were a Japanese idol group that was active from 1998 to 1999. It was formed by Masahiro Mizuguchi, a producer for Fuji TV who had the idea of creating "an Onyanko Club for the Heisei era (1989-2019)". They debuted in 1998 with the single "Dakishimete". Their name comes from the phrase "Check it!", a catchphrase of Tomoe Shinohara.
There were several things about Checkicco that were similar to Onyanko Club. Like Onyanko Club, Checkicco also hosted their own TV show, called DAIBAtteki!. Each member also had her own number (ID) just like Onyanko Club's members did.
Checkicco held their final performance in November 1999, in front of an audience of 10,000 at Tokyo Bay NK Hall. They have since reunited in 2004, 2009, and 2024.
Anime theme singer Mikuni Shimokawa and gravure idol Asami Kumakiri are two well-known former Checkicco members.
Releases Checkicco has released six singles, two albums (counting their best-of album), a small number of IVs, a photobook, and a Dreamcast game. They had several subgroups such as chee's, METAMO, and M@M, however, they were not very successful (their highest selling single, "Hajimari", only sold 32,450 copies with its highest rank as 40 — this was back in the days when best-selling CDs were the ones that sold over 100,000 copies).
Members ID001: Rina Tanaka ID002: Mikuni Shimokawa ID003: Miki Yahagi ID004: Rika Arai ID005: Megumi Igarashi ID006: Asami Kumakiri ID007: Aimi Ueda ID008: Eriko Yoshioka ID009: Megumi Machida ID010: Marina Kushi ID011: Emiko Sasaki ID012: Mami Fujioka ID013: Megumi Nozaki ID014: Ran Shimano ID015: Tomoko Mori ID016: Eriko Matsumoto ID017: Mayu Katō ID018: Satomi Kaida ID019: Hiromi Kobayashi ID020: Ayano Ōtaki ID021: Yuka Ōta
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