The Official Momoiro Clover Z & Stardust Planet Thread

[Stan BiSH]

congratulations on the 15th anniversary! 15 years is a long time

i'm curious, since when are you a fan? i think the first time i heard of them was when they did the ED of Joshiraku



also the Sailor Moon stuff, etc

 

[abra]

Momoclo released a new song for the 15th anniversary

congratulations on the 15th anniversary! 15 years is a long time

i'm curious, since when are you a fan? i think the first time i heard of them was when they did the ED of Joshiraku



also the Sailor Moon stuff, etc

I became a fan in mid-late 2017. I had heard about them before but I was mostly into kpop so I didn't check them out. But then as I was losing my interest in kpop I explored Jpop more. One of the videos I saw was from Momoclo's christmas concert at a ski resort and it continued from there!

 

[abra]

Some articles about the 15th anniversary concert

【ライブレポート】ももクロが“原点”代々木の地で結成15周年ライブ、会場に響いたモノノフのコールと「ありがとう」（写真62枚）

ももいろクローバーZが昨日5月17日に結成15周年を迎えた。これを記念し、5月16、17日に東京・国立代々木競技場第一体育館で「代々木無限大記念日 ももいろクローバーZ 15th Anniversary」と題した単独ライブが開催された。この記事で...

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【ライブレポート】ももクロ、15周年記念ライブ「いつまでもみんなにとってのアイドルでいられるように」 | BARKS

ももいろクローバーZが5月16日、17日の2日間、東京・国立代々木競技場 第一体育館にて、結成15周年記念ライブ＜代々木無限大記念日 ももいろクローバーZ 15th Anniversary＞を開催した。◆ライブ写真...

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“原点の地 代々木で” ももクロ15周年記念ライブ開催、モノノフと結ばれた強い絆 - ドワンゴジェイピーnews

ももいろクローバーZが2023年5月16日（火）・17日（水）の2日間、東京の国立代々木競技場 第一体育館で、結成15周年記念ライブ【代々木無限大記念日 ももいろクローバーZ 15th Anniversary】を開催した。代々木公園の路上ライブから、その活動をスタートさせたももクロとモノノフにとっては、ゆかりの地であり、聖地とも言える代々木競技場 第一体育館での初の単独公演。しかも、今回のラ...

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Hyadain, Akarin and Momoka also congratulated Momoclo, as did DMB

 

[Stan BiSH]

Momoclo released a new song for the 15th anniversary



One of the videos I saw was from Momoclo's christmas concert at a ski resort and it continued from there!

i was aware of them since around the time of Joshiraku but i legitimately never saw a picture of the members until around 2014

for whatever reason i never bothered searching who were the artists of the songs from Animes, for example i discovered SCANDAL in 2014 or so and it wasn't until almost a year of listening to them daily that i realized they did the OP songs for "BLEACH" and "Full Metal Alchemist", i watched both series while they aired (multiples times!) so dunno how it went over my head

anyway what i want to say is that this probably was the first picture i saw of MCZ, from "MUSIC FAIR" in 2014

also fun fact, both groups are on the race for the title of "longest active Japanese female group", MCZ are on their 15th year while SCANDAL are on their 16th, there are several girl groups that had been around for longer but they either took hiatuses or have different line ups / generations, the Guinness record is around 20 / 21 years+ of so

I became a fan in mid-late 2017. I had heard about them before but I was mostly into kpop so I didn't check them out. But then as I was losing my interest in kpop I explored Jpop more.

