Wakana Matsumoto (singer)

Angerme (アンジュルム), formerly Smileage (スマイレージ), is a Japanese idol girl group from the musical collective Hello! Project, which originally consisted of four former Hello!

A month later, on May 7, 2009, he revealed that the group would be called "Smileage".

The name is a portmanteau of the English words "smile", "mileage", and "age", and together the name means "the age of smiles".

In 2009 the group released three indie singles: "Ama no Jaku", "Asu wa Date na no ni, Ima Sugu Koe ga Kikitai" and "Suki-chan"

Pro Egg (Hello! Project trainees) members that left Egg in 2010 and became full-time members of ''Hello!

Project''.

In 2010, they won the Japan Record Award for Best New Artist.

After releasing three singles, Tsunku announced that the group would become a full-time group in the spring of 2010 and their debut was set for May 2010.

A "Smile Campaign" (笑顔キャンペーン) was embarked upon to collect 10,000 smiles from people, where fans were asked to send in photographs of themselves smiling, compiled into a big mosaic.

The group made their official event debut in Nagoya on March 19, with their fourth single "Otona ni Narutte Muzukashii!!!", released March 14, their first release on the Up-Front Works label.

The result of the campaign was announced during the joint Smileage and Erina Mano concert on April 3.

It was then announced that the group would be leaving from Hello!

Pro Eggs.

Their first major single, "Yume Miru Fifteen", was released on May 26.

Their debut album, Warugaki 1, was released on December 8, 2010.

On December 30, Smileage received the Japan Record Award for Best New Artist.

In 2011, five new girls were added to the group as part of the second generation, with two being former Egg members and three new girls.

On May 29, 2011, Smileage revealed at their first-anniversary event that they would be holding auditions for new members to add to the four-member line-up and that some of the members would depart.

The new members were announced on August 14.

From Hello!

Pro Egg, Akari Takeuchi and Rina Katsuta were added, and three other girls: Kana Nakanishi, Fuyuka Kosuga, and Meimi Tamura also joined.

On August 24, it was announced that Saki Ogawa would be leaving Smileage on August 27 and, subsequently, from ''Hello!

Project''.

On September 9, one of Smileage's newest additions, Fuyuka Kosuga, was diagnosed with anaemia, after missing a concert due to illness.

Due to her anaemia, she left the group and resumed her work as a ''Hello!

Project'' Egg after her recovery.

Starting September 18, a second Smile Campaign was held by the new members to determine their place as official members in the group.

On October 16, at Smileage's "Tachiagirl" event, producer Tsunku announced all four sub-members had become full members.

On October 25, it was announced that Yuuka Maeda would leave Smileage and, subsequently, from ''Hello!

Project'' on December 31.

In 2014, three new members joined the group as third generation members.

Since the formation of Angerme, there have been eleven generations and fourteen departures.

As of June 2023, the total number of members of the group stands at eleven members.

On April 4, Japanese music producer Tsunku announced on his blog that a new girl group consisting of Hello!

Pro Egg members would be formed.

The members would consist of Ayaka Wada, Yuuka Maeda, and Kanon Fukuda, all formerly of Shugo Chara Egg!, as well as fellow Egg Saki Ogawa.

Ayaka was the designated group leader.

On October 4, 2014, the group welcomed three new members: Mizuki Murota, Maho Aikawa and Rikako Sasaki.

On December 17, 2014, it was announced that Smileage would change their name to Angerme, a name proposed by Kana Nakanishi which comes from a combination of the French words for angel (ange) and tear (larme).

On May 20, 2015, Kanon Fukuda announced that she would be leaving Angerme and ''Hello!