Here's a ranking I posted on twitter, cross-posting it here. But if you wanna read it on tweeter,
here you go.
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Stryfe's Hello! Project RankingBeen a while since the last one so here's a new H!P ranking, I'll go with top 10 and some honorable mentions.
(I actually made this weeks ago but been occupied with stuff, could already be outdated xD)
10. Sakura Oda //Morning MusumeThe old reliable. Performance queen. #1 forehead.
Oh my gah.
9. Masaki Sato //Morning MusumeNever too far from the top, truly beautiful, endlessly entertaining and always against the grain. Giggle-snort.
8. Maria Makino //Morning MusumeThe undisputed gravure queen of H!P. Walks on water and always hits it out of the park.
7. Momona Kasahara //AngermeCute beyond belief with great stage presence. Kind-hearted hair donator (happy it seems to be growing back tho... :3)
6. Natsume Nakayama //Kenshuusei Arguably the cutest kenshuusei of all time, just hopefully not the longest-training kenshuusei of all time.
Hard-working country girl who loves to fill up the trash can. Bracing for the future.
5. Manaka Inaba //Juice=JuiceHello! Project's dance queen, smol cutie, poetry in motion. Squish.
4. Rikako Sasaki //AngermeUndoubtedly one of the most beautiful girls to ever join H!P, Rikako is both a professional model and
a professional dork. Stage dynamo who is sometimes in control of her facial expressions.
3. Miki Nonaka //Morning MusumeDid you know that Miki lived in America for 8 years? She was also my #1 for a loooong time.
The love is still there, and lately Miki has been looking better than ever. Rawr.
2. Reina Yokoyama //Morning MusumeSo close to the #1 spot that I almost had it be a tie. I flip-flop a lot, really. Reina is fun and dorky, and there's a unique
duality to her looks: her smile is more radiant than the sun and her "serious" side is just utterly gorgeous.
1. Rio Kitagawa //Morning MusumeWell, that was fast. The quirky and talkative water-lovin' girl admirer just joined the group in 2019 and here we are.
While it's maybe too early to judge her as a performer, she already feels like the complete idol package and one of the prettiest musumes ever.
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Some honorable mentions and people floating just outside the top 10:
Ayaka Hirose :/ (kobushi factory)
Karin Miyamoto :/ (juice=juice)
Akari Uemura (juice=juice)
Minami Okamura (beyooooonds)
Rika Shimakura (beyooooonds)
Utano Satoyoshi (beyooooonds)
Honoka Kobayashi (beyooooonds)
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And let's not forget the rest of Morning Musume's 15th generation, Homare Okamura & Mei Yamazaki...
both great and super cute additions, maybe in my top 10 with Rio one of these days.
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I feel like there's more people I should give mentions to, Moe, Ami, Ruru... etc etc... maybe one day I'll do a full ranking again.