Lin Qian(Lin Lin) 19th Birthday!

Hello! Time for another birthday congratulation! This time(11th of March) Lin Lin(Qian Lin) has turned 19! A little bit more, and she’ll also be 20. So I wish her a very happy birthday, lots of presents, good health and lots of happiness.

Happy Birthday Lin Lin!

Zhù nǐ shēngrìkuàilè Qián Lín!

And as usual – an uberly-cute photo.

Thanks for your time.

Chun Li(Jun Jun)’s 22nd Birthday

Hello! I was pretty busy at my uni with exams and stuff like that and unfortunately I missed Jun Jun’s birthday. But nevertheless, I’d still like to congratulate her with her 22nd birthday!

お誕生日おめでとう、ジュンジュンちゃん！

Happy birthday 22nd, Jun Jun-chan!

News Batch 7

Hello! After a long time I’m reviving the “news batch” series of posts aimed more on telling you “what to look forward to” than telling you about the very fresh news.

The DVD of the horror movie titled “Fuyu no Kaidan ~Boku to Watashi to O-baa-chan no Monogatari~” starring Yajima Maimi and Fukuda Kanon was released on 6th of January. Personally I will be watching it no matter how trash-ish it would be for the sake of Maimi\Kanyon goodness.

And you can of course order it(if your a fan of such movies).

Amazon.co.jp \ YesAsia

Choose whatever shop you like(or what ever shop is more convenient for you in terms of shipping price or stuff like that).

And also on 6th of January the 11th single of ℃-ute titled “Shock!” was released. I think I won’t express my opinion in the news post, so I’ll leave that to you – besides everyone has one’s own opinion.

And you can watch the PV on - Dohhh UP! -

Left to right – Regular edition, Limited Edition, Single V

You can still buy(if you want) the regular edition and single v, but I’m not sure about the limited edition.

Mano Erina released her 2nd photobook on 20th of January. There’s already couple of previews(as well as the cover) and there’s a digest of the DVD(Mano Guide) on - Dohhh UP! –

And I’d say there is something to see there <3

Manoeri’s cute as always – so there’s nothing I add to this. Just enjoy the previews(thanks go to people from JPH!P for finding them and uploading).

These are from UTB and there are also from the actual photobook if you look for them.

And if you want to support Manoeri and buy her photobook – you can do it either at YesAsia or at CDJapan or at Amazon or at HMV or at whatever other shop you know. The prices are pretty much the same – though at CDJapan it’s a bit cheaper and YesAsia already includes the transportation costs into the price.

Buono! are to release their 10th single on 3rd of February it is titled “Our Songs”

There’s already a full PV at Dohhh UP!

Top to Bottom – Regular Edition(CDJP\HMV\YA\AMZN), Limited Edition(CDJP\HMV\YA\AMZN)

And on 10th of February they are to release their 3rd Album temporary entitled “We are Buono!”

Top to Bottom – Regular Edition(CDJP\YA\AMZN), Limited Edition(CDJP\YA\AMZN)

Also on 10th of February,Morning Musume will unleash yet another bunch of limited editions(and one regular) for their “Onna ga Medatte Naze Ikenai” 42nd single.

Left to right – Regular Edition(CDJP\YA\AMZN), Limited Edition A(CDJP\YA\AMZN), Limited Edition B(CDJP\YA\AMZN), Limited Edition C(CDJP\YA\AMZN)

Limited A comes with a DVD with Onna ga Medatte Naze Ikenai (Dance Shot Version) on it.

Limited B comes with a DVD with Onna ga Medatte Naze Ikenai (Close-up Version) on it.

Limited C comes with a DVD with Onna ga Medatte Naze Ikenai (Make-up Version) on it.

Three versions(one regular and two limited) of Mano Erina’s 6th single “Haru no Arashi” will be released on 24th of February.

And there’s already a full PV at Dohhh UP!

