What was the most surprising thing?Loud cheers and voices returned this year at Hello! Project concerts and events.
All of the collaborations : MM x MOS Burger, MM x Aoyama, MM x Beams T-shirt, Hello! Project x GU collab, Oda Sakura's KFC commercial
Kudo Yume winning Hello Pro Survivor
Yumigeta Ako and Inoue Haruka joining Morning Musume. from the audition
Yamagishi Riko and Kishimoto Yumeno both graduating at the same time.
OCHA NORMA releasing a Quadruple A-side single.
Hello Project 25th Anniversary 2-day concert at Yoyogi Arena
Juice=Juice Uemura Akari's graduation announcement.
Upfront moving their office again, but to a more modern building, in a beautiful area.
Hello! Project getting to perform concerts at Nakano Sun Plaza, to say goodbye.
FC Bus Tours returning
Nonaka Miki's recent photobook of her with her body in tip-top shape.
Kasahara Momona joining a survival audition program from Korea and winning 1st place.
What was the most disappointing thing?Nakano Sun Plaza closing down
New members Goto Hana and Kawashima Mifu both getting sudden hearing loss. Seriously, those ear monitors.
OGs that did not appear at the H!P 25th Anniversary or Fukumura Mizuki's graduation concert.
It wasn't H!P's year for many GOLD.
Out of the new members, who's your favorite?Yumigeta Ako. She is just a breath of fresh air. She is genuinely happy to be part of Morning Musume. '23.
Whose graduation are/were you most sad about?My all time favorite Fukumura Mizuki's graduation of course. Her graduation concert destroyed me.
Favorite releases of 2023- Morning Musume. '23 "Wake-up Call ~Mezameru Toki~", a song not written by Tsunku, but by Hoshibe Sho is refreshing sound.
- Morning Musume. Best Selection 25th Anniversary Album
- Juice=Juice's "Juicetory" Album
- Juice=Juice's "FUNKY FLUSHIN'"
- Ogata Risa's 2nd single
- BEYOOOOONDS "Yume Sae Egakenai Yozora ni wa"
- Tsubaki Factory "Machigai Janai Naitari Shinai"
- ANGERME "Ai no Kedamono"
- Juice=Juice Kudo Yume's 2nd photobook
Least favorite releases of 2023OCHA NORMA "Yoridori ME DREAM"
Overall, which group had the best releases?Morning Musume. '23, Juice=Juice
Overall, which group had the worst releases?H!P had an excellent year of releases, so there were none.
What would you like to see less of in 2024?TV Music Specials making Morning Musume. perform the same songs.
What are your fears for 2024?Worried about Hello Pro Kenshuusei Unit '24's direction. So far, they are not really that exciting as a group. If they want to win the New Artist of the year award, they need impress hard. Because Kasahara Momona's group "ME:I" group will be hard to beat in 2024.
What would you like to see more of in 2024?More Morning Musume songs not written by Tsunku. They released with "Wake-up Call ~Mezameru Toki~" (Hoshibe Sho) and it was awesome.
What are your hopes for 2024?Morning Musume. '24 performing their newer songs only on those TV specials.
Bringing more concerts overseas.
Hello! Project 25th Anniversary audition winners for all groups
More Kenshuusei joining, because Hello Dream is not really interesting without the drama.
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Miyazaki Yuka getting married, Morito Chisaki returning, and Sato Masaki releasing her debut single also happened and so much more.
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