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Sad news: Wada Kouji passed away due to cancer. He was a well beloved singer and was known for the songs he did for the hit anime Digimon. Wada passed away on the 3rd and had a private ceremony. His agency will hold an event for his fans to commemorate Wada. No Hello!Pro of AKB news today, but some other news that is really important to me. Wada's song have always been very important to me, especially Butterfly. His passing makes me really sad, but I hope he is now in a better place without any pain. I know he will be able to fly on the wings of love...

Morning Musume '16 decided the song order for their upcoming single! We already knew the titles for the songs for a while, eventhough one could still change, but now we finally have an official order: Utakata Saturday Night / The Vision / Tokyo to iu Katasumi We have only had the preview of Tokyo to iu Katasumi, so get exited for the other songs, because the 11th of May is coming fast our way!

ANGEME will be releasing their new single on the 27th of April. Their 21st single will be the first for 4th gen member Kamikokuryou Moe and the last for 2nd gen member Tamura Meimi.  It's a triple a-side single called: Tsugitsugi Zokuzoku / Itoshima Distance / Koi Nara Tokku ni Hajimatteru Today the group (finally) revealed the covers and we got two new group profile pictures! Let's have a look at the covers! Limited A Limited A is the cover for Tsugitsugi Zokuzoku, The cover is rather simple, I like the red accents a lot. The girls look really cute in their outfits. I like that they pair Kamiko with Ayaka. But what the heck is Akari wearing... She should have been given hotpants, not these urgh. Limited B Limited B is for Itoshima Distance. We have never seen these outfits before, so let's also talk about those. I am a fan of casual outfits, I love it if one of the songs has them and look this one has them. I totally adora Meimi, Muro, Kana, Ta...

As you all know, Natsuyaki Miyabi has been searching for girls to join her idol group! She has been searching for most of 2015 and the first time there were no winners. But today the second auditions were ended and the results were announced on Upcoming! Nihei Yuuka and Kobayashi Hikaru were the only two girls who made it to the finals and were both announced by Miyabi herself as the winners! Nihei Yuuka (left) is born on October 20, 1995 and is from Tokyo, Kobayashi Hikaru (right) is born on April 19, 1994 and is also from Tokyo. These two girls will form a new group with Natsuyaki Miyabi. They do not have a name yet, nor do we have any other information then their debut:  The group will debut during the Buono! Budokan concert on August 25. Let's look forwards to more information about these girls and a group name!

Hello!Pro Kenshuusei's 21st gen member Takemura Miu ended her Kenshuusei training. This was announced today on the Hello!Pro Kenshuusei website. Fans had been speculating about her leaving, since she wouldn't be participating in the upcoming Kenshuusei concert without a good reason.  It always makes me so sad to see kenshuusei leave. I hope Miu will have a great life and who knows, we might see her in the future somewhere else!

C-ute not only revealed their profile pictures, but also the covers for their upcoming single: Naze Hito wa Arasoun Darou? / Summer Wind / Jinsei wa STEP! The single will be released in 6 versions: 3 limited and 3 regular editions. Regular A First up is the regular cover for Naze Hito wa Arasoun Darou? The cover features the girls on the set of the MV. The are on a podium and it all looks like a picture out of the 50's. I like the color use and the girls look really elegant. But what is Nakki doing? She looks like she is about to fall backwards. It's quite a nice cover, but the girls should have been bigger in the picture for my liking.  Regular B First look at the Summer Wind outfits! They remind me of the outfits for Kanshiki Heaven single ver. I love the cover. The girls are quite small, but the blue/sky background and the way they put Summer Wind on the cover. I really love this. Such a beautiful and clean cover. Regular C Mm, this is the co...

C-ute will release a new single on the 20th of April and they finally released new profile pictures! Let's have a look at these new profile pictures!  The Group picture at the top is the profile picture of Jinsei wa STEP.  The outfits look quite boring in this picture, while they look really beautiful in the closeups.  The other group picture is for Naze Hito wa Arasoun Darou? The girls look very 50's and have long silver glitter dresses. I am not really into these kind of dresses, but the girls look really good in these dresses.  And now the solo pictures: Yajima Maimi Maimi looks amazing in both pictures. I do adore her Jinsei wa STEP picture more. She looks so beautiful with her hair lose and do you guys see how amazing her dress is here? Maimi always looks amazing in a classic/vintage dress.  Nakajima Saki I do not like Nakki's hair styles. Her Jinsei dress looks very cute and elegant,I love the of shoulder. Her dress for Naze Hi...