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[Anderei]

Just realized we've probably seen the last of kenshuusei born before the year 2000 with the last gen.

[Solarblade]

So the setlist for 3/20 in Tokyo is slightly different (Tsubaki missing, but some other surprises...)
 
6. Onna no Sono -  ☆Secret☆
7. Anata Nashi de wa Ikite Yukenai - ☆Secret☆
8. Cabbage Hakusho ~Haru-hen~ - ☆Secret☆
 
11. Isshakudama de Buttobase! - KSS
15. Nen ni wa Nen (Nen'iri ver.) - Kobushi Factory
16. Table Seki Aitetemo Counter Seki - ☆Secret☆
17. Seishun Beat wa 16 - KSS
 
 
Could we be possibly getting a new group?

[DonJuan]

Would be great for some of the older girls (looking at you, Takase) but in general I don't like the thought of too many groups in H!P.

[Anderei]

I don't think they'd announce a new group at a recital.

[Purin-chama]

☆Secret☆


The likelihood of this being a real group name is slim but it reminds me of SweetS and it makes me like it


Another possibility is that they have "special guest" H!P members perform with them.

[TicTacAnyone]

Knowing this company, they probably just wanted the shuffle groups to be a surprise lolol
 
BUT MY HEART... IT WANTS THE DANBARA GROUP DEBUT.

[MejraThea]

I want it to be a group, too! Danbara, Inoue, Icchan and Kurumi all need to be saved. 

[Elpis]

Do they ever keep the shuffle groups secret like this though? I don't want to get my hopes up, but I don't think they usually do

[Solarblade]

No, usually if there's a song with unknown members it goes by "coming soon...".

[momoirosaya]

Got to see the new girls on this weeks H!S. They definitely wanted girls with some experience because I didn't notice anyone stick out like a sore thumb in the dance, they all did a good job with it. And they let them sing. Usually the new girls only dance.


Eguchi Saya and Doi Rena stand out the most to me. Saya seems like the very cute stereotype of idol (and we have the same name...). Rena seems very smart and looks interesting. I could see her as the leader of a group.


Riai seems like she'll blossom really nicely. Although I think shorter hair would suit her better.

Nastume also seems really cute, but a bit shy.


Ichigo kind of looks like Kasahara to me. Her dancing was really energetic.


And Marina reminds me of Ogawa Rena, she wasn't cute when she joined but really grew into her looks and became a beauty. Hopefully Marina does the same.


Rika seems sweet, but she's already 16 so I don't know if she'll ever debut.

[Derby]

On this week's harosute at the marked minute, who's the girl with the hat? I'm already guessing she's not a KSS since Miki didn't mention her later but maybe?

[Shoujo Q]

She's just an actress, no clue who she is.

[Derby]

Well that's bad, I thought I would finally have one kenshuusei to like out of the current line-up but no

[Solarblade]

6. Onna no Sono - Danbara, Takase, Noguchi, Kodama, Ono K., Yonemura, Hashisako

7. Anata Nashi de wa Ikite Yukenai - Ichioka, Inoue, Kanatsu, Maeda, Kiyono, Kawamura, Yamazaki, Nishida

8. Cabbage Hakusho ~Haru-hen~ - Ichioka, Takase
 
11. Isshakudama de Buttobase! - KSS
15. Nen ni wa Nen (Nen'iri ver.) - Kobushi Factory
16. Table Seki Aitetemo Counter Seki - KSS + Kobushi
17. Seishun Beat wa 16 - KSS
 
 
A little bummed about no news, but it's strange they'd make a noticeable deal about being "secret" when they haven't done such a thing before.

[Purin-chama]

Maybe they're making 2 more rival groups? Though that'd be really excessive formore than one reason.... Takase is the leader of the one and Ichioka the other.

[MejraThea]

They could make one bigger group that has "teams," maybe 12 girls and split them in half and make each one of them have a different A-side, etc. It'd be like AKB but it's a good idea, too.
 
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[quote="Solarblade"]7. Anata Nashi de wa Ikite Yukenai - Ichioka, Inoue, Maeda, Kiyono, Kawamura, Nishida</div>
<div>8. Cabbage Hakusho ~Haru-hen~ - Ichioka, Takase[/quote]
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An idea.

[Anderei]

I wouldn't be able to really muster up an excitement for either of those lineups lol.

[TicTacAnyone]

What'd I tell y'all!?!? Lol

[momoirosaya]

Tsubaki just debuted. No way we're getting a new group for at least a year since they basically made 3 at once (CG, KF, TF) and had to stagger their debuts.

