NEWS: Matsuura Aya is starring in a new series of commercials from Japan's MAFF ( Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries) intending to spread awareness of healthy eating.

In the first commercial, Ayaya is seen cooking herself a big bowl of rice before she leaves for work while in the second she doesn't have time to cook and instead picks up an Onigiri (rice ball) from the store. So in other words always eat breakfast to stay healthy! The commercials feature Ayaya singing a new song Shiawase Gohan no Asa.

NEWS: Matsuura Aya has a new commercial deal with Family Mart for the Christmas, Holiday season. She also sings the theme song for the cm, titled Kitchen and Chicken. Family Mart have a youtube video channel where you can see a number of videos about Aya's new commercial deal, including some little talk videos. They also have a making of style video of Aya singing the track.

It's interesting, to say the least. Is it wrong that I like this song better than anything she's released recently -_-;;

PREVIEW: A small handful of upcoming 2009 releases were announced today, sure to get all H!P fans anticipating the new year!

Morning Musume's 38th Single
泣いちゃうかも
Naichau Kamo (I might cry)
11th Feburary

It's a new Morning Musume single and it isn't a cover - always something to get excited over. While I did enjoy Pepper Keibu and COVER YOU sounds promising so far (I'm waiting till my copy arrives) - it almost feels like we haven't had a NEW MM track since Resonant Blue. Naichau Kamo sounds like it could be a ballad, but tracks that sound like ballads usually end up totally different lol. I'm hoping for more of that cool sound we heard on Resonant Blue.

C-ute's 4th Album
4憧れ My STAR
4 Akogare My STAR (Longing 4 My STAR)
28th January

What a cool title ^_^ I adore C-ute, they have such a broad range of music styles and a strong set of singers. Their last album 3rd LOVE Escalation seemed to get mixed reviews (though I loved it) so it will be interesting what sound My STAR takes. Tsunku described in one of his blog entries that the new album has some sexy/fun/cute songs but overall a very cool sound to it. Sounds great!

Matsuura Aya's 6th Album
想いあふれて
Omoi Afurete (Overflowing Thoughts)
21st of January

I'm not sure if that translated title is correct since I did it myself and my Japanese track record is dodgy at best :P Either way, Omoi Afurete will seem to be Ayaya's last release as a member of H!P. It's almost the end of an era, Matsuura being H!P's most successful soloist. I never really got into her last album Double Rainbow - and her latest singles haven't bowled me over - but I'm hoping for a great send off for Ayaya.

Kirari Tsukishima starring Koharu Kusumi (Morning Musume) 6th Single
はぴ☆はぴサンデー
Hapi☆Hapi Sunday
4th Febuary

Koha's last Kirarin single BOMBED big time but I'm glad she's coming out with another one. Koha is one of my fav MM members (sometimes my least fav - love/hate y'know) and I tend to really enjoy her solo stuff. I'm hoping for happy, addictive and koha-tastic!!

NEWS: Shocking news this afternoon as the official Hello!Project website announced the mass graduation of every Elder Club member on the 31st of March, 2009.

Graduating Members


Nakazawa Yuko, Iida Kaori, Abe Natsumi, Yasuda Kei, Yaguchi Mari


Ishikawa Rika, Yoshizawa Hitomi, Tsuji Nozomi, Konno Asami, Ogawa Makoto


Fujimoto Miki, Satoda Mai, Inaba Atsuko, Maeda Yuki


Melon Kinenbi
Saito Hitomi, Murata Megumi, Ohtani Masae, Shibata Ayumi


Miyoshi Erika, Matsuura Aya, Okada Yui


Ongaku Gatas' Eggs
Korenaga Miki, Noto Arisa, Sengoku Minami, Sawada Yuri

While the girls are graduating from Hello!Project, they will apparently still remain part of UFA and continue as artists without being idols. Whether this refers to all members is unclear at this point. The Eggs will likely remain within the Hello! Pro Eggs, other than Korenaga who graduated as an Egg since joining Ongaku Gatas.

I gotta say... This is just horrible news. To me many of these artists are who I think of when I think of H!P. How can you have H!P without Yuko or Nacchi? Mari or Kei? Crazy Johnson? The incredible 4th gen? All the soloists? Ahh, it's gonna take a bit to get my head around this. Just the other day I was ranking my fav members in H!P with a friend and they were surprised I had so many of these Elder Club members so high. I really do respect and adore these girls. They will be missed.

