were an all-girl Japanese pop group within Hello! Project. They were formed after they successfully passed the 2nd Morning Musume & Michiyo Heike Imotobun Audition. Melon Kinenbi is the oldest group in the history of Hello! Project not to have changed any of its members since its formation. The band occasionally worked as dancers for other Hello! Project artists; they can, for instance, be seen in the music video for Maki Goto's single "Yaruki! It's Easy". The entire group officially graduated from the Hello! Project on March 31, 2009, along with the rest of the Elder Club. After their graduation, they collaborated with other Japanese punk-rock groups for several limited-release indie singles, and released their 4th album Melon's Not Dead. Two days after the album release and just after their 10-year anniversary, the group announced that they would disband following their final tour activities in May 2010. The group performed together for the last time on May 3, at Nakano Sun Plaza, although Melon Kinenbi reunited temporarily in April 2011 to help the efforts following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. On December 31, 2013, Melon Kinenbi reunited a second time to perform at the Hello! Project Countdown Party 2013 〜Good Bye & Hello!〜 event. In October 2018, Melon Kinenbi reunited a third time to perform at the Hello! Project 20th Anniversary!! Hello! Project Hello! Face 2018 event in Saitama. Members Discography Albums Greatest Hits albums Singles Collaboration singles Unreleased (debuted at their 2009 tour) DVDs Photobooks 2004 – 2004 – 2004 – Appearances Television Radio Colorful Pleasure Hello Pro Yanen Internet Musicals Love Century -Yume wa Minna Kerya Hajimaranai- Sōgen no Hito Okaeri Events 2005 – July Hello! Project Fan Club Gentei Event Concerts 2002 – 2003 – 2003 – 2003 – 2004 – 2004 – 2004 – 2004 – 2005 – 2005 – 2005 – 2005 – References External links Official UP-FRONT WORKS Discography Entry Melon Lounge Official blog All-female punk bands Japanese girl groups Japanese pop music groups Musical groups established in 2000 Japanese idol groups Hello! Project groups 2000 establishments in Japan Musical groups disestablished in 2010 Musical groups from Tokyo Japanese dance music groups Japanese electropop groups