[Part2] Document of PEDRO 2023「還る」-葛藤-
part two of PEDRO's revival documentary, have to say you rarely see this side of Ayuni but that's why is interesting, around the min 9 fans are talking about her, those two in uniforms, those were genuine smiles
i literally just watched the documentary but forgot about the date which was recorded, iirc this was the day after BiSH disbanded? i mean PEDRO's comeback announcement
and here part 1, there is going to be a part 3 and 4 in January
Cat.
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Today in 2 hours MAMESHiBA NO TAiGUN's final concert with Miyukiangel and Hanaemonster is going to be live streamed at their Youtube channel
end of an era
hopefully we get to heard of the two of them again in the future (although i haven't heard anything about Kaede since last December) my other expectation is that the only member left in TONAi BOUSHO joins MAMESHiBA
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on the 25th Yu-ki is going to do a live stream taking a stroll in Tokyo, she wants fans to hang out with her by joining the stream
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next year ASP are going to play at the Budokan!
3rd WACK artists after Ayuni D / PEDRO and ExWHYZ
(also seems Watanabe is still in the UK)
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also back in 2021 in a day like this one BiSH announced their disbandment along their final project "BiSH iS OVER"
kinda strange how recent the announcement feels despite that it was 2 years ago but on the other hand their disbandment feels like it was such a long time ago despite not even being 6 months yet
speaking of that Momoko says that she is going to publish a book with all the essays she wrote related to their disbandment
3rd WACK artists after Ayuni D / PEDRO and ExWHYZ
(also seems Watanabe is still in the UK)
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also back in 2021 in a day like this one BiSH announced their disbandment along their final project "BiSH iS OVER"
kinda strange how recent the announcement feels despite that it was 2 years ago but on the other hand their disbandment feels like it was such a long time ago despite not even being 6 months yet
speaking of that Momoko says that she is going to publish a book with all the essays she wrote related to their disbandment
Miyuki and Hanae graduated from MAMESHiBA NO TAiGUN
is sad to see two other original members leaving but at the very least i'm glad they didn't disbanded which was the main concern going into their 4th anniversary
i watched the live stream and i'm not sure what happened but at some point in the performance Aika lost her voice, couldn't speak either i think she may had been a little sick but she managed to finish the whole concert without issues
Watanabe wasn't there, usually he is always there during major concerts and events but instead he send Kuro chan and a manager from WACK? i didn't heard very well who was the other guy
the biggest news from the event were two things, first that as expected Miku from TONAi joined the group
the other big news is that MAMESHiBA NO TAiGUN and TONAi BOUSHO are going to merge into a single group, provisionally now they are "MAMESHiBA NO TAiGUN & TONAi BOUSHO a.k.a MONSTER IDOL" seems they are going to be renamed for real very soon
either they are going to be "MONSTER IDOL" or are going to get a new name, for now their new fandom name is "Tamers" and their fanclub is "MONSTER LAND", they also changed their group chant / introduction from "wan wan number one" to "star star monstar!"
worth mention this isn't a EMPiRE to ExWHYZ case which was a completely new group but with the same members, in this case the resulting group is simply just a merge between MAMESHiBA and TONAi and are going to continue playing their old songs
is sad to see two other original members leaving but at the very least i'm glad they didn't disbanded which was the main concern going into their 4th anniversary
i watched the live stream and i'm not sure what happened but at some point in the performance Aika lost her voice, couldn't speak either i think she may had been a little sick but she managed to finish the whole concert without issues
Watanabe wasn't there, usually he is always there during major concerts and events but instead he send Kuro chan and a manager from WACK? i didn't heard very well who was the other guy
the biggest news from the event were two things, first that as expected Miku from TONAi joined the group
the other big news is that MAMESHiBA NO TAiGUN and TONAi BOUSHO are going to merge into a single group, provisionally now they are "MAMESHiBA NO TAiGUN & TONAi BOUSHO a.k.a MONSTER IDOL" seems they are going to be renamed for real very soon
either they are going to be "MONSTER IDOL" or are going to get a new name, for now their new fandom name is "Tamers" and their fanclub is "MONSTER LAND", they also changed their group chant / introduction from "wan wan number one" to "star star monstar!"
worth mention this isn't a EMPiRE to ExWHYZ case which was a completely new group but with the same members, in this case the resulting group is simply just a merge between MAMESHiBA and TONAi and are going to continue playing their old songs
ASP / Heaven’s Seven [OFFiCiAL ViDEO]
from their new single "Heaven's Seven" on sale next month
one of the songs was produced by the British band "WARGASM"
Momoko is appearing in a publicity campaign for "Sapporo" beer
interview
her along Manami did a live stream about their project "momo"
Atsuko visited a bookstore and one of the books she checked was Momoko's, starts at min 10 basically the show is about what if celebrities were given 10k yen to spend on a bookstore what would they buy?
