My top ten: 1. Risa Niigaki 2. Maki Goto 3. Yuko Nakazawa 4. Makoto Ogawa 5. Ai Takahashi 6. Miki Fujimoto 7. Sayumi Michishige 8. Eri Kamei 9. Mizuki Fukumura 10. Kanon Suzuki I'm ranking how I feel about them right now at this moment. Yossi tumbled down my list. I used to adore her back in the day...

How you became a fan? I was heavily into Sailor Moon in the early 2000s, when we first got the internet and I first started buying off Amazon and CDJ. This led me to SeraMyu (which I was obsesssssssed with) and then also led me to Ayumi Hamasaki, Kumi Koda and BoA. I first saw a desktop background ...

We saw the Moulin Rouge theatre show earlier this year (Melbourne production) and given how obsessed I was/am with the movie, I liked it a lot (but of course I still love the movie more). My husband LOVED ITTTT and listened to the soundtrack so many times it was so lovely. I really want to see 9-5 l...

[quote="WonderBuono"] Fairies is breaking up https://fairies-web.jp/news/detail.php?id=1084079 [/quote]   Oh I'm sad!! I went to a performance and handshake of them back in 2015 and they are such an irreverant FUN group - they lasted for a lot longer than I thought they would though, so he...

[quote="Saya"] ^That’s be such a slap in the face to the current members though. This group has also been around for like 10 years, they’re probably going to disband in the next couple years. [/quote]   Oh absolutely agree. I meant back when she first left. I still like them. Their songs a...

Yeah. I still somewhat followed them after Ayano left. Their production of music is amazing but their vocals are very, very weak. They almot could have been better off auditioning for a young replacement who could really belt. The re-recorded songs without Ayano are just..meh. 

[quote="DonJuan"] To be fair the three boyfriends in two years was a bit funny to me. Seems like idols really have to hold back and often go full out once they graduate. At least she didn't get pregnant as soon as Risako. [/quote]   Whose pregnant again..   Damn though girl that curated in...

[quote="DonJuan"]
Chisato is back-ish with an instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/okaichisato_0621/
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Oh man did you see that interview with her sister?...Is she okay? 

[quote="DonJuan"] Fukuda Asuka will release her first photobook, PASSIONABLE, on June 19. https://twitter.com/hipnewsservice/status/1253163885420515328 https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/202004220000630.html   The article mentions it's "hair nude". I was under the as...

Managed to meet Hitomi & Rika as part of HANGRY & ANGRY in 2010. They were....not very nice and very standoffish. It's not like there were hundreds of people in the line so it was weird. Their London concert was good though. Met a dude in the line who liked SeraMyu so that was good.    Saw H...

Does anyone else feel ridiculously nostalgic sometimes? Like it does not feel at all like I got into H!P 14 years ago.   I had a dream last night where I was watching Berryz perform and I was weeping so hard. I don't know man, time feels so weird. I miss everyone. But I will miss Berryz and C-ute fo...

Is this a consequence of being in an industry for a very young age, then suddenly being out of it and getting zero career or life guidance (and are they sheltered from sex ed because of the purity thing, like...do idols have sex ed?!!)?    Like some people have a clear direction and that's great, bu...

[quote="aine"]   <blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Meikochi" data-cid="208710" data-time="1499415685"> (She may not be the Saya you're speaking of but not that far : https://images-cdn.9gag.com/photo/a25oD2D_700b.jpg , 12 year-old Momona...

Uta had huge potential. I hope she auditions anywhere and we see her as an adult performer somewhere along the line. 

[quote="TicTacAnyone"]   <blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Anderei" data-cid="208624" data-time="1499188685"> <div> Budokan is considered more prestigious than Yokohama despite the smaller capacity, iirc. Changing the venue is gonna get ...

I remember when I first became a Hello! Project fan in 2004, of course I was firstly into Morning Musume, but by 2007 I had switched completely to Berryz being my number one group. They were just so fun and hyper and their songs were consistently good. I loved C-ute too but at the time I was a real ...

[quote="Anderei"] Yeah, but they're gonna make her leave and NMB's agency has a clause where they can't be in the entertainment industry for two years if they leave and go to another agency. Combine that with the fact that the 48 groups peaked years ago, her career is over. Hopefully getti...

I think the aftermath has just been so much easier to take because they are all still hanging out so much. Like..I'm less absolutely devastated by this one (although that could be because we were all waiting for it to happen after the Berryz one). 

Did anyone else feel like the C-ute disbandment was so much more... positive than the Berryz one? It's been a few days and they are already still always hanging out together. It's so, so awesome they're such good friends and hopefully we see them pop up in each others work (like Airi releasing a sol...

[quote="yuzu"] Guys I'm getting ready to make a Chris Crocker type video over here. [/quote]   LEAVE RISAKO ALONE RIGHT NOW!!!    I agree with you too TicTac honestly that was my exact feeling. I still like her don't get me wrong but it's not a great look. I was living for my main girl Maa...

[quote="Myst"]   <blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Madara" data-cid="208212" data-time="1497453925"> Megumi looks more like Megumi there. Kanna was never an H!P Kid, was she? And why is Maiha's face blocked? </blockquote> She's the only ...

[quote="Ap2000"] Those are some nice cards!   <blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Derby" data-cid="206538" data-time="1490332469"> I also don't know how Fukumura is above Kanon? I was expecting Kanon to be at the top of 9th gen or below Ri...

Honestly so damn proud of Risa being 7th considering how hated she was back in the day! 
Thanks so much for all your hard work Derby! This is awesome! 

[quote="TicTacAnyone"]   <blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="nimrahwt" data-cid="206468" data-time="1490214753"> <div> why ze hell is Kanon in front of Riho, it makes no sense     http://lulz24.net/lulz/plog-content/images/lulz-collection/...

1 Niigaki Risa 2 Ogawa Makoto 3 Nakazawa Yuuko 4 Gotou Maki 5 Takahashi Ai   6 Kamei Eri 7 Fujimoto Miki 8 Fukumura Mizuki 9 Kudou Haruka 10 Abe Natsumi   11 Ishikawa Rika 12 Ishida Ayumi 13 Oda Sakura 14 Yasuda Kei 15 Iida Kaori   16 Michishige Sayumi 17 Nonaka Miki 18 Tsuji Nozomi 19 Suzuki Kanon...

Oh my god.    Arghhhh. ARGHH.    Berryz. ONLY JUST. When I got into H!P in 2004 they were all adorable and watching them grow up was just the most incredible journey. I love Maasa SO MUCH and the news of their disbandment hit me so, so hard. C-ute's did too but it wasn't as hard considering we had a...

I'm so sad. I'm unbelievably lucky I got to see them as many times as I did though. I really, truly hope that all of them stay somewhat in the public eye and blog regularly. I also hope they realise in a few years what a big mistake disbanding is and get together as a true adult 'girl band' without ...

I'm devastated honestly. I know 'it's probably time' or whatever but I'm so, so sad. 
 
I AM glad I got to see them live so many times and attend a handshake event where Nacky made loveheart hands at me and I told them they should come to Australia. 

I was more affected by Eris grad than Risas. Eri was really really one of a kind.

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Al Kusanagi" data-cid="194973" data-time="1454828360"> Honestly, I thought she would have been the first to leave, even ahead of Riho. She never really seemed too happy for the last couple of years.</blockquote> T...