Hello Celebritys

Hi blog! It's been a while!! A REALLY REALLY LONG WHILE!!
Coupled with being super busy, both of us bananas have been quite un-motivated when it comes to blogging. Hello Project just hasn't been that interesting lately!

BUT!!...

I found this chart today and have been staring at it for a really long time.
I.IS.SO.INTERESTING!!

SERIOUSLY!!



This chart is a survey asking every Hello!Project member to rank their favourite members in a given category.
My japanese sucks and I can pretty much only read katakana, so I was able to make out the first 6 questions and vaguely guess the rest.

The first question, directly underneath the member photos asks them to pick a few members to make their own unit and also give the unit a name. It's really interesting to see who each member picks!

Q1
Every member was picked for at least one unit.

Takahashi Ai picked Kamei Eri and Shimizu Saki for her unit called E.A.S. H!P's three best dancers! This was interesting because the three of them actually performed a song together in one of the Hello Project concerts.
Mitsui Aika picked only Maimai, which is interesting. I didn't know they were friends. But Maimai didn't pick Mitsui for her unit. LOL.
Chinami only picked Maimi, and Maimi only picked Chinami... is something going on here?
Miya's group only consists of Berryz.
Kumai-chan's group is my favourite. She picked Junjun, Maasa and Maimi and called it DEKAMONI (opposite of MiniMoni, meaning GiantMoni) ZOMGLOL... that is too funny!! XD XD


Question 2 was broken into 6 parts. It surveyed different idol aspects/abilities. I've tallied up the results for each part.
Sorry about the changes in significant figures in each stage. Some members couldn't just pick one, so I had to divide the answer up, so that each part would add up to 25.

Q2-1
Voice:

8.5 Takahashi Ai
5.0 Kamei Eri
4.5 Airi
2.0 Risako
2.0 Linlin
1.0 Chisato
1.0 Maeda Yuuka
1.0 Ogawa Saki

I was surprised so many people like Kamei Eri's voice, and that nobody picked Reina.
Other than that, the results weren't that unexpected. It's funny how our resident soloist was nowhere to be seen either.

Q2-2
Dance:

11.0 Captain
6.00 Takahashi Ai
3.00 Kamei Eri
1.00 Niigaki
1.00 Reina
1.00 Miyabi
1.00 Nakajima Saki
1.00 Airi

Woo, Captain killed this one! I have no idea why Chinami picked Niigaki or why Chisato picked Reina. They were a little out of the blue. Takahashi Ai picking Miya was a bit weird too.

Q2-3
Talk:

10.83 Michishige
5.000 Wada Ayaka
2.000 Junjun
1.500 Momo
1.333 Linlin
1.000 Niigaki
1.000 Kamei Eri
1.000 Maasa
1.000 Mano Vegetable
0.333 Chisato

Dammit Dawa... messing up my significant figures!
The winner of this poll wasn't surprising either. Although runner-up was a little. I donno that much about Wada Ayaka, but I guess the members think she's a pretty good talker!

Q2-4
Character:

3 Michishige
3 Linlin
3 Momo
2 Kamei Eri
2 Miya
2 Chisa
2 Airi
1 Takahashi Ai
1 Junjun
1 Kumai-chan
1 ManoVegetable
1 Wada Ayaka
1 Maeda Yuuka
1 Kanon
1 Ogawa Saki

This question pretty much asks who your favourite H!P member is, right?
VERY VERY surprised that Chinami picked Momo! I always thought she didn't like her!
Momo and Chisa both picked each other! That made me smile! :)

Q2-5
Looks:

6.00 Kumai-chan
3.25 Maeda Yuuka
3.25 Wada Ayaka
3.00 Takahashi Ai
2.00 Miya
1.00 Michishige
1.00 Tanaka Reina
1.00 Linlin!? (lol)
1.00 Shimizu Saki
1.00 Risako
1.00 Nakajima Saki
0.50 Chinami
0.50 Maimi
0.25 Fukuda Kanon
0.25 Ogawa Saki

Wee! Kumai-chan! B.B and I agreed that after her idol career she will definitely be a model! LOL, linlin picked herself and they put the '!?' next to her name!! XD Only Maeda Yuuka picked Michishige so I guess she can't be the number 1 cute leader? Also SO SURPRISED that Kumai-chan picked Captain... that was... really odd...

