The Coconuts Musume Thread (ココナッツ娘。)

[Tuffty]

^ I guess you're right. Ayaka has her own thread here, which I think would be suitable enough to talk about English lessons.

[ziggurat]

Mika Todd performance videos surfaced at stage6. Credit to SiN @ Hello!Online and Lilimoonsorrow, the uploader.

http://stage6.divx.com/J-Connection/video/1304387/Mika-Todd---Live-with-Jonny-Todd-trio(10-23-04)

http://stage6.divx.com/J-Connection/video/1304294/Mika-Todd---Live-at-Jazz-night-3(05-29-04)

[strawberrie]

I was wondering last night if they all still keep in touch with each other. Man, it's sad that they wasn't really promoted well. I think Ayaka and Mika should have record at least two or three more singles before Mika quit to contiune studying music.

[ziggurat]

Lehua Nahina is the reigning Mrs. Hawaii 2008. For 3 years, she sang in a multi-million dollar Japanese pop group called, "Coconuts Musume" before meeting her soul mate back in Hawaii. Married for 5 years, she and her husband adore their four-year-old daughter, Kaianna.

Stumble this via Hello-Online. How awesome is that? Look like every Coconut is traveling their own red carpet now

p/s: click the excerpt for more.

[Tuffty]

Wow, congrats Lehua!! Glad to hear they're all doing so well now.

[Masa]

Fill in the survey!

My Coconuts Musume story:
Favourite Coconuts Musume member:
Favourite Coconuts Musume song:
Favourite Coconuts Musume PV:
A memorable performance:
A picture that I like:
Other comments:

[Mucca]

My Coconuts Musume story: Like plenty of others, I first became aware of this group through Ayaka and her English lessons (also, I knew of Mika in Mini Moni). However, once I actually got to hear some songs by the Coconuts, I was pretty underwhelmed.
Favourite Coconuts Musume member: Ayaka, hands down
Favourite Coconuts Musume song: Uh..."Jounestuyuki Miraisen" maybe?
Favourite Coconuts Musume PV: Jounestuyuki Miraisen

A memorable performance: I want to put Ayaka's "Monkey Magic" performance here, but it doesn't count -- and I can't think of any other performances I really like by Coconuts Musume.
A picture that I like:

Other comments: It's such a shame that I don't really like this group, because I love Ayaka. Alas.

[shirenuファクトリー]

My Coconuts Musume story: I've spent most of my fandom years ignoring them even if I like Ayaka. D: I did like Danielle in Asayan and other videos though, she seemed to have a great personality and she had a strong voice. I never understood why foreign fans always said cruel stuff about her, I thought she was a lot of fun. They said that she 'ruined' Akagumi4 and stuff like that. Uh, no she didn't, stfu. If she had looked Asian I think she would've been one of the most respected members. ANYWAY the group never really caught my interest but I do appreciate the girls individually, I thought they were lovely fun people. 
Favourite Coconuts Musume member: Must be Ayaka lol
Favourite Coconuts Musume song: Tokonatsu Musume! I actually really like that song ok, lol
Favourite Coconuts Musume PV: lol I don't really have an opinion, but I was just watching Tokonatsu Musume PV and holy hell I don't think anyone's boobs have bounced as much in a H!P video as Danielle's do in this, haha (sorry)
A picture that I like: My Coconuts Musume folder only has pics of Ayaka... oops
Other comments: I think Coconuts Musume gets so much hate from foreign fans cuz they compare it to other H!P units or whatever. But they were really a gimmick group: a group of foreigners who weren't even expected to know Japanese, girls who were there to be laughed at (and at times admired for their talent) and their foreigness to wonder at... They weren't even supposed to be a 'credible' unit the same way as Tanpopo or Country Musume or whatever else was around at the time. They were there to amuse the Japanese, not us... So we would cringe at their accents and stuff not realizing that they were SUPPOSED to have an accent. AH... Of course foreign fans generally didn't like them; this group wasn't catering for our needs at all. And of course the group basically died after Lehua left, because she was the last one who was noticeably foreign and spoke no Japanese. Mika and Ayaka had to move on to other things.
OMG I didn't mean to write a novel and it's probably pretty dumb too D:

[kuro808]

My Coconuts Musume story: Honestly I knew of a group coming from Hawaii going to Japan but I wasn't into J-pop at the time and the Hawaiian medley single with MM I got to know them.
Favourite Coconuts Musume member: Mika or Ayaka
Favourite Coconuts Musume song: Tokonatsu Musume
Favourite Coconuts Musume PV:
A memorable performance:
A picture that I like: N/A
Other comments: They are from Hawaii!

[daigong]

My Coconuts Musume story: Couldn't care too much for Coconuts, they were amusing at times. Nice beats, hilarious hair. The only good looking one was prolly Chelsea or Ayaka. Of course, they got huge coverage thanks to the only subber at the time Mad Swadling!!
Favourite Coconuts Musume member: Ayaka, Chelsea
Favourite Coconuts Musume song: Halation Summer
Favourite Coconuts Musume PV: Funky Song, this song still stands out

A memorable performance: cool live!

A picture that I like:

Other comments: Where are the others now?!?!? I'm surprised no one went into porn.

[alohellofan]

Classic! I thought they were alrite. Couldve been pushed more,but what can you do? Lehua was cute back then, but sexy now!

[J-Triumf]

You know, sometimes you just gotta love this group just for how corny and awkward it was...



Of course, I could never really hate or mock them, since it was my strange curiosity that led to me becoming a H!P fan in the first place. It's a shame the group got shut down just as they finally managed to shed that initial awkwardness. Sometimes I even wonder if UFA ever teased the idea of once again bringing Americans back into the fold, just to see how differently things would be handled this time around...Coconuts Musume must have been a learning experience for everyone involved.

[Tuffty]

I don't need the Postwhoring Olympics as an excuse to say how I still think Ayaka's the most gorgeous women in the history of ever

Still hangs out with her H!P buddies too, here's a recent entry from her blog where she meets up with Mai.