, formerly and , is a Japanese female vocal group associated with a chain of maid cafés and restaurants called Afilia Group. Its members represent (work at) shops in the Tokyo districts of Ikebukuro, Ueno, Roppongi and Shinjuku. The group jointly formed by Chiyomaru Shikura and voice actress and singer Haruko Momoi. People who have written songs for the group include Tsunku and Kōsuke Ōjima.
Overview and history The group was formed in 2008 and is conceived as an "academy-type vocal unit" consisting of girls selected from establishments belonging to Afilia Group, a nationwide cafe and restaurant network. It is jointly produced by two people, Chiyomaru Shikura and voice actress and singer Haruko Momoi. The group employs a line-up changing system with members joining and leaving.
On March 28, 2012, Afilia Saga East released its 7th single, titled "Mirai no Watashi o Matteiru" ("There's a Future Waiting for Me"). The title song was written by Tsunku and composed by Chiyomaru Shikura. At the time, the group was composed of 14 members, the maximum number since its creation. The single became the group's first to enter the top 10 of the Oricon weekly charts.
By March 24, 2013, the group was composed of 11 members. Afilia Saga sung the ending theme for the TV animation series Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Animation, as well as the opening theme for another series, My Mental Choices are Completely Interfering with my School Romantic Comedy.
On June 3, 2017, the group changed their name to "Junjō no Afilia".
On June 12, 2019, their kanji surnames were added and their names changed.
Members Current members
Former members
(until May 2009) (until August 2009) (May 2009 — September 2009) (until December 2009) (until March 2010) (until March 2012) (until March 2012) (October 2010 — September 2012) (August 2009 — February 2013) (May 2009 — March 2013)
Timeline
Pink - renamed to Afilia Saga
Purple - renamed to Junjou no Afilia
Discography
Singles No. Title Release date Weekly Singles Chart as Afilia Saga East 1 March 31, 2009 115 2 May 27, 2009 108 3 February 3, 2010 80 4 April 28, 2010 132 5 December 1, 2010 39 6 July 27, 2011 36 7 March 28, 2012 6 8 June 13, 2012 15 9 November 13, 2012 9 as Afilia Saga 10 August 7, 2013 11 11 (Anime "Noucome" opening theme) November 13, 2013 4 12 July 23, 2014 3 13 November 26, 2014 9 14 "Never Say Never" January 11, 2015 4 15 "Embrace Blade" November 18, 2015 7 16 March 2, 2016 5 17 "Lost in the Sky" July 26, 2016 8 18 January 25, 2017 8 19 April 19, 2017 6 as Junjou no Afilia 20 (Anime "Hajimete no Gal" opening theme) August 30, 2017 11 21 March 28, 2018 7 22"I Want to Grow" November 27, 2018 5 23 September 3, 2019 11 24"Like? or Love?" March 11, 2020 8
Albums No. Title Release date Weekly Singles Chart 1 June 1, 2011 46 2 Archism April 24, 2013 20 3 Realism August 25, 2015 24 4 September 3, 2019 33
Live DVDs
No. Title Release date Weekly Singles Chart 1 November 25, 2011 — 2 July 25, 2012 197 3 June 26, 2013 Out of the ranking area 4 February 19, 2014 77(BD) 5 December 24, 2014 Out of the ranking area 6 July 25, 2012 197 7 May 20, 2015 24(BD) 8 May 18, 2016 Out of the ranking area 9 June 1, 2016 Out of the ranking area 10 February 3, 2017 11 January 24, 2018 12 January 24, 2018 13 December 4, 2019 14 January 8, 2020
Other DVDs No. Title Release date 1 September 3, 2014 2 March 15, 2015 3 December 25, 2015 4 April 28, 2017 5 May 8, 2018
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