Tokyo Performance Doll a.k.a. TPD (東京パフォーマンスドール) was a female Jpop idol

Japanese idol

In Japanese culture, are media personalities in their teens and early twenties who are considered particularly attractive or cute and who will, for a period ranging from several months to a few years, regularly appear in the mass media, e.g...

 band that existed from 1990 to 1996. Inspired by Onyanko Club

Onyanko Club

was a large all-girl Japanese pop idol group in the 1980s. The group gave a new approach to the idol formula with its 52 official members and three unofficial members...

, it had seven main members and several other "trainees" for live performances, a formula later followed by Morning Musume

Morning Musume

, sometimes referred to as is a Japanese idol girl group, whose act generally revolves around singing and dancing to upbeat melodies. They are the lead group of Hello! Project, which is managed and produced by Tsunku, who composes nearly all the lyrics and melodies of their songs...

, Hello! Project

Hello! Project

is the umbrella name for all female idol Japanese pop recording artists collective that are under contract with the Up-Front Group. The "mothership" group of Hello! Project is the super-group Morning Musume. Hello! Project's current leader is Risa Niigaki, the leader of Morning Musume...

 and AKB48

AKB48

AKB48 is a Japanese female idol group produced by Yasushi Akimoto.The group has achieved enormous popularity in Japan. Its ten latest consecutive singles topped the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart...

. TPD was based in Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

, and launched sister-bands in other cities: Osaka Performance Doll

Osaka Performance Doll

Osaka Performance Doll a.k.a. O.P.D. is a female japanese idol Jpop band from 1993 to 1997, theatre-based in Osaka, with five main members and several others for live performances and trainees....

 in 1993 and Shanghai Performance Dolls in 1996. TPD had numerous sub-groups that issued their own singles, while albums were issued collectively. Among TPD's main members were Ryoko Shinohara

Ryoko Shinohara

Ryoko Shinohara is a Japanese singer and actress. She began her career as a singer in the Japanese female pop band Tokyo Performance Doll, and after its break-up, began a solo singing career with producer Tetsuya Komuro...

 and East End X Yuri

East End X Yuri

East End × Yuri was a short lived collaboration between the Japanese hip hop group East End and the singer Yuri Ichii, ex-member from Jpop girl group Tokyo Performance Doll.-Members:East End members are Gaku, the MC , ROCK-Tee, a DJ , and Yoggy, another DJ ....

's Yuri Ichii

Yuri Ichii

is one of Japan's biggest rap stars and the lead of East End X Yuri. She was also a singer with the revolving-door group Tokyo Performance Doll alongside Ryoko Shinohara. She was part of TPD for a while but sought to do something different; she decided to try rap...

. Trainee members included Yoko Kamon and Yuko Fueki

Yuko Fueki

Yuko Fueki is a Japanese actress. She is most popular in South Korea, where she is known as Yoo Min.Fueki made her feature film debut in the 2001 film Hotaru and, in the same year, her Korean TV debut. She is more popular in South Korea than in Japan...

 (Yoo Min).

Main members

• Ryoko Shinohara
  Ryoko Shinohara
  Ryoko Shinohara is a Japanese singer and actress. She began her career as a singer in the Japanese female pop band Tokyo Performance Doll, and after its break-up, began a solo singing career with producer Tetsuya Komuro...
  
   (篠原涼子)
• Satomi Kihara (木原さとみ)
• Miho Yonemitsu (米光美保)
• Chisa Kawamura (川村知砂)
• Yuri Ichii
  Yuri Ichii
  is one of Japan's biggest rap stars and the lead of East End X Yuri. She was also a singer with the revolving-door group Tokyo Performance Doll alongside Ryoko Shinohara. She was part of TPD for a while but sought to do something different; she decided to try rap...
  
   (市井由理)
• Yuko Anai
  Yuko Anai
  Anai Yuko is a female Japanese popular music artist. She started her career as a member of a group called Tokyo Performance Doll. As UL-SAYS, she sung the opening song Oh my Darin for Urusei Yatsura. The song was recorded around August 1991...
  
   (穴井夕子)
• Mai Yagita (八木田麻衣)

Secondary members

• Natsuko Kifuse(木伏夏子)
• Kanako Hitsuwari (櫃割香奈子)
• Shiho Shimazu (島津志穂)
• Hiromi Seki (関ひろみ)
• Masako Nakagawa (中川雅子)
• Misako Iwana (岩名美紗子)
• Saori Fujimoto (藤本佐織)
• Aya Shinohara (篠原礼)
• Miho Natori (名取美穂)
• Fumi Otoh (大藤史)
• Asami Azuma (東亜佐美)
• Masashi Arai (新井雅)
• Miho Hirano (平野美保)

