are an all-girl Japanese pop group within Hello! Project. They were formed after they successfully passed the 2nd Morning Musume & Michiyo Heike Imotobun Audition. Melon Kinenbi is the oldest group in the history of Hello! Project not to have changed any of its members since its formation. The band occasionally worked as dancers for other Hello! Project artists; they can, for instance, be seen in the music video for Maki Goto's single "Yaruki! It's Easy".
The entire group officially graduated from the Hello! Project on March 31, 2009, along with the rest of the Elder Club. After their graduation, they collaborated with other Japanese punk-rock groups for several limited-release indie singles, and released their 4th album Melon's Not Dead. Two days after the album release and just after their 10-year anniversary, the group announced that they would disband following their final tour activities in May 2010. The group performed together for the last time on May 3, at Nakano Sun Plaza, although Melon Kinenbi reunited temporarily in April 2011 to help the efforts following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. On December 31, 2013, Melon Kinenbi reunited a second time to perform at the Hello! Project Countdown Party 2013 〜Good Bye & Hello!〜 event. In October 2018, Melon Kinenbi reunited a third time to perform at the Hello! Project 20th Anniversary!! Hello! Project Hello! Face 2018 event in Saitama.
Members Name Birth date Age Member colour* Notes Hitomi Saito Purple Leader Megumi Murata Light Blue Sub-leader Masae Ōtani Green Ayumi Shibata Red
Discography Albums # Title Release date 1 1st Anniversary 2003-03-12 2 2004-12-01 3 Melon Juice (Mini-album) 2007-12-12 4 Melon's Not Dead 2010-02-17
Greatest Hits albums # Title Release date 1 Fruity Killer Tune 2006-12-06 2 Mega Melon 2008-12-10 3 Ura Melon Coupling tracks collection 2010-04-21
Singles # Title Release Date Misc. Info 1 2000-02-28 Second ending theme of Sorcerous Stabber Orphen 2 2000-06-28 3 2001-03-07 4 2001-10-11 5 2002-02-14 6 2002-06-19 7 " 2002-10-23 8 2003-01-29 Audition song for the sixth generation of Morning Musume 9 2003-05-08 10 2003-09-10 11 2003-12-03 12 2004-06-09 13 2004-10-27 14 2005-02-09 15 (Indies) 2006-06-10 16 2007-03-28 17 (major release) 2007-09-05 18 2008-03-19
Collaboration singles # Title Release date 1 "Don't Say Good-Bye" 2009-06-24 2 2009-07-22 3 "Sweet Suicide Summer Story" 2009-08-12 4 2009-10-21 5 2009-12-30
Unreleased (debuted at their 2009 tour)
DVDs Title Release Date 2002-11-27 2002-12-05 2002-12-05 2003-05-08 2003-12-03 2004-02-11 2004-09-29 2004-11-25 2005-09-28 2005-12-07 2006-03-15 2007-03-28 2007-04-25 2007-05-09 2009-04-15 2010-07-14
Photobooks 2004 – 2004 – 2004 –
Appearances Television
Radio Colorful Pleasure
Hello Pro Yanen
Internet
Musicals Love Century -Yume wa Minna Kerya Hajimaranai- Sōgen no Hito Okaeri
Events 2005 – July Hello! Project Fan Club Gentei Event
Concerts 2002 – 2003 – 2003 – 2003 – 2004 – 2004 – 2004 – 2004 – 2005 – 2005 – 2005 – 2005 –
References
External links Official UP-FRONT WORKS Discography Entry Melon Lounge Official blog