Faky

Faky
General information
Genre (s)	J-pop
founding	2013
Website	e.faky.jp
Founding members
singing	Akina ( ア キ ナ ) (from 2015)
singing	Hina ( ヒ ナ ) (from 2018)
singing	Lil 'Fang ( リ ル フ ァ ン グ )
singing	Mikako ( ミ カ コ )
singing	Taki ( タ キ ) (from 2018)
former members
singing	Diane (2013-2014)
singing	Tina (2013-2014)
singing	Anna (2013-2018)

Faky (spelling: FAKY) is a five-piece Japanese girl group founded by the Avex Trax record company .

history

The name of the girl group is derived from the words FA ntastic and To KY o , from which the name "FAKY" results. It also stands for "Five Ass Kicking Youngsters". Even the name from the English word "Fake" is ( German : forgery) derived to the Japanese music industry has to offer something new and real.

In July 2013, previews of every girl in the group were uploaded to the Avex Trax official YouTube channel. This was supposed to be an introduction to her first song Better Without You , which was released with a music video afterwards. The girls are currently under contract with the Avex Trax sub-label Rhythm Zone. In November of that year, the second music video Girl Digger was uploaded to YouTube. The first download single they released on December 13, a remix - EP to Better Without You , which was offered internationally for download. Subsequently, the single When You Wish Upon a Star was released on December 18 in Japan.

Finally, Better Without You was released on January 15, 2014, followed by Girl Digger on January 22, and the new song The One on January 29 . For a long time there was reports about a CD release for the EP POV , it was supposed to be released on April 9th ​​of that year, but for a few months nothing was heard from Faky. Finally it was announced that the CD would not be released and that a download EP entitled The One would be released on July 2nd . Then is POV also represented among others. It was also announced that Faky is taking a break until 2015, this decision was made for personal reasons and management voted in favor. They should come back as new and modernized, according to a statement on the official website. The official Facebook page has barely been updated since then.

Since 2015: Comeback with four and new members with five

In mid-2015, blogger Emi for You published three songs by Faky in support of the group in order to bring the band closer to her reading group. The songs were “You”, “Candy” and “POV”, the latter being a new recording without Tina’s voice. The other two songs were new and never before released songs. There were rumors in fan circles that Diane and Tina should have left the group, which was confirmed. The two announced this on social networks. Finally, in October 2015, the first preview of Faky's comeback was announced, with the information for a new group member named Akina . Finally, on October 21, they released the songs "Afterglow", "You" and "Candy".

Group member and leader Anna left the group in December 2018 to focus on her acting career. It was also announced that two new members, Hina and Taki, have been added and that the music group will continue with five from 2019.

Members

Current members

Akina

• Artist name: Akina
• Date of birth: November 23, 1999 in California , United States
• Other: She has only been a member of the group since the changed constellation in 2015

Hina

• Artist name: Hina
• Date of birth: February 19, 1998
• Other: She previously worked with Tetsuya Komuro and joined the group from December 2018

Lil 'catch

• Stage name: Lil 'Fang
• Date of birth: November 29, 1993, in Tokyo , Japan
• Other: She is fluent in Japanese and is learning English

Mikako

• Artist name: Mikako
• Date of birth: June 7, 1994 in Fukuoka , Japan
• Other: She is fluent in Japanese and is learning English

Taki

• Artist name: Taki
• Date of birth: April 21, 2000 in Shizuoka , Japan
• Other: Hina speaks English, French, Japanese and Tagalog and lived in the Philippines ; Group member since December 2018

former members

Diane

• Stage name: Diane
• Date of birth: January 28, 1996 in Okinawa , Japan
• Other: She is half Japanese, half American, also the winner of the Avex Audition Max 2013 and speaks fluent English and Japanese

Tina

• Artist name: Tina
• Date of birth: December 18, 1996, in Atlanta , United States
• Other: She is fluent in Japanese and English; she left the group for school reasons

Anna

• Artist name: Anna
• Date of birth: June 11, 1992, in New Zealand
• Other: She was the leader in the girl group and speaks fluent English and Japanese . The reason for her exit in December 2018 was to focus on her acting career.

