Hiragana Keyakizaka46 is a Japanese female idol group produced by Yasushi Akimoto. Announced a few months after the formation of the Kanji Keyakizaka46 group, Hiragana Keyaki originally started with a single member, Nagahama Neru, before adding more through auditions consecutively in Spring 2016 and Summer 2017. While Hiragana Keyaki began as an "undergroup", they quickly gained their own identity through a solo tour, getting their own album, a logo and even separate TV shows. The name of the group is the same as the main group's name (Kanji Keyakizaka46), however the first character is spelled out with hiragana rather than kanji, making it "けやき坂46" instead of "欅坂46". Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.