PREVIEWS: The covers for MilkyWay's Tan Tan Taan! have been released. Check em out below.

They all look pretty good. Crazy outfits but this is Kirarin Revolution, if they were even remotely normal it just would be weird. I'm glad they're sticking with the star tambourines. Tan Tan Taa~n! ^_^

Also the profile pic of MilkyWay was updated:

Cute. Everytime I think Koharu is going to slip down my favourites list she jumps back up somehow. She's like some irresistable poison. I know it's bad for me, but I just can't get enough.

Also the DVD cover for ~AYA the Witch~, Matsuura Aya's latest concert tour is out.

A really lovely shot of Aya there. I'm going to ignore the horrible lens flare effect in the upper corner, the rest of the cover is wonderful. Apparently the concert was very good. I don't normally check out Aya's concerts. This one, I might.

No I haven't gone insane ... New Year has come early this year with the previews of Hello! Project's 2009 calendars and some look really wonderful.

Morning Musume

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This is just amazing. I love the background and the theme first off, very pure and sweet. The girls all look great in white, with varying outfits and styles. Gaki stands out to me the most, she just looks amazing. Reina and Ai are also very pretty as are the other girls. Nobody looks bad, which is rare for group photos. I hope the pics inside are as good as the cover!

Matsuura Aya

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This is another incredible cover. It honestly looks like a photobook to me. Ayaya really pops against the grassy backdrop and her expression is beautiful. Very nice!

Abe Natsumi

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This one also resembles a photobook cover to me. It's not as great as Aya's but it's still pretty nice. Nacchi's skin looks flawless (thanks photoshop? or genes?) and the whispy maiden look suits her. I only question her leaning towards the camera, her head looks slightly large. No biggie... *oh wait*

Berryz Koubou

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hmmm... What can you say about this? It's a bit boring. They're just standing there in front of stairs (of all things) in some rather ugly outfits. Risako looks possessed , Yurina looks like she is about to cast some horrible spell on me and Miyabi is thinking "wtf am I doing here... and why am I in the back row?!" Hopefully the pics inside are better.

C-ute

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Oh lord, ok *lol* Ummm... Hmmm. This kind of looks like some annual UN Conference camping trip. Coming together in peace and harmony to roast marshmallows over a blazing bonfire ^_^ Inside should be interesting, to say the VERY least.

NEWS: Well another year has passed (well the show is two months earlier than last year, so almost a year) and it's time for Morning Musume to sing Dekkai Uchuu Ni Ai Ga Aru on the 24HourTV special again. This year they are joined by Matsuura Aya and Yaguchi Mari, who are nice additions.

I can't say the performance is as touching as last year's, where it was sung for a young Morning Musume fan who had died in a car accident, but it's still a good performance. I'm not actually sure who they are singing for... athletes or something?

NEWS: A translation of Matsuura Aya's in-depth and revealing interview with Hot Express. It is very interesting as Ayaya delves into who she is as an artist, her songs, performances and how she has grown since her debut 7 years ago. Thanks to Ronin @ H!O for the translation.

Matsuura Aya's first appearance in hotexpress! When she debuted, everything was so much fun that she couldn't help it. By the time she was 18, she was on the verge of being destroyed by the "Ayaya image" she had ended up creating herself. Swallowing the buds of her ego and her intentions of becoming an artist, she has struggled on to "Kizuna". She wants to be true to herself. Please have a look at this interview overflowing with the humaneness of this girl.

--Actually, I've been observing Matsuura Aya's wonderful power of expression ever since the time of your debut. Seeing you perform songs like "Dokidoki! LOVE mail", "Tropical Koi shiteru" etc. while fully enjoying it yourself, I thought, "She's no ordinary person...". I thought, "How can she be so full of self-confidence, even though she's a newcomer?". (lol) How did you actually feel at the time of your debut?

Matsuura Aya: I enjoyed myself! Really. However, I think I could truly enjoy it only in the two or three years following my debut. I didn't know anything yet, so I was happy just because I was having fun. But when I became older and reached the second half of my teenage years, I came to understand that every single thing I do affects so many people from the staff and that so much time gets wasted because of it. And when I understood that, I started thinking about many other things, but in the beginning it was all fun because I didn't know anything.