(which is cute as usual and there are new Hello!Pro Eggs as background dancers for Manoeri so go check it out)

Left to right – Regular Edition(CDJP\YA\AMZN\HMV), Limited Edition A(CDJP\YA\AMZN\HMV), Limited Edition B(CDJP\YA\AMZN\HMV)

Also on 24th of February, ℃-ute are to release 5th album titled “Shocking 5″ no covers are available yet – I’ll probably post up about it as soon as there’s more info available.

On 25th of February, 8th Photobook of Kamei Eri is to be released. Also not much info is available currently except its title “Sweet”. As usual – there also would be the DVD for this, on 3rd of March. Title is still TBA.

Also on 3rd of March, Berryz Koubou 22nd Single(double-a side again) is to be released.
The title is “Tomodachi wa Tomodachi Nanda! / Otakebi Boy WAO!”

So that’s pretty much all of the January-February(plus couple of March) announced releases. I will post the March releases news batch as well as additional info upon the titles that are still without much info at all – as soon as more info will be known.

Thanks for your attention.

Kamei Eri’s 21st birthday

Hello! Sazaki here again with yet another birthday congratulation – somehow I don’t really have time to write a “end-of-year-conclusions-post” but I must say, that this year went past in a flash! It was a super-fast year. Maybe it’s true, that the older you get, the faster the time goes – up until you become a grandfather(or grandmother) – then the time slows its pace again. Anyways – I remember congratulating Eri on her 20th birthday like it was yesterday and look – she’s already 21 years old! How fast is that?

So I wish her to be the same Eri we know, beautiful, funny and cheerful. And I wish so nothing let’s her down and makes her feel sad. And of course I wish her good health, happiness and luck!

Happy 21st birthday, Eri-chan!

お誕生日おめでとう、えりちゃん！

Thanks for your time

Tanaka Reina’s 20th Birthday

Hello! My Internet is very awful this week, plus I had to reinstall OS, all in all – I’ve missed Reina’s birthday. But better late than never! Anyways – on 11th of November ’09 Reina has turned 20! I’ve probably already told you that 20 is the age of majority in Japan. This brings lots of rights and of course obligations, so at one hand in this age a person gets more freedom to do what he or she wants, but on the other – he or she has to follow the laws more carefully. Ah well – I think you perfectly know what “age of majority” is.

So I’d like to congratulate Reina with her 20th Birthday! I wish her to overcome all the difficulties that may come in her way and I wish her to be happy, healthy and as pretty as she always is.

Happy 20th Birthday, Reina-chan!

お誕生日おめでとう、れいなちゃん！

Thanks for your time

Niigaki Risa’s 21st Birthday!

Hello! It somehow turned into a tradition of a kind, that I congratulate girls from Momusume, Berryz Koubou and C-ute with their birthdays and of course I won’t break this tradition – though a bit late(Internet issues) I still want to congratulate Niigaki Risa with her 21st birthday! Somehow time speeds away at a high pace and I thought that only yesterday Risa turned 20 but look – now she’s 21 already! Such age can’t be really considered to be in some way a step forward to something(like ages 15, 20, 25 etc. are) but still, Risa gradually continues to mature into a beautiful girl(not that she wasn’t beautiful before, but beauty is said to refine with age) and a great performer. As we all know – she’s the sub-leader, so this requires some efforts and builds up some obstacles(either easy or difficult to overcome). So I want to wish her to continue doing her job as the sub-leader of Momusume as well as she is doing it and I want to wish her good luck with it. Also I want to wish her good health, especially considering the striking news about 5 out of 7 Berryz Koubou members being ill with influenza(thankfully not that new and hardly treatable H1N1 type) and with other celebrities getting sick here and there(like AKB48 members and some others). And of course I want to wish her just to be happy with what she does, to be happy everyday and so that nothing hurts her feelings and makes her feel down.

Happy 21st Birthday, Risa-chan！

お誕生日おめでとう、りさちゃん！

As usual a beautiful picture to brighten the post up.

Takahashi Ai’s 23rd birthday!

Hello! It’s been a while since I posted here, but once again it’s time to congratulate yet another H!P girl with her birthday. And this time it’s Takahashi Ai’s birthday!!

