Sunday, April 5, 2009

Buono!

Buono! (ボーノ ,Bōno?, Italian adjective for 'good', more specifically when used to imply food possesses a pleasant palate) is a Hello! Project unit consisting of three Hello! Project Kids members: Momoko Tsugunaga and Miyabi Natsuyaki from Berryz Kobo, and Airi Suzuki from °C-ute.

The unit was officially announced at the Nakayoshi magazine Festival 2007 on July 21, 2007, at Tokyo's Sunshine City in Ikebukuro, and formed to sing both the opening ("Kokoro no Tamago") and ending ("Honto no Jibun") themes for the anime adaptation of the Shugo Chara! manga. Buono! continued to record the ending and opening themes for the first season of the anime. As of the second season, Buono! only recorded the ending themes, as the opening themes were handled by Shugo Chara Egg!, another group formed for the sake of performing Shugo Chara! music.

On March 7, 2009, Hello! Project announced that Buono! will be performing at the Japan Expo in Stockholm, Sweden on May 24, 2009.This would be the first time Buono! has ever performed in Europe and it would also be the second Hello! Project group to announce an international appearance outside of Asia in 2009.

Members
Airi Suzuki
Miyabi Natsuyaki
Momoko Tsugunaga