How/when you got to know her: When I first got into AKB, I was looking through the profiles of various members. I came across Natsumi's profile and was going to randomly decide to make her my favorite solely based on the fact that we were born in the same year.
Eventually I decided against it and Yuko became my favorite. I started taking notice of Natsumi by watching various Team K stages, and whenever I wasn't searching for Yuko, I would find Natsumi. Eventually I started paying attention to Natsumi more because she was so underrated. I was more active in her threat at STAGE48, and it got to the point where people were surprised to find out that Yuko was my favorite and not Natsumi.
(Natsumi was my 4th favorite at the time) Natsumi eventually surpassed Yuko as my favorite in October 2008, one year after I became an AKB fan and I haven't looked back since.
My favorite thing(s) about her: Everything?
I really like her reactions. If you've seen the episode of Nemousu Terebi when Natsumi, Sae, Sayaka, and Erena are on a farm, she has some hilarious reactions. She also seems like a really sweet and down-to-earth person. She's a great performer, too. You can really see her dancing skills in the video that Masa linked. She may not be the best singer, but I still like her voice regardless.
It reminds me a lot of Rika's voice, actually. I've never been able to really explain
why I like Natsumi, I just do. Ironically, I can explain exactly why I like Yuko and Sayaka (two of my other favorites), but I have a harder time with Natsumi.
My disliked thing(s) about her: Nothing. =)
A memorable performance: Same with Masa, End Roll:
AKB48 - End RollTry our new playerWhen K5 was announced, I was hoping that Natsumi would 1) get a non-silly unit and 2) be paired with Yuko. I got both of those with End Roll. Natsumi, Yuko, Ayaka, and Nontii were in a dancing unit for some AKB event a while back, so I was hoping that these four would be paired together for a unit in K5. When I was watching it for the first time (I hadn't seen the tracklisting beforehand), I saw Yuko, Ayaka, and Nontii and I was thinking "Maybe Natsumi's there!" and when her face appeared, I literally started hyperventilating.
I was just so glad that Natsumi and Yuko were finally paired together
and she was in a non-silly unit that got to show off her dance skills.
A moment that made me laugh: Like I mentioned before, Natsumi's reactions. (See Masa's last video) Also during the Nemousu Terebi special when Nontii and Yagami Kumi pushed Natsumi off the raft.
A moment that surprised me: Again, I'm repeating myself her, but her dancing skills! When watching her in the earlier stages, she didn't seem all that impressive, but when K4/H2/K5 rolled around, I really took notice. Speaking of which, I noticed that in earlier stages, when performing, Natsumi didn't really seem to happy when performing, like she didn't want to be there. But when H1/H2/K4 was released, I saw that she looked
much happier when performing and looked like she was having a blast, too. =D
A picture that I like: It's hard choosing just one.
(Natsumi in a bikini the last one. Woohoo!)
A video that I like:This one's a continuation of the video Masa posted:
I also wanted to post the OPV that I linked on the first page. It had some really cute Natsumi moments, but it got deleted. D: I wish I had saved it.
Other comments: NATSUMI!