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ANGERME released new profile pictures for their upcoming single! The single will release on the 13th of december. Let's have a look at the outfits! Wada Ayaka & Nakanishi Kana Both Dawa and Kana have the same color pattern in their outfits. Mustard colored bottoms and purple tops with blueish accents. I really love how Ayaka is making this outfits work. I am not a fan of her sleeves, but she looks like a model or someone in a piece of art. I actually quite like Kana's short. The stitching makes it look really nice on her and her hairstyle is beautiful! Takeuchi Akari & Katsuta Rina Take's outfit is terrible. I do not like the top at all and the bottems look like they were left over materials. Her hair however is the bomb!!! Rina looks like she came straight out of a Perfum MV. I love her hair like this and the dress is so flattering!  Murota Mizuki & Sasaki Rikako That smile on Muro! I love her top, it's really pretty and looks s

During the last Summer Tour, Hello!Project announced they would be opening auditions for new members. The auditions would not be for a specific group and the girls who would win the auditions could be added to any group, even the drama department.  Now it has been announced that there will be a show on AmebaTV following this audition process to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Hello!Project. The OG and current members will comment on the auditions and their process! The show will feature the auditions, backstage footage, OG and current members of Hello!Project. The show is called: Shoujotachi no Ketsudan ~Mitchaku!! Hello! Project 20 Shuunen Audition~ On AmeboVideo, extra footage will be uploaded! The first show will be on the 16th of November and feature Yaguchi Mari, Yasuda Kei, Yoshizawa Hitomi, Kumai Yurina, Yajima Maimi, Wada Ayaka, Kanazawa Tomoko and Takagi Sayuki.  (It's unclear if the members will rotate). Great and exciting news! It has been so long

Up-Front Promotions and Hello!Project announced a new youtube show! The show is called Tiny Tiny and will be hosted by Makoto and Kato Noriko. The show will have OG and active Hello!Pro members and will be focussed on tiny moments of happiness. The show will start on the 26th of october and have shows every Thursday at 21:00 JST.

Morning Musume '17 finally announced the release of their 15th album! This will be their first album release in three years and will also be the album debut of the 12th, 13th and 14th generation members! It will also be the last album to feature Kudo Haruka. The album was announced to be released on the 6th of december and is called: ⑮ Thank you, too The album will contain all unreleased Morning Musume songs: Watashi no Nanni mo Wakacchanai Seishun Say A-HA Narcissus Kamatte-chan Kyousoukyoku Dai 5ban CHO DAI Style of my Love (Iikubo, Oda, Makino) Mou Gaman Dekinai wa ~LOVE ICE CREAM~ (Ogata, Haga, Kaga, Yokoyama) Koi wa Toki ni (Fukumura, Ikuta, Ishida, Sato, Kudo, Nonaka, Morito) It has not yet been announced which singles will be found on the album, nor if there will be more than one cd included.  The album will release in two versions:  one limited with blu-ray and one regular version. The limited version with will contain the 20th anniversary e

Who would have thought that the youngest Berryz Koubou member would be the first to get married and pregnant?! Well, it's all true! Sugaya Risako (23) has announced her marriage and pregnancy! Risako has been the least active ex-member of Berryz Koubou for the past 2 years (not counting Momoko who has recently gone of the radar).  She has recently gone back to blogging and started her own instagram account. Risako announced she met her husband at the beginning of this year at a party. He is also in his 20s, is a "normal" man and lives in Tokyo. When they were dating for about 6 months, Risako found out she was pregnant. She was very shocked, but always wanted a happy family! Risako saw the echos and was really happy with the baby. She is now 5 months pregnant and the baby is expected around febuary/march. After Berryz Koubou went on haitus, Risako didn't have any big plans like the other members, yet she is not suprised of where she is now and

Juice=Juice announced that they are not done with their World Tour just yet! There will be 4 more concerts: Lima (Peru) on the 12th of December Santiago (Chile) on the 14th of December San Paulo (Brazil) on the 15th of December Fortaleza (Brazil) on the 17th of December Let's look out for more preformances!

It has been really quiet around Hello!Project lately, yet we finally have some good news! ANGERME will be releasing their 24th single on the 13th of december! The single will be a triple a-side called: Kisoku Tadashiku Utsukushiku / Manner Mode / Kimi dake janai sa...friends It will be the first single to feature new members Funaki Musubu and Kawamura Ayano. Sadly, 3rd generation member Aikawa Maho will not be participating in this single, which means this will be the second single not to feature her. It seems that the single will be released in two version, a blu-ray and a dvd version. The blu-ray version will have exclusive versions of the Music Videos and a download code for a 360 version of Manner Mode. The dvd version will have a booklet.