4 posts tagged “hello project”

Yup. Thats right. It's official. I have grown. I am now a whole 151 cm! No no, theres no need to congratulate me I...Oh..wait..This is a Hello Project based blog. OK...Moving on...It's been almost a year since I discovered the world that is Hello! Project. In the past year I have started to build up a collection of H!P goodies. Now don't get me wrong, it's not near as good as other fans but I think for my first year of H!P fandom I have done quite well. To commerate almost a year I'm going to post my collection so far and make a note of what I'd like to get in the future. Sorry for the craptastic photos, I am in no way shape or form the world's best photographer.

First's things first: The first merchandise I ever bought. It's strange when I was starting to get into H!P I always thought I would start of with a CD, but somehow, I ended up buying this accidently instead. I say accidently as I was browsing through ebay and clicked on 'buy it now' when I wasn't concentrating :/ No harm done though as I got this awesome wristband out of my silly mistake :D Maybe I'll start of a collection of wristbands from H!P tours as it sounds like something fun to collect XD.

 

Next we have the next 2 CD's I bought. The Berryz album I bought just after the wristband (although it actually arrived first) and I preordered the C-ute single after watching the video many times. I was actually suprised by myself ordering this single as even before H!P I had only bought one single previously as I tend to buy the albums instead. However, thanks to this C-ute single, I has realised how silly I am for not buying both the single's and albums when they can be afforded. Both of the CD's are limited edition.

 

 

Finally, we have the the stuff I got for christmas and what a collection! I was quite suprised when a parcel arrived and it was filled with H!P goodies! This year I was hoping for a white christmas and although it didn't snow my chirstmas presents were Berryz related. :D Well, we have W & Berryz High score 2005, Natsu Natsu!-Anata wo Suki ni naru Sangensoku 2006, Sakura Mankai 2007, and their latest DVD, Welcome! Berryz Kuuyden. At the moment I've only managed to watch the W & Berryz concert as the parcel arrived just before school started and I've been slightly busy with exams to watch the others, but hopefully I'll get a chance soon.

 

 

As well as Berryz DVDs, I also got 3 Hello! Project concerts; 2006 summer, 2007 winter and 2007 summer, and the Morning Musume all singles complete 10th anniversary DVD which was the first item to enter my DVD player and after watching every PV back to back you can really see the changes Momusu have been through. Their music styles, line ups etc. My dad walked in to my room when Go Girl Koi no Victory started. He took one look at the TV called me weird and walked back out again. I think it's going to take a while for J-pop to grow on him.

 

Now for the CD's I got; Berryz Koubou - Tsukiattrononi kataomoi (limited ed.), Mini Moni songs 2, Morning Musume All Singles complete (regular ed.), Morning Musume - Mikan (limited ed. B), Petit Best 8 and W - double U&U. Although it's not Hello Project, News single weeeek also managed to find its way into the photo. Out of all the CD's Mini Moni's album is probably the most played. I love the first half of the album which are mainly R&B style tracks. And thats not all. The album also came with a poster which is currently hanging proudly on my wall :D

 

The last H!P gift I recieved was rather suprising, It was the Welcome Berryz Kyuden photobook, Now looking at the girls in bikini's don't really suit my taste so I've never really thought about getting a solo member's photobok before. Yet when I opened the parcel I was curious about this product so I looked and Oh my! It's full of funny and cute (but mainly funny) pictures of the girls. I would scan some but I'm not sure if photobooks are scanner friendly. Yet here is a picture from this photobook I found on the web.

 

Now imagine a book filled with hilarous pictures like that. Cool isn't it?

Wow, looking back over my H!P collection I've only just realised how much I've got. I've only been collecting since July too! Perhaps 2008 will see this collection double in size. As you can tell, my collection is seriously deprived of MoMusu concerts. In this year I'm hoping to get round to buying Odore! Morning Curry as I ahve heard this is one of their best concerts, and also their latest tour with my current favourite member, JunJun. Another must for 2008 is more JunJun merchandise. It's just sitting on the webpages waiting for me to buy and I know I'll probably not be able to resist. So have you got any concert's or DVD's or whatever to recommened? If so then feel free to tell me and maybe I'll look into buying it in the near future.

