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Weather Girls (Japanese: ウェザーガールズ Uezā Gāruzu?, Chinese: 天氣女孩; pinyin: Tiānqì Nǚhái) is a group of Taiwanese female idols originally acting as weather forecast reporters on televisions and internet for Taiwan and the United States[1] and later entering entertainment business in Japan.

In Japan, the group is under Pony Canyon and is represented by Ritz Productions.[2]

Contents [hide]

1 History

1.1 Pre-debut

1.2 2012: debut in Japan

1.3 2013: first album

2 Members

3 Discography

3.1 Singles

3.2 Albums

3.3 DVDs

4 Controversy

5 References

6 External links

History[edit source | editbeta]

Pre-debut[edit source | editbeta]

Next TV Broadcasting Ltd., which runs the Next Media Animation TV or NMA television station, wanted to produce daily weather forecast programs to be distributed in English in Taiwan and the United States, with a group of cute young girls dancing to the reports.[1] In August 2010, NMA formed a group called "Weather Girls", consisting of thirty eight members. Each day of the week is hosted by a different weather girl who would deliver a short message to viewers in an adorable manner, and each month is a different theme.[1][2][3] The themes include the graduation season, in which the girls dressed up in Japanese school uniforms and spoke in Japanese.[1] The ninja and tokusatsu themes have also been used.[4]

2012: debut in Japan[edit source | editbeta]

After having been introduced by several Japanese programs in April 2012, the group attracted much attention in Japan. Seven of its members who are most skilled in singing and dancing were then chosen to be debuted in Japan as a musical group. They are reportedly the first Taiwanese girl group to come to Japan.[2][3][5]

The news of Weather Girls officially debuting as an idol girl group was announced on 8 August 2012.[5] The group held their debut performance on 10 August 2012, at "a-nation musicweek", where they were the opening act.[6]

For their Japanese career, the seven girls were required to take Japanese courses, in addition to dance lessons and performance rehearsals. Their language studies were broadcast on televisions once a week.[3] The group has also been fixed guests on the program Akihabara@TV since 23 September 2012. The program, which aired every Sunday, aimed to educate viewers on different forms of Japanese culture.[7]

The group's first single, called "Koi no Tenkiyohō", was announced in September 2012, and its music video was officially released on 30 September 2012. The single was later revealed to have been produced by Jeff Miyahara.[2][8] On 17 October 2012, the single was physically released in two editions, both containing the song "Koi no Tenkiyohō" and a b-side single titled "Loving Pass ~Koi no Password~".[9]

On 25 December 2012, it was confirmed that the Weather Girls' second single, titled "Koi wa Tokimeki Chūihō", will be released on 6 February 2013.[10]

2013: first album[edit source | editbeta]

The Weather Girls' third single, called "Koi no Love – Sunshine", was scheduled to be released on 5 June 2013.[11]

On 17 May 2013, it has been revealed that, in January 2014, Weather Girls will take Japanese National Weather Forecasting Licence Examination to become legitimate weather forecasters in the country, in addition to their idol career. The examination has been biannually held since 1994, reportedly with a 5 percent pass rate.[12] For the sake of the examination, the group takes meteorological classes where licensed weather forecasters give lectures and the fans are also allowed to be present.[12]

It has also been announced on 17 May that their first album, titled Weather Girls,[13] is to be released on 3 July 2013.[12] Apart from certain songs found in the previous singles, the eponymous album, which was entirely produced by Jeff Miyahara and his team, includes nine new studio recordings.[12][14] The songs vary from dance-pop to ballad.[14] With the theme of clouds, the concept art of the album is described as follows: "Weather Girls, wearing fluffy marshmallow clouds, come to Japan riding on 'bomb anticyclone'."[15]

Members[edit source | editbeta]

The following are the seven members active in Japan:

# Stage name Chinese name Date of birth In charge of Position

Romanised

(officially) Japanese Romanised Chinese Day Element Colour

1 NueNue ニューニュー

(Nyūnyū) Zhào Jìngyí

aka IOP 趙靜儀

aka 哎喔批 4 October 1991 (age 21) Sunday Wind Yellow

2 Hijon ハイジャン

(Haijan) Zhèng Hāijiǎng

aka Hāi Jiǎngjiǎng 鄭嗨獎

aka 嗨獎獎 27 September 1990 (age 22) Monday Lightning Green

3 Esse エース

(Ēsu) Ài Sī 愛絲 18 August 1991 (age 21) Tuesday Rain Orange

4 Dara ダラ Xiǎo Nǎixī 小奶昔 7 September Wednesday Cloud Red

5 Mia ミア Zhuāng Xīnyí 莊心怡 12 June 1983 (age 30) Thursday Sun Blue

6 Mini ミニ Lín Yíhuì 林怡慧 30 June 1984 (age 29) Friday Snow Pink

7 Yumi ユミ Lín Cǎiwēi 林采薇 5 March 1984 (age 29) Saturday Fog Purple Leader[2]

Discography[edit source | editbeta]

Singles[edit source | editbeta]

# Title Release date Peak position on Oricon Weekly Medium

Editions Format Catalogue number

1 "Koi no Tenkiyohō" (恋の天気予報; "Weather Forecast of Love")

Track listing[show]

17 October 2012 Debut: #29 (17 October 2012)

Closing: #12 (21 October 2012)[16] Regular &

Limited CD &

CD+DVD PCCA-70344

PCCA-03702

2 "Koi wa Tokimeki Chūihō" (恋はトキメキ注意報; "Heartbeat Storm Warning is Love")

Track listing[show]

6 February 2013 Debut: #35 (6 February 2013)[16] PCCA-70360

PCCA-03774

3 "Koi no Love – Sunshine" (恋のラブ♥サンシャイン; Koi no Rabu - Sanshain; "Love of Love – Sunshine")

Track listing[show]

5 June 2013 Debut: #18 (4 June 2013)[17]

Closing: #27 (13 June 2013)[16] PCCA-70370

PCCA-03834

Albums[edit source | editbeta]

# Title Release date Peak position on Oricon Weekly Medium

Format Catalogue number

1 Weather Girls

Track listing[show]

3 July 2013 CD PCCA-3859

DVDs[edit source | editbeta]

# Title Release date Medium

Format Catalogue number

1 Weather Girls TV Vol. 1

Track listing[show]

20 March 2013 DVD PCBP-52242

Controversy[edit source | editbeta]

Due to the success of Weather Girls, the Mainland China Guangdong Satellite TV also set up a group of girl meteorologists called "Apple Pie" (Chinese: 苹果派; pinyin: Píngguǒ Pài) to produce the like weather forecast programs.[18] In January 2012, NMA responded to the Chinese group with a press release describing the programs as "plagiarism" and condemning the Chinese authority for its lack of copyright protection laws.[18]

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