Kikkawa Yuu, Furukawa Konatsu And Mori Saki To Appear In A Movie Titled “Cheerfu11y”

Kikkawa Yuu and Up-Up Girl’s members Furukawa Konatsu and Mori Saki will be a part of the movie Cheerfu11y.

Lately, fans reported the absence of Mori Saki and Konatsu from Up-Up Girl’s performances at the MAP Thater, which seems to be explained by this upcoming movie featuring the 2 Up-Up Girls members as well as Kikka, and I have to say that I really like to see those 3 former Eggs in a movie together since it seems like a very interesting film.

From the image preview we get of the movie as the small trailer, it seems that the story of the film turns around 11 schoolgirls who are training to form a cheerleader squad (which explains the cute pun in the title “Cheerfu11y” replacing the Ls with 1s to form 11), and Kikka seems to have the main role of the girl with the mission to create the squad which is a great opportunity for her.

Even though the movie seems a low-budget one like most of the ones H!P girls participate in, it seems for me like a really nice change from the usual horror movies we got used to, and thanks to the many different characters and personalities in the film, it’s set to be a very fun release to enjoy with Kikka, Konatsu and Morisaki on screen, each having a unique character to play.

Hopefully we can get a longer preview once the movie is released since I’m quite interested by the story and concept of this movie, but enjoy the trailer below since the 3 girls get to appear at least once.

The movie will air on 10/22.

Video uploaded by: universalmusicjapan

Cinematoday info page about movie

Reborn ~Inochi no Audition~ Stage Play Official Blog Opened

The official blog for Reborn ~Inochi no Audition~  the stage play has been opened.

Like most blogs for stage plays, this one will be opened temporarily. Though this play has a very mixed cast so regardless of the blog’s short life span I’m looking forward to seeing what they’re all doing together behind the scenes. A summary about the play was released but it doesn’t tell us much so I’m hoping we can get some hints of the play through the blog and when the play does begin I’m looking forward to seeing what the characters are like since we’ve only seen small previews of things.

So far there’s only one post, which is from the staff member announcing that the special blog will start soon. It’s not much a post but hopefully the cast members will start posting and I look forward to it.

Just a reminder the stage play will be from 10/8-10/17, so we can get an idea of how long the blog will be active.

Official Stage Play Blog

More Details About Hello! Project’s Stage Play “Reborn ~Inochi no Audition~” Released

More details about the upcoming stage play featuring various H!P members titled Reborn ~Inochi no Audition~ have been released.

According to a report from a press conference and a character list from a flier these are the roles for each of the members (thanks to Amped for the translation):

• Niigaki Risa will be Joan of Arc
• Tanaka Reina will be Tezuka Osamu (creator of Astro Boy)
• Fukumura Mizuki will be Cleopatra
• Suzuki Kanon will be the historical Chinese princess Yang Guifei
• Ikuta Erina will be Ono no Komachi
• Sayashi Riho will be Shakespeare
• Miyamoto Karin will be Genghis Khan
• Kudou Haruka will be Leonardo da Vinci

Roles for Mori Saki, Miyoshi Erika, Sengoku Minami and who I think is Takagaki Sayuki, are not clear though since the quality of the flier isn’t the best.

It seems that the stage play will have a very interesting theme since having H!P members play the role of historical figures is a pretty fun concept, and while I’m not sure who some of the members will be I can say for sure that I’m looking forward to seeing Gaki play Joan of Arc as well as Mizuki playing Cleopatra since the roles fit them perfectly.

It’s also great that they didn’t limit themselves to only female roles since Reina, Riho, Karin, and Kudou have male roles, which will be fun to see since we don’t usually see many members play male roles, and also because their outfits seem a bit more feminine than what their roles represent (I don’t think Da Vinci used a cute blue dress). Apart from the main female cast there are also four guys at the bottom of the character list, who I unfortunately don’t know much so it will be interesting to see if they are the villains or have some other kind of role.

I will update this post with info from the rest of the members once it is clear, but until then I hope many fans in the area can go to the play since it looks like a great way to enjoy a play full of historical figures and H!P members.

The play is set for 10/8-10/17.

