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Post by Machikono on Jan 17, 2016 14:27:01 GMT -8
To get the Momusu discussions started...
Tell us your favorite Morning Musume member(s)!
Also try to explain why, how and when you started liking her/them, anything you would like to share about them. There's so many wonderful personalities and talents, so of course you can mention more than one.
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Post by Diaz Marché on Jan 17, 2016 14:54:11 GMT -8
My favourite members are Yaguchi Mari (2nd gen), because she's really small, like me. I've loved her for 3 years now because of my love for Mini Moni. Another member who is my favourite is Nakazawa Yuko (1st gen) because she was quite a strong woman in Morning Musume, she's been my favourite for a year. I love the whole of 4th gen (Tsuji, Kago, Ishikawa, Yoshizawa) cos they had so much character. And another girl I like is Sayashi Riho (9th gen, you may not know her, she recently graduated). She was such an amazing dancer.
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Post by MoMusuArchives on Jan 17, 2016 15:00:21 GMT -8
My favorite member is Yoshizawa Hitomi! (of course)
When I was a young teen, I watched Hello Morning for first time (the Haromoni Academy English Lesson one) and when Yossie asked if the 'refri' part of refrierator came from the word 'refresh' I was like WHO IS THIS PERSON HER SMILE WOAH. I didn't really find out her name and came across Ayaka's Surprise English Lessons and watched the one where Ayaka was talking to Yossie in her Summer Reggae Rainbow costume and again I was like WHO IS THIS PERSON HER SMILE WOAH. Then I put two and two together and found out she was the same person, and the rest is history.
She's one of my favs cause she's super funny (probably not as gut wrenching as Makoto or Tsuji, but still very up there) and I found that she has a different charm from the rest of the members of her time.
(oh and my 2nd favorite is Abe Natsumi)
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Post by Machikono on Jan 17, 2016 15:04:51 GMT -8
I totally get where you're coming from, Diaz Marché! While Yaguchi Mari wasn't my favorites, she was such an entertainer and fun to watch do her thing!
Nono is actually the one that I would name my favorite. Nono and Aibon, of course, as I was a fan of their duo W (double U). Sad they had to disband, even sadder to hear how badly things got for Aibon. I don't really remember well why and how I got into Nono in the first place, but her personality definitely got to me. Most recently I've gotten into Yossie too, for obvious reasons. What there is to NOT like her? I'm also fond of Iida Kaori and Miki Fujimoro.
I am actually familiar with her! I kept hearing about her dancing skills!
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Post by MomusuNoob on Jan 17, 2016 15:34:30 GMT -8
I always debate about who may be my *favorite* but that's just so hard! As a generation as a whole, my favorite is 6th gen (Eri Kamei, Sayumi Michishige, Reina Tanaka, and Miki Fujimoto [though honestly I've always been confused with which generation Miki was considered since she was kind of between 5th and 6th; officially I think she's credited as 6th]) with 1st gen coming in as a very close 2nd.
Individually speaking, my favorite members include (in no particular order): Kamei Eri, Nakazawa Yuko, Iida Kaori, and Yasuda Kei. I've liked Eri since I saw her Haromoni English "refrigeeta" bit, Yuko because she was a strong leader and was responsible for MoMusu in the early days, and Kaori & Kei were always so funny when they were on Utaban!
To be fair though, I'm really only somewhat familiar with the members up to and including 8th gen. I'm not really familiar with 9th gen to current.
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Starsfly014
Level 2 Member
Rain, rain, go away~~
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Favorite H!P Member(s): Nakazawa Yuko, Kaorin, and wait i cant choose, cant i just be DD?!
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Post by Starsfly014 on Jan 17, 2016 19:53:20 GMT -8
I cant really remember how i got introduced to MoMusu, (it may have been the field trip special from Mechaike, if not it did get me interested into knowing the members) but i have to agree with MomusuNoob that it is very hard to pick a *favorite* and to have to pick a #1...
Though the members i like alot have to be Yuu-chan (Nakazawa Yuko), because of her strong character/personality that can be hated and loved at the same time and i love how she later became such a strong presence for the future generations..(plus she is the same age as my mom so i look up to her as a mother/older sister) Next is Kaorin (aka Johnson) really i just loved her Johnson character cuz it suits her so well, i also love how she has become such an elegant person, she is very pretty.
