Me:I
{{Short description|Japanese girl group}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2024}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Me:I
| image = Me-I Official Logo.png
| caption = Me:I's official logo
| landscape = yes
| years_active = {{Start date|2023}}–present
| origin = Aichi, Japan
| genre = {{hlist|J-pop|K-pop{{cite web|title=From J-pop to K-pop and back to J-pop once more|url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2021/08/26/entertainment/kpop/Produce-101-Japan-INI-Produce-101-Japan-Produce-101/20210826151200516.html|website=Korea JoongAng Daily|date=August 26, 2001|access-date=July 20, 2022|archive-date=July 20, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220720010442/https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2021/08/26/entertainment/kpop/Produce-101-Japan-INI-Produce-101-Japan-Produce-101/20210826151200516.html}}}}
| label = Lapone Girls
| website = {{URL|https://me-i.jp/}}
| current_members =
- Tsuzumi Ebihara
- Shizuku Iida
- Ran Ishii
- Momona Kasahara
- Cocoro Kato
- Rinon Murakami
- Miu Sakurai
- Kokona Sasaki
- Keiko Shimizu
- Ayane Takami
- Suzu Yamamoto
}}
{{Nihongo|Me:I|ミーアイ|Mīai|lead=yes|extra=stylized in all caps}} is a Japanese girl group formed through the reality competition show Produce 101 Japan The Girls. The group is composed of eleven members: Momona Kasahara, Rinon Murakami, Ayane Takami, Miu Sakurai, Suzu Yamamoto, Kokona Sasaki, Shizuku Iida, Keiko Shimizu, Ran Ishii, Tsuzumi Ebihara, and Cocoro Kato. Like the previous winners of Produce 101 Japan, Me:I is intended to be a permanent group. Debuted with the single Mirai on April 17, 2024, the group is managed by Lapone Girls, a subsidiary of Lapone Entertainment.{{cite web|title=JO1＆INI所属事務所の新法人「株式会社LAPONE GIRLS」がME:Iと専属契約、設立の目的は|url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/561193|website=Natalie|language=ja|date=February 15, 2024|access-date=February 16, 2024|archive-date=March 29, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329145458/https://natalie.mu/music/news/561193|url-status=live}}
Name
The group's name, "Me:I", means "an idol who is loved by everyone, an idol of the future, moving forward together towards the future". When spoken, it sounds like the Japanese word {{Nihongo krt|"future"|未来|mirai}}. The name was revealed in the final episode of Produce 101 Japan The Girls.{{cite web|title=【日プガールズ】『日プ』発ガールズグループ名が「ME:I(ミーアイ)」に決定|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2306841/full/|website=Oricon|language=ja|date=December 16, 2023|access-date=March 15, 2024}}
History
=2023: Formation through ''Produce 101 Japan The Girls''=
{{Main|Produce 101 Japan The Girls}}
Me:I was formed through the reality competition show Produce 101 Japan The Girls, which was aired primarily on the streaming service Lemino from October 5 to December 16, 2023.{{cite web|title=NewJeans候補生や元ハロメン参加「日プガールズ」予告が公開、クラス分けテスト課題曲も一部明らかに|url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/542604|website=Natalie|language=ja|date=September 27, 2023|access-date=March 14, 2024|archive-date=February 16, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216095350/https://natalie.mu/music/news/542604|url-status=live}} A total of 14,000 participants auditioned for the show, ranging in age from 15 to 25 and not affiliated with any talent agency.{{cite web|title=「日プガールズ」練習生が集結！見どころは「経験者多数でハイレベル」フリーダムな仲宗根梨乃も健在|url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/542504|website=Natalie|language=ja|date=September 26, 2023|access-date=March 14, 2024|archive-date=January 1, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240101195741/https://natalie.mu/music/news/542504|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=「PRODUCE 101 JAPAN」シーズン3の詳細明らかに、8月～12月に合宿＆収録を実施|url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/521906|website=Natalie|language=ja|date=April 24, 2023|access-date=March 14, 2024|archive-date=May 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501013431/https://natalie.mu/music/news/521906|url-status=live}} The final 11 trainees were picked by viewers from the original 101 trainees through online voting and announced during a live television broadcast on TBS.{{cite web|title=「PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS」デビューメンバー11人が決定|url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/553462|website=Natalie|language=ja|date=December 16, 2023|access-date=March 14, 2024|archive-date=March 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314090151/https://natalie.mu/music/news/553462|url-status=live}} Like the previous winners of Produce 101 Japan, there was no intention of restricting the group's activity after its debut.{{cite web|title=韓国の人気オーディション番組 吉本と組んで日本上陸|url=https://style.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO49879270X10C19A9000000/|website=Nikkei Style|language=ja|date=September 22, 2019|access-date=April 9, 2021|archive-date=September 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923223342/https://style.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO49879270X10C19A9000000/}}
