Happy lucky chance wonderland

This is a continuation of my previous blog entry about the J-Pop Summit 2015. This was an event held at Ft. Mason Center in San Francisco, August 8-9. This post will feature the highlights of the second day at the event, Sunday, 8/9.

We didn’t get too early of a start. The family member I was with was a little bit sick, so we took it easy in the morning....

I was pleased to have the opportunity to attend the 2015 J-Pop Summit at Ft. Mason Center in San Francisco! I purchased a VIP ticket for a family member and me before we left. Although they were a bit pricey ($100 each), I wanted to avoid the experience I had at Anime Expo so I thought I would splurge a bit. On Friday, 8/7, we traveled from Claremont, CA...

It’s been a couple of months since my last blog entry, so I figured it was about time for another one.

They held Anime Expo at the L.A. Convention Center again, from July 2 – 5, 2015. I purchased my ticket for $45 the night before I went. I attended with a family member on Fri., the third. I had some stuff I had to do on Fri. morning, so we didn’t get go...

Greetings! Happy Cinco de Mayo!

In this entry, I’d like to focus on a somewhat obscure member of Hello! Project: Atsuko Inaba. She is one of the oldest members of H!P, born in 1974. She was a member of a non-H!P group with five girls called Osaka Performance Doll from ’93 to ’96. Later, in ’99 she joined the new H!P group Taiyo to Ciscomoon, whose name w...

It is turning out to be a busy year, career-wise, for Asuka Hinoi. She appears in the 2015 feature film “Sayonara Kabukicho,” a.k.a. “Kabukicho Love Hotel,” that was directed by Hiroki Ryuichi. I don’t want to go too much into the detail of the plot here. There are plenty of reviews available online for that. Suffice it to say that it is an ensemble piece...

There is going to be a stage play next month called “Neverland Away.” It will be held from 3/11 to 3/15 at the Tokyo Art Theater West. One of the supporting members of the cast will be aMI TOKITO! (Note that I got this information from the blog of aMI TOKITO. I did my best with the translation, but I can’t verify that everything is 100% accurate.)

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Greetings to everyone as we close out the first month of the year. In this post, I’ll address Rina Takenaka (ex-Hinoi Team). She is the only member of Hinoi Team who is still pursuing her dream of becoming a musical artist. She goes by the name of ‘Rinana’ now. (My guess is that she wants her name to sound like Rihanna.) She is on Twitter, with the follow...

I was checking out Twitter yesterday, and I saw a tweet from Asuka Hinoi. I don’t read Japanese, but I noticed ‘McDonalds’ in the tweet. There was a link, and I clicked on it. Lo and behold, there was a commercial for McDonalds’ curly fries. And it starred Asuka Hinoi! It really made my day to see her in this. Plus, she looks really nice. Once, I saw a co...

Greetings! First, I’d like to wish everyone a happy new year! Let’s hope for an enjoyable and productive 2015. Please excuse me for not updating my blog for such a long time. I had an issue with my laptop, but I am back in a position where I can make posts again. In this post, I’d like to address a former member and former leader of Morning Musume: Takaha...

On November 15 and 16, the second annual Japan Festival took place in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. And who do you think performed? None other than my favorite idol: aMI TOKITO! The event, also known as “Cool Japan,” began last year, in celebration of 40 years of diplomatic relations between Japan and Vietnam. The event attracted an estimated 65,000 lo...