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Project AW |
| Years Active |
2017-present |
| Origin |
Tokyo |
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Avex Trax |
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Promoting EMPiRE originals
Promoting THE EMPiRE STRiKES START!!
EMPiRE are an idol group formed in August 2017 as a collaboration between WACK and Japanese record label Avex.
Members
- YU-Ki EMPiRE (Founding member)
- YUKA EMPiRE (Founding member)
- MAYU EMPiRE (Founding member
- MiDORiKO EMPiRE (Founding Member)
- MAHO EMPiRE (Joined 2018)
- MiKiNA EMPiRE (Joined 2018)
Past Members
- YUiNA EMPiRE (Transferred to BiS May 1st 2018)
History
2017
On March 31st 2017, it was announced at the WACK EXHiBiTiON that the BiS, BiSH and GANG PARADE joint audition finalists YU-Ki EMPiRE and YUKA EMPiRE would be chosen as members for a new collborative group between WACK and Avex Trax, the record company that BiSH (and previously, BiS) were signed to. The group was given the temporary name "Project AW" and auditions opened for more members. Girls who had failed the previous WACK audition were especially encouraged to audition for this upcoming project.
The completed Project AW, now known officially as "EMPiRE", was revealed on August 23rd. The members' names were announced as YU-Ki EMPiRE, YUKA EMPiRE, MAYU EMPiRE, MiDORiKO EMPiRE and YUiNA EMPiRE, however, their faces were obscured by hoods until each member reached 10000 followers on Twitter. When YUiNA was the first member to reach this target, the goal was increased to 20000 in response to fans purchasing bot accounts to reach the goal faster. When all the members faces were finally unveiled, it was revealed that as well as the two members announced at WACK EXHiBiTiON, MAYU and YUiNA were also finalists from the joint audition.
In late 2017, EMPiRE appeared on the WACK & SCRAMBLES WORKS album, along with all other WACK artists.
2018-2019
In March 2018, another joint audition was held, resulting in the additions of MAHO EMPiRE and MiKiNA EMPiRE. It was also announced that YUiNA EMPiRE would be permanently transferred to BiS. EMPiRE's debut album, THE EMPiRE STRiKES START!! was released April 11th. During YUiNA's final show with EMPiRE, their first mini-album, EMPiRE originals was announced.
EMPiRE will release their debut single, Pierce, in January 2019. While originally scheduled for February, it was pushed forward a month after it was announced as an ending theme to the anime Fairy Tail.
Discography
Albums:
- [2018.04.11] THE EMPiRE STRiKES START!!
Mini-Albums
- [2018.09.05] EMPiRE originals
Singles:
- [2019.01.13] Pierce
Contributions:
- [2017.12.06] WACK & SCRAMBLES WORKS (Tracks #4 and #6)
Publications
Trivia
- As of 2018 they are the only WACK unit to not have an indies period and launch immediately on a major label.
- The name of every single member in the group's history begins with either an M or a Y.