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Re: Hello! Project Kenshuusei Thread - Three New Members! & Fuyuka's KSS Training Completed

Postby BerryzCelebration » Mon May 05, 2014 6:16 am

That belt though xD.
I've only listened to only a few of the solos, and Risa's, Kamechan's and Rio's made me just smile. They're not heard alot, but their solos are pretty decent.
I left off at Yumeno.

EDIT;
She didn't do bad, the chorus was definately the best part. In the other parts, she wasn't very audible. But she did a good job.
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Re: Hello! Project Kenshuusei Thread - Three New Members! & Fuyuka's KSS Training Completed

Postby AyuHikaru » Mon May 05, 2014 6:59 am

I have nothing to do time to give a review of each girl uploaded (Editing this as more girls appear:)

Karen - What. WHAT!? Her voice! Her voice! So sweet! So controlled! So good! There's a vibrato. She's in tune. Holy Moly, who is this girl? Her low notes need work, but THAT CHORUS. It's a shame she petered out near the end. Need to learn Stamina. A girl to watch for. 8/10

Sakurako - a HARD as hell song to sing. I don't think she did terrible but she is no Miki. She hits notes well and theres a hint in some of those notes of a real potential to BE MIKI. 6/10

Murotan - I'm kind of biased, she is my favorite and if she ever debuts I'm in trouble. Her voice was really screechy in the beginning, like sing it don't shout it Murotan >.>. Her voice is fine, really, but she is sooo shouty! Sounds more like shes trying to holler at her friend across the hall. But she's good overall. Not really out of tune, pretty good control. 7/10

Hirona - She sounds like Sayumi if Sayumi could sing better O.o. She control is pretty good and you can here a touch of vibrato that needs to come out more. She goes out of tune sometimes but she definitely has potential . 6/10

Kurumi - Eh... it's okay. Kind of like Koharu-esque in her singing, like talk singing. That thing Koharu used to do a lot. Needs to work on her control and can't hit those high notes at all. 4/10

Minami - I wasn't impressed. She's not terrible but there's nothing really special about the way she sings, nothing stands out and the emotion isn't quite there. Tends to go out of tune. 4/10

Musubu - WHO IS THIS GIRL AND WHERE DID SHE COME FROM? Super cute and a really good singer. Destiny Love a bit out of her depth, but the attempt wasn't terrible. THe Chorus was really good too, she just needs to learn control when she sings that low on the verses. 7/10

Manaka - She really picked the perfect song for her voice. Playing to her strengths, excellent. Didn't really go out of tune but I feel like her voice is lacking something right now. She didn't do bad though but I felt it lacked something. 6/10.

Akane - Nanchatte Renai you brave girl. Out of tune most of the time. Kind of sounds like bad Karaoke. Emotion isn't really there and she stumbles over the words of the rap. 3/10

Reina - A REALLY hard song to sing, jesus Reina. The verses was a lot better than I expected, she went wobbly a few times going lower (Most of the girls seem to need to work on that). It wasn't as bad as I thought, and the chorus was actually passable! Pretty good, Reina! She really needs to learn vibrato though, her ending words are so harsh. 7/10

Yumeno - I love this song Yumeno, don't make me biased >.>. Her timing is slightly off from the music, just slightly but it's noticable. The song is a bit out of her depth emotionally and the emotion is just flat. Her voice isn't quite there either but I feel like it could be from this performance. There's a hint of a vibrato and a hint of some excellent control. She needs a little more practice. 6/10.

Ayano - I feel like this was a good song choice for her. Super sweet and cute. Her voice is fine, there's even a vibrato there! She only goes flat a few times, her control is actually fairly good. Her voice is faarr to high pitched for me to enjoy long, but she was decent. 7/10

Kana - I really want her to do good since she's kinda the underdog KSS. Her performance was all over the place though. I'm not sure what she thought she was singing for two of those lines. It sounded like she was really getting into it though, her emotion is right there. She needs to work on her control though. 4/10.

