H!P Kenshuusei Thread

[otaku_blue]

How do they know who eats the most? :s

[Obsidian]

The final batch of member profile videos have been uploaded to the Kenshuusei YT channel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M-lE0VuqxA

[Panic Nancy]

I'm so glad Musubu has gotten braces. She's super cute, but I find it very distracting when one of the two front teeth is messed up.

[Sohee]

How do they know who eats the most? :s

They have lunch together between shows and rehearsals?

[Rika-chan]

Tagucchi : ''Funakkiiiiiiii !''

it was so cute

[otaku_blue]

How do they know who eats the most? :s

They have lunch together between shows and rehearsals?

oh!! it was voted by the girls, not the readers of entame. i get it now, thanks.

[Solarblade]

Fujii

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She loves H!P, which is why she took the S/mileage and MM auditions, but when she failed after becoming a finalist, she was really upset and embarrassed so she tried the KSS audition to still be a part of it.

When she joined, she found out how much H!P focuses on rhythm and she was really bad and couldn't do it at the start. However, she's been practicing every day at home and has finally gotten some praise from her teachers, so she's happy.

She dances earnestly, but it doesn't show on her face and she looks scary, so she wants to be able to put on a natural smile when she dances. Her mother even tells her she looks scary when she practices at home. The teacher keeps reiterating that that's the main thing she needs to work on.

Her rivals are the other 19th gen members. They've all had the same lessons and time to improve, so she doesn't want to fall behind. She definitely doesn't want to lose to anyone who joins after her, either.

Tsunku's comments: Your dancing is incredibly good, so I want to focus more on your singing. I want you to mimic people who are much much better than you. It might be good to try copying Western singers. Dancing, good. Expressions, good.

She only listens to H!P music so she thinks this is valuable advice and is also a little surprised but happy about his comment on her expressions.

Her dream is to join the H!P she's always loved and admired, be it a debut in a new unit, in MM, or in another established group. She wants to perform at year-end TV shows and specials and wants to become popular.

Inoue

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Tsunku's lyrics resonated with her and so she wanted to become a part of the H!P world.

The rhythm is most difficult for her. She can't get the hang of it and perform the details well, so that's where she has to work hardest to improve. Even when she gets the song down and thinks she's memorized it, once she starts dancing, she forgets it. During the rehearsal, she stopped singing halfway through.

H!P is very strict. The teachers get angry a lot and she has a difficult time preparing for everything, but it's so much fun and makes her happy to perform at Nama Tamago and see people supporting her, so she wants to continue her activities in the program.

She really admires Tsugunaga Momoko. Earlier at a play, she saw her singing and she looked so cool that Hikarun started crying. Her admiration for her and desire to be like her makes her want to put forth more effort into singing and dancing and hopefully debut someday.

Her rival is Inaba Manaka. Of course because they're generation-mates, but also because Manakan's singing and dancing both stand out among all the KSS. She has a lot of cuteness and is idol-ish, which Hikarun doesn't think she has much of.

Tsunku's comments: I want to teach you more strength in dancing. I definitely want you to work on smaller muscle movements to get the rhythm down. Singing is on the next floor up. Start with the rhythm first.

She doesn't know if she can debut soon, but in the future she'd like to debut in any way possible, be it in a new unit or MM or anything else.

Danbara

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She's happy to be able to become a KSS, because she wanted to join and get the chance to continue her singing and dancing lessons. She had learned different methods before so she has to learn new ways of doing things, but she's still happy to be doing the lessons. She has to work harder in dancing than singing.

Before the show she was nervous, because she had spent most of her time in lessons just watching herself and others, but now other people are going to be watching her.

She's also happy and reassured to see the people she had watched on YouTube and find that they're very kind and teach her lots of things.

She had a lot of fun seeing the audience wave their glowsticks in time with their dance.

Her rivals are all of her generation-mates. They were rivals in the MM audition, and because they all joined KSS at the same time she doesn't want to lose to any of them.