Q2-6
Fashion Sense:

9.0 Miya
5.5 Takahashi Ai
4.0 Tanaka Reina
1.0 Chinami
1.0 Risako
1.0 Nakajima Saki
1.0 Airi
1.0 Mano Vegetable
1.0 Ogawa Saki
0.5 Kamei Eri

Wow, cool, Miya topped this one! Can't say I know much about each member's individual style, since most of the time when we see them they're in costumes or have been dressed by stylists. But w/e Berryz totally topped 4 out of the 6 questions. yayay!


The rest of the questions i didn't understand 100%, so I won't write about it.
This is already long enough anyway!!

This table is SO interesting! I gotta get B.B to translate the rest of the questions for me! There's some stuff about motherly-feeling, little sisters and boys! I have to know!! lol!


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Anyways, hopefully H!P will get more interesting when a few new releases come out, and then I'll blog again!


B.A

I'm gonna try and make this quick!
I really shouldn't be watching this concert right now, but I just can't help myself, lol!!

So I'm gonna review it as I go, since I don't have the time to watch it again v.v
The official release date isn't until the 25th of this month (August)... But as per usual it has magically appeared HERE on youtube!

Berryz Koubou Concert Tour 2010 Shoka
~Umi no ie Otakebi House~


The concert follows a story:
Captain has decided to open an 'Otakebi House' with all her friends. Even the shy classmate Risako has decided to work there, but all ideas for the Otakebi house haven't been really good. During a karaoke session, Momo comes up with the idea that the Otakebi house should be a place where the girls can sing by themselves. Everyone loves the idea but then, Risako announces that she is going to move to New York after summer holidays due to her father's new job. It has always been like this since she was child. Every time she makes new friends, her father gets a new job and she has to move again. However, all the girls tell her that she will always be welcome in the Otakebi House, and that they will be waiting for her forever.

Summary from: J-Ongaku

Banana A. Banana B.


OPENING (skit)

Wotas!!
But apparently there were a fair few girls in the crowd for this taping.

1. Maji Good Chance Summer

It was cool how it joined on to the opening skit! Although i think I prefer those hardcore wham/bam upbeat in-your-face opening songs.

VTR (BGM: Koi wa Hipparidako)


Lol, i loved that Momo/Chinami fish bit in this VTR! So random...
But for the most part, the girls didn't look that good in this VTR. It was really long too.

2. Rival

Cute outfits!! But they had their first costume change so early on!

MC1

3. Koi no Jubaku

To tell you the truth I wasn't really watching this performance.
Too busy getting this blog post ready, haha. But from what I heard it sounded good? This songs is an easy one anyway.

4. Tomodachi wa Tomodachi Nanda!

This was cute, although the body-rolls in these dresses looked really weird! Solo lines for everybody, yay!

MC2 (Momo & Maasa)

5. Yakimochi wo Kudasai! (Saki, Chinami & Risako)

I gotta get me one of these jumpsuits!

6. Grand demo Rouka demo Medatsu Kimi (Maasa & Yurina)

lololol! I still love those superhero poses they do!! XD
I think Kumai-chan's voice has gotten better! Usually I like Maasa in this song better, but today I think I preferred Kumai-chan. (Even though she had a sore throat)

7. Ai ni wa Ai desho (Miyabi & Momoko)

Very Buono! Outfits. These two never fail to deliver :D

DRAMA ('House, Home of The Sea Cry')

8. Natsu Wakame

This was really cute! I like these outfits too! I want Miya's dress!

9. Maji Natsu Sugiru (Beatboxing)

AMAZING!! Berryz just keep getting better at these acapella style songs. It sounded awesome! (Although that last note was a bit...) It's really cool how they don't have to stand there and prepare now too (like how they did in Gag 100kaibun Aishite Kudasai.) They just went straight into it. :) yay Berryz!