Rena - No. No. I like you Rena, but no. There is so much wrong with this whole thing you're doing. She's okay at the bridge, just okay. The chorus isn't actually bad, though she goes flat at the drop of a dime. 3/10

Nanami - Good song choice for her voice really. Sounds exactly like what she should be singing. She did really well, though she did go flat sometimes. She would benefits IMMENSELY learning vibrato, since she only goes flat at the end of a sentence and the Vibrato could help control that. 6/10.

Kisora - Her voice is kind of a Mizuki mixed with Eripon. She does alright. I don't have much to say on her actually, except she needs to really learn how to lower notes, she hits them and just gives the fuck up. 5/10

Rio - Eh. Her control just wasn't there and she crapped out at the end of every sentence. It's not terrible but it kind of sounds like she's talking though the whole thing. 3/10

Maria - Maria isn't the best singer but I think she did pretty decent here. Sounded like she was really trying. She's just very middle of the road here. 5/10

Hikaru - No... this song was way out of her depth. She either lacked the control or she was going off tune. She kind of got better near the middle but those Whoa's, while in tune, were just lackluster. I feel like she needs some work. 4/10.

Yumei - HAHAHA. No this was just a mess. 2/10

Natsumi - Hmm. Actually... this isn't bad. It's kind of... pleasent and sweet. I mean it's not perfect, she goes out of tune a few times, but it's... earnest and adorable. Her singing is giving me warm fuzzies even though she isn't perfect. 7/10

Risa - Damn I love her for picking this song. I love her for singing this song. I think she sounds really strong, her control is good, there's a vibrato, she's hitting those low notes like a champ. When she hits the high notes she needs to not scream them though, they are much louder than everything else. I really, really liked this. 8/10.

Kaede - is always surprising. Her voice just does NOT fit her face. I enjoyed her performance honestly, going by singing she did the absolute best. Kaede is talented, got a vibrato, and really good control. She sounded completely professional at points. I feel like she deserves to debut. 9/10.
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Re: Hello! Project Kenshuusei Thread - Three New Members! & Fuyuka's KSS Training Completed

Postby BerryzCelebration » Mon May 05, 2014 8:19 am

Because of AyuHikaru, I listened to TanaKare's solo, and I'm proud to be a TanaKare fan. She did really good. I never heard her voice individually before, so that just "WOW-ed" me. I can see her debuting randomly, kind of like Aari in Juice=Juice in a few years.
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Re: Hello! Project Kenshuusei Thread - Three New Members! & Fuyuka's KSS Training Completed

Postby Sohee » Mon May 05, 2014 8:44 am

Just felt like writing down comments while I listened to everyone... obviously just judging their singing as there's no way to judge anything else 8D And I'm no professional but w/e. (8
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01 Kaga Kaede - SHALL WE LOVE? (Gomattou)
-- I absolutely love the depth she has in her voice. @.@;; She's not super stable so far, but damn. Such a strong favorite of mine ;o; Despite her cough lol Aw <3 I really want her in MM. ):

02 Yamaki Risa - Onna to Otoko no Lullaby Game (Morning Musume)
-- I love that she's making her age (as she's the oldest) a good thing and use it to her advantage. So much potential in this girl. She sounds rather flat emotion-wise though, but her voice is there.

03 Taguchi Natsumi - 100 kai no KISS (Matsuura Aya)
-- Ouch. Those high notes were kinda painful to listen to. Supposedly she choose this song by chance because she was currently listening to it... Or she would have chosen Tsuugaku Vector or Hatsukoi Cider. She wouldn't have pulled off those either. >>; I'd say this was bad, for H!P standards. Compared to other idols she'd be considered good.

