Eri's 3rd Solo Image DVD!

Monday, December 28, 2009

Eri's 3rd solo image DVD will be released on March 3rd, 2010. The title has yet to be revealed but e-hon provided us a brief description of the DVD. It says "Kamei Eri's 3rd solo DVD! Its fully loaded with the real Kamei Eri that can't be seen in Morning Musume! Filled with bikini scenes too! The duration is an hour.

This is great news. I'm hoping to see from adventure and action! It'll be awesome if Eri has yet another side of her that I've never seen or heard of.

Ichigo Ichie #038 (2009.12.24)


Perhaps still in the China mood, when Aichan was talking about new year, she gave a short Mandarin lesson. The phrase she taught was "新年快乐" (Xin nian kuai le) which means "happy new year."

There are 2 different concerts for the upcoming Hello! Project 2010 Winter Kachou Fuugetsu. It may seem to be physically demanding since the dates are all lined up side by side, but Aichan thinks that it may not be as bad as she thinks since it is a Hello! Project concert. In other words, they don't get to sing as much as when performing in a Morning Musume concert. There are songs that Aichan likes and some old songs in the concerts' set lists.

Morning Musume's 42nd single, "Onna ga Medatte Naze Ikenai" will be released on February 10. Aichan can't give much details for now but she can say that it may be a cool song, but they are wearing cute costumes.

Aichan is not good at skiing but she doesn't fall when she skis. She enjoys skiing but haven't been skiing ever since she joined Morning Musume. She has never tried snowboarding but will like to try doing it.

High King - Destiny Love
Aichan gives a hint that this song will be performed in the upcoming concert. She assures us that it will be a cool song.

This week's recommendation is "A Christmas Carol." Aichan watched the movie with Junjun. Although Junjun gave her a choice of the movie and Aichan wanted to watch "2012," she was too afraid to watch it so she chose "A Christmas Carol" instead. Junjun was quicker in her in getting the tickets so she couldn't do much about it.

Listener's recommendation is "Public Enemies." Aichan has yet to watch it.

Aichan hopes that she can stop falling down during concerts because she makes the rest of the members feel worried for her. Gaki-san and Eri especially. Gaki-kame often tells her to stop falling, even though its something that she can't help. Once, during a Hello! Project concert in the Summer, in a middle of a performance, when Aichan was standing in the centre, she fell down the steps. Eri happened to be next to her at that point and it surprised Eri. She quickly checked if Aichan was all right. Fortunately, unlike the fall she had during Nine Smile concert, it wasn't a bad fall. Aichan will like to stop being clumsy, behave like a young lady and not cause the rest worry about her.

Aichan's role in Q.E.D drama is an 18-year-old school girl. She was 22 at that time when they filmed the show. Talking about it, it brings back the good memories to Aichan. Even though the drama was aired earlier this year, it felt as though it has been a long time.

Watching Koharu graduate, Aichan noticed that Koharu has grown up a lot and has became cool.

Looking back at 2009, Aichan realised how much she has done within a year together with the other members. She is amazed by the amount of stuff they accomplished in 2009.

To Aichan, travelling overseas is a good thing. Some of the members often have problems with travelling because of the food and the inability of their skin to adapt to the new environment. Aichan has no problem adapting to the environment quickly. She wants to meet the fans from Taiwan, Korea and many other more countries. Aichan is thinking of learning Mandarin. She is still putting English as the top priority though.

Morning Musume - Onna ga Medatte Naze Ikenai
Aichan feels that this song (lyrics) has a deep meaning behind it and she will like everyone to listen to it.

When she was younger, like other children, Aichan wondered if she could write her name in Hiragana instead of Kanji because all 3 Kanjis in her name, "高橋愛" (Takahashi Ai) aren't easy to write.

This week's English phrase is "Okay, I will." It is a continuation of last week's English phrase, "Say hi to your mom."

There will not be any Ichigo Ichie next week. It will continue to run as usual after 2009.

Aichan teaches how to sing the "Jan!" line in "Kimagure Princess." Can't be translated, you have to listen to the show to listen to how she sang. She did say that you can try to use the strength from your stomach. It helps to build muscles. It may be difficult to sing along at first but if you get the trick to doing it, it should not be of much problem. The challenging part for Aichan is the lines with a faster tempo. Those aren't her lines though. Aichan says that if one is able to sing "Kimagure Princess" well, the rest of the Morning Musume songs shouldn't be of much difficulty since "Kimagure Princess" is a vocally-challenging song.

