Dammit! Bad news about Kiki. I came here to post my observation that Tsubaki is the only current H!P group to never lose a member. (And the first such group in H!P since Melon Kinenbi, right?) Now, I hesitate to assert such a thing.

[quote="DonJuan"] *cracks knuckles*   <blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Madara" data-cid="217625" data-time="1559425552"> 6/04/1997 - Kana Nakanishi (Angerme) 6/05/1992 - Konatsu Furukawa (Up Up Girls) 6/06/1992 - Megumi Murakami (C-ute)...

I don't want any of them to leave.

I pay tribute to Japanese recording legend Hibari Misora on my blog since today, June 24, 2019, is the 30th anniversary of her death in 1989 at the age of 52.   https://briandanacamp.wordpress.com/2019/06/24/the-remarkable-film-career-of-hibari-misora/   https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/481030598...

So I read all three interviews. Maa-chan is the most wonderful human being in the world right now. 'Nuff said. Duu just confirms her freaking awesomeness.   Sakura seems to take herself a little too seriously, but that doesn't make me love her any less. She's one of the hardest working members and o...

So Rio's the one who looks like Chisaki (in my eyes at least). Just from that pic, there's something calm and unflappable about her. (Reminds me of Kanon Fukuda and Erina Ikuta.) I'm smitten with her already.

Can someone give me a L-R identification of the picture above with the complete names of the new girls?
With all the new girls in H!P lately, I need an illustrated score card. The learning curve keeps getting steeper.
 
And when was the last time there were 14 members?

I did a tribute to Ayaka on my blog. I use mostly shots I've compiled over the years and I discuss my changing feelings about her over the years. I also bring up the whole "Racist-chan" controversy. If I got anything wrong, please let me know and I'll change it. Thanks.   https://madarasjp...

I did a tribute to Ayaka on my blog. I use mostly shots I've compiled over the years and I discuss my changing feelings about her over the years. I also bring up the whole "Racist-chan" controversy. If I got anything wrong, please let me know and I'll change it. Thanks.   https://madarasjp...

Once upon a time, Ayaka wrote an essay on French Impressionists that was translated into English. Does anyone have that link? Or any other writings she's done, translated into English?
 
Thanks.

[quote="JPope"] Damn, I had today off work, so I would have totally watched that stream had I known about it. I'm not digging that Southern Belle Kimono look, tho. [/quote]   More like a Victorian-era Ladies' Gardening Society:   https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48092338433_a81996438a.j...

I don't know what you guys are talking about. Morning Musume is as good as they've ever been. I enjoy everything I see from them and watch their recent concerts over and over.   What's important is not how skilled they are as individual singers and dancers but how they perform as a group, how in tun...

I asked this on Facebook but was hoping for more of an answer than I got.   In the Hello! Project Winter 2019 concert, I was confronted with three new girls I had to identify and remember. They are part of Beyooooonds, but have their own little number where one of them plays “Mugen Climax” on the ke...

I never heard of Up Up Girls (2). What do they do? And what does that mean for Up Up Girls (1)?

June is quite the star-studded month. However, there must be some new June babies given all the personnel additions since last year. Anyone?   6/04/1997 - Kana Nakanishi (Angerme) 6/05/1992 - Konatsu Furukawa (Up Up Girls) 6/06/1992 - Megumi Murakami (C-ute) 6/08/1995 - Akari Saho (Up Up Girls) 6/12...

I just watched Maimi Yajima and Saki Nakajima perform together at the H!P Countdown Party 2018 and then Maasa Sudo and Yurina Kumai. So there's hope we'll see Ayaka and Kanon Fukuda show up for a reunion duet at a future H!P concert.

[quote="AquaChan"]   <blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Madara" data-cid="217587" data-time="1558878966"> My friend Josh Mosby was at the Angerme concert in Chiba that had the earthquake and the announcement of Take-chan as new leader. We...

[quote="WonderBuono"]   <blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Madara" data-cid="217567" data-time="1558434016">   <blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="WonderBuono" data-cid="217527" data-time="155...

[quote="WonderBuono"] Friendly reminder that I’m going to my first real H!P concerts so if anyone is going to Angerme 5/25 or MM 5/26 let’s meet up :) [/quote]   Congratulations! Let us know your reactions. I know people who are going to Yuka's and Ayaka's grad concerts, but those are in J...

[quote="Shoujo Q"]   <blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="DonJuan" data-cid="217479" data-time="1557322410"> <div> Asakura Kiki goes on another hiatus because of her lumbar disc herniation. http://www.helloproject.com/news/10307/ [/quote] T...

Reina Tanaka is a guest star in the current super sentai season, “Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger,” and appeared in the April 28 episode, #7: “The Princesses of Planet Cepeus,” which is available on Aidoru Online, untranslated. I just watched it. Reina has a substantial part and she’s quite good. She ev...

[quote="DonJuan"]   April, yet I nearly forgot it  :ph34r:   <blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Madara" data-cid="217349" data-time="1554457470"> <div> Is it April already?   April 1, 2000:             Yumeno Kishimoto (Tsubaki Factory) A...

I live in constant fear that a concert DVD I want will fly in under my radar and miss landing here entirely.   P.S. I just noticed that H!P Countdown Party 2018 is due out in May.   In researching my inventory on Countdown Party acquisitions, I just realized I never got the 2014 Countdown Party! See...

Are these Angerme and Kobushi Factory concerts going to be released on disc?

Is it April already?   April 3, 1992:              Nana Nakayama (SI ☆ NA (Kansai H!P) April 3, 1998:              Aina Otsuka (former H!P Egg, former J=J) April 4, 1994:              Risako Sugaya (Berryz)          April 6, 1979:              Michiyo Heike (soloist)           April 6, 1998:        ...

Ditto on "Miss Love Tantei" being the right song at the right time for their Hina Fes reunion.
 
But the big news is..Welcome Back Sadude!!! Where have you been?!!

[quote="Solarblade"] Forgot to write this up :0   Tsubaki Factory Live Tour 2019 Spring "Ranman" at Live House Hamamatsu Madowaku   1. Uruwashi no Camellia 2. Shunrenka MC 3 . Hatsukoi Sunrise 4. Tsukiatteru no ni Kataomoi 5. Hitorijime / Kishimoto, Ogata, Yamagishi, Niinuma, Asa...

I tuned in late after Kitaoji called to wake me up and get me over to the computer, so I missed W, BEYOOOOONDS, and Tsubaki. But they later replayed the W set. They did Robokiss and Miss Love Tantei.  Just wow! Waiting 13 years for that. And later they recreated Minimoni with Musubu and Moe. And joi...

I was watching Angerme perform on a recent concert DVD (last fall’s Hello Fes) and I got curious as to who was taller, Rikako or Ayaka, and then I got to wondering who the tallest members of H!P are. So I looked up their heights on Generasia. When I saw that they had Rikako listed as 154cm and Ayaka...

Update: I found the missing CD. It was on a shelf with much older H!P CDs (in between "Cover You" and "All About Tanpopo"). Why I put it there I'll never understand, because I promptly FORGOT I put it there.   I watched most of the Yanamin graduation yesterday morning via live st...