1: デレシンJr 2014/06/18(水)18:46:23 ID:???
BTW, I heard a Berryz song on Inazumu Eleven
and there was a free event the next day so I went to it
then I became a Crazy Kanzen na H!P wota
3: デレシンJr 2014/06/18(水)18:47:25 ID:???
They totally stole my heart
4: 名無しさん＠おーぷん 2014/06/18(水)18:48:33 ID:???
The reason? This grandpa has been doing this for so long, he can’t remember anymore
7: 名無しさん＠おーぷん 2014/06/18(水)18:52:46 ID:???
Just happened to see HaroPuro Time, the Kimi Chari thing
when Maimi-chan tried riding a bike, what a beautiful girl, I thought
8: 名無しさん＠おーぷん 2014/06/18(水)18:52:57 ID:???
Was watching Heavy Rotations from some 48group on Youtube and the related video was
Kimagure Princess
Momusu lol, I thought at first, but when I watched it I was so shocked
When Gaki-san first joined I thought she was cute lol, but wow she turned into such a hottie which was another big shock
9: 名無しさん＠おーぷん 2014/06/18(水)18:54:11 ID:???
Idol Master MMD
* Example:
10: 名無しさん＠おーぷん 2014/06/18(水)19:00:15 ID:???
On a variety show Momochi was on
It mentioned even thought all other Berryz Koubou members had grown up
Momochi was the only one who didn’t change one bit, so I looked it up
and the Sayonara Usotsuki no Watashi MV popped up
11: デレシンJr 2014/06/18(水)19:14:37 ID:???
Ah, I’ve only mentioned how I became a Berryz wota
I started focusing my eyes on H!P about two years ago
To say the reason, it’s more like I heard about S/mileage becoming a 6 people group
When I tried listening to their songs, I found lots that I like
12: デレシンJr 2014/06/18(水)19:18:55 ID:???
And then eventually that lead to the other groups
13: 名無しさん＠おーぷん 2014/06/18(水)19:46:13 ID:???
It was from watching exactly this on Youtube
http://noco.tv/emission/13081/nolife/morning-musume/live-a-japan-expo-2010
*Dead link
14: 名無しさん＠おーぷん 2014/06/18(水)19:52:01 ID:???
I just happened to noticed how overly beautiful Sayumi is that I got interested in Momusu
For a while all I watched was MM
I remember I’ve seen Berryz Koubou somewhere before and thought they’re pretty cute so I looked them up and she has become so fat
Of course I’m talking about Maasa
The beauty of Yajima Maimi of ℃-ute
I haven’t been interested in S/mileage for a long time, but when Meimei hosted HaroSute, it really opened my eyes
And for Juice, I’m in love with Chan-san
15: 名無し募集中。。。 2014/06/19(木)01:57:00 ID:???
It was when I saw Summer Night Town on a music show
and since then I’ve adhere to H!P for all these 15 years
It’d take a thousand lines to cover all I’ve been through
18: 名無しさん＠おーぷん 2014/06/19(木)02:23:14 ID:???
From when I watched the video showing Oda Sakura has been decided to join
Before that I kind of know about H!P and liked it
When I really started keeping up with the news and to support them for real was after hearing Sakura-chan’s singing voice
19: 名無しさん＠おーぷん 2014/06/19(木)02:30:21 ID:???
Surprised me how many new people came in after 9ki
Myself I’m an old uncle who was into ASAYAN
Are all the early and golden era wotas gone?
Now I like ’14, as well as Berikyu Suma JJ
20: 名無しさん＠おーぷん 2014/06/19(木)06:23:21 ID:???
My reason is 123’s MV, so exactly the same time as Yuusuke
but I did watched the Rock vocalist audition on ASAYAN
btw I’ve known about them since SharanQ’s major debut
but their amateur era in Osaka is beyond me
21: 名無しさん＠おーぷん 2014/06/22(日)15:15:29 ID:???
My reason or whatever is that I’m Tsunku wota without realizing
The oldest memory I have is sitting in front of the TV watching Morning Musume who wasn’t selling pretty well at the time
22: 名無しさん＠おーぷん 2014/06/22(日)15:47:53 ID:???