speaking of interviews here part 2 and 3 of Ayuni's interview with Kujira
this one is from Aina's London performance
also Aina is going to premiere "This is AiNA THE END" no idea what is about but it may be part of a documentary
interview
her along Manami did a live stream about their project "momo"
Atsuko visited a bookstore and one of the books she checked was Momoko's, starts at min 10 basically the show is about what if celebrities were given 10k yen to spend on a bookstore what would they buy?
speaking of interviews here part 2 and 3 of Ayuni's interview with Kujira
this one is from Aina's London performance
also Aina is going to premiere "This is AiNA THE END" no idea what is about but it may be part of a documentary
Midoriko post news tweets
(that's the only picture she posted)
unfortunately still no news of when she is coming back to the group
ExWHYZ held their last concert of 2023
also that stream yu-ki did
(that's the only picture she posted)
unfortunately still no news of when she is coming back to the group
ExWHYZ held their last concert of 2023
also that stream yu-ki did
on the 22 it was Usagi Tsukino's birthday!
some tweets from the other GANG PARADE members
also there is a hashtag for her birthday #月ノ綺麗な生誕祭2023 there are lots of goods pictures and videos and also fan art
some tweets from the other GANG PARADE members
also there is a hashtag for her birthday #月ノ綺麗な生誕祭2023 there are lots of goods pictures and videos and also fan art
the stuff with Aina was a teaser for a new single "sail"
is going to be released on the 31
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here a photo of Chittiii on the premiere of "Wonka" along members of the cast of the movie
that's the dude from "Dune" right? i believe that is from November but i have no idea when the movie actually started playing through all of Japan, Chittiii (or CENT or Chihiro) and the Japanese guy in the right are doing the dub of the movie for Japan, i don't plan to watch the movie but since is a musical i think is interesting she is not only going to voice one of the main characters but is going to also dub the songs
here Chittiii performing the dubbed versions of some of the songs
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Nao did a photoshoot for FLASH magazine, is going to be publish in January
now that i recall FLASH is the same magazine that leaked those pictures of Nao drinking when she was still 19 and because of that she almost got fired, MAMESHiBA even released a song mocking that
i'm surprised she would be willing to work with them
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also Miyuki and Hanae already deleted their Twitter accounts and the TONAi BOUSHO account is now inactive
of the later they barely make it to their 1st anniversary, too bad because i actually liked them
also i forgot to post the statement by Miku, i wonder when we are going to see her joining the "new" group full time
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also speaking of PEDRO and documentaries lately I've been getting recommended again the one of the original announcement
i still recall when it premiered, honestly i would be surprised if at the time i was told that in 2023 Ayuni D would only be active in PEDRO and that BiSH wouldn't be around anymore
アイナ・ジ・エンド - 帆 [Official Teaser Movie]
is going to be released on the 31
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here a photo of Chittiii on the premiere of "Wonka" along members of the cast of the movie
that's the dude from "Dune" right? i believe that is from November but i have no idea when the movie actually started playing through all of Japan, Chittiii (or CENT or Chihiro) and the Japanese guy in the right are doing the dub of the movie for Japan, i don't plan to watch the movie but since is a musical i think is interesting she is not only going to voice one of the main characters but is going to also dub the songs
here Chittiii performing the dubbed versions of some of the songs
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Nao did a photoshoot for FLASH magazine, is going to be publish in January
now that i recall FLASH is the same magazine that leaked those pictures of Nao drinking when she was still 19 and because of that she almost got fired, MAMESHiBA even released a song mocking that
i'm surprised she would be willing to work with them
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also Miyuki and Hanae already deleted their Twitter accounts and the TONAi BOUSHO account is now inactive
of the later they barely make it to their 1st anniversary, too bad because i actually liked them
also i forgot to post the statement by Miku, i wonder when we are going to see her joining the "new" group full time
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also speaking of PEDRO and documentaries lately I've been getting recommended again the one of the original announcement
i still recall when it premiered, honestly i would be surprised if at the time i was told that in 2023 Ayuni D would only be active in PEDRO and that BiSH wouldn't be around anymore
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so it's 2024 already? cool i guess
actually i forgot to re post this
i want to try posting each of BiSH's "BiSH iS OVER" singles on the anniversary they were released, that was published on Jan 1 2022 so already missed the first date
...starting well
i forgot if Chittiii is still Chittiii, iirc she said is fine to still call her that over CENT and Chihiro but that's definitely still confusing
also Aina's new single was already released but no word of when the MV is going to be publish, seems the song was recorded in either 360 or spatial audio haven't listened to it yet
also Momoko has been really active in Youtube, she started a new Vlog series
actually i forgot to re post this
i want to try posting each of BiSH's "BiSH iS OVER" singles on the anniversary they were released, that was published on Jan 1 2022 so already missed the first date
...starting well
i forgot if Chittiii is still Chittiii, iirc she said is fine to still call her that over CENT and Chihiro but that's definitely still confusing
