Finally some concrete news about Saaya and the official status of the UFZS girls:Quote from: Hello! Project Egg Fanclub News (http://www.up-fc.jp/helloproject/member/egg/news110309_01.php)Egg News*I believe this is the branch of UFG that handled T-Pistonz+KMC, or may be Up-Front Style/Happy Style, judging from the company website.
Notice regarding Kitahara Sayaka, Satou Ayano, Sekine Azusa, and Arai Manami:
At this time, Kitahara Sayaka, Satou Ayano, Sekine Azusa, and Arai Manami have completed their Hello! Project Egg training.
Kitahara Sayaka has been attached to TaitoPro company.*
Announcements on her future activities will be made as soon as they are known.
Regarding Satou Ayano, Sekine Azusa, and Arai Manami, it has been decided that they will be participating in an event and TV show.
＊K-POP Dance Cover Event "DREAM ON! vol. 2"
Taking place on March 31 at Shibuya O-EAST, participating as UFZS. (Furukawa Konatsu, Mori Saki, Satou Ayano, Sekine Azusa, and Arai Manami)
Details here (http://jisin.jp/)
＊Regular TV Show
"Up-Front Girls" (temporary title) starting April 2 on SkyPerfect TV.
Featuring Sengoku Minami, Furukawa Konatsu, Mori Saki, Satou Ayano, Sekine Azusa, and Arai Manami.
Details here (http://pigoo.jp/)
Thank you for your continued support.
It's looking more and more like the current Egg roster is only the girls who were on stage at this year's Winter H!P Concerts.
I'm totally loving this, can't wait for a performance :D
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UFZS「SUPER STAR K 3」東日本一次審査、二次審査制し、日本本選へ進出！
6月19日恵比寿ガーデンホールで行われたSuper Star K 3 東日本大会でUFZSが二次審査を突破。
今週末に行われる、日本本選へ出場が決定しました。
現在、緊張とガチの練習に明け暮れるUFZS。
韓国へ行くまで是非応援をお願いします。
UFZSがSuper Star K 3の二次審査を通過するまでを本誌は密着取材。その模様を一挙ギャラリーでお届けいたします！
UFZS "SUPER STAR K 3" East and primary screening, secondary screening restraint, Japan advance to finals!Looks like they got into the finals! :twothumbs
韓国の国民的オーディション番組〝SUPER STAR K 3〟の Japan Roundに出場したUFZS。
東日本予選の出場者は2,500人、そして世界各国の総出場者はなんと180万人！
果たして日本予選を突破し、韓国本戦に出場できるのか！？
アップフロントガールズ(仮) オフィシャルブログ
Sekki going to be in UTB+ !!!
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UFZS ついにオリジナルソングが完成！ #3 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgBlmalEsvs#ws)
DO YOU NEED TO GUESS WHICH ONE I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE MOSTHahahahahahaa! It is a mystery... wait, no it isn't. And FUCK YES! SISTAR!
BTW I translated the interview with Sengoku and Akari from this month's UTB for my Tumblr, but I figure I might post it here too, because it was a really interesting read (and I learnt a lot too). Enjoy! (if it reads a little strange in places, sorry, haha, I did try to make it sound like actual English, and it was really long)
Idol past and present story
~Feelings towards Hello! Project, feelings towards Up Up Girls~
Seven years ago these two girls entered the Hello! Pro Eggs with the dream of one day joining Hello! Project. Time passed, and now these two are active in a separate unit. We asked them about their memories regarding Hello! Pro and to look back on how they got here.
From when you graduated the Hello! Pro Eggs until when you joined Up Up Girls, I think the two of you faced a lot of troubles!?
Saho: “I wonder if I did…”
Sengoku: “For me, ‘yes!’ (laughs) The Eggs had regular concerts and they were fun, but there were a lot of difficult things as well. It felt like a long time.”
Saho: “It was fun for me, too, but for the first four or five years I couldn’t do anything. I constantly compared myself to others, I had no concept of who I was. I didn’t think very deeply. I didn’t start to have confidence in myself until around the last two years.”
During your training days, obviously you felt like you wanted to debut?
Saho: “During those last two years, yes. We were anxious a lot, right? Older girls kept on leaving, and slowly I started to become one of the oldest. I didn’t know whether I would debut, or if I should follow another path…”
Did you ever think about quitting?
Saho: “Never.”
