Fairies

 (フェアリーズ) was a Japanese dance and vocal girl group formed in 2011.

On June 17, 2020, they announced the end of their activities as a group.

Final Line-Up

 * Inoue Rikako (井上理香子; Purple )
 * Nomoto Sora (野元空; Light Blue )
 * Ito Momoka (伊藤萌々香; Red )
 * Hayashida Mahiro (林田真尋; Yellow )
 * Shimomura Miki (下村実生; Pink )

Former Members

 * Kiyomura Kawane (清村川音) (Left January 17, 2013)
 * Fujita Miria (藤田みりあ) (Left January 10, 2017)

Pre-debut
Fairies was formed by talent agency Vision Factory (now Rising Production), famous for successful artists such as Namie Amuro, MAX, DA PUMP and SPEED. Their concept was "a world class talented group that is able to compete overseas." Members were chosen from 100 candidates who were attending dance schools affiliated with Vision Factory, coming from 13 regions of Japan. The group name was open for suggestions from the public through a special corner in Nippon TV programme Sukkiri!!, and "Fairies" was chosen with the explanation that their dancing form resembled a group of fairies fluttering.

2011
The group debuted with the double A-side single "More Kiss / Song for You" on September 21, 2011, after a year of training together and with the 7 members having an average age of 13.1. At the 53rd Japan Record Awards, held on December 30, 2011, Fairies were named the best newcomer of the year, receiving the Best New Artist award. Among other nominees, they beat 2NE1 and SUPER☆GiRLS. At the time of receiving the award, Fairies' average age of 13.6 was the lowest for this award, a record shared with °C-ute that won in 2007.

2013
On January 17, 2013, member Kiyomura announced that she would be "restraining" from activities with Fairies in order to concentrate on her studies, leaving the remaining six to continue. Although the group had been using the name "Fairies" in Latin script until then, from February onward it was changed to Japanese on all their official sites and single jacket covers. However, no announcement was ever made about which was the official notation. On February 1, 2013 the sub-unit "M Three" (Mスリー) with Hayashida Mahiro, Fujita Miria, and Shimomura Miki as members was announced. The name was due to "M" being the initial of all three girls' given names. Their debut single "Yumemiru Dancing Doll" was released on March 27.

2014
Fairies released their eponymous first album on March 26, 2014. Included as a new song on the album was Ito's solo song "Poker Face", which later became the title song on Ito's solo debut single, released July 23. From August 9 to August 14, the group held their first live tour "Fairies LIVE TOUR 2014: Summer Party," which was released on DVD that December.

2017
In January 2017, Fujita Miria announced that she would be withdrawing from the group in order to focus on her studies.

2019
On July 17, about a year and a half after the release of their last single, Fairies released their 17th single titled "Metropolis～メトロポリス～". Additionally, the three tracks of the new release received their own music videos.

2020
On June 17, 2020, it was announced by Rising Production that after several discussions with the members, Rikako Inoue, Sora Nomoto and Mahiro Hayashida had decided to terminate their contracts with the agency, with Rikako also retiring from the show business. Momoka Ito and Miki Shimomura would remain in the agency and start working individually. Although Fairies' activities ended as a group, the agency revealed that they had not disbanded and their future activities were "undecided".

Albums

 * 1) [2014.03.26] Fairies
 * 2) [2018.06.20] JUKEBOX

Singles

 * 1) [2011.09.21] More Kiss / Song for You
 * 2) [2011.12.21] HERO / Sweet Jewel
 * 3) [2012.04.04] Beat Generation / No More Distance
 * 4) [2012.07.25] Tweet Dream / Sparkle
 * 5) [2012.11.14] White Angel
 * 6) [2013.07.24] Hikari no Hate ni (光の果てに)
 * 7) [2014.02.19] RUN with U
 * 8) [2014.05.28] Super Hero / Love Me, Love You More.
 * 9) [2014.09.03] BLING BLING MY LOVE
 * 10) [2015.03.25] Kiss Me Babe / Hirari (Kiss Me Babe/ひらり)
 * 11) [2015.07.15] Soushisouai☆desination (相思相愛☆destination)
 * 12) [2015.11.18] Mr.Platonic
 * 13) [2016.08.10] Crossroad (クロスロード)
 * 14) [2017.03.31] Synchronized ~Synchro~ (シンクロ)
 * 15) [2017.07.05] Koi no Roadshow (恋のロードショー)
 * 16) [2018.02.28] HEY HEY ~Light Me Up~
 * 17) [2019.07.17] Metropolis (メトロポリス)

Filmography
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Video Releases
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 * 1) [2014.12.10] Fairies LIVE TOUR 2014 - Summer Party - (フェアリーズ LIVE TOUR 2014 - Summer Party -)
 * 2) [2016.03.09] Fairies LIVE TOUR 2015 - Kiss Me Babe -／- PUZZLE - (フェアリーズ LIVE TOUR 2015 - Kiss Me Babe -／- PUZZLE -)
 * 3) [2017.10.11] Fairies LIVE TOUR 2017 -Fairytale- (フェアリーズ LIVE TOUR 2017 -Fairytale-)
 * 4) [2018.09.19] Fairies LIVE TOUR 2018 ～JUKEBOX～ (フェアリーズ LIVE TOUR 2018 ～JUKEBOX～)
 * 5) [2019.11.06] Fairies LIVE TOUR 2019 -ALL FOR YOU- (フェアリーズLIVE TOUR 2019-ALL FOR YOU-)