Last line of Adam to Eve no Dilemma
Maimai’s “Ha~~~~♪”
24: 名無しさん＠おーぷん 2014/06/22(日)15:56:30 ID:???
By chance I saw a picture of Kikka’s big boobs and I became a H!P wota
25: 名無しさん＠おーぷん 2014/06/22(日)16:07:13 ID:???
>>24
You don’t say!
34: 名無しさん＠おーぷん 2014/06/22(日)21:40:25 ID:???
>>24
lololololol
40: 名無しさん＠おーぷん 2014/06/23(月)02:41:25 ID:???
>>24
That’s cute lololololol
26: 名無しさん＠おーぷん 2014/06/22(日)16:11:58 ID:???
I’ve watched normally ASAYAN, Utaban, Okajo etc Variety shows
Morning Musume seems pretty fun but I’ve only considered them as people on TV
I think in about 2005, when the Internet environment was more developed that I’ve touched on areas previously undiscovered
Started watching vidoes of MVs and concerts, then I found this hell of a place we call Ookami (laughs) which dragged me all the way in
37: 名無しさん＠おーぷん 2014/06/23(月)00:09:46 ID:???
>>26
Pretty much the same as me
28: 名無しさん＠おーぷん 2014/06/22(日)19:12:48 ID:???
Maimai in KiraPika was love at first sight for me
After it cooled down for me for a while, I came back during Morning Musume’s Platinum era
29: 名無しさん＠おーぷん 2014/06/22(日)19:22:44 ID:???
Back then Goto Maki was still around
Goto → Tanaka → Sato
Sorry I’m so stereotypical
30: 名無しさん＠おーぷん 2014/06/22(日)19:28:17 ID:???
Airi, Risako, Miyabi, Riho ← cute girls who can sing and dance, irresistible triple threat
This is pretty hard to find in other idols
31: 名無しさん＠おーぷん 2014/06/22(日)19:31:21 ID:???
With ℃-ute’s Massara Blue Jeans as my basis
Now Musume.
33: 名無しさん＠おーぷん 2014/06/22(日)19:42:48 ID:???
People who started way back and are still wotas now are really impressive, you have my respect
35: 名無しさん＠おーぷん 2014/06/22(日)22:41:22 ID:???
When Berryz Koubou came on HEY!HEY!HEY! as idols recommended by Iwao (The Berryz wota comedian)
Getting interested from their jumpy-ness, I was surprised to see they are University students when I looked them up
Then I got into H!P as a whole but Momochi is still my favorite
36: 名無しさん＠おーぷん 2014/06/23(月)00:05:09 ID:???
I pretty much only listened to western music, during the time I was into skrillex, I happened to hear Ai no Gundan, it’s just like skrillex lol,
that day, I searched for their other songs on Youtube, Miss Sayashi Rihoriho’s twist and turns and her enchanting dances were great,
she stole my heart, and then the dance in Rock no tegi was awesome! Then I found the show Harosute and I watched from the first episode
and found there are other groups, took me about a week to remember all their names except for the kenkyuusei, so there were girls like
Kamei-chan and Yuukarin who has graduated…and with that, even-thought all the groups have their own character and traits, I’ve ended up
settling with S/mileage. Sorry does this make sense? m__m
And people around at first were like what’s with you? but recently they’re all having fun talking about H!P
38: 名無しさん＠おーぷん 2014/06/23(月)00:16:42 ID:???
Well a lot of people have also said this
It was love at first sight when I saw Reina on Suugaku Joshi Gakuen which I just happened to see
So such a cute girl exist in this world I thought
It might sound like I’m exaggerating but my life really changed at that point in time
39: 名無しさん＠おーぷん 2014/06/23(月)00:29:50 ID:???
