FAKY

 (フェイキー) is a five-member Japanese girl group aiming to unite Japanese and Western music. They are signed under Avex's Rhythm Zone record label.

Current Members

 * Lil' Fang (リル・ファング)
 * Mikako (ミカコ)
 * Akina (アキナ) (Joined October 2015)
 * Taki (タキ) (Joined December 2018)
 * Hina (ヒナ) (Joined December 2018)

Former Members

 * Diane (ダイアン) (Left October 2015)
 * Tina (ティナ) (Left October 2015)
 * Anna (アンナ) (Leader; graduated December 2018)

2013
On July 19, 2013, Avex' sub-label rhythm zone revealed the concept and name of a new girl group. The group name "FAKY" was created by combining the two words "fantastic" and "tokyo", and also stands for "Five Ass Kicking Youngsters". It originally derived from the word "fake" to challenge themselves to bring something new to the Japanese music scene and to embody the "real" world.

The group was formed as "a girl group with international appeal". Their concept had been teased "with overseas expansion in mind" and to "be accepted not only in Japan but also abroad" even before their debut. This concept would also be embodied in the members who are skilled in languages, singing and dancing.

Shortly after, on the 22nd of the same month, the original member line-up was officially announced: Anna, Diane, Tina, Lil' Fang and Mikako.

On July 29, the group's first music video, "Better Without You", was released. The song is an EDM number produced by STY and other music producers. Later that year, on September 1, FAKY held their first live performances as an opening act of the music festival ''a-nation stadium fes. 2013'' at Ajinomoto-Stadion in Tokyo.

2014-2016
FAKY officially debuted on January 15, 2014, with the release of their first album Better Without You which included different versions of the song with the same name. In the same month, they published a row of digital singles which led to the release of their 2nd album The One on May 28. In June 2014, the group went on hiatus and announced a renewal with a change in membership.

In October 2015, FAKY returned from being on hiatus for more than one year and relaunched with four members: Anna, Lil' Fang and Mikako, who were from the original line-up, and a new member, Akina, who came to Japan from the United States. With the new formation, the group went on to release 3 digital singles and an EP entitled Candy on May 24, 2016.

In April 2016, they formed the supergroup FAMM'IN together with electro-pop duo FEMM and singer/songwriter Yup'in. At the end of the year, the music video for FAKY's song "Candy" was nominated for Best New Video at the VMAJ 2016.

2017-2018
The group continued to release three digital singles in 2017 and made their major label debut with the album Unwrapped on June 14 in the same year.

In 2018, FAKY were chosen to perform as part of CRAZYBOY's tour CRAZYBOY presents NEOTOKYO ～THE PRIVATE PARTY 2018～ and as an opening act for Hiroomi Tosaka's tour HIROOMI TOSAKA LIVE TOUR 2018 "FULL MOON". On July 2, it was also revealed that FAKY would be in charge of the new ending theme for the anime Black Clover. The song used for this instance was titled "four". Additionally, their song "Last Petal" was chosen as the opening theme for the TV drama Anata ni wa Naiwa Nai (あなたには渡さない), making it the first drama tie-up for the group.

On November 16 in the same year, member Anna announced on Instagram that she would be departing from the group to pursue an acting career. She performed as a member for the last time at FAKYs headline tour, fo(u)r, on December 20. After Anna officially departed from the group, FAKY announced that they added two new members, Taki and Hina, and would continue as a 5-member group. While Hina was a member of Def Will prior to her addition, Taki moved from the Philippines to Japan in order to debut.

2019-2020
In July 2019, the group announced the release of a digital single trilogy with the theme of "GIRL POWER." At the same time, they opened their own YouTube channel. The singles included in the trilogy were "GIRLS GOTTA LIVE". "ANTIDOTE" and "NEW AGE".

On February 26, 2020, FAKY released the digital single "half-moon" which was based on Hina's feelings from a romantic reality show on AbemaTV she participated in. On June 17, they released the digital album Re:wrapped which features their past songs from the album Unwrapped re-recorded by their new 5-member line-up.

Discography
Albums=

Albums

 * 1) [2014.01.15] Better Without You
 * 2) [2017.06.14] Unwrapped

Live Albums

 * 1) [2018.12.19] FAKY FIRST LIVE - Unwrapped -

Digital Albums
Singles=
 * 1) [2014.05.28] The One
 * 2) [2016.05.24] CANDY
 * 3) [2020.06.17] Re:wrapped

Singles

 * 1) [2018.12.19] four

Digital Singles

 * 1) [2013.12.13] Better Without You - Remixes
 * 2) [2013.12.18] When You Wish Upon A Star
 * 3) [2014.01.15] Better Without You
 * 4) [2014.01.22] Girl Digger
 * 5) [2014.01.29] The One
 * 6) [2015.10.21] Afterglow
 * 7) [2015.10.21] You
 * 8) [2015.10.21] Candy
 * 9) [2017.03.01] Surrender
 * 10) [2017.08.30] SUGA SWEET
 * 11) [2017.10.25] Chase Me
 * 12) [2018.04.11] Who We Are
 * 13) [2018.07.11] four
 * 14) [2018.08.15] Feelin' Good ~It's PARADISE~
 * 15) [2018.11.11] Last Petal
 * 16) [2019.08.23] GIRLS GOTTA LIVE
 * 17) [2019.10.30] ANTIDOTE
 * 18) [2019.11.09] NEW AGE
 * 19) [2020.02.26] half-moon

Digital Singles (Other Versions)

 * 1) [2016.08.10] Candy (Yamato Remix)
 * 2) [2017.12.15] Someday We'll Know (English Version)
 * 3) [2018.02.16] Candy (English Version)
 * 4) [2018.05.09] SUGA SWEET (GUMMYB3ARS Remix)
 * 5) [2018.05.09] SUGA SWEET (REMO-CON Remix)
 * 6) [2018.08.29] Bad Things (English Version)
 * 7) [2019.09.11] GIRLS GOTTA LIVE (ANGERMANS Remix)
 * 8) [2019.11.08] ANTIDOTE (DISK NAGATAKI Remix)
 * 9) [2020.01.91] NEW AGE (BUNNY Remix)
 * 10) [2020.05.27] Re:Candy
 * 11) [2020.06.10] Re:Surrender

Other=

Collaborations

 * [2014.10.01] BACK-ON - Reload (#04 "wimp ft. Lil' Fang (from Faky)")
 * [2016.04.27] FAKY, FEMM, Sak Noel, Kuba & Neitan and Mayra Verónica - "No Boyfriend No Problem"
 * [2016.04.27] FAMM'IN - "CIRCLE"
 * [2017.03.23] FAMMI'N - "animus"
 * [2017.04.26] Yamato - "Shining feat. Anna & Akina (from Faky)"
 * [2018.07.04] CRAZYBOY - NEOTOKYO FOREVER (#05 "Japanicano (feat. Faky)")

Compilations/Other

 * [2017.12.20] Girls Mode 4 スター☆スタイリスト ボーカルコレクション (#01 "Girls Be Ambitious"; Anna from FAKY)
 * [2018.08.15] 90S & NEW REVIVAL (#05 "Feelin' Good ~It's PARADISE~")
 * [2020.05.13] avex revival trax (#01 "CAN'T STOP THIS!"; Beverly, FAKY, FEMM, lol, Yup'in and Anzai Karen, #03 "Feelin' Good -It's PARADISE- (Retake Version)", #05 "Deatta Koro no Yō ni"; Hina from FAKY)