I feel like they would've made better A-sides, especially 8bit Kataomoi.

That sucks big time. But if it's true that she can't even leave her home alone then you can't really do much right now. I hope they find a good treatment for her so she can find a way to live life somehow.

^God I hope this is just a sad coincidence and nothing bigger in the background.

It is so weird. Up Front manages to find a not-too-childish but still cute style for Karin and Manaka while doing a more grown up one with Masaki, but outside agencies always feel like they don't know the girls.

That's the laziest dancing I've ever seen from a former KSS/Egg.

In general. Uh. They're going the completely wrong way imo lmao. Nothing about this songs screams Hamachan, Hamachan looks extremely uncharismatic (lazy, shy, bored, without any energy). She doesn't sound good either. The leather ...

For some reason it does seem like they're going backwards with the whole worldwide thing.

3/29
12:30pm : Juice=Juice & Tsubaki Factory Premium
Solo : Kamikokuryo Moe
Trio : Doi Fuka, Nakayama Natsume, Soma Yume
Quartet : Ebata Kisaki, Akiyama Mao, Shimakura Rika, Kubota Nanami

5:30pm : ANGERME Premium
Solo : Onoda Saori
Duo : Tanimoto Ami, Satoyoshi Utano
Quintet : Dambara Ruru ...

https://twitter.com/upfrontlink/status/1900109589443731895
Homare is out for some time with cervical disc herniation. She will miss Hina Fes, the Satoyama/Satoumi events and the first 3 weeks of MM's tour.

I really hope she will get better. She has so much potential to be seen by the general ...

I don't even know if it's a good choice for current Tsubaki. What *is* current Tsubaki even?

:( man that sucks. I'm glad they gave her time to try to get better, but with mental health it's never easy and often enough you don't really heal completely.

No way. Birthday event favourite My Days For You? :lol:

It is a weird choice for a cover, though. I would understand it if it was Shiori's solo song but it does not seem like it. In house covers kind of only seem interesting if they're really old (like when Tsubaki covered Moritaka Chisato or meme ...

I guess we can expect her doing stuff like Ogata Risa did before she left.

I don't think so. What sets MM apart however is the weird seniority thing though. Especially if Sakura becomes next leader.

Not surprising since Up Front isn't great at promoting actors.

Stumbled over this one again, and...

^ Shiori in Morning would be great, but Momohime in MM would be *amazing*. You'd have a powerhouse from the get go. I could actually see Shiori in Tsubaki lmao.

^I think OCHA had a short awkward phase, but some girls always were good at the face game - Kirara and Momo especially. And as you said, the two youngest are pretty damn good. Momo draws attention and Roko is quite decent as a performer, to the point that it's more than "just ok".

Just watched the ...

That's number 5! And I was surprised to see that she's still in her 30ies. Then again, she started out young...

Gotta give it to her: She's tough and she tries. But yeah, it's not looking good.

Taiyou to Ciscomoon/T&C Bomber were actually the first on spotify too. I guess Japan has a bias with Apple Musicand in general spotify underpays. I doubt it gives them much except for a bit exposure, but not really with their old acts.

Biyo will appear on FLASH THE FIRST TAKE tomorrow (February 15, rather today in Japan lol).

https://twitter.com/beyondsupdates/status/1890402621015388447

That's like... THE FIRST TAKE, but it's on Youtube Shorts and they only have 60 seconds.


https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JACIsuxYvRA ...

Biyo will appear on FLASH THE FIRST TAKE tomorrow (February 15, rather today in Japan lol).



That's like... THE FIRST TAKE, but it's on Youtube Shorts and they only have 60 seconds.

I get WHY they don't want to make some of their major groups even bigger. That's a LOT of girls to manage at once and probably requires a lot more behind the scenes work and money than we are privy to. There's a reason Morning Musume never got as big again after the 6th gen joined.
But then again ...

The girls are cute. I liked Hinoha.

Other than that... oof? That was raw. Below S/mileage's or Juice's indies. Maybe more around Tsubaki's indies. Judging where Tsubaki is now that's not horrible but...

I don't like where the KSS are heading. They have some stars, then debut them in an 8-people ...

Ah, it's cute. And I'm glad that they're back and with a new member, too.

I doubt Momoha the 14 year old isn't going to stay a H!P trainee for long.
Yeah, she's pretty okay, just sounds and looks a bit bored while dancing. But could also be nerves.
Moa is a good dancer, not counting the steps but feeling pretty natural.
Pretty sure we will see Hanano in a group soon ...

On second listen it does sound a bit like Karada Dake and their whole Next U stuff.

It's pretty good, but I won't lie: If I didn't know the girls' faces I couldn't tell if this was Juice, Tsubaki, Anju or Morning.

Also if there's one thing the Biyo members were really good at it's building up sth other than being idols, may it be Takase's voice acting, Momohime and Honoka's music, Uutan's dancing, etc. Even Rika wrote articles and stuff. Afaik that wasn't the case for Country Girls.

But I also can't see ...

Man, Rika really was one of those that made the group. I understand that she wants to try different things and especially if she wants to go overseas she better does it now. But I also blame management for not promoting Biyo properly for some years now.

Yeah, they really don't have one. I do think Getta and Haruka can do big things one day, but Getta needs more control and Haruka still needs to get out of her shell (still a lot better than when she started out lol). But yeah they better add someone now, like Sakura joined when Reina was still ...

I mean we have been saying they need a singer since... Ai graduated? And the only real big singer that joined was Sakura. Miki and Mizuki had to grow into main singers and neither are on the level of an utahime. I'd say this screams for a solo generation but they only just had one with Rairi. Wouldn ...