I think the clear analogs are Rio for Mizuki and Mei for Masaki, just in matching type of voice alone, and so far they've been holding up. I don't know if they'll ever recreate Sakura's sound, and maybe they shouldn't. Rather than trading like for like, they could let some else put their own spins o...

I wonder if they get employer-sponsored housing as well. I know Rising Productions does that.

^ I don't know if they were instructed to keep their answers simple or something due to the nature of the program, but their interviews were super simple to understand.

Of course the subtitles were nice too if you don't understand Japanese at all!

I get the feeling from that article that having to go at it alone on top of her physical health issues ended up taking a toll on her mental health.

Remember that Morning Musume was a very different group in the beginning. A lot of how the group developed back then was very reactive to what was currently happening. Like the multiple generations thing happened because they needed more content as a feature on an audition show. This is probably one...

Dayum, so not only did Non and Taiyou build that new blinger house, they kept the old one to use as a studio.

This also ended up being Masaki's last performance with the whole group aside from her graduation.

Edit: whoops, it's in its own thread!

Questions about Aya Matsuura: I listened to Petit Best 6 and really liked the Aya song on it, “Ki ga Tsukeba Anata,” but I didn’t recall it. I’ve listened to all her albums recently and I didn’t notice that song. So I looked her up on Generasia and apparently that single, from 2005, is not on any o...

I think right after that concert she said that she sang it thinking of Takui's version, not Angerme's

DonJuan wrote: ↑Wed Mar 30, 2022 8:04 am Neither Yuka nor Nanami were in the original performance unfortunately :(

Oops, forgot about Nanami

Poor Yuka isn't ultimate enough.

Tsuji's brand new house is massive . Guess all that youtubing is paying off.

^ It's used for that Mayonaka show

I am shocked she's graduating before Erina.

I think many of the recent girls aspiring to study English have ended up in Australia? Wonder if that's where she'll go as well.

Tanaka already has so many solo songs written for her, and she's done at least BG vocal recordings for them so she can use them in her lives. I really can't understand why they won't at least release them digitally.

Woooow, I accidentally clicked here today and lo and behold! Glad everything worked out in the end!

It hurts that we never got another tour out of MM before Masaki was forced to graduate.

Damn, I was hoping J=J would remain an internal-only thing to keep the skill level high.

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="JPope" data-cid="221515" data-time="1608944070">So both Maki and Ayaya managed long-term, serious relationships throughout their time as H!P idols, with dudes they would eventually marry. That's fucking pro . Gran...

Miyo is so cool. Didn't know she was musically inclined outside of singing.

So I'm guessing Rei participated in everything? (except when noted)

She's never going to return...

This year's Pucchi Best should be all of the songs put out on YouTube.

Since they're starting to do 8-person performances, I guess that's the end of "Inoue Rei x".  Nothing for the last two... :(

Technically Afternoon Musume was a precursor to Dream MM.

Oh, interesting, Honoka says she goes to a music university for studying piano. I don't keep up with Beyooonds social media, so I'm not sure if that was widely known.

I was fooled by the formation--Mizuki and Miki(!) got the second verse, not Maria and Rio.

She definitely has potential. You can hear her start to put some personality in her notes (particularly when her volume raises during the chorus), but she still needs to work on her vibrato.