Buono's "Buono! Live 2011winter - Re; Buono! -" comes out June 22nd.

This is old, but I don't think anyone has posted it: Interview with Dream Morning Musume From the performance they did awhile back. Some reporter asks Kaori what it's like being in an idol group now that she's a mother, and while she looks like she might cry for a moment she handles it gracefully. T...

Morning Musume probably hasn't been bringing in much money in terms of sales in a long time, anyway. Their main revenue probaby comes from concerts and merchandise.

Sales might dip, but not to the point where I think it'll be mind-blowing.

LQ rip of Mr. Taxi They get a lot of flak for their Japanese, but I can't say whether they've gotten any better. Another SM artist talking about something being supersonic, though? Next f(x) will sing a song about being supersonic. It also sounds better than just about everything they've ever relea...

Oku Manami graduated on the 8th. I'll miss her. She was too many kinds of adorable.

That's 6 A.M here in Central. Here's hoping someone puts it up on Youtube.

You can be born naturally with a light blonde color like that, but it's much rarer than the typical dirty blonde (and usually darkens once you get older).



The single rose to number 3 with 3556 copies. I'm predicting a number five position on Weekly.

Can someone please take Mari's mic away from her? That being said, I do like Roman, which makes me glad since it's one of my favorite songs. Even if Kei sounds completely out of place. I've never been a big fan of JKM, since it sounds annoying the more you listen to it, but Yuko, Kaori, Rika, and Ma...

Music Japan



I'm sure this will be Aika's favorite appearance.

Regular Album Cover



Limited Album Cover





Apparently they couldn't splurge on better outfits than those performance ones. These could have been much better.

MV for Kodou no Himitsu



I really love the MV. Not super crazy about the song, but it will probably grow on me. I feel like a slower song would have really worked better with it, though.

Mizuki could probably pull off blonde if they did it right.

Photos of Kanon from the concert Photos of Erina Photos of Mizuki Photos of Riho Photos of Sayumi Photos of Risa Photos of Ai Photos of Aika No one's posted any of Reina's. I like Erina more with her hair down. And Mizuki looks good in everything. Except that tutu. That's kind of awkward. And Risa'...

The BijoGaku's always put Erina and Mizuki on the back burner. It might as well be the Kanon and Riho special.

I am not sure if that is an improvement.



Reina really needs her hair up, though. When it's down it makes her look kind of wonky since it puts emphasis on her uneven eyes.

I don't know why, but there's something about Erina that is completely adorable. Which is odd, because she usually isn't the kind of idol I tend to become a big fan of. I also just watched the DVD Magazine with the cookies, and Kanon did more bug impressions (love her) and Mizuki's drawings are real...

New BijoGaku



Focuses on their recent television appearances.

Sounds much better than the other two so far.

Well, the nervous thing works for Morning Coffee since the viewpoint of the song is a girl who's nervous and embarrassed.

2011 version of Morning Coffee



It's 1st and 2nd gen singing this. They tried to make it sound more modern, it actually sounds a bit odd. And Mari still sounds terrible.

I've never actually minded Koharu, even if general consensus is that she's loud and obnoxious. She just occasionally says things that are so silly I can't leave it alone. Even her voice never bothered me that much, despite it being pretty awful. And yes, at least she was pretty. She had nice photobo...

First closeup + Mizuki interview Closeup on the regular set. Cute, but I've never been a big fan of closeups. First dance shot + Erina interview The view is nice. Allows you to see everyone. Props to Ai for doing that dance in those heels. I bet Aika is secretly glad she never has to dance in heels...

Isn't Michishige a rare last name as well? They also took some pictures: http://img216.imagevenue.com/aAfkjfp01fo1i-27284/loc546/992136388_momusu05_122_546lo.jpg Momusu is so short. Aika is barely taller than Riho. Edit: http://img216.imagevenue.com/aAfkjfp01fo1i-27284/loc546/992136388_momusu05_122_...

Most of the good songs seem to end up in the theater. Maybe everything else is just lackluster since Akimoto is stretching himself so thin, amongst three (soon to be four) main groups, all the subgroups and the theater (ALL OF THAT SOUNDS PRETTY FAMILIAR). I guess it can't all be good.

Sales figures for February 2011 Morning Musume 1 Sayumi Michishige 2 Ai Takahashi 3 Erina Ikuta 4 Riho Sayashi 5 Reina Tanaka 6 Aika Mitsui 7 Mizuki Fukumura 8 Kanon Suzuki 9 Risa Niigaki Saw this over at H!O. Guess it's just general goods sales. Also, new Pocket Morning: http://www.hello-online.org...

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I wonder what kind of news she'll be announcing.

When I say last three, I meant Chance no Junban, Sakura, and then this one. Sorry, I should have made it clear.

Preview of Everyday Kachuusha



Akimoto needs to get his act together because these last three singles just aren't cutting it.