Today's Smile #16: Fukumura Mizuki

Good morning, wise readers!

Happy Adventurous Monday! (^_^)

Today's Smile is the gentle Fukumura Mizuki!

Mizu-pon

One of the 9th generation of the japanese idol Morning Musume.

Today's Smile #15:

Good evening, peeps!

Today's Smile of ♀ Kindness Enters You ♂ is. . .

Murakami Megumi

C-ute's ex-member - Murakami Megumi!

Today's Smile #14: It's Love-chan!

Today's Smile is. . . Ai-chan! (^.^)

Takahashi Ai

Today's Smile #13: Gaki-san!

Good morning, wise readers!

How do you do?

The internet server in my campus been quite poor lately.

Hidayuki wasn't able to update. o( >_<)o

But no worries, Niigaki Risa is here to cheer me on.

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Gaki-san!

Gaki-san sugoi!

Today's Smile #12 : S/mileage Leader!

Good evening, guys.

How do you do?

Hidayuki have been a bit busy the whole week.

Sorry for not updating. (>.<)

Anyway, here is Today's Smile : S/mileage's leader - Wada Ayaka (Dawa)!

Dawa (S/mileage)

I planned to post a picture of the original members of S/mileage.

But when I saw this picture,

I fell in love.

Haha.

Ganbatte, Dawa! 

I missed S/mileage! (T^T)

[repost] Today's Smile #11 : Kitahara Sayaka

I posted this before but it seems like the picture has been removed. . .

But no worries, my friends. ( ^ __ ^ )

Here's another smile from Kitahara-san!

Kitahara Sayaka

Have a pleasant evening.

Today's Smile #11 : Kitahara Sayaka

Good morning, wise readers!

Ohayou gozaimasu. ( ^ __ ^ )

Happy Sunday!

On this beautiful morning, Hidayuki presents you. . .

Today's smile - Kitahara Sayaka

Enjoy your weekend!

H!P Members on Kreko!

Konbanwa, everyone!

Motosuwa Hidayuki desu.

Nee.. today,

I bought a magazine.

Kreko Issue #10 (April 1st, 2012)

It is a Malaysian magazine of japanese comics and infos about japan.

And guess what?

I got a poster of Hello! Project!

There Tanaka Reina (Morning Musume.), Shimizu Saki (Berrys Kobo), Fukuda Kanon (S/mileage) and Suzuki Airi (C-ute).

Right now, I can only give you the preview from other site.

I'll scan and upload it here later!

Matte ne! (-^_^-)

Motosuwa Hidayuki

April 7th, 2012

Sudden announcement: ~S/mileage's Ogawa Saki's Graduation~

Good morning, everyone!
This is Hidayuki.


Right now, it's 0948, and I'm in lecture class. So, I was opening my e-mail inbox... I saw something: OGAWA SAKI TO GRADUATE FROM HELLO PROJECT AND S/MILEAGE.

Owh my goodness!!! >(*o*)<

Ogawa Saki

I do not believe this! It's too sudden. To ensure this myself, I visited S/mileage Official Site here: http://s-mileage.jp/info/2945 and Google Translate the news. It is sad... but it's true. Sakitty will graduate from Hello! Project and S/mileage. There is still no furthur news about this. I don't really understand japanese, but I do understand the news:

小川紗季は8月27日に名古屋　東別院ホールで行われる『有頂天LOVE』ライブイベントを
もって、スマイレージ及び、ハロー！プロジェクトを卒業する事をご報告させて頂きます。


Translation: "Ogawa Saki, by August 27th during UCHOUTEN LOVE Live Event to be held at Higashibetsuin Hall, Nagoya, will make an announcement regarding her graduation from S/mileage and Hello! Project."




I like Saki~ this is too sudden. (T^T) However, as a fan, I will support her decision.
ganbare, Saki chan!

Mano Erina in Young Gangan Nº13

   
   

Michishige Sayumi & Mami of SCANDAL

Buono! – “Natsu DAKARA!” Tracklist

(from Hello! SayuNii Blog - thanks!)

Regular Edition (CD)

01. Natsu DAKARA!

02. Ice Mermaid

03. Natsu DAKARA! (Instrumental)

Limited Edition A (CD+DVD)

CD

Same tracklist

DVD

Natsu Dakara! (3Shot Lip ver.Sofa)

Limited Edition B (CD+DVD)

CD

Same tracklist

DVD

Natsu dakara! (3Shot Lip ver.white)

The tracklist for the 3 editions of Buono!’s 12th single titled Natsu DAKARA! has been released.

First of all, I’m really surprised to see that the tracklist to all editions have been released since we usually only get the regular edition’s tracklist first followed by the Limited Edition’s, and it’s nonetheless a very pleaant surprise since with the absence of covers, we can set the single in a general theme.