10. Natsu Remember you

I loved how these songs all fitted together in the story. It made all these songs so much more meaningful! It's like you can feel the reson and emotion behind the song. I like Miya's voice here too!! (But not her last note... Miya!!)

11. Anshinkan (Captain, Momo, Miyabi & Kumai-chan)

I still like Kumai-chan's first line in this, :) even though in general I don't like her voice.

12. Passion E-CHA E-CHA (Captain, Momo, Miya & Kumai-chan)

"Tell me, tell me why? Call me, call me please! Big news!"
Lol, always have to take a picture of their 'Hmm?' poses :P

13. Fighting Pose wa Date ja nai! (Captain, Momo, Miya & Kumai-chan)

Kumai-chan 'Swan dive' LOL!
I used to love singing this song!

14. BERRY FIELDS (Chinami, Maasa & Risako)

Pineapple... why?

15. Yume de Do Up (Chinami, Maasa & Risako)

Nice harmonies!

16. Toshoshitsu Taiki (Chinami, Maasa & Risako)

Old song! It's kind of weird hearing all their B-sides one after the other.

17. Yuke Yuke Monkey Dance

Pineapples and Banana trees with monkeys... Oh Berryz. LOL!
I wonder how hard these costumes are to dance in? lolol. This song is still awesome!
Nice costume change at the end. Captain, Momo, Miya and Kumai-chan are lucky they didn't have to wear those tree outfits of long, haha!

MC3
There did sound like there were a fair few girls in the crowd at this live. yay! :)

18. Seishun Bus Guide

This song is still really powerful.
Momo's first line was a little off though, Momo!!

19. Ryuusei Boy

This dance is always so fun to watch!! XP

20. Otakebi Boy WAO!

Berryz have had a pretty good run with singles lately, yay! :d

21. Yuujou Junjou oh Seishun

I donno, I never really liked this song, although the performance is always really energetic and fun!
Woo, sweaty towel throw!

ENCORE
22. Maji Bomber!!

So awesomely manly! Their 'new' song. I've totally over-listened to it though (I gotta stop doing that.) Bring on their next single, lol!

MC4

23. Bye Bye Mata ne

This song always reminds me of Maiha :\
It was cute how the wotas helped out Kumai-chan when she couldn't sing her line! :)

Aww, the end!!



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Overall Impression:
I really liked how this concert had a story! It was really cool to see and hear all the songs fit in to a narrative. The stage was cute with all the props and things and their costumes were pretty cute too! (albeit the trees -__-) I think all the girls preformed really well, actually I think Kumai-chan sounds better with a sore throat, lol! Miya and Risako continue to get better, but I think Risako should focus on her high notes because she already has the man voice part down pat, haha. The set list was okay, they sang a lot of b-sides this time. I really wanted to see 'Kimi no Tomodachi' from their new album because we still haven't seen it! I know it's on the setlist for a full H!P concert, so I guess we'll have to wait until then. And ZOMG, just realised there was no 'Special Generation' or 'Dschinghis Khan'! Woah... Overall, this concert was pretty good! :)


B.A & B.B

'Maji Bomber!!' romaji lyrics!


Shimizu Saki / Tsugunaga Momoko / Tokunaga Chinami
Sudou Maasa / Natsuyaki Miyabi / Kumai Yurina
Sugaya Risako


Maji Bomber!!
Berryz Koubou

[Mo/Ma/Ri] natsu jan!
miageru sora aoi umi
[Mo/Ma/Ri] WOW WOWOW
jiyuu ni egakou
boku ga RUURU
[Mo/Ma/Ri] OH YEAH!

[Sa/Chi/Mi/Yu] natsu JUMP!
ookiku nare maji BONBAA!
[Sa/Chi/Mi/Yu] WOW WOWOW
koukishin no mama GO!
atsuku nare!