--You were seen as the "representative of idols" at a pretty early stage already, right? I had the feeling you were delighted about it from the bottom of your heart. I thought, "How much does she like herself?". (lol)

Matsuura Aya: I really loved myself! Ahahaha! No doubt about that. (lol) But I was surprised at the same time. I couldn't help but feel strange when I watched my PVs and saw myself on the TV screen. I couldn't calm down because I kept thinking, "I'm on TV!", but I was really, simply happy about it. The more people were supporting me, the more I got fired up.

Now, I'm able to get directly into the right mood like I'm switching it on and off, but at the time of my debut I didn't know anything like that. So, for the shooting of a promotion video, for example, I didn't go in front of the camera until I got into the 100% right mood for it. And, when I finally went in front of the camera, I wasn't happy about how the video turned out. Because of that, it used to happen often that we had to wait until I got into the right mood. But that also means that I was always 100% into it when I was on screen.

--When you got into such a situation at the age of 14 or 15, when you were extremely busy and lots of things kept moving hecticly, wasn't it difficult for you?

Matsuura Aya: It happened at least once in the first two or three years. It's been 8 years since my debut now, and it's happened about 3 times. I felt pressured, I didn't understand myself very well anymore and many other things happened, but the biggest inner conflict I had was exactly when I turned 18. I was really so busy all the time that my first break was one and a half years after my debut. And since really everything I did was new to me, I didn't have any time to look back. I didn't even have any time to watch the TV shows I took part in, because I was already working on something else. But when I turned 18 I looked back for the first time. Looked back at myself.

That's when I noticed it. I had gotten used to being called "idol" and the job wasn't easy at all, but I had become able to act like I was smiling from the bottom of my heart even if it wasn't from the bottom of my heart. My face muscles had memorized how to make the face I call "my best face" and I had become able to smile even if I didn't feel like it. And when I was looking at pictures of myself, it looked like I was making the same face in every picture. When I felt like "?" towards that kind of myself, somehow everything stopped for a moment. I ended up feeling that I was like a doll. I thought, "It's not good like this!" and, "I have to act and say things upon my own emotions!"

It's not like I had a manual for it, but I felt that I had come all that way only making proper, harmless and inoffensive comments. I thought, "But it doesn't have to be like that. It's ok to say things that are more humane." [she means saying wrong, impolite or even offensive things] That's how I've come to think, "I want to be true to myself, I want to be honest" at the age of 18. Since then, I've tried talking the way I feel like talking, even in concert MCs. I didn't know how others would react to it, but I still wanted to try speaking honestly. When I did that, the reaction of the audience was even better than usual. The staff liked it, too. That means I was the one locking myself up in a shell on my own. That's what I realized. And I could overcome it.

--You've probably come all this way trying your best to keep the "Ayaya image" that you unintentionally created at the time of your debut.

Matsuura Aya: That's right. I've always observed myself from an objective point of view. Seeing "Ayaya" from an objective point of view, I thought to myself "Ayaya has to be like this!" and formed her the way I wanted her to be. And that was wrong.

--I'm sure there were many fans who thought Ayaya would always love and continue singing songs like "Momoiro Kataomoi", "Yeah! Meccha holiday" etc. which have many factors typical of idols and entertainment. But recently, you've started releasing songs targeted at a wider audience.

Matsuura Aya: That's right. If you ask me why I've entered this world, I'd answer that it's because I wanted to sing. Normally, people who listen to music do it because of a person they admire or because they're fascinated by the lyrics. It's the same for artists, too. I always pay attention to the lyrics when I listen to music. And when you listen to "Yeah! Meccha Holiday", for example, don't you think "What the heck's that song about!?" (lol) Songs like that have a very catchy melody, but I wanted to sing songs that you can sing no matter how many years pass, even after 10, 20 years, songs that contain lyrics everyone can relate to. That's why I started singing songs like my current single, "Kizuna", and the previous one, "Egao".

--I've actually believed that you'd overcome the status of an idol and become active as the artist Matsuura Aya one day. The first time I felt that way was when I watched the movie "Ao no Honou" which was shown in 2003. I'm sure playing the role of someone whose lover turns into a murderer was difficult, but you completely engrossed yourself into that role when you were acting, right?

