H!P Kenshuusei Thread

[MarioYaguchi]

I think I like it better.

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Fuyuka is more than ready to debut into a new group.

[Rika-chan]

Thank you so much to Lurkette on H!O for traduction !

Tanapyon

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When she first became an idol, she couldn’t do anything at all, singing dancing, talking, acting, or expressing.

The voice lesson was focused around her capacity to express emotion in singing, which also caused problems during rehearsal because she was trying to be sad but ended up looking down to the point where her face was covered up.

She was asked how she felt about trainees who got to debut, and she said that while she wanted to congratulate them, she was bothered as to why they got to go before she did and what they had that she didn’t. Her desire to debut is very strong.

Her rivals are the three who joined shortly after her, Kurumi, Ayano, and Natsumi, because they can all sing and dance pretty well and it would be bad for her to lose to them since they joined after her.

Tsunku’s comments on the past year: You’re going to become even better at singing, I bet. You need to practice finite muscle movements to be able to bring out the sharpness in your rhythm, in particular. The “suddenly bothered for some reason expression” that you do is wasteful. Also, you slouch over, which is very wasteful.

Her dream is to debut and perform in large venues for lots of fans.

Kurumin

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There have been a lot of hard times for her, but she believes that because she experienced those hardships, it made the fun times that much more enjoyable, so she doesn't regret anything.

She doesn't have much self-confidence. She knows she should, but every time she looks around her and sees people more skilled than her, she gets down on herself.

She has a low voice so it's difficult for her to sing in a high pitch. Her voice coach told her to try singing more through her nose for that, but she isn't good at doing that well so it will be a battle for her.

She is good at dancing, however. She likes showing her ability in cool songs, and wants to put accents and emphasis on moves to help her stand out in a good way.

Her rival is Hamaura. She's gotten good at singing and even dancing, even Kurumi can feel it, so she wants to have a friendly rivalry with her.

Tsunku's comments: Growing your skill as a singer is your fastest route. It might be good to copy a Western style of singing or something like that. If you can make your impressions of them good, then your singing will get better just as much. Your dancing has gotten good. Your facial expressions are also good.

Her dream is to debut in H!P. She's loved Morning Musume for a long time, and would be happy to join a new unit. She says that there will likely be difficult times ahead but they will help to make her that much happier.

Hamachan

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She says that even though she likes performing, dancing, and singing, she's bad at them, so she tries her best to be energetic and give that to the fans instead of skill. She's now able to get comfortable with the routines, though, which she couldn't do before.

She wants to become the KSS ace.

When the other KSS got to debut, she was mortified and cried about it. When she heard their song about a month later, she wondered if she would ever be able to do that, and she figured that it's because they were chosen as the members that they were able to pull off a song like that. She would be happier to join the next unit instead.

Her rival is Yoshihashi. They're in the same generation, and she wants to study how good she is in every regard, especially in her bright smile and ability to be strong and stable.

Tsunku's comments: I want to hear how far you can extend the notes, I want to grow your strength there. If you discipline your rhythm you can also discipline your ear. You've put some expressiveness into your dancing. If you develop a gag or make your self-introduction a classic somehow, your personality will be brought out.

Her dream is to get skilled enough in singing and dancing by learning from her seniors to join the next unit, and her dream for that unit is to become even more famous than Morning Musume.

Tagucchi

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She's really excited Funaki joined because she's shorter than her. When she and Hamaura joined, they were about the same size, but Hama-chan has gotten much bigger and she has not so she was worried she would always be the smallest.

Her generation mates are good at dancing and they both got support from fans pretty quickly, so she hopes she can rise up to their level.

She takes a while to learn the dances, but when she has to do them alongside singing and expressing she gets really nervous and starts forgetting her dance moves. Because she's small, she draws attention to herself, so if she messes up then people might think that that's how the entire program is and might toss them aside. She thinks she needs to improve herself as part of the quality of the program.

Her rival is Ogawa. She reminds her of herself, since they have the same weaknesses and get told the same things, but after getting criticized Rena will pick herself up and has an attitude like she will work harder the next time. They're friends, but Taguchi still doesn't want to lose to her.

Tsunku's comments: I want a little more strength in your dancing, so you need to work on your muscles. Your sense of rhythm often still comes across as unstable, so I want you to work hard so as to improve your self-confidence.

Her dream is to debut from KSS and have a lot of people see her singing and dancing. She'll work hard to be able to stand on a large stage when she debuts.

Renako

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Her problems with singing are that she has a very quiet voice, she has trouble staying on pitch, and vibrato and things like that, but she is good at keeping rhythm.

She joined the KSS because she loves singing and idols, and she wants to be able to give energy to people like idols do.

Her rival is Tanabe. She's good at so many things and it motivates her to get to her level.

Tsunku's comments: Your singing is unstable, I want to work on that. When you're singing a song, you need to more and more project an image of the protagonist in the lyrics, you have to sing while understanding what sort of a person that is.

Her dream is to debut soon, and even though she knows it will be difficult and she doesn't know if she'll be able to do it, she'll continue working even harder so that one day she can get somewhere like Kouhaku.

Fuu-chan

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She's able to more enjoy singing and dancing now that she has greater skill with them. Her main issue is her decisiveness and coming across as though she's doing things half-heartedly.

Everyone has gotten so good at dancing that she has to do everything she's been doing to an even greater extent.

