ZOO

Zoo (stylized as ZOO) was a J-pop dance and vocal group formed in 1989.[1] They debuted with the single "Careless Dance" on 5 May 1990. ZOO had one major hit with the 1991 song "Choo Choo TRAIN" and disbanded in 1995. In 1993, the British dance music duo Band of Gypsies and singer Miriam Stockley released an album of ZOO covers, titled Song of ZOO Meets House Style. In 1999, a former member, Hiroyuki Igarashi, formed the group J Soul Brothers, which was renamed Exile in 2001. They rerecorded the song "Choo Choo TRAIN" in 2003, and it went on to be one of their biggest hits. Final lineup: TACO (Chiaki Nojima) – bandleader, dancer SATSUKI (Satsuki Miki) – lead singer SAE (Saeko Ebisawa) – dancer HIRO (Hiroyuki Igarashi) – dancer CAP (Sakai Toshihiro) – dancer LUKE (Saito Norifumi) – dancer MARK (Sumihisa Okayama) – dancer Other members: HISAMI (Kumi Takemura) NAOYA (Naoya Setani) MAMI (Mami Murao) YU-KI (Yuuki Kitamura): singer; current lead vocalist for TRF HISAMI (Hisami Takemura)