Maruwakari Summer 2016: One from each group

Q8. Please make a new unit by picking a person from each group.

	℃-ute	Morning Musume。´16	ANGERME	Juice=Juice	Country Girls	Kobushi Factory	Tsubaki Factory
℃-ute
Yajima Maimi*		Fukumura Mizuki	Wada Ayaka	Miyazaki Yuka	Tsugunaga Momoko	Hirose Ayaka	Yamagishi Riko
Nakajima Saki		Fukumura Mizuki	Katsuta Rina	Miyazaki Yuka	Inaba Manaka	Ogawa Rena	Yamagishi Riko
Suzuki Airi		Oda Sakura	Murota Mizuki	Takagi Sayuki	Inaba Manaka	Taguchi Natsumi	Kishimoto Yumeno
Okai Chisato		Oda Sakura	Takeuchi Akari	Miyamoto Karin	Funaki Musubu	Inoue Rei	Kishimoto Yumeno
Hagiwara Mai		Sato Masaki	Sasaki Rikako	Kanazawa Tomoko	Ozeki Mai	Inoue Rei	Tanimoto Ami
Morning Musume。´16
Fukumura Mizuki	Nakajima Saki		Takeuchi Akari	Miyamoto Karin	Yamaki Risa	Inoue Rei	Kishimoto Yumeno
Ikuta Erina	Yajima Maimi		Sasaki Rikako	Uemura Akari	Yanagawa Nanami	Inoue Rei	Kishimoto Yumeno
Iikubo Haruna	Nakajima Saki		Wada Ayaka	Uemura Akari	Morito Chisaki	Inoue Rei	Kishimoto Yumeno
Ishida Ayumi	Okai Chisato		Kamikokuryo Moe	Miyamoto Karin	Funaki Musubu	Taguchi Natsumi	Asakura Kiki
Sato Masaki	Hagiwara Mai		Aikawa Maho	Miyamoto Karin	Morito Chisaki	Hirose Ayaka	Kishimoto Yumeno
Kudo Haruka	Hagiwara Mai		Wada Ayaka	Kanazawa Tomoko	Yamaki Risa	Inoue Rei	Kishimoto Yumeno
Oda Sakura	Nakajima Saki		Wada Ayaka	Miyazaki Yuka	Ozeki Mai	Taguchi Natsumi	Tanimoto Ami
Ogata Haruna	Suzuki Airi		Nakanishi Kana	Miyazaki Yuka	Inaba Manaka	Fujii Rio	Tanimoto Ami
Nonaka Miki	Yajima Maimi		Wada Ayaka	Miyamoto Karin	Yanagawa Nanami	Inoue Rei	Tanimoto Ami
Makino Maria	Hagiwara Mai		Sasaki Rikako	Takagi Sayuki	Tsugunaga Momoko	Fujii Rio	Kishimoto Yumeno
Haga Akane	Suzuki Airi		Murota Mizuki	Takagi Sayuki	Morito Chisaki	Taguchi Natsumi	Niinuma Kisora
ANGERME
Wada Ayaka	Yajima Maimi	Iikubo Haruna		Miyamoto Karin	Morito Chisaki	Nomura Minami	Niinuma Kisora
Nakanishi Kana	Nakajima Saki	Ogata Haruna		Miyazaki Yuka	Ozeki Mai	Hirose Ayaka	Yamagishi Riko
Takeuchi Akari	Okai Chisato	Ishida Ayumi		Uemura Akari	Morito Chisaki	Taguchi Natsumi	Tanimoto Ami
Katsuta Rina	Hagiwara Mai	Makino Maria		Miyazaki Yuka	Yanagawa Nanami	Ogawa Rena	Tanimoto Ami
Murota Mizuki	Suzuki Airi	Oda Sakura		Miyazaki Yuka	Yamaki Risa	Nomura Minami	Kishimoto Yumeno
Aikawa Maho	Nakajima Saki	Haga Akane		Miyazaki Yuka	Yamaki Risa	Fujii Rio	Niinuma Kisora
Sasaki Rikako	Okai Chisato	Makino Maria		Takagi Sayuki	Funaki Musubu	Nomura Minami	Asakura Kiki
Kamikokuryo Moe	Suzuki Airi	Sato Masaki		Uemura Akari	Funaki Musubu	Taguchi Natsumi	Tanimoto Ami