She has a positive personality. She hates losing. She works best in the things she likes.

Tsunku's comments: You can't call yourself a pro if you don't have both the rhythm and a heart-felt song down. You can't just be good, you need to feel the more subtle rhythms and include emotions, so I want you to try copying more and more of the world's best singers to get to that point. Memorize everything about all the female singers you can.

Her dream is to debut and join MM after getting a lot of lessons and practice in KSS.

Haga

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She'll continue working hard even though it hurts to have so much criticism in lessons because it means she'll get better. She'll keep listening to what the teachers say because she's bad at dancing.

She got nervous seeing how big the venue was and how many people would be watching. However, she wants to have the biggest performance out of all 7 in the group so that she stands out the most and gets everyone to look at her. She made some mistakes during the performance and wasn't completely satisfied afterward. She wants to work harder at the parts she can't do even in songs she isn't performing.

She doesn't really have a rival, but Funaki Musubu is the closest thing to it. Even though she's younger, she's better at singing and dancing so she wants to chase after her.

After a sudden tryout for the 20th gen to join other group performances, Akane did not make it. She practiced for it, but she's sad it didn't show. She thinks she'll have other chances, though, so she'll do her best to make the most of those opportunities.

She wants to become the sort of artist that everyone around the world knows, and the people who know her would want other people to know her, too.

Tsunku's comments: The number one thing above all else that has immediate strength is "a smile." I want you to practice putting on a smile every day for an hour in the mirror.

She wants to continue improving her singing and dancing for the next year as a KSS, then the year or two after that she wants to join MM, graduate at 24, and then become an announcer like Konno Asami.

Ooura

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She's having a lot of fun being able to see all of the H!P members that she likes.

She has trouble with finding the rhythm in dancing. Every time the music starts, her mind goes blank and she can't remember. It's making her appreciative of how hard everyone works, though, because they're always smiling and happy on stage but now she understands all of the preparation that goes into that behind the scenes.

After the performance, she was so happy to hear people calling her by name and making eye contact and waving glowsticks, it made the fun of it outweigh her nervousness.

Her rival is Niinuma Kisora. They have the same lack of experience and are bad at the same things, so she doesn't want to fall behind her.

There was a tryout for 20th gen to also participate in the two all-KSS numbers of TMN and KnN. Haga and Hirona were told they wouldn't be in either because they hadn't gotten the dances down, Funaki and Kisora could only be in one, and the rest were allowed to do both. Hirona said she had practiced at home, but she must not have understood the dance correctly because she doesn't know where she needs work. She messed up by tripping on her shoelaces, and after that she just forgot all of the dancing she had learned. She's also upset because Kisora got to be in a position in the center even though they had the same level of dance experience.

Tsunku's comments: Don't covet what others have, first let's just get you feeling the rhythm. Going straight into 16-beat is the fastest way to do it.

She wants to keep working and improving her skills to become a person that makes people smile by listening to her sing.

Niinuma

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She is very bad at dancing, but she has more confidence in singing. She hasn't actually gotten to practice it while holding a mic, so she wants to be able to do voice lessons soon. She's bad at memorizing the moves and remembering them when the time comes, so she wants to practice more at home and get everything down.

The toughest thing about being a KSS is coming to rehearsals, and greeting and bowing to everyone and then not being able to do any of the performances and having people who have worked harder and are better than her have to stop what they're doing and help her because she's so far behind. Having so many chances to work with her seniors is rough, but she thinks it's worth doing.

She wants to become someone who leaves an impression with people even when she's performing with all of her generation-mates. They are all her rivals, because they joined at the same time but there are girls better at singing and much better at dancing, so she wants to be able to catch up to them.

She tried during the performance to be aware of her facial expressions, since she's prone to gloomy ones, but seeing the crowd get excited during their song made her feel happy more naturally.

