Chisato Okai

Chisato Okai 岡井 千聖
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Background information
Also known as	Chippe, Chissā, Okasan
Born	June 21, 1994 (1994-06-21) (age 17)
Origin	Saitama, Japan
Genres	Japanese pop
Occupations	Singer
Years active	2002–present
Labels	Zetima
Associated acts	C-ute, H.P. All Stars, Athena & Robikerottsu, Tanpopo#
Website	Hello! Project.com

Chisato Okai (岡井 千聖, Okai Chisato^?) (born June 21, 1994 in Saitama, Japan) is a member of the J-pop group C-ute, under Hello! Project.

Okai passed the "Hello! Project Kids" audition in 2002. In 2004 Berryz Kobo was formed, with the intention of rotating the kids throughout the unit. Okai didn't make the original pick, and the idea was eventually dropped. Her sister, Asuna Okai, became a member of Hello! Pro Egg during the same year. The remaining kids ending up forming C-ute in June 2005. The group didn't make its official debut until late in 2006, with their first official single released in February 2007. In September 2007, Okai was added to a new unit called Athena & Robikerottsu with Risa Niigaki, Aika Mitsui, and Saki Nakajima. They sang the opening and ending theme song for the anime Robby & Kerobby. The unit was effectively disbanded in March 2008, entering into an indefinite hiatus when the series ended.

In 2009, Okai joined a newly formed unit called Tanpopo#, a revival of former Hello! Project unit Tanpopo, with Eri Kamei, Yurina Kumai, and Aika Mitsui.

On November 9, 2010, a solo video of Okai performing the dance to C-ute's then-latest single "Dance de Bakōn" was released on the group's official YouTube channel. The video received more than 100,000 views in two days,^[1] and had received over 1.2 million views by May 2011.^[2] Following the video's success, more solo "dance-cover" videos of Okai were uploaded, including her cover of Aya Matsuura's song "Love Namidairo", which was released on iTunes on November 27 as Okai's first digital single.^[3] Her first solo live event, "Chisato Okai (C-ute) Solo Live 2011 Vol.1: Kaisha de Odotte Mita!!" was held on January 25, 2011 at Pacific Heaven.^[4] A CD containing Okai's cover of Miki Fujimoto's "Romantic Ukare Mode", with "Love Namidairo" as the coupling track, was sold exclusively at the venue of her second solo live, but was also released digitally as part of Hello! Project's Hello Cover series.

Discography

Digital singles

#	Title	Release date
1	"Love Namidairo"	November 27, 2010
2	"Egao ni Namida (Thank You! Dear My Friends)"	December 10, 2010
3	"Manatsu no Kōsen"	December 10, 2010
4	"Romantic Ukare Mode"	January 24, 2011
5	"Furusato"	March 30, 2011

Singles

#	Title	Release date
1	"Romantic Ukare Mode"	—

Appearances

Solo events

• Chisato Okai (C-ute) Solo Live 2011 Vol.1: Kaisha de Odotte Mita!! (岡井千聖（℃-ute）Solo Live 2011 Vol.1〜会社で踊ってみた!!〜, ... Dance Covers at Work!!^?), January 25–26, 2011
• Chisato Okai (C-ute) Solo Live 2011 Vol.2: Hanzōmon de Odotte Mita!! (岡井千聖（℃-ute）Solo Live 2011 Vol.2〜半蔵門で踊ってみた!!〜, ... Dance Covers at Hanzōmon!!^?), February 13–14, 2011

Television

• 54th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen - Backing dancer for Aya Matsuura (December 31, 2003)

Film

• "Koinu Dan no Monogatari" (December 14, 2002)
• "Hotaru no Hoshi" (June 5, 2004)

Stage

• 34 Chōme no Kiseki: Here's Love (November 27 - December 28, 2004)
• 1974 (Ikunayo) (March 17–22, 2011)

YouTube

• Dance de Bakōn! [1]
• Ōkina Ai de Motenashite [2]
• Forever Love [3]
• Massara Blue Jeans [4]
• Love Namidairo [5]
• Yume Miru 15 [6]

Photobooks

#	Title	Release date
1	1st Solo Photobook "Chisato"	December 24, 2010

References

1. ^ "℃-ute千聖の"踊ってみた"が話題沸騰「また挑戦したい」" (in Japanese). 201-11-11. http://natalie.mu/music/news/40413. Retrieved 2011-05-16. 
2. ^ "Danceでバコーン！を踊ってみた 【岡井千聖（本人）】". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgFsDnU9jWg. Retrieved 2011-05-16. 
3. ^ "LOVE涙色岡井千聖(℃-ute)" (in Japanese). http://itunes.apple.com/jp/album/id406606714. Retrieved 2011-05-16. 
4. ^ "FC限定「岡井千聖（℃-ute）Solo Live 2011 Vol.1～会社で踊ってみた!!～」受付のお知らせ" (in Japanese). http://www.up-fc.jp/helloproject/news_Info.php?id=1706. Retrieved 2011-05-16. 

External links

• Chisato Okai on Twitter
• Cute official blog (Japanese)
• Chisato Okai's official USTREAM channel
• Official Hello! Project profile

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Name	Okai, Chisato
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Date of birth	June 21, 1994
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