is a former member of the Japanese pop

J-pop

, an abbreviation for Japanese pop, is a musical genre that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. Modern J-pop has its roots in 1960s music, such as The Beatles, and replaced kayōkyoku in the Japanese music scene...

 group Dream

Dream (Japanese band)

Dream is a Japanese pop girl group signed to the Avex Trax since 2000 and Rhythm Zone since 2009.In 1999 Avex Trax organized a huge talent contest, called "Avex Dream 2000", with the aim of finding the right and talented girls for a new group. The result was dream, a three-piece group consisting of...

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Tachibana was originally one of the first three members of dream, chosen through a nationwide talent search held by Avex Trax

Avex Trax

, listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange as 7860 and abbreviated as AGHD, is the holding company for a group of entertainment-related subsidiaries based in Japan...

 in 2000. When lead singer Mai Matsumuro

Mai Matsumuro

was one of the three original members and original lead singer of the J-pop band Dream also known as "Dream/DRM". During the time she that she participated in Dream, she was best known for her writing of the song "Night of Fire" until up to the last song "Sincerely: Ever Dream"...

 left the group, Tachibana was pronounced leader of the newly reformed eight-member group. She remained a member of the group throughout several major changes in members. In November 2010, Tachibana announced that she would be leaving Dream in February.

She was the last member of the original three-member Dream to leave the group. She officially left the group on February 19, 2011, after being a member for 10 years.

Tachibana was also the captain and goalie of Team Dream.

External links

• Official blog