Junjun - April 11, 2011 J-melo apperance (english sub) download

Recently, former Morning Musume member Junjun appeared on the NHK World TV Show J-melo.

J-melo is a show that aims to introduce foreigners in Japan and around the world to Japanese music. In this video, Jun plays tour guide. The video has already been subbed into English by NHK World themselves so Junjun fans will want to watch.

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Happy birthday Airiiiiin!

Today Suzuki Airi turns 17!!!

I rarely do birthday posts, but I had to for Airi <3

I love Airi because she has this special aura about her that is pretty rare. Her smile is really infectious; she has the ability to make me smile when she smiles. It's really magical.

And that's not even mentioning her amazing skills. She has consistently been one of H!P's best singers for years, despite being one of the younger members. She never was a perfect dancer, but she has slowly getting better and better and now her dancing is a million times better than when she joined. She works so hard to please her fans and I would be honored to meet her one day.

I honestly like every single Hello! Project member, but no matter what happens, Airi will always have a special place in my heart.

So anyway, in celebration of her birthday, I uploaded a few Airi English subbed performances.

First is a performance that I already subbed, but not quite like this. I encoded this directly from the Blu-ray ISO, so it is in glorious 1080p HD. You can now watch Airi perform clearer than ever! I also did some further editing and changed the font, so even if you've saw my first sub before, there is still something new for you to see.

Also, Youtube was being stupid, so I uploaded it to Vimeo instead. Click the HD button and follow the link to watch in 1080p HD on Vimeo's site.


Aa koi from Airii~n deshou on Vimeo.

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Ganbarou Nippon! ~From Yokohama With Love~

So UFA had a charity event the other day and it was live on USTREAM. Pretty much every UFA artist you could ever think of was in attendance (except for Morning Musume and Berryz, which I'm guessing had concerts or other events to attend to) to sing UFA's cheer song, Ai wa Katsu.

But most of you already knew that, so that's not what this post is about. Actually this post is about one of my Youtube subscriptions, 33Sammi32. You see, she is an American wota living in Japan who has excellent Japanese language skills (which you can see in any of her Japanese vlogs).

And you know what? She was actually at that above mentioned event.



In the video you can see some of the charity event from the audience's perspective and maybe make out your favorite H!P member among the crowd of UFA celebs!

I didn't think much of it before, but actually now I'm really jealous. A handshake event with like nearly every H!P member ever? Plus Tsunku? DO WANT.

Also, if I didn't know any better, I could've sworn that Mikitty said that she saw 33Sammi32's Youtube videos before (@ about 7:08 in the video). So awesome.

The song you heard in the video is now available for download on the iTunes store for 99 cents. To buy, click that link, and then click on the "view in iTunes" button and iTunes will open where you can buy it. All proceeds to go the Japanese Red Cross.

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Morning Musume April 10, 2011 Music Japan talk + performance

Sunday, Morning Musume were guests on Music Japan to promote Maji Desu ka Ska!

There was a segment involving dogs,

Yes, that is Morning Musume jump roping with a tiny dog. No, it doesn't get any more epic than this.

a reminder of Morning Musume's past performances,

those outfits were so horrible

 9th gen showcasing their talents,

Mizuki in the middle of being awesome

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Mobekimasu ranking

Stolen from ShimaShima Combo who stole it from CIA who stole it from some wota.

To play along, just visit the Mobekimasu Sort website and you'll see two member's pictures. Click on the member you like better. Repeat dozens of times. Cry when faced with impossible decisions. Report your results.

My ranking looks like this:

 Romaji:

1. Captain

2. Airi

3. Miya

4. Sayu

5. Chisato

6. Momoko

7. Chinami

8. Mai

9. Suzuki Kanon

10. Yurina

11. Aichan

12. Maimi

13. Risa

14. Risako

15. Nakky

16. Yuuka

17. Mizuki

18. Fukuda Kanon

19. Aika

20. Ogawa Saki

21. Reina

22. Manoeri

23. Maasa

24. Riho

25. DAWA

26. Ikuta Erina

No real surprises here. Yurina may be a bit high and Maasa a bit low, but I'm not complaining. It's overall pretty darn accurate.

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C-ute - Team After School message

C-ute will be a part of a show called International After School and now we have a short video message from them, which has been subtitled into English.

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