Miyamoto Karin in Weekly Shounen Champion 2017 no. 25

Posted by number244 in Hello! Project, Juice=Juice and tagged with Bikini, Eye Candy, gravure, Magazine, Miyamoto Karin, Phot, 宮本佳林 June 14, 2017

Please new Karin photobook soon … please new Karin photobook soon … please new Karin photobook soon…

The Juice=Juice “Jidanda Dance / Feel! Kanjiru yo” update

Posted by number244 in Hello! Project, Juice=Juice and tagged with ジュース=ジュース, 金澤朋子, 高木紗友希, Feel！感じるよ, Juice=Juice, Kanazawa Tomoko, Miyamoto Karin, Miyazaki Yuka, Takagi Sayuki, Uemura Akari, 地団駄ダンス, 宮崎由加, 宮本佳林, 植村あかり March 31, 2017

The ninth Juice=Juice single just released its update on the Juice=Juice promotional materials.

Promotional photos

Group

Miyazaki Yuka

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Hello! Project Power Rankings December 2016

Posted by number244 in Angerme, Berryz Koubou, C-ute, Country Girls, Hello! Project, Juice=Juice, Kenshuusei, Kobushi Factory, Morning Musume and tagged with Angerme, こぶしファクトリー, アンジュルム, カントリー・ガールズ, キュート, ジュース=ジュース, モーニング娘。, モーニング娘。'16, モー娘。, C-ute, Country Girls, 鈴木愛理, Hello! Project Power Rankings, Juice=Juice, Kobushi Factory, Miyamoto Karin, Morning Musume, Morning Musume '16, Power Rankings, Suzuki Airi, Tsugunaga Momoko, 嗣永桃子, 宮本佳林 December 11, 2016

Hello everybody, TheNumber244 here to bring you up to date with the new month of Hello! Project Power Rankings.

It’s been an eventful month in the projects. November spawned two single releases, an album release, a graduation announcement, a first-time Nippon Budokan concert, and a new generation announcement! And, if that isn’t enough news, Michishige Sayumi revealed (after some numberplay and wordplay) her comeback to the entertainment industry on November 26, a full two years after her graduation. The only thing for certain now is that the pink one will return next year. Details will be announced, so look out for ~~Yummy~~ Sayumi!

And now,
Rankings come on!

The Future of Hello Project Weekly Shounen Sunday 2016 no. 24

Posted by number244 in Country Girls, Hello! Project, Juice=Juice, Kobushi Factory, Morning Musume and tagged with こぶしファクトリー, カントリー・ガールズ, ジュース=ジュース, モーニング娘。, モーニング娘。'16, モー娘。, Country Girls, 牧野真莉愛, Eyecandy, Hamaura Ayano 浜浦彩乃, Juice=Juice, Kobushi Factory, Magazine, Makino Maria, Miyamoto Karin, Morito Chisaki, Morning Musume, Morning Musume '16, photospread, Pic Spam, 宮本佳林, 森戸知沙希 August 6, 2016

Always be wary of such a sweeping title. But, in this case Weekly Shounen Sunday may have things just about right with this selection of girls from Hello! Project.
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Kudo Haruka and Miyamoto Karin in UTB+ 2016 vol. 31

Posted by number244 in Hello! Project, Juice=Juice, Morning Musume and tagged with Eye Candy, Kudo Haruka, Miyamoto Karin, Pic Spam, rain, school uniform, swimsuits, umbrella, UTB, 宮本佳林, 工藤遥 May 5, 2016

So, this happened. Duu and Karin are definitely two of the short haired beauties of Hello! Project. Here, the two of them are featured for UTB+. And, well there are swimsuits. I hope you can live with yourself.
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Miyamoto Karin and Uemura Akari in Bomb Magazine (2014.07.09)

Posted by number244 in Hello! Project, Juice=Juice and tagged with ジュース=ジュース, Eye Candy, Juice=Juice, Magazine, Miyamoto Karin, Photo, Pic Spam, Uemura Akari, 宮本佳林, 植村あかり April 28, 2016

Okay, this is actually a pretty old photoseet from the promotional cycle for “Black Butterfly / Kaze ni Fukarete”. I don’t care, because I do not have enough of these girls on my blog here. Enjoy1
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Hello! Project Power Rankings March 2016