Mantan Web Site

Gekidan Online Site

Tanaka Reina To Replace Mitsui Aika In “Reborn ~Inochi no Audition~”

Due to Mitsui Aika’s condition, Tanaka Reina will replace her in the upcoming stage play titled Reborn ~Inochi no Audition~.

This was confirmed by a flyer which was released recently on the stage play’s site.

It’s unfortunate that Mitsui Aika won’t be able to participate in the stage play but due to her condition it’s best for her to rest up so she can hopefully soon recover, and while it might be disappointing, it’s good to see that Reina will be able to join the cast since she has done quite a good job with her past performances.

From what I can tell there is quite a lot of variety from the cast for the show, and surprisingly it appears that this cast will be mostly female (if not completely), which should be interesting to see since there might be a few members who play the male roles, for example Gaki who appears to be wearing armor with a sword.

Everyone looks really good in their outfit, especially Kanon and Mizuki who have an elegant look, although the flyer is still a bit too small to know for sure how everyone looks since it appears that most of the members are in the back with only Gaki and Reina clearly visible.

All that is left to see is a bigger flyer and the start of the play, so hopefully everyone who can attend the show will do so since it seems like it will be very interesting to watch.

The play will run from 10/8 ~ 10/17.

“Ribbon~reborn~” Stage Play Title Has Changed To “Ribbon~Inochi no Audition~”

The title for the stage play featuring various H!P artists has been changed from Ribbon~reborn~ to Ribbon~Inochi no Audition~.

I’m not sure if it’s Ribbon~Inochi no Audition~ or Reborn~Inochi no Audition~ since they used Katakana for the first part, but the new title for the play means something along the lines of Reborn~Life Audition~ which matches the description that was released when the play announced, and while we might not have that many details apart from what we already know it seems like this play will be very interesting.

As mentioned before this will be the first play for most of the 9th generation, although it will be fun to see who stands out since they all seem like they could do really well in the play. Apart from that Riho’s injury will most likely be healed by the time the play starts, but we’ll have to wait and see what the result for Mitsui’s checkup will be since her previous check up resulted in a longer healing time.

For now the play is starting to shape up to be a very interesting event since it includes quite a lot of H!P and UFA members, but I hope we get to see some previews or at least a promotion flier by next month.

The play will run from 10/8 ~ 17.

Stage Play Site

Cast/Character List For “Oosama Game” Released

The cast and character list for “Oosama Game” has been released. Since the list is quite long I’m only listing any H!P related parts.

Honda Chiemi: Kumai Yurina
Iwamura Ria: Suzuki Airi
Shirokawa Mami : Sugaya Risako
Maruoka Kaori: Okai Chisato
Shimizu Tomoko: Sudou Maasa
Kamoshita Akemi : Tokunaga Chinami
Imoto Yuuko: Tsugunaga Momoko
Ueda Kana: Nakajima Saki
Miyazaki Emi: Natsuyaki Miyabi
Matsumoto Masami: Shimizu Saki
Ishii Satomi: Mori Saki
Hamura Reiko: Yajima Maimi
Kanazawa Miharu: Hagiwara Mai
Eimine Yuko: Yoshizawa Hitomi
(Thanks to AiяiLovεя at H!O)

We all know that Kumai and Airi were playing as the main character and from the cast list the other members are portraying their classmates. Even though the other members aren’t the main character their names in the list is higher up than I thought so that means they’re not that much of a minor character.

I’m also surprised that Mori Saki was included in the cast list, even though she’s listed at the bottom I wasn’t expecting her to make an appearance since she wasn’t noted when the movie was first announced. Regardless of that though Mori Saki has a lot of acting experience so she’s a great addition to the movie.

Even though the movie doesn’t release until the winter I hope a preview of more promotion pictures are released soon since this is something new for everyone.

Oosama Cast List

EDIT: Here is an image from the manga featuring the characters so it should give us a good idea of how each one of the characters look:

Ribbon～reborn～ Stage Play Featuring Various H!P Artists Announced

A stage play currently titled “Ribbon～reborn～” has been announced and it will feature various H!P artists.

