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EMPiRE
a.k.a

Project AW

Years Active

2017-present

Origin

Tokyo

Label

Avex Trax

Associated Acts

BiS, BiSH, GANG PARADE

Website

http://empire-official.com/
Twitter

Members


YU-Ki EMPiRE
MAYU EMPiRE
MiDORiKO EMPiRE
MAHO EMPiRE
MiKiNA EMPiRE
NOW EMPiRE

Former Members

YUiNA EMPiRE
YUKA EMPiRE

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EMPiRE are an idol group formed in August 2017 as a collaboration between WACK and Japanese record label Avex.

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Members

Past Members

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 collaborative 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.

On January 29th, 2019, EMPiRE announced a 24 hour live to take place on March 3rd to 4th. At the same time, YUKA announced that she would graduate from EMPiRE, in order to concentrate on studying.

YUKA graduated from EMPiRE at their 24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE live on March 4th. Immediately afterward, EMPiRE released a digital single, SELFiSH PEOPLE, for free on their website for 24 hours.

On March 23rd, EMPiRE announced their second single on Twitter. During the announcement, they also announced a "Brand-new EMPiRE" with a change in sound and image. A week later, NOW was revealed as a new member, following another joint WACK Audition.

Discography

Albums

Mini-Albums

Singles

Digital Singles

Contributions

Publications

Trivia

  • As of 2018 they are the only WACK unit to not have an indies period and launch immediately on a major label.
  • Prior to NOW joining the name of every single member in the group began with either an M or a Y.
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