And for the generations that i like did is between 4th, 5th, and 6th (i just cant pick) all three were just too good and funny
(dont ask me about the current gens cuz i only know one or two names, dont follow them at all,sorry)
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weijie
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Post by weijie on Jan 18, 2016 6:59:36 GMT -8
My favourite
Nachi & konkon
I wonder how are they doing now....miss them ~
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Post by MoMusuArchives on Jan 18, 2016 13:11:22 GMT -8
My favourite Nachi & konkon I wonder how are they doing now....miss them ~ Abe Natsumi got married recently!
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Post by Nifuruc on Jan 18, 2016 21:02:59 GMT -8
four years ago I'd have said something like "favorite member? that's impossible!" but everything changed, when 10ki was introduced... well... I guess I have to explain first, that back in 2009 I started learning Japanese with all kinds of variety shows like AKBingo, Hello!Morning and similar stuff... I didn't like the music in particular because I'm more into J-Rock like Scandal, Yeti or Supercell... and there was an interview where Mami (Scandal) told the moderator, that's she loves Michishige Sayumi and Fukuda Kanon... that was like in 2010 and I didn't know the names but I did indeed know Sayumi... and then Sayu said something really disrespectful and stupid... like "I'm wondering if the girls can play the instruments" and "Scandal? that's a weird name" or something like that... and I hated her for this... but Mami and the others were laughing and I didn't know why...
THEN I stumbled upon a video where 10ki were introduced and I remembered Sayumi... I was all grumpy but couldn't stop watching this extraordinary cute girl Sato Masaki... and Sayumi was nice to her... I started watching all the other videos I haven't seen (Mechaike, Utaban, etc) and realized, that Sayumi is awesome... that was the moment when I started loving Momusu and their music... Tsunku is a true genius and H!P isn't just J-Pop... it's more like art...
so... Maa-chan is and will ever be my favorite member... second is Sayu... and I also like Kame-chan, Yossie (actually she was the first one I started to like because of the Hello!Morning sketches), JunJun and recently I fell in love with 12ki... all of them ^^
oh btw... why is Maa-chan my favorite? I could write novels about it... I'm a musician myself and I knew almost instantly, that she's a music genius... she's got perfect pitch (together with Kanon surprisingly), a remarkable timbre, plays various instruments and is dedicated like nobody else in the group... to the outside she looks like a child that never seems to grow up... but she's reliable and caring... when 12ki entered she asked the staff, if she could help them with their training and staff-san said "yes, you can help recording a training-CD"... the next day she came from home and had a fully mastered CD in her hand... the staff didn't know what to say and she didn't even mentioned it on her blog... I found out because Maria and Miki wrote it in their blog... so, yes... Masaki is awesome and a true angel...
the only thing I regret is, that I didn't find out about Momusu earlier because now that I've listened to earlier songs I know that I'd liked them... sry... I write too much ^^ you better get used to it when you ask me questions like this XD
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weijie
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Post by weijie on Jan 19, 2016 7:08:05 GMT -8
My favourite Nachi & konkon I wonder how are they doing now....miss them ~ Abe Natsumi got married recently! No ~~~~~ Nachi is forever the cute face
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Post by delita22 on Jan 20, 2016 9:20:32 GMT -8
The one that catches my eyes is Yaguchi. -she's the reason I got really into MoMusu. She's small & energetic. Funny and Loli? The one that catches my heart is KonKon@Konno Asami. - She's soft-spoken,very polite not to mention very smart & athletic. She got sweet voice & very soothing too. Her smile...aww,man...I'm melting every time she smile. She may not the best singer/dancer in the group but I love her anyway. She's too cute. I'm totally in love with KonKon. Kaorin,Kei-chan,Tsuji & Kago always make me laugh. -Kaorin is very straightforward in the early days. It's hard not to laugh at her actions & reactions. Kei-chan? Do I really need to explain? Tsuji & Kago. I don't think there's anyone who didn't love them especially Kago. Cute,funny & unpredictable. As you guys might realize, I didn't mention any member from 7th gen & later coz I don't really know them. Plus they don't strike me as the OG members did. I think it's about time I get to know them but I can't find any tv show like Utaban that show their true character. That's it. I love the other members as well but these are my fav. (Anyway,sorry for my bad grammar)
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Post by Nifuruc on Jan 20, 2016 16:36:47 GMT -8
