Pour Lui (プールイ, Puu Rui, born August 20, 1990 in Saitama) is a Japanese singer known for her work as the founder and leader of the alternative idol group Bis.
Pour Lui's debut digital single "Kagirareta Toki no Naka de☆" was released on November 4, 2009, and was nominated in the 4th RecoChoku New Artist Awards, gaining her some attention.
[2] Pour Lui has stated that she originally made the decision to form an idol group out of a desire to cause trouble for her manager Junnosuke Watanabe, who she strongly disliked at the time.
Pour Lui was behind the idea of the music video involving members headbanging while wearing stockings on their heads, which directly led to Yokoyama's departure.
The video, showing the three members of Bis running naked (albeit heavily censored in an artistic way) through a forest, drastically spread their name across a wide audience, and led to an increased fanbase.
[4] After Bis made its major label debut through Avex Trax, tensions rose again during the making of the music video for "Ash".
Pour Lui proposed the group follow in the steps of "My Ixxx" but was met with fierce opposition from the other members, especially Yufu Terashima.
[5] While several tensions between members plagued the lineups from 2011–2012, after First Summer Uika, Tentenko and Saki Kamiya joined the group in May 2013, the number of such incidents dropped significantly, and most clashes that occurred were with their management.
While Pour Lui maintains almost no contact with Rina Yokoyama and Yufu Terashima, she still meets with the members of the final lineup often.
In 2013, Pour Lui appeared in a Dramatic Dream Team professional wrestling match in order to promote Bis.
[8] It was announced on July 8, 2016, exactly two years after the disbandment of Bis, that the group would reform around Pour Lui under a new lineup, and that auditions were going to be held.
Pour Lui played a key role in initiating the reformation by contacting former Bis manager Junnosuke Watanabe.
[9] Pour Lui announced her intention to graduate from Bis in January, a decision which would be made final at the group's Ryogoku Kokugikan show in March.
[13] On January 6, 2020, it was revealed that Pour Lui had founded her own company, PourPourLand, and would be forming a new group under the temporary name "Idol Laboratories", which she would produce and be a member of.