H!P Battle without Honour and Humanity - S/mileage x Juice=Juice (Top Yell Sept 2013)

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What impression did you have of Miyamoto-san when she was in the Eggs?

Fukuda: She was really tiny when she joined us, like someone's little sister, and she was super cute. The both of us really liked strawberries, so I gave her my 'Strawberry Soul' T-shirt.

Miyamoto: I've worn that T-shirt so much that those words have faded. It's currently in my loft at home!

Takeuchi-san, you were in the H!P Kenshuusei until 2011, so your tenure overlapped, didn't it?

Takeuchi: Karin is one year my junior, and joined the H!P Eggs about half a year after me, so she was the closest to me. We acted together in plays, and we had many opportunities to sing together at concerts and recitals during our tenure as Kenshuusei. Back then, she was way smaller than me, but now she's overtaken me......

Miyamoto: Am I taller?

Takeuchi: You are, you are~

Miyamoto: No way. How many centimeters are you?

Takeuchi: 154cm?

Miyamoto: We're about the same.

Fukuda: No, I'm sure that Take-chan's 153 cm (laughs).

Takeuchi: Well, it's not that different though (laughs).

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Besides her height, in what other ways has [Miyamoto-san] grown?

Takeuchi: Karin's been good at singing ever since she joined the Kenshuusei, so I lose to her in that!

Miyamoto: But when I joined the Eggs, Takeuchi-san's dancing looked super energetic, and she was really quick at remembering the dance moves, so I really admired her. She'd have them properly remembered by the time the next lesson rolled around, and she'd be telling us how to do it.

Fukuda: Take-chan's getting self-conscious (laughs).

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Fukuda Kanon's Path to being the greatest idol Vol 3 (UTB April-June 2011)

In the third part of this serialisation, it's a showdown of luck! The universe's greatest idol should also possess the greatest luck in the universe, shouldn't she!?

And as a special guest, we herald the appearance of someone who possesses good luck and competency = Suzuki Airi-senpai, who adorns [this issue's] UTB cover by herself!

Mission: Showdown of luck

In order to become the greatest idol in the universe, luck is also required! And with that, this month, we're trying out a battle of luck!! But before that, we are graced by the presence of a special guest. Adorning this issue's cover, it's the star Suzuki Airi-senpai~.

Airi: 'I've got good luck, and I'm also good when it comes to a real challenge! I'm stronger than my (pro-golfer) father!!'

Twitter Tidbits: Mano and Maro being BeriWota

花音がなんで早く起きれるかというとね、こーやってアラームのラベルを変えてるからだよ。Berryz工房から着信？！え？！江戸から着信？！てなって起きてますいつも🐶 pic.twitter.com/1A85SB2hb2

— 福田花音(まろ) (@kanonfukuda) 2016, 1月 16

If you're wondering how I woke up today, it's because I changed my alarm label like this. Incoming from Berryz Kobo !? Eh!? Incoming from Edo!? That's how I always wake up

Photo 1:
Repeat: Never
Label: Incoming from Berryz Kobo
Sound: Be Genki -Naseba Naru!-
Snooze: On

Photo 2:
Incoming from Berryz Kobo
Tap to snooze

花音のツイート見て Be 元気聴き始めたなう👻👻 https://t.co/8ck2plkYPH

— 真野恵里菜(Mano Erina) (@erina_mano) 2016, 1月 16

I saw Kanon's tweet
Now listening to Be Genki

からの「ライバル」が流れて 思わず手の振りをやりそうになるが 電車の中なので必死に我慢。笑

— 真野恵里菜(Mano Erina) (@erina_mano) 2016, 1月 16

And now Rival is playing
Without thinking, I did the moves
But since I'm in the train, I'm desperately holding back. lol

@erina_mano 朝のBe元気はほんと最高だよ、、、❤️窓を開けて空気がうまいだけで幸せを感じられるもん...笑

— 福田花音(まろ) (@kanonfukuda) 2016, 1月 16

Be Genki in the morning really is the best... ♥ Just listening to it at the window and breathing in the fresh air makes me feel happy... lol

@kanonfukuda 今日は1日Berryz工房の曲で過ごすことにした😎😎

— 真野恵里菜(Mano Erina) (@erina_mano) 2016, 1月 16

Spent the whole day today listening to Berryz Kobo

@erina_mano ハロプロ愛さいこーう☺️💕

— 福田花音(まろ) (@kanonfukuda) 2016, 1月 16

H!P Love is the best

@kanonfukuda 卒業してからの方が より強まるハロプロ愛💓💓 ハロヲタに戻った😂😂

— 真野恵里菜(Mano Erina) (@erina_mano) 2016, 1月 16

The love H!P Love of people who have graduated
Becomes even stronger
Going back to being a HaroWota

@erina_mano ハロメンからハロヲタに戻る感覚わりとたのしいよね😌💗

— 福田花音(まろ) (@kanonfukuda) 2016, 1月 16

The feeling of going back to being a HaroWota from being a Hello! member is relatively fun

@kanonfukuda うちらにしか味わえない特権😎💓

— 真野恵里菜(Mano Erina) (@erina_mano) 2016, 1月 16

It's a privilege that only we can savour

The important feelings of leaving behind her beloved H!P that she'd like to convey to her beloved Kumai-san - Top Yell November 2015

Amongst the readers. there may be people who have no idea why Kumai-san is here. Please give an explanation, even a brief one would be fine, of the extent that Kumai-san has an essential place within Fukuda-san's life as an idol.

