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Morning Musume 12th Gen: First impressions

Posted by wahodes, 01 October 2014 · 958 views

Morning Musume 12th Gen: First impressions I'm sure most of us by now have seen that Morning Musume has announced it's 12th generation members! So far it's been announced that they will participate in handshake events this fall and become full members in 2015 as a part of Morning Musume '15. It has been an exciting morning indeed and I for one can say that I'm both satisfied and excited to see what 2015 and a new lineup will bring!

The winners are: Makino Maria from H!P Kenshuusei (age 13), Haga Akane also from H!P Kenshuusei (age 12), Ogata Haruna (age 15) and Nonaka Miki (age 14).

I'm pretty satisfied with the results considering I was expecting only one KSS to get in. I'll talk about the kenshuusei winners first since I know them the best.

First up is Makino Maria:

Honestly I am completely biased towards Maria because she is one of my favorite KSS members and I was really rooting for her in this audition. She's the perfect Idol material. She's got the looks down, has a charming aura, and also apparently has won Sayumi's heart as well as the Wota. As for her voice, she seems average based off her Happy Summer Wedding performance. There is no doubt that she will become a front girl and I have no problem with that. Riho has found herself a rival (though it might be a while before her performance skill is up to par). I think she's seriously going to be messing with my ranking.

Next is Haga Akane:
I only started following the KSS a few months ago and Haga was honestly not on my radar. But i'm actually not surprised that we got someone we weren't expecting (lol counterintuitive i know). I feel like Tsunku likes to throw surprises at us. I'm really happy for her considering this her second try auditioning for Morning Musume. The current members gave her a good reception at the concert this morning so I feel like she will develop good relationships with the other members. She's not my favorite of the bunch but I'm excited to see her grow as a member of Morning Musume '15.

Now for the New faces.

Ogata Harunaa:

I'm sure we all had the same first reaction as the members did: "Eh? Another Haruna?". This girl reminds me a lot of Riho, both in her looks (her eyes and nose) and her seemingly dorky/cute personality (if you guys have seen pics from her twitter you'll know what I mean). I see this girl being good friends with Zukki and Riho. Haruna (or H2O as people are now calling her??) is also a figure skater so I'm thinking she'll be a strong dancer. I can't wait to find out more about her because she seems lovely and charming as well.

And last but not least Nonaka Miki:

I'm not the only one going "Really Tsunku??" when he gave her the mikitty nickname...(lol pls)

So this girl like the other winners is freaking cute. Seems like she also lived in the US for a time and from what we saw in the footage from today her english is flawless. It was a strange experience for me watching a member of Morning Musume speaking fluent English at an all Japanese event. I was just like "woa..like I could communicate with her" (I've been spending the last few days painstakingly writing notes in japanese for the girls for the NYC concert). This makes me and i'm sure a lot of people in this fandom wonder if UF is thinking about more overseas promotion in the future? Overall she seems promising and I can't wait to see more of her.

Overall I'm very satisfied with this generation. Mostly I'm happy one of my favorite KSS members has made it in but the others seem promising. Then again I'm easily satisfied... ^^;

Being a newer fan this is my first time experiencing successful auditions and Sayumi will be the second member I see graduate. It's weird to think how much will be changing as far as group dynamics in the new year. In a way I'm kind of sad the current lineup is ending because I now have to worry about graduations from the members I love very dearly. The next few months will be very interesting indeed.




BTW Hagaa will be 13 in MM '15, Maria will be 14 in MM '15.
After SM graduates, she will rest up her body. And the leader, will be announced after SM grad
Sayumi Michishige (SM) - 6th gen, will graduate in Nov 26 Mizuki Fukumura (MF) - 9th gen Erina Ikuta (EI) - 9th gen Riho Sayashi (RS) - 9th gen Kanon Suzuki (KS) - 9th gen Haruka Kudo (HK) - 10th gen Ayumi Ishida (AI) - 10th gen Masaki Sato (MS) - 10th gen Haruna Iikubo (HI) - 10th gen Sakura Oda (SO) -11th gen Haruna Ogata (HO) -12th gen Miki Nonaka (MN) - 12th gen Maria Makino (MM) - 12th gen Akane Haga (AH) - 12th gen
November 26, SM graduated, thus making Konya mo Usa-chan Peace will be terminated.
End of 今夜もうさちゃんピース is The Last Monday of November.

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