I did watched like Haromoni and Okajo back then but I was a kid at the time so didn’t became a wota
Watching London Hearts and Ougon Densetsu made me like Sayu but that was about it
Janurary this year, I saw Chinami’s 1 minute theater by chance, and with that I got hooked to H!P
If the thumbnail preview of that video didn’t have Momochi in it, I probably wouldn’t have clicked on it
they skilfully incorporate various Hello! members in like that
41: 名無しさん＠おーぷん 2014/06/23(月)08:43:15 ID:???
I happened to notice the news about S/mileage’s major debut, I got hooked after looking up their songs
42: 名無し募集中。。。 2014/06/23(月)09:27:36 ID:???
Ookami is my reason
43: 名無しさん＠おーぷん 2014/06/23(月)10:50:13 ID:???
When I used to watch a lot of dance cover videos
Since Aikawa, who I liked, respects Momochi
I looked her up, the shock I got seeing the difference between a real idol and a net idol
44: 名無しさん＠おーぷん 2014/06/24(火)19:49:46 ID:???
During the Love Machine boom when I was in elementary school
I started listening to Morning Musume around when Summer Night Town and Daite HOLD ON ME! came out because JPop was the hottest thing at the time. Didn’t really get into it until AS FOR ONE DAY. Then 6ki happened and I was hooked. When I finally saw them in person at Anime Expo in 2009, that’s when I decided to go all out for Reina. Now that she has graduated, I follow LovendoЯ but still continue to support H!P because I’m so used to it? Even after deciding that I would quit after Reina’s grad. Right~ LOL FML OTZ
What’s your story?
Jicchan 
As an overseas fans, i’ve look into H!P (Morning Musume to be exact) in 2002, in some MTV show, there were performance by Girl group Morning Musume singing “Koko ni Iruzee”. At that time i felt so excited because the music was alternative-ska theme, and the member looked so cheerful.
After that i searched any related info about “morning musume”, and found interesring things there. At that time i amazed by Gocchan (Maki Goto), although she was left the group to became a solo artist. Not long after that 6th-gen joined, then continued by next generations. But my love for group little bit decreased after “dark period” between 2009-2011 (Sorry for PE member). But i’m still there..
So this year will be my 12-years of becoming Morning Musume (H!P) fans or wota. Long Live H!P & MM…
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I watch these collections of Japanese commercials on YouTube. One had a commercial for MM’s 1-2-3 single. I looked it up, downloaded it, and started digesting all I could. Got the singles collection which went until about 2008 as well as some newer individual singles, then kind of connected the dots.
Reina was easily my first idol crush, but Kudo was stunning in 1-2-3 solo shot. I like most of MM, but my power trio is Maa-chan, Riho and Kudo. I also have about a half-dozen S/mileage songs I like.
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5 years ago when I found C- ute on YouTube 🙂
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I was on YouTube in early ’09 looking for vids of another Japanese group when something about one of the recommended videos caught my eye. It was one of C-utes early songs and next thing I know I’m hooked.
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when I first got into Jpop I randomly downloaded any music on limewire and morning musume’s As For One Day was part of that batch of downloads. Saw the video and enjoyed the song very much. Then saw many utaban episodes on google videos, discovered YouTube and since then was a Morning Musume fan, saw one Berryz Koubou video, became a Berryz fan, then C-ute and so on. So after a while I became more a H!P wota than a Morning Musume fan.
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Was watching Channel V’s show of Japanese music videos & recording some of it in my VHS. I used to always loop the recordings of the music videos and there was “Sou da! We’re Alive” playing. I was surprised by the amount of girls in the video and I like it that the lyrics part are well distributed. Probably why I was a Yaguchi bias because she was the center of “Sou da! We’re Alive”. So you can tell how shocked I was when she was caught with Oguri Shun (though I like Oguri Shun since the JDramas GTO & Summer Snow & movie, Azumi – so I was okay with them haha)
I looked them up in the internet (dial up days) and got hooked to many songs of Tsunku made for Hello!Project. Hello!Project was so interesting at that time as they were always on variety shows & the yearly shuffles was cool. I didn’t became a fan of Berryz or C-ute when they debuted because they seemed too young for my taste. Was a Melon Kinenbi fan during the golden era though. It was also fun to watch Ayaka’s English Lessons. Was also rooting for Mini Moni & Matsuura Aya that time.
