(Group) Tomato n' Pine -Tomapai-

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aka the Yui Koike group... well obviously many know here but not so many know about he doing music (is all good music imo)



They started in 2009 as a duo with members Kanaki Jyun (now former member) and Koike Yui as a duo but in the same year Jyun retires and so 2 more girls are added, Kusano Hinako and Wada Erika, to form a trio... so at first they only did live shows and some hard promotion on the webs and so they gained popularity and started to appear in radio shows as guests and more important venues like the Tokio Idol Festival 2010.

One interesting part about this group is that the girls can do their own works as models or actress (Yui Koike is the best example)

So now they are part of Sony music and alraedy released some singles under they wing. Their last one was selected as ending theme for teh anime Beelzebuh





Official stuff

http://www.tomapai.jp/
http://www.myspace.com/tomapai
http://www.youtube.com/user/Tomapai
Tomapai Channel


Discography

Album
[2009.04.04] Life is Beautiful (Indies)
Singles
[2010.05.15] Captain wa Kimi da! (キャプテンは君だ!) (Indies)
[2011.03.09] Tabidachi Transfer (旅立ちトランスファー)
[2011.08.17] Nanairo☆Namida (なないろ☆ナミダ)
[2011.12.07] Jingle Girl Joui Jidai (ジングルガール上位時代)
Compilations / Others
[2011.08.10] ZONE Tribute ~Kimi ga Kureta Mono~ (#2 Yume no Kakera...)
DVD
[2010.08.25] BLUE SPLASH




btw... Yui Koike's thread
http://forum.jphip.com/index.php?topic=20471.0
 

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Tomapai Channel Vol.7 from 2.5Dより

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A slideshow tribute to Yui Koike by YouTuber kuririnsan77   
Features a medley of old-timey music by the lovely 牧葉ユミ Yumi Makiba:
見知らぬ世界 Mishiranu Sekai / Unknown World
悪魔か天使か Akuma ka Tenshi ka / What Devil or Angel
回転木馬 Kaiten Mokuba / Carousel (The song that 13 year old Momoe Yamaguchi performed on the talent show "A Star is Born" in 1972)

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[initial]

these girls are so great!

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these girls are so great!

YES

Tomato n'Pine - ジングルガール上位時代＠PS2U

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Yui chan, お誕生日おめでとうございます！！！


Yui turned 21 today, 4月4日　-hoping she had a great day, and wishing her the
 best of times, full of love and friendship throughout the coming year.




And a tribute to Yui, by YouTuber Heroines2012 :

[Gokaiger] - Yui Koike

[initial]

good news, www.cdjapan.com has listed a new single by Tomapai!
New Single: Title is to be announced [w/ DVD, Limited Edition]
日本語タイトル: 未定 [DVD付初回限定盤]/ Tomato n' Pine
Release Date    2012/05/23

they have enough material to release a full album, I hope they stay as a unit and get more exposure.  They're one of, probably my top idol-unit besides all of H!P, Ebisu Muscats and Fudanjuku.

please show your support for Tomapai!

[Sensitized]

I just found out about these girls a few days ago and already I'm love. Their sound is so fresh and I can imagine big things for them already.

I've already ordered their first three Sony singles and can't wait for this new one!

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[initial]

good news- bad news

good news-
Yui looks great with her new haircut   

bad news-
according to cdjapan.com, tomapai's next single has been cancelled.   

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^ i keep the good news... but why cancelled is there any info about it?                                                                                                                                                                                     

[Sensitized]

^Their official website posted something about it on April 27:

8/1 トマパイの1stアルバムが発売決定！5月6月と連続配信シングル！

トマパイの1stアルバムが8月1日に発売決定しました！それに合わせ、5月23日と6月に配信限定シングルがリリースされます。5月リリースのタイトルは「踊れカルナヴァル」。4月30日に開催されますPS2Uで初お披露目します！

リリース情報等、随時アップデートしていきます！

_{http://www.tomapai.jp/news/2012/04/81-1st56.html}

Aside from announcing an album for August 1, it also says something about two singles in May and June. So at least until four days ago, everything seemed to be on track - they even gave the title for the May single as 「踊れカルナヴァル」 (Odore Carnival).

But who knows? Maybe something happened behind the scenes at the last minute and the dates for everything have changed?

I doubt the May single is completely scrapped, though. CDJapan will probably just relist it with a different catalog number once everything is sorted out.

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quick backstage interview

[initial]

Wada Erika, she's my favorite 'underdog' Idol, the one with potential and so much to prove.
Yui, gorgeous as always.
Hina, so pretty.

[initial]

5-23-2012
Saw a link from the tomato n'pine twitter this morning for a Ustream and I guess their single Odore Carnaval is still on.  The Ustream was showing some of the filming for the MV.  I hope the single will still be released, hopefully soon.          

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the new song is a digital release now
http://mora.jp/package/80307744/SRXX00611B01A/

but the album is still on for 8/1

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new song making MV




plus some stream

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the new song is a digital release now
http://mora.jp/package/80307744/SRXX00611B01A/

but the album is still on for 8/1

Mora. Blah.

That's the Sony music site that only sells ATRAC, right?

I'm glad the single is still on, though. The sudden cancellation along with no updates had me worried that something super dramatic happened behind the scenes and that Tomapai would, like, have another line-up change or something. :S