04 Yokogawa Yumei - Bagel ni Ham & Cheese (℃-ute)
-- Oh god. Just no. She sounds like Ichioka last year, only an octave higher or something. Good God. @_@

05 Inoue Hikaru - Otona na no yo! (Berryz Koubou)
-- Wow. Far from good, but compared to what we've seen in backstage footage and the Youtube videos of her, she's improved like... a ton. Wow, impressive. Just in terms of voice I'd take her over Maasa or Chinami anyday. 8D

06 Makino Maria - Happy Summer Wedding (Morning Musume)
-- Can't say I have much of an opinion on this. It wasn't amazing but it wasn't horrible and she sounds like you'd expect her to, so. lol Yay, she can sing~

07 Fujii Rio - Tabidachi no Haru ga Kita (S/mileage)
-- I don't really remember her that well from the S/mileage auditions, but I really thought I had a memory of her being better than this... Really makes me appreciate the original ahahaha. She'll probably end up being really good in a few years though.

08 Niinuma Kisora - Daisuki 100manten (Morning Musume)
-- Wow finally get to hear her sing. I like her voice. Obviously still has to work on control and all but man, she'll be good one day. @.@;; Kinda sounded a bit like Mizuki at parts... Nice nice.

09 Tanabe Nanami - Bagel ni Ham & Cheese (℃-ute)
-- Good God just debut her already. @_@ She's no Airi, by far, but she's so ready. So, so ready.

10 Haga Akane - Nanchatte Renai (Morning Musume)
-- I really like how she sounds in the lower parts of the songs but she's... got a long way to go. But she'll probably get there soon enough.

11 Ogawa Rena - Sakura Mankai (Morning Musume. Sakura Gumi)
-- So unpolished and so not good enought ;~; but man, she doesn't sound like her, but she really has even in her careful way of singing she's very Eri-ish. She has no confidence at all. Makes me really happy to hear that Yossie agrees with this. 8D Debut her too plz.

12 Mikame Kana - Samidare Bijo ga Samidareru (Juice=Juice)
-- Was she trying to rearrange it or something? @.@ She's far from bad but wow her voice is all over the place. @.@;; Stay there for a few more years plz lol.

13 Hamaura Ayano - Yakimochi wo kudasai! (Berryz Koubou)
-- As much as I do like the whole "I like this song so I wanted to sing it" reasoning - it really kinda bugs me that they (esp the more experienced ones) don't go for songs they think they'll do really well in. Hamachan is far from bad, but picking a song like this where she doesn't really get time to breath and/or they're too difficult, just.. ruins stuff. :l

14 Kishimoto Yumeno - REAL LOVE (Sugaya Risako)
-- Yumeno. o__o Did not expect her to do that good in this song. @.@; Much better than I expected.

15 Ichioka Reina - Jishin motte Yume wo motte Tobidatsu kara (Takahashi Ai)
-- Wow the improvement is huge. o__o Last year she was off and all over the place. Wow. Best(?) improvement? Impressed. There's no feelings whatsoever in her singing but she's got the techs down now wow. Never thought she would tbh.

16 Danbara Ruru - Memory Seishun no Hikari (Morning Musume)
-- She's easily one of the best singers in Kenshuusei. She's good with emotion too. But, I could have done with less ...shout-ish singing. Hashimoto says that Ruru is better than Fukuda was at the time, because he was the one in charge of the recording back then so he would know. And honestly? I could see it. Ruru is damn good. But be a bit softer in your singing plz. @.@ Such a high level, though.

17 Inaba Manaka - Sukichan (S/mileage)
-- She's so... squeaky ahahaha. But not unpleasantly so. I like this. She could go in S/mileage without doubt. Far from perfect man, she's good for sure.

18 Funaki Musubu - DESTINY LOVE (High-King)
-- This song is a favorite of mine, and she really pulls it off. How is she so tiny and young but so good. @__@ I want more.

19 Sasaki Rikako - Kiseki no Kaori Dance. (Matsuura Aya)
-- So energetic <3 And she's improved a lot too, good stuff. Again far from perfect but, the energy kinda makes up for it, you can tell she really has fun.

20 Nomura Minami - My Days for You (Mano Erina)
-- She sounded very... I don't know. Empty. Somehow. Wasn't awful though.