Tsunku's comments: Your dancing is still half-hearted, I want to focus on the rhythm. The movements overall are very subtle, and so it's good to be able to show those subtle movements visibly, so I want you to go on to working on those subtle gestures. When your bangs are longer you look gloomy, so it might be better to keep them cut.

Her dream is to have a major debut, so she wants to continue her activities in the KSS and work on her expressions so that her smile can reach everyone.

Funaki

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She joined the KSS because she wanted to improve her singing and dancing so that she could take the MM audition one more time and be able to pass.

MM's level of technical skill has gotten stronger and stronger, and she's worried that she won't be able to keep up.

She took the MM audition because she liked them. Her friends had been talking about how much they admired them, how cool they were with their singing and formation dances, and wanted to be in the group. From there she started to get into them and decided to audition.

Her personality is shy. At home, she does whatever she feels like, but when she goes out she gets embarrassed, so she wants to be able to show people a bright and cheery side of her.

After the performance, she said that she had been so scared beforehand, but once she saw everyone's faces as she stepped foot on stage, she felt relaxed and happy. She thought the glowsticks were pretty and wants to see that sight again.

Her rival is Haga Akane. They joined at the same time and they're friends, but she feels like they have a rivalry for who is going to be the center.

Tsunku's comments: Please try copying different songs and dances from what you would usually listen to so that you can dance to most any kind of music. Your singing isn't quite there yet, so first is rhythm.

Her dream is to keep working hard and improving so that she can challenge the MM audition again and become a part of the group. If she joins, she wants to keep doing her best to improve.

Yamaki

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She wanted to join the KSS because she wanted to join H!P, but she only has eyes for MM. She doesn't have interest in any other idols.

When she started dancing she realized how stiff her body had become. When she was younger she played volleyball a little and was very flexible, and she was shocked at how stiff she was. Starting the lessons helped a bit, though.

Every time she has a rehearsal or a lesson, she realizes how far behind her seniors she is and needs to work harder.

Before going on stage, she was the most nervous she's ever been in her life, to the point where she almost cried. Once she saw the faces in the crowd, though, all she could do was have fun with it. It made her glad she joined.

She doesn't have a rival yet. She just joined and has so many seniors that do well with things. She wants to find someone who will inspire her to do better.

Tsunku's comments: I want to teach you more dancing strength. I want you to dive right into the rhythm, especially 16-beat. I also want you to have a pattern in smiling or expressions.

Her dream is to join MM. She hopes to have one more chance to audition and be able to sing and dance with everyone.

Yokogawa

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She wanted to join MM because her mom had always liked them and her sister had started singing their songs around the house so she started liking them a lot.

She took dancing lessons before so she can manage with it, but with singing she has trouble hearing the different notes and wants to get better. She'll work hard at both.

She had stage fright, but she was happy to hear people yelling and calling her name. She wants to work hard in the future to hear the music better and enjoy it as much as everyone in the audience.

Her rival is Danbara Ruru. They have similar skill levels and dancing but she's better at singing.

Tsunku's comments: Your rhythm isn't sharp so you have noticeable bad habits in dancing, so work on putting the 16-beat rhythm into your muscles as subtly as possible.

Her grandparents believe that she will be in a big group, and she wants to debut in a big group that a lot of people admire.

creds to Lurkette!

[Starra]

Musubu is SO ADORABLE WHAT THE HELL.

[Amped]

official site for Kenshuusei Recital 2014 / Nama Tamago Show Feb&March is up
http://www.up-fc.jp/helloproject/member ... g-show.php

1.Ten Made Nobore feat. Juice=Juice - All
13.cha cha Sing - All
14.Kanojo ni naritaii - All

rehearsal blog is open
http://www.up-fc.jp/helloproject/member/egg/2014feb/

[Nayoko-Kihara]

Idk, I'd be less bothered by it if they weren't lazy about it sometimes. The KSS MVs still aren't on their channel .

I assume they're waiting until the single has it's actual store release later in February before putting them up.