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Tier 3 · vertical & regional
EARTH
Group · Japan · Tokyo · formed 2000 · disbanded 2001
short-lived Japanese vocal trio (2000–2001)
Timeline
2 events◆ Formed 1◇ Disbanded 1
2000s
Biography
English biography163 words · 3 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1360629161
Biography
Earth (stylized as EARTH) was a Japanese girl group formed by Vision Factory in 2000, with its members consisting of Yuka Togo, Maya Tomonaga, and Sayaka Setoyama. They debuted in February 2000 with the release of the song "Time After Time", and they won the Japan Record Award Newcomer Award and Japan Cable Award Cable Music Award in the same year. They disbanded in January 2005.
History
Togo, Tomonaga, and Setoyama were winners of the Kanagawa & Kyushu Starlight Auditions held in 1999 by Vision Factory. They debuted on February 23, 2000, with the single "Time After Time", which was used as an insert song in the 2000 television drama Virtual Girl. By the end of 2000, the group earned the Newcomer Award at the 42nd Japan Record Awards. Earth also won the Cable Music Award at the 33rd Japan Cable Award for "Time After Time." Earth later disbanded in January 2005.
Members
Yuka Togo (東郷 祐佳)
Maya Tomonaga (朝長 真弥)
Sayaka Setoyama (瀬戸山 清香)
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 5 | 32th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 2 | 62.1th |
| Recording span (years) | 1 | 13.7th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (0 release groups)
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Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put EARTH head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 5 | 32th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 2 | 62.1th |
| Recording span (years) | 1 | 13.7th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3045809genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3045809seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_%28Japanese_band%29biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_%28Japanese_band%29
Why this artist is in the database
- List of J-pop artists
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: no portrait (not displayed: the licence credit is missing)
Wikidata: Q3045809 · MusicBrainz: e7220fad-efdc-46af-a95b-338b46a901c9
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