It was not until 2008 when the group's seventh single ' Polyrhythm,' which was chosen as the theme song of a recycle campaign by NHK, that they started to receive major attention in Japan. In 2005, they made a major contract deal with Tokuma Japan Communications and released their major debut single ' Linear Motor Girl' on September 21. A year later they moved to Tokyo, started to work with Capsule's producer Yasutaka Nakata, and released their first nationwide indie single, ' Sweet Donuts' on August 6, 2003. The group was formed in early 2000 inside the young talent academy Actor's School Hiroshima and debuted with their first Hiroshima-local single ' Omajinai Perori' released on March 21, 2002. since 2003 and with Universal Music Group since 2012.
The group has been signed with Amuse, Inc. Perfume ( パフューム, Pafyūmu) is a Japanese pop girl group from Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, consisting of Ayano Omoto ('Nocchi'), Yuka Kashino ('KASHIYUKA') and Ayaka Nishiwaki ('a-chan').