Hello! Project

M wrote:http://home.comcast.net/~all2baka5/ai_araba_wallpaper_mm.jpg

Takitty blooks cute with her hair not tied up in a babyponytail :)

today,nacchi's gone out of morning musume :( (that was today right?)

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this may be a ways back, but about the prizes awarded in the tokyo sports fest, nono's prize was not a piece of cardboard. it was a gift card for 2950 yen. and just like over here(north america) with the gift check prizes, its a huge one. just for show, so that many people can see and possibly read what it says.

the pillows that ayaya & co got were snoopy pillows. im guessing snoopy is quite popular.

Nacchi's Graduation...... :mecry:

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This is Nacchi's final Momusu stage *CRIES*
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Just those news clips of nacchi's goodbye is enough to bring tears to my eyes :mecry: The concert is gonna be hard to get through...

i just started watching a few of the surprise english lessons. Gomaki is so cute in them. and she has such good pronounciation even though she denies! anyone disagree?

(i don't have all of the lessons yet, but how big is the entire thing altogether(i hope its at most 2GB)? i think this is going to be one of my primary ways to learn japanese.)

M <on page 3> wrote:Here are a few messages written for the New Year by different members of Hello Project.

Inaba Atsuko:
I want 2004 to be a <<truncated message>>

anyone have a larger version of this mag scan?

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dyu guys kno the radio drama that rika and hitomi are in? i just read the synopsis of the pre-story setting. sound pretty interestingly funny. here's the site. http://www.eternal-white.net/kakkee/index2.html go to the media link located on the right side.
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hmm.. .. how do you capture images from avi and mpg and other video files?
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anyone have a list of the songs from the Haru Matsu Ring Pink 2003 Concert?
i only know a few of them..
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is nacchi staying in H!P?
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now that i've seen more of those english lessons, i wonder who has the best english pronounciation.. ..

is Paint It Gold a worthwhile disc to dl?

Sie_Kensou wrote:is Paint It Gold a worthwhile disc to dl?

Do you really need to ask if its worthwhile to dl?? Its not like its huge...maybe that question should be phrased as "...a worthwhile disc to buy?". IMO its an ok cd just slightly better than Ayaya's X3.

To try and get over the Nacchi blues, lets make this thread bigger than the other mega gallery threads :D

Haven't fully introduced all the H!P groups yet so lets continue with Country Musume.

Originally concieved as a group with "girls from Hokkaido" theme.

1st Gen Country Musume
Hiromi Yanagihara, Rinne Toda, Azusa Kobayashi
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Tragically, after only 1 single release Hiromi died in a car accident and Azusa then soon left the group leaving only Rinne. Rinne stuck it out for a while as Country Musume solo.

2nd Gen Country Musume
Rinne Toda
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In 2000, a new member Asami Kimura would join to make Country Musume a duet.

Asami Kimura
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3rd Gen Country Musume
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In 2001, Rika Ishikawa from Morning Musume would join the group temporary to make it more popular. Rika wasn't from Hokkaido but she wasn't a permanent member.

Rika Ishikawa
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4th Gen Country Musume ni Ishikawa Rika
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In 2002, they would get another member in Mai Satoda.

Mai Satoda
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5th Gen Country Musume ni Ishikawa Rika
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In late 2002, the last 1st gen member Rinne Toda would graduate not only from Country Musume but from Hello! Project as well.

6th Gen Country Musume ni Ishikawa Rika
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In 2003, Country Musume experienced a big change in their lineup. First would be a new member, Miuna Saitou who was not from Hokkaido then Rika would leave the group but 2 other Morning Musume girls would take her place, Asami Konno and Miki Fujimoto who were both from Hokkaido.

Thus we come to the current Country Musume generation.

Miuna Saitou
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Asami Konno
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Miki Fujimoto
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7th Gen Country Musume ni Fujimoto to Konno
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about the twin pairs, i would say not only Ai and Nozomi, but there was(maybe still is even though she's gone..) a time when i couldn't identify Miki and Natsumi..

Coconuts Musume theme is girls from Hawaii.


1st Gen Coconuts Musume
Ayaka Kimura, Mika Todd, Danielle Delaunay, April Barbaran and Chelsea Ching
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Mid 1999, April and Chelsea left the group. They were finding it hard not being able to speak japanese. An audition was held to replace them and 1 new girl joined the group, Lehua Sandbo.