Fukuda: That's right...... The first thing that made me like Berryz Kobo-san is their ages, that played a big part. Up to then, idols had been like older oneesans, but [Berryz Kobo-san] were in my generation, people who I might have been friends with had we gone to the same school, they were shining. Seeing that, it gave me a push, like 'I should do my best too'...... They gave me courage. Among them was Kumai-san...... Before I knew it, my eyes just kept following Kumai-san. It's always been that way, ever since the times of 'Anata Nashi de ha Ikite Yukenai'. I'm fickle when it comes to idols, immediately oshihen-ing. However, why is it that Kumai-san's the only the only one I've continued to oshi? I thought about it a week ago, while I was on the Shinkansen. What I noticed is that, idols change and develop, in looks, expression, and singing, right? But for Kumai-san, despite going through those sorts of external changes, within her, since the days of her début, her core of being Kumai Yurina-san has never wavered. I think that it's because of that that my support for her has never changed. If it were an anime, it would be fine to remain unchanged, but part of the attraction of idols is that they change. But, as a fan, there's that delicate line of not wanting them to change as well. On that point, Kumai-san always treads exactly on it, keeping to that line.

Although I said that you could be brief (bitter laugh). However, Fukuda-san, you're very knowledgeable about idols in general. What was it that made Kumai-san special?

Fukuda: Even though she's such a wonderful person, she doesn't put on airs! Even though she has a cool look on her face in photos, when you talk with her, she's airy and adorable. Being the pioneer for that gap got me excited!

Kumai: It's kind of embarrassing. It's like Kanon knows me from head to toe. Even when I think about myself, I'm unable to put it that well in words, so instead, this is a good reference for me (laughs).

It's been 11 years in the past since Fukuda-san entered in the 1st generation of the H!P Eggs. Kumai-san, surely you didn't have an impression of Fukuda-san at the time?

Kumai: Ah, but I remember that in the middle of the Yokohama Arena rehearsals, Kanon talked with Maasa, who's good in the field of stage-acting.

Fukuda: I joined in primary 4th, and the system was that those in primary 3rd and below couldn't appear at concerts, so I was the smallest. There, everyone talked to me. As Eggs, there's virtually no opportunities to interact, so it made me really happy when a senpai would talk to me. Like, 'The people I've watched on TV are talking to me!'

You weren't scared of Berryz Kobo at the time?

Fukuda: I wasn't scared at the time (laughs).

Idol Frontline 2015: Messages to Berryz Kobo (Okai Chisato & Fukuda Kanon)

Following on from the interviews with Berryz, we have a small selection of active Hello! members giving their thoughts about Berryz. Let's start with their contemporary Okai-chan and known BeriWota Maro.

℃-ute Okai Chisato

• How did you feel when you found out that Berryz would be entering an indefinite hiatus?
'I was shocked, I couldn't believe it, but as their contemporaries, we thought that we should be the ones to give Berryz the most support!'

Twitter Tidbits: Juice=Juice confess to Kumai Yurina

Berryz工房への愛を告白、2日目！ ラジオで「くまらない話」をしているときの楽しそうな表情がとっても素敵でした🐻💓優しい喋り方が大好き🌼（宮崎） 熊井さんは、スタイル抜群で、どの衣装も素敵に着こなしているのがすごい♡♡（金澤） #juicejuice #berryz
— Juice=Juice (@_Juice_Juice) 2015, 2月 24

Confessions of love towards Berryz Kobo, day 2!

Miyazaki: The happy expression on your face when you're doing your 'Kumaranai Hanashi' on radio is really lovely
I love the way you speak so gently

Kanazawa: Kumai-san has an outstanding figure, and it's amazing how she looks lovely no matter what she's wearing ♥ ♥

デビューした時から熊井さんに似てるね！って言われることが多くて、それが凄く嬉しかったです！前髪のある今も、流してたときも、髪型両方似合ってます！♡（植村） 今日はアイドル界のスカイツリー熊井友理奈への告白をお届けしました！ #juicejuice #berryz
— Juice=Juice (@_Juice_Juice) 2015, 2月 24

Uemura: Since I made my debut, I've often been told that 'You resemble Kumai-san!', which makes me really happy! When you've got bangs like you do now, or when they're parted, both hairstyles suit you! ♥

Today we're sending confessions to the Sky Tree of the Idol World, Kumai Yurina!

