H!P Maruwakari Winter 2016: Kenshuusei of Interest

Q6: Which Kenshuusei do you have your eyes on in 2016?

Spring's Pure Whistle (H!P Kenshuusei - UTB June 2014)

Here's a H!P Kenshuusei interview from June 2014, in a school and club setting. A year on, almost all of them have been allocated into groups, though we sadly lost one along the way. For now, let's take a look at these rising rookies from a year ago.

Hama-chan in 10 years time

The topic was: 'Myself in 10 years time'

Hama-chan's spunky answer, 'Become an idol more famous than Morning Musume. '14!!'

Not MM'24 though? Although who knows how their fortunes will be by then.

Hama-chan's frightening experience

And。。。。。。。。

Today。。。。。。。。

I experienced something scary。。。。。

When I was heading back from the rehearsal hall、 there was a girl in white clothes sitting on the stairs of the building。。。。。。:;(∩´﹏`∩);:

Kaga Kaede-chan who saw it together with me took photos、the girl's body was transparent and you could see the stairs through her (* ハ)eｰn

It was scary。。。。。。。

Then、 after that scary story、 I listened to Hello! Pro Kenshuusei's 『Oheso no Kuni kara Konnichiwa』、and I felt happierーーー（lol）

That's all from Hamaura Ayanoーーーー(＾ω＾)

{You know, given the set-up, I was actually expecting this to lead into a "Berryz is scary" joke}

Source (2nd last post) | Related matome

30 Questions with Hama-chan

Please tell us Hama-chan ☆

Q The song in your memories, that you sang in your Kenshuusei audition was?
A "Kimagure Romantic" by Ikimonogakari

Q Please tell us the Hello! Pro senpai you look up to.
A Berryz Kobo's Tsugunaga Momoko-san

Q  Who was the very first Kenshuusei you spoke with?
A Yoshihashi Kurumi-chan. "Nice to meet you~"

Q What does your family call you?
A Ayano

Q Who is the most excitable in the Kenshuusei?
A Murota Mizuki-san

Q Please tell us about the composition of your siblings
A Older sister and younger sister

Q Which do you prefer: Dogs or cats?
A Cats

Q Favourite colour?
A Orange

Q What animal would you liken yourself to?
A Cat

Q Favourite day in the year?
A Marine day

Q If you could raise any pet, what sort of animal would you like to raise?
A Flying squirrel

Q Do you keep any pets?
A I raise a cat, it's name is Non-chan

Q During school break, what do you do a lot?
A Chat with friends

Q What's your favourite dish for school lunches or bentos?
A Ramen

Make sure to remember okay~

Q The zoo or the amusement park, which do you prefer?
A The amusement park

Q Your favourite egg dish is?
A Omurice

Q What colour are your pyjamas?
A Pink

Q When you sleep at night, what's something you must have at your bedside?
A Pillow

Q I'd like to do this when I turn twenty!
A I'd like to drive a car

Q Your favourite onigiri filling is?
A Salt

Q How do you go to school?
A I go by foot

Q If you had 1,000,000 yen, how would you like to use it?
A Eats lots of ramen

Q What would you do if you could use magic for only one time?
A I'd like to fly in the sky

Q The convenience store you often go to is?
A Seven Eleven

Q The very first idol you liked was?
A Morning Musume.-san

Q What is your favourite flavour of potato crisps?
A Salt

Q Your favourite ice cream is?
A Vanilla

Q What flavour of pasta do you like?
A Carbonara

Q The place you'd like to go and see is?
A Malaysia

Q "I'd like to become an XX!!!" What would you like to become?
A I'd like to become a wizard

{This questionnaire has made me like Hama-chan even more! Her 2nd answer shows that she has good taste </bias>, and if she were to come to my neck of the woods (2nd last answer), if it were in my power I'd stalk her relentlessly make sure she'd have a good time}

The favourite senpai of the Hello! Project Kenshuusei

The H!P Kenshuusei were interviewed in BOMB magazine. One of the question they were asked was: “Who is your favourite senpai?”

Source and Matome

(Note - I’m basing this one off 140, which differs slightly from the OP)

Mentioned 6 times　

Michishige Sayumi - Tanabe Nanami※, Yoshihashi Kurumi, Makino Maria, Yamaki Risa, Yokokawa Yumei, Funaki Musubu※

Mentioned 4 times　

Tsugunaga Momoko - Hamaura Ayano, Mikame Kana, Inoue Hikaru, Funaki Musubu※

Sayashi Riho - Murota Mizuki, Kaga Kaede, Inaba Manaka※, Danbara Ruru 

Mentioned 3 times　

Sugaya Risako - Ogawa Rena, Wada Sakurako,  Fujii Rio※ 

Suzuki Airi - Tanabe Nanami※, Taguchi Natsumi, Yamagishi Riko

Kudou Haruka - Sasaki Rikako, Fujii Rio※, Haga Akane※ 

Mentioned twice

Wada Ayaka - Kosuga Fuyuka, Nomura Minami

Suzuki Kanon - Ichioka Reina※, Fujii Rio※ 

Tamura Meimi - Ichioka Reina※, Tanaka Karen

(Tanaka Reina) - Ooura Hirona※, Haga Akane※ 

Mentioned once

(Ishikawa Rika) - Kaneko Rie

(Takahashi Ai) - Ooura Hirona※ 

(Fujimoto Miki) - Niinuma Kisora※ 

Ishida Ayumi - Niinuma Kisora※

Sato Masaki - Kishimoto Yumeno

Miyamoto Karin - Inaba Manaka 

※ Mentioned more than one person

My observations:

• I keep thinking of this as 'Who is the senpai you look up to?', rather than 'Who is your favourite senpai?'. I'm sure that if the former was the case, C-ute would be even more represented.
• The dearth of the C-ute surprises me: they're often said to be very friendly and well-liked by the Kenshuusei.
• Not so surprised about Berryz, who have this reputation of being scary.
• Slightly surprised that Momo's pretty high - I thought not admitting liking Momo was the 'in' thing.
• Fuku-chan is an ex-Egg I'm surprised isn't there.