Hangry&Angry is a musical project spinoff from the popular Japanese designer h.NAOTO. The two member unit is made up of former Morning Musume members. Vocalists Hitomi Yoshizawa and Rika Ishikawa play the characters Hangry and Angry respectively.
A large part of their appeal is connected to their fashion based image, however both members are experienced singers and pull off a credible balance between being fashion icons and performers. Their music style is a mixture of rock blended with punk and techno pop elements.
The original characters of Hangry&Angry were illustrated by GASHICON. The two characters Hangry and Angry are drawn (and in their real life versions dressed) in the "gurokawa" (grotesque/cute) style. According to their story, the two characters travelled from the future and their home in the H44 Star Nebula in their "LOVE MACHINE" time-travel device. Their mission is to save present day Earth from global warming.
On the 10th of October 2008, Hangry&Angry's Official Japanese MySpace opened. In its first four days, the page received over 100,000 profile views. At the beginning of November the band were also promoted by a sustained "posterjack" campaign which lead to the back streets of Harajuku district in Tokyo being plastered with advertising posters announcing the start of Hangry&Angry's activities.
On the 19th of November, their first mini-album Kill Me Kiss Me indies CD was released simultaneously in both the Japan and USA.
Hangry&Angry performed their first live show performance on the 28th of November at the "MySpace Japan's 2nd Anniversary" event which was held at the Shibuya C.C.Lemon Hall. It is also notable that visual rock superstar Izam (of Shazna) is Hangry&Angry's performance producer and is credited with shaping their powerful but cute rock style.
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