And yupp, I will start once again. My previous years:
2019,
2018 (December),
2018 (January),
2016
Overall ranking:
1. Kanazawa Tomoko (-)
2. Haga Akane (-)
3. Yokoyama Reina (-)
4. Takeuchi Akari (8)
5. Dambara Ruru (-)
6. Takagi Sayuki (?)
7. Kishimoto Yumeno (6)
8. Hirai Miyo (?)
9. Kamikokuryo Moe (7)
10. Kasahara Momona (?)
- - -
45. Fukumura Mizuki (57)
46. Tamenaga Shion (new)
47. Morito Chisaki (58)
48. Satoyoshi Utano (?)
49. Onoda Saori (54)
50. Hashisako Rin (?)
51. Tanimoto Ami (55)
52. Yamagishi Riko (62)
53. Niinuma Kisora (61)
54. Oota Haruka (60)
I'm not exactly sure how Kassa went up there to 10th place, but hey, I take it. She's been working it. Overall maybe Funakki should have been up there, but I realized just now that neither Funakki nor Karin are in the sorter. Probably would have gone to Funakki otherwise.
So yeah, pretty much everybody who has graduated is not in the sorter, which also means no Murotan or Kobushi.
When it comes to the last 10 I think it's a bit unfair to Shion, Utano and Rin, I feel like I only got them once or twice in the sorter. I don't hate them. I do dislike the others, though.
Rankings in groups
I did look at my sorter for this, but I have adjusted a few of them to my own liking.
And, as always, I'm gonna use my coloured ranking:
Like a lot -
like -
okay -
don't care -
go away
Morning Musume. '20
1. Haga Akane (-)
2. Yokoyama Reina (-)
3. Kitagawa Rio (-)
4. Yamazaki Mei (8)
5. Makino Maria (-)
6. Ishida Ayumi (7)
7. Okamura Homare (4)
8. Kaga Kaede (6)
9. Sato Masaki (10)
10. Oda Sakura (11)
11. Ikuta Erina (9)
12. Nonaka Miki (-)
13. Fukumura Mizuki (-)
14. Morito Chisaki (-)
There's a few things that come to mind when looking at this. First of all, Masaki is slowly going up there. Second of all, while I am tired of most 11th gen and older members, I don't mind Ayumi that much - I do think she's way over her prime, but I still like her better than the others.
Mei and Homare pretty much switched, but I really like both. And while Ikuta went down by one, I don't dislike her either.
While I am happy for Miki to finally get some attention I also don't really like her. I don't know. She's shy, that's okay, but you should break out after being shy for 6 years.
ANGERME
1. Takeuchi Akari (3)
2. Kamikokuryo Moe (-)
3. Funaki Musubu (6)
4. Kasahara Momona (7)
5. Matsumoto Wakana (new)
6. Sasaki Rikako (5)
7. Murota Mizuki (10)
8. Kawamura Ayano (9)
9. Ise Layla (8)
10. Kawana Rin (new)
11. Tamenaga Shion (new)
12. Hashisako Rin (11)
13. Oota Haruka
Guess who's ready for Wakana?
While a lot of them have changed positions it's not really much, usually only one or two steps. I did add Funakki, Murotan and Oota manually. And yeah, Oota was not a loss for me at all, sorry. The jury is still out on Hashi-Rin. I don't know what to make of her.
Juice=Juice
1. Kanazawa Tomoko (-)
2. Dambara Ruru (4)
3. Takagi Sayuki (5)
4. Uemura Akari (6)
5. Miyamoto Karin (8)
6. Inaba Manaka (10)
7. Matsunaga Riai (-)
8. Inoue Rei (new)
9. Kudo Yume (-)
I'm not feeling Rei in Juice. It's probably because she has not performed with them that much yet, because in the beginning I didn't feel Yanamin either. (By the way, can you believe last year this ranking still had Yuka and Yanamin? Crazy, I know. Because of this not much has changed actually, just remember that Yuka was my 2nd last year and Yanamin my 3rd lol).
I kind of found some new respect for Karin, and I finally realized that Manaka is still a damn good performer. Riai and Yume are a bit too green for now - especially Yume, who seems too bouncy for Juice, at least to me.
I could add
Kobushi here, but, eh. It's been pretty much the same ranking forever. Hirose, Nomura, Inoue, Wada, Hamaura. There.
Sad they're gone, sadder they had to go without audience. Good for Ayapan to start her solo career, hope Sakurako is happy in normal life, kind of think Hamachan made a mistake with leaving Up Front, bummed that Minami is stuck in limbo and... yeah, not feeling Rei in Juice yet, as said.
Tsubaki Factory
1. Kishimoto Yumeno (-)
2. Ogata Risa (-)
3. Akiyama Mao (4)
4. Ono Mizuho (3)
5. Asakura Kiki (-)
6. Onoda Saori (-)
7. Tanimoto Ami (-)
8. Yamagishi Riko (9)
9. Niinuma Kisora (8)
"Why the hell is Risa still up there?"
Don't get me wrong: What she did was dumb. But it was also one of the most interesting things to ever come out of this group! Other than that this all broke down towards the end of the year, and for the rest she was still doing fine.
I honestly don't care for half of the group. They could pull a Kobushi and continue the group as 5 and they would be
better. I mean okay, Risa won't come back so they'd still have to keep Saori I guess.
Fine, then.
Beyooooonds
1. Hirai Miyo (2)
2. Takase Kurumi (1)
3. Kobayashi Honoka (6)
4. Okamura Minami (5)
5. Kiyono Momohime (11)
6. Shimakura Rika (9)
7. Nishida Shiori (3)
8. Yamazaki Yuhane (7)
9. Maeda Kokoro (4)
10. Ichioka Reina (-)
11. Eguchi Saya (8)
12. Satoyoshi Utano (-)
Ranking Beyooooonds is a mess lol. Kurumi was a fave of mine from the start, and I really enjoyed Miyo's singing this year (and dancing of course). Honoka and Mii shined during the Beyooooonds' School during the lockdown imo. I still like the others, I honestly don't dislike anyone here. Beyooooonds is one of the best balanced groups in H!P ever.