CHOOSE THE ULTIMATE HOSHIBE SHO H!P BANGER

[JPope]

This idea was inspired by the conversation in the Reina Ichioka graduation thread. Hoshibe Sho might be in a bit of a slump, but he's responsible for a large chunk of the post-Tsunku H!P classics, so I was gonna do a March Madness type tournament of all his H!P compositions. As the poll functionality of this new board renders that impossible, we'll instead do a series of polls like Shoujo did with MM. I don't have a clever name for it -- Hoshibe no H!P D・N・A!? -- but we do have a mess of great songs. Only songs that Hoshibe took part in composing the music for are included.



I'll do group-specific polls for groups with 10+ Hoshibe songs in their catalogs, and multi-group polls for those that don't. Polls will run for one week.

THE GROUPINGS (total songs)
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Beyooooonds (27)
Anju (13)
Kobushi (14)
J=J + Country Girls (14)
MM + OCHA (14)
Tsubaki + C-ute + KSS (15)

As you can see, 14 is the magic number. Because Biyo's catalog is so Hoshibe-heavy, their first round will take three polls to complete. After that we'll narrow each group down to a top 3 or 4, then move on to cross-group battles until we have a Final Round to determine the ULTIMATE HOSHIBE H!P BANGER

BTW, I noticed that Hoshibe's credits on his H!P Wiki page is incomplete, so if you realize that something's missing, let me know! I think I got everything, but I thought I was gonna be a rock star, too, and we all see how that worked out.

[JPope]

Beyooooonds Round 1, Group 1 poll is now live! You get six votes to move the top seven to the Biyo Round 1 final. If there are ties, I'll move all of them to the next round where you'll have more options, but fewer votes.

[DonJuan]

Thanks JPope! Time to put some focus on Hoshibe.
Man, I nearly used up my 6 picks on the first 6 songs.

[Shoujo Q]

This was hard. Especially since I had to go off memory alone. All my music is currently on a cloud and I can’t access it on my voyage. So I went with the ones I remembered best.

[JPope]

I'm pretty sure all of these songs can be found on Youtube with their romanized titles.

[Shoujo Q]

I should also mention the wifi I currently have can’t even open a YouTube video so I’ve been media deprived also. Except for 60s to 80s dance classics and colorful island tunes.

I not paying 30 a day for better wifi! Next round will do better. I swear!

[JPope]

Ouch! That sucks.

[DonJuan]

I love all the love for Atsui and We need a name. Usually feels like these two are forgotten bangers.

[JPope]

Beyooooonds Round 1 Group 2 poll is now live! Same as in Group 1, you get six votes to move 7 songs to the Biyo Final, after which the winners will compete against songs from other groups. All three of you who voted along with me produced two ties totaling seven songs, so well done there! If a tie pushes more songs to the next round, so be it. More songs, but fewer votes!

[DonJuan]

Great, already lost my 6 votes on the first 6 songs again! Man, Hoshibe really was on something here.

[JPope]

Yeah, having to vote against some really great songs right out of the gate, which means next round is gonna be really tough.

[Shoujo Q]

This was a harder round for me. But I finally submitted!

[JPope]

The Biyo Round 1 Final is live! Six votes to move seven songs to the next round. Y'all have been great so far sending exactly seven songs to each successive round, so let's keep that up!

You thought the first two groups were tough? This is gonna be a nightmare,

[JPope]

The Angerme Round 1 is now live! Same as before, you have six votes to move seven songs to the next round.

Biyo songs moving on to the next round, where they will face off against those from an other group are:

Megane no Otoko no Ko
Atsui!
Gannen Bungee Jump
Konna Hazu ja Nakatta!
We Need a Name!
Nippon no D・N・A!
Vitamin ME

Not sure how y'all can sell "Nobishiro ~Beyond the World~" short like this, but y'all do y'all.

[Shoujo Q]

So for the last month I’ve been immersing myself in Angerme music because I want to rank the songs on the Angerme ranking post and I’ve been trying to refind my love for the group since the Kanon/Memei loss I’ve been slowly getting over. So let’s just say this was a taste of my rankings. Some of my favorite songs are on this list. And it was easy pickings for sure.

Oh and I had no idea Hoshibe did Itoshima Distance. I’m glad he redeemed himself. I still hate that song with a passion.

[AquaChan]

Oh and I had no idea Hoshibe did Itoshima Distance. I’m glad he redeemed himself. I still hate that song with a passion.

Same, I find it soo boring for Anju.

Some were obvious choice (Akai Earphone is still on top of my Apple Music playlist for like 3 years in row ) But the last 2-3 votes were hard to cast.

[DonJuan]

I love Itoshima Distance lol.
However, the real crime is that Akai Earphone is just an album song. Might be one of the best album songs in H!P ever.

[JPope]

I love Itoshima Distance lol.

Same here.

However, the real crime is that Akai Earphone is just an album song. Might be one of the best album songs in H!P ever.

It doesn't feel like a "single" type of song to me, but I agree that it's awesome. I kind of expected it to get a lot of love here, but the pleasant surprise for me is the unanimous love for "Nana Korobi Ya Oki." That one has aged really well.

[JPope]

Kobushi Factory is next up in the 1st Round. 14 songs, six votes. Let's try not to have another 5-way tie that pushes 9 songs to the next round, m'kay?

[DonJuan]

Oops!

Well, might be just me but Hoshibe didn't bang as hard as he could with Kobushi. Several songs are still amazing, but it's not like previous rounds imo.

[JPope]

I honestly struggled between two songs for my last vote, to the point where I had to flip a coin, lol.

[JPope]

Hoshibe composed all three new Biyo A-sides, so that's great, lol. I'll let them simmer and add them to a later poll, or something.

[kira]

Oh no Ounou is one of my favorites tbh

[Shoujo Q]

That was easy but also hard. It’s been a minute since I’ve indulged in Kobushi music. I forgot how much I liked Sho’s slower songs.

[JPope]

Seeing a vote for "Zanshin" makes me happy, because I wanted to vote for it, but there were just too many I like more. I really dig that song, though.

[Shoujo Q]

Seeing a vote for "Zanshin" makes me happy, because I wanted to vote for it, but there were just too many I like more. I really dig that song, though.

I voted for it. I love a song with harmonica in it.

[JPope]

The first of the multi-group Round 1 polls features Juice=Juice and Country Girls. As with all the previous polls, you get six votes.

I should probably keep a public tally of the winners and losers of each poll, so I'll add that to the first post some time this week. And yes, I have been keeping track, lol.

[Shoujo Q]

The first of the multi-group Round 1 polls features Juice=Juice and Country Girls. As with all the previous polls, you get six votes.

I should probably keep a public tally of the winners and losers of each poll, so I'll add that to the first post some time this week. And yes, I have been keeping track, lol.

You need to fix the vote, we can only pick 1 song.

[JPope]

FFS.

Poll is fixed.

[DonJuan]

Man. Hoshibe really is the man. These polls made me realize just HOW many bangers he wrote. I always knew about Biyo's stuff, but there's some of my favourite Juice and CG songs too!