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Speaking of Risa, she's been cast as the titular character in the stage play adaptation of the manga Akatsuki no Yona, which will run in March 2016.

http://natalie.mu/comic/news/163354

Risa Niigaki – musicる TV (12 Jan 2016)

Promoting the play…



I gotta say, she looks good in that role.

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Yurina Kumai – King's Brunch (9 Jan 2016)

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Mari Yaguchi – Shojijō ni Yori (12 Jan 2016)

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FC members got a notice that Abe Natsumi and Fujimoto Miki are leaving the M-Line club in March 2016

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Kago was on a show singing I Wish after the New Year. They talk about her scandal and I assume rise from the ashes. Not sure who the guy was they mentioned?
But she's looking good, happy again. So I'm happy for her.

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Former Egg Kitahara Sayaka says last year she had left her agency Taitopro, and took some time off and said nothing on her blog. Today she announced she is back and has signed on with a new agency called Ken Productions. She will resume her voice acting activities.
https://twitter.com/sayaka_kitahara/sta ... 0769184768
http://www.kenproduction.co.jp/member.php?mem=w119

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Yesterday, Kago Ai appeared as a guest singer at a live house event in Kobe city and sang I Wish and The Peace. She also sang a song called All of Me, and in the encore sang Renai Revolution 21.

After the event, she was interviewed and was asked why she sang those songs again. She just wanted to get back singing again even though shes still rusty. She will have a birthday event on Feb.10th in Tokyo Roppongi Claps venue and appear in a stage play called "replay" at Ikebukuro Green theater Feb.23rd~28th.





http://www.daily.co.jp/newsflash/gossip ... 6230.shtml
http://www.daily.co.jp/newsflash/gossip ... shtml?pg=2

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All of me is an American standard covered by a lot of western singers. She released a Jazz album not too long ago.



I really wish she'd go more in this direction again than that track Idol group

[erilaz]

^ It's been almost six years since her jazz album came out. Time flies.

And that reminds me: I finally bought her live jazz DVD a year ago, and I still haven't watched it. Maybe that's something I can do on her birthday next month.

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Former Morning Musume member Linlin's produced Idol group "Idol School" now has 130,000 followers on the chinese site Weibo. The idol group of 25 students performed their cd debut song called "Back you up" at a press conference yesterday.



full report and pics
http://idolscheduler.jp/news/detail/?p=45743
http://music-book.jp/music/news/news/108692