ZYX (pop group)


ZYX were a short-lived Japanese pop group made up of five Hello! Project Kids members led by Mari Yaguchi of Morning Musume. Yaguchi acted as a mentor and the group released two singles. ZYX is important in that it is the first unit that Hello! Project Kids officially joined with the second being Aa! formed in 2003, the third being Berryz Kobo in 2004, and the fourth being Cute in 2005. As Saki Shimizu and Momoko Tsugunaga were selected to become members of Berryz Kobo in 2004, the activity of ZYX ended.

History

The name ZYX is a kind of acronym using a somewhat intricate play in notation. "Z" and "Y" are taken from the phrase Zettai Yume o Bai ni "Bai ni," meaning "double in size," is represented not as "B" but as a multiplication sign "×" which was then represented by the letter "X." Also, the letters ZYX are the last letters of the English alphabet in reverse order. In Hello! Project, this inverted order naming is followed by the groups "W" created in 2004, "v-u-den" in 2005, "The Possible" in 2006, and SI☆NA in 2008. This line-up of groups continues the reverse alphabetical naming.
In 2009, the unit was revived as ZYX-α. Of all the original members, only Momoko Tsugunaga remained.
ZYX-a disbanded in January 2011 alongside the other revival units, excluding High-King. In 2013, for Hello! Project's 15th anniversary, ZYX-a reunited with its remaining 4 members Momoko Tsugunaga, Maasa Sudo, Ayaka Wada and Chinami Tokunaga and featured former member Risa Niigaki as their special guest.
On February 28 and March 1, 2015, ZYX reformed for Berryz Kobo Matsuri with Momoko Tsuguana, Saki Shimizu and Maimi Yajima to perform "Shiroi TOKYO", the first time members of the original ZYX line-up have reformed under the name ZYX since 2006.

Members

ZYX

Singles

DVDs