Dotstokyo
{{short description|2010s former Japanese shoegaze idol group}}
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| origin = Japan
| genre = shoegaze
| years_active = {{Start date|2016}}–{{End date|2019}}
| label = TRASH-UP!! RECORDS, Japan Connection Inc.
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dotstokyo (stylized as ・・・・・・・・・) was a Japanese idol group active from 2016 to 2019.
Name and members
There is no official pronunciation of the name – which consists of nine interpuncts originally representing the nine founding members, although the actual number of members varied over the history of the group and ten performers have been in the group in total, albeit not at the same time – but the group has referred to themselves in interviews and online variously as dots, dotstokyo, dotsnine, tenten (a colloquial term for kana voicing marks which are dot-shaped), tenkyu (indicating that there are nine dots but also a pun off "thank you"), and so on.{{Cite web |date=2016-09-09 |title=どう呼べばいいかわからない!? 新時代のアイドル「・・・・・・・・・」がお披露目ライブを開催！正式名はドッツトーキョーか!? |url=https://tsuiran.jp/pickup/20160909/8203 |accessdate=2017-05-21 |work=ついラン}}
Background
A group members were selected at the Let's Create Tokyo for Girls!! Project Idol Audition held in April 2016.{{Cite web |title=どう呼べばいいかわからない!? 新時代のアイドル「・・・・・・・・・」がお披露目ライブを開催！正式名はドッツトーキョーか!? |url=https://tsuiran.jp/pickup/20160909/8203 |access-date=2025-02-28}}{{Cite web |title=謎多き次世代アイドルグループ「・・・・・・・・・」がお披露目ライブ開催 |url=http://www.fashionsnap.com/the-posts/2016-09-02/dotstokyo/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20161106183150/http://www.fashionsnap.com/the-posts/2016-09-02/dotstokyo/ |archive-date=2016-11-06 |access-date=2025-02-28}}
All members are often given nicknames (identification symbols). "・(dot) is a new type of idol that can be in any form. It can become sound, light, smell, taste, vibration, symbols, words, 2D or 3D, inorganic or living things. Sometimes it takes the shape of a girl, and this state (the condition of a girl who actually meets at the scene with some kind of sunglasses and her face is hidden) is・(dot) chan. "[https://x.com/tokyo_tsukurou/status/1092377789053845504 "@tokyo_tsukurou tweet on 2019-02-04"]. Retrieved 2025-02-28
The song follows shoegaze and underground punk, and features performances using technology. Live shows are called observation and fans are called observers or dotchers (dot + watchers).
Live activities ended with the solo show Tokyo in Natural Machine on March 24th, 2019.{{Cite web |title="・・・・・・・・・ライブ活動終了、キネマ倶楽部で「都市に還る」 |url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/318698 |access-date=2025-02-28}} In terms of the concept, there is no definition of graduation or disbandment, and it is described as returning to the city without taking the form of a girl.[https://x.com/tokyo_tsukurou/status/1092377955437731840 "@tokyo_tsukurou tweet on 2019-02-04"]. Retrieved 2025-02-28 The management team supports the activities of RAY, which was formed in the same year, and solo career of Uchiyama Yua, an ex-member of group.
Discography
= Singles =
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! # ! Release date ! Title ! Record label ! Distribution format ! Catalogue code ! Tracklist/notes | |
| 1
| 2017-01-09 | Crunchy EP | Self-produced | CD-R | | style="text-align:left" |First CD-R, a limited edition for live venues; available in limited quantities at Tower Records Shinjuku starting 14 October 2017 {{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/i/status/919034101369159680 |title=「【#新宿アイドル班】初流通盤『CD』も当店でロングセラー中の話題のアイドル、・・・・・・・・・」 |accessdate=2017-12-22 |author=タワーレコード新宿店（@TOWER_Shinjuku） |date=2017-10-24 |publisher=Twitter }}
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| 2
| 2017-08-16 | CD | Trash-Up | Records
| CD | TUR-019 | style="text-align:left"|First single, the group's first nationally distributed disc; it consists conceptually of a single track broken into seven parts.
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| 3
| 2017-09-30 to 2017-10-22 | Tokyo in Cage | Trash-Up | Records presents: Idols and the Arts exhibit (30 Sept 2017 - 22 Oct 2017) | Exhibited works | | Second single |
| 4
| 2017-10-17 to 2017-10-21 | ∞ | Trash-Up | Records presents: Idols and the Arts exhibit (30 Sept 2017 - 22 Oct 2017) | CD | | Third single |
= Albums =
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!# !Release Date !Title !Record Label !Distribution format !Catalogue number !Tracklist/Notes | |
| 1
|2018-01-12 |Blank (styled as『 』) | Records
|CD |TUR-021 |The first album contains 10 tracks
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| 2
|2019-04-04 |Points | Records
|CD |TUR-031 |The second album contains 7 tracks.
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= [[split album|Split singles]] =
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!# !Release date !Title !Record label !Distribution format !Catalogue code (release ID) !Tracklist/Notes |
| 1
|2018-08-15 |「Tokyo Sentimental」 |6jomaProject |CD |AMOJ-6010 |Split single CD with tipToe. Includes versions of the two groups that have been adapted independently.
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See also
References
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External links
- Posts about "[https://homicidols.com/tag/dots Dots]" on the Homicidols group music blog
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