Juice=Juice
Miyazaki Yuka	Suzuki Airi	Fukumura Mizuki (& Makino Maria)	Nakanishi Kana		Tsugunaga Momoko	Hamaura Ayano	Asakura Kiki
Kanazawa Tomoko	Suzuki Airi	Ishida Ayumi	Aikawa Maho		Yamaki Risa	Inoue Rei	Asakura Kiki
Takagi Sayuki	Hagiwara Mai	Iikubo Haruna	Katsuta Rina		Morito Chisaki	Fujii Rio	Kishimoto Yumeno
Miyamoto Karin	Okai Chisato	Ishida Ayumi	Takeuchi Akari		Funaki Musubu	Taguchi Natsumi	Asakura Kiki
Uemura Akari	Suzuki Airi	Ogata Haruna	Nakanishi Kana		Funaki Musubu	Hamaura Ayano	Kishimoto Yumeno
Country Girls
Tsugunaga Momoko	Hagiwara Mai	Makino Maria	Aikawa Maho	Miyamoto Karin		Nomura Minami	Tanimoto Ami
Yamaki Risa	Yajima Maimi	Makino Maria	Kamikokuryo Moe	Uemura Akari		Ogawa Rena	Niinuma Kisora
Morito Chisaki	Hagiwara Mai	Iikubo Haruna	Kamikokuryo Moe	Uemura Akari		Inoue Rei	Niinuma Kisora
Ozeki Mai	Hagiwara Mai	Haga Akane	Sasaki Rikako	Uemura Akari		Inoue Rei	Asakura Kiki
Yanagawa Nanami	Suzuki Airi	Makino Maria	Wada Ayaka	Miyamoto Karin		Hamaura Ayano	Asakura Kiki
Funaki Musubu	Yajima Maimi	Sato Masaki	Sasaki Rikako	Miyamoto Karin		Fujii Rio	Asakura Kiki
Kobushi Factory
Fujii Rio	Okai Chisato	Ishida Ayumi	Kamikokuryo Moe	Miyamoto Karin	Funaki Musubu		Asakura Kiki
Hirose Ayaka	Nakajima Saki	Ikuta Erina	Takeuchi Akari	Kanazawa Tomoko	Ozeki Mai		Kishimoto Yumeno
Nomura Minami	Okai Chisato	Fukumura Mizuki	Sasaki Rikako	Takagi Sayuki	Ozeki Mai		Yamagishi Riko
Ogawa Rena	Yajima Maimi	Kudo Haruka	Katsuta Rina	Kanazawa Tomoko	Yamaki Risa		Yamagishi Riko
Hamaura Ayano	Suzuki Airi	Sato Masaki	Murota Mizuki	Uemura Akari	Inaba Manaka		Kishimoto Yumeno
Taguchi Natsumi	Suzuki Airi	Ishida Ayumi	Murota Mizuki	Kanazawa Tomoko	Morito Chisaki		Yamagishi Riko
Wada Sakurako	Yajima Maimi	Fukumura Mizuki	Aikawa Maho	Uemura Akari	Ozeki Mai		Kishimoto Yumeno
Inoue Rei	Hagiwara Mai	Kudo Haruka	Sasaki Rikako	Uemura Akari	Morito Chisaki		Kishimoto Yumeno
Tsubaki Factory
Yamagishi Riko	Okai Chisato	Sato Masaki	Aikawa Maho	Uemura Akari	Yamaki Risa	Wada Sakurako
Ogata Risa	Nakajima Saki	Ogata Haruna	Nakanishi Kana	Miyamoto Karin	Morito Chisaki	Fujii Rio
Niinuma Kisora	Yajima Maimi	Makino Maria	Wada Ayaka	Uemura Akari	Yamaki Risa	Inoue Rei
Tanimoto Ami	Suzuki Airi	Kudo Haruka	Sasaki Rikako	Uemura Akari	Morito Chisaki	Taguchi Natsumi
Kishimoto Yumeno	Hagiwara Mai	Ishida Ayumi	Katsuta Rina	Takagi Sayuki	Tsugunaga Momoko	Inoue Rei
Asakura Kiki	Suzuki Airi	Oda Sakura	Kamikokuryo Moe	Kanazawa Tomoko	Funaki Musubu	Nomura Minami

