Bluem of Youth (Russian: Цветы юности) is a Japanese pop group which achieved greatest success in the late 1990s after it was the subject of a reality television series called Susunu!
Its members are Yuji Bessho (別所悠二) and Hiroyuki Matsugashita (松ヶ下宏之).
They went on permanent hiatus on New Year's Eve of 2002, but played a 10th anniversary concert commemorating their debut in 2005.
[1][2][3] The duo traveled across Russia by Trans-Siberian Railway for seven months from March to October 1999, for a Japanese television program called Susunu!
Their career was at a crossroads due to poor sales and their contract with their record label was not renewed.