(I’m starting to wonder if I’ll ever be able to catch up on the J-pop world. Even if I don’t, that’s okay…I guess.)

So the general consensus about “Hana wo Pu~n!” is that even if we hate it, some eight-year-old out there probably adores it - hell, we saw that video clip of a whole crowd of uncoordinated children doing the “pu~n” moves along with Koharu and Mai. Read more »

Posted: September 7th, 2007 under c-ute, h!p kids, hello! project, kira*pika, kirarin revolution, koharu kusumi, pv, single, wtf.
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Posted: August 19th, 2007 under 10th anniversary, asia 2007, hello! project, morning musume, pv, single, wtf.
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And the amount of knocked-up H!P members just grows and grows! Ayappe, Sayaka, Heike Michiyo, Tsuji…and now Iida! I woke up this morning on and on my early morning Internet check I discovered this little tidbit of news from Hello!Online. But I had school and therefore had to refrain from falling over in shock until now. Should we call her Knocked-Up Kaorin? I don’t know, it doesn’t have the same ring as Knocked-Up Nono.

Kaorin has released her official statement, but it’s not known yet if she’s coming back to H!P or music at all after this. I think she might, especially because of the 10 anniversary unit now…which reminds me, what are they going to do about that? I think they’re going to go the Tsuji route, but who’s going to replace her? I mean, isn’t the point of the 10th anniversary unit to show how the group was at its start? I’d love to see them toss Yuko and Kei in there, but they’re too old now, right? Because it’s supposed to have members representing the original five, from 13 - 24. Then again, that idea is kinda shot since I think Koharu’s 14 now and I know Kaorin’s 25. I would LOVE to see some more of Yuko or Kei-chan. They need more exposure, dammit.

I am going to cruelly and shamelessly yank this screencap from Cult of Pop to illustrate “Morning Granddaughters”…damn, haven’t the H!P girls ever heard of birth control? Condoms? Anything? I mean, I’m very excited for Kaorin and all but…God. And we thought Gocchin was the horny one. I can understand if they were married and were planning to have kids…but man. I guess it must be hard to keep your, er, needs under control if you’re in such an occupation, but come on, Iida, you’re 25 years old. Don’t say you don’t know what a condom is.

Posted: July 6th, 2007 under elder club, hello! project, morning musume, scandal, wtf.
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(After seeing the headline on IntlWota, The Gokkies Strike Back, I had to make a Star Wars reference. Perhaps this year could be, A New Hope For Fifth Gen.)

According to H!O, Konno Asami will be making her return to H!P, at least for a little while.

Konkon had mentioned before that she wanted to balance both H!P and her studies if possible. Apparently there have been a few conversations between her and UFA about it on several occasions, and so, she will return to the Gatas team. Gatas is also recording a single for Cirque de Soleil. I don’t know whether or not she’s going to fully return to H!P, or just Gatas. She’s going to give her time to school, though, if conflicts arise - so even if she does fully return, we probably won’t see that much of her. But hey, enough pessimism. This is a happy time!

She’ll be appearing on stage on July 17th, during the H!P Summer tour. (Hey, that’s my birthday! Good timing!)

…so, Mako, are you done studying English yet? Rumors have been circulating for a while that she’s back in Japan and popped up at Yossie’s grad concert. That would make my year, I swear. 2007 seems to be fifth gen’s year, and I am enjoying it fully. Not enough love goes to them. <3.

(Image from J-pop CD Art - oh, and Ray: I do like Hawaii. It’s just the humidity that bugs me. The heat is fine. And don’t worry, I’ll be back. Your Momoko money is safe! XD)

Posted: June 18th, 2007 under hello! project, morning musume, sotsugyou, wtf.
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(continued from the previous Koharu post.)

Looking at the cover of “Aruiteru” I realized, that was the second 8-nin lineup (yes, I realized this a little late. Shut up), the previous one being “LOVE MACHINE”. As a H!P fan, I am required to be a conspiracy theorist who must overanalyze all things to death.

The 8-nin of “LOVE MACHINE” spawned the LOVE MACHINE curse. There is obviously no blatant curse here, but is there a hidden, subtler, more evil one, spawned by the 8-nin of “Aruiteru”? One that connects the girls in the most twisted, malicious ways? Or something. Read more »

Posted: May 29th, 2007 under conspiracy theories, hello! project, koharu kusumi, miki fujimoto, morning musume, wtf.
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Do the scandals never stop? UFA says yes, but Friday (the magazine infamous for reporting scandals pertaining to our beloved idols) says no! Because according to them, Fujimoto Miki (and no, I will never decide on one way of ordering Japanese names) just spent three nights with a dude named Shouji Tomoharu. Yeah, I don’t know who he is, but he’s of the male gender so…um, yeah. Mikitty, have you been living under a rock? Read more »

Posted: May 24th, 2007 under gam, hello! project, miki fujimoto, morning musume, scandal, wtf.
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…Asami Abe? Natsumi Abe’s little sister? Uh. What? Read more »

Posted: May 15th, 2007 under ami tokito, asami abe, gyaruru, tnx, wtf.
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Okay, so no one really knows if it’s going to be in the summer or not. But Morning Musume doesn’t have a “Happy Insert-Season-Here Wedding” song, so I had to make do. And they’re getting it registered in the summer, so it’s kind of right…whatever. Shut up. Read more »

Posted: May 11th, 2007 under hello! project, morning musume, nono, scandal, tnx, w, wtf.
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Well, it’s been confirmed that Tsuji is getting married. Nothing on her pregnancy, though quite a few blogs and other sources are saying that the pregnancy too has been confirmed. UFA seems to be handling it pretty well, from what I’ve been reading. Nothing about a terminated contract. Tsuji is, however, withdrawing from her idol activities. Gyaruru will probably release that first single (assuming it’s done) and then lay low until Tsuji has her baby and the marriage is done and everything’s settled down…

Maybe it’s because she’s not dating the guy, she’s marrying him. She managed to keep their relationship under wraps for a while, they seem to have been going out for about two years…and well, after that, they’re going to get married. I don’t know if the company just likes Nono or what, but maybe they see it as more of a…I don’t really know how to put it. They seem to not like the girls dating guys (or at least being seen with them in public) but getting married seems to be just fine with them.

I can see why they would take her getting married better than her having a boyfriend. Boyfriends, too temporary and too damaging to the career for something that rarely lasts long once their relationship is out. Marriage is more serious. Then again, only a handful of famous marriages actually lasted. We’ll just have to wait and see…I hope Nono knows what she’s doing and her Bakajo days are behind her.

I don’t think her contract is going to be terminated. UFA would’ve said so already. So, I’m kinda excited about this. If this whole thing goes the way it seems to be going from here (though it rarely does) this will be the first kid born to an H!P idol that hasn’t left the business.

Posted: May 8th, 2007 under aibon, hello! project, morning musume, nono, scandal, tnx, w, wtf.
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Well. It seems that perhaps that spark of rivalry reminiscent of Morning Musumes past still exists: in the form of Tsuji and Kago trying to one up each other in the name of the “Scandal Musume.”

Kago, for those of you that have been living under a rock, recently got fired from H!P for smoking underage and then getting a 38-year-old boyfriend. But rumor has it that Tsuji has just outdone her by getting pregnant and planning a marriage with the supposed father - 26-year-old actor Sugiura Taiyo. Read more »

Posted: May 7th, 2007 under aibon, hello! project, morning musume, nono, scandal, tnx, w, wtf.
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