Onyanko Club


Onyanko Club was a large all-girl Japanese pop idol group in the 1980s. Some members of the group participated in several subgroups such as Nyangilas, Ushirogami Hikaretai, and Ushiroyubi Sasaregumi, with the latter two groups providing most of the soundtrack to the popular 80s anime series High School! Kimengumi.
The group debuted on 1 April 1985 on their own Fuji TV variety show Yūyake Nyan Nyan with eleven high school girls selected from participants in the Fuji TV All Night High School Girl Special aired in February that same year. The group disbanded on 9 September 1987, with a final concert. There have been several reunion appearances, including one on a recent episode of Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ. Several big-name idols stemmed from the group, one of the best known being Shizuka Kudō.

Members

Listed in order of joining Onyanko Club. Members 1–11 were original members of the group when it started on 1985-04-01, and were randomly assigned member numbers. Subsequent members of the group were assigned numbers based on the order of their joining. Members 12–16 joined during April that same year.
  1. Mika Okuda
  2. Miharu Nakajima
  3. Aki Kihara
  4. Mamiko Tomoda
  5. Sayuri Kokushō
  6. Mika Nagoya
  7. Mayumi Satō
  8. Satomi Fukunaga
  9. Sonoko Kawai
  10. Kazuko Utsumi
  11. Harumi Tomikawa
  12. Rika Tatsumi
  13. Mamiko Takai
  14. Sanae Jōnouchi
  15. Ruriko Nagata
  16. Yukiko Iwai
  17. Yōko Teramoto
  18. Tamaki Gomioka
  19. Mako Shiraishi
  20. Kaori Hayashi
  21. Fumio Mita
  22. Akie Yoshizawa
  23. Yoshie Akasaka
  24. Aki Matsumoto
  25. Mutsumi Yokota
  26. Minayo Watanabe
  27. Chiaki Mikami
  28. Yūko Yajima
  29. Susan Kumiko Yamamoto
  30. Tomoko Fukawa
  31. Mami Yumioka
  32. Takako Okamoto
  33. Marina Watanabe
  34. Kaori Ōnuki
  35. Shizuka Kudō
  36. Maki Takabatake
  37. Akiko Ikuina
  38. Noriko Kaise
  39. Makiko Saitō
  40. Toshie Moriya
  41. Naoko Takada
  42. Yumiko Yoshida
  43. Sanae Nakajima
  44. Yuriko Yamamori
  45. Kayo Agazuma
  46. Mitsuko Yoshimi
  47. Miyuki Sugiura
  48. Kumiko Miyano
  49. Wakako Suzuki

    Additional members

Singles

  1. "Sailor Fuku o Nugasanai de" / Speeding Generation
  2. *Featuring Nitta, Nakajima, Fukunaga, and Utsumi. Debuted at No. 5 on the Oricon charts, remained charted for 17 weeks.
  3. "Oyoshi ni Natte ne Teacher" / Teddy Bear Time: The Sweet Scent of a Young Girl
  4. *Featuring Nitta, Nakajima, Fukunaga, and Utsumi. Debuted at #2 on the Oricon charts, remained charted for 15 weeks.
  5. "Jā ne" / Uh-oh-oh-oh
  6. *Featuring Nakajima for A side, B side features all the members at the time. Debuted at No. 1 on the Oricon charts, remained charted for 9 weeks.
  7. "Otto Chikan!" / Memory of a Beautiful Woman
  8. *Featuring Fukunaga, Utsumi, Jōnouchi, Nagata, and Yokota for A side. B side performed by Utsumi. Debuted at No. 1 on the Oricon charts, remained charted for 8 weeks.
  9. "Osaki ni Shitsurei" / Summer Print
  10. *Theme song from the Toho film Onyanko the Movie: One Shot Danger!
  11. *Featuring Tomikawa, Iwai, Fukawa, Watanabe for A side. B side performed by Utsumi. Debuted at No. 1 on the Oricon charts, remained charted for 9 weeks.
  12. "Koi wa Question" / The Great Anmistsu Battle
  13. *Opening and ending themes for Anmitsu Hime anime series.
  14. *Featuring Nagata, Iwai, Shiraishi, Ikuina. Debuted at No. 1 on the Oricon charts, remained charted for 7 weeks.
  15. "No More Renai Gokko" / Good Night to Only You / Onyanko Message, 10P3042
  16. *Featuring Tomikawa, Nagata, Iwai, and Shiraishi for A side. B side features the entire group at the time. The "Onyanko Message" is found only on the cassette. Debuted at No. 1 on the Oricon charts, remained charted for 6 weeks.
  17. "Katatsumuri Samba" / Pistils and Stamens
  18. *Featuring Tomikawa, Kudō, Yoshimi, and Sugiura for A side. B side features Nagata, Shiraishi, Kaise, Agazuma. Debuted at No. 1 on the Oricon charts, remained charted for 5 weeks.
  19. "Wedding Dress / Please Treat Me Well
  20. *Featuring Tomikawa, Nagata, Shiraishi, Yokota, and Fukawa. Debuted at No. 2 on the Oricon charts, remained charted for 7 weeks.
  21. "Shōmikigen" / Classmates
  22. *Featuring Nitta, Kokushō, Utsumi, Jōnouchi, Iwai, and Watanabe. Debuted at No. 48 on the Oricon charts, remained charted for 5 weeks.
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Albums

Studio albums

Ushiroyubi Sasaregumi

was the first sub-group with members Mamiko Takai and Yukiko Iwai, and released six singles and three albums, from 1985 to 1987.

Nyangilas

was the second of three offshoot groups within the Onyanko Club. They had the shortest run with only two singles and one album. Members consisted of Aki Kihara, Mika Nagoya, Rika Tatsumi, and Mako Shiraishi.

Ushirogami Hikaretai

consisted of members Akiko Ikuina, Shizuka Kudo and Makiko Saito, and released five singles, two studio albums and one live album, in 1987 and 1988. now are having a revival group "Watarirouka Hashiritai" From AKB48