By 2013- Risa Niigaki's game show "Reaction Queen" is the hit of late night TV. The action is simple- guests are electrocuted, run over by steam rollers, locked into a kennel full of crazed weasels, whatever......basic premise is camera just shows Risa's shocked reactions, followed by her laughs and giggles and remarks like "ouch! that had to hurt"
Riho Sayashi becomes leader of Morning Musume after several more senior members mysteriously resign.....Riho will not give interviews to the "lamestream" media, because they are always asking "gotcha" questions like "but you were the last person that was seen with Aika, are you sure you don't know where she is?"
Erina Mano becomes spokesperson for Don Quixote, and continually does cosplay CM's shot live at the Roppongi branch.
Saki Ogawa sets a Guinness world record by giggling for 28 continuous hours on a H!P "making of..." video clip, of course by then YouTube has allowed YouTubers to post videos of up to 60 hours long.....
Maimi Yajima, after winning 12 gold medals at the London Olympics, as well as singing "Lonely Girl's Night" at a Command Performance at the Royal Albert Hall for the entire Royal Family, returns to Japan and takes up Sumo Wrestling because it is "tanoshii desu!!" She wins the Emperors Cup, and then sings a duet version of "Natsu DOKI Lipstick" with her defeated opponent Hakuho, in front of the cheering crowd.
Ai Takahashi's hit musical revue- "Thumbelina and the Banzai Bikini" sweeps the Tony Awards and at the award ceremony, she asks "Why are American portions so big? That's Crazy!!" to the thunderous applause of the audience.