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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2015 HinaFes Blog Relay - #9 Takeuchi Akari

Skating on ice, Ogata Haruna passes the blog relay to Takeuchi Akari!

(Original blog post in Japanese)

Yesterday the blog relay came along to me from Morning Musume。’15′s Ogata Haruna-chanー


Today we’re having a Hello! Con at Ogata-chan’s home town of Osaka！


Well, well, time to get on to the main topic


『Is It Just Me？』


On that topic、、、


What can I sayー。


When I’m eating takoyaki, I take out the all the octopus fillings beforehand, and eat them all at the end！


It’s something different, right? lol


Also、 when I’m going to places, I’ve made the decision to not spend more than 300 yen for breakfast！


The final one has got to be that I use a velcro walletー！


I’ve come up with 3！！


Next will be Morning Musume。’15′s Ishida Ayumi-chan！


Someday I’d like to hold an event with ‘Ayumin’ Ishida Ayumi-chan and Zukki （Suzuki Kanon-chan） and Rinapuu （Katsuta Rina-chan） and myself, the 4 of us known as Himitsu no Hana ga Hokorobu-tai


Please let us do itー lol

H!P Summer 2014 KOREZO: Share it if you like it (Part V - 9 & 16 Aug)

For the KOREZO! performances held during the current Hello! Con (Summer 2014), there's a corner where the girls can bring up photos they want to highlight. A  Facebook page has been set up, entitled 'Hello! Pro Ki ni Ittara Share'. (H!P Share it if you like it).

Here's a selection of what piqued my interest. As the page says, if you like any of these photos, then 'Like' and 'Share' them on Facebook. Links are in the first line below the photo, the post titles.

If you missed them - Part I (12, 19 & 26 July), Part II (27 July), Part III (2 Aug), Part IV (3 Aug)

Photograph from　S/mileage　Takeuchi Akari
Seeing her writing at events and in her comments that accompany her bromides, people often say that her 「handwriting is bad」
But in truth、 calligraphy is a skill that she's studied since she was in primary school until now、 where she holds an adult １st-dan。
This photo shows her ability。
The words 「Tennyo Rakka Mai (天女落下舞)」、 have a meaning of 「An angel dancing as if she was a scattering flower」。

H!P Summer 2014 KOREZO: Share it if you like it (Part III - 2 Aug)

For the KOREZO! performances held during the current Hello! Con (Summer 2014), there's a corner where the girls can bring up photos they want to highlight. A  Facebook page has been set up, entitled 'Hello! Pro Ki ni Ittara Share'. (H!P Share it if you like it).

Here's a selection of what piqued my interest. As the page says, if you like any of these photos, then 'Like' and 'Share' them on Facebook. Links are in the first line below the photo, the post titles.

If you missed them - Part I (12, 19 & 26 July), Part II (27 July)

【KOREZO！Nuntun】
Photograph Juice=Juice　Kanazawa Tomoko
Photos of her pet cat 「Nuntun」。
Currently weighing ８ kilos、 the doctors warned that he was overweight and shouldn't be given food outside his diet、
So 「Nuntun」 is currently on diet。
His name is difficult to say、 but apparently his real name is 「Nekotaro」、
From the person herself: 「It slowly deteriorated and became 「Nuntun」」
That was the case。
How did it deteriorate into 「Nuntun」?・・・ At any rate、 it slowly got stuck to him。

Karin: In praise of Take-chan

{Time to hear from one side of my favourite H!P love triangle. She even gives a shout-out to the other half as well.}

From Karin's J=J blog post

From Top Yell+

Let's hear from all the Hello! Pro members ! 'Hello! Pro great dictionary!!'

Q1. What's a moe point of a Hello! Pro member that only you know of?

Takeuchi Akari-chan

The movements of her fingers when she's handling a file! I really love Take-chan's fingers!

When she's flipping through a file, it's really exquisite. Perhaps I like the shape of her nails too.

I like it when they're slightly stretched out. So when she's going through a file, my heart skips a beat.

Q10. What's your favourite tree? {I get the feeling this is a throwback to the Tsunkurabu H!P DVD magazine, where a member (Risako?) mentioned that Maa-chan had asked her this very question}

Bamboo ('Take' in Japanese)

I think that it's very Japanese.

Besides that, since it's the 'Take' from my favourite Take-chan (lol)

{And here's a shout-out to the other half of the equation}

Q5. If you would be so kind to think of it, Hello! Pro's best couple would be?

Fukumura Mizuki-chan & Takeuchi Akari-chan

They wear matching jerseys, and seeing them together at Hello! Cons always soothes me!

At handshake events, I'm asked, 'Doesn't it make you burn with jealousy?', but I'm not jealous at all.

I feel like I'd like to watch them instead. The 2-shots on their blogs are awesome!!

Imagine how excited she must have got seeing this (From Fuku-chan's MM 9ki blog post)

References: http://hayabusa3.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/morningcoffee/1396020429/, http://blog.livedoor.jp/morning77/archives/37958570.html

H!P Blog Relay #15

{From Nakajima Saki, we swim up to Take-chan}

Takeuchi Akari - 14th March

The relay blog that started from Morning Musume。'14's Michishige-san！！


It's finally got hereーー！！！



Through Nakajima-sanーー！！


Something that moved me recently、

I was moved to tears by some dramas I've been watching！


Bokura no Ita Jikan
Ashita、 Mama ga inai

I teared up at these ２ in particulat！！

Yup！

They were moving！！！

Recently I feel that 1 stage makes me tearful！！ {Trans note: Not sure if I'm getting this correctly, she could be referencing a drama that isn't turning up on Wikipedia} 

There are lots of times when I'm watching the telly and somehow tears well up ww


Hahahaっ lolol


Akari is like this！！

[Details of the HinaFes and Akari singing a solo skipped]

Well！ The next person who'll be telling you about something that moved them recently、 will be Morning Musume。'14's Ishida Ayumi-chan！



Ayumiーーーn！！！！


Next time we'll be doing a musical together in June！！！


Since Akari thinks that she would like to become closer friends with Ayuminー it would be great if we could chat up a storm at the musical！！！


By the way、 there's a SATOYAMA movement musical unit、Harvest, where Ayumin and I are together！！


I really love Ayumin's dancing！！


I'm cheering Ayumin in secret lolol


Well then、 everyone！

Check ouーーーt Ayumin's blog！！！！！

{And so we go to the 10th gen dancing machine, Ishida Ayumi. Extended rambling about Take-chan plus pairings below, not relevant to the blog relay.}

{Extended rambling: Since I rarely blog about Take-chan, or even S/mileage in general, I'd just like to mention that my favourite raburabu pairing in H!P is actually the Take-Fuku-Karin love triangle. Take's like the semi-oblivious guy who isn't exactly noticing the advances from the other two but still ensuring they have a good time, while Fuku-chan likes Take-chan but doesn't want to express it too much, while Karin is the more aggressive type, who directly appeals to Take-chan. But Take-chan going "c'mere" to Karin did make me squeal inside. There was an analysis about mentions on blog posts on Twitter, and when they looked at cross group mentions, there were strong linkages between the two girls and Take-chan. If you loosen up the significance, you can see the triangle between them, since Fukuhime and Karin are pretty good friends from the Egg days too. 
The characters in the triangle are reminding me to have a look at Partition Love's movie, which I intended to get to this weekend if I hadn't been sidetracked by this blog relay thing. Note that I'm also procrastinating from other stuff as well. Once I've caught up, well, there's a Tsunku announcement blog post if no one's done it yet. More procrastinating, hurrah!
If you've been reading up to here, thanks and I hope the links to the pretty graphs made up for my rambling.}