Country Girls will release their 4th single Dou Datte Ii no / Namida no Request (どーだっていいの / 涙のリクエスト) on September 28.
The MVs were unveiled.
This is the first single from the official graduation of Inaba Manaka on August 4. She had suspended her activities because of asthma attacks in last April, but she hadn’t fully recovered, and she had to leave the idol group.
Inaba Manaka is going to suspend activities with Country Girls because of asthma.
She suffers from this disease since she is a child. Up-Front announced that Inaba Manaka’s condition had recently worsened when she was performing with the idol group.
After some discussions with her family and a doctor, she decided to have a break in order to undergo medical treatment.
Yanagawa Nanami and Musubu Funaki joined Country Girls as new members.
Both girls are also part Hello Pro Kenshusei. They are 13 years old.
The new single of Country Girls entitled Wakatte Iru no ni Gomen ne / Tamerai Summertime (わかっているのにごめんね / ためらいサマータイム) is on sale since August 5.
It’s the 2nd single of Country Girls previously known as Country Musume. It’s also the 1st single of the group after the withdrawal of one of its members Shimamura Uta in last June.
The single contains a double A-side.
Shimamura Uta‘s withdrawal from Country Girls and Hello! Project has been announced.
According to Up-Front, Shimamura Uta has to leave Country Girls because of differences of opinion between her family and the company about her activities.
Country Girls released their new single Itooshikutte Gomen ne / Koi Dorobou (愛おしくってごめんね / 恋泥棒) on last March 25.
It contains a double A-side.
This is the first single of Country Girls. The idol group was reformed after his hiatus in 2009, previously known as Country Musume. The group contains five new members and the playing manager Tsugunaga Momoko of Berryz Kobo.
The new members of Country Musume have been announced and the idol group was renamed Country Girls.
The 5 new members are Yamaki Risa, Inaba Manaka, Ozeki Mai, Shimamura Uta and Morito Chisaki.
Former leader Satoda Mai was appointed as general manager.
Tsugunaga Momoko (Berryz Kobo) joined the unit as “playing manager”.
Hello! Project Countdown Party 2013 ~Good Bye & Hello!~ will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on May 14.
In addition to Morning Musume, Berryz Kobo, °C-ute, S/mileage and Juice=Juice, there were also some guests such as Kikkawa You, Up Up Girls (Kari), The Possible, LoVendoЯ…
Former Hello! Project members Takahashi Ai, Niigaki Risa, Matsuura Aya, Ishikawa Rika, Yoshizawa Hitomi, Mano Erina Fujimoto Miki, Abe Natsumi… participated in Hello! Project Countdown Party 2013 ~Good Bye & Hello!~.
Country Musume is going to hold auditions to recruit new members.
This surprise announcement was made by Satoda Mai via a video message on February 11 during the Hello! Project 2014 Winter ~Goisu Mode~ concert in Sendai.
Registration for the auditions is opened until March 31. They are reserved for girls aged between 10 and 17 years old from all over Japan. (more…)