Posted by number244 in Angerme, Berryz Koubou, C-ute, Country Girls, Hello! Project, Juice=Juice, Kobushi Factory, Morning Musume, S/mileage, Tsubaki Factory and tagged with (羽賀朱音, Aikawa Maho, Angermeアンジュルム, Asakura Kiki, こぶしファクトリー, つばきファクトリー, アンジュルム, キュート, ジュース=ジュース, スマイレージ, モーニング娘。'16, モーニング娘。モー娘。, C-ute, 牧野真莉愛, 生田衣梨奈, 田口夏実, 田村芽実, 相川茉穂, 矢島舞美, 石田亜佑美, 竹内朱莉, 野村みな美, 野中美希, 金澤朋子, 鈴木香音, 鈴木愛理, 萩原舞, 藤井梨央, 飯窪春奈, 高木紗友希, 譜久村聖, 谷本安美, Fujii Rio, Fukumura Mizui, Haga Akane, Hagiwara Mai, Hamaura Ayano, Hirose Ayaka, Iikubo Haruna, Ikuta Erina, Inoue Rei, Ishidoa Ayumi, Juice=Juice, Kamikokuryou Moe, Kanazawa Tomoko, Katsuta Rina, Kishimoto Yumeno, Kobushi Factory, Kudo Haruka, Makino Maria, Miyamoto Karin, Miyazaki Yuka, Morning Musume, Morning Musume '16, Murota Mizuki, Nakajima Saki, Nakanishi Kana, Niinuma Kisora, Nomura Minami, Nonaka Miki, Oda Sakura, Ogata Haruna, Ogata Risa, Ogawa Rena, Okai Chisato, Outsourced, Power Rankings, S/mileage, Sasaki Riho, Sato Masaki, Suzuki Airi, Suzuki Kanon, Taguchi Natsumi, Takagi Sayuki, Takeuchi Akari, Tamura Meimi, Tanimoto Ami, Tsubaki Factory, Uemura Akari, Wada Ayaka, Wada Sakurako, Yajima Maimi, Yamagishi Riko, 勝田里奈, 和田彩花, 和田桜子, 室田瑞希, 宮崎由加, 宮本佳林, 小片リサ, 小田さくら, 小川麗奈, 尾形春水, 山岸理子, 岡井千聖, 岸本ゆめの, 工藤遥, 廣瀬彩海, 新沼希空, 植村あかり, 浅倉樹々, 浜浦彩乃, 上國料萌衣, 中西香菜, 中島早貴, 井上玲音, 佐々木莉佳子, 佐藤優樹 April 11, 2016

Hello everybody, TheNumber244 reprinting my article from New School Kaidan here with the intention of bringing you up to date with the new month of Hello! Project rankings. With only one proper release on the schedule for March, it’s pretty clear who is perched atop the rankings for the month. Still unseen on the rankings is Tsubaki Factory, who released an indie mini-album in March titled “Tsubaki Factory SOUND + VISION Vol.1” during the Satoyama/Satoumi/HinFes event mid month. Having not heard the release myself, I can’t tell you much about it other than it contains their previous singles, “Seishun Manmannaka!” and “Kedakaku Sakihokore!”, and covers of “17sai” by Moritaka Chisato and “Cabbage Hakusho ~Haru Hen~” by Peaberry.

Speaking of the HinaFes, the events of March centered around “Hello! Project Hina Fest 2016” on March 19 and 20 at Pacifico Yokohama. Coinciding with the Satoyama/Satoumi event at the same venue, HinaFes has become a sort of “Spring Road Show” for the Projects as the groups showcase their upcoming Spring singles. Solo and small group performances with participants decided completely by lottery add a specialness to the performances as the member combinations can be completely unpredictable yet surprisingly sensical. Spread among the four performance dates this year we got solo performances from Juice=Juice’s Takagi Sayuki, Morning Musume ’16’s Fukumura Mizuki, Kobushi Factory’s Ogawa Rena, and Angerme’s Wada Ayaka. The small group performances brought us “trugranful” with Miyamoto Karin, Tamura Meimi, and Nakanishi Kana; “AAAa” with Uemura Akari, Suzuki Airi, Haga Akane, and Hamaura Ayano; “Tsubomi Factory” with Taguchi Natsumi, Nomura Minami, Niinuma Kisora, Inoue Rei, and Kamikokuryo Moe; and “6 Pack” with Katsuta Rina, Ogata Haruna, Yajima Maimi, Kishimoto Yumeno, Ishida Ayumi, and Kudo Haruka.The success of the event warranted another HinaFes in 2017, so I’ll see you next March when I describe the next set of lottery-chosen performances.

And with HinaFes 2016 out of the way,
Rankings come on!
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NEXT YOU “Next is You” PV

Posted by number244 in C-ute, Hello! Project and tagged with ジュース=ジュース, Criticism, 金澤朋子, 高木紗友希, Juice=Juice, Kanazawa Tomoko, Miyamoto Karin, Miyazaki Yuka, Next is You, NEXT YOU, PV, Review, single, Takagi Sayuki, Uemura Akari, 宮崎由加, 宮本佳林, 植村あかり March 27, 2016

Before we start, you should know that this is actually Juice=Juice performing as their alter egos “NEXT YOU” from the drama “Budokan”. As such, surely some connection between the visuals of “Next is You” and the drama exists in the digital signature waiting to be unearthed. I would be bad person if I didn’t give an excavation my best efforts.

Tsunku masterminds the entire NEXT YOU project, and the music isn’t an exception. The electric piano lead-in builds initial intrigue visualized with floral arrangements composited over images of the NEXT YOU members. A quickly paced arrangement pops in and sings with synthy brass melodies that lead into on-beat accents. Instrumentally tight, handclaps and jangling guitars provide texture to a the short repeating melodic lines. The sound gives an air of determination and concentration.

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