November 5, 2008 - JapanFiles.com will team-up with Up-Front Works to release the new CD from Hangry & Angry, the new pop-punk unit featuring Morning Musume graduates Rika Ishikawa and Hitomi Yoshizawa.

Hangry & Angry’s new 5-song mini-album “Kill Me Kiss Me” will be available on JapanFiles.com as an official USA CD release and as digital downloads. The CD will contain the same artwork and booklet as the standard Japanese release.

Hangry and Angry CDs and MP3s will go on sale on November 19, 2008 — the same day as Japan!

HANGRY & ANGRY PROFILE

10/10/2008

Hangry & Angry Official Japanese MySpace opens.

In its first 4 days, the page receives over 100,000 profile views.

11/01/2008

Ura-Harajuku Poster Jack begins.

43 spots on the back streets of Harajuku feature posters of Hangry & Angry.

11/19/2008

“Kill Me Kiss Me” indies mini-album CD will be released simultaneously in Japan and USA.

Special video contents (PV, video blog, etc.) begin on Official MySpace page.

11/28/2008

First live show performance will be held at MySpace Japan’s 2nd Anniversary at Shibuya C.C.Lemon Hall.

2009

Japan-USA-Europe tour is planned.

Visual rock superstar Izam (of Shazna) is Hangry & Angry’s performance producer, shaping their powerful rock style.

What is Hangry & Angry?

Hangry & Angry is a brand of popular Japanese designer h.NAOTO.

Illustrator GASHICON draws the gurokawa (grotesque-cute)-style characters “Hangry” and “Angry” who came from the H44 Star Nebula in order to save the world from global warming.

They arrived in the present in their time machine dubbed “LOVE MACHINE.”

Name: HANGRY (Hitomi Yoshizawa)

Sex: Female cat

Height: 164 cm (not including hair)

Birthplace: H44 Star Nebula

* A very punk girl. Even though she looks wild and untamed, she is actually delicate and hates things that are out of order.

Name: ANGRY (Rika Ishikawa)

Sex: Female cat

Height: 156 cm (not including hair)

Birthplace: H44 Star Nebula

* A girl who loves goth and appears to be very cute, but in reality, she has a secret devilish side. She believes that people will feel the true power of her music.

Hangry & Angry links!

USA CD and MP3s website - http://www.japanfiles.com/hangryangry

Official MySpace (Japan) - http://www.myspace.com/hangryandangry

USA MySpace - http://www.myspace.com/hangryandangryusa

Official Website - http://www.hangry-angry.com

New PV! - http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=45901858

Hangry & Angry appears on JapanFiles.com in partnership with Up-Front Works.

J!-ENT has received information from an official source that Hello! Project unit Hangry & Angry will have a simultaneous Japanese and USA release on November 19th.

Hangry & Angry features former Morning Musume members Hitomi Yoshizawa and Rika Ishikawa and is a collaboration with a popular fashion store in Harajuku.

For more information , please visit:  http://www.myspace.com/hangryandangryusa

According to our source who will be giving us more information in the next few days, that the duo’s official Japanese MySpace site has over 160,000 views in the first 3 days:

http://www.myspace.com/hangryandangry

NOTE: As some of you may know, there have been efforts to bring Hello! Project to the United States.  I am aware of the meetings that have taken place but I can only announce what I have been given the OK to announce.  I’ll have more information for you as I receive it and also more on what will be happening stateside in the USA with H!P.  For now, if you are interested in Hangry & Angry, please join their MySpace pages.

Japantoday.com reported, “The female singing trio Biyuden on Sunday held their farewell concert in Tokyo after 3 years and 9 months together. Biyuden was formed by ex-Morning Musume member Rika Ishikawa, 23, together with Yui Okada, 20, and Erika Miyoshi, 23, in 2004. The group became popular and famous for its sexy costumes and dances.”

“Ishikawa told fans: “We’re very happy to have such as a wonderful farewell tonight. I really appreciate your support for the past 3 years and 9 months.”

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