Sengoku: “I never thought about it while I was an Egg either, but between when I graduated and when Up Up Girls was formed I considered it.”
Saho: “Me too! I thought about it during that time (laughs).”
Sengoku: “It’s something you think about, right? (laughs) I gave it my all and at that point it was the first time I’d thought so seriously about so many things. But there were a lot of things I didn’t get to do during my time as an Egg, so if I gave up then everything I’d built up would have been wasted, and I felt I would have regretted that. I thought if there’s another place where I can give it my all, I want to do it. But I did really consider quitting. I couldn’t come up with an answer so I discussed it with my family, but they told me ‘it’s something you should decide for yourself.’”
What if they had told you to quit?
Sengoku: “Nobody ever said that, so I never considered it. If somebody had, maybe I would have quit (laughs).”
Saho: “When I graduated from the Eggs it also happened to be the exact same time I was graduating from junior high school, so it was a good time to end things. I considered starting a new life with high school, but, when I watched over all the old Egg ‘shinjin kouen’ DVDs again, I saw how much fun I had (laughs). I realised I want to keep doing that and it helped me decide.”
On the other hand, there were also Eggs who debuted, such as Mano Erina and Smileage. Honestly, what was your state of mind at the time?
Saho: “I heard about Smileage being formed on the day of our costume rehearsal for the shinjin kouen. Rather normally it was announced ‘a new unit has been decided,’ and four names were read out. Until that time there hadn’t been any new units, so I had no idea what it really meant. I didn’t really comprehend it until quite some time later. But, yeah, I was sad (laughs).”
In your case, you were already in the Shugo Chara Egg! group with three of the first generation members of Smileage, right?
Saho: “I was kind of disappointed with myself, but more than that I really didn’t want people around me to feel sorry for me. It was a big thing for me, wondering what I’d do if they did think about me like that. So I could no longer look people in the eyes. Nobody ever came and said anything to me, but I felt they were probably thinking that…”
Minami, you were in Ongaku Gatas with Mano Erina, right?
Sengoku: “I thought it was great when Mano made her solo debut. Right around that time all the older Eggs were leaving. The older girls I were really friendly with all left, so I started to become really worried and anxious. Then the next to debut were Smileage, who were younger than me… what did I think at that time? I’d gone past disappointment…”
Saho: “I think I understand you! You have no feelings left. Like, you feel nothing? You get past feeling disappointed. Even when other people’s debuts were decided, I didn’t once feel disappointed. It’s not exactly like ‘it’s nothing to do with me,’ but it was like something that was just unbelievable for me, I felt great for them. Then when I was in Shugo Chara Egg and Smileage was being formed, I felt I was getting close, and that was the first time I felt disappointed. I feel I changed at that point. But I think becoming able to feel like that was a good thing.
So how did you feel when you graduated from the Eggs and joined Up Up Girls?
Saho: “To be honest, at first I was a little at a loss. When I graduated and they asked me to join I struggled with an answer and couldn’t really give them a reply. But I felt I had to decide, there’s no more time, and if I didn’t do this now I’d regret it later, so I joined. It wasn’t until a little later however that I thought I really have to do my best and be aware of my responsibilities though (laughs).”
Sengoku: “Oh really? (laughs) At first the feelings of worry and other things were quite large, yeah.”
At the beginning we asked you about your troubles with the Eggs, but how about with Up Up Girls?
Sengoku: “Up Up Girls is even worse! Since then we’ve had even more troubles. But this is what makes Up Up Girls, I think (laughs).”
Saho: “I thought so, too! (laughs)”
Sengoku: “All of last year was like that, right? When we were Eggs we had teachers for the dances and MCs, and they took care of the costumes for us while we were on stage, but with Up Up…”
Saho: “Yeah, we learn our dances by watching ourselves on video. In the meeting room.”
Sengoku: “In the meeting room that doesn’t even have a mirror.”
Saho: “In the beginning I couldn’t help comparing to our Egg days. I kept thinking ‘but when I was an Egg we did things like this…’”
Sengoku: “Definitely. We were handed various songs, and we had to quickly learn them all by ourselves. We had no teacher, so if there was a dance move we didn’t understand we had to ask each other. In any case, we really struggled in remembering things (laughs). Last summer we were all like this, there really was no room to breathe.”
Saho: “It’s amazing when you watch our summer event DVD from last year, isn’t it? Our eyes are all really suspicious (laughs). If you watch it you’ll understand what I mean.”
