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Abe Natsumi announced she gave birth to a son! Abe got married in December of 2015 to Yamazaki Ikusaburo and announced her pregnancy in Febuary of 2016.  Congratulations to the parents!

Today the members of Hello!Pro Kenshuusei Hokkaido were announced and preformed! A while ago it was announced seven girls made it to the training program and today they were actually introduced to the public! They also preformed Oheso no Kuni Kara Konichiwa. From left to right: Kitagawa Ryo (12) Kawano Minori (12) Ishiguri Kanami (12) Kudo Yume (11)  Sato Hikari (12) Yamazaki Mei (11) Ota Haruka (12) Congratulations too all 7 new members and may they work hard for their debut!

Sad day for anyone who follows Hello!Pro Kenshuusei.  Four girls "completed" their training, which means they left the program. Yokogawa Yumei (20th gen), Nakano Rion (24th gen), Shimano Momoko (22nd gen) and Hashimoto Nagisa (22nd gen) all left the program on the same day. Many believe Nagisa (19) and Momoko (17) had gotten to old to debut and therefore left the program.  I am incredibly sad these 4 wonderful girls left the program. I had been looking forwards to their debut (as I am with any kenshuusei), especially those of Rion and Yumei. I hope these girls will debut in any other way and otherwise have a beautiful and happy life.

Tsubaki Factory will release a new single on the 6th of august! Hitoijime/ Watashi ga Obaasan ni Natte mo will be their first DVD single.  Today they released both the cover and new profile pictures for this single! Let's have a look. The cover looks like a picture of Tsubaki on a table or corkboard? It's quite a cute and simple cover. The picture of the girls is really cute and they look really pretty. I love the pastel colors they are going with and the lighting makes the cover really airy. This is my favorite cover of them till date! Leader Riko (right) and sub-leader Risa (left) look really cute with their pastel outfits. I would have liked it better if Risa's hair was lose, but they look really cute and fresh non the less. Riko's hair is really perfect like this and she looks so good in blue. Kisora (right) and Ami (left) Also looks really clean and cute in these outfits. Kisora is one of my favorites, yet I find her face always looking really w

Uozumi Yuki announced her graduation from LoVendoЯ. LoVendoЯ is Tanaka Reina's band and Yuki is one of the guitarists of the band.  Yuki announced she wants to study more about the guitar and wants to go abroad to do so. She will graduate on the 16th of September and will also leave UP-FRONT CREATE. Official announcement: https://www.facebook.com/notes/up-front-link/en-announcement-concerning-yuki-uozumi/1120406271351622

Tsubaku Factory announced their new DVD single! The DVD single will be released on the 6th of august and will be available at the Hello!Pro concert. It will contain two songs and their MV's: Hitorijime/ Watashi Ga Obaasan ni Natte mo Hitorijime is the song Tsunku wrote for them, while Watashi ga Obaasan ni Natte mo is a cover. The song is originally by Moritaka Chisato, who also did 17sai. Risa and Yumeno confirmed everything is already recorded and Hitorijime will get a MV with a story shot in an university. Congratulations to these wonderful girls! I can't wait to hear the songs and see them MV's.

H!P announced a new department for their Kenshuusei program! Do you guys remember the Hokkaido auditions from about a year ago? Well it was finally announced what they are going to do with it. There are seven girls who won the audition and they will join Hello!Pro Kenshuusei Hokkaido. They will aim for their major debut.  On the 30th of July these girls will be introduced to the public and they will open the H!P concert of that day. 

ANGERME announced their 5th generation member today! Kasahara Momona joined ANGERME and preformed with them today. ANGERME uploaded their new profile pictures soon after.

Hello!Project's indies group Tsubaki Factory announced a new song! The song is written and composed by non other than Tsunku-san. The song is called: Hitorijime. It is not yet clear if the new song will also be a new indies single.

Seems like Kasahara Momona was just announced as a new member for ANGERME! This girl won the last Kenshuusei Recital. Momona was announced as a 5th generation member during today's Hello!Pro summer concert. Congratulations to Momona and I can't wait to see her in action! Edit: Momona's ANGERME profile picture

C-ute's Okai Chisato announced she will be able to preform after this weekends Hello!Pro concerts! This weekend she will only be MC, but next week she will be start preforming again. I am really happy to hear Chisato is doing so well. I can not wait to see her on stage again!

On the 11th of July, Niigaki Risa and Kotani Yoshikazu registered their marriage! Gaki-san is officially a married woman! Congratulation to both and may your lives be happy togheter.

Yet more information about Juice=Juice's new single has been released! Dream road ~Kokoro ga Odoridashiteru~ will be written by Tsunku! And Asu Yarou wa Bakayarou has lyrics written by Fukuda Kanon! This is really amazing and exiting news! Tsunku is ofcourse our H!P God, so having a song by him is amazing. Fukuda is studying to become a lyricist and Up Front is actually giving her jobs! I can't wait to hear previews or see some outfits! How about you? Are you exited for the songs? Are you more exited for Tsunku's song or Kanon's song?

Juice=Juice announced a while back they would be releasing a new single in september. The single would be their first triple a-side since their debut. The single now finally has song titels, but the order has yet to be decided: Dream Road ~Kokoro ga Odoridashiteru~ / KEEP ON Joshou Shikou!! / Ashita Yarou wa Bakayarou The single is set to release on the 7th of september! I am so exited! The titels sound really good, I look forward to all of them!

Chisato blogged on C-ute's official blog that her surgery was a succes! Congratulations Chisato!  Let's hope for a speedy recovery and we hope to welcome you back soon!

Mitsui Aika announced she will be returning to New Zealand to learn more english. She said nothing about leaving Hello!Project nor Upfront, so she will be on haitus again. I am really happy for Mitsui that she can make these decisions and do what makes her happy.  She is pretty good in english, but I understand she wants to do even better.  We will be waiting for you Aika!

Juice=Juice announced their 8th single! The single will be released somewhere in September of this year and it will be their first triple A single since their debut! Sadly there isn't any more information, but the announcement should get a lot of fans pumped! Congratulations Juice=Juice and let's hope for an amazing single!!