Morning Musume’s event live broadcasted in 3-D

Morning Musume members held a fan event called “Summer party Morning Musume FASHIONABLE event” on the 25th at Akasaka Sakasu, and it was broadcasted live in 3-D.

The event was as an afterparty for Morning Musume’s stage performance, “FASHIONABLE“, which recently ended in June.  One of the members, Michishige Sayumi said, “It doesn’t have to be in 3D to show my …


Morning Musume’s 44th single pushed back

J-Pop girl group, Morning Musume was scheduled to release their 44th single, “Appare! Kaiten Zushi“, on October 13. But that release date has been pushed back a whole month to November 17. Reasons are unknown at this time.

The single, Appare! Kaiten Zushi will have four types: 3 Limited Edition and 1 normal. Each limited edition will come with a DVD …


JunJun, LinLin, and Kamei to graduate from Morning Musume

Tsunku, the founder and producer of idol pop group Morning Musume, has updated his blog with tremendous news for fans: Kamei Eri, JunJun, and LinLin will be graduating from Morning Musume, and a 9th generation audition will be held to fill their spots.

The producer went on to explain the reasons behind their departures.  Kamei Eri has apparently been suffering from …


Morning Musume announces 44th single

Seminal pop idol group Morning Musume has just announced their new single, the 44th from the girl group.  There is no title or track lists have been announced yet for the release, but it will probably fall in line with their more recent shift towards mature pop music.

The single will be released in a plethora of versions for fans to …


Yaguchi Mari to make appearance on SMAP×SMAP

Ex-Morning Musume member, Yaguchi Mari, made a blog entry about making an appearance on the variety show SMAP×SMAP.  The corner in which Mari will appear in is called “King of ONE PIECE battle”, in which celebrities who love the manga “ONE PIECE” gather up and fight over the title of “King of ONE PIECE.”

According to Mari’s …


An Expensive trip with Ex-Morning Musume member, Nakazawa Yuuko

It’s been recently announced that Ex-Morning Musume members, Konno Asami and Ogawa Makoto would participate in a short trip where fans have to pay an expensive price of 65,000 yen (approximately $750) to go on the trip. Despite the costs, many fans were applying for this one night two-day trip.

Coinciding with this news another Ex-Morning Musume member …


Short trip with ex-Morning Musume members

Konno Asami

Konno Asami

Ogawa Makoto

Ex-Morning Musume members, Konno Asami and Ogawa Makoto will hold a fan club event, in which fans can go on a short trip with them.

It will be a 1 night 2 days tour called “Konno Asami, Ogawa Makoto no syukakusai tour” from September 11th to 12th.  One of the highlights of this trip will be to …


Tsuji Nozomi’s 2nd baby is a girl?

Ex-Morning Musume member, Tsuji Nozomi, appeared at a press conference for a new kids’ game “Hello Kitty to Maho no apron” on the 21st.

At the press conference, Nozomi talked about her unborn baby, “People say it’s a baby girl because of the way my stomach sticks out.  I will find out at the next checkup!”

She also said that her daughter, Noa, …


Goto Maki to expose her stormy life

Goto Maki will make an appearance on “Kinyoubi no sumatachi he“, which will broadcast on the 23rd as a 2 hour special titled, “Goto Maki, confession of a 24 years old.”

Maki has been through a LOT in good and bad ways since her debut as a member of Morning Musume in 1999.  Most notably, the arrest of her brother and …


Tsuji Nozomi feels her baby moving

Ex-Morning Musume member Tsuji Nozomi, who is currently pregnant with her 2nd baby, made a blog entry about her baby on the 15th.

Nozomi wrote, “When I was laying down, the baby moved!  It is such a small move, but I feel big pleasure!  Ah I wanna tell that to Papa (Sugiura Taiyo), but he is in deep sleep now.  Ah! …


Fujimoto Miki’s 1 year wedding anniversary

Ex-Morning Musume member, Fujimoto Miki made a blog entry and reported her 1 year wedding anniversary (July 11th) on the 13th.

Miki celebrated the anniversary at her favorite restaurant with her husband.

According to Miki’s blog, her husband, Shoji Tomoharu (comedian) suggested in writing a letter for each other for their 10th wedding anniversary, so they wrote letters and buried it.

She wrote, …


Fans celebrate Michishige Sayumi’s birthday!

Member of Morning Musume, Michishige Sayumi turned 21 years old on July 13th.  Sayumi posted 3 blog entories, 30 minutes before her birthday, and two after she became 21 years old.  Fans left her a total of more than 4,000 Happy Birthday comments.

On her 2nd blog entry, she wrote, “Wow, the number of comments is as many as when people …


Yoshizawa Hitomi to challenge Sydney marathon

Ex-Morning Musume member, Yoshizawa Hitomi showed up at the event for the release of audio-technica’s new sports earphones.  Hitomi appeared in pink training wear and said, “These earphones are light and do not shift.  So, I don’t feel any stress when I go running.”

Hitomi joined the Vancouver half marathon in May and now, she is planning to do the Sydney …


Morning Musume fever hits Paris!

Morning Musume performed at “JAPAN EXPO” in Paris on July 2nd.

Although they have performed in China, Korea, Taiwan, and L.A before, this is the first time for them to perform in Europe.  Morning Musume’s live performance was a pay-event, however, 4,000 fans from many countries came to cheer for them.

Leader of Morning Musume, Takahashi Ai said, “I could hear fans’ …


Yaguchi Mari notices how small she is

Ex-Morning Musume member, Yaguchi Mari, made a blog entry about riding pocket bikes.

On Yaguchi Mari and Gekidan Hitori’s TV program, “How to monkey baby!“, they receive a different challenge everytime.  This time, Mari tried pocket bike racing.

According to Mari’s blog, “I was slow in the beggining, but i did it! It was so much fun! By the way, …


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