Love Stars

Love Stars (ラブスター; Rabusutā) is a Japanese pop girl group formed in 1995 by notorious Japanese producer Taunku. Love Stars specializes in upbeat, pop music as well as electro-dance music. The group consists of girl in their late adolescence and early 20s. This has remained more or less unchanged since its original formation because the group maintains a "school-like" system for their continuous line-up changes, with older members "graduate" and new, usually younger, members selected from nationwide auditions admitted to the group annually.

Since 2008, the group has expanded into the Korean market with the adopted name 사랑의 별 (Star of Love) as well as the US market under the same name.

Love Stars is one of the most successful Japanese idol girl groups, having sold over 20 million albums in Japan alone, and 11 million in South Korea.

First generation (1995)

 * Kata Kaori (加田 香; graduated November 24, 1999)
 * Komi Okano (コミ岡野; graduated March 5, 1996)
 * Emi Moki (恵美モキ; graduated December 15, 2000)
 * Yare Yano (ヤレ矢野; graduated January 1, 1999)
 * Natsuki Tuo (夏樹佗; graduated April 6, 1998)

Second generation (1996)

 * LuLu (ルル; graduated June 13, 2001)
 * Sakura Hashima (橋間 桜; graduated August 2, 2001)
 * Rin Takekawa (竹川凛; graduated October 6, 2002)
 * Kamino Shizuka (神野静香: graduated August 23, 1998)

Third generation (1997)

 * Tomomi Sugino (杉野朋美; graduated May 28, 2004)
 * Mayumi Babasono (馬場園 真弓); graduated October 12, 2006)

Fourth generation (1999)

 * Yuna Sawayanagi (沢柳 結菜; graduated December 1, 2008)
 * Keiko Hisatsune (久恒 慶子; graduated July 25, 2007)
 * Mai Ichinohe (一戸 舞; graduated February 24, 2009)

Fifth generation (2000)

 * Raven (レイブン; graduated June 2, 2003)
 * Tiffany Chiko (ティファニーチコ; graduated September 27, 2006)

Sixth generation (2002)

 * Hiroko Uetake (上竹 弘子; graduated April 18, 2011)
 * Mizuki Tomoe (みずきともえ)

Seventh generation (2004)

 * Ayaka Iruhara (生原 彩花)
 * Miwa Minewara (峯村 美羽; graduated January 3, 2009)
 * Suzi Yamagami (スージー山上; graduated March 10, 2012)

Eighth generation (2006)

 * Amayo Matsushiro (松代 雨夜; graduated November 12, 2008)
 * Rin Eshima (江嶋 凛)
 * Kasumi Morianka (森中 霞; graduated August 25, 2013)
 * Haruka Yanagimura (柳村 遥)

Ninth generation (2009)

 * Aoi Ozawa (小沢 葵; graduated May 29, 2012)
 * Kumiko Katsuki (香月 久美子)
 * Akane Funaki (あかね船木)
 * Fumiko Sudani (须谷文子)

Tenth generation (2010)

 * Noriko Nebashi (根橋 法子)

Eleventh generation (2012)

 * Ai Kajiki (愛加治木)
 * Kaya Hayakawa (カヤ早川)
 * Chiyoko Hozumi (保住 千代子)

Current members
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