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Chisaki will be on a hiatus to rest her vocal chords after being diagnosed with nodules.

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Some updates:

Ogata Risa has formally resigned from Tsubaki Factory after the hiatus incurred by her social media scandal. She will stay under Up-Front for representation for the time being, but not Hello!Project. The other members wished her well in their blogs.

Three new members joined Angerme: Kawana Rin, Tamenaga Shion (from H!P Kenshuusei), and Matsumoto Wakana.



After a year of no new releases, Beyooooonds will have their second single out on March 3. On the bright side, in addition to it being a triple A-side, there will be 4 B-sides among different versions. 3 of the B-sides will be new songs by each of the three units comprising Beyooooonds, and the 4th is the long-awaited release of Vitamin ME (which they first put out on YouTube 8 months ago...).

So far they have the only new music announcement, but H!P as a whole is continuing to tour while they can. They've moved on from the solo ballad stages to now having small units perform, with the same audience restrictions in place, but we'll see how long they can keep that up considering the spikes in cases. Former Morning Musume member Iikubo Haruna recently tested positive for COVID-19 and had been around current members Fukumura Mizuki and Yokoyama Reina, but both tested negative while isolating.

The styling for this DVD Magazine is really nice. Such a shame it's wasted on table-top games :TzuyuKek:

 

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Juice=Juice will be releasing a new double-A single on March 24!

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The lead track, Ganbarenai yo, was first performed at Miyamoto Karin's graduation late last year. The other song is a cover of the Sugar Babes song from the 70s. This will also be the first single to feature Inoue Rei as a member. One of the special versions of the single will feature all of the duets she recorded with the other members of Juice=Juice during the pandemic between releases.
 

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As announced on Hello!Sta today, there will be a joint audition looking for new members for Juice=Juice and Tsubaki Factory.



The audition site will open on the 22nd, and first round results will be sent out on March 3. I imagine we'll know the results by the time the summer concerts come around.


Here's a radio preview of Beyooooond's new single track Gekikara Love. It's a cover of Toto Coelo's Dracula's Tango. The single is out March 3.




Morning Musume performed Gyuusaretai dake nanoni on UtaCon the other day.




This YouTube channel is editing dance shots to be one-member focused, so it's worth a look if you have a fave you want to stare at.


Hello!Anisong Club is still going strong, 46 episodes in.




Both Angerme and Morning Musume are releasing MV collections. Angerme's collection is all MVs after the change to Angerme from S/mileage, starting with Taiki Bansei, and MM's is from the debut of 12th gen onward, starting with Seishun kozou ga naite iru. Both contain the original MVs as well as dance shots and some close-up shots and alternate shots.


Finally, Kamiko has renewed her contract with McDonald's and will be representing the KitKat and Super Oreo McFlurry in their ad campaign once again this year!
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More updates (I should do this more often, I can't remember everything that happened...)

First, Beyooooonds dropped the MVs for all three songs for their next single:







The Beyooooonds trio finally got a unit name, too!



Takase Kurumi is also getting her first photobook (spoiler for gravure, it's tame, it's H!P).



Kamiko's McFlurry commercial is here!



Former Angerme member Nakanishi Kana is also releasing a photobook, self-produced (VERY tame gravure).



The Kenshuusei will be having recitals again in March, with the shindan test moved back to spring (compared to summer last year).

Finally, there is a joint audition being held for Juice=Juice and Tsubaki Factory.
Not sure either of them needed new members, but here we are.
 

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i finally got a chance to listen to momusus new album (super late ik) and its just sooo good, they really didn't disappoint ! i wish their music was on spotify already (。T ω T。)
 
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