I expected a tie and I got a tie. :ph34r: But it wasn't as bad as I thought it would me. So many good songs came out of Shugo Chara and Buono. Speaking of which, it's the other side of Shugo Chara with one opps I forgot in the first round but it was too late to add and the B-Sides that weren't part ...

I thought the same thing. This is a win win for M-Line.

Mizuki is back from her hiatus. She moved to J.P Room, joined M-Line Club and will begin solo activities on November 29th with an event.

I totally expected this to go straight to the tie breaker round in some form. So many good songs.

Finally! It's the start of the Buono Battles! We have 7 rounds and the first one will probably be the hardest. Sorry about that. :ph34r: Only 3 songs will move on, but I have you a generous 5 votes! :w00t: Shugo Side are all the songs that were used in the Shugo Chara anime. Honto no Jibun https://y...

I am curious about Muka-suki now that it’s included in this medley. Those are all banger high energy songs so it obviously must also have a touch of the high.

17. HOW DO YOU LIKE JAPAN? ~Nihon wa Donna Kanji Dekka?~
18. Muka-suki!
19. Seishin Say A-HA
20. Wake-up Call ~Mezameru Toki~
21. Kono Mama

Makes me wonder if that’s what’s made Fukuda Asuka leave so quickly. Back then, leaving to study was probably them hiding the fact the girls were suffering mentally with all the pressure.

Ocha Norma’s Tashiro Sumire is also out of commission with adjustment disorder. Official Announcement

What is going on in the UF office?

I need one vote to finish off the tie breaker round.

I tried to listen to her stuff but it was very basic and boring. Maybe she realized she wasn’t going to amount to anything and decided to move on with her life. Seems plausible. Good luck to her.

Managed to get 1 song to the next round, still need 4 more. You get 5 votes. Will close this at the end of the week.

Reina is back, but in a new idol group not affiliated with Up-Front. [Reve Pocket]







She also has an instagram account.


Things that make you go HMMMMMMMMMMM.

Hi! I had a mini labor day vacation, so this was supposed to be the start of Buono week but that fell by the wayside. I also realized that I flipped how I was doing the polling for the song battle, so the first post will reflect my vision better. I fixed it. :ph34r: After the Buono battles we go int...

They still looking to add to Rosy I bet. After watching the concerts those girls are not ready for prime time at all. Compared to the groups coming out now they are still coming off as low level idols with no real direction or defined concept or ace in the group. If there is an ace, I have no clue w...

They usually film the concert for release in Tokyo. That’s how it was back before Covid and they were doing the H!P concerts.

I guess these will be up for a month so I have time to sit and watch these and that’s great!

Ouch. We got a tie. So I took out the one song we all seemed to agree on, and threw out all the 1 voters. This will stay open till Friday and then I'll go to the C-ute round. I just noticed that Berryz needed 7 and C-ute needs 5. Like it was a coincidence that it just happened to be the same amount ...

^2 Days after the tour ends, but before Ayumi's graduation concert, which hasn't been announced yet.

Hi all! I'm back from my vacation with the first of the Tie-Breaker Rounds. We need 7 winners for Berryz to move on. C-ute will only need 5. A slight backup in the final best of resulted in a lot of 1 Votes. You'll get 8 votes to use for Berryz. So 1 Vote for each member. :danceman: The songs you're...

Nandaka Sentimental na Toki no Uta has such a layered instrumental track that its beauty is lost when the girls sing over it. (Sorry Morning Musume!) I find myself drawn to it. A lot of it gets lost with the voices. I’m so glad Japan is an instrumental culture.

Forgive me! I forgot what with all my packing and preparing to go away.

You get 7 votes but only 6 winners will move on.

This is all the self-covers, rare tracks and other misc songs from throughout C-ute.

Takui’s stuff with Zetima is now available on music streaming services. So… lots of his H!P covers too. GIRLS LOOK AHEAD is a prime example. He has three sections on Apple Music. Takui pre Zetima. His Zetima years and then his current stuff.

Not a lot of votes last round, but I can't keep it open. On a time crunch here. This poll will close on Friday, and the best of will get bunched up into one mega poll and run for the week I'm away. After that it will be the left overs from the tie rounds and then on to a Buono battle! Here are the s...

Oh. Nice find. I'm always looking for quirky idol groups that can sing and don't sound like a bunch of deflating balloons.

I love a lot of Ado's music, and this has the same feel.

I'll be going away on vacation in a few weeks so I want to get the C-ute albums out of the way and start the Best of C-ute when I get back. So I suffered another tie, but it wasn't a big tie. I'll live! xD Someone only gave 1 vote. But I don't blame you, that album was full of fillers. Anyway ⑧ Quee...

Megumi got married. Honestly I saw this post yesterday and thought she adopted a cat. :hahaha: I didn't look at the other photos she posted. But then I saw it was mentioned she got married and realized, that was her husband. He was an ex-boyfriend from high school. Hense the photo of them together ...

This isn't really a release from H!P, more a release FOR H!P It's Hello!Project's First Ever, Tribute Album! https://youtu.be/ywV7CSu3ENQ Currently on pre-order , being released via Tower Records. General release will be in November. Listening to the previews, there were some... choices made. And I'...

Maki's mother passed away in 2010, and Maki was there to witness it. I'm sure that played a BIG part in her stepping away from the music scene in 2011. She did a lot of small things since then. Then there was her BIG scandal in 2019. (It was career ending.) I'm not sure how she survived that, but sh...

MV for Clap Clap is out.

Takahashi covers Tsubaki Factories Adrenaline Dame

Me:I are releasing their 2nd single soon and just released the MV for it.



Also for those who have TV, they were on The CW yesterday night as an opening rookie act for the final day of the KCON. They sang it in Korean, not Japanese.