Sotsugyou Shashin
12 May 2007
Oops! I've forgotten to report two pieces of significant news in the Morning Musume world. Firstly, at the concert held on the 6th May, fourth generation member Yoshizawa Hitomi formally graduated from the group. Having been in Morning Musume for seven years it makes her one of the longest serving members. With her goes the final legacy of the golden age of the third and fourth generations. Sixth generation member Fujimoto Miki has taken over from Yossi as the leader, with fifth generation member Takahashi Ai as sub-leader. It's sad to see Yossi leave after so many years but she's been truly wonderful during that time. From her awesome Ganko Ittestu character in the skits, to her lead role in the Mr Moonlight video. She was undoubtedly the girl who I was most attracted to when I first discovered Morning Musume. I haven't heard anything about her leaving Hello! Project completely so it's possible we'll see her again fairly soon. I'm not really sure about her solo prospects, she doesn't seem the type of person to strike out on her own. Perhaps Tsunku will form a new group around her. Whatever happens, I'll always support her. Gambare Yossi!
The second, more shocking news, is the sudden announcement of Tsuji Nozomi's marriage and pregnancy. To say this came as a bit of a shock would be an understatement. It's kind of like seeing your younger sister getting married off or something. She's only 19 years old and she's going to be a mother. It's really weird to think of her as a parent. No doubt she'll have the full support of her fans, although I can't help feel this has come too soon after the Kago Ai scandal. At least this affair has been handled a lot more professionally. The man she's engaged to is none other than the actor who plays Ultraman. I guess if you're going to marry anyone it may as well be him /laugh. Good luck to her, I hope she's very happy in her new life. I hope we'll still see her around in the future.
Just a couple of signatures I decided to make while I had some free time. I expect I'll be making quite a few of these in the days to come...
Posted byHocchan at 1:10 pm
Hocch, you have quite the talent to know how people are and put them into pictures that are worth thousands of words. Your Sigs are amazing :D
Zansho here!
lol, nice sigs hoc :)
And yes, the new expansion is looking awesome! Currently, they're doing the adventurer appreciation campaign, which they give out anniversary rings, worth 3k exp per charge, 10 charges total, for a grand total of 30k free exp!
From what I can gather, the expansion has to do with the past of Vanadiel, apparently we can do time travel and fight in all the old battles, we might even be able to summon Phoenix and Alexander, which have been hinted at in CoP as summonable avatars. This should really rock!
Hurry up and get your damned connection going, we've got a lot to do! ><;