Tomoiki is a unit of 5 Hello! Project Eggs. It belongs to “Hand in Hand” tree-planting support squad, which is a part of NPO corporation – Plant A Tree Plant Love.
Current members:
- Noto Arisa
- Furukawa Konatsu
- Maeda Yuuka
- Mori Saki (replaced Arihara Kanna)
- Saho Akari (replaced Yutoku Ayumi)
Past members:
- Arihara Kanna (joined C-ute in January 2006)
- Oose Kaede (joined THE Possible in 2006/09/30)
- Yutoku Ayumi (graduated from Hello! Project)
History:
2005/10 – Tomoiki debuted at Morning Musume’s environmental Culture Festival 2005
2006/01 – Arihara Kanna graduated and and Mori Saki replaced her
2006/03 – The official Tomoiki blog was opened
2006/07 – The HAND IN HAND support song “Minna no ki” sung by Tomoiki was announced
2006/08/22 – Tomoiki went to do tree-planting etc. activities at PLANT A TREE farm and herb garden in Yamanashiken
2006/09 – Tomoiki performed “Minna no ki” at Morning Musume’s environmental Culture Festival 2006 and were backdancers to Morning Musume’s Kusumi Koharu. 500 copies of “Minna no ki” were on sale at the event
2006/09/23 – Participated in activities at Atore Meguru in Tokyo
2006/09/30 – Maeda, Mori and Oose participated in primary school activities in Shinagawaku, Oose graduated Tomoiki
2006/12/20 – Pucchibest 7 album was released and included “Minna no ki”
2007/01/10 – It was announced that Yutoku Ayumi would replace Oose Kaede
2007/10 – Appearance at Morning Musume’s environmental Culture Festival 2007
2007/11/30 – Yutoku Ayumi graduated from Hello!Project
2007/12/11 – Saho Akari replaced Yutoku Ayumi