Angerme

Angerme (アンジュルム, Anjurumu), previously Smileage (スマイレージ, Sumairēji, stylized as S/mileage), is a Japanese idol girl group from the musical collective Hello! Project. There have been nine generations and twelve departures. In November 2021, the group had nine members.

Angerme
Smileage at their first Performance in the Nippon Budokan 2014
Background information
Also known as	Smileage
Origin	Japan
Genres	Pop
Years active	2009–present
Labels	Good Factory Pony Canyon Hachama
Members	Layla Ise Rin Hashisako Rin Kawana Shion Tamenaga Wakana Matsumoto Yuki Hirayama Yukiho Shimoiitani Hana Goto Momoha Nagano
Past member(s)	Saki Ogawa Fuyuka Kosuga Yuuka Maeda Kanon Fukuda Meimi Tamura Maho Aikawa Ayaka Wada Rina Katsuta Kana Nakanishi Mizuki Murota Haruka Ōta Musubu Funaki Momona Kasahara Akari Takeuchi Rikako Sasaki Ayano Kawamura Moe Kamikokuryo
Website	www.helloproject.com/angerme/

History

2009: Formation

On April 4, Tsunku announced on his blog that a new girl group consisting of Hello! Pro Egg members would be formed. The members would consist of Ayaka Wada, Yuuka Maeda, and Kanon Fukuda, all formerly of Shugo Chara Egg!, as well as fellow Egg Saki Ogawa. The group leader was Ayaka.^[1] A month later, on May 7, 2009, he revealed that the group would be called "Smileage".

2010: Debut

After releasing three singles, Tsunku announced that the group would become a full-time group in the spring of 2010 and their debut was set for May 2010. The group made their official event debut in Nagoya on March 19, with their fourth single "Otona ni Narutte Muzukashii!!!", released March 14, their first release on the Up-Front Works label.^[2] Their first major single, "Yume Miru Fifteen", was released on May 26.^[3] Their debut album, Warugaki 1, was released on December 8, 2010.^[4] On December 30, Smileage received the Japan Record Award for Best New Artist.^[5]

Members

Current members

Name	Birth date	Age	Member colour*	Position
Layla Ise	January 19, 2004	22	Orange	Leader, Lead vocalist
Rin Hashisako	October 6, 2005	21	Red	Lead dancer, vocalist
Rin Kawana	December 6, 2003	23	Dark Green	Vocalist
Shion Tamenaga	February 9, 2004	21	Pink	Sub Leader, Vocalist
Wakana Matsumoto	September 1, 2007	19	White	Lead vocalist
Yuki Hirayama	July 25, 2006	20	Light Green	Vocalist
Yukiho Shimoitani	August 4, 2006	20	Hot Pink	Lead vocalist
Hana Goto	June 5, 2008	18	Sea Blue	Vocalist, youngest
Momoha Nagano	May 13, 2010	16	Yellow	Vocalist, youngest

Discography

Studio albums

1. Warugaki 1
2. Smileage Best Album Kanzenhan 1
3. 2 Smile Sensation
4. Smileage / Angerme Selection Album "Taiki Bansei"
5. Rinnetenshō ~Angerme Past, Present & Future~
6. BIG LOVE

Former members

• Moe Kamikokuryo (2015–2025)
• Ayano Kawamura (2017–2024)
• Rikako Sasaki (2014–2024)
• Akari Takeuchi (2011–2023)
• Momona Kasahara (2016–2021)
• Musubu Funaki (2017–2020)
• Haruka Ōta (2018–2020)^[6]
• Mizuki Murota (2014–2020)^[7]
• Kana Nakanishi (2011–2019)^[8]
• Rina Katsuta (2011–2019)^[9]
• Maho Aikawa (2014–2017)^[10]
• Meimi Tamura (2011–2016)^[11]
• Fuyuka Kosuga (2011)^[12]
• Ayaka Wada (2009–2019)^[13]
• Kanon Fukuda (2009–2015)^[14][14]
• Yuuka Maeda (2009–2011)^[15]
• Saki Ogawa (2009–2011)^[16]