SCANDAL were the first and only Asian artists i liked until around late 2014 when i discovered AOA which to this day is probably my favorite Kpop group, around early 2017 was when i first heard about BiSH and them gradually started loosing interesting in Kpop, i don't if something happened in 2017 or what but i noticed that many international Jpop fans and fan sites started appeared from nowhere that year, dunno if it was something to do with Jpop, Kpop or what

 

[abra]

i was aware of them since around the time of Joshiraku but i legitimately never saw a picture of the members until around 2014

for whatever reason i never bothered searching who were the artists of the songs from Animes, for example i discovered SCANDAL in 2014 or so and it wasn't until almost a year of listening to them daily that i realized they did the OP songs for "BLEACH" and "Full Metal Alchemist", i watched both series while they aired (multiples times!) so dunno how it went over my head

anyway what i want to say is that this probably was the first picture i saw of MCZ, from "MUSIC FAIR" in 2014

also fun fact, both groups are on the race for the title of "longest active Japanese female group", MCZ are on their 15th year while SCANDAL are on their 16th, there are several girl groups that had been around for longer but they either took hiatuses or have different line ups / generations, the Guinness record is around 20 / 21 years+ of so

SCANDAL were the first and only Asian artists i liked until around late 2014 when i discovered AOA which to this day is probably my favorite Kpop group, around early 2017 was when i first heard about BiSH and them gradually started loosing interesting in Kpop, i don't if something happened in 2017 or what but i noticed that many international Jpop fans and fan sites started appeared from nowhere that year, dunno if it was something to do with Jpop, Kpop or what

I actually also heard of Scandal before Momoclo thanks to Shojo S which I stumbled upon on Youtube!

In my case it was that my favourite kpop groups (T-ara, Brown Eyed Girls, 4minute etc) became inactive and I got disillusioned by kpop and the fan culture. I already knew about other jpop acts/groups like AKB, Perfume, Utada, Kyary etc but I started expanding into it a bit more. I'll be honest, I was a bit worried that Momoclo might disband just after I got into them when Momoka left before their 10th anniversary. But thankfully they kept going!
It's pretty rare for groups to stick around for so long so fans of Momoclo and Scandal are lucky! I think the longest active ones are Negicco, or maybe Perfume if you count them.

 

[abra]

Ayakanation 2023 was held yesterday!

佐々木彩夏、7度目の『AYAKA NATION 2023 in YOKOHAMA Arena ～FRIENDS～』で日本人アーティスト初・バービーとのスペシャルコラボライブが実現！！ さらに、夢の世界の煌めきを描いた「ジョイフルワンダーランド」、すべての女の子へ向けたポップナンバー「きらりんっ！」、新曲2曲を初パフォーマンス！ | SPECIAL | EVIL A MAG［EVIL LINE RECORDS公式ニュースマガジン］

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Amefurasshi, Crown Pop, Luna and Harima appeared from Stardust Planet.

They also announced Ayakarnival 2023!

The performers will be Yukirin (from AKB48), Juice=Juice (Hello! Project), ExWHYZ (WACK/Avex), Kyurushite (Dear Stage) and FRUITS ZIPPER (Asobisystem).
ExWHYZ are the only returning group, as they previously performed under the name EMPIRE. This year the akb groups are represented by Yukirin. I can't remember seeing Yukirin and A-rin together but Yukirin likes Momoclo and went to their 10th anniversary concert. FRUITS ZIPPER went viral with a song last year. They also have a couple Momoclo fans among the members who went to see the 15th anniversary concert. I don't know anything about Juice=Juice or Kyurushite except for their agencies.

 

[Stan BiSH]

They also announced Ayakarnival 2023!

The performers will be Yukirin (from AKB48), Juice=Juice (Hello! Project), ExWHYZ (WACK/Avex), Kyurushite (Dear Stage) and FRUITS ZIPPER (Asobisystem).
ExWHYZ are the only returning group, as they previously performed under the name EMPIRE. This year the akb groups are represented by Yukirin. I can't remember seeing Yukirin and A-rin together but Yukirin likes Momoclo and went to their 10th anniversary concert. FRUITS ZIPPER went viral with a song last year. They also have a couple Momoclo fans among the members who went to see the 15th anniversary concert. I don't know anything about Juice=Juice or Kyurushite except for their agencies.