21 Yoshihashi Kurumi - Naichau Kamo (Morning Musume)
-- This kind of song doesn't suit her voice at all. She doesn't have the emotions right, her bouncy side shines through, but I like that she went with this because I'm sure she knows and it's a challenge for sure. I do like her though, she's such a reliable girl in every other sense.

22 Ooura Hirona - Suppin to Namida (Gotou Maki)
-- I'm surprised at how well she did on this. Her voice needs a lot of work but even so, for having been rather bad last winter she's come a long way, I'd say. I hope she keeps improving too, cause damn I like this girl. XD <3

23 Murota Mizuki - Memory Seishun no Hikari (Morning Musume)
-- Man, she's doing that shout-singing that Ruru did as well. I don't approve at all. Maybe it comes out that way because they don't know how to put emotion into their singing, I don't know, but it doesn't go with the song anyway. >>; Such a good singer though, but... ):

24 Wada Sakurako - Boogie Train '03 (Fujimoto Miki)
-- Eh... not too impressed, but it was nice that she pulled off the falsetto parts.

25 Yamagishi Riko - Aitai Aitai Aitai na (℃-ute)
-- Half of the song sounded almost like speak-singing... but it's nice to hear her sing something with some edge and she did fairly decent at it too.

26 Tanaka Karen - dearest. (Matsuura Aya)
-- Wow, I'm impressed. I didn't really have any kind of expectations on her but wow... Had no idea she was /this/ good. Looking forward to her improving from now on. *__*
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Re: Hello! Project Kenshuusei Thread - Three New Members! & Fuyuka's KSS Training Completed

Postby LiamMusume » Mon May 05, 2014 8:48 am

I think Nomura Minami did well she just needs to project her voice more. You can tell she is nervous when singing but she has made a great improvement from last year!
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Re: Hello! Project Kenshuusei Thread - Three New Members! & Fuyuka's KSS Training Completed

Postby BerryzCelebration » Mon May 05, 2014 8:55 am

Yeah, I have a feeling some of them were nervous, because the Kenshuusei don't really do solos alot. And they were probably worried about messing up.
But they did great!
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Re: Hello! Project Kenshuusei Thread - Three New Members! & Fuyuka's KSS Training Completed

Postby Panic Nancy » Mon May 05, 2014 9:49 am

My favorites were Kaede, Musubu, Ruru, and Karen. Nobody was perfect, but they're all nervous, so... yeah.

I'm used to Murotan shouting her way through songs. That's pretty standard for her. She emotes very well, but her control (volume control in particular) isn't great. I love her, though.
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Re: Hello! Project Kenshuusei Thread - Three New Members! & Fuyuka's KSS Training Completed

Postby jeiwa42 » Mon May 05, 2014 10:47 am

Tanaka Karen, where has she been hiding? She sounds amazing!
Ruru was, well, everyone expected, amazing. I think she belted the right amount, enough to show her level of singing without screaming.
Mizuki sang well too but she was the one kinda screaming her notes out. She was a bit shakey, probably control but most likely nervousness, especially after having heard Ruru sing I think.
Funaki sounded nervous too, but she sounded great!
Kiisora, I love her voice, and she sang really well imo she has improved, and now I can see a bit more why she got her lines in Rock Erotic.
Kaedi, hang in there, don't cry, you have a lovely voice and you did great.
Minani sounded really nice, just needs a bit more projection like someone said.
Ichioka did ok with Jishin, but the feel and strength is high in that song and she didnt really have much.
Kana butchered Samidare, not sugarcoat it. But I REALLY like her voice. It sounded kinda like a blend of Miyazaki Yuka and Uemura. She seemed to get the rhythm ok and she's most likely not tone deaf so its her control in hitting notes is what she needs to work on. That, or she got uber excited to perform that she kinda lost it (I know how THAT feels hehe) When she improves, I will enjoy that voice so much more XD

Anyways, great performances from everyone! Solos arent exactly easy, so in a group setting these girls would sound even more amazing. Can't wait for them to join groups/make a new group =)
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Re: Hello! Project Kenshuusei Thread - Three New Members! & Fuyuka's KSS Training Completed

Postby otaku_blue » Mon May 05, 2014 12:42 pm

I love this shot of Rikako!!
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So much charisma.

