Catching up on H!P news!!

Yeah it’s only March and we have a slew of H!P news to go over (mainly 5 different things and 1 that’s sort of related).  Let’s jump right in with all of the interesting news~

Aika Mitsui goes on hiatus!

At the beginning of the year, we got such a big performance and amazing setlist of current and past H!P groups (and some random ass inclusion of other UFP acts) but the countdown went by with not a lot of news except that Aika is going on hiatus to take English lessons in New Zealand.  Now…this went by with not much fanfare (and she doesn’t have too many fans as it is) so this kind of wasn’t a big deal in the long run, but I hope she comes back to H!P ASAP and does some new music!

Country Musume revival!

Yup, announced in February, Mai Satoda put up a video announcing that Country Musume is holding auditions for a revival!  Knowing the past of the group, I hope they won’t need a Momusu member to hold them afloat like they did.  Though I’m curious to how they will sound because when I think of them, I think of SATOYAMA and we all know that’s probably not going to happen anytime soon.  With the admittance of auditioning ending at the end of this month, I’ll be curious to see how this will all turn out.  Some people already thinking Masaki and KSS’ Inaba might be shoe-ins but I hope not for the former as she’s in SATOYAMA as it is xD.

Team Makenki!

Announced a little before the CM’s revival, we got a sort of new group involved in UFP and triple mix of THE Possible, Yuu Kikkawa, and Up Up Girls (Kakko Kari)!  Granted of the girls (cept Ayano Sato and Kikka herself) they’re all part of the original 32 Hello! Pro Eggs so it’s pretty neat right there.  They said they’ll have a single released soon, so I can’t wait to see how that turns out!

Tsunku’s sick x.x;

In the last couple of months, myself and other fans have noticed that Tsunku’s voice was getting much more grittier and tougher to listen to…unfortunately it turned into that Tsunku had got Laryngeal Cancer.  Luckily according to him, they found it early and it hasn’t done anything worse, so he’s getting it taken cared of and is going to try to take things easier (though still compose for his groups).  It’ll be interesting to see how it goes for him for the rest of the year.

SATOYAMA is back again…!

Yup, even though the SATOYAMA show ended its run, the movement continues on and we got three more units to co-exist with the other 5 (no love for SATOUMI huh?).  Let’s meet our new groups

• Sato no Akari (Masaki Sato, Rina Katsuta, Akari Uemura) – I really liked this grouping except for Maachan who has been in 3/8ths of the SATOYAMA groups…give her a break yeah?  Though it’s exciting that Rinapuu and Aarii are together as they’re my two favorites right now…I can’t wait to hear their song!
• Triplet (Chisato Okai, Haruka Kudo, Sayuki Takagi) – Like the previous group, I am really happy with this choice too as it’s another batch of favorites…definitely intrigued since they have a more unique group of vocals present.
• ODATOMO (Sakura Oda, Tomoko Kanazawa) – Two of the surprisingly strong vocalists coming from the newest girls is such a great surprise and with them doing a duet…can’t wait to see how their vocals will gel together (hopefully amazingly!).

Overall this is the best grouping of ladies yet!  I just can’t wait to see what’ll come out from all of this awesomeness…though who’s left that hasn’t been involved?

Sayumi, Zukki, Fukuchan, Momochi, Maasa, Yurina, Meimi, and Kanana….saving up for something?  Also could use some KSS here too y’know?  Still, great decisions here!

Let’s do 12th Gen Auditions again!

Yup announced at the group’s Spring concert, we’re going through the waves as we try once again to find the next generation of girls to join the flagship!  Now we’ve been through the 12th gen auditions before and came out with no winners (though the finalists are all Kenshuusei now).  Though Tsunku said there might not even be winners here but I think fans will rage if no one wins.  Some people are even speculating that this is the premonition before Sayu announces her graduation.  Maybe, but I think Tsunku is looking for some girls that can fit in just right and yet stand out (though I’d like more singers at the moment).  I just hope these auditions will actually be awesome and not so quick to end like the last two (Sakura’s and the first 12th gen tryout).

That’s about it, there’s some quite interesting releases coming up, hopefully it’ll turn out great!

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