Speed (band)

Speed
Origin	Okinawa, Japan
Genres	J-pop dance R&B hip hop
Years active	1996 (1996)–2000 2001 (2001) 2003 (2003) 2008 (2008)–present
Labels	Toy's Factory (1996—2001) Sonic Groove (2003—present)
Members	Hitoe Arakaki Takako Uehara Eriko Imai Hiroko Shimabukuro

SPEED is a Japanese music group. The group is made up of four female singers. They are from Okinawa, Japan. The members are Hiroko Shimabukuro, Eriko Imai, Takako Uehara and Hitoe Arakaki. Hiroko and Eriko are lead vocal singers.

When they debuted, Hiroko was 12 years old. They made their debut single “Body & Soul” in 1996. They have many songs which sold million records.

They broke up on March 31, 2000. From 2000 to 2008, they have broken up and came back together several times. They made their latest come back in 2008.

Members

• Hiroko Shimabukuro (島袋寛子 born April 7, 1984)
• Eriko Imai (今井絵理子 born September 22, 1983)
• Takako Uehara (上原多香子 born January 14, 1983)
• Hitoe Arakaki (新垣仁絵 born April 7, 1981)

Discography

Singles

• Body & soul (1996)
• STEADY (1996)
• Go! Go! Heaven (1997)
• Wake Me Up! (1997)
• White Love (1997)
• my graduation (1998)
• ALIVE (1998)
• ALL MY TRUE LOVE (1998)
• Precious Time (1999)
• Breakin’ out to the morning (1999)
• Long Way Home (1999)
• One More Dream (2001)
• Be My Love (2003)
• Walking in the rain/Stars to shine again (2003)
• あしたの空 (2008)
• S.P.D (2009)

Albums

• Starting Over (1997)
• RISE (1998)
• MOMENT (1998)
• Carry On my way (1999)
• SPEED THE MAMORIAL BEST 1335days Dear * Friends 1 (2000)
• SPEED THE MAMORIAL BEST 1335days Dear * Friends 2 (2000)
• BRIDGE (2003)

Other websites

• http://www.avexnet.or.jp/speed/index.html Archived 2008-11-09 at the Wayback Machine
• http://avexnet.or.jp/hiro/index.html
• http://www.avexnet.or.jp/eriko/index.htm Archived 2008-11-10 at the Wayback Machine
• http://www.avexnet.or.jp/uehara/index.html Archived 2010-02-12 at the Wayback Machine
• http://www.avexnet.or.jp/hitoe/index.htm Archived 2008-12-08 at the Wayback Machine