Up-Front Organization COMPLETE

[Prinny Squad]

The Up-Front Agency's Website has been restructured, detailing the big moves. There are a few surprises that I saw, and some major disappointments.



First off, Fujimoto Miki, Mano Erina, and Ogawa Makoto are gone from Up-Front Agency. This should be no surprise though, as they've signed onto Tsunku's label j.p.room, as detailed during the original graduations. This makes Mano Erina the first active H!P artist to be under contract outside of Up-Front Agency, if I remember correctly.



Okada Yui is also no longer part of UFA. Well, technically, she wasn't listed under UFA, but under Hello! Project Kansai. She had the kanji for captain in her profile, so people are assuming that she will assume charge of the group SI*NA, and probably other future Kansai members. Whether or not this means she is still a part of H!P is questionable.



Everybody else is safe. Hell, Miyoshi Erika got new profile pictures taken of her in an outfit that looks like it could be for the long-awaited solo single. C'mon UFA, you signed her in 2004 as a soloist, we've been patient. <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... dammit.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':sideways:' /> Also, woohoo! Inaba and Yukidon are safe!



I was kinda surprised that they dropped some of the best people in UFA to j.p.room, but was even more suprised to see Okada listed under Hello! Project. What do you guys think?



For reference, the full listing:



Male Talent (Sharan Q, Taisei, Hatake, Makoto)

Female Talent (Abe Natsumi, Iida Kaori, Ishikawa Rika, Inaba Atsuko, Ongaku Gatas, GATAS BRILLHANTES H.P., Konno Asami, Satoda Mai, Tsuji Nozomi, Nakazawa Yuko, Maeda Yuki, Matsuura Aya, Miyoshi Erika, Melon Kinenbi, Yaguchi Mari, Yasuda Kei, Yoshizawa Hitomi)

Sporting Personalities

Up-Front Sapporo (Sapporo Cerebies)

Hello! Project (Morning Musume, Berryz Koubou, Buono!, C-ute)

Hello! Project Kansai (Okada Yui, SI*NA)

Hello! Project Trainees (Hello! Pro Egg)

Itsuki Hiroshi Promotion

[sadude]

I'm confused. Aren't we supposed to be angry at some aspect of this? Somebody please let me know.

[neshcom]

[quote name='Prinny Squad' post='62545' date='Mar 20 2009, 02:40 PM']This makes Mano Erina the first active H!P artist to be under contract outside of Up-Front Agency, if I remember correctly.[/quote]

I don't understand this. You mean she's their only solo H!P-labeled artist?

[Prinny Squad]

[quote name='neshcom' post='62558' date='Mar 20 2009, 06:12 PM'][quote name='Prinny Squad' post='62545' date='Mar 20 2009, 02:40 PM']This makes Mano Erina the first active H!P artist to be under contract outside of Up-Front Agency, if I remember correctly.[/quote]

I don't understand this. You mean she's their only solo H!P-labeled artist?

[/quote]

I mean, she's the first H!P artist to not be signed to UFA.



[quote name='sadude' post='62552' date='Mar 20 2009, 05:29 PM']I'm confused. Aren't we supposed to be angry at some aspect of this? Somebody please let me know.[/quote]

Okada Yui didn't graduate, that cheap bitch <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... dammit.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':P' />



In reality this is more clarification of what's happened to everybody in H!P now that Elder Club is over. There's really not much to be outraged about.

[neshcom]

[quote name='Prinny Squad' post='62567' date='Mar 20 2009, 08:07 PM'][quote name='neshcom' post='62558' date='Mar 20 2009, 06:12 PM'][quote name='Prinny Squad' post='62545' date='Mar 20 2009, 02:40 PM']This makes Mano Erina the first active H!P artist to be under contract outside of Up-Front Agency, if I remember correctly.[/quote]

I don't understand this. You mean she's their only solo H!P-labeled artist?

[/quote]

I mean, she's the first H!P artist to not be signed to UFA.

[/quote]

But, isn't she still on the UFA website? She's even got a little single promotion on the homepage <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... hatthe.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':P' />

[koolmon]

[quote name='Prinny Squad' post='62567' date='Mar 20 2009, 05:07 PM']Okada Yui didn't graduate, that cheap bitch <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... dammit.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':P' />[/quote]

Technically, she's not H!P Kansai, it's Up-Front Kansai.



And that Erika picture was a part of the pictures taken for v-u-den's post graduation artist pictures.

[alita87]

Well I asked at the shop today and apparently all the current HP artists will still be sold at the Hello Project official shop, so none of the management moves seem that big a deal to me as they don't seem to mean anything in goods/activities wise.