Morning Musume to Perform in Shanghai

At a press conference help on April 29 in Tokyo, it was made official that Morning Musume will perform in Shanghai as part of the public relations efforts aimed at the Shanghai Expo 2010. Leader Takahashi Ai was handed a letter of invitation from Shanghai authorities. Morning Musume is the first Japanese artist to be invited.

The concert will be held at Shanghai Grand Stage on June 28, 2008.

[[Pocket Morning Weekly]] If you were going to go on a trip with all of the Morning Musume members, where would you want to go, and what would you want to do there?

http://www.hello-online.org/index.php?act=helloonline&CODE=article&topic=424

I would take all the members to Kentucky, where I live and show them all the horse farms x3

Kusumi Koharu’s Fourth Single

Morning Musume’s Kusumi Koharu will release her fourth single (title TBA) on July 16th. It will be the opening and ending songs for the anime she voice acts in, Kirarin Revolution.

Cinderella Unit = High-King

The special unit featuring Takahashi Ai, Tanaka Reina, Shimizu Saki, Yajima Maimi, and Maeda Yuuka now has a name! High-King will be releasing their debut single titled C/C (Cinderella/Complex) June 11th.

To learn more about High-King: Cinderella the Musical Special Unit

Lets All Pray for Mittsi

After the April 5th concert in Hachioji Citizen Hall, Mitsui Aika complained of a stomachache. She was diagnosed with acute appendicitis and has to rest for 2 weeks. She will miss the April 12 and 13 Morning Musume concerts.

Aika missed concerts from the same tour a few days ago (I can’t remembed exactly when) due to a hip injury, I wonder if this was it? If she has a hip injury and appendicitis… that poor girl!

Resonant Blue Single V Tracklist

The tracklist for the Single V of Morning Musume’s 36th single, Resonant Blue:

1. Resonant Blue
2. Resonant Blue (Night Scene Version)
3. Making of

The Single V will be released April 23rd.

Morning Musume Concert in Korea

After Takahashi Ai, Niigaki Risa, and Kusumi Koharu visited Seoul, Korea last year, the whole group will be having a concert in Seoul on June 1 of this year.

10th Anniversary TOUR in Korea 2008

When: June 1, 2008 (thats a Sunday)

Where: Seoul, Korea

Venue: Jamsil Olympic Park in the Olympic Hall

Times: First, the opening 13:00, 14:00 curtain
           Second, the opening 17:00, 18:00 curtain

Ticket sales: April 14 at 7p.m.

Price: R seats – 88,000 won
           S seats – 66,000 won

C-ute’s Popularity

I know I usually post news and such, but today I feel like talking…

I know I’m not the only person who has noticed that C-ute’s been getting alot of attention lately, and they’re still a relatively new group.

First off, the Rakuten Eagles support song… why did they choose C-ute? Not that its a bad thing, I’m really happy with this single, but, I don’t see why they didn’t choose a more experience group, like Berryz? Or Morning Musume? Just a thought.

Then, theres their newest single, Namida no Iro. Quoting Full Moon who posted “Resonant Blue sounds like a Hello! Project Kids single compared to Namida no Iro… It’s just so awesome!!” in the comments for Namida no Iro PV.

And they’re right. I said “Who’s the Hello!Project flagship now?” and I’m still trying to figure that out. Morning Musume’s been around for soooo long (11 years =O) and they have definatly become less popular (look at the sales from their debut and then now). C-ute is, like I said before, relatively new and in my opinion, their popularity is increasing (especially after Tokaikko Junjou).

Anyway, back on topic, if you watch the Resonant Blue PV (just a dance shot) and then Namida no Iro PV (close ups, dance shot, and plenty of Maimi <3) you’ll notice a huge difference. Shouldn’t it be the other way around? Morning Musume is the H!P flagship after all.

 

Ahhh… my fingers hurt xD

I hope my post made sense, I don’t usually dive down this deep. I hope that I can post more things like this, reveiws and such. Thanks for reading~!

Cinderella the Musical Special Unit

A special unit for Cinderella the Musical has been announced. The members are Takahashi Ai and Tanaka Reina from Morning Musume, Shimizu Saki from Berryz Kobo, Yajima Maimi from C-ute, and Hello!Pro Egg Maeda Yuuki. At the moment the group’s name is “Cinderella The Musical” Special Unit, but that’s subject to change. The groups single (title to be announced) will be released June 11.

April 2008 Releases

April 3, 2008

• Kamei Eri - Eri (Photobook)

April 9, 2008

• Uta Doki POP CLASSICS Vol. 9 (DVD)
• Uta Doki POP CLASSICS Vol. 10 (DVD)

April 16, 2008

• Morning Musume – Resonant Blue (Single)

April 23, 2008

• Miki Fukimoto – Oki Tegami (Single)
• C-ute - Namida no Iro (Single)
• Morning Musume – Resonant Blue (Single V)
• v-yu-den – Nanni mo Iwazu ni I LOVE YOU (Single)

April 25, 2008

• Niigaki Risa - Happy Girl (Photobook)

April 30, 2008

• Milky Way – Anata Boshi (Single)
• v-yu-den -  Single V Clips 2 – Arigato Biyuden Debut kara no Daizenshu (DVD)