Thanks to "Ichigo Ichie," which started this year, Aichan has improved greatly with her talks even though she has yet to stop stumbling over her words. Please continue to support "Ichigo Ichie" in 2010.

Aichan: This was Takahashi Ai who wants to meet the Ichigo mates (Listeners of "Ichigo Ichie") now.

Mitsui Aika's 17th Birthday Project

Edit: Post bumped
Mitsui Aika will be turning 17 on January 12, 2010. You can send her birthday wishes to her through this form. Just simply fill in the form and your message. All the messages will be compiled and passed to Aika on January 9. The deadline for this project is January 2.

Form
Title* : (If it's blank, please copy this 「メッセージ」 and paste it in the blank)
Name* :
E'mail address :
Gender : The first option is to remain anonymous, the second option is male and the third option is female.
Message* :

Tick the box if you will like to receive a copy of the message you sent.
Then click the button below the box and you're done!
*Please fill in these details.

Important
Please do not send messages with only one "Happy birthday" or anything that is not suitable for a birthday message. The organisers will not include such messages in the compilation. Also, please do not use special characters such as heart marks. Lastly, as usual, one message per person only.

Original post date : November 14, 2009

Konya mo Usachan Peace #164 (2009.12.23)

Saturday, December 26, 2009


Not long ago, Eri and Sayu planned to hang out together but they had a rehearsal that day. Fortunately for them, the rehearsal ended 4 hours before the scheduled time and they had a meal together before going to karaoke. They went to the karaoke not to sing, but to eat and chat. It was humid in the room after some time. Eri took off her clothes out of a sudden, leaving her camisole on. Eri looked very sexy in that and Sayu was worried that a staff might just walk into the room to check if they needed anything so she asked Eri to put on her clothes which Eri refused, reasoning that its dark and no one would be able to see. To Sayu, the darkness added unnecessary sexiness. She managed to convince Eri to put on her (Eri's) rehearsal jersey in the end.

Kamei Eri - Kataomoi no Owari ni

Some time ago, when Suzanne was on Waratte Iitomo, Sayu sent flowers to the show to congratulate Suzanne. She watched the show when it aired. She finds Suzanne really cute, not only on the outside, but also on the inside (She's right!). Even though Sayu makes negative comments about Suzanne on TV, they are friends in private. Suzanne often tells her she listens to Morning Musume's songs. Sayu too, listens to Suzanne's songs. She likes the duet she sang with Shouji (Mikitty's husband), "Deaete Yokatta" (Me too!). Sayu likes Suzannes voice and how she twists her voice a little near the end of the song. Many Morning Musume girls do it too but Sayu just finds Suzanne's cute.

Sayu was overjoyed when she was informed about the appearance on Waratte Iitomo's telephone segment. Despite her experience, Sayu was very nervous because she has great respect for the show and that it wasn't easy to get an opportunity to go on the telephone segment. She's glad that she was given the opportunity to go on that segment.

A new fashion trend is called "Mori Gal" (Forest gal) which made Sayu wonder if there's a trend called "Umi gal" (Ocean gal), lol. She feels that Aa-chan from Perfume fits the image of a Mori Gal perfectly from the way she dresses and speaks.

When Sayu is together with Morning Musume, she has to try not to dress/style the same way as other members so when she is going on a TV show alone, she doesn't have to worry about that. Instead, her stylist and her will try to dress her up cutely and show a different Sayu, in terms of looks and fashion.

"Muchaburi no Okite" corner! In case anyone missed out the first episode of this corner, you can find the details and translation here.

1. If Sayu were to put her virtue into a Charumeru melody,
Sayu : Charai yo.
Judgement : Crow's cry

Sayu didn't know what a Charumeru melody is (I didn't too) so she just gave a pun.

