Kagen no tsuki

Hello Fumiko,

I don't know how to bypass a japanese native help if we wander on japanese blogs. I don't think my japanese skill will inprove faster to try communication by my own.

Good idea ! could be fun geek

A subbed version of Ai Kago's interview is online on the H!POnline site.
We will give comments about it, but I have seen the beginning and this should be not bypassed.

Hello,

I've just discovered a pretty nice song of the Morning Musume repertory. name is Joshi Kashimashi monogatari. The whole fourth and fifth generation. song is good and catchy and If I followed the theme, they are saying funny and odd things about themselves.

The whole staff

Makoto recieving kisses from Hitomi and Nozomi
(lucky girl)

Sayumi really cute and overall good performance
in this video

Rika and Miki (corrective glasses, top seductive)

Nozomi crying (for fun)

still on my lovely Nono, a little fresh picture of her and unexpected picture of Noa too. well Noa's face is blured for privacy.

both are good looking on this picture, I love her new hairstyle.

I don't know if these following pictures are recent or not, but I see them as a UFA response to AKB48 increasing succes.

Chemistry =] This the look from Resonant blue, last single <3

Agreed, a replic to AKB48 mature costumes lol!

Hello Lilian,

you're right, my bad I haven't seen their recent videos, these are the official costumes and look from Resonant blue.

strange is that in this video, Aika Mitsui is far better. evidence is that she's rather cute until she don't smile with her silly forced smile.

I have seen this song Resonant blue reached Oricon 2th position in april. Their later single Mikan was a fiasco. I believe producer having been reactive to change some bits and pieces between these two releases. Mikan was in the ordinairy Mosumu path with twinkling glitter & shining costumes, Resonant blue in a more mature path black and little white coloured.

I haven't notice Kahoru Kusumi is a good dancer in this fresh clip.

Okay here is latest news related to Hello!Project, sorry nothing really exciting except success of those who are no longer members of H!P, such as Miki Fujimoto and Maki Goto and etc...

Yuki Goto sentenced to five and 1/2 years prison

Yuki Goto was former EE JUMP member also the brother of Maki Goto, his trial for stealing cables ended on Wednesday (today). Judge commit him to prison sentence of 5 years and 6 months. Goto was guilty of theft which he confessed, last September, also assaulted security guard. Judge decided that Goto was leader of his group's many thefts, and he said that Goto did not show proper remorse for his actions.

Ai Kago filming movie in Hong Kong!

From Ai Kago's blog: "Action! I wonder how many times I heard that word yesterday... Every time I hear that word, my nerves tense up, and my heart races. That's how yesterday was, day one. Unfortunately, I still haven't gotten into my character yet, so yesterday's first action was really me fighting with myself. I've never done anything quite like this, and it's full of fun and difficulty and frustration. But I'm really happy to be doing my first real role as an actor. I'm happy that I find myself thinking more and more about my role in the movie. That's how it is. It's been really, really hard, but it feels like I can get over this difficulty with help."

You can find her blog: http://biscuitclub.fc.yahoo.co.jp/ and you can find English translations in Hello!Online, although Ai Kago is also not a member of Hello!Project anymore...

Hello!Project Eggs will audition in Taiwan, Asian expansion continues...

Rumors about a H!P Audition in Taiwan are TRUTH!! In the end of May, Hello!Project will make a "New Star Audition" in Taiwan, seeking new members from ages 6 to 24 years old. This audition time will last 3 months. Tsunku will be final judge making all decisions of course. All girls who are selected will make debut in Japan as a H!P member in the future. Tsunku says this is only first step of H!P's Asia Expansion!! That means there will be more auditions held other places in Asia!!

Ayaka Kimura (Coconuts Musume!) graduates H!P and joins new agency!

Beautiful and extremely talented Ayaka Kimura ( 木村絢香 ) left Up-Front Agency and Hello!Project in a friendly manner, she said that she will dedicate herself to acting from now. She has new profile page at her new talent agency Tristone Entertainment. This agency is also management company for many other popular actors such as Mari Yaguchi's ex-boyfriend Shun Oguri. She also has taken a new family name for stage name, Nagate Ayaka ( 長手絢香 ). Her profile page also includes a resume of past projects she's worked on. You can see full profile here: http://www.tristone.co.jp/actors/nagate/index.html (My opinion: she is much better now, H!P completely ignored her ability for many years.)

Miki Fujimoto play Hakana very success! Here are some pictures!

