Ishikawa Rika
Yoshizawa & Ishikawa are HANGRY & ANGRY
Submitted 2008-10-12 05:16 PM
Yoshizawa Hitomi and Ishikawa Rika have formed a duo HANGRY and ANGRY for the fashion label HANGRY&ANGRY, and they will release a mini-album on November the 19th.
The label comes from fashion designer h.NAOTO, who has stores in Harajuku, and is based around the "grotesque cute world" of its two cats mascots: Hangry who loves punk fashion, and Angry who loves "sweet gothic and lolita fashion" and is "very savage" towards Hangry. They appear on clothing, stuffed animals and a whole range of other items.
Rika recently cosplayed Angry during a h.NAOTO fashion show along with several other Hello! Project members, and she will take that role again with Yossie appearing as Hangry.
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Hello! Project News Summary 2008-04-20
Submitted 2008-04-20 05:50 PM
Morning Musume's 36th single "Resonant Blue" was released this past Monday, reaching number 2 and selling approximately 25k copies on its first day. Takahashi Ai, Tanaka Reina and Junjun arrived in Taiwan on the 16th to promote the single and the Taiwanese leg of Morning Musume's Asian tour on the 24th of May. The third leg has been announced and will take place in Shanghai on the 28th of June.
Mitsui Aika was released from hospital on the 17th after having her appendix removed. She performed at the Morning Musume concert on the 19th in Nagoya sitting on a chair on the stage.
To promote "Cinderella the Musical", a special unit, "High-King", has been formed. Consisting of Takahashi Ai, Tanaka Reina, Shimizu Saki, Yajima Maimi, and Maeda Yuuka, they will release a single "C/C (Cinderella/Complex)" on June 11.
Matsuura Aya opened the 25th National Confectionery Exposition at Hijemi Castle on the 18th. The show is Japan's largest confectionary exhibition, with over 800 companies participating. Meanwhile, Ishikawa Rika was in Shibuya on the 20th to participate in a promotional event for the new soda "Fanta FuruFuru Shaker", where she performed with comedy duo "Speed Wagon".
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v-u-den are to disband
Submitted 2008-01-26 01:29 PM
The Hello! Project trio v-u-den (alternately romanized over the years as Biyuuden, Byuuden, and Viyuuden) will separate from June this year. The announcement was made at the end of todays Hello! Project concert at the Yokohama arena.
The group was formed in August 2004 as a vehicle for Ishikawa Rika in preparation for her graduation from Morning Musume. Miyoshi Erika was discovered from an audition in 2003, and Okada Yui was chosen from the Hello! Project eggs.
v-u-den's highest selling single was their first single "Koi no Nukegara", which sold over 33k copies and reached number 6 in the charts. Their last two singles have both sold just over 10k. A tenth single had been scheduled for release in February, but was postponed several weeks ago. It is not clear if it will now be released at all.
All three girls will apparently remain with the company in solo roles.
Official Annoucement (Japanese)
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