[quote="Shoujo Q"] Congrats to Yuuko! She had a boy! http://ameblo.jp/nakazawa-yuko/entry-12024047947.html [/quote]   She's 41! Damn, good for her.   I feel like she had the best life. She became an idol in her mid 20s, stayed an idol until her 30s, and became a married mama in her 40s. Ho...

[quote="JPope"]   <blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="eri" data-cid="187836" data-time="1431018467"> <div>   <blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Farrah" data-cid="187822" data-time="1430977967&...

Hahahahahahahaha

[quote="Farrah"]   I think a big part of so many girls staying in H!P forever now is because they really don't pick any girls that stand out much on their own anymore.  I can't think of anyone in current Morning Musume who has a significant chance at a lucrative (or at least passable) post...

I looovveee you for making a thread about this. I also usually dont care about these things but the Chinese celebrities and theme this year really grabbed my attention. I am so curious about the Chinese public's attitude towards Fan Bing Bing because my friend told me she is considered totally plast...

Do you think girls graduated earier back in the day because they COULD have a post mm career then? I am always shocked to be reminded of just how short the tenures of some of the older and most famous girls were. Iida felt like she was in the group for freaking ever but 7 years seems like standard n...

[quote="Anderei"]   <blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="eri" data-cid="187576" data-time="1430328693">   Some of these girls aren't cute. Hope the idol magic pulls something off for them.</blockquote> You think so? I think that as a whole ...

[quote="yuzu"] I would just like to point out that while Kobushi can mean magnolia or fist....tsubaki can mean camellia....or spit? [/quote]   Rest assured. No one would ever mistake Tsubaki for "spit." Camellia has surprising high circulation in Japan considering Shiseido, etc. ...

NOBODY LIKES ABE. Dude, that guy is a straight up psycho Neo-con. 

Mano Erina says:   Live a balanced life outside work . <blockquote class="ipsBlockquote">   With practice day after day <p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don’t really feel like seeing people and come home right away once its over. Bu...

I know she was a terrible singer and sort of weird, retro soloist. I also admit I first only paid attention to her because she was cute :lol: But having been reading her blog off and on for the past year (translating a few too) and following her very interesting career development, I realized someth...

Al, holy shit! I never heard that story before.


My follow up question to everyone is: do the girls look the same in person? My sister in law does some tv and she looks like a totally different person.

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Zoe" data-cid="187326" data-time="1429622463"> So she basically blames her lack of drive. I wonder how much of it was out of her control though. I never followed her career, but it seemed like MM got the push from...

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Shoujo Q" data-cid="187311" data-time="1429549727"> ^ <a class="bbc_url" href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2nafax_20150420-%E3%81%97%E3%81%8F%E3%81%98%E3%82%8A%E5%85%88%E7%94%9F-%E4%BF%BA%E3%8...

[quote="Shoujo Q"] Haruna, Erina, and the 12th Gen on Jpop Ranking.     I don't usually post all the promo the girls do here because some of it's meh (pretty boring). But this was special because the Jpop Ranking host in American and you know he was going to talk to Miki in English and he ...

I'd join original smileage :(

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Anderei" data-cid="187193" data-time="1429114341">
Holy shit, I was expecting JSB to beat them but not by that much.</blockquote>


But they are also a huge distance from #3.

[quote="Solarblade"] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtboKJ4D8zg&feature=player_profilepage   Here's the (Another ver.) of Seishun Kozou ga Naiteiru...also known as the BIG CHANCE winner's PV     Hands down, I love it...it is conceptually weird...but I was expecting that...   I'm even ...

The fuck is there 9 pages of commentary on a single that is being released TOMORROW. Uggghh time to scroll back, find all the released promotions, and inevitably comment on how I can't tell who is who yet.    Edit: Seishun : So...I know Morning Musume has had this robotic Perfume thing musically for...

[quote="Anderei"]
 


Also an OG gathering happened to celebrate the former managers birthday:
 
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They are all so so cute still! I miss the old Morning Musume so much T_T

Really excited about this new TV show the h!p girls are hosting. I hope it's not boring like satoyama as it could be but I like the idea of girls on site.

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Farrah" data-cid="186361"> Japan has a really interesting idea of singing in general, not just limited to idols. So many Japanese singers have that style (somewhat nasal, heavy vibrato) that is just so distinctly Japanese.<...

Ogawa announced she is formally retiring from entertainment. We'll NEVER SEE HER AGAIN.
 
 
 
shock....

So no pressure on Meikochi but, translations for Takahashi, Fukumura are all cleared out. I don't see anything for Mano or Miabyi. But we do have 30 pages of drafts so someone out there might want help picking up some old blogs.    Anyone need help? I usually do 1 or 2 here and there, whenever I run...

Wow this is sooo helpful, thanks.

[quote="Saya"]   <blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="eri" data-cid="185924" data-time="1425920405"> 3. These girls are SO AMATEUR. Everything about this video is awkward. They can't dance. They don't lip sync the English well. They aren't ...

Some new things I observed....   1. I like that Momoko is kind of still a gag. Like the opening where they X out her cutesy act.   2. I also like that Momoko is not center stage. She blends in well because she is young looking and cute but, I'm glad they are allowing her to be more a leader (puppet ...

[quote="Thea"]
Itooshikutte Full PV
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="reinlite" data-cid="185874" data-time="1425829271"> I have a magazine interview about Aina I want to post, but I don't know what category to put it under. Would it go under Otsuka Aina, Special Translation, or bot...

[quote="Thea"]
I just realized besides their mandatory name, there aren't any English Translations/Romanizations on their covers. Score. 
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I don't get it. Why is this a "score"?