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Natsuyaki Miyabi announced her plans for the future! She will be taking a break for now, but she wants to continue her musical career in the future. She also wants to learn more about fashion. Maasa also announced her plans for the future, eventhough we already knew them! She will stay as the Playing Manger for Engeki Joshibu.

With so many Kenshuusei debuting (Momusu, Angerme, Country Girls, Kobushi Factory) it was sure time to add some new kenshuusei! The first one will be formally introduced during their upcoming show: Hello Pro Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2015 ~3gatsu no Nama Tamago Show!~. Her name is: Takase Kurumi. She is 15 years old (born March 16, 1999) and is a former member of a local idol group named Tochiotome25 (from 2011 until her graduation in june of last year). She participated in four of their singles.   Kurumi will be introduced at the Nama Tamago Show! this month and she will also preform there.

Kobushi Factory announced their first DVD single. It will be their debut Indies. It's a double a-side single called: Nen ni wa Nen/ Survivor Survivor is the theme song for their first musical called: Week end Survivor. It will be a DVD + CD with the following content: DVD 1. Nen ni wa Nen (LIVE MUSIC VIDEO) 2. Survivor (REC & OFF SHOT) 3. "Nen ni wa Nen" recording and dance lesson video  4. Engeki Joshibu Week End Survivor pamphlet interview digest  CD 1. Nen ni wa Nen 2. Survivor The DVD single will be released on the 26th of march at the theater venue only.

It was about time that the new Kenshuusei group got a name and here it is: Kobushi Factory Kobushi has two meanings: Kobushi Magnolia (which is a tree that represents the coming of spring and grace) but it also means the strenght of a fist! Factory was putt behind it in memory of Berryz Koubou, cause it makes the new name look and feel a bit the same. Shimizu Saki helped with picking the name and noted how much this group makes her think of Berryz Koubou when they were founded. Because of this and the name Kobushi Factory is seen as the succesor of Berryz Koubou. The girls also got new profile pictures, which you can see after the break:

Almost all Berryz Koubou girls announced what they are going to do after their graduation from Berryz Koubou next week.  Shimizu Saki and Tokunaga Chinami will stay with Hello!Project, not as members, but as a bridge between the staff and members. They will be advisors. Captain already had a job: she helped decide on a name for the new Kenshuusei group. Chinami also said this will mean that the fans will keep seeing them around H!P. Tsugunaga Momoko will officially start her job as the Playing Manager of Country Girls. They will release their first single at the end of march. Sudo Maasa will continue her job as Playing Manager for the UFP/H!P acting club Engeki Joshibu. She will play in Weekend Survivor with Kobushi Factory Kumai Yurina will stop blogging for a while to focus on her last year of University. She hopes to graduate in 2016 and will try and become a model after that. Sugaya Risako announced that she will take a break from showbizz to fi

Country Girls got new profile pictures! They are for their first single:  Itooshikutte Gomen ne / Koi Dorobou The group has been split into two smaller groups: The older members- Momoko, Makana and Risa.  The youngest members- Chisaki, Uta and Mai. The oldest members have grey in their outfits, while the youngest members have orange.  I really love how cute they all look in the outfits and how fresh they look! I really love it!

C-ute announced their 27th single and it's a Triple a-side! The single will release on the 1st of April and is called: Tsugi no Kado wa Magure / GamushaLIFE / The Middle Management ~Josei Chuukan Kanrishoku~ Tsugi no Kado wa Magure is a song by Takui (the guy who wrote Taiki Bansei). GamushaLIFE is writen by SHOCKEYE and the music is done by KOUGA The Middle Management is by Tsunku There are 6 editions, 3 limited and 3 regular.  I am really exited for C-ute and I hope all songs will be awsome!

Morning Musume '15 announced their 58th single! The single will be the debut single for the 12th gen and the first single with their updated name. It will release on the 15th of april and will be called: Seishun Kozou wa Naiteiru / Yuugure wa Ameagari / Ima Koko Kara Ima Koko Kara was announced earlier as the theme song for the upcoming Pretty Cure movie. The non Pretty Cure songs are writen by Tsunku! We also got two new profile pictures. I have no idea which outfit belongs to which song, but I like the extreme contrast in both. The first outfits are light and flowy, while the second outfits are very glittery and heavy looking. In both pictures 12th gen is in front which is nice to see.  I tried to translate the titles of the 2 new songs: Seishun Kozou wa Naiteiru- The young boy (?) is crying Yuugure wa Ameagari- Dusk is after the rain I can't wait for previews and more information! 

It was announced that Morning Musume '15 will sing the theme song of the new Pretty Cure movie! They will release their own version of a song called: Ima Koko Kara.  In the above video we get a little preview of the song and they dance. The dance shot will be featured in the ending of the movie. There will also be kids joining for the dance shot from all over Japan. The song will be featured in the movie Pretty Cure All Stars: Haru no Carnival♪, when it will be sung by the Pretty Cure members and at the end of the Movie they will show the Morning Musume '15 version.  There is no information yet if this will be an official Morning Musume single or that it will be like Appare Kaiten Sushi. There is also no official release date (although someone mentioned it might be the 11th of march, no official source though!). Furthermore, it was announced that Iikubo Haruna, Ishida Ayumi and Oda Sakura will voice a character in the movie! They even designed the characters

It was announced that Juice=Juice's 6th single will be a double a-side: Wonderful World/ Ca va? Ca va? The single won't be produced by Tsunku.

Congratulations to Juice=Juice on their second anniversary! Time has sure been flying! Today Juice=Juice celebrated their second anniversary and during their celebration they announced their 6th single! The single is called: Wonderful World The single will be released on the 8th of april. There is no more information on the single for now and we don't know of the single will be a single a-side (which would be their first since their indies) or there if where will be another a-side announced.  Anyways I am happy they finally announced a new single, because Senobi/Date Janai was released 4 months ago.