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Coconuts Musume

Hello! Project unit made up of members from Hawaii. Won an audition and started their acitivites in Taiwan as M-Co2 before appearing in Japan on the music show ASAYAN as Coconuts Musume making their debut as a sister group to Morning Musume. The group originally consisted of Ayaka Kimura, Mika Todd, Chelsea Ching, Danielle Delaunay, and April Babaran, with Chelsea taking lead vocals. After two singles, Chelsea and April left the group due to the difficulties of adjusting to life as a J-pop idol (neither spoke any Japanese when the group was formed) and to pursue other careers, such as modeling. Lehua Sandbo was then recruited as a member. The agency had decied to recruit two new members, but when Lehua auditioned with a Japanese song they chose her as the sole member. The group made two more singles until Delaunay, who also had difficulties adjusting, left to pursue a career in theater. After DeLaunay left, the group switched from the Sony Music Entertainment Japan label to the Zetima label. Between "Watashi mo 'I Love You'" of Sony Music Entertainment Japan and "Jōnetsu Yuki Miraisen" of Zetima, sales increased by almost a quarter according to Oricon charts. After 2002 the group had no more releases, but continued their live performances and TV appearances. Mika Todd graduated in 2004, and Ayaka Kimura in 2008. With Ayaka's departure, there were no remaining members of Coconuts Musume and the group had officially disbanded.