February 1st, 2012

Specs

by zush

If you have any other suggestions please feel free to send ‘em in. And of course you can vote for your most favorite Specs Girl.


Japanese language teacher.


3rd year college student.


Totally nerdie.


Real bookworm.


TV news anchor.


Loving mother.


IT CEO.

Most adorable girl with specs?

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January 31st, 2012

Greetings from Buono!

by zush

Buono!’s YouTube channel has now French subbed greetings from our wonder girls.

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Yep, my Paris countdown is now on. Excited is quite mild word to describe my feelings right now.

By da way, here you can see C-ute’s Chisa fangirling Miya. All C-ute girls were there in the audience as Buono! gave their first R*E*A*L tour concerts in Yokohama BLITZ.

January 31st, 2012

Scrumptious Miyabi

by zush

In latest HelloPro TIME! episode (ep.40) Miya, Maasa and Chisato went sightseeing to check out one of the worlds highest towers near Asakusa. Actually they were not so interested to see that Tokyo Sky Tree tower but they were eager to taste it. Indeed. Miya wanted to show other girls Sakura Cafe Mukou-jima located next to the tower because it has two ice cream specialties shaped as that neighboring tower. And the point is that the other of those ice cream (or is it soft ice) “constructions” is called Miyabi. No surprise Miya was excited about that.


Fashion checku.


Girls jan ken pon’ed which two may take the rickshaw. Miya loses and must take a walk to the tower on the distance.


So Miya had to walk. She ran to the River Sumida bridge . . .


. . . as Chisato and Maa crossed the river with rickshaw.


Not very excited about runing Miya took a taxi to the Sakura Cafe.


She was already there infront of the Cafe when Chisato and Maa arrived there.


Never enough Miya.


If I’m lucky to go again to Tokyo I think this is one certain place I’m gonna visit.


Of course they ordered Miyabi ice cream tower. 1.800 yens thank you.


They tried to guess the height of the tower.


Chisa guessed closest from all.


Miya’s first bite from the icy peak of the tower.

Tokyo Sky Tree tower information site (in English)
Mintfantasia’s Sakura Cafe blog entry (in Japanese)
HelloPro TIME! episode 40 / Miya cam: pt1 | pt2 | pt3

January 27th, 2012

Buono! on Oricon Chart

by zush

How high “Hatsukoi Cider / DEEP MIND” ltd. edition single climbed on Oricon Singles Chart after the day it was released? Highest position the single reached was 4th on January 19. right after it’s release date. On Weekly Chart (Jan 16. – Jan 22.) it took 7th place with 10.892 sold copies.

7th place is not bad but as it has been these days sales figures could show much higher numbers for Hello! Project asrtists than for example these 10.892 sold new Buono! singles. “Hatsukoi Cider / DEEP MIND” is sadly the second worst sold single in Buono!’s history. Only group’s previous single “Natsu Dakara!” sold worse with 10.133 copies during it’s release week. Buono!’s best first week seller has been their 2nd single “Renai Rider” with 30.268 copies.

It would be quite interesting to know how Buono! and other H!P artists are selling outside Japan and how much non-Japanese people are purchasing H!P related items from Japan, Hong Kong and various western stores. I guess it could be almost impossible to get exact figures about the total sales from the western world.

Recent Buono! interviews (in Japanese): Oricon | CDjournal

January 26th, 2012

Scratch Scratch

by zush

Tired of Nyan Nyans? All right, here you have Scratch Scratch then.

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January 25th, 2012

Total Randomness #12

by zush

Here’s Rii with Caroline Charonplop Kyarypamyupamyu. And who’s she thern? A wellknown Harajuku fashion blogger, model and nowadays also a singer. Today (Jan 25.) Kyarypam posted this snap to her blog telling they were shooting photos to KERA magazine. Also she said Risako is the prettiest human being she had met so far. Nicely said.

Buono! clip from Kawaii Girl Japan’s YouTube channel. Check out what girls would like to do in Paris.

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Shiroi Berryz Kobo.

To be honest I’m not excited about these new “Ai no Album 8″ outfits. Just saying that those dresses are too grannyish and unflattering. Is it only me who thinks so??

Momo and Sayu Dragon Nest cosplaying. Sweet!

Buono! LIVE 2012 “R*E*A*L” tour starts from Yokohama BLITZ on January 28. and girls are getting their set ready for the kick off. Last two concerts are on February 25. at Zepp Tokyo. And, as you know, there in the middle they go to Paris.

Then some recent magazine pages with Berryz girls:

The most unlikely thing to happen: Momo goes fishing.

Maa as a fashion model.

Kumai-chan looks great once again on this Mac People page. Airi not bad either.