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Tier 3 · vertical & regional
Passpo
Group · Japan · Japan · formed 2009
Japanese idol pop-rock girl group
Also known as ぱすぽ☆
Timeline
3 events◆ Formed 1+ Member joins 1− Member leaves 1
2000s
· Member joins
奥仲麻琴 joins the band
source: musicbrainz
2010s
· Member leaves
奥仲麻琴 leaves the band
source: musicbrainz
Biography
English biography200 words · 3 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1368222564
Biography
Passpo (ぱすぽ☆, Pasupo; word play for passport) was a Japanese girl group under Platinum Passport that was active from 2009 until 2018.
Passpo's first major single, "Shōjo Hikō", reached number 1 at the Oricon charts on May 16, 2011. On June 25, 2012, they took part in Yubi Matsuri, an idol festival produced by Rino Sashihara from AKB48. The concert happened at Nippon Budokan before a crowd of 8,000 people and featured other girl groups such as Idoling!!!, Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku, Super Girls, Tokyo Girls' Style, Nogizaka46, Buono!, Momoiro Clover Z, and Watarirouka Hashiritai 7. Passpo disbanded on September 22, 2018.
Members
Ai Negishi (根岸愛, Negishi Ai)
Yukimi Fujimoto (藤本有紀美, Fujimoto Yukimi)
Natsumi Iwamura (岩村捺未, Iwamura Natsumi)
Mio Masui (増井みお, Masui Mio)
Shiori Mori (森詩織, Mori Shiori)
Naomi Anzai (安斉奈緒美, Anzai Naomi)
Anna Tamai (玉井杏奈, Anna Tamai)
Kaho Sakuma (佐久間夏帆, Sakuma Kaho) (left on December 30, 2011)
Makoto Okunaka (奥仲麻琴, Okunaka Makoto) (left on January 1, 2015)
Sako Makita (槙田紗子, Makita Sako) (left on December 30, 2015)
Others
Passpo Official Book: Attention, please. Visual (ぱすぽ☆オフィシャルブック Attention Please ビジュアル編, Pasupo Ofisharu Bukku: Attension, please. Bijuaru-hen) (2011)
Passpo Official Book: Attention, please. Character (ぱすぽ☆オフィシャルブック ATTENTION PLEASE キャラクタｰ編, Pasupo Ofisharu Bukku Attention, please. Kyarakutā-hen) (2011)
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 | 7 | 44.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 3 | 73.3th |
| Recording span (years) | 17 | 39.7th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (0 release groups)
No discography rows stored yet
MusicBrainz enrichment for this artist is still pending. Release groups appear here once it runs.
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Passpo head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 7 | 44.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 3 | 73.3th |
| Recording span (years) | 17 | 39.7th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 奥仲麻琴 | 2009 | 1 January 2015 |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Passpo_-_Japan_Expo_2011_-_P1210581.jpgcore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1131248genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1131248seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passpobiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passpo
Why this artist is in the database
- List of J-pop artists
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Esby · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q1131248 · MusicBrainz: 6fbe2d50-4b6a-4a06-a2b7-96d65efa02cb
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