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Toobin #1 – Hello Station 59
I enjoy live tweeting my idol viewing. Is that so wrong? In a lazy, blatant rip-off of idolminded’s wonderful daily column, I present my tweets to you. Here’s what went down when I watched Hello...
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Okunaka Makoto “Good bye my life” Photobook
This is my care package part 2 post (you can read part 1A here and part 1B here) This is my third photobook purchase featuring Makocchan, so I still have a complete set. I wonder what it is about her...
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Toobin #2- Hello! Station 60, UF Licks 58
Another week, another edition of Toobin. This week, I’m treated to some LoVendoR, Bitter & Sweet, Sato no Akari, Morning Musume ’14, and S/mileage. Along the way we have some KanaTomo the sadist,...
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THIS WEEK IN ERIPON (23.03.2014-29.03.2014)
Admittedly, not a whole lot going on with Ikuta Erina’s photos this week. Her eye’s look massive in the selfies, but we know she’s good at that already. March 23, 2014 Erina is inheriting Reina’s...
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Outsourced! Hello! Project Power Rankings- April 2014
(Shameless plug time) Very exciting news in the world of thenumber244! One of my favorite websites for idol news, reviews, and entertainment is New School Kaidan. Recently, I contributed an article...
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THIS WEEK IN ERIPON (30.03.2014-06.04.2014)
This week, Eripon gets some “me” time with Niigaki Risa, has a solo shoot for Cancam, rides an elephant, and plays some guitar! March 30, 2014 Spending time with 1st gen Iida Kaori I like this...
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Morning Musume ’14 “Toki wo Koe, Sora wo Koe”
Firstly, a confession: I waited a little while before writing this piece. I needed some space to digest my emotions regarding this particular release. The timing of this single with Tsunku’s cancer...
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THIS WEEK IN ERIPON (07.04.2014-14.04.2014)
A little late with this edition, I hope you don’t mind. April 7, 2014 Someone’s letting their predilection for leopard show Eripon looking really great in gold. I wonder if she’s listening through the...
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Morning Musume ’14 “Password is 0″
Start: pretentious stream of consciousness. Ooh, pretty red outfits! Matrix style CRT graphics! Seele?! Riho, Riho, RIHO! After hearing teases of “Password is 0″ for a month (give or take), we finally...
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Toobin #3- Hello! Station 62, The Girls Live 13
Hello Station 62 OK internet, let's talk Hell! Station 62!— number244 (@thenumber244) April 11, 2014 I'm still unsure I want my S/mileage to move like this. Positive note: I love the location!...
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Negishi Ai (Weekly Young Jump No. 39 2013)
I’ve been meaning to post more of the PASSPO girls, and here I am making good on the promise. Here, we have the Captain of the crew, Negishi Ai. She’s rather handsome … Of course, she looks rockin’...
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Fukumura Mizuki in Young Gangan 2014 No. 9
Can we all just bask in the glory of Morning Musume 14′s Fukumura Mizuki? I’m hoping that Mizuki magazine appearances become a common occurrence. She has a sweet, girl-next-door quality to her that I...
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THIS WEEK IN ERIPON (15.04.2014-19.04.2014)
Hey! I’m relatively punctual this week! Not that anyone is counting on these posts where I compile Ikuta Erina’s blog photos. You can get these photos anywhere, right? Thanks for stopping by on my...
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Mogami Moga in Young Jump No. 19 2014
You know how I feel about this. Nice rose? It seems the more catlike Moga poses, the more attractive she becomes. Does that make me sick? I’m not sure how this is the playroom, nor do I particularly...
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Morning Musume ’14 in Ray Magazine (June 2014)
An impressive set of photos of Morning Musume ’14 have been released from the June 2014 issue of Ray Magazine. The girls try out different looks and get the full photo shoot treatment. This is great,...
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On Avril Lavigne’s “Hello Kitty”
(put that thing away) I didn’t intend to write an article on Avril Lavigne’s latest video “Hello Kitty”. But, after reading AimxAim‘s fine article in Janakya Mottainai “How much of a culture are you...
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MaaDuu in Bomb Magazine (April 2014)
Just a quick pic spam to tide us over. A lot has happened in Hello! Land, but I’m unfortunately too busy to write anything substantial. So in place of substance, I give you MaaDuu! I love these two,...
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Kudo Haruka and Uemura Akari from UTB (June 2014)
I’m not writing a whole bunch for this post. Real quick, these pictures come from the June issue of UTB. I’ll just turn over these pictures to you and stand over here, on the left coast. First we’ll...
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Passpo- Perfect Sky
This post is going to first in a series I’m calling “Late to the Party”, where I write about songs and topics that are not exactly fresh. First up: PASSPO’s “Perfect Sky” release from March 26, 2014....
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THIS WEEK IN ERIPON (20.04.2014-26.04.2014)
OKAY! Stop the bleeding! In the next few days I’m going to catch up on all the Ikuta Erina blogs, I swear. April and May are the busiest months at my job, so I had a feeling I would need to play catch...
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