Matsuura Aya: The same was true for everyone around me. Director Ninagawa Yukio never gives an OK unless you're totally into the role. The scenes I appear in were filmed a lot later than the ones with Nino (Kazunari Ninomiya), but still, I entered the set beforehand and studied by observation, etc. That way, I got to know the way everything works on the set. And since it was my first movie, I thought, "I want to make it a good movie", "I want to do everything I can 100%", so I created the role in my mind on my own. The director didn't give me any directions at all. It felt like he was thinking, "I don't understand young people nowadays anyway, so I'll leave it to Ayaya and Nino. You can change the lines too, just play the roles the way you want. And teach me how kids nowadays think," and I thought that I have to properly live up to his expectations. That's why I always discussed everything with Nino. The director rarely allowed a second take, so we had to do everything right and get an OK on the first try. (lol) But I'm glad that I met Ninagawa-san through that movie.

--You've worked again as an actress several times after that. Do you feel the same kind of satisfaction as when singing?

Matsuura Aya: I do. There's a lot you learn from theater and musicals too. The way to speak, for example, and also how to put your feelings into acting. You can learn all that from observing the actors and actresses around you. There's something to learn every time.

--Also, I forgot the name of the show, but if I'm not mistaken, you performed in a NHK music show with a jazz band in back, right?

Matsuura Aya: It was Momoi-san's show!

--When I watched that show, I thought that you might have discovered the desire to explore more artistic, deeper levels of music.

Matsuura Aya: First of all, I like live sounds. It's the same with my voice and with music instruments. The pleasant feeling you get at the moment when the sounds of the instruments come together is awesome. I really love that groove and that sense of unity as if everyone was doing something together while holding hands. I got to know the fun of that in such a setting as the one in Momoi-san's show. I strongly thought "Ah, I want to become such an artist!".

--It's the same with your movies and your singing with a live band. Whenever you had the chance to do something different, something you haven't done before, you've always made use of it, right?

Matsuura Aya: That's right. I think "I always want to keep on challenging myself". I don't like creating a wall on my own by saying "This is impossible" right from the start. If you try to do it and fail, you can't help it, but I'm the type to think "Let's just try to do it first!". I like that kind of thrill. I think that a life where everyday is an exciting adventure is more suited for me than a stable one. I tend to get tired of something once I get used to it.

--"Kizuna" is your new song. After listening to this song I wanted to ask you about something. What kind of message does Matsuura Aya want to convey to the listeners through this song?

Matsuura Aya: Of course, I'm not targeting a specific generation, but I want the generation of parents, the generation of people who have children to see that "we think about a lot of things too, even though you might not expect it." The people around me who are about as old as I am are all level-headed and think about various things. We're not just playing around doing nothing. In this industry, your age doesn't matter. Even if it's two people who could be parent and child according to their age, they still talk with each other as two adults. So, I thought it would be good if the whole world was like that, too. I'm sure there are actually lots of children who have built their own opinion about many things, but can't express them because grown-ups look down on them, thinking, "It's only a child." That's what I want you to feel when listening to my songs.

Another thing I wanted to tell children though "Kizuna" is that "you are not alone". It was the same for me, but when you're 18 or 19, you feel like a tragic heroine when you're worried about something or feeling down. Like "I'm the only one who's in pain.", "Everyone else are enemies." But it's actually not like that. Whatever you do, you're always being supported by someone. We have to make ourselves aware of the fact again that "we're only alive because someone was there for us". I'd like this to be conveyed through the song.

--But you need persuasive power for that, because nothing can be conveyed if the listeners think, "How does singing about stuff like that help?" You have to overcome this hurdle.

Matsuura Aya: Yeah. I wouldn't be able to sing it if I hadn't experienced it myself. I wanted to sing this song because I thought that I understood the lyrics. Earlier, you mentioned about how I've done everything with a lot of energy at the time around my debut, but it was really like that. No matter if it was a song about love or something greater like in this one, I had no choice but to sing it with the help of my imagination. Some of the thoughts I came up with were delusions, because I didn't have any experiences myself. Now, eight years after my debut, I've gained some experience in life, even if only a little. I've come into contact with many different people, listened to them, observed them, and now I can finally sing songs as if they were my own words. I think that was a big change in the sense of "conveying something to people". When I think "Ah, I've come to understand this feeling!", "I've also experienced this!", I can properly put my feelings into the words I'm singing.

--Is it that the more you sing your new song "Kizuna" the more perfect and ideal your performance becomes?

Matsuura Aya: That's right. Every time I sing it, I feel different inside. I can't sing it exactly the same way twice. I sing the words differently depending on the day. That's why I can enjoy singing it.

--In addition to singing about the negative parts of life and the situation the world is in, you also pray for happiness and say the words of gratitude again and again. I think that's the kind of song "Kizuna" is, but do you sometimes think or feel the way like described in the lyrics of this song in everyday life too?

