [2011.06-2012.03] Love ON! TV (MUSIC ON! TV)

Radio[]

  • [2009.04-2011.09] LOVE ARRIVE (FM FUJI)

Trivia[]

  • The songs that Love performed always revolved around different type of relationships and the feelings that come from those relationships (from lovers, friendship, family relations).
  • EXILE ATSUSHI has written some of their songs.

References[]

External links[]

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