Several members of Me:I had experience in the entertainment industry before the show. Momona Kasahara was a member of the Hello! Project girl group Angerme from 2016 to 2021.{{cite web|title=卒業アンジュルム笠原桃奈「この先どう生きようと大好き」感謝の手紙全文|url=https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/202111150001187.html|website=Nikkan Sports|language=ja|date=November 15, 2021|access-date=March 14, 2024|archive-date=March 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314090151/https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/202111150001187.html|url-status=live}} Ran Ishii was a member of the girl group Girls² and appeared in the Japanese drama Secret × Heroine Phantomirage!.{{cite web|title=『プリ☆チャン』『ファントミラージュ!』がコラボ 7・28放送|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2137632/full/|website=Oricon|language=ja|date=June 13, 2019|access-date=March 15, 2024|archive-date=March 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240315081320/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2137632/full/|url-status=live}} Cocoro Kato was a member of the South Korean girl group Cherry Bullet under FNC Entertainment. Miu Sakurai was a contestant on Nizi Project and Girls Planet 999,{{cite web|script-title=ja:元Cherry Bullet ココロから「虹プロ」「ガルプラ」出演者も！「PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS」の練習生が話題|trans-title=From former Cherry Bullet member Cocoro to "Niji Project" and "Girls Planet" participants! "PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS" trainees are a hot topic|url=https://news.kstyle.com/article.ksn?articleNo=2224790|website=Kstyle|language=ja|author=Jung Joo-young|date=September 4, 2023|access-date=September 29, 2023|archive-date=September 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230904091836/https://news.kstyle.com/article.ksn?articleNo=2224790|url-status=live}} while Suzu Yamamoto spent six months as a trainee at a South Korean agency.{{cite web|title=「日プガールズ」山本すず、"半年で契約切れ"韓国での練習生時代明らかに|url=https://mdpr.jp/music/detail/4054917|website=Modelpress|language=ja|date=November 16, 2023|access-date=March 18, 2024|archive-date=March 18, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240318014900/https://mdpr.jp/music/detail/4054917|url-status=live}}
=2024–present: Debut with ''Mirai''=
Me:I gave their first performance as a group ahead of debut at the 38th Tokyo Girls Collection 2024 Spring/Summer on March 2, 2024.{{cite web|title=【TGC2024S/S】デビュー控えるME:I、初パフォーマンス 個性生かしたハイクオリティで魅了【セットリストあり】|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2316607/full/|website=Oricon|language=ja|date=March 2, 2024|access-date=March 9, 2024|archive-date=March 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303091212/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2316607/full/|url-status=live}} On April 14, the group concluded their first fan concert, 2024 Me:I Launching Show Me:Iconic, which was held in two cities and attracted approximately 65,000 people.{{cite web|title=ME:I、結成からデビューまでの苦労思い出し涙止まらず TSUZUMI「おばあちゃんになるまで一緒」＜2024 ME:I LAUNCHING SHOW ME:ICONICファイナル＞|url=https://mdpr.jp/music/detail/4252674|website=Modelpress|language=ja|date=April 14, 2024|access-date=April 15, 2024|archive-date=April 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240415105359/https://mdpr.jp/music/detail/4252674}} Me:I officially debuted with the single Mirai on April 17,{{cite web|title=ME:Iデビューシングルは「MIRAI」、カップリングに「&ME」「CHOPPY CHOPPY」|url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/562616|website=Natalie|language=ja|date=February 26, 2024|access-date=February 26, 2024}} topping the Oricon Singles Chart with over 232,000 copies sold.{{cite web|script-title=ja:オリコン週間 シングルランキング 2024年04月15日～2024年04月21日|trans-title=Oricon Weekly Single Ranking April 15, 2024 – April 21, 2024|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/w/2024-04-29/|publisher=Oricon|language=ja|access-date=April 24, 2024|archive-date=April 24, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240424021753/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/w/2024-04-29/|url-status=dead}} Its lead track, "Click", peaked at second place on the Billboard Japan Hot 100.