It's been quite a few months since we got our first idol groups (except Babymetal) to perform in the UK (at the Hyper Japan event). And I never really posted about it or pimped the groups here at jphip. We had Dempagumi, Tokyo Girls Style, Hiiragi Rio, and Heisei Kotohime and Honey Spice. The last two really won me over, I think also as it was their first overseas trip (and the line-ups had changed dramatically shortly before this trip). But the girls were so friendly over the course of the 3 days, had a great time with them, and felt a connection and they just seemed really excited and happy to be going overseas and winning over new fans etc. I spent quite a bit of time on my recent Japan trip attending their lives etc and really follow them now. Particularly Aritan from Honey Spice, who, I think, is the idol who is the best at "acting like an idol" I've met. And is close to being my favourite idol now - she may only be 2nd cuz she kindof put herself there and always talks to me about Lolisyn etc...
Anyway, here are a couple of recent Honey Spice song performances:
And a few recent Heisei Kotohime performances, with the new line-up: