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The name of the new kenshuusei group had been postponed.  The H!P site states: Due to circumstances, the name will be announced at a later date (Thanks to Jplop for the translation). We will now have to wait some more for their name. 

Our flying new group has just announced their major debut in march and now they opened up a blog! This is a great way for their fans and others to find out more about them and their personalities. Please have a look at their blog (eventhough the girls themselfs didn't post anything yet): http://ameblo.jp/countrygirls/

In a video that was released today the H!P members did a lottery to decided who will get to preform during this years Hina Fest. Last year we had solo's only, but this year we have three shows with one solo, one duo and one trio preformance each! The results are in the spoilers, just for the fans who still wanna watch the video!

It was announced that Makino Maria, Morning Musume '15's 12th gen member, will be releasing her first solo Blu- ray!  It's called Greeting ~Makino Maria ~ and the preorders will end on the 16th of febuary.  Digest: Please look forwards to the first solo Blu-ray by one of the 12th gen members! http://www.e-lineup.com/shopdetail/000000004590/

Bitter&Sweet, the duo with Tasaki Asahi and Hasegawa Moemi, announced the release of their 3th single some time ago. Renai Wars/ Koi Gokoro will be released on the 11th of febuary. This duo has been releasing some music video's on Up-Front Promotion's Youtube channel, but now they finally have a channel of their own: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdgCtdq6xgq0EpBu_O-a3yA They also uploaded both MV's for their new single and the MV's for their other two singles! Renai Wars Koi Gokoro If you wanna stay updated on their music, please subscribe! Bitter&Sweet also made a video to promote their 3rd single:

Morning Musume '15's Ace will release her 4th photobook in march! It was also announced that she will release her 6th solo Blu- ray on the 8th of April! Congratulations to RihoRiho for getting a new photobook (after almost 1,5 year!)

A new  sister group was announced during Akb48's 2015 Request hour. The group is called NGT48 and will be the 5th 48G- group in Japan. NGT48 will be located in Niigata and the auditions will start this march! The theater will op on the 1st of October of this year! Let's look forwards to this new group!

If it comes to AKB48, I am always late to the party.  During their last preformance for their 2015 Request Hour, AKB48 announced and preformed their new single! It's their 39th single and it's called: Green Flash The song will have a double center: Kojima Haruna (Team A) and Kashiwagi Yuki (Team B) This is the first time Kashiwagi Yuki is center for an AKB48 main song! The other members are: Takahashi Minami (Team A) Shimazaki Haruka (Team A) Irayama Anna (Team A) Kawaei Rina (Team A) Miyawaki Sakura (Team A, HKT48 Team KIV) Kojima Mako (Team K) Yokoyama Yui (Team K Matsui Jurina (Team K, SKE48 Team S) Yamamoto Sayaka (Team K, NMB48 Team N) Watanabe Mayu (Team B) Ikome Rina (Team B, Nogasaki48) Kizaki Yuria (Team 4) Matsui Rena (SKE48 Team E, Nogasaki48) Sashihara Rino (HKT48, Team H) I am looking forwards to seeing Kojiharu and Yukirin as a double center!

It has been a while since I last made a review of a MV with screenshots! Let's do this again! I wanna start with Otome no Gyakushuu, one of the a-sides of ANGERME's first single.  Otome no Gyakushuu I really adore this song, it so diffrent from what I am used to from S/mileage. I really like the kinda gotic and halloween theme Everyone looked really good and the whole MV was super classy. I really like how their name looks, the wing and the tear are super awsome.  Purplish and such a pretty location! Look at the claw- hands1 Take, Rinapuu and Meimei! I love the curtains and all the other props. It's so classy! Dawa, Maro and Kananana! I adore how much we get to see Kana in this clip! Murotan is the only 3rd gen to get a solo line in both songs (or at all). She shows us why! I love the way she is using the camera! 1st gen looking at eachother: Dawa looking like she wants to eat Maro. Urgh S/mileage already showed how beautif

Country Girls was announced in November and last weekend they already announced their Major Debut!  They were suppose to release an indies single at the end of this month, but it seems like they moved the single to March and made it their debut single! The single will be a double A-side with the same songs as they announced for their first indies single, but with Momoko.  Itooshikutte Gomen Ne/ Koi Dorobou The single will be released on the 25th of March.  By then Momoko will have graduated from Berryz Koubou and she will be a full- time Country Girls member.  I am really happy for the girls that management already thinks they are ready for their major debut. It must be weird for Juice=Juice and former S/mileage, because they both had Indies singles and S/mileage even had to do a challenge befor their could debut. But I am very happy for the girls they are getting this chance. Ofcours they have Momoko and she will surely make this an amazing and cute group, so I have no

And here they are! ANGERME's first single covers (18th single overall)!! Let's have a look at the covers and how well the 3rd gen fits in! Limited A Limited A has all the members in there own block with their new member colors. 3rd gen is in the middle, with Rikako in front, while Mizuki has a rather larch box. Overall this cover looks pretty good. I like how colorful it is and how it introduces the new members. The titles are in English, which is awsome, but kinda confusing. I hate Ayaka and Meimi's outfits.. They look tacky and gosh Meimi's hair.. Why style it this way? Rinapuu looks fab in the back, Kanon looks like a Loli, Kana looks beautiful, Maho has an amazing smile and Akari looks great with blue, although her haircolor stands out. Limited B Ah the contrast between this cover and limited A is awsome! I really like how this one is all light and fresh, while limited A is colorfull and happy. I really love how Girl's is in pink and makes the

All girls above are currently not participating in H!P winter concerts, due to influenza (and Kanon's injury). Hopefully all girls will recover fast!

Today's Hello!Station was an amazing episode for all the fans! Please have a look at it and find: Hello!Pro Kenshuusei new unit introductions Hello!Pro Kenshuusei new unit preformance "Onna no Sono" Country Girls introduction Country Girls-  Itooshikutte Gomen Ne Juice=Juice introductions Juice=Juice- Watashi ga iu mae ni Dakishimenakya ne ANGERME introductions ANGERME- Taiki Bansai Morning Musume '15 Introductions Morning Musume '15- TIKI  BUN C-ute introductions C-ute- I miss you Berryz Koubou introductions Berryz Koubou- Love Togheter Hello!Pro Kenshuusei new unit announcement (Yajima Maimi goes to the members to announce the unit and tell them they are member!) It was a really good episode, because we got to see all the new members perform! Please have a look at it!

The new Kenshuusei group already got a special website dedicated to them and profile pictures! The website can be found here: http://www.helloproject.com/special/ The profile pictures: Fujii Rio (15) Hirose Ayaka (15) Nomura Minami (14) Ogawa Rena (14) Hamaura Ayano (14) Taguchi Natsumi (14) Wada Sakurako (13) Inoue Rei (13)