Country Girls (カントリー・ガールズ), formerly known as Country Musume (カントリー娘。; Country Girls), was an all-female J-pop group within Hello! Project. The group, which debuted in 1999, was known for its concept of being a group of country girls from Hokkaido. The group's activities became inactive when Satoda became the sole member in 2007. On November 5, 2014, the group was revived with 6 new members. On October 18, 2019, it was announced that all of the current members will graduate from Country Girls, and the group will subsequently suspend all activities on December 26, 2019 after the Country Girls Live 2019 ~Itooshikutte Gomen ne~ at LINE CUBE SHIBUYA. On December 26, 2019, the members graduated from the group and the activities were suspended. Members at Time of Activities Suspension: Yamaka Risa Morito Chisaki Ozeki Mai Funaki Musubu Former members: Yanagihara Hiromi, Kobayashi Azusa, Rinne, Asami, Miuna, Shimamura Uta, Inaba Manaka, Ishikawa Rika (Morning Musume), Konno Asami (Morning Musume), Fujimoto Miki (Morning Musume), Tsugunaga Momoko and Yanagawa Nanami Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.