Though, I kinda stopped being a fan during the Eclipse Era (or Platinum Era) as I was too busy in my school life to fanboy much and probably partly when Yossy graduated.
When I got enough time again to fanboy again, I honestly tried to be a fan of 48groups first as that is the trend of being an idol wota but the music won’t just cut it for me. That’s why I’m more or less a Tsunku wota. Got back to being a Hello!Project wota again when I watched 1, 2, 3 PV (& probably the same reason why Yusuke Santamaria became a fan – they are now cool, instead of just cute (which probably is the reason why I got into SweetS way back during MoMusu’s Golden Era)). I only recognized Yayaomo & Tanaka Reina in the line up but everything in the choreography captured me. It was really different to the golden era. Probably the reason why my bias is Daaishi (as Yusuke Santamaria said, she even dance with her face haha).
Currently, I’m mostly rooting for MoMusu & Juice=Juice. Juice=Juice probably got me because even though most of their songs are mature (otonappoi), they do NOT at all dance them sexily. KanaTomo biased.
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Another “old-fans” just like me 😆 And same with me too, i’ve come back after 1-2-3 too, and guess what, same with you, the members i’ve recognized just Yayaomo (Taka-san version) & Reina 😆 really bring back memories..
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I honestly didn’t know I’ll be back to Hello!Project fandom LOL But 1-2-3 really just caught me back haha
Even though as Yayaomo said in Shabekuri 007, 10 years ago when you think who is the best idol group, only Morning Musume comes to mind. Now at this Idol Sengoku Era, it’s really different and the ones at the top are either AKB48 or Momoiro Clover Z. Morning Musume probably comes in the third. But it’s always good to know there are fans who got to know the group during the Golden Era like me 😀
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I became a H!P fan by Buono!’s Kokoro no Tamago. It was the opening song of the anime Shugo Chara. It intrigued me, I wanted to know more aaand here I am!
I was 13 back then haha
Now I’m 19 and a big fan of °C-ute and Momusu. My oshi is Chisa.
I can’t imagine my life without them. They give me so much power and fun 😉
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It was back in 2005 when I was mainly using the net for Gravure Models and chatting about anime when I came across a Google Video of a “gorilla” dancing to RR21. Loved the song and decided to see if there was more from Morning Musume that I liked and the first video I found was a clip of Maido Aarii. That’s when I first saw her….. Sayu!!
Her beauty and her cute antics with Nakazawa just struck the right nerve with me, and I’ve been hooked ever since! 🙂
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At a Anime night with friends back in 2002. Some of my friends played some jpop afte a nime ended. That was Tanpopo, Minimoni and Momusu. I felt in love at the first sight and never stopped loving H!P.
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through shugo chara, i really liked the ops and eds and discovered buono. being faced with some of the most enchanting members of h!p i got into the whole thing, berryz was my first single purchase. however through the related videos on youtube i found momusu who is the group i feel i’ve been strongly supporting the whole time, basically through all those golden era videos my support for h!p flourished. i still support airi, though i’ve grown out of berryz. for me it’s more like i’m watching berryz and s/m from afar, and following the other 3 groups closely.
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typical platinum era fan (first single i started hardcore following from was nanchatte renai) that got into mm from ayaka no totsugeki eikaiwa
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By way of a German YouTube dancer, and her rendition of Ooki na Ai de Motenashite by C-ute in gothic lolita outfit.
The rest is history!
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I watched the Sailor Moon show (2003) which had Kitagawa Keiko in it, I thought she looked cute so I watched a few clips on youtube about her when I found Yaguchi Hitori. After that I looked up Yaguchi and Mini Moni, and then Morning Musume. I’ve been following them ever since, first was Yaguchi my favourite, then Tsuji, and after she graduated it became Takahashi. Then when Takahashi graduated I had a bit of a slump, I didn’t stop follow Morning Musume but from reading about them everyday it became like once a week. But then Sakura joined and I fell in love with her singing voice and she’s still my favourite to this day, but just slight I do love all members now..
