Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Yossie, O-medettou!!!

It seems as if Hello!Project may be getting a little desperate to shake things up in light of their less than stellar sales figures over the last few years (at least 2 or 3 years have passed since the "golden age" platinum-selling singles of Morning Musume - it depends on which fans you ask, but it definitely ended some time when the likes of Abe Natsumi, Maki Goto, or Yaguchi Mari left).

But one wonders what the production staff behind MoMusu have in mind with the recent upswing... the disappearance of both Konno Asami and Ogawa Makoto in rapid-fire succession, and the official move from newbie to anime-theme-song idol of Koharu Kusumi, and last but not least, the hollywood-esque ambitions of Fujimoto Miki when she was involved with Matsuura Aya's movie theme act as a sexy new duo "GAM," what exactly is the medicine doctor Tsunku ordering anyway?

First he stunned fans by selecting only Mitsui Aika from the 8-gen auditions. And now just as suddenly, the mastermind has announced long-time member Yoshizawa Hitomi's graduation come May. I suppose he does manage an ounce of class by timing it all so that she graduates with her final performance in her hometown of Saitama.

Full translations of messages from Tsunku and Yo-chan herself here.
It's been a long 7 years with the crew. Been a good run up to now. I'll miss you, Yossie.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hmm, I don't know much about the Morning girls or the music, but in listening to the music, I find it kinda sucks. It's a bit too fast and unmelodic. Reminds me of video game music. I'd go in a different musical direction. Well, that's the reason I don't listen to them. However, they look damn sweet!

Ben-Ohki said...

As I've posted elsewhere, I'm a fan of the girls themselves, not their music. Producer Tsunku himself has admitted in interviews that he selects the audition winners based on their charisma rather than any natural talent they may have.

...although, Takahashi Ai may be an exception, because she knows how to shake what her mama gave her...

*shakes head* sorry; dirty-old-man relapse there.

Anonymous said...

LOL! Being a dirty old man is fun!