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The Kenshuusei participating in the Berryz Spring tour will be Taguchi, Ogawa, Ichioka, Kishimoto, Inoue, and Funaki.
 

 
The entire bottom row sans Ruru would be a super cute group.

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Fan recording of the evening Nagoya show.

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Yoshihashi, Nomura, Wada, Manaka, Niimuna, and Danbara will be the opening act for the MM tour.

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On 3/23 the KSS are releasing a DVD of unaired footage from their "Winter videos" (as in the Profiles they did for all of the ladies) and the making of and jacket shooting for Oheso no Kuni Kara Konnichiwa.
 
Also, they're releasing a CD as well as it's the same day as their "Bokutachi Karen na Shounen Gasshoudan" musical titled Karen na Gasshoudan.
 

 
1. Karen na Gasshoudan (可憐な合唱団)
2. Annie Laurie (アニーローリー)
3. Kikyuu ni Notte Dokomademo (気球にのってどこまでも)
 
This single might just be only for the 8 KSS participating in the musical, (Tanabe, Hamaura, Murota, Yamagishi, Kaga, Sasaki, Oura, Yamaki) and even then tracks 2 and 3 might be split between the pairings from the event as the Annie Laurie volume is by Tanabe, Murota, Oura, and Yamaki while Kikyuu is only Hamaura, Yamagishi, Kaga, and Sasaki.

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More Kenshuusei news, Hello! Project Kenshuusei Recital 2014 ~Spring Public Ability Diagnosis Test~ , 5/4 at Nakano Sun.
 
Each girl gets to perform one song and then there's a winner picked by the judges and a winner picked by the crowd. Tanabe Nanami won the fan vote last year and got a solo at the following Nama Tamago. Wada Sakurako won the judge vote, but... didn't get anything. I hope they change that this year because I do think the judge's vote winner should get a solo too.

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Backstage footage of Rie's last day as a kenshuusei.

[Banana]

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Wada Sakurako won the judge vote, but... didn't get anything. I hope they change that this year because I do think the judge's vote winner should get a solo too.
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I think they should, too, but I can't say I'm sorry that Wada Sakurako didn't get a solo. I have no idea why they picked her. 

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Wada Sakurako won the judge vote, but... didn't get anything. I hope they change that this year because I do think the judge's vote winner should get a solo too.
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I think they should, too, but I can't say I'm sorry that Wada Sakurako didn't get a solo. I have no idea why they picked her. 
 
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Yeah, she's terrible at singing, but I still felt bad for her. Nanami was guaranteed to win the fan vote last year and I have no doubt in my mind she'll get it again this year, so I want the other girls to still have a chance at a solo.

[Shoujo Q]

I wouldn't be too sure that Nanami is a shoe in to win. The KKS have been promoting themselves  on TV and YouTube and all those shows, I expect a different outcome. But I guess that all depends on the fans there that day too.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXZNWcjYsag
 
Here's the full version of their Karen na Gasshoudan single.  I kind of like the arrangement, but those high notes kill me sometimes lol.  I noticed in the two performances we've had...they switch up who sings the part....it's hard to tell who sings what in the CD version sadly lol

[Banana]

All the solo lines were sung by Nanami and Ayano (I think). 

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All the solo lines were sung by Nanami and Ayano (I think). 
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Yeah, I would bet the true solos are just Tanapyon and Hamachan (plus they have easy voices to point out).  Though the other 6 are hard because there's duet lines all over the place and the whole Annie Laurie ver. and Kikyuu ver. from Harosute threw me off.

[Anderei]

Ayano, Mizuki, Rio, Riko and Maria will be the opening and challenge act for C-ute's spring concert tour.

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June Nama Tamago dates were put up.
 
6/1 in Nagoya.
6/7 in Tokyo.
6/14 in Osaka.
 
Will Juice=Juice ever graduate from the kenshuusei? Probably not.

[Elpis]

^ Juice=Juice is probably going to graduate someday, I read somewhere (maybe it was here) that they were still with the Kenshuusei because they didn't have enough songs to perform on their own yet or something. 

[Anderei]

I think the more likely reason is that they're using the Nama Tamago concerts for handshake events. They've done quite a few after some of them.

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Everyone but Fuyuka will be participating in the recital.
 
She missed the last concert as well.

[momoirosaya]

That's how it starts. Oh well, I was never into her anyways, I wish her well in her future endeavors though!