優しくてとても話しやすい先輩。目が合うとにこってしてくれます！（高木） ナルチカのMCで、その土地のことを調べていて、凄いなって尊敬してました！スタイル憧れます！熊井さん大好き♡（宮本） #juicejuice #berryz pic.twitter.com/F9Dx114Qyr
— Juice=Juice (@_Juice_Juice) 2015, 2月 24

Takagi: A senpai who's gentle and really easy to talk to. When our eyes meet, she gives me a smile!

Miyamoto: At the Naruchika MCs, she looks up things about the place we're at, which is amazing, and I respect her for that! I wish I could have her figure! Kumai-san, I love you ♥

Bonus Maro!

福田花音です♡おはにょん！写メはBerryz工房さんとの最後の食事会で号泣した後、かなりいじけながらBerryzさんを見つめる私の姿です。笑 #アンジュルム #angerme #生涯ベリヲタ #すごいブサイク pic.twitter.com/RmW3APokrC
— アンジュルム@5/26日本武道館 (@angerme_526) February 24, 2015

This is Fukuda Kanon ♥ Ohanyon! This shot is after I cried at the final dinner gathering with Berryz Kobo-san, Berryz-san were looking at me while teasing me somewhat. lol
#ANGERME #angerme #Life-longBeriWota #SuperUgly

2015 HinaFes Blog Relay - #6 Fukuda Kanon

From one Berryz fan to another, the baton passes from Fukumura Mizuki to Fukuda Kanon.

(Original blog post in Japanese)

From Fukumura Mizuki-chan

The blog relay has come to me （´-`）.。oO

 

 

Fuku-chan's a fellow BeriWota！

What'll we do from the 4th of March... I can't even imagine！！！！

 

But I definitely want to 2 of us to sing together～～

 

 

 

This time, the theme is

 

「Is It Just Me？」

 

 

Hmーーーm... I guess I don't bat an eye at all, whatever happens around me (>_>)？

Even when everyone's going home and clearing up ANGERME's dressing room, I'll be sitting alone on the sofa, spacing out while watching videos on my mobile phone ♪ lol

 

Even though it seems like I'm getting in everyone's way (>_>)

 

I'll do it properly next time (>_>) lol

 

 

 

For the blog relay、 next will be

Country Girls' Inaba Manaka-chan ♪

 

 

 

 

Manaka-chan's airy, fluffy aura is really girlish, I like it ♪♪

Greetings from the Land of the Bellybuttons!

CanCam magazine had a feature on waists in their July 2014 issue.
Three of the featured girls that piqued my interest were S/mileage's Fukuda Kanon, Morning Musume. '14's Ikuta Erina, and Tokyo Girls' Style's Arai Hitomi.
I've edited the scans I for a more pleasant reading experience. In the process of editing the scans, I covered up part of the images. To make up for that, I'll be including the original scans I had so you can see those midriffs in their full glory. And aren't they scrumptious?
Please click on the pictures for larger versions.

Eripon

Maro

Hiichan

H!P Blog Relay #27

{Miyamoto Karin, the girl with the green thumb, passes over the baton to Kanon.}

Fukuda Kanon - 22nd March

Ohanyon！

The relay blog that's been going around has got to me via Juice=Juice's Miyamoto Karin-chan！

Karin wrote a lot about myself in her blog post、 I'm really glad、 I am （；＿；）

When we first met、

That not-so-tiny Karin

Has now débuted、 and seeing her stand in the centre of her group, singing magnificently

I think it's really amazing ♪

It would be nice to do something

With the 2 of us as Strawberriez ♪♪

Well、 on the topic of something that moved me recently。

Something that moved myself recently、

Was my birthday event！

You could say that it was a space 

Filled only with the allies who have been cheering me on

It was a really mellow atmosphere

I was able to experience the warmth of all the fans！

While I'm still an idol、

It would be great 

To continue on with birthday events～。

The warmth of all of you moved me！

Well then、 next to tackle this topic、、

Will be ℃-ute's Yajima Maimi-san

Please♪

Yajima-san is a really really kind person

When there are problems that S/mileage can't resolve、 we would discuss together with Yajima-san

And when I have problems I go and listen to what all of ℃-ute-san has to say

They're reallーy wonderful people！

I'd like to try giving birth to a heart that's as angelic as Yajima-san～！！！！

Her outstanding athleticism is also cool！！！

For Yajima-san、 what is something that has moved you recently？(^-^)

Please tell us！

{Maimi had already posted up her blog post for the day about 10 minutes before Non did. Maimi's not above posting more than once a day though, so we'll see.
Maimi has updated! Let's see what has moved the heart of the angelic Yajima Maimi recently.}