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Not a big suprise, thanks to some leaking, BUT: ANGERME is holding a new member audition! This will be the first audition since the group changes their name and the winners will form the 4th generation.  The auditions will start on the 2nd of July. There is no other information yet about the auditions.

Morning Musume '15 announced their autumn tour! The tour will begin on the 19th of september and the name is: Morning Musume '15 Haru tour ~Prism~ The tour will for now end on the first of november, but they might add more dates! Link:  Click

It has been a long wait, but Juice=Juice are finally releasing their first album. And a big album it will be. There will be two cd's (three for the regular version). One cd will contain all their songs (The Best Juice), one cd will contain all new songs+ their last single (Brandnew Juice) and for the regular edition they also have a cover cd (The Cover Juice). But ofcourse we were all really waiting for the covers. Where they worth the wait? Limited A Limited A is very blue. It has all the girls in their own boxes, the name of the group at the top and the name of the album at the bottom. It's quite a boring cover to be honest. They all look fab, but there is nothing special about it.  Limited B Limited B has a lot more color, Again they all have their own box. The title of the album is very small and the name of the group is not much bigger. It's quite a flashy cover and it's really ugly. I hate the colors and I don't understand why they aren't in

Natsuyaki Miyabi opened auditions for her new group! She talked about it some time ago, but the auditions are now officially announced. She is searching for girls who love singing and dancing between 18 and 22.  Applications will be accepted from the 1st of July until the 31st of July. Link: http://natsuyakimiyabi-audition.com/

Just 5 days after the departure of Shimamura Uta, Country Girls announced their 2nd single! The single is called: Wakatteiru no ni Gomen Ne/ Tamerai Summer Time It will be released on the 5th of August. I am really happy Country Girl are going on. It must be really hard for the members, but I am looking forwards to this single! And those outfits are really cute.  (will forever miss Uta-chan though...)

It was announced that Sasaki Rikako will release her first photobook! It's called: RIKAKO The photobook will release on the 20th of July. I was kinda waiting for this. The pushed girls usually get their first photobook soon! Well I am happy for Sasaki and her fans. She is adorable!

Juice=Juice reveal their new Profile Pictures! The outfits are probably for their first album: First Squeeze! All members are dressed in black and white checked clothes with blue accents. Miyazaki Yuka Yuka has a full dress with a beautiful waistline. I adore how she looks very cheeky in her close-up picture and very cute in her full body shot. Her legs look beautiful! The dress is super flattering. Kanazawa Tomoko Tomoko has a top and a skirt. Her skirt is quite short, which makes her legs look really pretty. I like her hair a lot and it fits the whole image. Tomoko is really beautiful here and kinda Sassy. Takagi Sayuki Sayuki's hair is glorious!! Her dress is almost the same as Yuka's, only the waist is somewhat loser (which is not really pretty...)  But Sayuki also has great legs in this! Miyamoto Karin Urgh Karin's hair and expression make me urgh... I wish she would go back to the bouncy cutie she was when they were releasing ind

And the next suprise for H!P fans has arrived! Kobushi Factory announced their Major Debut for this Fall! And They also announced their debut single! This was a suprise announcement during the Nama Tamago preformance of the 14th of June.  There is no exact date yet, but they will debut this fall with a triple a-side single: Dosukoi! Kenkyo ni Daitan / Ramen Daisuki Koizumi-san no Uta / Nen ni wa Nen (Nen'iri Ver.) Ramen Daisuki Koizumi-san no Uta is a cover of a SharamQ, that will be rearrangement for them. It will also be used as a tie-up song for a new drama called Ramen Daisuki Koizumi-san which will start airing this July. Congratulations to Kobushi Factory for their Major Debut! Official source: http://www.helloproject.com/kobushifactory/news/2982/

Matsui Rena announced her Graduation from SKE48 on the 10th of June through the radio show AKB48 no All Night Nippon.  She wants to start focussing on her acting career and she wants to see SKE48 without her. Rena will be graduating in August of this year.

On the 12th of June it was announced that Shimamura Uta left Country Girls and H!P. Her contract was terminated because of a disagreement her parents had with the company that could not be solved. She officially left on the 12th of June, although there had been speculations for a few days. Country Girls will continue as a 5 member group from now on. Link: official announcement

Sashihara Rino won the AKB48 2015 General Election! She won with 194,049 votes. Last years winner, Watanabe Mayu, became third and Kashiwagi Yuki became second.

Hello!Project's 2015 summer tour has been announced!  It will run from the 11th of July until the 29th of August. The names has been revealed to be: ~Discovery~ and ~Challanger~ Makoto will be the MC. Participating Groups: C-ute Morning Musume '15 ANGERME Juice=Juice Country Girls Hello!Pro Kenshuusei (with probably Kobushi Factory anf Tsubaki Factory)

Juice=Juice revealed the name of their first album: First Squeeze! The album will be released on the 15th of July. I actually didn't like the name at first, but the more I think about it, the more it fits the group. I hope there will be a lot of great songs on the cds!

The time has arrived when all new members get their member colors~! In today's Hello!Station the members of both Kobushi and Tsubaki Factory were suprised with presents. The presents were tshirts in their members colors! Kobushi Factory (Top left to bottem right) Sakurako- Green Rio- Mustard Natsumi- Orange Rena- Red Ayaka- Turquoise Ayano- Pink Rei- Purple Minami- Blue Tsubaki Factory (Top left to bottem right) Risa- Light Orange Kisora- Light Blue Riko- Light Green Yumeno- Yellow Ami- Light Purple Kiki- Light Pink It is great all the girls now have colors, this will make it easieer for the fans to show their support. I love how Kobushi got really bright colors, while Tsubaki has Pastel colors! Another fun fact is that they all got diffrent colors! Rio's yellow is even called Mustard and Ayaka doesn't have light blue but Turquoise!