Madara's Official H!P Birthday Wishes Thread

[Anderei]

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Well, it's already August in Japan, so here's the August edition, a special one since it's also Madara's birthday month.


I only have seven birthdays here, but they're all heavy hitters, including five of my H!P favorites.



August 1, 1994: Ayaka Wada (19) S/mileage

August 3, 1993: Yurina Kumai (20) Berryz

August 5, 1998: Kanon Suzuki (15) Morning Musume

August 8, 1981: Kaori Iida (32) ex-MM

August 10, 1981: Natsumi Abe (32) ex-MM

August 25, 1992: Miyabi Natsuyaki (21) Berryz

August 28, 1979: Yuki Maeda (34) soloist


If there are others, I'm sure Anderei will supply them.


And my birthday is next Tues., August 6th. It's a milestone and one that portends social security and medicare eligibility looming within the decade. I'm going through my "getting old is a bitch" phase, so forgive me if I'm thoroughly depressed.

Hopefully, I'll get past this phase...before I die! </blockquote>


Just a few people from the H!P database and some kenshuusei:


August 14, 1979: Miyoshi Chinatsu (34) former H!P soloist

August 26,1986: Kawashima Miyuki (27) former H!P Egg + Gatas Brilhantes member

August 28, 1992: Youko (21) former Icecreamusume member

August 28, 1998: Mikame Kana (15) current H!P Kenshuusei

August 29, 1999: Mashiro Kana (14) current H!P Kenshuusei

August 31, 2000: Inoue Hikaru (13) current H!P Kenshuusei

[Shoujo Q]

Madara! I hit a milestone too this year. But we all die, eventually. Just be glad you've lived this long and didn't die before you could accomplish anything. :)
 
 

[arcobaleno]

Does anyone find it somewhat funny that both Kana's in the Kenshuusei have really close birthdays? Just off by one day and one year.

[Madara]

[quote="Shoujo Q"]
Madara! I hit a milestone too this year. But we all die, eventually. Just be glad you've lived this long and didn't die before you could accomplish anything. :)
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Thanks.
 
I was gonna go back and delete that part of my post, figuring nobody wanted to read about my being depressed, but Anderei quoted it before I got back from lunch, so it was immortalized.
 
(BTW, Anderei, you might want to correct the age on that Icecreammusume member; you just added eleven years to her life.)

[Anderei]

Haha, I did. I'll fix it.

[YuuakuRisa]

Why did I think Dawa was like 17 or something? I'm two years older than her?!!!

[Anderei]

[quote="YuuakuRisa"]
Why did I think Dawa was like 17 or something? I'm two years older than her?!!!
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Dawa is old. OLD. Kanon is going to be 19 next year, too.

 

[Shoujo Q]

It's funny that Ayaka is only a year older then Yurina, so crazy! 

[Madara]

[quote="Shoujo Q"]
It's funny that Ayaka is only a year older then Yurina, so crazy! 
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Ummm...a year younger than Yurina.

[Shoujo Q]

[quote="Madara"]
 
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It's funny that Ayaka is only a year older then Yurina, so crazy! 
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Ummm...a year younger than Yurina.
 
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I meant younger, sorry. I'm apparently becoming very dyslexic in my old age. (This is serious, I'm even starting to write my letters weird and backwards.)

[Madara]

Happy Birthday, Miyabi! (21 today)
 
The most recent pic I have of her:

 
And the oldest:

 
 
In addition to Miyabi, another musical great shares this birthday: Leonard Bernstein, who would have turned 95 today.
 
 
Also, Happy Birthday to Shoujo Q! (She's now exactly half my age.)
 
Shoujo, I have two co-workers who turned the same age you did earlier this month (they were born a day apart, one of them on Kaori's birthday). Usako from this board turned the same age last month. And my daughter turned the same age in February. So you've got good company from your birth year.
 

[Madara]

Holy [BLEEP]!
 
I forgot September.
 
Funny thing, though, I only have two H!P birthdays this month--and they're two of my favorites!
 
Ai Takahashi                           Sept. 14, 1986 (turns 27)
 

 
 
Maki Goto                               Sept. 23, 1985 (turns 28)
 

 
 
Other major J-pop names with b'days this month:
Ami Onuki (Puffy):                Sept. 18, 1973
Namie Amuro                       Sept. 20, 1977
Yuna Ito                                  Sept. 20, 1983
Eriko Imai (Speed)              Sept. 22, 1983
 
 
Anderei, any Eggs I never heard of with b'days in September?
 

[arcobaleno]

Wow, Ai's 27? I didn't know she was that old lol

[Anderei]

I totally forgot it was September, too!
 
