B-Komachi

B-Komachi (「B小町」) is an idol group affiliated with Strawberry Productions. In its current incarnation, it has three members; Ruby Hoshino, Kana Arima, and Mem-Cho. Its previous incarnation had many members, one of which was Ai Hoshino.

Current Incarnation

 * Ruby Hoshino
 * Kana Arima
 * Mem-Cho

Previous Incarnation

 * Ai Hoshino
 * Meimei
 * Ari
 * Kyun
 * Takamine
 * Nino
 * Watanabe

Previous Incarnation
The previous incarnation of B-Komachi were active for more than ten years, starting from when Ai Hoshino debuted at twelve years old, and disbanded two years after she was murdered at the age of twenty.

Current Incarnation
The current incarnation started as Ai's daughter, Ruby Hoshino, joined Strawberry Productions to become an idol, officially relaunching an idol group after more than a decade. As Strawberry Production look forward to add more members to the new idol group, she was joined by Kana Arima, someone that Aquamarine Hoshino recommends and goes at great length to agree on joining. Ruby came up with the idea of taking the B-Komachi mantle and resurrect the group into a new incarnation after filming a collaboration with Pieyon.

After the conclusion of the production of LoveNow, Mem-Cho joined the group.

Trivia

 * According to the novel "45510" by Aka Akasaka, the 4 founding members of B Komachi are Takamine, Nino, Ai & Watanabe.
 * Ai's smartphone & blog account  password "45510" (which is the same tittle as the novel) is the initial of the 4 founding members. The number correspond the Japanese flick keyboard :
 * Takamine (た Ta) : 4
 * Nino (に Ni) : Double 5 (If using flip phone, double press な Na to get に Ni)
 * Ai (あ A) : 1
 * Watanabe (わ Wa) : 0