Gonna do comments as well XD
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Rikako: Because of her husky voice its a lot harder for her to sing idol songs right? Like its even rougher and rougher than Duu's, but she did a decent job of Kiseki Kaori dance especially at the chorus. I think it'd be best for her to be apart of her own group as her Duu makes her voice redundant if she were to join.
Funaki: Im still surprised she chose Destiny Love! She did really well for someone so well. She's lacking a bit of power and control which will come with practice. So a lot of potential there. Same with a lot of 12th gen.
Murotan: I think in comparison to Ruru she doesn't have as much control and her voice sounds more rough then gentle especially for this song.
Manaka: She really reminds me of Yuuka and she's definitely ace potential. I feel if they added her to SM she would be another higher pitch voice amongst a bunch of lower range girls.
Yamaki Risa: Her voice really reminds me of Zukki's, makes me really want to hear Zukki sing it now haha. But she did a decent job, especially at the chorus.
Kisihimon: She did really well! Her voice control has improved so much, it was really good.
Yumei: Her voice was really rough.
Karen: I always knew she was good and underrated BUT THIS JUST PROVES IT.
Sakurako: You have improved so much omg ; o ;
Reina: Did a decent job better than I expected. She's growing up so quickly. ; o ;
Ruru: flawless.


HOW GOOD WAS FUNAKI's? OMG She did so well for someone so young. SAME WITH OURA WTF SO TINY AND SO GOOD :blink:
Generally, Im really happy with how much these girls have improved I wish they could debut as one big group ; o ; Or we get another indies single soon with more solo lines.
ALSO KAREN I LOVE U BB U NEED TO DEBUT ASAP THAT WAS SO GOOD she wouldv'e gotten 2nd place if her voice didnt crack at times.

TSUNKU PLS JUST DEBUT A BUNCH OF GIRLS MY MONEY IS READY TBH

Also are there any interesting comments from the judges?

I kinda want Oura or Ruru in MM now...
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Re: Hello! Project Kenshuusei Thread - Three New Members! & Fuyuka's KSS Training Completed

Postby Solarblade » Mon May 05, 2014 12:53 pm

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Nanami Tanabe

So the eldest KSS won last year and this year she performed C-ute’s “Bagel ni Ham & Cheese”! Sucks she chose a song that I’m not too fond of in the first place, but it just seems like Tanapyon is vocally getting better and she sounds really pleasant singing the tune up until the pre-chorus where she kind of strained a bit going to the chorus. Otherwise, she did quite well!

Kurumi Yoshihashi

Kurumin, performed rather towards the later end with a great Momusu song, “Naichau Kamo”. As this is one of the more difficult songs in the setlist and she pulled it off, if not sounded like she was bouncing around. It does seem like she sung better in the chorus, but she was kind of pushing her vocals to the limit, so she wasn’t too high on the marks for me.

Ayano Hamaura

This year, Hamachan once again pulled a rather random Berryz Koubou song to perform, this time being “Yakimochi wo Kudasai!”. Given that Ayano has such squeaky clean cute vocals, it was no surprise she’d be going down that road again. I will say she sounded not quite as pitchy as she did last year though she kind of misses notes here and there. Ugh, her voice screams S/mileage still!!!

Natsumi Taguchi

After having such a meh 2013, Taguchi came back and performed Ayaya’s “100kai no KISS” for the test recital. Being as one of the more slow songs on the setlist, I was curious how this would turn out. She actually did well, if not had some pitch issues, but she actually did the song well enough for me to enjoy. Not bad, one of the better ones of the night.

