It was announced on June 28, 2010 by Kashiwagi that French Kiss would be formed and debuted with a single Zutto mae kara (Since long time before), at AKB48 Team-B’s stage performance. “Zutto mae kara” was used as the ending theme song for anime “Major sixth season”, broadcast on NHK Educational TV. The catchphrase of the group is “Oya ni shoukai shitai 3nin gumi” (“Trio whom (I) would like to introduce to (my) parents).
After 4 months from release of the 1st single on September 8, 2010, they released 2nd single “If” on January 19, 2011, which was ranked 2nd after Tomohisa Yamashita’s single “Hadakanbō” (“Naked”) on Oricon Weekly Chart, and 1st on Billboard Japan Hot 100 ranking dated on January 31, bounced up from 73rd on prior week’s ranking. The 4th single “Saisho no mail” was sole on November 22, 2011.
