Sato Masaki to graduate from Morning Musume.'21 and Hello! Project on December 13 at Nippon Budokan. This is due to the medical issues she has been suffering from the last few months.
It was announced that Natsu Mayumi, the first dance choreographer for Morning Musume and many early H!P groups passed away on June 21 due to cancer. She was 61.
Kasahara Momona will debut as part of ME:I, an 11-member girl group formed through the survival audition program PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS. She took first place with 1,116,716 votes (400.000 more than the second place).
Announced at the end of the Trainee Recital: the 4 members of the H!P Trainee unit (Yonemura Kirara, Ishiguri Kanami, Kubota Nanami & Saito Madoka) will debut as a new group by the end of the year. More members may be added for the final line-up.
As Kusumi Koharu points out on Instagram, 15 years ago today aired the very first episode of the anime 'Kirarin Revolution'. Kusumi played the lead of Kirari Tsukishima and went on to have a successful solo career.
The H!P Trainee Unit's numbers have doubled to 8. Additional members from Trainees are: Nakayama Natsume, Hiromoto Ruli, Nishizaki Miku & Kitahara Momo.
To coincide with W's reunion at Hina Fest 2019, their 7th single 'Choi Aku Devil/Dou ni mo Tomaranai', alongside three tracks from the cancelled 'W3: Faithful' will be available for purchase digitally on March 30 through Mora, iTunes and Recochoku
As Ikuta Erina points out on Instagram, 10 years ago today was the release of 'Maji Desu ka Ska!', Morning Musume's 45th single and the debut single of the 9th generation members.
Morito Chisaki will graduate from Morning Musume and Hello! Project at Nippon Budokan on June 20. She will study abroad for about a year and a half. After which she will return and resume entertainment activities under UP-FRONT.
The model of chair Yamagishi Riko used in her performance at Solo Fes was a NORRARYD, available at IKEA for 8,990 yen. Riko bought the chair herself and had her father help her bring it to Cotton Club.
Yasuda Kei, Yaguchi Mari, Ishikawa Rika, Michishige Sayumi, Sato Masaki and Morito Chisaki will be guests at the November 28 Morning Musume.'23 concert at Yokohama Arena.
Singer-songwriter KAN (Kimura Kan), well known among H!P fans as the writer and composer of 'Pop Music', 'Sakura Night Fever', and many tracks for Mano Erina has died at the age of 61 from Meckel's diverticulum cancer.
Miura Yoshiko, frequent H!P lyricist, has passed away at the age of 74. Among other tracks she wrote BEYOOOOONDS 'Ren'ai Bugyou', C-ute's 'Arashi wo Okosunda Exciting Fight!' & Juice=Juice's 'Ça va ? Ça va ?'.
Both Morning Musume.'20 and ANGERME's latest singles have been certified GOLD by the RIAJ for more than 100.000 copies sold. That makes 19 in a row for Morning Musume and the very first for ANGERME
Ogata Risa will not resume her activities as part of Tsubaki Factory or Hello! Project. She will remain in the entertainment industry and news of her future activities will be communicated as soon as they are decided.
Sayashi Riho will reprise the lead role of Lily in the musical 'Kuro Sekai', the new installment of the vampire-themed musical series 'TRUMP' by director Suemitsu Kenichi.
Tanaka Reina performed a solo rendition of Morning Musume's 'Genki+' during her guest appearance at 'Hello! Project Year-End Party 2021 ~GOOD BYE & HELLO!~'
Voice actress Ogura Yui has signed up with UP-FRONT's Just Pro talent management agency (joining Mano Erina, Fujimoto Miki & Iikubo Haruna among others)
Arisawa Ichika: "Let me speak OUT LOUD. I'm thrilled to talk with Nonaka Miki-san in English. She was lovely and like a real sister. I admire her more than ever."