The title is a temporary title and is subject to change but for now the following members will be participating in the play:

• Niigaki Risa
• Mitsui Aika
• Fukumura Mizuki
• Ikuta Erina
• Sayashi Riho
• Suzuki Kanon
• Mori Saki & Sengoku Minami from Up Up Girls
• Erika Miyoshi
• Kudou Haruka from H!P eggs

Here is a short summary of the play translated by Sohee @ JPLOP:

Between “this world” and “that world” there is a world where 10 “new lives” have been prepared.
The 10 people who have gathered are “historical super stars”.
But, a 11th one who is a “nameless ordinary person” turns up.
The great ones holds a “audition for being reborn”.

I really like that the cast line up so far since it seems like they picked random members for the play but regardless of that I’m real excited for this since this will be 9th gen’s first play (except for Riho) and I’m curious to see what their acting is like. Also in the Fashionable play Riho played a very minor role so hopefully we’ll see her in this play a little bit more and we can get an idea of what her acting is like. I’m also very surprised to see Erika Miyoshi in the line up since it’s been awhile since we’ve seen her so hopefully some of her fans can attend.

Hopefully more information is released soon, such as the characters and some promotion fliers/photos and a plot summary.

The play is set for 10/8-10/17.

Play information page

New K-Pop Dance Project For 5 H!P Eggs

A new project have been announced for 5 of the H!P Eggs which are Satou Ayano, Arai Manami, Sekine Azusa, Furukawa Konatsu, and Mori Saki (respectivley from left to right on the picture).

I’m a little confused about the title of “Eggs” being attributed or not to Mori Saki and Furukawa Konatsu since both of them have finished their training previously, but since they are not officialy in any group or solo project and working currently with fellow H!P Eggs members, I’ll go with this naming.

The project that was mentionned is really special since it consists of these girls forming atemporary dance group called UFZS that will represent Up-Front Agency in this particular type of dance covers that other Japanese groups and artists are also doing, where each agency/compagny will be represented by a group of their artists.

The mention was about the girls debuting officially at an event called DREAM ON! vol.2, and even though the description of their activities are vague, the overall idea is as following: the girls now forming this group will perform several K-Pop dance covers in a competition that will most probably not be held in one day (they mentionned their debut only at one precise date).

Overall, I’m extremely happy to hear that UFA has chosen talented Eggs instead of their current artists to form a group at this competition and since they are debuting and will probably be active for awhile, it’ll be really interesting to see some of their covers to this special dances.

Even if I’m still unsure about the whole concept of this new project, hopefully we’ll get more precise details soon.

Their debut will be during the event on 3/31 called DREAM ON! vol.2 at Shibuya O-East.

Mori Saki Has Completed Her H!P Egg Training

It was announed on H!P’s official website that the 3rd Egg to complete her training is Mori Saki (or 4th if you count Fukumura Mizuki).

I’m really astonished to see that the series of completed Egg training is still on, with Mori this time, which is really surprising since they all happened in such a short amount of time, and even though it is the case, i’m really happy about this news.

Like her 2 previous companions, I hope that Saki will get her official career started wether it is in singing, acting, dancing… For now her next activitie seems to be like Minami’s which is starring in a play titled Aru Jiisan ni Sengou wo which will take place from 8 to 17 of April.

This should be an amazing news for Mori fans and we’ll be waiting to see what kind of project UFA has for her.

Until then Congratulations Saki!

H!P official page

Official Mori Saki Twitter Account Opened

Mori Saki has opened up her own Twitter account. The account was confirmed via her FC exclusive blog:

そうだ!

ツイッター始めましたょ★

mor1sak1でやってるので
沢山フォローしてくださいね!

Her first tweet was:

Romaji – Minna-san Konban wa! ☆ Twitter Debut! Mori Saki Desu (^O^) Follow Shite ne。
English – Good evening everyone! ☆ Twitter Debut! I’m Mori Saki (^O^) Please follow ne~。

She is currently the first (and only) H!P Egg to have a Twitter plus one of the few to have an FC blog, which is great for fans since she has many chances to interact with them.

So far she has used the account quite a bit (she has 11 Tweets so far) which is a great sign that she plans on using a lot in the future, and even though her account was opened a few days ago she currently has about 550~ followers which is very impressing since it shows great support for Mori.

I am really glad that she finally gets a chance to have a Twitter since she definitely deserves it, and with her busy schedule performing in plays and singing we will most likely get many news from her Twitter.

Hopefully all Mori Saki fans can follow her account since it will be very interesting to see what she tweets about.

Official Mori Saki Twitter