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Fumiko

Hello Fumiko,

this is a quite good compilation of "out-of-H!P" news. as you wrote, there is nothing really fun for the moment with the H!P walls. I've stop taking the @haramoni serie now, all my beloved are gone and I don't feel well with fresh members.

Miki : she's sort of good graphic with these traditional costumes, fun to see her in serious entertainment. I think she can make the point but this means she should work very hard for the purpose. Maybe she will have to slow down her singing career for a while.

about Ayaka, well I'll say that I've discovered her in her silly "Ayaka's english surprise lessons" who are pure jewels of how to do funny videos with a minimum preparation. I have many episodes, mostly with Nozomi, Ai Kago and Maki Goto, all hilarious. and I have a special episode in which this time it's Nozomi who catch Ayaka for a surprise dance lessons as a revenge. imagine Nono asking Ayaka to dance a Mini moni choregraphy with a straight skirt, how funny.
although that's right, she have solid personal skills and succeed in all she attempt, I knew she wanted to become an actress. waiting for her in Jhorror or romance !
I'm just discovering her band mates from Coconut musume, a band I've never explored yet. the occasion is from the Utaban TV shows (with Taka the vilain), they used to invit all the sub-bands and shuffles in the 2001-2002 years. Ayaka was dispatched in some of these bands. now, she's gonna be free to work in her own direction. sad to say that UFA is clumsy with 20 year old or more girls.

about extrajapanese auditions, I'm rather not a great fan of this idea as far as there are so many young japanese girls in Japan who are dying to have an audition and really loved to be selected. as I've wrote, I don't find Qian lin and Li chun being very good additions to the project. both lack personalities and will take too long to build a visible one. a little bit like Eri Kamei. taking more girls from Taiwan could be dangerous.

following.

I'm glad for Ai that she's involved in a cinema production. I have seen and have well watched her two first interviews on Ohmynews's website, interviews who have been subbed by someone from Hello!Online website.

my opinion is that she's no longer the noisy twin of Nono at the golden age from her H!P life. she's someone different, a young women knowing she have been so long time without real conscience of true world and living in it. her fire was a moral shock for her, but seems to have learned from silly things she done. she appeared quiet and happy to be herself.

not saying she was a sort of "product" at her early time, because she was from the most dazzling additions to the project and was a solid contributor to H!P popularity... i.e. she made alot of money to rush on UFA bank account.

I hope all the best in her new life, and as a rule I'm still collecting bits and pieces from her TV appearences, event dumb videos. next step will be to wait this chinese movie get launched.

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Maki's brother... what a dumbass geek. I've seen him as a guest in a Utaban show (did you know Fumiko that Taka the vilain really loved Maki Goto ?) but have not watched it yet.

capture from the Gomattou Utaban show

Maki's brother seems to be somewhat immature person with gestures you can see on attarded persons. I'm sad for all the dirt he brought to Maki and her parents and also for the lovely Sonim who was singing with him lately. couldn't he stay himself and living quietly in the world of his talentous sister ? is damn fault now if he's jailed.

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there is another living beauty in the H!P staff, she's Ayumi Shibata from the Melon kinenbi band. same smile than Maki Goto, better to say similar teeth implantation.

Ayumi is really cute !

sweetdream

Hello Fumiko,

I've seen yesterday a Veoh link on a short video from Miki's live performance. maybe this will announce an official release for her fans.

About Ayumi Shibata, that's true her band is somewhat underpromoted by UFA, rarely appears on H!P videos. they four are very good singers and dancers. I have a live performance from Aya Matsuura. she invited some girls from other H!P bands and there were Melon Kinenbi and Nozomi Tsuji too. they made an "a capella" version (only voices) of Dokidoki love mail.

very good rendering.
Ayumi on left, Nozomi on right

sweetdream

Hi, best chemistry! I also have a video of that performance by Matsuura and Melons, it is very cute! Matsuura likes them as singers with her because of their capability.
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Fumiko

Singing A Capella requires good singing skill. No easy. Must be good singer and sing in tone with cosingers!

Hello,

we've been watching the two last videos from Morning musume seeking for something explaining why Mikan was a flop and Resonant blue was 2th in Oricon.

difference is that in Resonant blue, Aika Mizui and the two chinese girls were not on screen. camera angle have focussed on Ai Takahashi, Reina Tanaka and Koharu Kusumi, which also had a richest choregraphy. taking account that she'se somewhat taller than other members now (after Hitomi graduate), her presence on first row is evident.