also Aina's new single was already released but no word of when the MV is going to be publish, seems the song was recorded in either 360 or spatial audio haven't listened to it yet
also Momoko has been really active in Youtube, she started a new Vlog series
EMI Records just started a Tiktok account, here new year messages from ExWHYZ and PEDRO
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also a correction, Nao's photoshoot isn't with FLASH magazine but with Friday magazine, don't really follow Japanese magazines so i got confused specially since both do more or less the same thing, Nao's going to be published on the Jan issue and seems that aside from the magazine there is going to be a digital photobook available
i don't think these were posted yet
soon we should get a look at the group resulting of MAMESHiBA and TONAi BOUSHO merge, although i wonder if they are just going to continue being MAMESHiBA? is not like they were equals in members, discography size or career length
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BiS new costumes
they haven't posted the individual member pictures
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also a correction, Nao's photoshoot isn't with FLASH magazine but with Friday magazine, don't really follow Japanese magazines so i got confused specially since both do more or less the same thing, Nao's going to be published on the Jan issue and seems that aside from the magazine there is going to be a digital photobook available
i don't think these were posted yet
soon we should get a look at the group resulting of MAMESHiBA and TONAi BOUSHO merge, although i wonder if they are just going to continue being MAMESHiBA? is not like they were equals in members, discography size or career length
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BiS new costumes
they haven't posted the individual member pictures
MAMESHiBA NO TAiGUN and TONAi BOUSHO are now "MONSTER IDOL"
the TONAi SNS accounts are unavailable and the MAMESHiBA ones were turned into the accounts for MONSTER IDOL
their debut single "Wonderland" is going to be released in April, it was written by Hi-yunk who wrote 4 songs of their album "MAMEQUEST"
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Nao's Friday magazine photoshoot was just released
all pictures
on the 12 they are going to release a digital photobook of Nao also from this photoshoot along a behind the scenes video for the people that have a subscription to the magazine, more details here
friday.gold
anyway i'm not sure if they really are now just MONSTER IDOL, i'm not even sure if it is MONSTER IDOL or MONSTERIDOL either
and there seems to be a contest to name the group mascots, Koalas? they are going to do a live stream next week to unveil the results of the contest
the TONAi SNS accounts are unavailable and the MAMESHiBA ones were turned into the accounts for MONSTER IDOL
their debut single "Wonderland" is going to be released in April, it was written by Hi-yunk who wrote 4 songs of their album "MAMEQUEST"
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Nao's Friday magazine photoshoot was just released
all pictures
on the 12 they are going to release a digital photobook of Nao also from this photoshoot along a behind the scenes video for the people that have a subscription to the magazine, more details here
ナオ･オブ･ナオ つぶらな瞳のマイハニー（動画＆アザーカット付き） | FRIDAY（フライデー）
『水曜日のダウンタウン』から生まれた２つのアイドルグループが夢の合体話題の「豆柴の大群都内某所 a.k.a. MONSTERIDOL」の美女メンバーが水着姿で登場！抜群のプロポーションは必見です！約…
anyway i'm not sure if they really are now just MONSTER IDOL, i'm not even sure if it is MONSTER IDOL or MONSTERIDOL either
and there seems to be a contest to name the group mascots, Koalas? they are going to do a live stream next week to unveil the results of the contest
Chittiii left WACK, she is now signed to "Stardust Promotions" the same company of Momoiro Clover Z
here Watanabe not being a jerk for once
she also was invited to the year end music festival by Momoiro Clover, strange enough i can't recall any actual interaction between them and the members of BiSH, that despite that both EMPiRE / ExWHYZ and Yuki Kashiwagi have been invited multiple times to perform with AYAKA from MCZ
now 4 of the 6 ex BiSH members left WACK
Momoko → Watanabe entertainment
Atsuko → Horipro
Misato Ando → independent
Chittiii → Stardust
not surprising since they are mostly a music oriented company so they can't do much for the members that wanted to start careers in TV, acting, etc at least we know for sure that Aina is still in WACK since she still is doing company events, i don't think she is going to leave anything soon
Ayuni is still there too but is unlikely we are going to see her in the company events since PEDRO are a band although i don't think fans would care much if they aren't an idol group or a singer
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part 3 of PEDRO's documentary (featuring Lingling) part 4 is going to be released in the final half of January
here Watanabe not being a jerk for once
she also was invited to the year end music festival by Momoiro Clover, strange enough i can't recall any actual interaction between them and the members of BiSH, that despite that both EMPiRE / ExWHYZ and Yuki Kashiwagi have been invited multiple times to perform with AYAKA from MCZ
now 4 of the 6 ex BiSH members left WACK
Momoko → Watanabe entertainment
Atsuko → Horipro
Misato Ando → independent
Chittiii → Stardust
not surprising since they are mostly a music oriented company so they can't do much for the members that wanted to start careers in TV, acting, etc at least we know for sure that Aina is still in WACK since she still is doing company events, i don't think she is going to leave anything soon
Ayuni is still there too but is unlikely we are going to see her in the company events since PEDRO are a band although i don't think fans would care much if they aren't an idol group or a singer
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part 3 of PEDRO's documentary (featuring Lingling) part 4 is going to be released in the final half of January
[Part3] Document of PEDRO 2023「還る」-転換期-
the GOING GOING WACK account posted more translations of GANG PARADE's songs
teaser? 