Rena Ogawa

Wow, didn’t expect Renako to sing Momusu Sakuragumi’s “Sakura Mankai” for her test. For being another slow track that kind of demands control, Rena actually had it down quite well, despite sounding off-pitch for some of the notes. Though I think she did well for the song she got so overall I was OK with this.

Mizuki Murota

I was having high expectations coming into Murotan’s solo of Momusu’s “Memory Seishun no Hikari” and I was floored with it surprisingly enough. I know she’s a very strong contender in the KSS and she performed superbly…although she was shouting and straining…but damn she has such high priority. Also it does seem like she forgot a line…but otherwise, she was pretty good (made 2nd place at the end of it all, so you know there’s good support!).

Riko Yamagishi

Once again, Rikoriko chose a C-ute song to perform and at least it’s not the terribly bland Kono Machi but the more explosive “Aitai Aitai Aitai na”. Damn, the song was one of the more interesting choices for me to follow and I was curious to see how Riko grew since last year. For as difficult this track is, Riko sounds a lot better and the emotions are there, some tone issues here and there, but she actually did well!

Minami Nomura

Minamina chose ManoEri’s, “My Days for You” to perform for this year and while she did good last year with the S/mileage song but one huge mistake on the high note, so it was nice she chose an easier song to tackle. However, this song never really connected to me so I find the performance bland. Minami’s voice was really quiet in her performance which isn’t good. She didn’t do bad here, but she could work on projecting her voice better!

Reina Ichioka

Lord going from Samui ne. to the hard to sing Ai-chan solo, “Jishin Motte Yume wo Motte Tobitatsu Kara”, Reina had guts to do this song. Wow, she has improved a LOT since the last test and it’s great to hear that. She doesn’t have as much emotion as Ai did of course, but she’s definitely improved moreso than before so it kind of outweighs all of that. Good job here!

Kaede Kaga

Another one of the KSS that I had high expectations for, she chose Gomattou’s “SHALL WE LOVE?” to perform. At the start she sounded really good and cool. Once the verses begun, she sounded shaky, but she was putting a lot of emotion and I liked. Though she was getting shouty which is bad so she needs some volume control. Oh…and a cough that threw her off too…I think she was strong but not as good as her Maji Bomber!! performance last year.

Yumeno Kishimoto

Last year, Kishimon didn’t really leave much of an impression with her performance of Waratte YOU!!, so when this year came around, she chose a song that made sense but a little random as well with “REAL LOVE” a solo song from Risako. Like Reina, she actually improved a lot as well! I’m actually enjoying her voice even though she does need to emote a little better. Otherwise, not bad.

Maria Makino

I wonder why Maria chose another Golden Era song to perform..this time it’s “Happy Summer Wedding”. It’s another song that really isn’t suited for solos but Maria tried her best with this song and she actually sounded decent in the verses, but the chorus…she didn’t seem like she was singing it really…eh…kind of like last year, just there for me.

Sakurako Wada

Last year’s winner from the judges, Sakurako tried to duplicate with a performance of Miki Fujimoto’s “Boogie Train ’03″. She sounded so cute doing the intro section and the high note was done almost perfectly. She kept the energy up and performed great. One of the better performances.

Rikako Sasaki

As the last member who performed last year, Rikako was a nice surprise and had good vocals! This year, she chose Ayaya’s “Kiseki no Kaori Dance.” and I was hoping for another great performance! I think she did OK with it, but it’s another difficult song to tackle and Rikako didn’t have as much emotion in her performance and she sounded like she was moving around a lot so her voice was affected a lot. Ehhh…it’s OK…

Karen Tanaka

So we finally get to girls we haven’t heard too much quite yet and I was excited to hear all of these new members! Tanakare was the last performance of the night and we got another Ayaya performance this time with the song, “dearest.”. With the amount of talk of her being bad, this came at a surprise because I think of all the performances, this one impressed me the most! Karen is definitely not the worst voice of the bunch in their generation. Maybe she’s more of a balladeer…but damn she shocked me the most~ Congrats Karen!!!

