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"The Peanuts" (Emi Ito [Birth name Hideyo Ito] and her twin sister Yumi Ito [Birth name Tsukiko Ito]) were born on April 1, 1941 in Aichi prefecture. They were discovered by Watanabe; Pro founder Sho Watanabe. He first saw them perform at a club in Nagoya as the Ito Sisters. He brought them to Tokyo in 1958, where they were given the group name "The Peanuts". Their records were very popular in Japan during the 1950's & 1960's. They've appeared in the U.S. on "The Ed Sullivan Show". They also appeared in several films including several Mothra and Godzilla films....

Peanuts is the name of more than one artist 1) Japanese vocal group 2) duo from Manchester 1) a Japanese vocal group consisting of twin sisters Emi Itō (伊藤エミ, Itō Emi) and Yumi Itō (伊藤ユミ, Itō Yumi). They were born in Tokonameshi, Aichi (Japan) on April 1, 1941; soon after their birth, the family moved to Nagoya. In the first years they sung Japanese covers of standards, foreign hits, and Japanese folk songs, then they began singing originals, written by their producer, Hiroshi Miyagawa, and such songwriters as Kōichi Sugiyama and Rei Nakanishi. Later they embarked on a brief acting...