Whoa there H!P, you did whaaat!?!

Yo, it seems like H!P has been mostly quiet recently what with ANGERME only having a single coming up because it’s Akari’s graduation single….so I had wondered what’s been going on…that is until H!P dropped a big bomb (a happy one at that) with a LOT of additions to groups! So shall we check out what has been announced???

Morning Musume ’23

So it seems that the Momusu auditions bore winners here and both are newcomers and not KSS (once again).  Meet Haruka Inoue and Ako Yumigeta.  Honestly, not much is really known about the two, beyond Inoue auditioned for NMB48.  Curious to see how this goes considering Momusu hasn’t even released any music yet so far this year, so I can assume the 1st single may debut them (but also could be used for Fukumura’s graduation single).  Also, Yumigeta kind of looks like Duu to me xD.

ANGERME

I actually wasn’t expecting ANGERME to gain new members even though Takechan is graduating here soon.  Though it’s great to see Goto and Shimoitani joining ANGERME especially after the last Shindan Test.  I know Hana was getting really popular of a KSS member. partly due to being a Oha Girl, but she’s a pretty good singer as well!  Yukiho while more recent of an addition to the KSS was surprisingly decent, if not needed more training so I’m more than surprise the pair ended up being in the wild group.  I’m super curious bout them since we only just had Yuki for a little while…so yeah, interesting choice!

Juice=Juice

Even Juice=Juice gets a new member in this year’s Shinden Test winner, Mifu Kawashima!  I mean she did pretty well in her performances, so the winner being added to a group (and 2nd place, Goto) was of course something many had considered to include.  I’m also a little confused on the inclusion because we’re also still shaking the newness off of both Endo and Ishiyama (and still I feel even Ebata, Arisawa, and Irie are still too new) XD.  Curious, but she’s a great singer, so I’m sure the push will be real!

Hello Pro Kenshuusei Unit ’23

Last. but most interestingly, Hinoha Yoshida and Rena Kamimura were announced to joining the other 5 KSS Unit members (Matsubara, Onoda, Uemura, Murakoshi, and Hashida) on top of the news that the group will debut sometime next year.  Interesting news as I kind of figured that some of the other KSS members would just remain to join the group.  That being said, it leaves us with ONLY 3 KSS members right now (Kawano, Makino, and Hayashi) and I have to wonder if the KSS Program is ending and we’re just stringing these 3 until they are to join the unit (or other groups).  Very cool stuff and I can’t wait to see OCHA NORMA 2 basically form together XD

 

 

AND THAT’S IT, lots to take in and talk about and I can’t wait to see these members perform with their groups for Summer tours!

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