In case anyone wanna know how large the Hello! Project family actually is:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BlA3AChlmdq/
Oh I saw that, I follow Sayu on Insta (of course, hehe!)... that was after Airi's recent live I believe? So good that they all turned out for her! I haven't done a check, do you think a few HPers are missing from the pic / didn't make it to the live? Still, I think it's beautiful that there are so many girls in H!P now. Much as I mourn the retirement of Tsunku, and feared for the future, I am now confident that the future is good (so long as no staffs do anything inappropriate with any of the girls, which I suppose is always on the cards but you just hope not, as that could bring things crashing down).
But anyway... with the departure of the 1st Gen in AKB (though I still have a soft spot for HKT48) I am less interested in them now, same as with a few departures from Stardust, especially Aiai, I am less interested there now; and even Moga's departure from Dempa leaves me a bit cooler with them... so... I have been following H!P since around 2004 and I am now really really switched on for the future with them.