 

P.S You may notice that this blog post is slightly longer than others and that there is less grammer mistakes than the others (although there is bound to to be some lol). This is because this is the first post that has actually took more than a day to write. Normally I just write off the top of my head and don't bother to spell check or anything and it really annoys me (and others no doubt) when I read back through and I have made stupid little errors. I think in 2008 I will also take more care whilst writing in my blog so as not to annoy myself with those mistakes.

Also I'd like to wish a happy belated birthday to Aika, Rika and Mari, whose birthdays were on the 12th, 19th and the 20th of January. Hope they had a great birthday! 

I know I recently posted a coundown of my top ten hello project members but over the past week its changed drastically. This may have something to do with listening to a lot of C-ute and Buono as there seems to be a lot more H!P kids there this time. Anyways, HarimaKenji recently sent me a link to a website and it decides your favourite hello project members for you. From this I can say that only 2 things have stayed the same since last time 1) Mari is still top and 2) Miki is still bottom. If you want to take the quiz thing yourself the link is http://www.americanwota.com/wota-distractions/hello-project-ranker/

My fav members are as follows:

Rank	Name
1	Yaguchi Mari
2	Natsuyaki Miyabi
2	Tsugunaga Momoko
4	Mitsui Aika
5	Kamei Eri
6	Michishige Sayumi
7	Arihara Kanna
8	Tanaka Reina
9	Shimizu Saki
10	Abe Natsumi
11	Konno Asami
12	Matsuura Aya
13	Tokunaga Chinami
14	Li Chun
15	Ishikawa Rika
16	Okai Chisato
17	Niigaki Risa
18	Takahashi Ai
19	Yasuda Kei
20	Mano Erina
21	Qian Lin
22	Yajima Maimi
23	Kusumi Koharu
24	Miyoshi Erika
25	Yoshizawa Hitomi
26	Okada Yui
27	Umeda Erika
28	Suzuki Airi
29	Kumai Yurina
30	Nakajima Saki
31	Sudo Maasa
32	Hagiwara Mai
33	Sugaya Risako
34	Nakazawa Yuko
35	Ayaka
36	Maeda Yuki
37	Ohtani Masae
38	Satoda Mai
39	Inaba Atsuko
40	Shibata Ayumi
41	Saito Hitomi
42	Murata Megumi
43	Sawada Yuri
44	Aoki Erina
45	Noto Arisa
46	Mutou Mika
47	Sengoku Minami
48	Korenaga Miki
49	Fujimoto Miki

 

Momoko has risen drastically and thats because shes so damn cute in the Buono! PV. In the dance shot as well you can really see her enthuasim. Last time she wasnt even in my top ten!I think I'm currently going through a I love momo faze heh ^^. Aika is also a lot higher. Last time I was thinking of adding her in my top ten but there just wasnt the room to fit her in. To be honest I dont know why shes suddenly up there, maybe its the Shiroi no big wave PV. Oh well feel free to take the quiz and post your results in the comments!!

Whilst browsing the internet I came across a bunch of dates for future hello project relases:

October

24th:

• Abe Natsumi: Iki wo Kasanemashou - Abe Natsumi’s 10th solo single.
• Iida Kaori: Gojuunotou - A DVD starring Iida Kaori.

26th:

• Abe Natsumi: Natsugumo Agare - A DVD starring Abe Natsumi.
• Takahashi Ai: 8th Untitled Photobook

30th:

• Ishiguro Aya: Ishiguro Aya no 3biki no Kobuta Shokudou - A mook featuring Ishiguro Aya.

31st:

• Buono!: Honto no Jibun: The debut single of Buono! consisting of Natsuyaki Miyabi, Suzuki Airi & Tsugunaga Momoko.
• Berryz Koubou: Berryz Koubou Concert Tour 2007 Natsu ~Welcome! Berryz Kyuuden~ - Berryz Koubou’s latest concert release on DVD.
• AKB48: Yuuhi wo Miteiru ka? - AKB48’s 8th single.
• C-ute: Tokaikko Junjou Single V - The Single V for C-ute’s 3rd major single.
  