Abe Asami: September 5th, 1990 (23) - SI☆NA (this isn't the one who is related to Nacchi)
Danielle: September 6th, 1983 (30) - Coconuts Musume
Kizawa Runa: September 6th, 1996 (17) - Former H!P Egg, now a member of Smile Gakuen
Yoshihashi Kurumi: September 22, 1999 (14) - Current H!P Kenshuusei
Chelsea: September 26th, 1982 (31) - Coconuts Musume
 
Lots of birthdays coming up in October.

[Madara]

H!P birthdays in October:
 
Oct. 20, 1988:             Risa Niigaki (former MM)                            
Oct. 27, 1999:             Haruka Kudo (MM)                          
Oct. 29, 1987:             Makoto Ogawa (former MM)                       
Oct. 30, 1981:             Ayaka Kimura  (Coconuts Musume)             
Oct. 30, 1996:             Mizuki Fukimura (MM)                   
Oct. 30, 1998:             Meimi Tamura (S/mileage)                 
Oct. 31, 1981:             Hitomi Saito (Melon Kinenbi)                                   
 
Other J-pop stars in October:
 
Oct. 2, 1978:               Ayumi Hamasaki                   
Oct. 3, 1991:               Aki Takajo (AKB48)                                     
Oct. 8, 1987:               Aya Hirano                                        
Oct. 16, 1990:             Amina Sato (AKB48)                        
Oct. 17, 1988:             Yuko Oshima  (AKB48)                    
 
 
I'm sure that Anderei will fill in with any Eggs and Kenshuusei I'm missing

[Anderei]

There's just a few Possible/UUGs and a couple of other people:
 
Oct. 03,1992: Hashimoto Aina (THE Possible)
Oct. 12, 1993: Mori Saki (Up Up Girls)
Oct. 19, 1992: Akiyama Yurika (THE Possible)
Oct. 19, 1993: Yutoku Ayumi (Former Egg)
Oct. 23, 1980: Suenaga Mami (Sheki-Dol)
 
There's no birthdays for most of the new trainees who just joined, so let's just assume that none of them have October birthdays.

[Anderei]

Lots of November birthdays:
 
11/01/1989 - Morozuka Kanami (THE Possible)
11/04/1985 - Korenaga Miki (Former H!P Egg and Ongaku Gatas member)
11/07/1994 - Iikubo Haruna
11/08/1996 - Nagazawa Wakana (Former H!P Egg)
11/08/1984 - Miyoshi Erika
11/10/1999 - Tanabe Nanami (H!P Kenshuusei)
11/11/1989 - Tanaka Reina
11/18/1996 - Ogawa Saki
11/19/1997 - Arai Manami (Up Up Girls)
11/19/1997 - Kosuga Fuyuka (H!P Kenshuusei)
11/20/1992 - Ishimura Maiha
11/22/1991 - Shimizu Saki
11/23/1997 - Takeuchi Akari
11/24/1998 - Yamagishi Riko (H!P Kenshuusei)
11/25/1991 - Sawada Yuri (Former H!P Egg)
11/29/1993 - Kitahara Sayaka (Former H!P Egg and now a soloist)
11/30/1999 - Kaga Kaede (H!P Kenshuusei)
 
 

[Madara]

[quote="Anderei"]
Lots of November birthdays:
 
11/01/1989 - Morozuka Kanami (THE Possible)
11/04/1985 - Korenaga Miki (Former H!P Egg and Ongaku Gatas member)
11/07/1994 - Iikubo Haruna
11/08/1996 - Nagazawa Wakana (Former H!P Egg)
11/08/1984 - Miyoshi Erika
11/10/1999 - Tanabe Nanami (H!P Kenshuusei)
11/11/1989 - Tanaka Reina
11/18/1996 - Ogawa Saki
11/19/1997 - Arai Manami (Up Up Girls)
11/19/1997 - Kosuga Fuyuka (H!P Kenshuusei)
11/20/1992 - Ishimura Maiha
11/22/1991 - Shimizu Saki
11/23/1997 - Takeuchi Akari
11/24/1998 - Yamagishi Riko (H!P Kenshuusei)
11/25/1991 - Sawada Yuri (Former H!P Egg)
11/29/1993 - Kitahara Sayaka (Former H!P Egg and now a soloist)
11/30/1999 - Kaga Kaede (H!P Kenshuusei)
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Thank you, Anderei. You've got 17. I only had eight of these in my list.
 