At first she was embarrassed to sing Pittari Shitai Xmas but then she had fun with it and it got easier.

Her teacher criticizes her during rehearsal for appearing half-hearted and not performing her "Santa-san" line well, which causes her to cry since she's continued to have trouble with it, at which point the teacher says that her emotions are fragile and that there's no reason for her to be crying in response to the critique. She wants to get stronger in general.

Her rivals are everyone. She has friends within the program but every single person there has something great about them and that makes her want to work harder so as to keep up with them.

Tsunku's comments: Your dancing has gotten good. I think you've grown to a great extent. In the beginning you the type to not be able to do anything so I was worried, but now you've probably come to a position in the top half of the group. However, you can aim even higher. Get your rhythm under control!

Her dream is to be chosen for a group in a year from now, and thinks it would be nice to combine her strength with everyone in the group and become the most energetic and powerful group anywhere, and she'll keep working on her singing and dancing to be chosen for such a group.

Murotan

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Her weakest point in singing is rhythm, which is what the voice lesson was about.

Her rival in dancing is Inaba, because she's so good that she actually learns from her, and her rival in singing is Danbara, because even though she just joined, her voice is so beautiful that it brings her to tears.

Tsunku's comments on her this past year: Your dancing and singing have gotten more than reasonably good, so I want you to focus on your expressions in singing. It's necessary to completely immerse yourself in the world of the lyrics. Also, your impressions are good, but that might be their limit. You're growing more and more, so do your best! Your dancing is sharp, it's good.

She cried in response to the progress she still has to make in singing.

Her dream is to debut soon like JJ and have people remember her name and face, and appear on Kouhaku as a famous idol.

RikoRiko

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She says that everything has gotten easier since she joined the program. She's progressed in singing and dancing and has gotten people below her. She thinks she's probably competent when it comes to rhythm but not so much with pitch. Still, she finds the lessons fun and is glad she joined the program when she did.

When it comes to dancing, she isn't one to move her upper body much. She thinks she's pretty good at it, but there's definitely still more she can work on, like making her big movements more visible.

Her rival is Nomura. They joined at the same time but Nomura has gotten more reliable, so she wants to become a presence that stands above the rest in something.

Tsunku's comments: You're still developing in dancing, so I want you to apply yourself more to getting down the fundamentals. If you do that both your singing and dancing will grow. You need to apply more and more delicate muscles in your rhythm. You have a character, which is good.

Her dream is to join the unit that follows JJ. She wants to join a group like MM or Cute with cool dances. She'll be in high school in a year so she'd like to debut by then, but if not she'd still like to improve her singing.

MinaMina

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She's worse at dancing than at singing, but it's fun to her now that she can actually remember the moves. She wants to work hard at being sharp and doing more than just what she's supposed to.

She's bad at expressions. The mood is different for every song and it's difficult for her to focus on everything and be able to change her expression while still singing well.

She wants to be center for a song (Number 0 refers to the placement at the center of the stage). She doesn't know if she'll ever be able to, but she'll work hard.

Her rival is Yamagishi Riko. It's precisely because they're generation-mates that she doesn't want to lose to her. They both started from the same point, with no experience in anything, so she wants to keep pace with her.

Tsunku's comments: I want to make your singing develop more. If you can extend your singing and dancing abilities than you'll see some results. For dancing, you're pretty sharp. It looks like it will grow even more! With facial expressions, you have strength in your smile.

Her dream is to join a unit like JJ and be able to cry together with the other members. She wants to perform at Budokan and large venues like that and become a big idol group.

Young Kosuga Fuyuka is so cute She wore her official color

[BerryzCelebration]

Although Rie has been gone for quite some time now,I can't help but notice how she looked proud of the girls when they were practicing.

Yeah Fuyuka is definately ready to debut! I've been waiting eversince she left S/mileage.

[otaku_blue]

I really want to hear Ruru singing now in Kenshuusei...

Also I just realised we got another MV for Ten Made Nobore but not Kanojo ni Naritai WHAT

[Solarblade]

I hate to be the downer here, but to me I don't think Taguchi is going to really head anywhere at this point. I mean she's one of the elder Kenshuusei, but at the same time it seems like she's being shafted. I mean she wasn't in the Oheso/Ten Made Nobore! PVs and even when Kaneko left, her line wasn't given to her but Sasaki....something must be up...

[BerryzCelebration]

She wasn't in the MVs due to sickness, most likely. No way would they add all the girls but then subtract one.
Plus,the lines weren't based on seniority. If it was,it would be Kaneko > Nana > Kurumin > Ayano > Natsumi > Riko > MinaMina.
They gave lines to who they felt was right,I guess.

Natsumi just needs to work on her bad points. If she does,maybe it'll lead to a 2014-2015 debut. Who knows?

[Obsidian]

If I read behind the lines of Tsunku's assessment of Taguchi it's really 'I'm waiting for you to grow up before I can really tell', she's one of my favourite Kenshuusei but I agree I don't see her going anywhere right now. You can see that she's become aware of it too being so happy there was finally someone smaller than her. Hopefully she'll grow 2ft in 2014.

[Sohee]

Rena is so adorable. She reminds me so much of Eri back when she'd just joined, it's scary >>;;; In the best way ever of course. <3

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Hamaura and making her gravure debut, Makino Maria will be in UTB+vol.18 magazine
https://twitter.com/wani_UTB/status/424546023055167488