[Anderei]

They never gave a reason for her last absence. I'm assuming it's due to illness. I'm not sure she's physically capable of being an idol right now.

[momoirosaya]

They usually don't give reasons when they leave, they just stop attending stuff. Especially in Fuyuka's case they would have said whether she was ill or taking a break.

[Anderei]

No, I mean no reason for why she missed the last concert. Her profile is still up.

[momoirosaya]

Yeah I know, I meant that too. When they leave, they don't give reasons as to why they are absent from events. Their profiles usually stay up a while, and the only reason we know they've left it because after a couple months they delete it. Same with like Okamuun, or Mogi. This case just seems to follow a similar pattern.

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So we finally got the setlist for their upcoming Test Recital: http://www.up-fc.jp/helloproject/member/egg/recital_2014spring.php#003
 
1. Kanojo ni Naritai!!! - All
2. SHALL WE LOVE? (Gomattou) - Kaga
3. Onna to Otoko no Lullaby Game (Morning Musume) - Yamaki
4. 100kai no KISS (Aya Matsuura) - Taguchi
5. Bagel ni Ham & Cheese (C-ute) - Yokogawa
6. Otona na no yo! (Berryz Kobo) - Inoue
7. Happy Summer Wedding (Morning Musume) - Makino
8. Tabidachi no Haru ga Kita (S/mileage) - Fujii
9. Daisuki 100 Manten (Morning Musume - Niinuma
10. Bagel ni Ham & Cheese (C-ute) - Tanabe
11. Nanchatte Renai (Morning Musume) - Haga
12. Sakura Mankai (MM Sakuragumi) - Ogawa
13. Samidare Bijo ga Samidareru (Juice=Juice) - Mikame
14. Yakimochi wo Kudasai! (Berryz Kobo) - Hamaura
15. REAL LOVE (Berryz...but Risako solo) - Kishimoto
16. Jishin Motte Yume wo Motte Tobitatsu Kara (Ai Takahashi) - Ichioka
17. Memory Seishun no Hikari (Morning Musume) - Danbara
18. Suki-chan (S/mileage) - Inaba
19. DESTINY LOVE (High-King) - Funaki
20. Kiseki no Kaori Dance. (Aya Matsuura) - Sasaki
21. My Days for You (Erina Mano) - Nomura
22. Naichau Kamo (Morning Musume) - Yoshihashi
23. Suppin to Namida. (Maki Goto) - Oura
24. Memory Seishun no Hikari (Morning Musume) - Murota
25. Boogie Train '03 (Miki Fujimoto) - Wada
26. Aitai Aitai Aitai na (C-ute) - Yamagishi
27. dearest. (Aya Matsuura) - Tanaka
28. Kacchoii Uta (all)
29. Oheso no Kuni Kara Konnichiwa (all)
30. Ten Made Nobore! (all)
 
I quite like the setlist....interesting to see Murotan and Danbara both doin MSnH and Yokogawa and Tanapyon doing Bagel.....but I'm really interested in hearing many of these songs....and wow Funaki...random to see a High-King song that isn't C\C XD (though Kioku no Meiro is a better choice XD)

[Anderei]

A lot of really interesting choices. Quite a few of the weaker singers are doing some more difficult songs, so it'll be interesting to see how they pull them off. I think I'm looking forward most do Ogawa and Wada just because I love the songs they chose.

[Purin-chama]

Battle of Memory Seishun? I'm excited to hear both of them. 

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Three new kenshuusei. I can't post photos but here are their names:


相川茉穂 -- Aikawa Maho.

竹村未羽 -- Takemura Miu.

斎藤夏奈 -- Saitou Kana.

[Mezumiiru]

Here are the photos ^__^
 
Aikawa Maho

 
Takemura Miu

 
Saitou Kana

[momoirosaya]

They all look like Riho. In fact, I thought Maho was Riho at first glance. Kana is like Majisuka era Riho, or Nakanishi Kana and Riho's love child.

[sayu1991]

Oh my god. Kana looks exactly like Riho did when she first joined. It's so eerie!

[Anderei]

I sort of see it. But I think if you compared 2011 Riho to Kana, you'd definitely be able to tell them apart. And in her video a lot of the resemblance disappears and she definitely looks more like Nakanishi.
 
Anyway, intro vids for them are out.
 
Aikawa Maho (15)
Takemura Miu (13)
Saitou Kana (12)
 
Miu looks a teensy bit like Saho Akari to me.