Plus: one non-H!P J-pop birthday:
Koda Kumi                             Nov. 13, 1982

[Shoujo Q]

My I present the greatest find ever? 
The JH!P Birthday Countdown. For all your useless birthday reminder and needs.
 
Here's the H!P Only section.

[Madara]

[quote="Shoujo Q"]
My I present the greatest find ever? 
The JH!P Birthday Countdown. For all your useless birthday reminder and needs.
 
Here's the H!P Only section.
[/quote]
 
Wow! You just made me and Anderei obsolete! Just stick that link in here every month and we don't have to do a thing.    

[Madara]

Okay, it's still November 22 here in the U.S., so we can still celebrate the Captain's birthday. She's 22! (She was born on the 28th anniversary of the JFK assassination. And just this week, JFK's daughter, Caroline, arrived in Japan to begin her term as U.S. ambassador.)
 

 

 
And here she is in 2003, ensconced between two future Buono members, Airi and Miyabi:

[Madara]

<sub>Lots of heavy hitters this month. It's still Dec. 1 here in the U.S., so we can still celebrate Karin's 15th birthday today.
 

 
Karin Miyamoto  (Juice=Juice)                   Dec. 1, 1998
Kei Yasuda (former MM)                            Dec. 6, 1980
Asuka Fukuda (founding member of MM)  Dec.17, 1984
Eri Kamei (former MM)                               Dec. 23, 1988
Arisa Noto (former Egg)                             Dec. 26, 1988
Yui Okada (former Viyuden)                      Dec. 28, 1987
Yuuka Maeda (former S/mileage)              Dec. 28, 1994
Akari Uemura (Juice=Juice)                       Dec. 30, 1998
Sayaka Ichi (former MM)                            Dec. 31, 1983</sub>
 

[Anderei]

Guu-chan (Icecreamusume) Dec. 14, 1996
Iwashima Manami (SI☆NA) Dec. 17, 1989
Aiko (Da Xiao Jie) Dec. 21, 2002
Tanaka Karen (H!P Kenshuusei) Dec. 24, 1997
Frances (Da Xiao Jie) Dec. 27, 2000
Inaba Manaka (H!P Kenshuusei) Dec. 27, 1997
 
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[Madara]

[quote="Anderei"]
Guu-chan (Icecreamusume) Dec. 14, 1996
Iwashima Manami (SI☆NA) Dec. 17, 1989
Aiko (Da Xiao Jie) Dec. 21, 2002
Tanaka Karen (H!P Kenshuusei) Dec. 24, 1997
Frances (Da Xiao Jie) Dec. 27, 2000
Inaba Manaka (H!P Kenshuusei) Dec. 27, 1997
 
[/quote]
 
You've got four names that are not in the JPHip Birthday Countdown Shoujo linked to. So we're not obsolete after all! 

[Madara]

Well, we've hit New Year in Japan already, so here goes for January 2014:
 
H!P:
Jan. 7, 1995:                            Ayano Sato (former Egg/ Up Up Girls)         
Jan. 7, 1997:                            Ayumi Ishida (MM)               
Jan. 10, 1988:                          ShenShen  (Icreamusume
Jan. 11, 1988                           JunJun (MM)
Jan. 12, 1993:                          Aika Mitsui (MM)                              
Jan. 16, 1994:                          ReiRei (Icecreamusume)
Jan. 19, 1985:                          Rika Ishikawa (MM)  
Jan. 20, 1983:                          Mari Yaguchi  (MM)
Jan. 27, 1984:                          Tomomi Hirano (Former Egg)
Jan. 30, 1977:                          Azusa Kobayashi (Country Musume)

Jan. 31, 1992:                          Mika Mutou (Ongaku Gatas)

 
 
Other J-pop legends:
 
Jan. 6, 1978:                            Reina Miyauchi (MAX)         
Jan. 14, 1983:                          Takako Uehara (SPEED)       
Jan. 17, 1959:                          Momoe Yamaguchi                
Jan. 19, 1983:                          Hikaru Utada                         
Jan. 30, 1975:                          Yumi Yoshimura (Puffy)       
 
 
Has anyone new emerged with a January birthday since last year?
 
 

[Anderei]

Nope. None of the kenshuusei have birthdays in January.

[NekoKaiSai]

JunJun's birthday is the 11th, she'll be 26.

[arcobaleno]

Isn't her birthday in February, though? Most everywhere says February 11th.

[NekoKaiSai]

It's in January, her mom accidentally put it as February when she signed to H!P, I believe.

[arcobaleno]

Huh, that's an interesting tidbit for sure. I just looked at her Japanese wikipedia page, and it did mention that way down, so now I look stupid.