Idol Thought For The Day: My Own Tanaka Reina Fandom
Ray used to love Tanaka Reina, before he loathed her. He looks back on what happened.
Archive for "Morning Musume"
Recommended Reading: May 14th, 2013
Sashihara Rino to produce Matsumura Kaori’s solo debut! Gackt accused of sexual attack! And more!
Idol Thought For The Day: Aliens and Musumes
Iikubo Haruna talks to an occult magazine about her UFO encounters. Ray is intrigued about where this could lead to.
Recommended Reading: May 12th, 2013
Morning Musume’s Haruna discusses her alien encounters! Twelfth gen auditions have been extended! Are the two events related? (No.) And more!
Recommended Reading: May 8th, 2013
Girl’s Day hug students in campaign to stop bullying! Reina speaks her mind on what the best Morning Musume line-up was! And more!
Idol Thought For The Day: Basic Fan Knowledge And The Knotty Case Of Membership
What does it take to be considered an idol fan? Ray either starts to unravel this question or make it more confusing, depending on how you look at it.
Idol Thought For The Day: Haruna Moni Finally Watches HaroMoni
Ray shares the latest in his daughter’s development as a wota.
Recommended Reading: May 4th, 2013
Ex-SDN48 members form the new group 7cm! Appeal videos for the AKB senbatsu are out! And more!
Recommended Reading: May 3rd, 2013
Dream Morning Musume Yasuda Kei gets engaged! SNSD’s Hyoyeon returns to Dancing With The Stars! And more!
Recommended Reading: May 1st, 2013
What could Miyabi becoming Berryz sub-captain mean for Saki? T-ara N4 caught in flag scandal! And more!
Recommended Reading: April 30th, 2013
Preview for the new AKB48 video is out! New video from Secret! PSY earns another world record! And more!
Idol Thought For The Day: More Summer Anticipation
There are some things that will make Summer 2013 more than just your typical summer, and Ray goes over them.
Recommended Reading: April 29th, 2013
Video previews from Tokyo Girls’ Style and PASSPO☆! JKT48 to do “River” for debut single! Panache! disbands! And more!
Recommended Reading: April 26th, 2013
Ninagawa Mika’s covers for AKB48′s next single revealed! 4Minute and Ladies Code reveal new videos! And more!
Idol Thought For The Day: Oh To Be A Hello! Project Husband! (Or, Breaking the Tenth Commandment Big-Time)
Ray loves his family a great deal and would never ever leave them under any circumstances. HOWEVER…
Recommended Reading: April 24th, 2013
Morning Musume’s latest number one stirs up fans! Is Kasai Tomomi in another scandal? And more!
Recommended Reading: April 23rd, 2013
D-Unit reveal new video! Morning Musume grab the #1 weekly spot on the Oricon! Wu remembers Paradise GO!! GO!! And more!
Chiima on 13 Colorful Character
Chiima asks the important question about the new Morning Musume album…
Chiima on Kimi Sae Ireba Nani mo Irenai
Chiima speaks about one of the A-sides of Morning Musume’s new single.
Recommended Reading: April 20th, 2013
Reviews of Morning Musume and Kashiwagi Yuki’s releases! What if an idol group used Kickstarter? And more!
Idol Thought For The Day: A Strong Line Of Contenders
Lots of idol groups are showing lots of positive developments. Does this mean anything?
Recommended Reading: April 18th, 2013
Morning Musume top daily charts with latest single! Fukumura Mizuki to get first solo photobook! And more!
Recommended Reading: April 17th, 2013
Is Brown Eyed Girls preparing a comeback? BRIGHT disbands! PSY is coming to America! And more!
Recommended Reading: April 16th, 2013
BABYMETAL announces new single! PSY continues to spark opinions and Youtube hits with “Gentleman”! And more!
Recommended Reading: April 15th, 2013
Fujimoto Miki’s husband praises her fans! PSY’s “Gentleman” continues to break records! And more!
Recommended Reading: April 14th, 2013
PSY dominates with his new single! Chinese ex-Musumes share opinions on the new Musumes! And more!
Recommended Reading: April 13th, 2013
The video for PSY’s “Gentlemen” is out! SKE48 shuffles its teams! And more!
Idol Thought For The Day: Critical Distance Begins With The Self
Ray’s been enjoying the antics of the newer Musumes, which is what leads to him thinking about the role of criticism.
Recommended Reading: April 11th, 2013
Full subtitled video of Morning Musume single released! PSY’s new single is released! And more!
Recommended Reading: April 10th, 2013
Bloggers continue to react to the AKB senbatsu and Akimoto Sayaka’s graduation! PSY’s new single to be released on April 12! And more!
Recommended Reading: April 9th, 2013
Bloggers share their thoughts on the AKB senbatsu candidates! PSY and Ga-In spotted filming his new video! And more!
Recommended Reading: April 8th, 2013
The 2013 AKB senbatsu registration has closed! Who registered, who didn’t? Hamasaki Ayumi announces her fifteenth anniversary single! And more!
Recommended Reading: April 7th, 2013
Sayaka Akimoto announces her graduation from AKB48! Were Robert Downey Jr and Noh Hong Chul separated at birth? And more!
Idol Thought For The Day: Origins and Mythologies
Ray considers how origins of idol groups – or at least, what we remember of their origins – and what that tells us about them.
Recommended Reading: April 6th, 2013
Graduation date for Kasai Tomomi announced! Kudo Haruka needs a fujoshi education! Will the Wonder Girls be on hiatus for a year? And more!
Recommended Reading: April 5th, 2013
SNSD release the short version of their new single’s video! Bloggers continue to react to the C-ute announcements! And more!
Idol Thought For The Day: In Praise Of Idol Mothers
The recent birth and pregnancy announcements in the idol world has Ray thinking about idol mothers and mothers of idols.
Recommended Reading: April 3rd, 2013
C-ute to perform at the Budokan… and Paris, France! Hiro to cease performing with EXILE! And more!
Recommended Reading: April 2nd, 2013
Bloggers continue to go ga-ga over Juice=Juice! Kyary Pamyu Pamyu announces new single! And more!
Idol Thought For The Day: Hello! Project In The Age Of Eggs
Ray suddenly realizess the H!P Kenshuusei are everywhere, and wonders what that says about Hello! Project’s future.
Recommended Reading: March 27th, 2013
LovendoЯ announce first mini-album! Morning Musume continue to push their Brainstorming promotion! Two Johnny’s graduate from college! And more!
Idol Thought For The Day: Beyond and Back
Ray tries to figure out what drives somebody away from a favorite music group and what can make that same person re-assess.
Recommended Reading: March 25th, 2013
Is After School’s Jungah dating SHINee’s Onew? Kanjani8 break bluray sales record! And more!
Recommended Reading: March 24th, 2013
HKT48 to do closing theme for My Little Pony! Idols get striking makeovers! And more!
Recommended Reading: March 23rd, 2013
Bloggers continue to react to the latest from Morning Musume! Tsuji Nozomi has another child! And more!
Recommended Reading: March 22nd, 2013
Bloggers come to the defense of Morning Musume! Will Twenty Twenty actually debut? And more!
Recommended Reading: March 21st, 2013
Shinohara Kanna to graduate from NMB48! Bloggers respond to Morning Musume’s “Brainstorming” PV! And more!
Recommended Reading: March 20th, 2013
HKT48 top the charts with their debut single! Morning Musume’s full PV for “Brainstorming” debuts! And more!
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