Back from my trip, and I have a lot to say about Alice Project, particularly about Jun, but I'll save that for another post.
A lot has been happening with member changes so I wanted to kinda list them here.
First I'll just summarise in numbers my Alice trip:
16 PARMS shows (9 days of shows, out of 17 of my trip)
1 Armor Girls show at Shibuya O-West
2 Akiba Drug & Cafe shows
12 wide chekis and 15 normal chekis
15 signed drink coasters and 1 signed A4 sheet
1 CD and 1 commerative photo
4 live DVD-Rs...
Member news:
The biggest news is that Fujisaki Asami is going to graduate on 1st June. This is pretty sad, she's such a key member of Alice Juban. She will be really missed, and I guess Nanaka will do the rapping on her own now.
Secondly, Sakura Yuki moved from Steam Girls to Alice Juban last weekend. She seems to fit in well with Alice Juban but there is a gap in Steam Girls now, particularly during Destiny where she used to go through the crowd on that high chair.
A few members have been missing during my trip, seems like Suzumura Airi has indeed graduated from OZ, who are down to three members now. (Armor Girls are down to 5). Kameda Reona and Tsukimiya Karen both have NOT graduated from Steam Girls, but seems they both haven't appeared for months...
I saw a couple of members make their stage debut for Slime Girls, including Matsugami Yuko who is really cute, and used to be in a different idol group...
A few promotions were just announced yesterday:
Hoshino Rinka and Sakamoto Mana are being promoted from Slime Girls to OZ, which will help bulk out the numbers there.
And there will be a 2nd generation of Pa-Ken!. This will feature Aizawa Mina, Tsukino Moa, Okamoto Yuka, and Hitome Momose, all from Slime Girls.
The New OZ, Pa-Ken! and Slime Girls will debut at PARMS on 3rd May, when the three masked groups are off at their one-man-live at Zepp Tokyo.