Sengoku: “But since the start of this year we’ve become able to do many things, and we’ve gotten our own original songs, so I feel perhaps it’s just a little further ahead, and I’m unbelievably happy (laughs).”
So how do you feel about the Hello! Project members now? Have they become your rivals!?
Sengoku: “When I was an Egg, that was like the domain of the gods (laughs).”
Saho: “I know, right! They’re gods (laughs).”
Sengoku: “The goal as Eggs was to enter Hello! Project, we did things thinking about how we wanted to join them, so they’re people we really look up to. Then, when we graduated from the Eggs and could no longer do so, even just listening to their songs made me sad. But with Up Up we were allowed to do covers of their songs, so once again I felt how good they are, and I’m a regular fan of both their songs and units, so I really do like them.”
Saho: “Yeah, it was always like that.”
Sengoku: “But Up Up are attacking from a different place to Hello! Project, so the feeling that we’re building something different to them is very strong. So, while we look up to them, I also think it’s good that they could be rivals.”
Saho: “We’re doing things separately to them now, so we have a better chance of overtaking them than if we were still inside Hello! Project, don’t you think?”
Sengoku: “Of course! That’s right.”
It’s a bit of a mean question, but supposing Tsunku said he wanted Up Up Girls to join Hello! Project, what would you do?
Sengoku: “Eeeh, join Hello Project? (laughs)”
Saho: “… Honestly, if we could all join together, I would say ‘yes, please!’ (laughs) My feelings towards Hello! Project haven’t changed since the past. I’ve always looked up to them, I think they’re great and I love them.”
Sengoku: “Yeah, that’s right. But, while I’m not exactly on a separate path, Hello! Project is Hello! Project, so there are things you can do, and things you can’t do there, right? I want to try and develop something different in a different place now. If we were told to join, I would say ‘no way!’ (laughs)”
Your different answers are interesting, but as you are both doing your best for Up Up Girls, nothing has changed, right?
Sengoku: “Right! We’ll do anything, and we want to do anything. In order to get our name out there I’d even go so far as to hand out tissues (laughs).”
Saho: “Up Up Girls will unite the whole country!”
*thx to nermal1 from H!O for the translation (http://www.hello-online.org/index.php?/topic/21575-up-up-girls-%e4%bb%ae-ufzs-thread/page__st__2180#entry1573193)
おまけでT-ARA NIGHT! の様子を少し^ ^Found these while browsing for something completely different. Not too sure of the exact event, T-ara Night tho!
:D I hope they up this stuff in some proper HD
^ lol told by whom?Maybe a blind person.
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Wat.
[EN] UP-UP GIRLS Kakko KARI have now their official facebook page, time to become a fan of this page m(_ _)m- https://twitter.com/UpFrontLink/status/504192244098686976 (https://twitter.com/UpFrontLink/status/504192244098686976)
- https://www.facebook.com/upupgirlskakkokariofficial (https://www.facebook.com/upupgirlskakkokariofficial)
[EN] UP UP GIRLS kakko KARI performing live at AKASAKA HALLOWEEN 2014- https://twitter.com/UpFrontLink/status/530628772446224384 (https://twitter.com/UpFrontLink/status/530628772446224384)
- https://youtu.be/x_tIFTSGX94 (https://youtu.be/x_tIFTSGX94)
Up Up Girls (仮) react to their #7 Oricon Weekly Ranking- https://twitter.com/hello_online/status/531906181514928128 (https://twitter.com/hello_online/status/531906181514928128)
- https://youtu.be/GeAJngTNsI4 (https://youtu.be/GeAJngTNsI4)
MAiDiGiTV covers Up Up Girls (仮)'s visit to the JSDF- https://twitter.com/hello_online/status/546636003239555074 (https://twitter.com/hello_online/status/546636003239555074)
- https://youtu.be/FxEc3uQSPLY (https://youtu.be/FxEc3uQSPLY)
UFZS - Interview for the WEB「Dream On Vol.11」- https://twitter.com/hello_online/status/549940521662423040 (https://twitter.com/hello_online/status/549940521662423040)
- https://youtu.be/Vkza4aZX5W0 (https://youtu.be/Vkza4aZX5W0)
