BiSH

BiSH, also known as Brand-new idol SHiT (Shinsei

Kuso Idol,
), is a Japanese idol group that was
founded in 2015 by their manager Watanabe Junnosuke.
The group was conceived as a successor to BiS, an idol
group managed by Watanabe that disbanded in 2014.

failing to follow the rules of the festival during the groups

performances, both groups had all events on the second
day cancelled. Footage from the festival that was broadcast on TV shows TIF sta members attempting to bring
BiSHs performance to a halt in the middle of a song. On
August 5, two new BiSH members were revealed: Lingling and Hashiyasume Atsuko, bringing the total number of members up to six. Just as the earlier members
of the group, their prole photos were taken with black
contact lenses. Their true faces could not be revealed until they gained more Twitter followers than BiSH manager Watanabe Junnosuke.[9] However, Watanabe, growing bored of waiting, lowered the number to 5000 followers for both members, and their faces were revealed later
that week.

History

BiSH was initially announced in January 2015 with the

idea to begin BiS again, and auditions began that month
in order to nd members.[1][2] After the audition process
the completed lineup was announced in March, and members Yukako Love Deluxe, Sen to Chihiro Chitti, Aina
The End, Hug Mii and Momoko Gumi Company were
revealed to the public. The members faces were obscured with black contact lenses and could not be revealed
until they each attained 4,444 followers on Twitter.[3]
Their rst song Spark, from the album Brand-new idol
SHiT, was released through the music site Ototoy as a
free download: rst as a demo version with vocals by
their manager, and then the nished version came one
week later. At that time, Yukako Love Deluxe chose to
withdraw from the group before their ocial debut. In
an interview with Ototoy, she cited reasons of stress and
anxiety in relation to her withdrawal. She had recorded
vocals for all tracks on the album, so her parts had to be
re-recorded before its release.[4] Her voice was retained,
however, on Spark.

On the 14th of August 2015, BiSH revealed the music

video for their rst single, the Celtic metal song OTNK,
featuring the new members. On the 2nd of October 2015
it was announced that BiSH would release a second album with the title FULL METAL JACKET. This was
later revised to FAKE METAL JACKET. It was released on January 20, 2016. FAKE METAL JACKET
was promoted with a music video for the song MONSTERS, which originally appeared on their rst album.
The new recording for FAKE METAL JACKET features Hashiyasume Atsuko and Lingling. Upon release,
the album reached 5th place on the daily Oricon album
charts.

On the 19th of January, 2016, BiSH announced at the

BiSH released a music video for the song BiSH: Hoshi ga nal leg of their IDOL is SHiT tour that they would
Matataku Yoru ni (BiSH -) in April. Follow- have their major debut, through the label Avex Trax, in
ing in the footsteps of BiS, known for its grotesque and May of 2016.
shocking videos, the BiSH video was based around scat The group released the hardcore punk song DEADimagery.[5] As the release of the album drew closer, BiSH MAN as their major-label debut single on the 5th of
began to release more of its songs as free downloads. By May, billing the 99-second number as "(Probably) the
21 May, just six days before its ocial release date, all 13 shortest major debut song ever?!" The coupling track
of the album tracks were available for free.[6] This did not earth was composed by Tetsuya Komuro and the release
harm its sales, however, and their rst album reached the was mastered by Tim Young. DEADMAN reached 5th
20th position on Oricons Weekly Album Chart.[7] The position on the Oricon weekly singles chart, and shortly
debut album of BiS did not reach the top 300.
after its release, BiSH announced the release of their
On 31 May, BiSH held their rst one-man concert, THiS major-label debut album in October 2016.
IS FOR BiS, at Nakano Heavy Sick Zero. The venues
capacity was 80 people, but it was chosen for its signicance, being the venue where BiS' rst one-man was held.
During the show, the members announced an audition to
recruit more members, and a new single to be released in
September.[8] In August, BiSH performed at the TOKYO
IDOL FESTIVAL 2015. However, due to their fans and
fans of their sister group POP (Period of Plastic 2 Mercy)

On the 16th of May, 2016, member Hug Mii announced

her withdrawal from BiSH, citing family reasons as the
cause. Her last performance was on the 2nd of June.
On August 1st, 2016, new member Ayuni D was revealed
to the public. She made her debut with the group at the
TOKYO BiSH SHiNE repetition event on the 24th of
August, where they announced the title of their upcoming

October album, KiLLER BiSH.

[9] BiSH
Inc.

Members

2.1

Current

2.2

Past

Timeline

Discography

4.1

Indie singles

OTNK, released 2 September 2015. Reached 10th

place on the Oricon weekly single charts.

4.2

Major label singles

DEADMAN, released May 4th, 2016. Reached 5th

place on the Oricon weekly single charts.

4.3

Studio albums

Brand-new idol SHiT, released 27 May 2015.

Reached 20th place on the Oricon weekly album
charts.
FAKE METAL JACKET, released 20 January
2016. Reached 13th place on the Oricon weekly album charts.
KiLLER BiSH, to be released October 2016. The
groups rst album to be released under Avex.

References

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[5] BiSH/BiSHYouTube.
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[7] Brand-new idol SHiT. oricon.co.jp.

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