Sub-groups

• Golbies (ゴルビーズ) : Ryoko Shinohara, Chisa Kawamura, Satomi Kihara
• Harajuku Jennu (原宿ジェンヌ) : Ryoko Shinohara Chisa Kawamura,
• UL-SAYS : Ryoko Shinohara, Miho Yonemitsu
• ViVA! : Mai Yagita, Yuko Anai, Yuri Ichii
• TWO TOPS : Kanako Hitsuwari, Natsuko Kifuse
• Les,TPD : Chisa Kawamura, Kanako Hitsuwari, Natsuko Kifuse, Hiromi Seki
• Fire Dolls (ファイヤードールズ) : Kanako Hitsuwari, Natsuko Kifuse, Hiromi Seki, Shiho Shimazu
• Maikou Club (米光倶楽部) : Miho Yonemitsu ...
• TPD DASH!! : Natsuko Kifuse, Kanako Hitsuwari, Shiho Shimazu, Hiromi Seki, Masako Nakagawa, Fumi Otoh, Miho Natori, Aya Shinohara, Asami Azuma

Singles TPD

• 1991.07.01 : WAKE ME UP!!
• 1992.04.08 : Yume wo (夢を)
• 1992.06.21 : Houkago ha Itsumo Party (放課後はいつもパーティー)
• 1992.10.21 : CATCH!!
• 1992.11.21 : Juudai ni Tsumi wa Nai (十代に罪はない)
• 1993.05.21 : Kiss wa Shounen wo Rouhi Suru (キスは少年を浪費する)
• 1993.11.10 : Diamond wa Kizutsuka Nai (ダイヤモンドは傷つかない)
• 1994.07.01 : Konya wa Never Stop (今夜はネヴァーストップ) (Radio Edit)

Albums

• 1990.11.21 : Cha-DANCE Party Vol.1
• 1991.07.25 : Cha-DANCE Party Vol.2
• 1991.11.02 : Cha-DANCE Party Vol.3
• 1992.07.08 : Tokyo Romance - Cha-DANCE Party Vol.4
• 1992.12.02 : CATCH YOUR BEAT!! - Cha-DANCE Party Vol.5
• 1993.06.23 : MAKE IT TRUE - Cha-DANCE Party Vol.6
• 1993.11.10 : SEVEN ON SEVEN - Cha-DANCE Party Vol.7
• 1993.11.10 : TPD DASH !!: DASH!! - Cha-DANCE Party Vol.7.5 (mini-album)
• 1994.05.01 : TPD DASH !!: JUST FINE - Cha-DANCE Party Vol.8
• 1994.08.01 : NEVER STOP - Cha-DANCE Party Vol.9
• 1995.03.08 : TPD COLLECTION from The Early Cha-DANCE Party - Cha-DANCE Party Vol.10 (best of)
• 1995.03.08 : TPD The Remix - Cha-DANCE Party Vol.11
• 1995.08.02 : check my heart - Cha-DANCE Party Vol.12

Solo albums

• 1993.01.15 : SATOMI from Tokyo Performance Doll
• 1993.01.15 : MIHO from Tokyo Performance Doll
• 1993.01.15 : RYOKO from Tokyo Performance Doll
• 1993.01.15 : CHISA from Tokyo Performance Doll
• 1993.01.15 : YURI from Tokyo Performance Doll
• 1993.01.15 : YUKO from Tokyo Performance Doll
• 1993.01.15 : MAI from Tokyo Performance Doll

• 1994.12.01 : Yuko Anai - SIN

Laserdiscs

• 1991.02.01 : VIDEO Cha-DANCE Vol.0
• 1991.03.21 : VIDEO Cha-DANCE Vol.1
• 1991.03.21 : VIDEO Cha-DANCE Vol.2
• 1991.06.21 : VIDEO Cha-DANCE Vol.3
• 1991.06.21 : VIDEO Cha-DANCE Vol.4
• 1991.10.01 : VIDEO Cha-DANCE Vol.5
• 1991.10.01 : VIDEO Cha-DANCE Vol.6
• 1993.07.21 : VIDEO Cha-DANCE Vol.7 LIVE AT Tokyo Kouseinen Kinkaikan
• 1993.07.21 : VIDEO Cha-DANCE Vol.8 LIVE AT Tokyo Kouseinen Kinkaikan
• 1993.12.01 : VIDEO Cha-DANCE Vol.9: That's the REVUE 1 Live at Nihon Budoukan
• 1993.12.01 : VIDEO Cha-DANCE Vol.10: That's the REVUE 2 Live at Nihon Budoukan
• 1994.11.21 : VIDEO Cha-DANCE Vol.11: That's the REVUE 1994 PART1 Live at YOKOHAMA ARENA
• 1994.11.21 : VIDEO Cha-DANCE Vol.12: That's the REVUE 1994 PART2 Live at YOKOHAMA ARENA
• 1995.12.01 : VIDEO Cha-DANCE Vol.13: SPEED PER HOUR 270 km