surprised to see Yuki Kashiwagi, first time right? also nice to see ExWHYZ, their predecessor group EMPiRE guested on all previous versions but i wasn't sure if they too were going to be invited

too bad they are going to be on separate days, as part of her single project with WACK YK was actually part of EMPiRE for a little while, it would have been a good chance to see the first official live performance of the song




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so how are the artists picked each year? at the very least it seems they always have some representation from the 48 groups, Hello! Project and WACK there but i don't recall any Dearstage artist being invited before

 

[abra]

ukka announced their first major single "wonder little love"

Iginari Tohoku San finished their Japan tour with performances at Line Cube Shibuya

【ライブレポート】いぎなり東北産「絶対に負けないツアー」完走！ステージで出たものが全部本物（写真85枚）

いぎなり東北産の全国ツアー「いぎなり東北産 全国絶対に負けないツアー」が5月19、20日に東京・LINE CUBE SHIBUYA（渋谷公会堂）でファイナルを迎えた。この記事では20日公演の模様をレポートする。

natalie.mu

Spoiler

They released a video of their Makenai Uta performance



And they also performed a new song, "NIWAKA", and announced a Pacifico Yokohama concert at the end of the year!

Kanako is the MC for a new TV show called LEGO MASTERS

surprised to see Yuki Kashiwagi, first time right? also nice to see ExWHYZ, their predecessor group EMPiRE guested on all previous versions but i wasn't sure if they too were going to be invited

too bad they are going to be on separate days, as part of her single project with WACK YK was actually part of EMPiRE for a little while, it would have been a good chance to see the first official live performance of the song




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so how are the artists picked each year? at the very least it seems they always have some representation from the 48 groups, Hello! Project and WACK there but i don't recall any Dearstage artist being invited before

Yes, first time for everyone except ExWHYZ. For the first iterations the artists were picked by a committee made up of idol magazine editors/writers but I don't know what the process looks like now. I don't remember there being a H!P group before but I might have missed or forgotten one Up Up Girls.

 

[abra]

Batten Girls will perform at Japan Expo Paris in July

 

[abra]

Natalie started a 15th anniversary cross-talk series with Momoclo members chatting with people.
The first article is Shiori talking to actress Sairi Ito.

ももいろクローバーZ結成15周年特集 玉井詩織×伊藤沙莉｜アイドル活動15年と俳優活動20年、仲良しな2人が語り合う仕事観 - 音楽ナタリー 特集・インタビュー

今年5月17日に結成15周年を迎えたももいろクローバーZ。これを記念し、音楽ナタリーではももクロのメンバーがそれぞれ異なる相手とトークする対談企画を連載形式でお届けする。そのトップバッターを飾るのは、玉井詩織と今年で俳優活動20周年を迎える伊藤沙莉。プライベートで親交がある彼女たちだが、今までお互いの活動の印象や、仕事に関する真面目な話を交わす機会はほとんどなかったという。

natalie.mu

Sairi starred alongside Momoclo in Maku Ga Aru in 2014 and is one of Shiori's closest celebrity friends. We get to know a bit more about how they got to know each other and they reflect on their careers.

There were also some MVs released recently.

Amefurasshi - Blow Your Mind


I haven't liked Amefurasshi's songs much but this has both a good song and MV!

TEAM SHACHI - Into You ~Taste of Love~


TEAM SHACHI switch back their image and sound for the first time since they rebranded several years ago

Momoclo - Kaerimichi


Momoclo's second 15th anniversary song. This time all members contributed to the lyrics for the first time since Ano Sora E Mukatte in 2008!

 

[Stan BiSH]

also stuff for Reni Takagi's 30th birthday






one of them is going her first solo photobook (i think it's her first?) is going to be released by Shueisha on August 29



they released a preview

Spoiler: Preview

there is an interview too

160分の大作も！　久々にイメージDVDをリリースしたグラドル３人【アイドルウォッチャー・北川のイベントレポート】 - エンタメ - ニュース

グラビアアイドルが、イメージDVDや写真集などを発売した際に行なうリリースイベント。毎月多くのイベントが開催されており、週末ともなると１日に何人ものグラドルが行なっている。 そんなイベントに長年通い続...

wpb.shueisha.co.jp

and i believe they are going to release a behind the scenes of it in August?