Manaka Inaba

Of course Manakan would chooe a cutesy song to suit her voice and that’s S/mileage “Suki-chan” and honestly like Hamachan, she is so perfect for S/mileage because she sounds like her voice was perfect for the group back then. That being said, her voice was on point and she had a lot of energy to go along so it worked just fine, another great performance!

Kana Mikame

Donning an eyepatch for her performance, Mikame chose to do a song more recent (funny it’s not the most recent track though). She chose to do “Samidare Bijo ga Samidareru”. She did OK at best. Some of the verses she sung under the melody (which is odd because she could hit those notes) and most of the time she was flat on notes and she was quiet…she did sound strong, but I wonder if low notes are more of her stronger suits. She’s gonna need some improvements.

Rio Fujii

I wonder why Rio chose “Tabidachi no Haru ga Kita” because it really didn’t seem to suit her (although makes sense since she auditioned to be in S/mileage in the first place). Rio doing thi song showed me that maybe she wasn’t as good as I thought. I thought her voice was deeper than what she sung. Doesn’t help the song was average to me too…just wasn’t a memorable performance overall.

Hikaru Inoue

I was shocked that she chose to do the most recent Berryz single, “Otona na no yo!”…and even then this is a very tough song to pull off and with the known fact she wasn’t the best at vocals it worried me. It’s cool that she was bold enough to tackle it though and she actually tried it and for the most part she did quite nicely. She seems to be another member I would assume could do better in the middle and low ranges. Seems like the training is paying off little by little…Can’t wait to see how good she’ll be in a year!

Risa Yamaki

We finally get to hear this new generation doing something more than a couple words in a performance! Yamaki chose an interesting song from Momusu, “Onna to Otoko no Lullaby Game”. For the eldest of this new batch, Risa chose a good song and she tackled it nicely…not as good as the Platinum Era mind you, but as a newbie, it was impressive! Another lady whose voice is for the more deeper tones IMO.

Yumei Yokogawa

Unlike the last test, we get repeated song performances. Yumei chose to cover C-ute’s “Bagel ni Ham & Cheese” like Tanapyon did and it was obvious it wasn’t going to be as good. To the extent, it was probably the vocally worst. Yumei was shouting and going off-pitch numerous times…Damn for as cute as she is, her voice does need a lot work in the future…

Kisora Niinuma

Kisora was a member whose voice I wasn’t too excited by having a cutesy, Momoko-ish voice. She chose to cover a Momusu grouping song, “Daisuki 100 Manten”. In this performance, her voice is still high, but she actually smoothed out the nuances so we got a nice clean voice. She sounded good overall, nothing bad to complain here.

Hirona Oura

Suprised Hirona would opt to perform Maki Goto’s “Suppin to Namida.” this year. She did have some slips in the vocals and she sounded a bit too quiet during her perfoamnce so I wasn’t too interested since nothing helped to make the song memorable. Though when she did get louder she sounded a lot stronger…but could do with more work.

Ruru Danbara

As one of the more members I was looking to hear in this test, she chose to do the same song Murotan did with “Memory Seishun no Hikari”. Like Murotan, she was also shouting the lyrics, but she whipped the song just right and honestly the comment that she surpassed Asuka is shocking to me and that’s a HUGE compliment. Damn she did so well.

Akane Haga

Really, chose “Nanchatte Renai” as your song to perform Akanechin? Wow, I’m kind of liking the bold decisions some of these girls have been making. Her voice is so very light so it was hard to hear sometimes, she was flat at points and going through that rapping section was a bit surprising to that she hit just right. She needs to emote and sing louder and maybe hit the notes better, but she did a decent job.

Musubu Funaki

Finally, we got Funakki who impressed me a LOT in the ROCK Erotic performance earlier in the year and she chose a song that I recently just reviewed, High-King’s “DESTINY LOVE” and she didn’t disappoint at all, she aced the song quite nicely and she didn’t do anything too wrong for the most. I loved when she went to the low notes…damn someone so tiny hitting that is just impressive as hell!



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