[Mi/Ri] asobi mo hyaku
[Sa/Mo/Chi/Ma/Yu] asobi mo hyaku

[Mi/Ri] manabi mo hyaku
[Sa/Mo/Chi/Ma/Yu] manabi mo hyaku

jikan seiippai
te wo nukanai
BONBAA!

kujiun no sei nya
zettai shinee
[Sa/Mo/Chi/Ma/Yu] somosomo
[Sa/Mo/Ma/Mi/Ri] jinsei CHOISU no renzoku

[Mo/Ma/Ri] natsu jan!
tayoreru yatsu kiza na yatsu
[Mo/Ma/Ri] WOW WOWOW
iroiro deai
boku ga sodatsu
[Mo/Ma/Ri] OH YEAH!

[Sa/Chi/Mi/Yu] natsu JUMP!
seichou shiro maji BONBAA!
[Sa/Chi/Mi/Yu] WOW WOWOW
sekai minna de PEACE!
tachiagare!

[Mo/Yu] namida mo deru
[Sa/Chi/Ma/Mi/Ri] namida mo deru

[Mo/Yu] hakushu mo suru
[Sa/Chi/Ma/Mi/Ri] hakushu mo suru

homete homerare
yaruki mo deru
BONBAA!

kabutomushi datte
yume ga aru darou
[Sa/Chi/Ma/Mi/Ri] itsuka wa
[Sa/Mo/Chi/Ma/Yu] oozora no kanata HOP! STEP! JUMP!

[Mo/Ma/Ri] natsu jan!
miageru sora aoi umi
[Mo/Ma/Ri] WOW WOWOW
jiyuu ni egakou
boku ga RUURU
[Mo/Ma/Ri] OH YEAH!

[Sa/Chi/Mi/Yu] natsu JUMP!
ookiku nare maji BONBAA!
[Sa/Chi/Mi/Yu] WOW WOWOW
koukishin no mama GO!
atsuku nare!

Berryz Koubou 23rd single 'Maji Bomber!!'

Regular Edition:

1. Maji Bomber!!.mp3
2. Otakebi Boy WAO! (Spark Ver.).mp3
3. Maji Bomber!! (Instrumental).mp3

DOWNLOAD


Limited A & B Edition:

1. Maji Bomber!!.mp3
2. MOON POWER.mp3
3. Maji Bomber!! (Instrumental).mp3

DOWNLOAD


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Added to our Berryz Koubou downloads section!


B.A

I found this random?? vids and thought I'd share =D


Song: JUMP! - ºC-ute



Song: Shoushitsuten ~Vanishing Point~ - Buono!

TRANSLATION:

Momo: What or which part makes you like this song?
Chissa: Well you know.. All three of you have such a powerful singing voice, and... and... the part where everyone sings together....
M: unison??
C: yea! Well, you know how the "unison" sounds different within each group? I love the smoothness of your voices when you guys sing together as a group.
M: it's so rare to hear such a good comment about me (us) from you X)
C: yea! but I must admit that I'm such a hard core Buono! FAN!!

M: well, what's your favourite song then?
C: Shousssshhhiten!
M: hey, excuse me, if you really are a fan, please be able to say the title properly!
C:SHO U SHI TSU TEN, SHO U SHI TSU TEN
M: "Shoushitsuten ~Vanishing Point~", right?
C: yea, that one. I really love that song. Hey, what's this? Let's sing!
M: hahaha you guys prepared the lyrics for the song

---SINGS---

C: oh such a nice song! I love this song!
M: oh, thank you!
C: but I couldn't sing as nice as Miyabi-chan and Airi.
M: oh really?
C: yea...

M: I need to point out one thing...
C: yea...
M: it's Miya's Main song...
C: I love...... Miyabi-chan.
(both laughs)

C: I love Miyabi-chan and Airi.
M: hold on a second...
C: but I do like "I NEED YOU" too.
M: really?
C: yea. But at first, I thought it was "I NEDD YOU".
M: yea, it's actually "I NEED YOU"
C: yea, "I NEED DYUU"
M: it's "I NEED YOU"
C: yea, "I NEED DYU"

M: why.. did you have to choose "Shoushitsuten"? Couldn't it be "I NEED YOU"??
C: unn..... But..... My most favourite song was "Shoushitsuten"..
M: oh..
C: Speaking of "Shoushitsuten", I've heard that a lot of fans like this song too. Airi once told me that at concerts, she sees people crying when they are singing this song.
M: yea, yea, yea, yea, yea
C: After hearing that, I love it even more.