 

[abra]

Yes, it's Reni's first PB! It's also the first time a Momoclo member has done underwear/swimsuit gravure (but not the first in Stardust). It's a bit surprising since Momoclo management seemed opposed to the idea before and no member seemed interested when they were younger but I can see how she'd do it at the end of her 20s. The photos look great so far. AYAKARNIVAL also seemed fun! I couldn't watch the stream this time but I look forward to next year, and maybe I can catch the performances on other platforms. Nice to see Yukirin tweet "from now on we're not senior and junior, we're friends".

 

[abra]

Batten Girls will release a new song!

ばってん少女隊が「あんたがたどこさ」をダンスミュージックに昇華、作詞はchelmicoのRachel（コメントあり）

ばってん少女隊の新曲「あんたがたどこさ～甘口しょうゆ仕立て～」が7月28日に配信リリースされる。

natalie.mu

Igininari Tohoku San also released a new song



And ukka appeared on NHK World's J-Melo

J-MELO - TV - NHK WORLD - English

J-MELO is the only Japanese music show in English. It's packed with hits, exclusive performances and interviews, and lots more on every imaginable kind of Japanese music.

www.nhk.or.jp

Momoclo was also voted in some poll about "idols around 30 you want to see active forever"

Selected as 'Idols who should remain active forever'

This site is an unofficial fan site of Momoiro clover z. It's run by volunteer fans who want to promote the wonderful side of MCZ to the world.

mcz.fandom.site

いつまでも現役でいてほしい「現在アラサーの女性アイドル」ランキング！ 2位 百田夏菜子、1位は？

All About編集部は、全国412人を対象に「長年活躍し続ける現役アイドル」に関するアンケート調査を実施。本記事では、いつまでも現役でいてほしいアラサー女性アイドルの人気ランキングを発表します。（サムネイル画像：百田夏菜子さん公式Instagram（＠kanakomomota_official）より）

news.allabout.co.jp

いつまでも現役でいてほしい「現在アラサーの女性アイドル」ランキング！ 2位 百田夏菜子、1位は？

All About編集部は、全国412人を対象に「長年活躍し続ける現役アイドル」に関するアンケート調査を実施。本記事では、いつまでも現役でいてほしいアラサー女性アイドルの人気ランキングを発表します。（サムネイル画像：百田夏菜子さん公式Instagram（＠kanakomomota_official）より）

news.allabout.co.jp

#1 perfume, #2 Kanako, #3 Yukirin (AKB), #4 Reni, #5 Shiori #6 A-rin
But there were very few responses from people in their 10s

 

[Stan BiSH]

Reni Takagi for Weekly Playboy

Spoiler: pictures

there are tons of pictures more here

Weekly Playboy 2023.07.10 No.28 高城れにファースト写真集が8月29日（火）に発売予定!!

www.micmicidol.club

Weekly Playboy 2023.08.15 No.33 高城れに 『20代最後の美ボディをチラ見せ！』

www.micmicidol.club

Weekly Playboy 2023.09.04 No.36 高城れに 『Secret Body』

www.micmicidol.club

those are also part of her first photobook



release event

 

[abra]

I forgot my password

Shiori released her first MV, "Sepia", as part of her 12 colors project!


She also wrote the lyrics for the song. Composition is by Mitsu J.

Shiori will also sing "Nausica of the valley of the wind" in the upcoming Studio Ghibli tribute album "Ghibli wo utau" (Singing Ghibli)

And in much sadder news, Tomomi Furuya recently passed away after a long battle against cancer. She had been a Momoclo manager since the group's formation.

 

[Stan BiSH]

ももクロ【MV】誓い未来 -MUSIC VIDEO-​

 

[Stan BiSH]

Reni Takagi announced her divorce