Matsuura Aya: After watching bad news, I think seriously about many different things. Also, it's the same when you're having a normal life too, you actually don't say "Thank you" as often as you'd think. Maybe you often don't say it to very close people either. I sometimes really wonder if I said thanks to my family recently. However, every time I sing this song it reminds me that I should say thanks. I mean, these words make me really happy when someone tells them to me, too. The song "Kizuna" really made me think about many different things.

--It's a very common question, but at what times do you strongly feel the importance of "bonds"?

Matsuura Aya: For example, the bonds between me and my family, people from the staff, and other people who are close to me can only be deepened when I talk a lot with them, or discuss something until we come to an agreement, right? And, if we assume that I can switch between on and off, there are people who know the "off" me. I know how to deepen my bonds with people like that, but my fans, if I were to put it clearly, only know the "on" me, right? Nevertheless, they all support me from the bottom of their hearts and tell me that they'll follow me no matter what happens. I think there's no stronger bond than that! As for me, I tend to be suspicious of people when I meet them for the first time. I think "What kind of person is he/she?" "What are his/her intentions?" I'm the type who doesn't trust others easily. It's because I'm very timid and I don't want to be hurt. (lol) Compared to that, my fans all support me 100% from the bottom of their hearts. I think that kind of bond is amazing. And that makes me really think, "Thank you." If someone asked me if I could do the same for someone else, I'd be in trouble.

--You can strongly feel those bonds at the "Matsuura Aya Concert Tour 2008 Spring 'AYA The Witch'" which is currently being praised highly. Can you tell us about the content of the tour?

Matsuura Aya: This time, I perform all of it with a full live band which I always wanted to do. So, the "Let's all create a groove together!" and "Let's all become one!" emotions all depend on me this time. That's why I learn a lot from this. It's a challenge too. I'm having a lot of fun. Basically, it's two performances per day, day and night, so I keep telling myself that I have to pace myself, but every time, I end up completely exhausted. You don't notice it at all when you're standing on stage, but after changing my clothes I notice how exhausted I am. My body is always honest. (lol) But when I'm asked if I can pull off the second performance, I can somehow do it. I think the calls of my fans are amazing after all. They raise the tension so high that even I can't control it anymore.

--Does that mean that you absolutely love live concerts?

Matsuura Aya: I love them! I love live concerts the most! I like musicals and stuff too, but in concerts I can stay as Matsuura Aya. I love talking too, but I can be most honest when I'm singing, even more than when I'm talking. When you're talking you keep thinking about things like, "I want to make it sound interesting," "I want to word it nicely," etc. That's why I think I can be myself the most when I'm singing, and I want many people to see my real self.

--Well then, this will be my last question. Matsuura Aya, what kind of artist do you want to become in the future?

Matsuura Aya: I've only recently become able to even think about it, but I'd really like to write my own lyrics. Once, I became impatient, thinking, "Won't it be the time for me to do it soon?" though. Was it around the time when I became 20? Just when I was worrying about that, Yuming-san asked me to be a guest in her radio show, and I consulted her about it. I asked her, "Isn't it time for me to start writing lyrics?". She replied, "It's best to write lyrics when you really feel like it. Actually, there's nothing more difficult than understanding and expressing lyrics someone else wrote." That helped me stop being so impatient about it. But in the last one or two years I thought, "If I write the lyrics myself, I can probably put even more emotions into them," and "It might be good if I put my own experiences into words" and started writing a bit. But I'm still a bit too ashamed. It feels like someone's reading your diary. Since I write everything exactly the way I feel about it, I can't word it beautifully. (lol) But when I'm satisfied with them, I think it'd be nice if I can release a song with self-written lyrics in the near future.

NEWS: I know I have been really slacking off on the news portion of this blog lately so first up I'm going to be going through all the latest news (that I know of)... so here we go:

Morning Musume's new single has been announced and will be released on the 24th of September which isn't TOO far off, I guess. The title hasn't been announced but there has been some speculation that it may be the beautiful ballad (Ame no furanai hoshi de wa aisenai darou) that was the closing song of the current H!P Wonderful Hearts concert. I personally would prefer a brand new song, along the same lines of Resonant Blue, purely because I want a new fresh song. The ballad would be great as a high class B-side imo.

Buono!'s Gachinko de Ikou! is released soon (20th Aug) and a commercial has begun airing giving us a sneak peek at the PV.

