Tsubaki Factory will release their new single Teion Yakedo / Shunrenka / I Need You ~Yozora no Kanransha~ (低温火傷/春恋歌/I Need You～夜空の観覧車～) on February 21st.
This is the 3rd major single of the idol group Tsubaki Factory.
The special unit Morning Musume 20th is back for a mini album Hatachi no Morning Musume (二十歳のモーニング娘。).
It will be released on February 7th.
This mini album celebrates the 20th anniversary of Morning Musume.
Check out the MV below.
This is a first time for the group!
The original members of Morning Musume met (eighteen years later) to perform a new version of their first single, Ai no Tane (愛の種 ; seeds of love), with current members of Morning Musume. ’17. This new version is titled Ai no Tane (20th Anniversary Ver.) and will be released on November 3, 2017, in digital format, on iTunes.
This special sub-unit is named « Morning Musume. 20th », to celebrate the 20th anniversary of this song and the group.
The new photobook of Kudo Haruka (Morning Musume ’17) will be released on October 27.
The self-titled photoook will be the last photobook of Kudo Haruka to be released under Hello! Project. Indeed, Haru-chan will graduate from Morning Musume. ’17 and Hello! Project on December 11.
The photos were shot by Honda Akiko.
The covers show Kudo Haruka wearing a seifuku and a bikini.
Sugaya Risako, former member of Berryz Kobo, recently announced her pregnancy and her marriage.
This announcement was made on October 18 on her blog and via the website of the agency Up-Front.
Her new husband is a man in his 20s who was introduced to her by a mutual friend at the beginning of this year ; they are living together since it.
Morning Musume ’17 will release their new single Jama Shinaide Here We Go! / Dokyuu no Go Sign / Wakaindashi! (邪魔しないで Here We Go! / 弩級のゴーサイン / 若いんだし!) on October 4th.
It is the 64th single of the Hello! Project idol group. It has a triple A-side.
Morito Chisato appears for the first time on this disc as a 14th generation member of Morning Musume.
Kudo Haruka, meanwhile, will make her last appearance with the idol group on this single.
Ogawa Rena left Kobushi Factory et le Hello! Project.
This announcement was made on September 6 on the official website of Hello! Project.
Renako has been suffering from anxiety for several months. Unfortunately, her condition did not improve after treatment and after consulting her doctor, she decided to leave the group and the entertainment industry.
Morning Musume ’17 announced that they will hold a special concert to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the idol group.
Though this announcement was made in early August ; the concert will take place on September 14 at Shinkiba STUDIO COAST.
For this concert, the fans could vote for their favorite songs of Morning Musume and the combination of members that they want to perform these songs ; the voting period ran until August 14, and tickets went on sale on August 19.
Yasuda Kei, a former idol of Morning Musume and Hello! Project, recently announced her pregnancy.
The announcement was made on July 29 by herself on her blog, and after she entered a period of stability.
She should give birth at the beginning of next year.
Hello! Project announced on its official website on July 25th that Miyamoto Karin, a member of Juice=Juice, is suffering from functional dysphonia.
Miyamoto Karin is the lead singer and central member of the idol group, but because of this alteration on her vocal cords, she is no longer able to sing accordingly.
She has to suspend her activities with Juice=Juice, for an indefinite period, to follow a medical treatment.