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maki cut her hair even shorter!! :D She looked so great~!~!!

I like to watch MM for their costumes :mrgreen: but ya, the shiny dresses are a little too... kiddy? :sweat: But the white dresses in the performance with Goto Maki are good. Nice and sweet. :)

Bedi wrote:

Do you know the release dates ;) ?

Sorry, but no <I'm not too sure of the dates>

Meanwhile, here's Ayaya X3 album covers to enjoy (while I do some more research on the PB release dates)

First Press
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Original Press
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Ayaya wishes you a HAPPY NEW YEAR!! ‚ ‚¯‚Ü‚µ‚Ä‚¨‚ß‚Å‚Æ‚¤‚²‚´‚¢‚Ü‚·B
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X3 Wallpaper
http://all2baka5.home.comcast.net/X3wallpaper.jpg
http://img8.photobucket.com/albums/v26/hiatuslacuna/x3_cover.jpg

More MAKI Kouhaku screencaps:

http://jdeazy2.home.comcast.net/caps/kouhaku1.jpg
http://jdeazy2.home.comcast.net/caps/kouhaku2.jpg
http://jdeazy2.home.comcast.net/caps/kouhaku3.jpg
http://jdeazy2.home.comcast.net/caps/kouhaku4.jpg
http://www.pyxz.com/users/1044386107//MakiRedClothesKouhaku.jpg

MM

http://img7.photobucket.com/albums/v21/ahcheungape/1072873663.jpg
http://img7.photobucket.com/albums/v21/ahcheungape/1072878642.jpg
http://img7.photobucket.com/albums/v21/ahcheungape/1072890161.jpg
http://img7.photobucket.com/albums/v21/ahcheungape/1072873646.jpg
http://img7.photobucket.com/albums/v21/ahcheungape/1072900815.jpg

WOW they are so huge and good quality :applaud: Thx
This thread becomes my favourite with all the nice piccies and infos :thumbsup:
Thanks to everyone attaching :jumpie:

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With the hope that some ppl still haven't got it or maybe were waiting to watch some Ayaka's Surprise English lesson to better their English already ;) I upped this one for you:

Ayaka's Surprise English Lesson! - Tsuji (Disneyland) (Not public anymore, If you missed to get it pm me)

It's even more funnier if you understand the Japanese parts as well (would say the Japanes parts are in easy Japanese, kind of JLPT level 4 :) ) But of course it's enjoyable without knowing Japanese as well so hope you :yell: ENJOY Let's see if you get the Engrish part :P (Too bad they used Engrish in a English Lesson :mad: )

Info:
- Orig. Filename - Ayaka's Surprise English Lesson! - Tsuji [ Disneyland ] (can't upload it with that name, so may you rename it later if you want)
- Size: 26 mb
- Duration: 2,35 min
- Member: Nozomi Tsuji
- Theme: What would you like to do if you had a free day tomorrow?

Note: Please don't link this file from other boards or other homepages! Feel free to give the link to a few friends if you think they would like it but please don't spread it everywhere you can (like posting in IRC Chans, Chats etc.) Thanks

Bedi wrote:WOW they are so huge and good quality :applaud: Thx
This thread becomes my favourite with all the nice piccies and infos :thumbsup:
Thanks to everyone attaching :jumpie:

My pleasure :)

Morning Musume with SMAP doing a medley of their songs :D


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yeah!that performance was so funny...nakai from SMAP who was screaming HO~ra ikou ze :P :hehe:
hitomi also looked great during the video,i find her becoming more mature qua looks :applaud:
PS,this video is available in a good quality on JDeazy's tracker

It was funny to see SMAP perform jankenpyon and also when Nakai stole Rika's lines during The Peace :hehe:

Didn't know there were hardcore momusu fans in this forum. I'm a big fan of old school momusu ie when Yuko was there. Nacci is leaving end of this month. Expect lots of crying in the final concert. :)

On a jdorama note, currently watching Local News Section 3. Kago and Kaori play supporting roles as sisters. Both can't act well but Kago definitely knows how to act kawaii. How do you guys think is the best actress in HP? Based on the few (horrible) Momusu movies and a few jdramas (Yanpapa, Gokusen, Local News Section3), I'd have to guess Nacci. :)

Btw, just been announced that Kago and Tsuji are graduating next. http://www.nikkansports.com/ns/entertainment/f-et-tp0-040103-0014.html

"Tsuji and Kago will graduate in summer to form a new unit.
It was announced during todays concert.

The graduation will be after the summer concert tour.

It also ays that with the loss of Abe Natsumi and Tsuji Kago it will be a hard year for morning musume."