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People around me pissed me off because of Morning Musume being in Japan Expo 2010. I went to a conference the last day without expectation.
When i saw Gaki-san, i thought “I already saw this girl somewhere !” . But they showed a presentation video with “Moonlight night” in background music. Without knowing i was already hooked and i bought the 10th album.
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I was seven back then the first time I watched Berryz debut song thanks to my older sister. I fell in love with them instantly, but when Special Generation arrived, Risako’s gleaming eyes captured my attention, so I decided she would be my oshimen.
I still remember the times I screamed in joy whenever a Berryz single got featured on J-melo’s new releases segment.
I’m happy that I’ve been following them since I was a first grader. Now, I’m a college student, juggling my life with school and other things, and it’s very hard to find time to get updated every news about them. I’m still sad about the ‘hiatus’. I know it’s expected for them to bid goodbyes, but honestly, I had a hard time dealing with announcement.
Berryz songs gave me happy thoughts during my elementary years, cheered me up whenever I was so down during my high school years (I’d almost experienced the negative side of puberty. Deterioration sucks tbh.) and encouraged me to accept reality since I am in college. Berryz Saikou!
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I knew some singles and liked it, but wasn’t too enthusiastic because I coulnd’t distinguish the members except Yossi. A friend than made me a copy DVD with MM footage, and there where Nono and Aibon and I totally loved these shows. So I got into them more and more and became a fan of the sub-units and groups with Mosume members in it as well. When C-ute was formed it was the first group I followed from their beginning. And when S/mileage became a 8-nin group I also became a fan of their music and stuck with them even after they became a 6-nin group. I also loved J=J and somehow the groups in H!P I’m interessted are now all excisting groups + KKS -BK (but of course I LOVED Buono).
I just can’t stop myself being a H!P fan, thought I love MM still the most and I watch their concerts and lives every day. As for Oshi: Aibon->Yossi->Ai-chan->Maachan.
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Long story short, I really enjoyed some of the music from DS game Rhythm Heaven. Looking up related YouTube videos I loved seeing a live performance of some of the songs by Canary Club and THE Possible. Obviously not H!P, but looking for more in a similar vein soon brought me there, initially by way of Minimoni.
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It all started 4 years ago when browsing Youtube, i came across a Lucky Star OPV, which used a H!P song. Out of curiosity, I looked up that song, which happened to be Fujimoto Miki’s Aenai Nagai Nichiyoubi. That same night, I eventually stumbled across the H!P Sports Fest clips, one of which was the 2006 100m race with a certain Yajima Maimi. I was blown away by her beautiful smile, her humble and shy personality and amazing athleticism and proceeded to follow the awesome “Legend of Yajima” to my favourite music group of C-ute. That was all it took to get me addicted to the world of H!P and my love for Maimi (and therefore C-ute) has been increasing exponentially since. however, unlike most others here, i am probably not considered a H!P wota, given my obvious bias for C-ute and lack of interest in the other H!P groups (except Berryz, with whom they joined H!P as part of H!P Kids).
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Mine’s a bit weird. I was reading a game news site and saw that one of the Yakuza games (can’t remember which one) had a cameo of a Jpop star in it, which happened to be Yaguchi. The article had a link to a YouTube vid of Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari, which hooked me in. At that point, my favourites were Yossie, Ai-chan, and Mikitty. I then proceeded to watch as many vids of them available online as I could. Eventually I started watching vids of the other groups too, and learned their names. This was all around 2010. Now I’m predominantly a MM and UUG fan though lol. The first vid of UUG I watched was of Ayanon being dared to eat a silkworm pupa, and I was immensely impressed lol. It’s pretty funny to see so many new fans in the 2ch forums, but I guess it does show how MM and H!P have started re-gaining popularity.
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I don’t remember if it was Yakuza 3 or 4, but I remember a bit of a kerfuffle about one of the games having some of its optional content not localized. Did Yaguchi remain in the western version?
