Edit: whoops, it's in its own thread!

Questions about Aya Matsuura: I listened to Petit Best 6 and really liked the Aya song on it, “Ki ga Tsukeba Anata,” but I didn’t recall it. I’ve listened to all her albums recently and I didn’t notice that song. So I looked her up on Generasia and apparently that single, from 2005, is not on any o...

I think right after that concert she said that she sang it thinking of Takui's version, not Angerme's

DonJuan wrote: ↑Wed Mar 30, 2022 8:04 am Neither Yuka nor Nanami were in the original performance unfortunately :(

Oops, forgot about Nanami

Poor Yuka isn't ultimate enough.

Tsuji's brand new house is massive . Guess all that youtubing is paying off.

^ It's used for that Mayonaka show

I am shocked she's graduating before Erina.

I think many of the recent girls aspiring to study English have ended up in Australia? Wonder if that's where she'll go as well.

Tanaka already has so many solo songs written for her, and she's done at least BG vocal recordings for them so she can use them in her lives. I really can't understand why they won't at least release them digitally.

Woooow, I accidentally clicked here today and lo and behold! Glad everything worked out in the end!

It hurts that we never got another tour out of MM before Masaki was forced to graduate.

Damn, I was hoping J=J would remain an internal-only thing to keep the skill level high.

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="JPope" data-cid="221515" data-time="1608944070">So both Maki and Ayaya managed long-term, serious relationships throughout their time as H!P idols, with dudes they would eventually marry. That's fucking pro . Gran...

Miyo is so cool. Didn't know she was musically inclined outside of singing.

So I'm guessing Rei participated in everything? (except when noted)

She's never going to return...

This year's Pucchi Best should be all of the songs put out on YouTube.

Since they're starting to do 8-person performances, I guess that's the end of "Inoue Rei x".  Nothing for the last two... :(

Technically Afternoon Musume was a precursor to Dream MM.

Oh, interesting, Honoka says she goes to a music university for studying piano. I don't keep up with Beyooonds social media, so I'm not sure if that was widely known.

I was fooled by the formation--Mizuki and Miki(!) got the second verse, not Maria and Rio.

She definitely has potential. You can hear her start to put some personality in her notes (particularly when her volume raises during the chorus), but she still needs to work on her vibrato.

Didn't expect that kind of voice out of Wakana! Here's hoping she survives puberty

New weekly show announced, Hello Pro no Collabo NIGHT!: https://dch.dmkt-sp.jp/special/ct/c90000131
 
They collaborate with a guest each week.  First week is putting their Rising Productions connections to use: Oginome Youko

It's about time

While the products Ai and Reina hawk are lame, I think there was a big deal made out of them doing promotions for that company. Makes them household names, I guess?


It's also the company that produces the Anne of Green Gables musical they both starred in.

The harmonies this time were a pleasant surprise.

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True. Well, if she re-joins the Hokkaido KSS the group will look a bit livelier again (since Ishiguri is the only active member right now).
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I wonder if going back to Hokkaido, both due to hiatus and the pandemic, had a factor.

Surely there would be morality clauses in the contracts though.