*Maimi picked the leaders of each unit rather than naming members individually. Tsugunaga was used for Country Girls, which does not officially have a leader.

Counting top 3 nominations:

℃-ute	Morning Musume。´16	ANGERME	Juice=Juice	Country Girls	Kobushi Factory	Tsubaki Factory
Suzuki Airi - 8	Makino Maria - 7	Sasaki Rikako - 8	Uemura Akari - 13	Morito Chisaki - 10	Inoue Rei - 12	Kishimoto Yumeno - 15
Hagiwara Mai - 10	Ishida Ayumi - 6	Wada Ayaka - 7	Miyamoto Karin - 11	Yamaki Risa and Funaki Musubu - 8	Taguchi Natsumi - 8	Asakura Kiki - 9
Yajima Maimi - 8	Fukumura Mizuki and Sato Masaki - 5	Aikawa Maho and Kamikokuryo Moe - 5	Miyazaki Yuka - 8	Ozeki Mai - 6	Fujii Rio - 6	Tanimoto Ami - 8

Commentary:

The relationship graph would have been a mess, so I didn't bother doing it. However, if we just focus on mutual picks, we get something that's digestible.

4 mutuals seems to be the most, with Funakki, ReiRei, and Ayacho managing to hit that many members. Rikako and Karin-chan have three mutuals.

Selected translations:

Yajima Maimi: 
I'd like to put together a unit with the leaders from each group!! Obviously there's usually a single leader in each group, but everyone's a leader in this unit, so we'll probably be able to see each and every member showing aspects that are different from their norm!! (^^)

Hagiwara Mai:
Morning Musume。´16's Sato Masaki-chan: Simply said, it seems like fun!
ANGERME's Sasaki Rikako-chan: We've got the same image colour, and since we're high energy, it seems like it'd be fun!
Juice=Juice's Kanazawa Tomoko-chan: We're the same age, but Kanazawa-chan and I have completely different atmospheres, so it seems like it'd be fun.
Country Girls' Ozeki Mai-chan: I'd like the MaiMai pair to do something ♥
Kobushi Factory's Inoue Rei-chan: Since she's cute. I'd like to do something as ReiRei, MaiMai.
Tsubaki Factory's Tanimoto Ami-chan: When I was together in a unit with her at the Hello! Project concerts the other day, I had a lot of fun, so I'd like to team up with her again!

Ishida Ayumi: 
℃-ute's Okai Chisato-san/ ANGERME's Kamikokuryo Moe-chan / Juice=Juice's Miyamoto Karin-chan / Country Girls' Funaki Musubu-chan / Kobushi Factory's Taguchi Natsumi-chan / Tsubaki Factory's Asakura Kiki-chan.
A gathering of the shortest members in each group! Since we've unexpectedly never done such a unit.

Ogata Haruna:
℃-ute's Suzuki Airi-san/ ANGERME's Nakanishi Kana-san / Juice=Juice's Miyazaki Yuka-san / Country Girls' Inaba Manaka-chan / Kobushi Factory's Fujii Rio-chan / Tsubaki Factory's Tanimoto Ami-chan.
I always make jokes and puns since that's what I like, so I chose members who seem like they wouldn't stop laughing at my jokes and puns.

Wada Ayaka: 
℃-ute's Yajima Maimi-san / Morning Musume。´16's Iikubo Haruna-chan / Juice=Juice's Miyamoto Karin-chan / Country Girls' Morito Chisaki-chan / Kobushi Factory's Nomura Minami-chan / Tsubaki Factory's Niinuma Kisora-chan.
Yajima-san's friendly with me, and Harunan and Karin are members whom I'm close to!! I've heard that Chii-chan likes S/mileage, and she likes me (laughs) MinaMina! Kisora-chan since I hear a lot about her from AiAi (Aikawa Maho)!!!

Sasaki Rikako:
℃-ute's Okai Chisato-san / Morning Musume。´16's Makino Maria-chan / Juice=Juice Takagi Sayuki-san / Country Girls' Funaki Musubu-chan / Kobushi Factory's Nomura Minami-chan / Tsubaki Factory's Asakura Kiki-chan!
I picked people whom I think don't heed the senpai-kouhai relationships in their groups!

Miyamoto Karin:
℃-ute's Okai Chisato-san
Morning Musume。´16's Ishida Ayumi-san
ANGERME's Takeuchi Akari-chan
Country Girls' Funaki Musubu-chan
Kobushi Factory's Taguchi Natsumi-chan
Tsubaki Factory's Asakura Kiki-chan
The shorty group. I'd like us to dance in flat shoes.

