What... no offense, but how long have they been rehearsing this? It looks like they had only one day.

If we go by individual seniority it should be Momoko, but since Country Girls is one of the new groups they could skip her. Especially since she announced back then that she'd be in the group for maybe 3 years. Plans can change though, of course. Dawa would make sense since S/mileage is older than M...

Pretty sure they will, UF will not let go of this chance to get money.

[quote="Anderei"] ^^Rikako and Airi are the only two who do any regular modeling that isn't gravure. Maimi, Mai and Nakky have basically zilch going on outside of C-ute. [/quote]   Ah, I see. It's gonna be hard to get a foot into the business, then.   By the way, official announcements are...

[quote="Anderei"] Yajima Maimi will be an actress. Suzuki Airi will be a newscaster or versatile actress. Nakajima Saki will be a travel reporter. Okai Chisato "I'll survive in the variety shows" Hagiwara Mai " I wanna work in apparel world[...]" [/quote]   Just for cla...

Bam.

But yeah, I guess lots of people were expecting it to happen soon.


But they officially disband, yeah? No hiatus sugarcoating like with Berryz?

Announced in today's Hello! Station. 
 
Official listing.
 
First single without Manaka...

Japanese street style fashion will never click with me lol.

She's an actress. Her being the center of OTT was part of her mockumentary about becoming an idol or something.

DUUUUDE I didn't expect that. I know fans hoped for something like that but that they'd actually do it...


Can only be for the best. The group was lacking.

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="WonderBuono" data-cid="199453" data-time="1470891351">
Lol of course that would happen on Zukki's graduation DVD.</blockquote>
Lol yeah. At least nobody looks awkward haha.

On another note, Tsubaki Factory finally got an own YouTube channel.
 
Guess UF didn't want others to upload their MVs. So far, there's only the most recent MV on their channel, though, the one for Hitorijime.

Kago told the news (in a fax) that she got remarried.
 
http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2016/08/08/kiji/K20160808013123060.html
http://news.tv-asahi.co.jp/news_geinou/articles/hot_20160808_040.html

Don't get me wrong, I don't want °C-ute out. There are several reasons why they're still in H!P. They're at their top, they're popular, especially with (university student) women, and on top of that, they're selling really well. ANGERME stepped up too, but UF definitely doesn't want to get rid of °C...

Lately I've been wondering why I wouldn't mind like half of MM graduating. I think it's because at some point, you're just done with the group.    To me H!P is a place where you can develop. As soon as you've reached the maximum of your abilities it's time for you to go. That's why Elder Club was a ...

This hurts so much. Graduating because of an illness sucks SO much, especially with a girl like Manaka who really hasn't been in a group for that long. Longer than Fuyuka, but still... she's been my instant favourite in the group, and I still believe she was the most talented one, good at dancing, o...

I think you can be unlucky and still get it, even if you're vaccinated. However, yeah, it's surprising.

Well, Yoshiko is not good with slow songs. But yeah, it's a difficult song to create a choreography for.

She definitely has a different feeling around her. Well, maybe she'll grow into the group. I wonder what they'll do with her, though, since neither her singing nor her dancing are push-worthy. She's pretty, but honestly there's lots of that in ANGERME.

Is it? I'm not sure. Considering that they're usually busy with other events, too, I doubt they'll have many breaks.
 
On another note, Funakki is out with the mumps.

MM's going to Taiwan. On October 16.   I don't like this. Or to rephrase it: I don't like them giving the girls so many performances. It's great for Taiwanese fans for sure, but the group also has the summer concerts, a rather long fall concert tour and a Naruchika inbetween. Then there's going to ...

I like Kitagawa's and Kudo's looks.

This could run on our national radio channels and would become a hit.

Granted, I expected Nagisa to be the next to go. She was cool on stage, but she was already old. Yumei, well, was about time. I kind of liked Momoko, but she's also at that age where she has to plan for the future.    Rion, however, was a bit of a shock. She was somewhat popular too, if I remember c...

*cough* Takahashi Ai as a fashion guru *cough*

They are already performing so much, they can't actually believe someone's going wild over more performances.

Sounds like a Platinum Era reject to be honest, but a lot of H!P's music depends heavily on the arrangement.
 
It's somewhat unfortunate that they give a hard song to bad singers, too. Many parts of the song sounded like the girls were in pain.

I'm late to the party but Ora wa Ninkimono is so weird I can't help but love it.
Shake it, Taguchi.

Maho is great. She's okay talent-wise, but she's pretty funny.