Are you ready for another fun game? Let's find the best kid in the berry c-ute patch!
Each week a poll will be held. I'll share a little bit of info about the pair up for debate, and you vote on your favorite. Make sure you look at the colors from all sides. Singing, personality, let's look at the overall package together!
Grouping was decided by colors. Be it past color or current color before graduation, there was a method to the madness and some liberties were taken. *cough*airi*cough*
~BATTLE ROUNDS~
(Decided by oldest member first in each group)
YELLOW Battle
Umeda Erika vs Shimizu Saki
PINK Battle
Yajima Maimi vs Tsugunaga Momoko
LIGHT BLUE Battle
Murakami Megumi vs Ishimura Maiha
BLUE Battle
Sudo Maasa vs Okai Chisato
PURPLE Battle
Natsuyaki Miyabi vs Hagiwara Mai
ORANGE Battle
Tokunaga Chinami vs. Nakajima Saki
RED Battle
Arihara Kanna vs. Sugaya Risako
GREEN Battle
Kumai Yurina vs Suzuki Airi
Voting Opens on Friday, April 19th! With Team Yellow!
This is a place where a signature goes. Enjoy some Airi instead.
And Kanna intro to C-ute + (Her audition footage from egg days)
HOW ITS GOING
(Once Each Battle is Done, the Battle Cases will be Spoilerboxed.)
The showcase will give a down and dirt rundown (really dirty, some girls are just so damn amazing that I can't cover everything) of major events in the Berikyuu lives. I'll upload 3 videos for each member to give you a glimpse into what they were up to from their debut till now. (In some cases *Megumi/Maiha*, it may be less.)
Battle 2 - PINK Yajima Maimi vs Tsugunaga Momoko
Case of Yajima Maimi
Maimi was pretty outgoing from the moment she joined as a H!P Kid, and eventually became leader of C-ute, being made leader despite the fact she wasn't the oldest. She was a member of ZYX, HIGH-KING, Cat's♥Eye 7, DIY♡, Mellowquad, Gatas Brilhantes H.P. and the Hello! Project Dance Club.
She was also one of the most athletic of the Hello!Project members and was one of the fastest runners and did well in all the H!P Sports festivals.
She had a duet with Abe Natsumi, "16sai no Koi Nante" in 2008.
In her years as a member of C-ute, she's done many musicals, movies and plays. It was later revealed that she is cousins with former ANGERME member, Takeuchi Akari.
In 2014, following Michishige Sayumi's graduation, she became the first Hello!Project member outside of Morning Musume to become leader of Hello!Project.
Since graduating in 2017 with the remained of C-ute, she continues to act and perform as a member of M-Line. She was in J.P ROOM since 2017, but in 2023 was transferred to UP-FRONT CREATE.
She married actor, Mikata Ryosuke in 2022 and in March of 2024, she announced she was expecting her first child.
She continues to be active on Social Media.
Case of Tsugunaga Momoko
From the moment Tsugunaga Momoko joined H!P she was put in the spotlight. She was lead in the Koinu Dan no Monogatari movie. And then promptly put into Fujimoto Miki's MV for Boogie Train '03 and then added to ZYX. (If you couldn't feel the push, it was totally there.) She then became a member of Berryz Koubou. Momoko's signature is her pinky sticking up in the air as she holds her mic.
Solo of Hare Ame Nochi Suki (Morning Musume - Sakura gumi)
In 2007 she became a member and eventual leader of the subgroup Buono!. And sometime around 2010, her persona of Momochi with gravity defying pigtails was born. She would continue to promote in Berryz under this persona and became somewhat of a household name because of it. And also went to university to become an elementary school teacher.
She also coined the phrase "Yurushite-nyan" and even released a song dedicated to it.
In 2014, she joined Country Girls as playing manager and would remain with Hello!Project even after the disbandment (hiatus) of Berryz Koubou. In 2017, with C-ute also graduating, Momoko also graduated from Buono!, Hello!Project and the entertainment world and retired, riding off into the sunset after one final solo live, never to be heard from again. (Like, not even a whisper. She fell off the face of the Earth.)
This is a place where a signature goes. Enjoy some Airi instead.
While the oldest of the Hello!Pro Kids, and member of C-ute, she wasn't the leader of C-ute.
She was a member of ZYX, ZYX-α, Gatas Brilhantes H.P. as well as Bello! under the name Umely.
She developed a character in C-ute called Tension Ageko, a character that appeared in many MCs during C-ute concerts. Eventually she was given a song that appeared on 3rd: Love Escalation!, "Do Don Ga Don Ondo" (ドドンガドン音頭).
Erika graduated during the ℃-ute Concert Tour 2009 Natsu Aki ~Cutie JUMP!~ tour
She graduated to pursue a career in modeling, but returned to the music scene in 2013, releasing a solo album titled 'erika" in 2014. She released one MV for the mini album and then that was it for her solo career and instead started to focus on other things.
[Crush On You]
In 2019 she produced and trained idol group Turtle Lily (MuMo°). The group has since disbanded in 2023.
She married radio personality, Goto Hirokatsu in 2021 and since then, given birth to two children (boys).
She continues to be active on social media.
Case for Shimizu Saki
The 2nd oldest of the Hello!Pro Kids, and captain, not leader, of the group, Berryz Koubou. Her nickname was Captain because of this.
She was a member of ZYX, HIGH-KING, Cat's♥Eye 7, GREEN FIELDS, Gatas Brilhantes H.P. and the Hello! Project Dance Club.
Solo of Shiroi TOKYO
She graduated from Berryz Koubou in 2015 with the remaining members of Berryz Koubou. She then transferred to Up-Front Promotion until 2017 where she then transferred to J.P ROOM.
Solo of dearest
Dancing (Saki was arguably one of the best dancers of the H!P Kids.)
After graduating Berryz, she became a staff member and helped in training the H!P Kenshuusei. In 2017 she joined M-Line and began doing fanclub events. She also participated in events with other Up-Front artists as well as the Engeki Joshibu.
Training the Kenshuusei (Look at all them babies!)
In November of 2021, she retired on her 30th birthday after revealing that she had married a non-celebrity and has since put an end to her entertainment career. While not active on social media anymore, she continues to appear at Hello!Project and Up-Front events and will take photos with current members.
Winner - Shimizu Saki
This is a place where a signature goes. Enjoy some Airi instead.
Singing, personality, let's look at the overall package together! 
