Wasuta

Wasuta
Wasuta in February 2024
Wasuta in February 2024
Background information
OriginJapan
GenresJ-pop
Years active2015 – present
LabelsIdol Street
Members
  • Nanase Hirokawa
  • Miri Matsuda
  • Ririka Kodama
  • Ruka Mishina
Past members
  • Hazuki Sakamoto
Websitewa-suta.world

Wasuta (わーすた, Wāsuta, short for The World Standard) is a Japanese girl group formed by Avex Trax in 2015. The group, which frequently uses cat-like wordplay and colorful costumes in their song lyrics and performances, has contributed songs to the anime series Idol Time PriPara and Kiratto Pri Chan.[1] Since 2016, Wasuta has released 4 albums, 4 mini-albums, 14 CD singles, 7 digital singles, 2 live albums, 1 best album, and a live concert Blu-ray from their first nationwide Japanese tour.

The group has performed several times outside of Japan, including Japan Expo Paris 2017,[2] Japan Weekend Madrid 2018,[3][4] Japan Expo Thailand 2017-2020,[5][6] Kizuna 2018 in Vietnam, Anime North 2019 in Canada,[7] and Japan Festival in Mongolia 2019.[8]

  1. ^ "[INTERVIEW] WASUTA". Kawaii Kakkoii Sugoi. 2019-07-02. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
  2. ^ "The World Standard, the idol new wave". www.japan-expo-paris.com. 22 April 2017. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  3. ^ "Wasuta performs first concerts in Spain at Japan Weekend Madrid". J-Generation. 2018-10-11. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
  4. ^ "Wasuta Performs First Concerts in Spain at Japan Weekend Madrid". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  5. ^ "Wasuta celebrates third year performance at Japan Expo Thailand 2019". J-Generation. 2019-02-01. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
  6. ^ "Japan Expo Thailand 2020 คึกคัก "ไอดอลไทย" ร่วมขึ้นสร้างปรากฏการณ์บนเวทีครั้งแรก". BrickinfoTV.com (in Thai). 2020-02-05. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
  7. ^ "WASUTA: The World Standard Concert | The Japan Foundation, Toronto". jftor.org. Retrieved 2019-05-27.
  8. ^ "Wasuta Performs First Mongolia Concert". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2019-08-28.