22 August 2019 - 12:07 AM
Someone requested a translation of this article/interview with Hashimoto Momoko. 
In it she discusses her brief time in the HPK system, why she chose Last Idol, and her thoughts since her debut.
https://justinkanda....shimoto-momoko/
[EDIT: I misromanized her name. D:]
22 August 2019 - 12:02 AM
Ayumin and Maria appeared last night on Downtown DX
What was Downtown, Maria & Ayumin taking about?
I only skipped through it to watch the parts when they were talking, but from what I understand, they first talk about Maria's underpants
because another artist started talking about how he never wears them or something like that. Maria tells a story about her kindergarden years when she used to wear beige pants and it would looks like she didn't wear anything at all, so she got embarassed when other kids saw her and she stopped that. The older lady than explained that her underpants are beige as well, but everyone acted like they didn't want to know that.
After that, they talk about formation dancing and how everyone has their spot in every song. Also, they talk about how they all have to remember the lyrics of every song before recording a new single, because every member records the whole song and it's decided later on who gets which part. It's like an audition every time.
The topics I saw in the version I watched (it was kind of cut off in the beginning) were "quirks I have for concerts/recordings" and "how OO (their famous song) was born." Marty Friedman (Megadeth) said his quirk was he doesn't wear underwear during his concerts to get "a different feel from rehearsals," which led to the underwear talk. Haha. The older lady, Mori Masako (60, enka/kayoukyoku artist retiring at the end of the year after a comeback in the early 2010's) threw her comment in for funsies (cause she's actually a riot). (Sidebar facts from the show: Mori Masako mentions she uses curtains to block the recording booth so no one can watch; Kawai Fumito [A.B.C-Z] talked about the different ways Johnny's members would do their pre-show circle, imitating Kimura Takuya and Matsumoto Jun in the process; and Fujimaki Ryota mentioned ３月９日 was written for a friend's wedding and meant to be a wedding song [versus a graduation song], while Mori Masako's Okaasan's lyrics were taken from her diary.)
Kiyoharu mentioned that for the most part, he doesn't remember his lyrics, which is why Ishida Ayumi brought up that forgetting lyrics is impossible because they are given only so much. For the formation dance, they explained that the numbers are separated by 90 cm (3 feet-ish), and that because they have so many members and can't necessarily line up single-file on a stage, the formation dances pretty much ensure each member is seen clearly.
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