Credit to Momusu board at jpopmusic.com

Morning Musume with SMAP doing a medley of their songs

Watched it today, really enjoyable show ! I think some of the MM songs even sounds a way better together with the SMAP boys, e.g. Mr. Moonlight :applaud:

Btw, just been announced that Kago and Tsuji are graduating next. http://www.nikkansports.com/ns/entertainment/f-et-tp0-040103-0014.html

"Tsuji and Kago will graduate in summer to form a new unit.
It was announced during todays concert.

The graduation will be after the summer concert tour.

It also ays that with the loss of Abe Natsumi and Tsuji Kago it will be a hard year for morning musume."

Credit to Momusu board at jpopmusic.com

:shakehead: Oh no :shakehead: Whats going on ?_? That are bad news :mecry: Would be nice if people who get more news from Japan about this could post here as well :shakehead:

after the leave of kago and tsuji,if hitomi and/or mikitty leave, my liking for mm will stop i think

Yeah I hope its not true and somebody just got it wrong and its just a sub group forming not them actually leaving :(

I'm trying to download the 20040103 haromoni sp now, maybe they'll have something in there about it.

I read it in the morning musume us IRC chan now

!!!Tsujikago to graduate from MM in the summer, form own group!!!

In one way :mecry: because I also think that my interest in MM generally will be more less without them (as I mentioned before they are my favourite duo of MM) but in some way it's nice that they create something new, especially the two of them :hug: Maybe wont be that bad (just imagine the two would totally disappear :drink: :drooling: )
Even if I would prefer them to stay of course I'm relieved that they create their own thing and wont stop goofing.

With the twins graduating that means we'll lose 3 momusu girls this year!


Heres a tribute to the girls from when they started to now.
credit: Some of the info is taken from jpop.com

It all started at the Asayan Sharon Q audition on 1997-08-24 where they were auditioning for a female singer to join Sharon Q.

Among the auditioning girls there was

Asuka Fukada
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Yuko Nakazawa
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Natsumi Abe
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Kaori Iida
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Aya Ishiguro
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They all fail the audition and another girl won. They were called back on Asayan and lead singer of Sharon Q, Tsunku gave them a challenge. They would get a record deal and he would produce them if they record and sold 50,000 of an indie single "Ai no Tane".
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The girls took the challenge and went all out even taking it to the streets and on the 4th day they manage to reach the 50,000 mark.
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So begins Morning Musume 1st Generation
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About 3 months after 3 new girls would be added.
Left to right: Sayaka Ichii, Mari Yaguchi and Kei Yasuda
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Morning Musume 2nd Generation
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January 1999, Asuka Fukada would leave the group to continue her studies. An audition was held to replace Asuka.
The winner of that audition would be 13 yr old Maki Goto.
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Morning Musume 3rd Generation
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January 2000 saw Aya Ishiguro graduating from momusu. April of same year, another audition held with a staggering 25,000 applicants but this time 4 new members would join.
Left to right: Hitomi Yoshizawa, Rika Ishikawa, Nozomi Tsuji and Ai Kago
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Morning Musume 4th Generation
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With the ever changing group, Sayaka Iichi would decide to leave just after her first single with the 4th gen. In 2001 their leader Yuko Nakazawa would graduate to persue her solo career and another audition was held with another 4 girls joining.
Top left to right: Risa Niigaki and Makoto Ogawa
Bottom left to right: Ai Takahashi and Asami Konno
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Morning Musume 5th Generation
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In 2002, Maki Goto would graduate on her birthday and Kei Yasuda would graduate in Spring 2003. Late 2002 would see an audition held for 6th gen members. The winners would be
left to right: Eri Kamei, Sayumi Michishige and Reina Tanaka
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It was decided that current H!P soloist Miki Fujimoto would also be joining.
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So that brings us to the latest incarnation of Morning Musume
Morning Musume 6th Generation
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Wow! Great job there ruroshin! :applaud: Looks like MM has a really interesting story behind the group... great info for H!P newbie fans like me! :mrgreen:

Tsuji and Kago leaving?! Nooooooo....!!!!!! :mecry:

Yeah MM has an interesting history, the 1st gen had to work real hard to make the group a reality and every generation after had to work real hard to get in. The audition videos for each gen is really interesting and shows how tough and competitive it is and how harse the instructors were on them. Every single one I saw there were lots of crying, lots of determination and lots of spirit. Thats why I like momusu so much.

Anyway you can read up on morning musume's history in a bit more detail over at jpop.com -> http://www.jpop.com/mm.php

ruroshin I'm speechless :hug: :flyingkiss: :love2: :kiss: :kiss2:
Thank you so much :mecry:

Ruroshin, keep up the good work! We really appreciate it. :applaud: