1. Guru Guru JUMP – All except S/mileage
2. Asu wa Deeto na no ni, Ima Sugu Koe ga Kikitai – All
MC1
3. Chu! Natsu PARTY – Takeuchi Akari, Miyamoto Karin, Kaneko Rie
4. Seishun Custard – Furukawa Konatsu, Kitahara Sayaka
5. Semi – Saho Akari
6. Yaruki! IT’S EASY – Sengoku Minami, Kikkawa Yuu, Furukawa Konatsu, Sainen Mia, Mori Saki
MC2
7. Watashi no Tamago – Saho Akari, Maeda Irori, Fukumura Mizuki (Shugo Chara Egg!)
8. Soku Dakishimete – Kikkawa Yuu, Mori Saki, Kitahara Sayaka, Takeuchi Akari
9. LOVE & PEACE! Hero ga Yattekita – Sengoku Minami, Kikkawa Yuu, Furukawa Konatsu, Sainen Mia, Mori Saki, Kitahara Sayaka, Komine Momoka, Saho Akari, Okai Asuna, Sekine Azusa, Fukumura Mizuki, Maeda Irori, Kaneko Rie, Arai Manami, Takeuchi Akari, Miyamoto Karin, Satou Ayano, Hirano Tomomi, Katsuta Rina
MC3
10. Suki-chan – S/mileage
MC4
11. aMa no Jaku – S/mileage
12. Zettai Tokeru Mondai X = <3 – Mori Saki, Takeuchi Akari
13. JUMP! – Sengoku Minami, Furukawa Konatsu, Sainen Mia, Kitahara Sayaka, Saho Akari, Miyamoto Karin, Katsuta Rina
MC5
14. Performance (Dance)
MC6
15. Aozora ga Itsumademo Tsuzuku You na Mirai de Are! – All

Source: Official ~Yokohama FIRE~ Site

The official setlist has been revealed for the 2009 Hello! Project Shinjin Kouen November ~Yokohama FIRE!~ concerts.

The singers will most likely be periodically revealed like last time with their previous concert Yokohama HOP, and the full singer list will probably be updated in full some weeks before the concert.

There are also 3 songs which haven’t revealed yet, and most likely they will be revealed in a similar way as the performers of the songs.

The setlist looks great and well rounded, especially with two S/mileage songs and two new Morning Musume songs from their recent album Platinum 9 DISC.

For the most part I like the set list, Guru Guru JUMP is a great concert opening song since it’s really upbeat and the two S/mileage songs are a great way to prepare the girls for future concert performances as a group.

I will update the list periodically with the artist list as they are revealed.

Official Hello! Project Shinjin Kouen 2009 Yokohama FIRE Website

Sengoku Minami, Kikkawa Yuu, Furukawa Konatsu, Sainen Mia, Mori Saki, Kitahara Sayaka, Komine Momoka, Wada Ayaka, Maeda Yuuka, Fukuda Kanon, Saho Akari, Okai Asuna, Sekine Azusa, Fukumura Mizuki, Ogawa Saki, Maeda Irori, Kaneko Rie, Arai Manami, Takeuchi Akari, Miyamoto Karin, Satou Ayano, Hirano Tomomi, Katsuta Rina
http://www.helloproject.com/event/0909161820_live_hello.html

Aoki Erina, Tanaka Anri, and Sezaki Azusa are missing.

Source: Nayok-Kihara@H!O

The performer list for Hello! Pro Egg’s 2009 Hello! Project Shinjion Kouen November ~Yokohama FIRE!~ has been released on the official H!P site.

I’m glad to see that the three new eggs are going to be included in the concert, and hopefully they get a chance to show all of the H!P Egg fans their talent when they perform.

It is not that big of a surprise that Aoki Erina or Tanaka Anri won’t participate since they have already missed 3 recent Hello! Pro Egg events (June 2009 ~Nakano STEP~, September 2009 ~Yokohama HOP~ and the 2009 Fall Egg Kenshuu Happyo Kai～Joyuu Sengen～), but they are next in line for H!P Egg leader so hopefully we get to find out who the leader is in the next concert (might be Sengoku Minami since she participates more).

I will update with a setlist when it is released.

The ~Yokohama FIRE!~ concerts will take place on 11/23.

2009 Fall Egg Kenshuu Happyo Kai～Joyuu Sengen～

01　10/6 Open 18:00/Start 18:30 （２）
02　10/6 Open 19:30/Start 20:00 （２）
03　10/7 Open 18:00/Start 18:30 （５）
04　10/7 Open 19:30/Start 20:00 （５）
05　10/8 Open 18:00/Start 18:30 （３）
06　10/8 Open 19:30/Start 20:00 （３）
07　10/9  Open 18:00/Start 18:30 （４）
08　10/9  Open 19:30/Start 15:00 （５）
09　10/10  Open 14:30/Start 18:30 （１）
10　10/10  Open 16:30/Start 17:00 （１）
11　10/11 Open 12:30/Start 13:00 （４）
12　10/11  Open 14:30/Start 15:00 （４）
13　10/11  Open 16:30/Start 17:00 （２）
14　10/12  Open 12:30/Start 13:00（３）
15　10/12 Open 14:30/Start 15:00（１）

Source: Nayok-Kihara @ H!O (from article below)

A theatrical training event has been announced for Hello! Pro Egg. In it the H!P Egg’s will probably practice doing sketches or acting for the audience (not confirmed, although that is what I guess it is).

It will be interesting to see what kind of acting the Eggs will have since some of them have already acted in movies (Fukuda Kanon, for example, on Maimi’s ghost movie)

Original Article – Click For Bigger Image

The H!P Egg’s are also split into 5 groups (each group will perform a particular day, 3 times in total by the end of the events, the team number of who is performing is next to the date):

Team 1 –

• Kitahara Sayaka
• Maeda Yuuka
• Kaneko Rie
• Katsuta Rina
• Sano Kaori (Up Front Egg)

Team 2 –

• Mori Saki
• Fukuda Kanon
• Okai Asuna
• Sato Ayano
• Hirano Tomomi

Team 3 –

• Sainen Mia
• Komine Momoka
• Wada Ayaka
• Takeuchi Akari
• Miyamoto Karin

Team 4 –

• Furukawa Konatsu
• Fukumura Mizuki
• Ogawa Saki
• Maeda Irori
• Noto Arisa (Up Front Egg)

Team 5 –

• Sengoku Minami
• Kikkawa Yuu
• Saho Akari
• Sekine Azusa
• Arai Manami

One notable member among the H!P Eggs is the graduated leader Noto Arisa, who is probably included since it isn’t a musical event but an acting event, something which the Up Front Eggs are trained for.

My guess as to why they are having this event is that they are probably giving them acting lessons to give them more practice as an idol, and I think it is a great idea to have a combined event where all the Egg’s can practice together.

The Hello! Pro Egg Fall 2009 Kenshii Happyokai event’s will occur from 10/6 to 10/12.

Some more information about Hello! Project’s 2010 Winter Uta Chou Fuugetsu ~Shuffle Deeto~ has been released (Info Source: Nayok-Kihara@H!O). Among the details the singer list has been revealed to include:

• High-King
• Aa!
• ZYX-α
• Tanpopo♯
• Zoku•Biyuuden
• PucchimoniⅤ
• Shin Minimoni。
• Buono!
• Guardians 4
• Hello! Pro Egg selection
• Other

This means that all of the shuffle groups will appear once again during the “Uta Chou Fuugetsu ~Shuffle Deeto~” concerts. The also interesting thing is at the end of the list, “Hoka” (or in English: Other), which means that there are other groups that will perform at the concerts but there is no information if they are the normal H!P groups such as Morning Musume, Berryz, or C-ute yet.

Original Scan (Click for Bigger Picture)

The dates have also been revealed although I am not sure if they are specifically for the Uta Chou Fuugetsu ~Shuffle Deeto~ concerts, or if they are additional dates for the two concerts. They include (Thanks to Murr for the Romaji):

• 1/5 (Nakano Sun Plaza) 中野サンプラザ 18:00-19:00
• 1/6 (Nakano Sun Plaza) 中野サンプラザ 18:00-19:00
• 1/7 (Nakano Sun Plaza) 中野サンプラザ 18:00-19:00
• 1/8 (Nakano Sun Plaza) 中野サンプラザ 18:00-19:00
• 1/17 (Osaka Kouseinen Kinkaikan) 大阪厚生年金会館　大ホール 14:00-15:00 and 17:30-18:30
• 1/24 (Nagoya Shimin Kaikan) 中京大学文化市民会館　オーロラホール 14:00-15:00 and 17:30-18:30

Until now it seems that they are having “Mobekimasu” during some time then switching to “Shuffle Deeto” which will be somewhat hard on some of the girls especially Buono who have a concert tour of their own from 12/19 – 12/28, since they have to practice for three different concerts in a short span of time and have virtually no rest days between them.

It will be interesting to see what ZYX-α will do without two members (Umeda Erika and Kusumi Koharu) since the song “Iku ZYX! FLY HIGH” has choreography in the beginning which needs 6 members (the spelling out of ZYX). Thanks Murr for the explanation (I forgot about the extra two members), so it seems that ZYX-a will still be able to do their song like always.

UFA might have a reason for doing two different concerts (perhaps the release of new shuffle group singles?), but we will have to wait and see what happens. I’m looking forward to these concerts, and hopefully we get to see who the “Other” groups/artists are soon.

Miyoshi Erika will perform in a stage play titled Rin Toshite with Hello! Pro Egg’s Kitahara Sayaka and Mai Sainen, and Up-Front Egg Kaori Sano.

I haven’t heard of Miyoshi Erika in a while, so I’m glad to see that she is still active even after graduation. I have no idea what the play is about but from the picture I can guess it will be slightly futuristic.

The play will run from November 4-8, more detailed info about dates in link below.

Gekidan Site With “Rin Toshite” Info

The cover for the upcoming DVD featuring Takahashi Ai, Michishige Sayumi, Tanaka Reina for the play Ojigi de Shape Up has been released. It’s basically the poster for the play with “DVD” added on the bottom and Zetima and DVD logos at the top.

The play also featured Egg’s Miyamoto Karin and Takeuchi Akari, so any fans of them might want to take a look at the DVD.

The DVD is set for release on 9/2.

9月23日（火祝） 横浜BLITZ
開場14：30 開演15：30
開場17：30 開演18：30

1 BE ALL RIGHT! – All
2 Mikan – All
MC1
3 TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY – Noto Arisa, Sengoku Minami, Mori Saki, Kitahara Sayaka, Wada Ayaka, Maeda Yuuka, Fukumura Mizuki
4 Lucky Cha Cha Cha! – Fukuda Kanon, Saho Akari
5 Kanashimi Twilight – Kikkawa Yuu, Furukawa Konatsu, Ogawa Saki (“川”)
6 Kokuhaku Kinenbi – Komine Momoka, Sekine Azusa, Maeda Irori, Kaneko Rie
7 Suki na Senpai – Satou Ayano, Hirano Tomomi & Katsuta Rina (all new eggs)
MC2
8 School Days – Wada Ayaka, Maeda Yuuka, Fukuda Kanon & Saho Akari
9 Aishiteru Aishiteru – Takeuchi Akari, Miyamoto Karin
10 Koweranai ga Hoshii no – Kikkawa Yuu, Mori Saki, Kitahara Sayaka, Sekine Azusa, Sainen Mia, Okai Asuna, Arai Manami
11 Meguru Koi no Kisetsu – Furukawa Konatsu, Komine Momoka, Saho Akari, Ogawa Saki, Satou Ayano, Fukumura Mizuki
12 HAPPY! Stand Up – Noto Arisa, Sengoku Minami, Kikkawa Yuu, Furukawa Konatsu, Sainen Mia, Mori Saki, Kitahara Sayaka, Komine Momoka, Satou Ayano, Fukuda Kanon, Saho Akari, Okai Asuna, Sekine Azusa, Fukumura Mizuki, Maeda Irori, Kaneko Rie, Arai Manami, Takeuchi Akari, Miyamoto Karin, Hirano Tomomi, Katsuta Rina
MC3
13 ***** (Asu wa DEETO no no ni Ima Sugu Koe ga Kikitai?) – S/mileage
MC4
14 aMa no Jaku – S/mileage
15 Narihajimeta Koi no BELL – Noto Airsa, Sengoku Minami, Sainen Mia, Saho Akari, Maeda Irori, Kaneko Rie, Arai Manami, Takeuchi Akari, Miyamoto Karin
MC5
16 Uwaki na Honey Pie – All
17 ***** – All
MC6
18 Ai Araba IT’S ALL RIGHT – All

Source: Official Website for Shinjin Kouen September ~Yokohama JUMP!~

The setlist for the Shinjin Kouen September ~Yokohama JUMP!~ has been released. As everyone knows this is the graduation concert for Nocchi, and it is also the first where Sawada isn’t a member of H!P Eggs.

The setlist is pretty well rounded out with some Morning Musume, Country Musume, S/mileage, Minimoni, and Ongaku Gatas songs. I’m glad to see that they are at least including an Ongaku Gatas song, although it would have been great to have Sawada for that before she graduated.

This concert also includes the two newest Eggs, Hirano Tomomi (25 years old) and Katsuta Rina (11 years old). There are two songs which haven’t been revealed, and the singers of the songs haven’t been revealed also so I’ll update with those.

EDIT: Updated 18 songs with who is singing, now all that is left to find out is the name of songs #13 and #17.

The concert is scheduled for 9/23.

2009ハロー！プロジェクト新人公演11月～横浜FIRE！～
出演：ハロー！プロジェクト新人選抜メンバー
ＭＣ：まこと
座席：1F全自由（整理番号付）
※整理番号30番以内のチケットが対象になります。
※ご入場時にドリンク代（￥500）が別途必要になります。
※ファンクラブオリジナルチケットではございません。

●公演番号51
11月23日（月・祝）横浜BLITZ（神奈川）
開場/開演：14:30/15:30
●公演番号52
11月23日（月・祝）横浜BLITZ（神奈川）
開場/開演：17:30/18:30

《注意事項》
※出演者・開場・開演時間は変更になる場合がございます。予めご了承下さい

Source: Nayok-Kihara@H!O

A new Hello! Pro Egg concert titled Shinjin Kouen November ~Yokohama FIRE!~ has been announced for 11/23, a month after the September concert. I’m glad to see that they are getting another concert date that soon (also glad because they changed the “JUMP” to “FIRE”).

This will also be the first concert after Nocchi’s graduation and the first with Aoki Erina as leader of the Egg’s, so hopefully she does well on this concert.

I’ll update with more info such as which Eggs won’t be attending (there are always some who miss because of other activites, such as school).

Hello! Project 2010 Winter （タイトル未定）
出演：モーニング娘。/Berryz工房/℃-ute/真野恵里菜/ハロプロエッグ選抜
ＭＣ：まこと
座席：一般席（全席指定）

●公演番号01
1月2日（土）中野サンプラザ（東京）
開場/開演：17:00/18:00
●公演番号02
1月3日（日）中野サンプラザ（東京）
開場/開演：10:30/11:30
●公演番号03
1月3日（日）中野サンプラザ（東京）
開場/開演：14:00/15:00
●公演番号04
1月3日（日）中野サンプラザ（東京）
開場/開演：17:30/18:30
●公演番号05
1月4日（月）中野サンプラザ（東京）
開場/開演：13:00/14:00
●公演番号06
1月4日（月）中野サンプラザ（東京）
開場/開演：17:00/18:00
●公演番号07
1月9日（土）中野サンプラザ（東京）
開場/開演：13:00/14:00
●公演番号08
1月9日（土）中野サンプラザ（東京）
開場/開演：17:00/18:00
●公演番号09
1月10日（日）中野サンプラザ（東京）
開場/開演：12:30/13:30
●公演番号10
1月10日（日）中野サンプラザ（東京）
開場/開演：16:30/17:30
●公演番号11
1月16日（土）大阪厚生年金会館　大ホール（大阪）
開場/開演：14:00/15:00
●公演番号12
1月16日（土）大阪厚生年金会館　大ホール（大阪）
開場/開演：17:30/18:30
●公演番号13
1月23日（土）中京大学文化市民会館　オーロラホール（愛知）
開場/開演：14:00/15:00
●公演番号14
1月23日（土）中京大学文化市民会館　オーロラホール（愛知）
開場/開演：17:30/18:30

Source: Nayok-Kihara@H!O

Information about the upcoming Hello! Project 2010 Winter (tentative title) concert tour has been released. The participating groups are: Morning Musume, Berryz Koubou, C-ute, Mano Erina, and select H!P Eggs.

It looks like the concert will run all through January with the first concert date being 1/2 and the last one being 1/23 (like expected they might add some dates later on).

I’ll update with the concert title or if dates are added.

Yuri is graduating from H!P Egg to continue her studies.

Source: turbos 68 @ H!O (from H!P Official Announcement For Sawada Yuri)

Sawada Yuri will graduate to continue her studies, and will completely leave Hello! Project and UFA. She is the second member of Ongaku Gatas to graduate from H!P and UFA, the first being Mutou Mika who left to live a normal life.

It was kind of understandable that she would graduate sooner or later since Ongaku Gatas hasn’t done much for a year. This graduation makes Sengoku Minami the only active Hello! Project Egg in Ongaku Gatas.

The best of luck to Sawada Yuri in her new life, and good luck in her studies.

I just got back from the Hello!Chanpuru concert at Nakano Sun Plaza with Celestia.  It was… way beyond amazing.  When the girls first came out, I almost cried because it was… (definitely hard to describe)… something I’ve only dreamed of seeing, never thought I would, and… I dunno… it was like, “Wow.  These girls are actually real.  Not just some people on my computer screen.  They exist!”

Anyway.  Maimai was absent from the concert tonight, which is a real shame because after Erika she’s my favorite girl in C-ute and I was really, really looking forward to her in Pucchimoni V.  But that’s okay.  Didn’t ruin my day.

01. Guru Guru Jump! Man, what a perfect concert opener.  This song was awesome.  I also liked that it wasn’t all Linlin-Junjun-Koharu like the Winter Concert.  Everyone got lines (well, you know, not everyone, but a lot more than just the main three).  You can tell the Pandas really love this song; they got to into it.  As well as the crowd.  Energy 100%.

02. Piriri to Yukou I adore this song.  It’s one of my favorite early Berryz songs, and is totally perfect for anything summer-themed.  I haven’t seen this in a few years on a setlist, so it’s nice to see it surfaced again!

3. aMa no Jaku S/mileage was fantastic.  I was expecting them to not sing very well live, since they’re all so young, but it was actually really good!  Poor Yuuka, she had incredibly dark bags under her eyes and seemed so exhausted.  Saki really shined here.  And Kanon is so adorable. (And I still don’t know the other girl’s name)

4. Omakase Guardian I don’t particularly like this song, but I do rather adore Mittsi and Yurina.  They were nice.

5. Minimoni Jankenpyon! I wasn’t sure whether this group would be able to match Minimoni in my eyes because Minimoni is my favorite H!P group to ever exist.  However, this was awesome.  Linlin is the perfect leader for this group and the other girls, despite being way young (omg Karin holy crap), definitely have the energy and charisma for Minimoni.  I look forward to more from this group.

(I think Ice CreaMusume performed here?  I can’t remember when they came on) But it was dull.  I really don’t like Koisuru blah blah, and even with Junjun and Linlin, it’s still beyond boring.

6. Sekai wa Summer Party I’ve seen this on TV and this performance has definitely been the best.  She had some trouble with notes here and there, but Mano was way cute.  And this song is fun to dance to.

7. Shochuu Omimai Moshiagemasu I love this song.  Missed Maimai, but I loved it nonetheless.

8. Seishun Bus Guide When I got around to ignoring Risako, I totally loved this song live!  Berryz never fail to disappoint me.

9. Nanchatte Renai I adore this song.  End of story.

10. Shouganai Yume Oibito This really does sound just like Nanchatte, but either way this was a nice performance!  I love the dance.

11. Yume to Genjitsu (Aa!) I’m not too keen on this group seeing as I was a huge fan of the original Aa! and I’m a huge fan of Buono! and I think this group kind of ruins both.  I mean, if they release this as a single, it’s like, “Oh, it’s not Buono! or Aa!, it’s ‘let’s shuffle Airi and Miyabi around with other girls a lot!’”  I liked the song, but it didn’t had such a Buono!-esque vibe that it just didn’t seem right not to have Momoko there.

12. Pira! Otome to Onegai (Pucchimoni V) WOW.  This has to be one of the best songs, despite being only NakaSaki and ManoEri singing it.  I know Maimai would have just shined on this, so that was disappointing.  But this is such an incredibly catchy song.  I really hope this gets released as a single.

13. Heya to Y shirts no Watashi I liked it much better on the CD.

14. Umbrella (Tanpopo #) This song is SO Tanpopo!  And all the girls dressed like Tanpopo too!  I think this is my second favorite song on the setlist.  I absolutely loved it.

15. MY BOY And this is my favorite.   It was awesome.  The girls did so well and it definitely had that rock vibe that the girls seem to strive for in Buono!.

16. JUMP What a great concert song, really.  I was pretty dismayed at not being able to JUMP though.

17. Cosmos I don’t think I was listening to the song, really.  It made me sleepy.  I was more focused on Aichan’s lovely dress and her lovely earring… which she was only wearing one of.  It was odd.

18. Only You (Zoku Biyuuden)  I didn’t like this song on the CD.  Or the fact that these girls called themselves Biyuuden.  But after seeing it live… man, it was awesome.  Junjun got down on the ground rockin it out, and I couldn’t take my eyes off of her the entire time.  She really has grown since she joined.  She’s gotten so much more comfortable, and trust me, it was obvious to see on this song.

19. Iku ZYX! Fly High I don’t really like this song, but damn, Gaki-san was sexy.  And I’m very glad Erika got Megumi’s lines.  It’s nice she got a little attention before she leaves.

20. Diamonds I expected more from this live.  Like, oh, you know, maybe some dancing from the group that was put together for their dancing.

21. C\C I am.  So happy.  That I got to see this live.  It was amazing.  And getting to dance along was way fun. 

22. Special Generation I’ve complained about this being overperformed before, and I know a lot of you have too, but I realize now why it is.  You can’t really understand unless you’re there at the concert, but it really gets the crowd going, and that makes for an awesome addition to any concert.

23. Tokaikko Junjou Same goes for this song.  I was rather disappointed that Maimai wasn’t here for this one.  Whoever was supposed to cover her first solo forgot, which was pretty amusing to watch.  I think it was Maimi since she covered her last solo line.  But like true performers, it didn’t phase C-ute at all.

24. Resonant Blue I would have been very okay without this song on the setlist.  But whatever, it was fun to chant to.

25. Sono Bamen de Bibiccha Ikenai jan! This song was really fun to watch live with all those girls!  There was really way too much going on to concentrate on anything, but it’s a great concert song nonetheless that really got the crowd going.

26. Koko ni Iruzee! Wow, Mittsi really belted her solo out.  I was very pleasantly surprised.  Kamei was way cute on this and Aichan rocked her solo at the end.  Overall, loved this song.  I wish it was the last number.

27.  Aozora de blah blah whatever Don’t like this song, thought I would live; not so much.  It’’s boring.  I wasn’t even paying attention.  My thoughts wandered like none other on this song.  I played the bow-finding game.  It was easy.

Overall, I feel like my journey of being a Hello! Project fan can now be happily completed.  Not that I plan on that happening anytime soon in any foreseeable future, but if it ever does, I will have accomplished all there is to accomplish.  I had a great time (and thank you so much Celestia for going with me, I felt so much better with someone else haha).

On the down side, the only shirts they had were L-sized, so my shirt is huge, but I have a Morning Musume shirt (that came with a complete photo set!) that I will put up pictures of later.

(Not the lineup scheduled for concert)

24 H!P Eggs will be performing at the H!P Shinjin Kouen September ~Yokohama JUMP~ concert.
http://ent.pia.jp/pia/event.do?eventCd=0933616

Participating: Noto Arisa, Sengoku Minami, Kikkawa Yuu, Furukawa Konatsu, Sainen Mia, Mori Saki, Kitahara Sayaka, Komine Momoka, Wada Ayaka, Maeda Yuuka, Sato Ayano, Fukuda Kanon, Saho Akari, Okai Asuna, Sekine Azusa, Fukumura Mizuki, Ogawa Saki, Maeda Irori, Kaneko Rie, Arai Manami, Takuechi Akari, Miyamoto Karin, Hirano Satomi, Katsuta Rina.

Not Participating: Aoki Erina, Tanaka Anri, Sawada Yuri, and Sezaki Azusa.
(Thanks to sada* at JPM for the list.)

Source: Nayok-Kihara @ H!O

Some information about the upcoming concert featuring the Hello! Pro Eggs has been released. There will be two performances for that day (one at 15:30 and another at 18:30) and it will feature 24 Eggs (names above).

I will update if the member list changes or if there is another change.

The concert is scheduled for 9/23.

1.DIAMONDS ＜ダイアモンド＞／High-King（高橋・田中・清水・矢島・前田） (Takahashi Ai, Tanaka Reina, Shimizu Saki, Yajima Maimi, Maeda Yuuka)
2.愛は勝つ／℃-ute・真野恵里菜 (C-ute, Mano Erina)
3.YES-YES-YES／あぁ！（夏焼・鈴木・佐保） (Natsuyaki Miyabi, Suzuki Airi, Saho Akari)
4.てんとう虫のサンバ／新ミニモニ。（リンリン・福田・竹内・宮本） (Linlin, Fukuda Kanon, Takeuchi Akari, Miyamoto Karin)
5.君がいるだけで／プッチモニＶ（中島・萩原・真野） (Nakajima Saki, Hagiwara Mai, Mano Erina)
6.部屋とYシャツと私／田中れいな（モーニング娘。） (Tanaka Reina)
7.守ってあげたい／新垣里沙・亀井絵里（モーニング娘。） (Niigaki Risa, Kamei Eri)
8.秋桜／高橋　愛（モーニング娘。） (Takahashi Ai)
9.未来予想図II／ZYX-α（新垣・久住・嗣永・徳永・須藤・梅田・和田・小川） (Niigaki Risa, Kusumi Koharu, Tsugunaga Momoko, Tokunaga Chinami, Sudou Maasa, Umeda Erika, Wada Ayaka, Ogawa Saki)
10.ONLY YOU／続・美勇伝（道重・ジュンジュン・菅谷） (Michishige Sayumi, JunJun, Sugaya Risako)
11.赤いスイートピー／タンポポ＃（亀井・光井・熊井・岡井） (Kamei Eri, Mitsui Aika, Kumai Yurina, Okai Chisato)
12.for you・・・／リンリン（モーニング娘。) (LinLin)
13.関白宣言／Berryz工房・真野恵里菜 (Berryz Koubou, Mano Erina)
14.世界は二人のために／道重さゆみ・久住小春・光井愛佳・ジュンジュン（モーニング娘。） (Michishige Sayumi, Koharu Kusumi, Mitsui Aika, Junjun)

Source: Ayabie @ JPHIP

Apparently this is the final singer list for Chanpuru ~Happy Marriage Song Cover Shuu~. I was kind of surprised that Aa! (Natsuyaki Miyabi, Suzuki Airi, Saho Akari) doesn’t have Reina, she is an original member of the group but she was replaced with Saho for some reason.

Zoku Biyuuden (Michishige Sayumi, Junjun, and Risako): I was expecting Sayu to be in the group, but I never thought Risako would be in it, it might be interesting to see what image they go for. Tanpopo #, (Kami Eri, Mitsui Aika, Kumai Yurina, Okai Chisato): all of the members have the “井” Kanji in their name (most likely that is where they got the #).

ZYX-α (Niigaki, Kusumi,Momoko, Chinami, Maasa, Umeda Erika, Wada Ayaka, Ogawa Saki): has some of the original members plus Niigaki and Koharu who are full of energy, it’s good that they included 2 senpai’s, 4 H!P Kids, and 2 Eggs since it has a sort of variety.

Pucchi Moni V (Nakajima, Hagiwara, Mano): I didn’t expect Nakajima in the group, but hopefully they do good. And Shin Minimoni (Linlin, Fukuda, Takeuchi, Miyamoto): there were rumors going around of Takeuchi and Miyamoto being in the group, but I would like to see how this might turn out, since Takeuchi and Miyamoto are among the youngest eggs, but so far it seems like a good combination.

Other than that High King has all of it’s original members and the rest are just members singing together with no group name or solo. The absence of original members is probably because each member got into one group only, so I guess Tsunku is probably planning on making this semi-permanent for some time, although this is only a guess.

The album is set for release on 7/15.

EDIT 7/11: The list has been confirmed by photos of the booklet, High King has all of it’s original members, and everyone in the album is in only one group, Tsunku is probably planning on keeping them for a bit more (possibility):

Aa! (Natsuyaki Miyabi, Suzuki Airi, Saho Akari)

Tanpopo # (Mitsui Aika, Okai Chisato, Kamei Eri, Kumai Yurina)

ZYX-α (Niigaki Risa, Kusumi Koharu, Tsugunaga Momoko, Sudou Maasa, Tokunaga Chinami, Umeda Erika, Wada Ayaka, Ogawa Saki)

Zoku Biyuuden (Junjun, Sugaya Risako, Michishige Sayumi)

Shin Minimoni (Linlin, Fukuda Kanon, Takeuchi Akari, Miyamoto Karin)

Pucchimoni V (Mano Erina, Nakajima Saki, Hagiwara Mai)

The new eggs are Hirano Tomomi and Katsuto Rina.

Pic: Katsuto Rina and the other eggs

We have 2 new eggs now. They’re our 8th gen. They are:

Hirano Tomomi (Hiracchi) – Graduate student, respects Tanaka Reina senpai, she loves grapes.

Katsuta Rina (Rinapuu) – 5th grade Elementary, respects Mano Erina, loves pudding.

There has been no official pictures of them yet.

本日の新人講演にてハロプロエッグ7期として2名加入。

平野智美　ひらっち　大学院生　葡萄が好き　尊敬する先輩は田中れいな
勝田里奈　りなぷー　小学5年生　プリンが好き　尊敬する先輩は真野恵里菜

Hirano Tomomi (Hiracchi) – Graduate student, respects Tanaka Reina senpai, she loves grapes.

Katsuta Rina (Rinapuu) – 5th grade Elementary, respects Mano Erina, loves pudding.

Source: Nayok-Kihara @ H!O

Two new eggs were introduced at last night’s Shinjin Kouen concert, Hirano Tomomi and Katsuta Rina.

Tsunku recently added another two eggs in March, Satou Ayano and Sezaki Azusa, and Satou performed at the concert on 6/7, so hopefully these two new eggs will be ready to perform for the next concert.

EDIT: Picture of Katsuta Rina with the other eggs

She is the one on the in the pink shirt (to the left of Mano and to the right of Arai, picture from Mano Erina’s blog), hopefully we will get a picture of Hirano Tomomi soon, but for now it’s good to know how Katsuto Rina looks, and she blends in with the others which is a good sign she will do well.

THIS IS THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE SINCE W DISBANDED.

Please read.

Ahem: Tsunku plans to revive Minimoni.

Minimoni, my favorite H!P group to have ever existed.

Minimoni, the legendary group filled with cutesyness to the brim.

Minimoni, who bisbanded once their second leader, Mika, my favorite H!P girl to date, left.

Minimoni, who has lived on in the hearts of fans.

Minimoni, WHO’S NOW COMING BACK.

YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAAYAYAYAYAYAYAAYAY.

Fukuda Kanon is the first official member (which is good because I thought it was so lame that she didn’t make it into the new H!P Egg unit).  That’s… whatever.  It seems like this will be an Egg unit, but hey.  I don’t care.  It’s Minimoni.  And I’m so thrilled I can barely contain myself right now.

kthxbai

Hello! Pro Eggsut julkaisevat ensimmäisen photobookinsa, jonka kuvat on ottanut Morning Musumen ex-jäsen Yasuda Kei. Photobookin voi ostaa Hello! Pro Eggsujen kesäkuisessa Shinjin Kouen ~Nakano STEP~ konsertissa.

I’ve got to be honest, I wasn’t really fond of the PV for Mano Erina’s new single, Hajimete no Kenken.  But she just performed it live for the first time on television, and I must say, I’m in love.

That dress and those little red flats are beyond adorable.  While she does get a little winded, most people would doing it with that dance and singing solo.  Plus, this is only her second major single.  Matsuura Aya was the same way when she first started (granted, that was three years earlier in age, but let’s ignore that detail).  I love that the Eggs are actually getting to do something, even though what they do in the background can hardly be called “backup dancing.”

Overall, I love this new direction; Otome no Inori was incredibly dull.  I’m really looking forward to her next single and her tour this summer (anyone know if that’s still happening?).

My online cover group, Mignon! Project, is holding auditions, so if you’re interested, read on!

Mignon! Project, a J-music cover group, is officially opening 7th Generation auditions! If you’re interested at all, don’t hesitate to audition! All auditions will be accepted as long as the directions are followed.

To audition, you will need some kind of recording program. **Videos sent over youtube are not allowed** The audition needs to be in either mp3 or ogg form. **.Wav files will, under no circumstances, be accepted.** If you need help with that, I’m more than willing. You must send in a full Japanese song. There must be background music, whether it’s the official karaoke or a self-made one (which I can make for you). Also, do not edit the file in any way, meaning no effects whatsoever (i.e.- noise removal, reverb, phaser, etc). If you have read these rules, in the part of the form that asks “apple?”, respond “banana.” The only way your audition will not be accepted is if that area is not filled out correctly.

When you audition, please fill out the following form:

Name: [what you go by online]
Age: [optional--just for reference]
Vocal Range: [soprano, alto, tenor, etc--if you don't know, it's okay]
Link to Audition Song: [please include the name and artist]
Is (are) there any Hello! Project artist(s) you particularily dislike?: (NOT a particular member, a group)
Is (are) there any non-Hello! Project artist(s) that you like?:
Which group do you want to be in the most (in M!P)?:
Do you have any previous experience in cover groups?: [won't affect my decision]
Who refered you to M!P?: [if no one did, leave this blank]
Apple?:

You can PM me, email me [tsuki[at]nekohimenaoko[dot]com], IM me [tsuki__hime[at]hotmail[dot]com], or whatever other way fancies you with that form (and your audition) or any questions that you might have.

Auditions end June 14th, 2009.

**PLEASE NOTE IF YOU AUDITION: Mignon! Project is NOT like youtube dubbing groups. We operate outside of youtube. Not all of our songs go up on youtube either. You will not be cast to a specific Hello! Project group as a certain person (unless you get into Kawaii’iro Seishun-tai, as they’re the only group that assigns H!P girls). Our groups generally do music by one artist, but it changes as does who sings what part. Often you aren’t even assigned parts and we use arrangements of lyrics.

So please just keep in mind that this will be nothing like youtube dubbing groups. And if you can’t handle either that or strict deadlines, please don’t audition. **

That’s it! Good luck auditioning!

<3 Tsuki, Producer of Mignon! Project

H!P Eggs Shinjin Kouen June 2009 ~Nakano STEP!~ (6/7/09)

えんな、あんちゃん、さわちゃん、きっか、あずず、たけちゃん、かりん
Aoki Erina, Tanaka Anri, Sawada Yuri, Kikkawa Yuu, Takeuchi Akari, and Miyamoto Karin will not participate in this concert.

Romaji setlist:
1. Souda! We’re ALIVE
2. Amai Yuuwaku
MC(1)
3. Hajimete no Happy Birthday
4. Shanimuni Paradise
5. Ai ~Suite Room~
6. Wakkanai (Z)
MC(2)
7. Omakase Guardian
8. BABY! Koi ni KNOCK OUT!
9. GET UP! Rapper
10. Renai Sentai Shitsu Ranger
11. Michi Naru Mirai e
MC(3)
12. ＊＊＊＊
13. Enryou wa Nashi yo!
MC(4)
14. Yunjou Junjou oh Seishun
15. Go Girl ~Koi no Victory~
16. ＊＊＊＊＊＊
MC(5)
17. I know

Source: Nayok-Kihara @ H!O

Another H!P Egg concert has been announced, but this time there is 6 Egg’s missing, and there is a new song that is going to be performed by Shugo Chara Egg (most likely) which is Omakase Guardian. I’ve never seen the Egg’s perform before, but this setlist looks really interesting.

So if anyone is near Nakano Sun Plaza Hall on 6/7 then drop by and hear Shugo Chara perform Omakase Guardian or listen to the other Egg’s perform, also Saito Hitomi and Ootani Masae are going to be MCs.

The link below is the official site, it has more information about the concert, such as times, the setlist in Japanese and much more, check it out if you are an H!P Egg fan.