Tsugunaga Momoko:

℃-ute's Hagiwara Mai-chan
Morning Musume。´16's Makino Maria-chan
ANGERME's Aikawa Maho-chan
Juice=Juice's Miyamoto Karin-chan
Kobushi Factory's Nomura Minami-chan
Tsubaki Factory's Tanimoto Ami-chan

A unit made up of people with 'M' in their names ♥
A group of cuties brought together by this coincidence ♥
By the way, for Tsubaki Factory, it's the 'M' from Tanimoto AMi!!

Ozeki Mai: 
℃-ute's Hagiwara Mai-san / Morning Musume。´16's Haga Akane-chan / ANGERME's Sasaki Rikako-chan / Juice=Juice's Uemura Akari-san / Kobushi Factory's Inoue Rei-chan / Tsubaki Factory's Asakura Kiki-chan.
I'd like to put the youngest members from each group in a unit, and we'd be the unit with the strongest younger sister characters! (laughs)

Yanagawa Nanami:
℃-ute's Suzuki Airi-san: She's good at singing and dancing, and there's a lot that I'd like to learn from her!
Morning Musume。´16's Makino Maria-san: She says that she likes me, so I'd like to get closer to her~♥
ANGERME's Wada Ayaka-san: I'd like to watch Wada-san to figure out how to look mature!
Obviously Miyamoto Karin-san from Juice=Juice! I'd like to perform together with Miyamoto-san whom I love - she's my goal!
Kobushi Factory's Hamaura Ayano-san: I'd like to follow the colonel!!! (laughs)
Tsubaki Factory's Asakura Kiki-san: Because she's talked a lot with me from when we were Kenshuusei ♥

Funaki Musubu:
℃-ute's Yajima Maimi-san: With Hello! Project's oldest and youngest members, I think it'd be an interesting group!
Morning Musume。´16's Sato Masaki-san: I love Sato-san's performances, so I'd like to learn from her up-close!
ANGERME's Sasaki Rikako-san: She's a senpai I love, so I'd like to perform together with her! ♥
Juice=Juice's Miyamoto Karin-san: Because she's a senpai whom I love and admire ♥♥
Kobushi Factory's Fujii Rio-chan: Since we're good friends, and since she dances so nicely, I'd like to do some sharp dancing!
Tsubaki Factory's Asakura Kiki-chan: Since I never want to lose out to her whenever I dance next to her!

Fujii Rio:
℃-ute's Okai Chisato-san / Morning Musume。´16's Ishida Ayumi-san / ANGERME's Kamikokuryo Moe-chan / Juice=Juice's Miyamoto Karin-chan / Country Girls' Funaki Musubu-chan / Tsubaki Factory's Asakura Kiki-chan.
A gathering of shorties... (laughs) Since we might usually seem small in our groups, but if everyone's small, we won't really stand out that much! (laughs)

Taguchi Natsumi: 
℃-ute's Suzuki Airi-san / Morning Musume。´16's Ishida Ayumi-san / ANGERME's Murota Mizuki-chan / Juice=Juice's Kanazawa Tomoko-san / Country Girls' Morito Chisaki-chan / Tsubaki Factory's Yamagishi Riko-chan.
A group of people who like Suzuki Airi-san!! I'd be nervous if they actually made this group though...

Wada Sakurako: 
℃-ute's Yajima Maimi-san / Morning Musume。´16's Fukumura Mizuki-san / ANGERME's Aikawa Maho-chan / Juice=Juice's Uemura Akari-san / Country Girls' Ozeki Mai-san / Tsubaki Factory's Kishimoto Yumeno-chan
The tallest members in each group. I'm the tallest in Kobushi Factory, so I'd like to perform together with the tallest members of each group!!

Inoue Rei:
℃-ute's Hagiwara Mai-san / Morning Musume。´16's Kudo Haruka-san / ANGERME's Sasaki Rikako-san / Juice=Juice's Uemura Akari-san / Country Girls' Morito Chisaki-chan / Tsubaki Factory's Kishimoto Yumeno-san.
It seems like fun to be together, and if it's in our private time, then I'd like to take a walk and have a meal ♥ I'm good friends with Chisaki-chan, so I'd like to go to to the amusement park or for a movie. I think I'd be really nervous to be with Hagiwara-san, but I think we'd become friends by being together.

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