Well, I saw comments saying that there was a time when Yokoyan was still a new member of Momusu, she wins Maachan in Hello! Project pin-up poster ranking as well
Translation of Maa (Oda, Chii)'s interview on CD Journal (by Skoban)
Q. Do you talk with the new members?
Sato: Lots. I've gotten used to it with the 12ki and 13ki.
Oda: You mean it wasn't something you were used to before? lol
Sato: There was a strong kouhai-ness from the 12ki, They joined in 2014, and I didn't really talk with them until 2016
[Maachan didn't talk much with 12ki before 2016]
Sato: I didn't talk with them at all. I probably didn't talk with Nonaka before 2016.
- How about Morito-san?
Sato: With Chiiko... It's more like I felt her rather than talked with her
Chii: lol
Sato: I can't wrap my head when I think about people my age being my kouhai. Oda's older than me yet she's my kouhai, it doesn't make sense. While Morito's roughly the same age as me.
(More in spoiler)
Spoiler
Sato: In our latest tour, there's a song that's sung by Chiiko and Yokoyama and Kacchan. I think that MM's atmosphere has changed since the 3 of them. I think MM's going down the right path. The 3 of them make it easy to get a feel of that.
Sato: Yokoyama probably changed from 'Best Wishes'. She was so childish before that
Oda: Reina has always been saying that she wanted to change, and now she has. The way she never gave up on changing is inspiring.
Sato: Morito is a girl who'll naturally improve herself. Kacchan will study and study and study. She'll even study when practising.
Namba: The three of them are the new generation.
Sato: Fukunura-san has said that she wants to see Kacchan lead Morning Musume。 with her kindness and strength. I look forward to seeing MM being led by Morito and Yokoyama and Kacchan.
Sato: I'd like our current members to go for a meal with Tsunku♂-san.
Oda: That'd be great. [Morito] hasn't met Tsunku♂ before.
Morito: I've only said hello to him once. And not since I got into Morning Musume。 I'm not sure if he even knows I'm in the group.
Kitagawa: Recently, I've had a lot more opportunities to talk with 10ki's Sato-san. This was since we started with the tour. We're often close in position too, and I'm able to talk with her.
Maachan: KOKORO & KARADA is a song that expresses Morning Musume itself
Maachan: (while struggling how to express it by words ) The protagonist of this song encounters the unknown-self of her and is about to break down. But in the B-melody, she confronts with the contradiction and then she becomes very positive in the chorus part. Shining with such efforts, there are a lot of girls like that in Morning Musume.
A Maa's blog right after Murotan's graduation announcement... the timing....i smell management strategy here
Extension Maachan
Maa seems really like this hairstylist, she has posted some 2shot with her before
She asks fans if this extension look good on her
By the way, it's the first time she promotes something abt her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She says she wrote her feelings about the new single on Hello! Mobile (weird ... that's why i saidi smell management strategy here.... rarely write blog Maa -> suddenly a Maa's blog on the new single release day + Hello!Mobile -> need to pay money to see it well, she did said in Young Town that recently sometimes the words in her blog are not hers )
In his radio, he says that he had a recording with Morning Musume for the music show called melodix and Maachan was amazing. He says that Maa said something very surprising!
I went to the release event in Ikebukuro's Sunshine City and here are some of my impressions
During the live, there were 2 girls in front of me hiding my view so I couldn't see Maa clearly but during the handshake session I could see every movements of Maachan at a very close distance (ok it's true that i couldn't take my eyes off her...well, except those who were close to Maachan, I have no memories of the other members )
- It's my first time watching Maa from such close distance and I was so impressed by her beauty
Her face is so small, her nose line, her skin... everything is just perfect!!! She looks so much more prettier in real life... but she looks skinnier than I thought Hope she eats more
- During live, I can see DaaMaa + MaaRio + MaaChii moments DaaMaa -> fooling around, MaaRio + MaaChii -> eye contact
- During handshake, she stood at the edge & was the first one doing the handshake... She was so so sooooo gentle to kids & babies, patting their head and playing rock paper scissors -> it's heaven
But when it comes to adults, the speed of her handshake was so fast It made me laugh Like it doesn't even reach 3 secs LMAO
- It's true that she uses right hand to shake with adults, left hand with kids + babies. There was one time she forgot and used right hand to shake with a baby.... her reaction after that was so funny
- While waiting for her turn, she was dancing + looking at the big screen behind playing their MVs + talking to Dii & Chel & Rio who were near her + talking to the manager next to her. There was one time that she wanted to check her lipstick? and asked the manager his phone, opened the camera and I could even see her face reflected on the phone
- Maa was talking a lot with Kaedii and Chel and sometimes she laughed that startled me, her unique laugh Chel was smiling a lot while talking with Maa I'm surprised that they look like close friends... I feel like I'm gonna oshi MaaChel....NEED MORE MAACHEL!!!
- Her random dancing while waiting for her turn was so cool!!!!
- Near the end of the handshake event, Yokoyan also left her position, came and talked something to Maa while laughing (her position was far from Maa, near the other edge of the table)
- In last part of the handshake, there were a few fans having long talk with each members and the waiting time became longer, many fans started calling "Maachan Maachan~" but she pretended that she didn't hear it... then there were 2 female fans on the third floor calling her and somehow she reacted and turned back. Maa played rock paper scissors with them and even told Kaedii to join That was so cute!!! That 2 fans were so hyped