Today, on 13th of September, she turns 23. That makes her a year older than me, but that’s not important. I want to congratulate her with her birthday. I wish her a happy birthday, full of presents, smiles and fun. I wish her to stay as pretty as she is now and I wish her success in her life and career.

Happy birthday, Ai-chan!

お誕生日おめでとう、愛ちゃん！

Thanks for your time.

Kusumi Koharu’s 17th Birthday

Hello! Now that was fast – Koharu’s birthday is pretty close to Sayumi’s, ain’t it? Anyways it’s 12 am in Japan, which means – birthday time! I’m not really a big fan of Koharu, but this doesn’t mean I won’t be congratulating her.

So I wish her a happy birthday, lots of presents and to have fun with friends(and probably group members). And I also wish her good health, success and happiness.

Happy birthday Koharu-chan!

お誕生日おめでとう、こはるちゃん！

Thanks for your time.

Update: Actually it’s Koharu’s 17th birthday not 16th – somehow I made a typo there. Thanks Takos for noticing! I’m really sorry for this.

Michishige Sayumi’s 20th Birthday

Hello! Once again – the time has come to celebrate yet another birthday. Today(that is tomorrow by my local time, but today by Japanese time) Michishige Sayumi turns 20! As you may know – 20 is the age of majority in Japan, thus when one reaches his 20-ies he\she is considered to be a full member of society, with all the rights and responsibilities applied.

So I wish Sayumi to overcome the new difficulties which may arise, I wish her good health, happiness and success.

Happy Birthday Sayumi-chan!

お誕生日おめでとう、さゆみちゃん!

Thanks for your time.

Morning Musume – Shouganai Yume Oibito PV Review

Hello! Finally Morning Musume new PV was released at Dohhh UP! A low quality PV was already available some time ago and it was constantly removed by UFA Agency requests – which I can understand, but those who desperately wanted to see the PV – I think they were able to catch it. I’m not a biggest fan of low quality(even Dohhh UP! is really not enough for me – but it’s better) so I didn’t watch it and patiently waited for full quality PV to be released. And so it was.

Now that was already too long of a story – I think let’s go on to the review itself.

You can go watch the PV at Dohhh UP - just click here. And as usual – I’ll stick a youtube video, so you could watch it while reading the review.

While watching it the first time – I was like – Damn, they’re beautiful! – I really like the clothes style in main shots. I think it’s way better than such in Naichau Kamo. As well as the dance shots costumes – they are tender gold-ish toned and again – I like this design more than in Naichau, even more than such in Resonant Blue(let’s not mention that green-ish thingy from Pepper Keibu, since it’s a cover and all…). The song itself is a bit slower-paced than Naichau or Resonant, it is kinda in the middle – sometimes getting faster, sometimes slower. The main theme of the PV is some kind of a simulation of an university-everyday-life – girls read most of the time, looking as if they’re studying something. The beginning is interesting too, it features picture-taking set, which is probably a contrast of university life with idol\talent life. And that’s pretty all of it. The main theme shots is blended by dance shots and close-ups – which is as usual and doesn’t change, so there’s nothing much to be said about it. Overall impression of this PV is good – it builds up a fuzzy-warmy feeling – because the color scheme is really calm and as I said the costume designs are plain and simplistic – which I personally like more than shining-everywhere-chained-and-bright stuff which is featured in Naichau and Resonant and (ah well what a heck) in Pepper Keibu. Yes, I do like the main theme clothes in Resonant and in Naichau, but I think that I like clothes in this PV a tad more. As for the dance – I’ll wait until I can see it in full – because here it is interrupted by close-ups and main scenes, so I can’t really build up the whole picture of it. And a bit on the line distribution in this song – it’s still the same Ai-Reina pattern, but with a bit more lines distributed among others. So in conclusion I’ll give this song a rating – 8 out of 10. It’s not a masterpiece yet, and there’s some mishaps in it – but nevertheless I really enjoyed watching it.

And a little picspam with cute screenshots from the PV, just for those who need them.

And there’s lots more – just turn on your creativity and click the snapshot button.

Thanks for your time.