Mikina says her parents bought ExWHYZ's hoodies, that's nice
i believe the hoodies are these
funny enough "mikina" means hoodie (or sweatshirt, same thing right?) in Czech, i wonder if there is a deeper meaning to that? i recall i used to think Mikina was just a random name but searching around i've found is an actual name used in eastern Europe
Mayu
Usagi Tsukino stayed on Mayu's house, the later says that even after they went to sleep Usagi Tsukino keep talking to herself, Mayu wasn't sure if she was trying to talk with her or what but Usagi confirms that yeah she was having a whole conversation on her own and that when she is alone she always thinks aloud
Mayu truly has become the best source of Usagi Tsukino lore
Maho!
Maho's selfies are always something else
Mikina says her parents bought ExWHYZ's hoodies, that's nice
i believe the hoodies are these
funny enough "mikina" means hoodie (or sweatshirt, same thing right?) in Czech, i wonder if there is a deeper meaning to that? i recall i used to think Mikina was just a random name but searching around i've found is an actual name used in eastern Europe
Mayu
Usagi Tsukino stayed on Mayu's house, the later says that even after they went to sleep Usagi Tsukino keep talking to herself, Mayu wasn't sure if she was trying to talk with her or what but Usagi confirms that yeah she was having a whole conversation on her own and that when she is alone she always thinks aloud
Mayu truly has become the best source of Usagi Tsukino lore
Maho!
Maho's selfies are always something else
ExWHYZ are going to release a new song "Our Song"
is actually a cover of MONDO GROSSO / Shinichi Osawa's "Our Song", the members requested to him to let them do a cover during the 2nd part of their tour "ExWHYZ TOUR 2023 ‘eLATION’ part.2:with Special Guest Series" and he did a rearranged version and was later performed again with a live band, seems both of them like the new version so much that they are going to release it as a single on the 12
this is the original version
ExWHYZ / Our Song [Teaser]
is actually a cover of MONDO GROSSO / Shinichi Osawa's "Our Song", the members requested to him to let them do a cover during the 2nd part of their tour "ExWHYZ TOUR 2023 ‘eLATION’ part.2:with Special Guest Series" and he did a rearranged version and was later performed again with a live band, seems both of them like the new version so much that they are going to release it as a single on the 12
this is the original version
アイナ・ジ・エンド - 帆 [Official Music Video]
ExWHYZ / Our Song [Prod.Shinichi Osawa]【Music Video】
along the members seems the people featured in the MV are part of the ExWHYZ staff
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ExWHYZ announced a new mini album "Dress To Kill" is going to be released on March 20!
is being called a "V.A" or Variety album, seems is going to include several remixes and covers of songs either from them or other artists and may also include new ones too
is going to include 10 songs among them
‘Our Song’‘
Unknown Sense [新曲]
’‘ANSWER [Seiho REMIX]
’‘Secret Secret [Shin Sakiura REMIX]’
is being called a "V.A" or Variety album, seems is going to include several remixes and covers of songs either from them or other artists and may also include new ones too
is going to include 10 songs among them
‘Our Song’‘
Unknown Sense [新曲]
’‘ANSWER [Seiho REMIX]
’‘Secret Secret [Shin Sakiura REMIX]’
GANG PARADE「躍動」Music Video
their new single "Yakudo" is going to be released on April 24
they also released a "live action" version of the poster by Sushio
part 4
is the final one!
[Part4] Document of PEDRO 2023「還る」-最終話-
is the final one!