The SUPER MONKEY’S officially made their debut on September 16th, 1992, but the band already had already been formed in Okinawa Actors and went through several changes in name and composition.
In December 1992, Makino Anna leaves the group and is replaced by Nakasone Rino (not to be mistaken for Gwen Stefani’s dancer of the same name). Nakasone appears in several magazines and is initially scheduled to perform at Sapporo Snow Festival, but she has appendicitis and cancels all events. She leaves the group without having participated in any single orperformance.
SUPER MONKEY’S 4 1993
4 members: Ameku Minako, Amuro Namie, Arakaki Hisako, Takushi Nanako
Release: DANCING JUNK ; Aishite Muscat
Amuro Namie with SUPER MONKEY’S 1994
4 members: Ameku Minako, Amuro Namie, Arakaki Hisako, Takushi Nanako
Release: PARADISE TRAIN
Amuro Namie with SUPER MONKEY’S 1994-1995
5 members: Ameku Minako, Amuro Namie, Matsuda Ritsuko, Miyauchi Reina, Takushi Nanako
Release: TRY ME ~watashi wo shinijte~
Matsuda Ritsuko (LINA) and Miyauchi Reina have joined the group before the official release of ‘TRY ME ~watashi wo shinijte~’. They have appeared in TV shows such as The Yoru mo Hippare! in late 1994. LINA revealed that she was initially supposed to be part of a 3 members-band with REINA.
MAX were still Namie’s back dancers until mid-1996 – their last official appearance as SUPER MONKEY’S was at Chiba Marine Stadium. However, they kept appearing with her at The Yoru mo Hippare all through 1997.
In Live Style 2006 pamphlet, Amuro Namie appeared with former SUPER MONKEY’S members who had left showbusiness or were on hiatus.
Fans had been expecting a reunion with MAX before Amuro Namie’s retirement in 2018, but it did not happen.
Dreamers
SPEEDY MONKEY’SLeft to right: Nanako, Anna, Namie, Hisako, MinakoLeft to right: Nanako, Rino, Namie, Minako, HisakoLeft to right: Hisako, Minako, Namie, NanakoLeft to right: Ritsuko, Minako, Namie, Reina, Nanako