M: Momo like that song from ºC-ute. ♪Ookina ai de motenashite~♪
C: I knew you would say that.
M: ♪Ookina ai de motenashite~♪ and ♪Capuseru ne♪




TRANSLATION:

C: yea, I'm Okai Chisato.... I'm... right here!!
M: oh cool, cool.
C: pretty good spot on the cover!
(both laughs)
M: pretty good spot on the cover!
C: pretty good spot on the cover! please, please check it out. This one if from "Campus LIFE". The next... ºCute's... oh yours...
M: yea.
C: oh, never mind.
M: huh!?

C: ºC-ute's... new single, "Dance de BACOON" will be released on the 25th of August!! Yay!
M: yay!
C: the lyrics are like, well I would like you guys to listen to when it releases, but...
M: your 'appealing' time, is pretty long....
C: umm... what to say.... umm.... yea, it's that!!
M: what?
C: DANCE!! as the title "Dace de BACOON" says already, the dance is pretty uptight..
M: this right??
(Momo dances)
C: hey, don't show them yet!!
M: it's not released yet....!?
C: it's the 25th of August!! Today is.......
M: sorry, sorry
C: yea, something like this (dances)
M: sorry, sorry

C: ok, ok that's okay, well it's something like this (does the hand) so please look forward to it. yea, your turn!
M: huh, what? oh, oh... this is the anime, 'Inazuma Eleven's ending theme and from the DS game 'Inazuma Eleven 3'. so please listen to it. yea, check it out! ufu! ufu! ahahaha! ufufufu! nhnhnh! eeh!?


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"Dance de BACOON"....... sounds weird... but anyway, gotta look forward to it X)
oh, and I think Chissa and Momo are a good combination ;)


B.B

I'd seen clips floating around of Captain and MaiMai from this, but now... finally, the whole segment!! Enjoy!


Tanaka Reina - Aishite Aishite ato Ippun (Morning Musume)
Shimizu Saki - MADAYADE (Berryz Koubou)


Niigaki Risa - Sukiyaki (Morning Musume)
Hagiwara Mai - Bishoujo Shinri (ºC-ute)


Tokunaga Chinami - Koi wo Hipparidako (Berryz Koubou)


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Yeah, Reina totally kicked all their butts. Maybe Niigaki could have picked a better song. And what was Chinami wearing? So unflattering...


B.A

Wow, it's really been so long since we reviewed something!
There are so many concerts -some really good ones- that we should have reviewed but haven't. -__-

Oh well, tomorrow is the official release date for the 'Berryz Koubou Festival ~Yokoso Otakebi Land e~ Live DVD' which features footage from their 6th album release event held at Yomiuri Land Open Theater EAST on 18 April 2010.



I was actually meant to blog this a couple days ago when the concert was still fresh in my brain. I hope I still remember what I was thinking while I was watching it.

Banana A. Banana B!?



OPENING

Eeeeeeeeeeee~~

1. Happiness ~Koufuku Kangei!~

Uuuggh, probably my most unfavourite Berryz single, just because of the line 'We welcome this happiness tonight.' It REALLY annoys me. But it's funny to see Berryz dance to this song now because it's such a kiddy dance, and hearing it with all their deep man voices now. Especially Risako. LOL.

2. Rival

Ahh, that's better. Yay! You know, I never noticed the harmonies in this song... You know, when just two people are singing. I think it was most apparent when it was Captain and Maasa? But you nenver know, it could just be the backing track playing with my ears.

MC1
It's always interesting to hear how much the crowd cheers for each member.
I think Momo won this time, and LOL at the girls who always shout "Miii-Yaaaa"at every event.