2. Please react to this. There's beard growing out of your chin.
Sayu : Ge (Yuck).
Judgement : Crow's cry

3. Please make an impersonation of Yuukorin.
Sayu : Ogura Yuko desu. (You have to listen to her voice. It can't be translated.)
Judgement : Crow's cry

Sayu thinks that its impossible to imitate Yuukorin's voice. In fact, there aren't many people out there who are able to imitate Yuukorin well. She has a very unique voice.

Coming back to talk segment. Sayu feels sad about Koharu's graduation and wonders why she feels so sad about it. She did expect herself to feel that way but not so much. Koharu being her junior, Koharu's graduation certainly gave her a very different sort of feeling as compared to other graduations. She taught Koharu so much when Koharu entered Morning Musume...even though up till now she isn't sure if Koharu actually understood what she said. Until now, Sayu is not sure why Koharu graduated. She is happy that she performed "Rainbow Pink" with Koharu though.

Sayu could feel how much Koharu likes "Rainbow Pink" and the pink duo linkage between the 2 of them. They want themselves to be irreplaceable even if Tsunku creates a new pink duo within Hello! Project Eggs. Sayu knows that their duet is vocally messed up and that's one thing that no one can do other than the 2 of them (That's half of the meaning of the "irreplaceable"-ness...I think).

Morning Musume - Onna ga Medatte Naze Ikenai

This week's sexy word,
Sayu : Gokubuto Udon (Thick udon)
Sayu had thick udon not long ago.

Konusapi received a lot of mails asking for "Quiz Shigesagon!"'s revival (I want it to make a comeback too!) so they may be bringing it back. In other words, they are not only asking for entries for "Quiz Shigesagon," but also, punishment games! Lol'd at the way Sayu read the script when she announced it.

Promotions for Hello! Project 2010 Winter Kachou Fuugetsu ~Mobekimasu~ and Hello! Project 2010 Winter Kachou Fuugetsu ~Shuffle date~

Sayu wishes everyone a Merry Christmas.
Sayu : OyaSayumin

Everything-Eririn.net's renewel

Friday, December 25, 2009

Everything-Eririn.net, an English Eri fansite is renewed recently and they are going to have a random drawing. Click here for more details.

They are also looking for bloggers, designers, forum moderators, translators, encoders, typesetters, archivers and uploaders. Do send them an e-mail or leave a comment if you will like to help out/contribute to the site! ...But don't try to steal anything from my blog without my permission!

Again, Merry Christmas to all!

Merry Christmas to all!

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Merry Christmas and happy holidays everyone! Enjoy your time with your families and friends!

[Fan recording added] FIVE STARS Monday public recording (2009.12.23)

Wednesday, December 23, 2009


The public recording started off with Gaki-san and Eri first and they were later joined by a host. Yes, a host, even though its Gaki-san and Eri's radio show. The fan project on mixi for the fans to hold up orange light sticks was very successful. There was a huge crowd and a lot of fans complained about not being able to see the girls completely. Passer-bys made comments how cute and beautiful Gaki-san and Eri were, lol.

A "reindeer" brought out a cake, which is of course, for the birthday girl. The cake had lots of strawberries on it and all the fans sang a birthday song for Eri. The staffs bought the cake from "Something Rogue" bakery. A lot of fans went to the bakery after the public recording.

They recorded 2 weeks of radio show during the public recording. Not going to go into the contents of the shows since it will be aired in near future. Only going to write about the unrecorded portions. Before the recording, Eri told the audience that Gaki-san was very nervous and asked Gaki-san to "leave it to her." Gaki-san explained that she was nervous because Eri's free-will attitude will give her problems. After the first recording, the girls said that the audience was unexpectedly close to them.

Morning Musume's upcoming single, "Onna ga Medatte Naze Ikenai " was played for the very first time during the public recording. It is pretty similar to Kioku no Meiro and Resonant Blue. Gaki-san and Eri are leads for the second half of the song (Not confirmed, but it sounded like they are the leads). They stood up from their seats when they heard themselves singing, cute.

The duration of the public recording is approximately 1 hour 20 minutes.

Update 1: The recordings are for the first 2 weeks of FIVE STARS Monday in 2010.

Update 2: Fan recording for "Onna ga Medatte Naze Ikenai" can be downloaded here. You can hear Gaki-san and Eri at the second half of the song. The fans cheered because Gaki-san and Eri stood up to appeal to the fans during their lines.