Timeline: band members

member		2013		2014		2015		2016		2017		2018		2019
	Anna (2013-2018)
	Akina (2015-present)
	Diane (2013-2014)
	Hina (2018-present)
	Lil 'Fang (2013-present)
	Mikako (2013-present)
	Taki (2018-present)
	Tina (2013-2014)

• In alphabetical order

Discography

EPs

publication	title	Chart position	Sales	annotation
02nd July 2014	The One	-	-	1. EP format: digital distribution
May 11, 2016	Candy	-	-	2. EP format: digital distribution, CD - the CD was limited to events and was therefore not chartable.
June 14, 2017	Unwrapped	75 (1 week)	800	3. EP format: CD, digital distribution - It was the group's first EP to be offered nationwide in CD format and thus also suitable for charts.
* Chart placements and sales all from the Oricon charts and only related to Japan. "-" means no chart entry, no information or no publication.

Singles

publication	title	Chart position	Sales	annotation
December 13, 2013	Better Without You - Remixes	-	-	1. Download single
18th December 2013	When You Wish Upon a Star	-	-	2. Download single
15th January 2014	Better Without You	-	-	3. Download single
22th January 2014	Girl digger	-	-	4. Download single
January 29, 2014	The One	-	-	5. Download single
October 21, 2015	Afterglow	-	-	6. Download single
	You	-	-	7. Download single
	Candy	-	-	8. Download single
01st March 2017	Surrender	-	-	9. Download single
August 30, 2017	Suga Sweet	-	-	10. Download single
October 25, 2017	Chase Me	-	-	11. Download single
15th December 2017	Someday We'll Know (English Version)	-	-	12. Download single
February 16, 2018	Candy (English Version)	-	-	13. Download single
April 11, 2018	Who We Are	-	-	14. Download single
11th July 2018	Four	-	-	15. Download single
15th August 2018	Feelin 'Good: It's Paradise	-	-	16. Download single
29th August 2018	Bad Things (English Version)	-	-	17. Download single
19th December 2018	Last Petal	-	-	18. Download single
	Four	-	-	1. Single
23 August 2019	Girls Gotta Live	-	-	19. Download single
September 11, 2019	Girls Gotta Live (Angermans Remix)	-	-	20. Download single
18th October 2019	Antidotes	-	-	21. Download single
22nd November 2019	New Age	-	-	22. Download single
* Chart placements and sales all from the Oricon charts and related to Japan only. "-" means no chart entry, no information or no publication.

Songs

Ordered by publication

1. Better Without You
2. Girl digger
3. The One
4. POV
5. Get up
6. What R You Waiting for
7. Afterglow
8. You
9. Candy
10. Pretty
11. Are you ok?
12. Surrender
13. Keep out
14. Bad things
15. Someday we'll know
16. Suga Sweet
17. Chase Me
18. Who We Are
19. Four
20. Feelin 'Good: It's Paradise
21. Last Petal
22. Girls Gotta Live
23. Antidotes
24. New Age

Cover:

1. When You Wish Upon a Star

Collaborations:

1. No Boyfriend No Problem (with Femm, Sak Noel, Kuba & Neitan and Mayra Veronica)
2. Circle (as Famm'in)
3. Animus (as Famm'in)

Web links

• Official website (English)
• Official Website (Japanese)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Generasia FAKY In generasia.com (English), accessed December 21, 2014
2. ↑ FAKYjp 昨日 は 4/9 発 売 の Debut Mini Album の ジ ャ ケ ッ ト 撮 影 だ っ た よ 〜 ♪ In Facebook (English / Japanese), accessed on December 21, 2014
3. ↑ NekoPOPDave New and revamped FAKY to be announced in early 2015 In NEKOPOP , accessed on December 21, 2014
4. ↑ Emi For You SONG CONTEST WITH A CAUSE In emiwebsite.com , accessed on October 18, 2015
5. ↑ Ronald FAKY Reveals New Member Akina In Arama JAPAN , accessed October 18, 2015
6. ↑ ^{a b} dorami, December 21, 2018 at 3:30 p.m. FAKY 、 リ ー ダ ー ・ Anna ラ ス ト ラ イ ブ 「FAKY と い う 宝物 を あ り が と う」 In barks.jp (Japanese), accessed December 23, 2018