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     PassCode is a Japanese idol group based in Osaka which was formed in 2014 and made their first live performance in March 2014. The sound of music that this group performs is mixing the rock, pop, progressive rock and also electro dance music (EDM), the main characteristic of the group’s sound in every song is the member’s “kawaii & moe” voice that combined with their shout and scream. This group live performance described as “a rollercoaster show”, where they singing their tracks while dancing with non-stop progression in the long time which attracts the attention of various music lovers, not only rock music fans also idol music fans liked their live performances. So far, this group has released 4 singles, 2 indie albums and one major album, their first single is “Nextage” which was released in September 2014 and their newest single is “Ray” that will be released in Wednesday, May 23, 2018. PassCode currently consist of 4 members, they are Minami Nao, Imada Yuna, Takashima Kaede and Ogami Hinako, which each of them has their own characteristics.

     First is Minami Nao, she was joined this group before it was officially formed in July 2013, Minami has the longest serves for this group than the other current members. Minami Nao or Yachii was born in November 27, 1996. Her zodiac sign is Sagittarius and her the blood type is B. The main characteristics that she has is her short hair and a mole under her right eye, other characteristics is her thick eyebrows, large eyes, medium height for a woman’s size and a good body shape. Nao's fashion style is sporty because she often wearing some tracktop jackets, t-shirts and sport shoes, she also wears some feminime clothes such as dresses, skirts, etc. Nao's hobbies is playing guitar, sometimes she often post her videos of singing while playing guitar on her twitter account. Her vocal style is identic, she has spoiled sound of voice which is one of her main characteristic, because her personallity is tomboy and cheerfull, sometimes she also shouting and screaming in every beginning of the songs in the group’s live performances to make the audiences cheer out their voice. 

     Next is Takashima Kaede, she was joined PassCode in January 2014 together with Imada Yuna. Kaede or Kappi is the oldest and the tallest member of this group (no mention about how many centimeters of her height). She was born in December 23, 1993, her zodiac sign is Capricorn and her blood type is O. The characteristics that she has is her small eyes, her long hair, and her tall body which makes her as the tallest member of the group. Kaede’s fashion style is feminime just as most of women. She is often active in the social media (Twitter and Instagram), as she often uploads pictures of herself or together with the other members. About her voice, she has her own trademark, her voice is quite shrill where she often sings on high vocals part the songs, and also she is most prominent on any song of her group that has more “moe” things than other songs which is most of their song are dominant with the hard rock style of music. 

     Furthermore is Imada Yuna, she was joined PassCode together with Kaede in January 2014. Imada Yuna or Chiyuna was born in December 17, 1994, her zodiac sign is Sagittarius and her blood type is A. Yuna is known as the shortest member of the group because her height is only 150 cm. Beside her small body as her main characteristic, she also has small eyes, and a long hair which colored with brown. Her hobby is dancing, perhaps because of it when the PassCode live concerts she often looks as the most active dancers on the stage. Yuna is very rarely active in social media (Twitter), she also does not have any Instagram account unlike all the other members. Her style of singing is declared as one of the main trademark of this idol group, because her vocal style is different than most of female singers had, that she takes the role of vocal by screaming and shouting in many of PassCode songs. Almost all of people who just heard this group songs or saw this group concert for the first time are reacts with amazed because after they heard Yuna’s voices and actions they thinks that is very rarely a female singer could do things such as sceams and shouts which is usually done by male singers.

     Then the last is Ogami Hinako, Ogami Hinako or Hina-chan was joined PassCode as a new member in August 2015. Before joining this group, she has released a solo album. Hinako was born in June 22, 1998,  which is makes her as the youngest member of this group 1998. Hina’s zodiac sign is cancer, and her blood type is O. The main characteristics that she has is her ponytail hairstyle, her cute face, and her nails that are often colored which make her as a feminime fashion style. Hiinako has some varieties of hobbies, besides singing which is the main hobby of every singer, she also do some sports activities such as soft tennis and karate. She often posts status on twitter, and also uploads some pictures in her Instagram account. Hinako has a beautiful voice, and therefore make her almost takes the majority of the “clean” vocal role in PassCode songs, her melodious voice can be proven by when she sings in a live performances, she always shows her beautiful voice. 

     PassCode is a idol group that has 4 members which each member has their own characteristics such as in their appearance and style of vocal. Such as Nao with her spoiled voice and her short hair, Kaede with her shrill voice, Yuna with her scream and shouts, and also Hinako with her beautiful voices. Some of these characteristic of the members that was mentioned on above paragraphs are the trademarks of this group, and because of the combination of the distinctive characteristic from them makes this group looks different than other idol group.