{{cite web|title=Hot 100 April 29, 2024|url=https://billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100&year=2024&month=04&day=29|website=Billboard Japan|language=ja|date=April 24, 2024|archive-date=April 24, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240424060533/https://billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100&year=2024&month=04&day=29}} On July 1, Lapone announced that Ebihara would be temporarily absent from the group's activities due to "poor health".{{cite web|title=ME:IのTSUZUMI、体調不良のため少しだけ活動休止|url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/580243|website=Natalie|language=ja|date=July 1, 2024|access-date=July 17, 2024}} Me:I released their second single Hi-Five on August 28, 2024;{{cite web|title=ME:Iと過ごす夏は最高にHOT、最新アーティスト写真＆ジャケ写が到着|url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/580319|website=Natalie|language=ja|date=July 1, 2024|access-date=July 17, 2024|archive-date=July 17, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717050017/https://natalie.mu/music/news/580319|url-status=live}} the title track topped the Japan Hot 100.{{cite web|title=September 4, 2024|url=https://billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100&year=2024&month=09&day=09|website=Billboard Japan|language=ja|date=September 4, 2024|access-date=September 4, 2024|archive-date=September 4, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240904065917/https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100&year=2024&month=09&day=09|url-status=live}} On November 25, Me:I released the Japanese version of "Beyond" (End Credit Version) from Moana 2 on digital platforms.{{cite web |title=ME:Iがディズニー映画「モアナと伝説の海2」日本版エンドソング担当、世界で唯一のグループ歌唱 |url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/600257 |website=Natalie |access-date=29 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241120210315/https://natalie.mu/music/news/600257 |archive-date=20 November 2024 |language=ja |date=21 November 2024}}
Members
- {{nihongo|Tsuzumi Ebihara|海老原 鼓|Ebihara Tsuzumi}}
- {{nihongo|Shizuku Iida|飯田 栞月|Iida Shizuku}}
- {{nihongo|Ran Ishii|石井 蘭|Ishii Ran}} – sub-leader
- {{nihongo|Momona Kasahara|笠原 桃奈|Kasahara Momona}} – leader{{cite web|title=ME:I、リーダー＆サブリーダー発表|url=https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/4212056|website={{ill|Modelpress|ja|モデルプレス}}|access-date=March 9, 2024|language=ja|date=February 27, 2024|archive-date=February 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240228090420/https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/4212056|url-status=live}}
- {{nihongo|Cocoro Kato|加藤 心|Katō Kokoro}}
- {{nihongo|Rinon Murakami|村上 璃杏|Murakami Rinon}}
- {{nihongo|Miu Sakurai|櫻井 美羽|Sakurai Miu}}
- {{nihongo|Kokona Sasaki|佐々木 心菜|Sasaki Kokona}}
- {{nihongo|Keiko Shimizu|清水 恵子|Shimizu Keiko}}
- {{nihongo|Ayane Takami|高見 文寧|Takami Ayane}}
- {{nihongo|Suzu Yamamoto|山本 すず|Yamamoto Suzu}}
Discography
=Singles=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions and sales, showing year released, certification and album name ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title{{Efn-ua|name=EP single|A maxi single release that has a different title from any songs in it will be considered as a "EP single" with its title being italicized. Its respective lead track is categorized under promotional single.}} ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year ! scope="col" colspan="2" | Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Sales ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Certifications ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album |
| scope="col" style="width:2.75em;font-size:85%" | JPN {{cite web|title=ME:Iのメンバー、プロフィール|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/923496/|publisher=Oricon|language=ja|access-date=April 23, 2025|archive-date=August 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828065143/https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/923496/|url-status=live}} ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:85%" | JPN |
|---|
| scope="row" | Mirai
| rowspan="2" | 2024 | 1 || 1 |
|
| rowspan="3" {{Non-album singles}} |
| scope="row" | Hi-Five
| 2 || 2 | |
|
| scope="row" | Muse
| 2025 | 1 || 1 |
|
|
