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The Margarines

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The Margarines were a J-Pop group made in 2014, at the time Japan was going through a debt crisis. So the creators of the group saw an opportunity to offer a job for about 500 struggling women. The point of the Margarines was to provide jobs to girls which would help them resolve their debts worth about 800,000 US dollars. From a former member Marie Krause, “We learnt that the group lost even more money instead of gaining more.” The group had been featured in many shows, but as expected the group was taken more as of entertaining group which got old quickly instead of being loved and taken seriously. Marie Krause had also shared even more of her trauma in that group. The girls had been hit a lot for entertainment and the host would make them undress too. And Marie shares they were not paid from all of this.

The Margarines
OriginJapan
GenresJ-pop
Years active2014–2016
Past members
  • Akino Fujiwara
  • Ran Takahashi
  • Miku Ono
  • Marie Krause
  • Miu Mitsuhara
  • Kanami Yoda
  • Natsumi Watanabe
  • Yua Kinoshita
  • Mami Nishida

The Margarines were a Japanese idol girl group.

Concept

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The Margarines was founded with the purpose of clearing their members' debts of about ¥127 million and the idea that "people with big debt have big dreams."[1][2]

Members

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Name Date of Birth Birthplace
Akino Fujiwara (1991-10-23) October 23, 1991 (age 33) Gifu Prefecture
Ran Takahashi (1994-12-12) December 12, 1994 (age 29) Oita Prefecture
Miku Ono (1990-03-20) March 20, 1990 (age 34) Mie Prefecture
Marie Krause (1992-02-13) February 13, 1992 (age 32) Germany
Miu Mitsuhara (1990-11-21) November 21, 1990 (age 34) Osaka Prefecture
Kanami Yoda (1985-05-24) May 24, 1985 (age 39) Tokyo
Natsumi Watanabe (1991-09-06) September 6, 1991 (age 33) Ibaraki Prefecture
Yua Kinoshita (1993-11-20) November 20, 1993 (age 31) Yamagata Prefecture
Mami Nishida (1983-12-25) December 25, 1983 (age 40) Aichi Prefecture

Discography

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No. Release Date Title Identification number Oricon chart position
1 17 December 2014 Goodbye Shakkin Tengoku (グッバイ借金天国) PCCA.70420 160[3]
2 15 April 2015 Sakura wa Sakura/Go En ga Arimasu Youni! (桜はさくら/五円があります様に!) PCCA-70434 172[4]

References

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  1. ^ Nagata, Kazuaki (27 September 2014). "New idol group The Margarines sing to pay off debts". The Japan Times. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  2. ^ "All insolvent idol group The Margarines to debut; total debt of all members: 127 million yen". Japan Today. 29 September 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  3. ^ "グッバイ借金天国" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  4. ^ "桜はさくら/五円があります様に!" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
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