The white background is very pure and refreshing and helps us focus on the girls in the dancing shots of the girls, while it is contrasted with the crazy band shots which are much more hectic. Not too much to say from that tiny 15sec clip but it does seem like it could end up being a great PV.

C-ute was on Yahoo! Live Talk on Thursday, which I watched live, and they were really good. Kanna was present which was fantastic but she was a bit quiet at the beginning (though she seemed to loosen up after she was asked some questions). The best portions of the talk were when the girls each got up and showed off their outfits and described them, also when they showed off their talents. Download it at the Hello! Online Tracker.

Maimi & Erika also appeared on Tombori Station to promote their new single Edo no Temari Uta II. You can watch it on the Tombori website.

The Aku Yuu Monogatari TV drama aired yesterday evening and you can watch Takahashi Ai & Niigaki Risa as Pink Lady below:

The performance isn't very long but I love how Ai & Gaki's voices blend together, they harmonize very well. They seemed to get into the dance and performance well. I believe they performed more than just the one track, but this is all I could find atm.

Suzuki Airi also performed but I haven't seen a video of that pop up yet.

Berryz Koubou performed at the Osaka King Festival about a week ago but I forgot to post about it *sorry* I'm not sure if a video of the performance popped up, I didn't see one but if someone did feel free to let me know.

The girls were also on MBS Radio Sound Kingdom wearing the same outfits they wore at the Osaka King Festival performance.

Concert Time: A whole bunch of info on upcoming concerts and events were announced recently.

Ongaku Gatas will have a new tour in December this year. It is currently untitled. Miyoshi Erika will appear in a stage play while she will join Okada Yui for a FC Bus Tour in October.
Sharan Q will have a 20th Anniversary concert which will feature H!P performers as guests. At the moment Abe Natsumi, Nakazawa Yuko, Morning Musume, Berryz Koubou, C-ute and Matsuura Aya are known to be participating. Berryz Koubou will have another Gekiharo Gekidan stage play coming up and Matsuura Aya will have an Xmas Dinner show.

Random Ramblings

So I began my blog 3 weeks ago today and I originally wanted it to be a blog which posted every bit of news, was heaps up to date, all that wonderful stuff. I did start out like that I think but it is very difficult trying to keep up with everything as you can see from all this news I had missed in the past few days. I definitely will still be a H!P news blog, posting the most interesting tid-bits but I believe I will probably phase out the less news-worthy stuff unless it truly interests me and focus more on my reviews and random, interesting stuff I've found.

Big thanks to Int Wota who have written about me I think 4 times since I began and it has really helped. I recently began monitoring my hits to the site and it was much better than I expected and then after Int Wota wrote a story about me it just shot up. It's nice to know there are some folks who seem to be constantly coming and checking out this blog. I'll do my best to keep it up to date for all you. Ganbarre masu!

I added the media center to the top of the blog a few days ago so that I could add songs that I reviewed and such. The tracks are only 64kbps so they should load very quickly and I hope it doesn't stuff anyone's viewing of the page up. They aren't download-able atm, but I can check that option. I'm not sure why people would want the low quality tracks though and I don't want to get in trouble and the blog to get shut down so I think I'll leave them as just listen-able.
I know (think) the site has troubles in IE. For me at least it sort of freezes while it loads, I can't seem to figure out why and I'm not tech savvy enough to fix it so I apologise and hope it isn't a huge issue.

One last thing. Please check out my Canaria Club DVD review *shameless plug* If you haven't already. I really think it's a good look at a backstage view of an idol concert + it took me literally hours and hours to screen cap all of that and write on it and nobody commented yet *sad*

In the upcoming week I hope to be doing reviews of THE Possible's backstage DVD as well as their new single, C-ute's new single and Canaria Club's latest single. I'm sure I'll get the time so just keep an eye out for them.

Thanks again,
Mars.

PREVIEW: A clearer preview of Arihara Kanna & Sudou Maasa's appearance in the upcoming B.L.T.U-17 Sizzleful Girl: Vol.7 Magazine is out and they are both looking lovely.

Some more Koharu Nikki previews have also been released. I said yesterday that this PB seems to show a more mature image to Koha ... ok wow, perhaps a bit too far? Let me know what you think.





Matsuura Aya is on an upcoming cover of Create Magazine.

... and the H!P Eggs feature in Kindai's September issue which reports on their Shinjin Kohen Akasaka HOP concert.