=Promotional singles=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of promotional singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year ! scope="col" colspan="2" | Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Sales ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Certifications ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:14em;" | Album |
| scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:85%" | JPN Comb. {{cite web|script-title=ja:ME:Iの合算シングル売|trans-title=Me:I's Combined Single Sales|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/923496/rank/cos/|publisher=Oricon|language=ja|access-date=September 5, 2024|archive-date=April 24, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250424020354/https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/923496/rank/cos/|url-status=live}} ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:85%" | JPN
|
|---|
| scope="row" | "Click"
| rowspan="6" | 2024 | rowspan="2" | 1 || 2 |
|
| rowspan="2" | Mirai {{small|(single)}} |
| scope="row" | "Sugar Bomb"
| 79 | | |
| scope="row" | "Hi-Five"
| 2 || 1 |
| | Hi-Five {{small|(single)}} |
| scope="row" | "Tomorrow"
| —{{efn-la|"Tomorrow" did not enter the Combined Singles Chart, but appeared at number 11 on the download component chart.}} || 92 |
| | Sweetie {{small|(single)}} |
| scope="row"| "Beyond" (End Credit Version)
| —{{efn-la|"Beyond" (End Credit Version) did not enter the Combined Singles Chart, but appeared at number 25 on the download component chart.}} || —{{efn-la|"Beyond" (End Credit Version) did not enter the Hot 100, but appeared at number 25 on the download component chart.{{cite web|title=December 9, 2024|url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=dlsongs&year=2024&month=12&day=09|website=Billboard Japan|language=ja|date=December 9, 2024|access-date=January 16, 2025|archive-date=January 27, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250127085239/https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=dlsongs&year=2024&month=12&day=09|url-status=live}}}} |
| |
| scope="row" | "Sweetie"
| —{{efn-la|"Sweetie" did not enter the Combined Singles Chart, but appeared at number 16 on the download component chart.}} || 94 |
| | Sweetie {{small|(single)}} |
| scope="row" | "Muse"
| 2025 | 1 || 2 |
| | Muse {{small|(single)}} |
=Music videos=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ List of music videos, showing year released, and name of the director(s) ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Director(s) ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
| scope="row" | "Click"
| rowspan="2" | 2024 | Woogie Kim (Mother Media) |
|---|
| scope="row" | "Hi-Five"
| Naive Creative Production | style="text-align:center" | {{Cite instagram|user=crois.sance|postid=C-CMAucpF19|date=July 30, 2024|title=ME:I (ミーアイ) ⊹ 'Hi-Five' Official MV|access-date=July 30, 2024|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/crois.sance/3423351493185789309|archive-date=July 30, 2024}} |
| scope="row" | "Muse"
| 2025 | Hasegawa Anderson (Digipedi) | style="text-align:center" | {{Cite instagram|user=champ.x.88|postid=DHTE18Dpaby|date=March 17, 2025|title=ME:I (ミーアイ) ⊹ 'MUSE' MV|access-date=March 27, 2025}} |
Filmography
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+ {{sronly|List of television programs, with broadcast year, role and note}} |
| scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year
! scope="col" colspan="2" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Role ! scope="col" rowspan="2" class="unsortable" | Note ! scope="col" rowspan="2" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
|---|
| English
! Original |
| scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2024
| Me:I no Yume Mitai! | {{langx|ja|label=none|ME:Iの夢みたい！}} | Themselves | Variety series | {{cite web|title=ME:I初の冠番組「ME:Iの夢みたい！」無料配信、1人ひとりのデビュー公約を実行|url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/562686|website=Natalie|language=ja|date=February 27, 2024|access-date=March 9, 2024|archive-date=February 27, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227032452/https://natalie.mu/music/news/562686|url-status=live}} |
| About Me:I
| {{langx|ja|label=none|ABOUT ME:I}} | Themselves | Special |
Awards and nominations
Notes
Notes for albums and songs
{{notelist-ua|30em}}
Notes for peak chart positions
{{notelist|30em}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://me-i.jp official website]
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