Official Site

The new Egg Unit which is set to debut and consists of Ogawa Saki, Fukuda Kanon, Wada Ayaka and Maeda Yuuka finally has a name: S/mileage, the name was officially revealed by the Tsunku himself in his blog.

As of right now we only know that, apart from the members names, hopefully we can see a name of a debut single or something along those lines soon.The name is probably a combination of three words: smile, age, and mileage, which is interesting to say the least and it really makes me excited to see what Tsunku could have prepared for us, hopefully we can find out soon.

Good luck to these four girls and let’s hope we get some other information like the title of the debut single soon.

Tsunku’s Blog Entry Announcing Name

Epävarmojen tietojen mukaan Hello! Project aikoisi julkaista albumin, joka sisältäisi coverkappaleita 60 -ja 80 – luvuilta. Itse ryhmä kantaa nimeä Hello! Project ja se sisältää 49 jäsentä. Albumin nimi on huhujen mukaan Happy Weddings. Ryhmä tulee sisältämään Morning Musumen, Berryz Kouboun, °C-uten, Hello! Pro Eggsut ja Mano Erinan.

Ikävä kyllä tiedosta ei ole vielä varmistusta projectilta itseltään.

//Albumi on varmistettu ja sen nimeksi on kerrottu Chanpuru ~Happy Marriage Song Shu~ ja albumi julkaistaan 15. heinäkuuta.

The lineups for the “revival groups” in Hello! Project’s summer shuffle album have been revealed!  Now I’m about 89342 times more excited to get the album and see it live!  (Ftw, bought my ticket!  I’m sooooooo excited!!)

First, the new Aa!:

Natsuyaki Miyabi, Suzuki Airi, and Saho Akari

I’m a little upset seeing as the original Aa! is still all in Hello! Project, so I’m not too sure why they left Reina out, but I don’t like Reina anyway, so I’m not too too upset about that, but couldn’t they have picked anyone else?  There’s a reason Saho didn’t make it into S\mileage, and that’s because (in my opinion, and always had been) she was the worst of all the girls in Shugo Chara Egg.  She’s not physically appealing, she can’t sing to save her life, so I’m just wondering why on earth she was put into a group with two of the most talented Hello! Project Kids.  Hm.

The new Minimoni:

Linlin, Fukuda Kanon, Takeuchi Akari, and Miyamoto Karin

Now this, as you know, I am thrilled about!!!!  I adore Minimoni, I adore Linlin, Fukuda Kanon is way adorable, and the other girls don’t totally suck.  Now, often Eggs don’t stick with me (unless they debut like Kanon and Maeda Yuka who is oddly absent from any of these lineups), but Akari stuck out in my mind from the Egg concert, and Karin just joined, right?  I don’t know why, but she caught my attention right away.  Probably because she’s so friggin adorable.  I’m looking forward to this group the most!

The New Pucchimoni:

Nakajima Saki, Hagiwara Mai, and Mano Erina

Ewewewewew NakaSaki.  She can’t sing her way out of a hole, why does she get attention??  Otherwise: Maimaimaimaimaimaimaimaimai!!!!!!!!!  She has been seriously shoved out of the limelight ever since Tokaikko, which really depresses me because I adore her.  She’s my favorite C-ute member.   So I’m kinda hoping she’ll be the Goto Maki of this group.  And then ManoEri~  I don’t think she’s a good soloist at all, but she does well in groups, so I hope this works well for her!

The new ZYX:

Niigaki Risa, Kusumi Koharu, Tsugunaga Momoko, Suudo Maasa, Tokunaga Chinami, Umeda Erika, Carrot Wada Ayaka, and Ogawa Saki

I’m glad to see so many of the original Kids in this group (all minus Megumi and Saki, right?), but I’m not so sure why they made this group so much bigger.  I love love love that Gaki-san’s in it, not so much about Koharu.  I do like Ogawa Saki, she’s very talented, and Dawa makes me laugh.  I like this entire lineup lots and lots minus Koharu.  Who, unfortunately, will  probably ruin it for me.

The new Biyuuden:

Michishige Sayumi, Junjun, and Sugaya Risako

I was a huge Biyuuden fan and I don’t think anyone can replace them.  The difference between Biyuuden and every other revival group is that the others were all either shuffle groups or subgroups to begin with, but Biyuuden was always a permanent group.  And it’s so so soon after their disbandment, I think it’s inappropriate to “revive” them.  And I think this subgroup hardly does them justice, Junjun or no Junjun.  Of course I’m really excited to see Junjun in this group, but I hate Risako, and Sayumi… oh dear Sayumi.  You know she’s gonna take Charmy’s lines and destroy them too.  Sigh.

And lastly, the new Tanpopo:

Kamei Eri, Mitsui Aika, Kumai Yurina, and Okai Chisato

I wasn’t a huge fan of Tanpopo except for when Aibon was in it, and even then it was kind of blah, but I think this lineup could make me change my mind!!  I adore all of these girls, so I’m super excited to hear and see them!  I hope they do Tanpopo justice (and not that third lineup crap)!!

…………………………….

In other news, omg!  Kanna!  D:  She left H!P.  Hello! Online speculates it may be because of her boyfriend, Johnny’s Entertainment Jr. Hashimoto Ryosuke (who I’m in love with ftw).  Whatever it’s from, omg!  Kanna!  D:  C-ute will never, ever be the same.

Ever.