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Takahashi Ai revealed in her blog that she will have a final FC bus tour in Fukui during September titled ~Morning Days Happy Holiday Tokubetsu Hen~ Ai Takahashi Fanclub Tour in Fukui.
This was confirmed in an FC page which features more information about the event.
Ai-chan will be very busy but I am glad to see that a final FC bus tour as a Momusu member has been announced since fans can show their support before her graduation, and since the FC bus tour will be done in between the final dates for her last tour it will most likely be a must see event for all Ai-chan fans.
The tour will start on the 23rd and will last until the 25th, which is also the date for the concert in Ai-chan’s hometown before the two planned dates at the Nippon Budokan so fans who attend the event and were planning on attending the Fukui concert won’t miss out (if they have tickets) and since it is her hometown it will be a very memorable event for both Ai-chan and her fans since she will have less than a week left before she graduates.
Tickets are around the same price as other bus tours (50,000 to about 60,000 Yen) so it might be somewhat costly for some, but since this is her last FC tour as a Momusu member this will most likely not be an issue for many Ai-chan fans, so I hope many fans can attend this event to show their support to Ai-chan while she shows her fans interesting areas around her hometown.
The FC tour will probably fill up pretty fast but there will most likely be many friends and family attending the concert alongside fans during her last Fukui performance so hopefully anyone who is in the area can go to the concert before the final dates at Budokan.
The bus tour will be from 9/23 ~ 9/25.
Earlier today the official S/mileage Youtube site uploaded a video of the new S/mileage member auditions.
The video features about 10 minutes of shots of the many applicants who were lined up for the audition, as well as a surprise appearance by S/mileage showing their support and encouraging them to do their best. Apart from a small comment from S/mileage we also get to see footage of some of the girls auditioning as well as some short interviews by the cameraman.
For the most part it’s a great video for S/mileage fans to look at since the future 5th member (or more) could have appeared in the footage, and while it’s too early to say so for sure the many applicants who appeared each had their unique charms that will most likely make fans root for them.
I was actually a bit surprised to see the great variety of girls that appeared and while there were a few who didn’t show off that much energy there were a few notable members that appeared, such as the twins (895 and 896) and girl #801 who seemed like they would make interesting additions to the group, but since we only saw about a dozen or so girls clearly it’s somewhat hard to say for sure how they did compared to the others.
The video also shows off a few girls dancing and since choreography will be a big part of being a S/mileage member I am glad that we get to see it since we can see for ourselves who did a good job, but most of the rest of the video features a Tsunku interview where he answers a few questions in front of the camera so there’s only about 4 minutes and 30 seconds of the actual girls.
For the most part most of the girls seemed to be very comfortable in front of the camera like the twins who chatted quite a lot of time and seemed to have a great personality as well as the #801 girl who looks like she could be a great member or Egg, but I’m looking forward to finding out more about the audition and who passed since it seems like there is quite a lot of talent in the applicants.
Tsunku has done a great job selecting members for other groups so I trust that he will select an interesting and energetic member, but for now all we can do is check out the video and hope that more footage is released soon.
A FC birthday event for Kusumi Koharu titled Kusumi Koharu Birthday Event ~Otanjoubi Kai~ has been announced on the M-line FC site.
Koha will turn 19 years old in less than a month so I’m really happy to see that she will be getting a few FC events for her birthday since it gives her a chance to meet her fans while they show their support for her, and while it will only be a day it’s great to see that there will be three performances that day.
I’m not sure if she will perform since the times are a bit too close with about one hour and 30 minutes in between each one of the times, but I hope she can at least sing a few songs or talk about her future plans and what she hopes to do.
Hopefully fans who are in the area can go to the events since it seems like the perfect way to wish her a happy birthday and since her birthday is a few days before the event it seems like the perfect time for her to celebrate with family and friends and then have an event a few days later.
The event will be on 7/17 at Pacific Heaven at 13:30 / 15:30 / 17:30.
Takahashi Ai’s Ameba Blog store has her first produced item available for sale.
I wasn’t expecting anything to be released until after her graduation but her first product is an iPhone 4 cover that was made with the help of Gizmobiles.
The design is real simple as well as cute. The front is black with the words “push” where the center button is and the back is white with a strawberry splash in the corner. Unfortunately for the guys, the cover seems more for girls, but if your a guy that doesn’t mean you can’t support Ai and buy one anyways.
Also I wanted to mention that this is the only H!P related phone cover I’ve ever seen, I’m not sure if anyone even makes H!P phone covers so I see it as something special since it was created by Ai-chan.
Here’s what the product looks like:
The title for Buono!’s 1st mini-album has been revealed to be Partenza (Taking off/Starting point).
First of all, I have to say that I’m pleasantly surprised with the title since it seems that they went for something very original which is an italian name for taking off, departure, starting point, which we don’t usually see in H!P since they mostly name the releases either in Japanese or English, and I’m happy that they gave Buono! this special attention with a different and unique name.
Even though the title doesn’t give out much about the theme of the single, it still assures that it will be like a new start for Buono! after their long hiatus, maybe with a change in the style of the songs, or it has been called like that to mention more mini-album coming soon this being the first one, but it’s most likely to punctuate their comeback.
It has been mentionned that it will contain Zassou no Uta and 6 other new songs for a total of 7 songs which is really good for a mini-album considering that more than the half will be new songs, and even though Natsu DAKARA! hasn’t been added to the tracklist yet, it will most likely be added, leaving us with 5 new “album” songs to enjoy.
Hopefully everyone Buono! fan can reserve a copy for this special release.
The release date is set for 8/10.
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