[TicTacAnyone]

Here's Idol wa Robot from H!S... That doesn't even feature Danbara. Pointless to me! >.>

[TicTacAnyone]

The KSS Happyokai will be May 5th, as usual... So excited this year. Who are you most looking forward to seeing sing?
 
Apparently the Hokkaido branch of girls will be joining this round of test contestants :)
 
 
Girls I'm most looking forward to:
-Danbara Ruru
-Kanatsu Mizuki
-Noguchi Kurumi
-Kiyono Momohime
-Kawamura Ayano
-Hashisako Rin
-Eguchi Saya
-Doi Rena
 
 
And I'm a big fan of the Hokkaido girls so I'm looking forward to all of them... But in particular, Kitagawa Ryo and Ota Haruka 

[Anderei]

I'm expecting newer girls to sweep the awards. Oldies who haven't debuted yet won't do well this year. Sato and Kudo are the most likely Hokkaido girls to win something imo.

[TicTacAnyone]

As I watched Ju=Ju's Jidanda dance for like the 4th time today, I realized they had some bg dancers. I figured, "of course they've gotta be KSS." but they must be the new gen as I can't recognize any of them. I think I see Ichioka on the top platform and I thought I saw Momohime and Kokoro down below, but looking again I can't be sure. Here are my screengrabs:
 

Spoiler: [+]

 

 
(Ichioka on the right. Her hair isn't flowing in this pic but in the MV you can see a long ponytail.)
 

 

 

 

 
At this point I'm just thinking it's the new gen of KSS. There's 8 on the bottom level of the MV dance shot and 8 members of the newest gen.

[Solarblade]

^
 
From Obsidian of H!O apparantly the girls were
 
                                                        Ichioka Reina - Kawamura Ayano
 
Kanatsu Mizuki - Nishida Shiori - Maeda Kokoro - Ono Kotomi - Shimakura Rika - Yamada Ichigo
                                                      Takase Kurumi - Kiyono Momohime

[TicTacAnyone]

Okay I agree with that. 
 
I knew it was definitely Ichioka and like I mentioned I swore I saw Momohime and Kokoro but the more I looked the more confused I became. And I thought I saw Takase but she almost looked... too short? hahaha.

[Anderei]

Takase is short. She's only 150cm.

[Solarblade]

Here's the order and song chosen for the upcoming test recital, determined by Tsubaki Factory
 
1. Ishiguri - Only you (Momusu)
2. Yamazaki M. - Chu! Natsu Pa~rty
3. Shimakura - Be Alive
4. Hibi - Glass no Pumps
5. Kawamura - Mugen Climax
6. Kudo - Chotto Guchoku ni! Chototsu Moushin
7. Kitagawa - Dance de Bakoon!
8. Matsunaga - SONGS
9. Eguchi - What is LOVE?
10. Doi - Ima Sugu Tobikomu Yuuki
11. Yamazaki Y.- Magic of Love (J=J 2015 ver.)
12. Inoue - My alright sky
13. Yonemura - Tokaikko Junjou
14. Nishida - Take off is now!
15. Yamada - MY BOY
16. Maeda - Suki Sugite Baka Mitai
17. Kodama - Rottara Rottara
18. Sato - One Two Three
19. Kanatsu - Arekore Shitai!
20. Kiyono - Mr. Moonlight ~Ai no Big Band~
21. Kawano - Oh my wish!
22. Takase - BABY! Koi ni KNOCK OUT!
23. Horie - Wasurete Ageru
24. Ono - Akai Nikkichou
25. Hashisako - Massara Blue Jeans
26. Okamura - Tropica~l Koishite~ru
27. Nakayama - Aisuru Hito no Namae wo Nikki ni
28. Noguchi - Take off is now!
29. Ota - Chokotto LOVE
30. Ichioka - Hitorijime Shitakatta Dake na no ni
31. Danbara - Give me Ai
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43KZfN7L0Aw
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ho7I9feEBPE

[Anderei]

Some cool choices. Nothing I'm dying to see but it is weird to me that two people chose Take Off Is Now. It's not a song I ever really think about.

[Purin-chama]

Who is Yamazaki Y. And can they pull off Magic of Love?


Selection for the few I know anymore looks really good. Momohime doing Mr. Moonlight is a bit weird though.

[Anderei]

Yamazaki Yuhane. She's from the same batch that Yokoyama was from.