[EN] UP UP GIRLS kakko KARI MV "Chopper☆Chopper" Taiwan EDIT. with many nice videos and live moments,etc. \o/- https://twitter.com/UpFrontLink/status/565041587986513920 (https://twitter.com/UpFrontLink/status/565041587986513920)
- https://youtu.be/CR4YsKEGxL0 (https://youtu.be/CR4YsKEGxL0)
AOA - Short Hair / Dance cover by UFZS (Studio ver,5)- https://twitter.com/hello_online/status/569982184360181762 (https://twitter.com/hello_online/status/569982184360181762)
- https://youtu.be/HxpvpOsXZss (https://youtu.be/HxpvpOsXZss)
- https://twitter.com/hello_online/status/572418329106890752 (https://twitter.com/hello_online/status/572418329106890752)
AOA - Short Hair / Dance cover by UFZS (Studio ver,6)
- https://youtu.be/AbDjjD4Ek7c (https://youtu.be/AbDjjD4Ek7c)
Sekine Azusa High School Graduation Mook 2015 making-of- https://twitter.com/hello_online/status/574208590480867328 (https://twitter.com/hello_online/status/574208590480867328)
- https://youtu.be/Xok7g7YG7bI (https://youtu.be/Xok7g7YG7bI)
AOA - Short Hair / Dance cover by UFZS (Live ver,1)- https://twitter.com/hello_online/status/577551713806262272 (https://twitter.com/hello_online/status/577551713806262272)
- https://youtu.be/8g4Q7gvrYJo (https://youtu.be/8g4Q7gvrYJo)
THE Possible will participate in Tokyo Idol Festival again this year, taking place August 1st-2nd.- https://twitter.com/nicegirl_en/status/589564577802629120 (https://twitter.com/nicegirl_en/status/589564577802629120)
- http://idolfes.com/2015/lineup.html (http://idolfes.com/2015/lineup.html)
[EN] Video of "UP UP GIRLS kakko KARI in Taiwan (January 2015) - On The Road" available on YouTube:- https://twitter.com/UpFrontLink/status/607868485457223681
- https://youtu.be/xDtvyqWT0PU?t=1s
AOA - Like a Cat / Dance cover by UFZS (Studio Practic ver)- https://twitter.com/hello_online/status/610382928598667264
- https://youtu.be/cyYzPef3I_A?t=1s
Azusa Sekine @azusasekine (https://twitter.com/azusasekine) and Konatsu Furukawa @konatsufurukawa (https://twitter.com/konatsufurukawa) from UPUPGIRLS (KARI) are on Twitter now? Itadaki wo Mezase!- https://twitter.com/TGU_JAPAN/status/611387275235098624
AOA - Like a Cat / Dance cover by UFZS (Studio ver.01)- https://twitter.com/hello_online/status/612843710343200768
- https://youtu.be/ejgY1zVNbJE?t=1s
AOA - Like a Cat / Dance cover by UFZS (Studio ver.02)- https://twitter.com/hello_online/status/615558953217466368
- https://youtu.be/V7Om1la15Wo?t=1s
[EN] UP UP GIRLS kakko KARI live Report with comments of @michitomo & Saki Mori!- https://twitter.com/UpFrontLink/status/618323111553843200
- https://www.facebook.com/notes/up-front-link/en-up-up-girls-kakko-kari-hibiya-yaon-report/910569005668684
[EN] UP UP GIRLS kakko KARI Hibiya Yaon Report by Aika- https://twitter.com/UpFrontLink/status/619118938467647488
- https://www.facebook.com/notes/up-front-link/en-up-up-girls-kakko-kari-hibiya-yaon-report-by-aika/911312038927714
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7 duo idol group Up Up Girls is both the A-side new single to be the first time in six months on October 11, "! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! (Read:.. Launched the hypothesis "that Van Bang Bang / Kimi was lifted its songs and the new visual newly published artist photos, ultimately attractive new visual her our body to act as a live athlete population It has become.
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In addition, the Regular Edition A's Ayano members Sato challenged the first lyrics "YOLO", the Regular Edition B, recording a new song, "Future & Past". The Limited Edition, has been unveiled at a live "run Lang Lang" is the first sound source reduction, and of Apuga "this melody with you" music of fu_mou who produced the "Sutorera! ~ Straight Up! ~" "Abyssal Drop Akari Saho san "is recording a special version of the sound source who participated vocal.
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This new single and a new visual, it is likely to show the increasingly climax to the first Budokan alone performances forthcoming on November 8.