Hello Project Kansai

Hello! Project News Summary 2008-04-13

Submitted 2008-04-13 03:00 PM

8th Generation Morning Musume member Mitsui Aika has been forced to rest after being diagnosed with appendicitis, and will miss this weekends concerts. It is currently unknown if she has had to have her appendix removed. Announcement.

Morning Musume will stage their first concert in South Korea this summer. It will be staged on 2008-06-01 in the Olympic Hall at the Seoul Olympic Park. Their upcoming single "Resonant Blue" will be released in South Korea on the same day as Japan. Announcement.

The four Hello! Project Kansai members have "graduated" as trainees, and formed their own unit "SI☆NA " (SI NA, pronounced she-na). The name is taken from the first letters of their names, Suma Ai, Iwashima Manami, Nakayama Nana and Abe Asami. They are working towards their debut, and it is unclear if they are still under the Hello! Project tag. Announcement.

Berryz Koubou single "Dschinghis Khan" has now edged out Buono! for the H!P Kids total sales record. It has sold a total of 35,395 copies, nearly 400 more then Buono's "Renai Rider".

Following her recently released interviews, former Hello! Project member Kago Ai has started an official fanclub called "Biscuit Club", and is writing a blog. Link.

Tags: mitsui_aika, appendicitis, hello_project_kansai, berryz_koubou, oricon, kago_ai

Kansai audition winners debut

Submitted 2006-08-25 09:34 PM

Kansai audition winners debut The five winners from last years Kansai auditions have today (25th) made their first public appearance, opening a C-ute event by performing three Hello! Project songs. They were first announced on Hello! Pro Yanen on the 11th of August.

They are:
Iwashima Manami (岩嶋雅奈未), 16.
Abe Asami (阿部麻美), 15.
Nakayama Nana (中山菜々), 14.
Suma Ai (須磨愛), 14.
Maeda Irori (前田彩里), 9.

Iwashima made the last 32 in Morning Musume Audition 2005, and Suma was in the final five with eventual winner Kusumi Koharu.

Tags: hello_project_kansai, audition, new_member

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