Wasuta (わーすた, Wāsuta, short for The World Standard) is a Japanese girl group formed by Avex Trax in 2015.
[19] In September, they were appointed as official supporters for the 20th anniversary of the Tokyo Game Show,[20] and released the song "Gu Choki Pants no Seigi San" as the opening theme for the anime series Heybot!
[21][22] In October, the group began the radio program "World Standard Nippon", broadcasting weekly through March 2017,[23] and released their first CD single, "Kanzen naru Idol".
The same month, Wasuta released the single "Yuumei ni, Nyaritai" and performed at Japan Expo Thailand 2017.
[31] In October 2017, Wasuta had same-day triple-release which included the album Paradox World, the CD single "Saijoukyuu Paradox" (a new opening theme for Idol Time PriPara), and the digital live album The World Standard ~Yume ga arukara tsuite kite ne~ @ Zepp DiverCity (Tokyo) 22.Apr.
[36] In June 2018, Wasuta released the mini-album Jumping Summer, which featured collaborations with vocaloid producer Mikito P ("Platonic Girl"),[37] Da-iCE's Taiki Kudo, and Shirose of White Jam ("Tapioca Milk Tea").
[38][39] That same month, Wasuta was appointed official "Kawaii Ambassador" for the Rage Summer 2018 esports tournament,[40] was featured in a promotion campaign for the Ise Egg company,[41][42] and performed at Asia Comic Con in Bangkok, Thailand.
[44] In August 2018, they collaborated with the Spanish duo Adexe & Nau on a Japanese/Spanish remix of the single "Yo Quiero Vivir".
[55] In February 2019, the members of Wasuta were featured as models in a promotion campaign for the Jamie Ank spring fashion collection.
[56] In March 2019, Wasuta returned as "Kawaii Ambassador" for the Rage Spring 2019 esports tournament[57] and performed at @JAMxTALE 2019 in Hong Kong.
[58][59] Also in March, Wasuta released their third full album Cat'ch the World, which ranked number 17 on the Oricon chart.
[6] Also in February, Japan's Hawaiian Pancake Factory created a limited-time "Wasuta Cafe" with special menu items designed by the group members and decorations in the Shinjuku restaurant.
[65][66] On March 28, 2020, Wasuta performed a no-audience livestream concert at Line Cube Shibuya for their 5th Anniversary after the original event had been cancelled by COVID-19 restrictions.
On June 8, 2021, Sakamoto announced that she would graduate from Wasuta, leave show business and retire from public life on December 31 in hopes of joining the workforce.