November

7th:

• Kusumi Koharu: Chance! - Kusumi Koharu’s 4th solo single released in regular and limited editions, the limited edition includes a card for use with Atlus gaming machines.
• THE Possible: Wow Happy!! - THE Possible’s 7th single with a first-pressing special edition availaible.

14th:

• Goto Maki: Untitled 18th single.
• Abe Natsumi: Iki wo Kasanemashou Single V - The Single V for Abe Natsumi’s 10th single.
• Kusumi Koharu: Chance! Single V - The Single V for Kusumi Koharu’s 4th single.

21st:

• Chocolove from AKB48: Untitled 1st Album - The first album from AKB48 sub-group Chocolove.
• Buono!: Honto no Jibun Single V - The Single V for Buono!’s debut single.
• v-u-den: Biyuuden Single Best 9 Vol. 1 Omake-tsuki - v-u-den’s 1st best-of album.
• Morning Musume: Mikan - Morning Musume’s 35th single, available in two limited editions and a regular edition.

28th:

• Goto Maki: Goto Maki Live Tour 2007 G-Emotion 2 HOW TO USE SEXY
• Berryz Koubou: Tsukiatteiru no ni Kataomoi - Berryz Koubou’s 15th single availaible in regular and limited editions.

December

5th:

• Matsuura Aya: Sukedachi - A DVD featuring Matsuura Aya.
• Ongaku Gatas: Untitled 2nd Single

12th:

• Melon Kinenbi: Untitled Mini-album
• Hello! Project: Pucchi Best 8 - The eighth in the Pucchi Best series of compilation albums, featuringmany of this year’s Hello! Project singles as well as an exclusive track, GAM’s unreleased Atsui Tamashii

Personally Im excited for Buono's release as it seems like forever since I first got excited over this line up. I cant wait to see their PV. 

Also Berryz 15th single, Musume's 35th single and Gatas 2nd single seem worth waiting for. I wonder if I'll have any money left then to buy them ♪

Right, as my brother has took over my playstation (even though I was busy playing T_T) I have decided I will write how I got introduced to the japanese music industry,

To be honest its not really a long or intresting story. I cant even remember how long I've been a fan for (about a year I think) Anyways like most people I stumbled across a video on youtube. It wasn't a PV but it was a video of a girl dancing to koi kana by kusumi koharu. Although that was officially the first H!P song I heard I dont really count it as the first song I heard. That was because moments later I clicked a link and found Aa!'s first kiss PV. I was astounded by these three young girls and how good they sounded, despite their age. I favoured this video and I found myself watching it over and over again. It was just so addictive. Because of this Miyabi and Reina will always be two of my favourites in H!P (Iv went of Airi recently but thats a different story)

Anyways from Aa! I got introduced to berryz koubou. This band really intrigued me, partly because they were about my age. The first two PVs I saw from them was Koi no Jubaku and Jiriri Kiteru. I started looking up who each band member was and then I got introduced to mini moni. (I actually watched some show with mini moni before I heard their songs) I was captivated by Mini moni's personality's in particular the twins as I nicknamed them (Kago and Tsuji). So then I started researching them.

All though I managed to get 'into' these bands quite quickly, it took a while for morning musume to grow on me. I first watched their happy summer wedding PV, was overwhelmed by how many girls were singing one song that I didnt particulary like. To this day I still dislike that song. Anyways musume finally got my attention by again watching a girl dancing, this time to koi no victory. I looked up that PV and then somehow in as little as a few days I was a huge fan of everything hello project, could name most of the girls and maybe some charateristics from each.

Wow this post has turned out to be a lot longer than I intended it. Oh well, thats my story on how I became a H!P fan. Iv also read countless of storys about other people discovering hello project and I find it quite amusing that the majority of us discovered them by accident.