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'''Emi Ito''' {{Nihongo|伊藤 エミ|Itō Emi}} and '''Yumi Ito''' {{Nihongo|伊藤 ユミ|Itō Yumi}} were identical twin [[Japan]]ese singers and actresses who performed as '''The Peanuts''' {{Nihongo|ザ・ピーナッツ|Za Pīnattsu}}. Active from 1958 to 1975, the duo was one of the first successful [[wikipedia:J-pop|J-pop]] groups, selling over 10 million records.<ref name="NHK">{{cite web|url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/editors/6/20160916|title=Pioneers of J-pop: The Peanuts|author=Yanaka, Marie|date=16 September 2016|work=NHK World|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029095935/https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/editors/6/20160916/|archivedate=20 September 2016}}</ref> They acted in films by five of the six major Japanese film studios from 1959 to 1968, most memorably in the [[1961]] [[Toho]] [[Kaiju|kaiju]] film ''[[Mothra (film)|Mothra]]'' as the title character's diminutive singing priestesses, the [[Shobijin]]. They would reprise the roles in two subsequent ''[[Godzilla (franchise)|Godzilla]]'' films. The Shobijin, or characters inspired by them, have accompanied [[Mothra]] in most of her film appearances since then. Emi passed away on June 15, 2012, at the age of 71,<ref name="Emi death"/> and Yumi died on May 18, 2016, at 75.<ref name="Yumi death"/> | '''Emi Ito''' {{Nihongo|伊藤 エミ|Itō Emi}} and '''Yumi Ito''' {{Nihongo|伊藤 ユミ|Itō Yumi}} were identical twin [[Japan]]ese singers and actresses who performed as '''The Peanuts''' {{Nihongo|ザ・ピーナッツ|Za Pīnattsu}}. Active from 1958 to 1975, the duo was one of the first successful [[wikipedia:J-pop|J-pop]] groups, selling over 10 million records.<ref name="NHK">{{cite web|url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/editors/6/20160916|title=Pioneers of J-pop: The Peanuts|author=Yanaka, Marie|date=16 September 2016|work=NHK World|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029095935/https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/editors/6/20160916/|archivedate=20 September 2016}}</ref> They acted in films by five of the six major Japanese film studios from 1959 to 1968, most memorably in the [[1961]] [[Toho]] [[Kaiju|kaiju]] film ''[[Mothra (film)|Mothra]]'' as the title character's diminutive singing priestesses, the [[Shobijin]]. They would reprise the roles in two subsequent ''[[Godzilla (franchise)|Godzilla]]'' films. The Shobijin, or characters inspired by them, have accompanied [[Mothra]] in most of her film appearances since then. Emi passed away on June 15, 2012, at the age of 71,<ref name="Emi death"/> and Yumi died on May 18, 2016, at 75.<ref name="Yumi death"/> | ||
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Emi Ito (伊藤 エミ Itō Emi) and Yumi Ito (伊藤 ユミ Itō Yumi) were identical twin Japanese singers and actresses who performed as The Peanuts (ザ・ピーナッツ Za Pīnattsu). Active from 1958 to 1975, the duo was one of the first successful J-pop groups, selling over 10 million records.[3] They acted in films by five of the six major Japanese film studios from 1959 to 1968, most memorably in the 1961 Toho kaiju film Mothra as the title character's diminutive singing priestesses, the Shobijin. They would reprise the roles in two subsequent Godzilla films. The Shobijin, or characters inspired by them, have accompanied Mothra in most of her film appearances since then. Emi passed away on June 15, 2012, at the age of 71,[1] and Yumi died on May 18, 2016, at 75.[2]
Selected filmography
- Mothra (1961) as the Shobijin
- Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) as the Shobijin
- Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) as the Shobijin
- Godzilla: Tokyo SOS (2003) as the Shobijin [stock footage]
Selected discography
- Mothra (1961) - "Mothra's Song", "Daughters of Infant Island"
- Godzilla vs. Mothra (1964) - "Mothra's Song", "Sacred Springs", "Mahara Mothra"
- Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) - "Call Happiness", "Sacred Springs"
Gallery
The Peanuts in Mothra
The Peanuts in Mothra vs. Godzilla
The Peanuts in Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Videos
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Trivia
- The Peanuts and their immediate successors, Pair Bambi, are the only Shobijin actresses to have actually been twins.
References
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