"As you guys might realize, I didn't mention any member from 7th gen & later coz I don't really know them. Plus they don't strike me as the OG members did. I think it's about time I get to know them but I can't find any tv show like Utaban that show their true character." they won't do any shows like Hello!Morning anymore, because the TV shows in Japan become more and more obsolete... AKBingo is the only Variety Show, that has acceptable audience ratings and YouTube is the new home for content creators... that's why they concentrate on Hello!Station, GreenRoom and Music+... but that doesn't mean that they don't do games and fun stuff anymore... it just moved to the DVD Magazines and YouTube... and there are indeed some TV shows that show the current Morning Musume... but they are kinda random ^^ for example... Duu-chan was a crybaby back in '14 but she kinda changed since this "incident" XD she bullied Maria-chan during a recent fan event, when they played the game again... there are some great characters in the group... that's why MM is on fire since two years... especially Maa-chan, Duu-chan, 12ki and Ayumin have legendary moments and it's fun to watch them grow again... sure, it's not the same as in the golden era... but more of the same would be really boring... there's just one little downer... most of this stuff isn't subbed, because the community that likes the "new Momusu" is too young and inexperienced... and the older fans just don't care (well... most of them)... and that's sad ( so yes... there's tons of unsubbed stuff to watch (start with DVD Magazine 73 I'd say) and give them a chance... I did and I love the new members as much as I love the OGs... here's another one ^^ that's just hilarious!
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Post by delita22 on Jan 21, 2016 21:48:10 GMT -8
[quote source="/post/80/thread" timestamp="1453310432" they won't do any shows like Hello!Morning anymore, because the TV shows in Japan become more and more obsolete... AKBingo is the only Variety Show, that has acceptable audience ratings and YouTube is the new home for content creators... that's why they concentrate on Hello!Station, GreenRoom and Music+... but that doesn't mean that they don't do games and fun stuff anymore... it just moved to the DVD Magazines and YouTube... and there are indeed some TV shows that show the current Morning Musume... but they are kinda random ^^ sure, it's not the same as in the golden era... but more of the same would be really boring... there's just one little downer... most of this stuff isn't subbed, because the community that likes the "new Momusu" is too young and inexperienced... and the older fans just don't care (well... most of them)... and that's sad ( [/quote] I agree & I don't want them to be copies of the OG members. I want to get to know them by their own actual self & characteristics ( most idols nowadays just put up characters that are given to them,and not their actual self.) and as you said,there aren't many subbed videos of the later generations. As for fans, i think age gap is one of the reasons older fans (international especially) can't connect with the latest Momusu. It's kinda awkward since most of 'new Momusu' members are a lot younger (Masaki Sato is 2x younger than me). That's just my thoughts. As a fan of Morning Musume, I realized recently that I have to give my support to all the members instead of the OGs alone thus make me want to know them. That starts from Koharu.............tons of videos to watch..
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Post by Yakatori on Feb 12, 2016 23:31:00 GMT -8
My favorite member is Yoshizawa Hitomi! (of course) I didn't really find out her name and came across Ayaka's Surprise English Lessons and watched the one where Ayaka was talking to Yossie in her Summer Reggae Rainbow costume and again I was like WHO IS THIS PERSON.... Me too. I noticed Yossie through Ayaka's Surprise English Lessons. She has a laid back, yet comedic personality that is very rare in Japanese entertainment. I don't think there has been any one else like her. As I watched Utaban, Yasuda Kei of course stole the scene. In the music videos, surprisingly Gaki stood out more for me. She was in limited scenes, but she owned every one. There's just so many, why don't we list our favorites in each generation... 1st - Kaori 2nd - Yasuda 3rd - Goto (duh) 4th - Yossie 5th - Gaki 6th - Sayumi 7th - What there was a 7th gen? 8th - JunJun 9th - Kanon 10th - Ayumi I stop paying attention after the 10th gen auditions. What's your 10 favs everyone?
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maryshiin
[MMS] Subbing Member
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Favorite H!P Member(s): Yoshizawa Hitomi - Takahashi Ai - Sato Masaki
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Post by maryshiin on Feb 14, 2016 11:24:52 GMT -8
Abe Natsumi got married recently! No ~~~~~ Nachi is forever the cute face Nachi also announced that she would leave the M-Line Club (together with Mikitty, if I'm not mistaken ?)
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