3. Sprinter! (Captian solo)

"WAOoo! WOOoo!" Captain overdid it a little with the WAO's and WOO's. But other than that this performance was fine...
Captain has fallen from grace a little in my brain recently. I had a dream about her and she kept yelling at Momoko for some reason (random, i know) but yeah... She's dropped in my ranking. I like her ring though :)

4. Koi wa Happaridako (Chinami solo)

"YAAAAY!!" I see a pattern forming here...
Chinami always sounds like a kid when she sings, so I guess this was a good song for her.

5. 21ji Made no Cinderella (Momoko solo)

I dont know why Momo mouthed the "Yooo! Daladala!" when she clearly wasn't singing it. LOL. Anyway, YAY! MOMO! This used to be one of my favourite Berryz songs to sing!! :D

6. Waracchaou yo BOYFRIEND (Kumai-chan solo)

I was worried for Kumai-chan when I heard this song start, this song has some annoying high parts, but luckily she was pretty good and the backing track covered for her a little. I don't think I can ever like Kumai-chan's singing voice though.

MC2 (Kumai-chan, Captain, Momo, Chinami)

7. Ground Demo Rouka Demo Medatsu Kimi (Maasa & Yurina)


Yay! Our first new song performance!!
ZOMMMGGG!! The dance for this song is SO AWESOME!! IT'S ALL SUPERHERO POSES!! LOLOL XD
The Maasa verse still kicks Kumai-chan's verse's butt. Oh and Maasa is chubby again :( she was looking really good! WHY!?
I like this picture though!


8. Yakimochi o Kudasai! (Captain, Chinami & Risako)

Contrarily this dance was SUPER BORING. Just the three of them going around in a triangle formation. I was kind of disappointed after watching Maasa and Kumai-chan's epic superhero dance. Risako also cain's both these girls with her deep voice.

9. Ai ni wa Ai Desho (Momoko & Miyabi)

YAY! My two favourite Berryz! I love how Momoko can change her expressions. This performance was awesome, but what do you expect from these two :P
That last high note was a little iffy though.

MC3 (Momoko & Miyabi)

10. TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY (Miyabi solo)

I wish Miya would choose a more challenging song. She's has really accurate pitch and I love how her voice has grown. Although that 'waah-ooh' at the end was really off. Something similar happened in the last Berryz concert too.

11. Sakura wa Rakusa (Maasa solo)

Eww, I don't like this song. Maasa is okay though.

12. VERY BEAUTY (Risako solo)

ZOMG, Risako was really amazing at the start of this song, but she kind of lost me at the end of the chorus. He high notes freak me out sometimes. She is better at her manly MADAYADE and things.

MC4

13. Dakishimete Dakishimete

I like how they used the blur effect and cropped stuff out to make it look like the 'Dakishimete Dakishimete' PV. It's been a while since I listened to his song! "HOO! HOO!"

14. Seishun Bus Guide

I wonder if their arms ever get tired from fist pumping the air.

15. Ryuusei Boy

I love the Ryuusei Boy pose. It's so lol. But they cut out my favourite part!! We didn't get to see the one at the end where they do it upside down. The camera was too busy focusing on Risako.

16. Otakebi Boy WAO!

Risako's tongue rolls... so manly. (Wow, I wonder how many times I've called her many this review? lol)

MC5

17. Tomodachi wa Tomodachi Nanda!

Last number! Is this the first time we've seen this song performed live?
AWESOME.

END



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Overall Impression:
I haven't watched Berryz Koubou perform at Yumiuri Land before, so this was really fun to watch! We got to see a lot of new song performances and solos too (which are always my favourite.) I think I had a lot more to say about this before... Uhh, should really start better blogging habits. Did anyone else notice the wota in a Stitch jumpsuit? LOL. Anyways, highlights were probably Maasa & Kumai-chan's superhero dance. I really wasn't expecting that. It was so funny! I was a little disappointed we didn't get to hear 'Kimi no Tomodachi' since it's my favourite new album song. But other than that, it was pretty good! :)


B.A & B.B!?