The c/w song for this single seems to have yet another interesting title, just like the title of JUICY H@EART or Runaway Train which just makes me want to hear the song right away, and it’s a total contrast with the main song’s title since Natsu (Summer) and Ice Mermaid clash a bit, although mermaids usually live in the sea and the mention of the sea makes us think of summer…

Apart the very mysterious and appealing title of the c/w song, we can start speculating about what the PV will be like, and from the 2 different shots in each Limited Edition, we can say that it will have various scenes, one on a sofa most probably and the second one being a bit too vague to guess, but I just hope that even with this addition, there will be a dance shot to compensate the lack of dance Zassou no Uta had.

Overall, It’s the first time I ever get excited for a single by the tracklist alone so hopefully anyone who hadn’t made their mind yet can pre-order a copy!

The release date is set for 7/20.

Neowing page about Regular Edition

Neowing page about Limited A Edition

Neowing page about Limited B Edition

Berryz Koubou & C-ute Nakayoshi Battle Fall Concert Tour 2011

(from Hello! SayuNii Blog - thanks!)

A second joint concert for Berryz Koubou and C-ute temptatively titled Berryz koubou & C-ute Nakayoshi Battle Fall Concert Tour 2011 has been announced.

I was very surprised when I saw the announcement since I didn’t expect to see (C-ute specially) have another joint concert, but after getting the idea, I am really excited about this since their first Berryz Kamen -vs- Cutie Ranger joint concert was a total success thanks to the awesome chemistry that both groups have.

Even though there is no mention about bringing back Berryz Kamen and Cutie Ranger (which seems logical due to the fact that the member’s number in each group was 7 at the time, and now they are down to 7 Berryz and 5 C-ute), the mention of a “battle” still puts hopes up for another new and excentric theme that the concert tour could have to use the member’s personalities and energy.

With that announcement, Berryz and C-ute will have 2 upcoming works together, which are the Gekidan Gekiharo stage play and this battle concert tour, so this is an amazing opportunity for fans to check out the 2 groups perform again together, and hopefully everyone who attended the first concert tour will attend this one too since there is no doubt that it will be an amazing event.

Overall, I’m really excited about finally seeing C-ute and Berryz perform together again since they are all after all from the talented H!P Kids and since they worked together once on a similar project, I recommend everyone in the area to attend since you won’t be deceived by the energy and power these groups put in during their concerts.

Hopefully more details will be out soon to get ourselves in the theme that the concert tour will have.

Here are the announced dates so far:

Date	Venue	Concert starts
10/22	NHK Osaka Hall (Osaka)	15:00 / 18:30
10/23	NHK Osaka Hall (Osaka)	14:00 / 18:00
11/03	Ichikawa-shi Bunka Kaikan (Chiba)	15:00 / 18:30
11/05	Nakano Sunplaza (Tokyo)	15:00 / 18:30
11/06	Nakano Sunplaza (Tokyo)	14:00 / 18:00
11/20	Aichi Chukyo Daigaku Bunka Shimin Kaikan Aurora Hall (Aichi)	15:00/18:30

Suzuki Airi – “Kibun Tenkan” DVD Cover

(from Hello! SayuNii Blog - thanks!)

The DVD cover for Suzuki Airi’s 4th solo DVD titled Kibun Tenkan (Change of Mood/Pace) has been released.

First of all, I have to say that I was blown away by the picture used in the cover since it does seem to fit the title of the DVD, where we get to see Airi posing in a very charming way on the sand with her eyes closed and a hand held up to her head which is slightly turned towards the beach and the title.

Even though the cover doesn’t have a dramatical change in it’s aspect like the title suggested, it still is a very nice improvement since the pose shows how Airi has grown since her last solo release and the overall calm setting matches the PBs perfectly since they both also have a calm and serene theme.

The title of the PB is kind of cheesy since it’s written in a very flat font in pink, but it still looks good overall since it fills the space and has a reflect of Airi’s bikini (both having a shade of pink), and her name is written on the bottom left corner in pink too.

Overall, I really am impressed with how this cover turned out to be since it’s a very nice way to bring out the title and showing off Airi, with an amazing setting to complete the look.

Hopefully everyone can purchase a copy to support Airi in her solo releases, and hopefully more details about her 5th solo DVD will be out soon.

The release date is set for 7/10.

H!P official page about product

Michishige Sayumi in DE View

Sayumi - taken from the CBC radio station.

C-ute in Tha Daily Yomiuri newspaper

Three members of the band º C-ute appear in an article in the Daily Yomiuri newspaper in English and also a picture of young fans of the topic who do cover Dance de BAKOON! 

Mano Erina in FRIDAY magazine

  

Michishige Sayumi & Reina in De View

ºC-ute in Yanyan Vol. 20 magazine

  
 

Mano Erina in FRIDAY magazine

In the release of her 3rd photobook, Mano Erina was featured in FRIDAY magazine. There are previews of a few photos from the PB. Check it out!