This day just gets better and better!

So today I get the day off and then I go to YesAsia to see how my order on there’s doing, bear in mind this is my first order from there AND it’s off, on it’s way over to the little old island!

 This is whats on the way

And I am aware that the All Singles is the Taiwan version, my dad put the order in for me…trust him but hey that’s better then not getting it at all!

 I’ll you know when it gets here.

What do Morning Musume and Crystal Kay have in common?

According to NEO Mag, Youth.

Okay so here’s the story. I went out today with my parents, which I don’t really get to do now-days but we’ve got the week off anyway, I wanted to get the current issue of NEO instead of borrowing my best mates copy [when she gets it we normally read it in the common room] due to one interview with Miss Kay. I have my first fan-girl moment when I saw a thing about I’m a CyBorg, I’m sorry but I love Bi! But back to the point the next page was the interview and when I read I saw the mention of Hikki and our MM girls but the way had a certain part that kinda bugged me, here’s the part of the interview;

She adds hastily: “I think Morning Musume’s songs are really catchy. It’s a whole different thing. They’re doing their own thing and they have a huge fanbase, so I think they should go for it,”

One thing Crystal does share with Morning Musume is youth. But while Morning Musume’s revolving-door philosophy of replacing ageing member with younger recruits ensures that the group’s average age stays nice and low.

This is the part that got me, Ageing members??? Normally when they leave the group they are around the same age as Crystal is now, their early twenties and replacing them??? If that we true shouldn’t there still be five members? Is it just me or is this worded wrongly and researched wrongly?

Goto Maki and Fujimoto Miki MIA?

Elder Club: Nakazawa Yuko, Abe Natsumi, Yasuda Kei, Yaguchi Mari, Inaba Atsuko, Ayaka, Melon Kinenbi, Maeda Yuki, Biyuuden, Matsuura Aya, Ongaku Gatas.

Wonderful Hearts: Morning Musume, Berryz Koubou, C-ute, Hello! Pro Eggs

These are the people who are performing in the Winter Tour. Listed as the non-attendees are, Iida Kaori and Tsuji Nozomi which is no shock really but also Goto Maki and Fujimoto Miki. Goto has scheduling conflicts but there no reason for Fujimoto’s absence, with the recent cancelation of Fujimoto’s show this kinda worries me. I hope they aren’t slowly wiping her out.

It Was Ten Years Ago Today…

Tsunku taught the band to play….ekk…sorry I’ve got the Beatles going though my head.

On the 8th of September Tsunku named his five runners-up, Morning Musume and the day before had given them the ‘Ai no Tane’ challenge of selling 50,000 copies in 5 days and they did it, and look at them now. They have had thier light days and their dark days. They’ve had and still got some amazing singers and some not-so amazing singers. All of them have looked great and all aged/aging amazing…I’ve used that word quite abit now.

First Generation (1997)

• Nakazawa Yuko (中澤裕子, graduated April 15, 2001)
• Iida Kaori (飯田圭織, graduated January 30, 2005)
• Ishiguro Aya (石黒彩, graduated January 7, 2000)
• Abe Natsumi (安倍なつみ, graduated January 25, 2004)
• Fukuda Asuka (福田明日香, graduated April 18, 1999)

Second Generation (1998)

• Yasuda Kei (保田圭, graduated May 5, 2003)
• Yaguchi Mari (矢口真里, left April 14, 2005)
• Ichii Sayaka (市井紗耶香, graduated May 21, 2000)

Third Generation (1999)

• Goto Maki (後藤真希, graduated September 23, 2002)

Fourth Generation (2000)

• Ishikawa Rika (石川梨華, graduated May 7, 2005)
• Yoshizawa Hitomi (吉澤ひとみ, graduated May 6, 2007)
• Tsuji Nozomi (辻希美, graduated August 1, 2004)
• Kago Ai (加護亜依, graduated August 1, 2004)

Fifth Generation (2001)

• Takahashi Ai (高橋愛)
• Konno Asami (紺野あさ美, graduated July 23, 2006)
• Ogawa Makoto (小川麻琴, graduated August 27, 2006)
• Niigaki Risa (新垣里沙)

Sixth Generation (2003)

• Fujimoto Miki (藤本美貴, left June 1, 2007)
• Kamei Eri (亀井絵里)
• Michishige Sayumi (道重さゆみ)
• Tanaka Reina (田中れいな)

Seventh Generation (2005)

• Kusumi Koharu (久住小春)

Eighth Generation (2006-2007)

• Mitsui Aika (光井愛佳)
• Li Chun (李　純)
• Qian Lin (銭　琳)

Credit from the theppn

It’s amazing when you look at that and you see how many people there have been. I first got in MM in 2001 just before the Gokkies joined and I’ve loved every momment.

It’s amazeing how five girls who thought they had lost has managed to give brith to the biggest selling group in Japan and become the Mother ship for the Hello! Project and given me something do to.

So here’s to 8 Albums, 34 Singles and Ten Years and here’s to another ten years.

Well done and congrats.