http://majide2ch.blogspot.de/2013/08/takanori-nishikawa-criticizes-reina.html
Takanori Nishikawa criticizes Reina Tanaka's LoVendoЯ and Hello! Pro, offers advice 
I'd like to think that he means well, and from his point of view, a lot of what he said there does make sense when he's trying to "encourage" Reina and the girls to take more control of the direction in which their band, but with all due respect to Nishikawa (who is indeed a pretty big name in J-Music), he has never really been in the same situation as Reina where the agency/management DOES have so much control over the direction that his career would take. Plain and simple, the sad reality is, despite what he thinks, you CANNOT always just tell your agency how you want things done and expect them to approve or be okay with it. You CANNOT just go against what the agency says and do things your own way and not expect some type of consequences in return.
It's obviously easy for him to just say stuff like that they should ignore what the agency guys say and just publicly declare that they want to have auditions for more members (like a bassist and/or drummer) so that they can "form a real band". He's never had that problem himself, so it may be that he just doesn't see or understand that things are just not that easy for everyone else. Even if Reina and the other Lovendor girls wanted that (and honestly, it wouldn't be at all surprising if this was indeed the case), and even if they went out and made that declaration, if the agency disagrees with it, then it's just not going to happen. Seeing as how the agency has the girls under contract, it's not like they (the girls) can make demands under threat of quitting if they don't get their way. If anything, the agency could potentially take action against the girls should they act out against them or if, in their view, the girls were to "violate the terms" of their contract in some way.
Nishikawa hasn't had to worry about having higher-ups telling him telling him "yes you can do that" or "no you cannot do that". He just does NOT know what that type of situation is like, even though there are likely a LOT of artists/groups out that that do have to go through it and deal with it. He's had the good fortune and privilege of having lots of freedom and control over his own musical career. He has to remember that NOT everyone has that same freedom that he enjoys and that not all artists/groups, especially ones that are still relatively young/new like Lovendor, can say "no, I/we don't want to do it
this way, I/we want to do it
that way." For now, for Lovendor to continue as a band, they have no choice but to work within the scope of what UF* wants them to be. Given time, and given good sales, a rise in popularity/publicity, one can hope that they'll be allowed more and more freedom and control over their own sound and where/how they want to go.
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