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so many momochii!
i got hooked with momo too, still momoko back then though
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http://www.gifyoutube.com/gif/aMrq3B
2009 september i ran across JKM in a gaming forum and Eri got me hooked. and that was that
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I guess around 2009-2010 because I watched the anime Shugo Chara. Used to sing Buono! Songs with friends. Though I haven’t been looking up that group too much since it was more about the anime for me. Weirdly enough I kept on discovering H!P related videos such as Kamei Eri’s
English lesson which I loved so much and 3 2 1 Breakin’ Out PV. At a certain point I got asked to participate in groupdubs and I ended up singing Nanchatte Renai. I was given Kamei Eri’s lines and yeah she stuck with me as my oshimen. As for Buono! it was Momoko since I sang her lines as well lol. I started to become super interested end 2010 but my heart was broken that Kamei Eri would graduate. I had a difficult time accepting the new line-up but tried to become a Riho-wota only to discover it felt forced because she’s obviously the ace. So September 2011, I finally ended up with Ikuta Erina. And look now, I’m a big Ikuta wota lol. She’s now my no. 1 oshimen. I am no longer a Momowota though, since I dislike her “Momochi” side so much, I’ve known Momoko as a naturally cute girl who could pull off a great singing voice in Buono! Now she’s just trying too hard, when she even doesn’t have to try. Generally I’m a Momusu wota, with J=J and C-ute on the 2nd place, then S/mileage and Im not really a fan from Berryz atm but I do listen to them.
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Saw clips of HaroMoni on YouTube (mostly watched the English lesson episode) and loved Berryz’ song that was used in a Precure movie, although I didn’t realize until later on that those were related to H!P. Then got hooked after watching Kirarin Revolution and Shugo Chara in late 2008.
Foreign fans’ ways of getting into H!P are always interesting. I think if it weren’t for YouTube (/especially/ the stuff uploaded by fans) then a lot of people would have never found out about H!P.
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My friend had been an H!P fan for years, and they showed me a few Berryz videos that they claimed had gotten hate over… and I was like, what the heck, why?? This is good!! It was a surprise, because before then I was really biased against J-pop, didn’t think they were attractive and can’t sing, but Berryz… wow. I thought they were all beautiful and could sing! I downloaded a bunch of their singles and learned who they were. Maasa and Risako caught my eye then and are still my BK oshis to this day.
I started watching Hello!Station even though I didn’t understand anything, just wanting to look at the pretty idols, haha. I found 2ch translations around that time, and though I didn’t know who most of the idols were, I still had a laugh. The majority of the threads were MM-centric, so I naturally got curious about them. Before then I had found out about One Two Three and learned the dance but told myself, “Huh, I’ll never get into these girls.” I asked my wota friend about them and they sent me Brainstorming, which had just come out, and the rest is history. I love them! Along the way I got into S/m, J=J, and C-ute, also, but MM is still my top group.
Oshis: Maasa > Risako > Reina & Harunan > Eripon > Ayumi & Kudou
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In 2005-2006, I was hooked with Johnny’s idol. That time there were a lot of rumours about JohnnyXH!P couple (example Chinami&Jin, Yurina&a boy from HeySay7 etc). I was angry & curious at the same time. I went & researched about H!P. I was watching GTO special & came across an actress named Tanaka Rena. I searched her name & accidentally clicked on Tanaka Reina wiki. I was shocked of how unique Reina look (Kitty-like eyes & everything). She was super cute. I learned that she was part of Morning Musume which was under H!P. How shocked I was! I listened to Sexy Boy & Go Girl & felt in love immediately. I became & Morning Musume wota since then & abandoned Johnny’s fandom.
I’d been through the Platinum era & still loyal to them. But still 2010 was the hardest year ever. The static line-up with no new addition, boring songs like Tsunku not even trying, triple graduation (Kamei was one of my favourite), less interesting TV appearance where the OG took the spotlight.. I was actually tired of hoping & almost gave up.. But suddenly 9th&10th gen was added, MM was promoted again. It was like the light of hope shining down on me. Now I’m glad I did not stop being their fan. Currently I’m in my 8th year being Momusu fan & still going strong. I bought almost all their stuff starting from 2011, obviously because I started working & earn my own money.
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