GTK! (Get To Know!) Hello! Project – Melon Kinen-Bi (1999)
Melon Kinen-Bi was created between August 1999 and December of the same year. Harshly criticized for their lack of ‘personality’, Melon Kinen-Bi managed to proved their haters wrong two years later, releasing their three biggest successes Chance of LOVE, Kōsui and the iconic Akai Freesia. The band’s musical style is pop with (trendy at the time) R&B beats, distinguishing the girls from their fellow idols with a more mature image. In 2019: Murata &Ootani are now part of the duo Muratani Shimai since 2016. Their first single (Reborn /Sono Hi Made) was sold exclusively during the ‘Muratani Todoro no Enshuai’ (むらたに☆とどるの恩楽会) event @ Shinjuku Loft, in April 2017. It is not available on the market.