2nd Gen Coconuts Musume
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In early 2001, Danielle left the group because she too felt it was too hard not being able to speak Japanese.

3rd Gen Coconuts Musume
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Finally, in early 2002 Lehua left the group to continue her studies back in Hawaii. That left the group with only Mika and Ayaka as the current generation, both are fluent in Japanese and English. However, its been 2 years since their last single so Coconuts Musume is effectively dead although Mika and Ayaka are both still active in various groups like Mini Moni and Romans and they perform as Coconuts Musume at various H!P concerts.

4th Gen Coconuts Musume
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Tragically, after only 1 single release Hiromi died in a car accident and Azusa then soon left the group leaving only Rinne. Rinne stuck it out for a while as Country Musume solo.

died?How? :(

valle wrote:

Tragically, after only 1 single release Hiromi died in a car accident and Azusa then soon left the group leaving only Rinne. Rinne stuck it out for a while as Country Musume solo.

died?How? :(

Um I did say how, in a car accident. :(

in all the mini moni pics, i always find it hard to fit Mika in the pictures.. .. i find it hard to see the "Little kid cuteness" in her.however, i think she fit perfectly in the song which i believe is called "Crazy About You". its the song in the tokyo sports fest.

o yeah. ruroshin. what group is the one with the four cowgirls? at first, i thought that was country musume.. i didn't pay attention to their group name when they went tho..

Sie_Kensou wrote:is Paint It Gold a worthwhile disc to dl?

NO IT'S NOT A WORTHWHILE ALBUM TO DOWNLOAD.

IT IS A WORTHWHILE ALBUM TO BUY.

Buy! Support Maki!

so its good right?

and does anyone know a good place either online or [if you live in Toronto (Ontario, Canada) a good place in Greater Toronto Area] to buy the "Girl Diary" that Ayaya starred in. (i also want to know which of Ayaya's first two albums i should buy.. TWO or First Kiss)

Sie_Kensou wrote:in all the mini moni pics, i always find it hard to fit Mika in the pictures.. .. i find it hard to see the "Little kid cuteness" in her.

Mika ain't cute. She's HOT.

Sometimes I wonder about Tsunku's stupid decisions. And how he tries to fit a girl into a certain image which totally backfires. Look at Mika in Coconuts Musume! Down right hot! And look at her in Telephone Rin Rin Rin, Hina Matsuri, RoknRoll, Kazoe Uta.... Darn that Tsunku :crazy:

Another perfect example would be Risa Niigaki. Again, Tsunku tries to potray her as the cute little pigtail girl which she isn't. Risa's NOT AT ALL CUTE; SHE'S COOL. Try to imagine Risa in a rock-ish outfit, wearing an icy smirk instead of that stupid toothy grin. (Sorry I don't like her smile, and I'd say she's look 100000X better without smiling widely.) Man, that would be totally cool!!

Sie_Kensou wrote:so its good right?

and does anyone know a good place either online or [if you live in Toronto (Ontario, Canada) a good place in Greater Toronto Area] to buy the "Girl Diary" that Ayaya starred in. (i also want to know which of Ayaya's first two albums i should buy.. TWO or First Kiss)

1) Actually I don't really like Maki's albums, I prefer her singles, but I'm a fan of Maki so I'd buy even the lousiest album she can come up with. But I do like Genshoku GAL & Scramble when they came out earlier, and Daite yo! ain't half bad.... I don't like Uwasa no Sexy Guy though.

2) Try searching in cdjapan, yesasia, or other online shops etc.

3) Um, I believe T.W.O has had better success in sales (if I remember correctly) but I personally prefer First Kiss.

i think Risa isn't that bad when she smiles, but maybe she does belong in a slightly more alternative style of music than pop. but i say her smile is fine. i don't think her smile and her ponytail styles are because of Tsunku. i think she just likes that style.

cute but not exactly cute. she's Risa.. i can't say anything else. but then yeah.. i still think Mika belongs in mini moni, but i think she's in there because she's fluent in english.. and its for having some english lyrics within some songs that she is in mini moni..

[off topic from H!P stuff]: i don't know much about Retro G-Style, but i think they fit their group. they also have a non-japanese person in their group.