The H!P Trainees Thread (ハロプロ研修生); H!P EGGs (ハロプロエッグ)

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Happy Fourteen to Rena Ogawa!!!



Hope that this cute and talented girl had a great day with family and friends!

And may there be lots of jumps for joy in
The coming year!!





On stage:


Wishing the best for Rena chan, with lots of fun
and friendship with her H!P team mates!

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Happy Fourteen to Yumeno Kishimoto!



Hope tha 'Kishimon' had a great day with
family and friends!



And may the coming year bring Yumeno chan
Lots of fun times and good friendship!




(Sorry if this is a re-post, but a nice look at Yumeno
For those that have not seen it)
With thanks to ハロプロ研修生

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H!P Kenshuusei Public Ability Diagnosis Tests perfs


















More from this YT channel


http://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000103162

Danbara Ruru took the prize for best performance with 224 votes at the 2014 ~Spring Public Ability Diagnosis Test~.

Only one vote separates her from Murota Mizuki, who also garnered an impressive 223 votes.

Best Dance went to Sasaki Rikako and Yoshihashi Kurumi. Best Character went to Ogawa Rena, Kishimoto Yumeno and Murota Mizuki. Finally the judges’ special award  (including guest judge ex-Morning Musume Yoshizawa Hitomi) was given to Taguchi Natsumi and Hamaura Ayano.

During the event a message was read from former Trainee Kaneko Rie, who graduated last year. She announced that she would aim to study abroad.

It was also announced that Kosugaya Fuyuka has completed her training and will no longer participate in Trainee activities going forward. The three new Trainees, whose admissions had been leaked earlier, were also presented for the first time.

http://hellonewsservice.wordpress.com/2014/05/04/the-results-of-the-2014-hp-trainee-performance-test-are-in/

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3 new KSS

Name: Aikawa Maho (相川茉穂)
Nickname: Aiai (あいあい)
Date of Birth: March 26, 1999 (age 15)
Birth place: Kanagawa, Japan
Blood type: A
Looks up to: Hagiwara Mai


Name: Takemura Miu (竹村未羽)
Nickname: Miyu (みゅ)
Date of Birth: April 28, 2001 (age 13)
Birthplace: Gifu, Japan
Blood Type: O
Looks up to: Oda Sakura


Name: Saito Kana (斎藤夏奈)
Nicknames: Kana (かな), Kanappe (かなっぺ)
Birthdate: August 26, 2001 (age 12)
Birthplace: Saitama, Japan
Looks up to: Kudo Haruka

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CROSS-POSTING!


Hello!Online's Twitter - Kosuga Fuyuka has completed her activities as a H!P Trainee.
- https://twitter.com/hello_online/status/462915380563177472
- http://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000103160


Soooooooooooo...I'm guessing that this mean she's leaving/quitting being an H!P Trainee?

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Happy Thirteen, Ruru chan!


Nice performance:


Wishing this talented youngster much happiness
On her successful level up to Teen status,
and may the coming year bring her good
times, peace, and joy!

And Suica!

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@2:09 footage from KSS diagnostic tests

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new song

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Belated Happy Birthday
Funaki Musubu chan!


Must be daunting for an eleven
year old to pass an audition:


But Musubu chan showed up


Sweated the work


Cried the tears


And made it to age Twelve - 研修生 style!


Hoping the coming year brings sweet Musubu chan much fun,
laughter, and friendship!!

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Musubu chan, fellow twelve year old Akane Haga, with
their Senpai Nanami Tanabe, had a great magazine photo session recently:





Great job, girls!

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TokyoGirlsUpdate - Details of Hello! Project Kenshusei Published Trial
- http://tokyogirlsupdate.com/hp-kenshusei-trail-20140521133.html

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Hello!Online Twitter - 'Wonderful Hachi-kun' (MV) with Sasaki Rikako and Yamaki Risa.
- https://twitter.com/hello_online/status/469073009463263232

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It's rough, but here's mine, Tsunku's, evaluation of the ability test.
I don't want anyone to read this and get depressed, I want you to read and improve the parts I'm pointing out.
Whether it's music or that you're on stage, no one is forcing you to do it.
The kenshuusei today must have the mindset of that they like it and want to do this, and want to stand on stage.
If you like what you do, you'll be able to continue to do it, so I don't want you to do something someone told you to, but just do what you feel that you want to.
And, within the individual comments, I've written things that I want all of kenshuusei, and people who are aiming to become singers, to realize so don't think that it has nothing to do with you just because it's not written by your name.
I want you to take everything to you and then move on from here.
If you can take this seriously and improve from it, there will be change within just half a year.


Kaga Kaede / SHALL WE LOVE
- Good sense of rhythm, good volume, among the top in kenshuusei.
- If it turned out this way because she was the first to go, she surely still have a lot to give.
- Practice more on singing and keeping rhythm at the same time.
- Not a good song choice.
- Work on breathing.
- Practice and more experience will be the best way to improve.

Yamaki Risa / Onna to otoko no lullaby game
- Despite being so new, she's already settled.
- Doesn't have a typical idol face but that's actually H!P-ish.
- Didn't get off pitch, despite the melody going up and down, sang well.
- Can't tell much just from this song, but her dancing doesn't seem bad.
- Old school songs she'd be able to pull off, but the timing and rhythm in JPOP today is different so more rhythm practice necessary.
- Bright image, a bit of a high-class feel, but doesn't feel much like an idol so I want her to use that to her advantage and create a new genre within H!P.
- She's not like Fukumura, but if she gets a good image she'll be a winner.

Taguchi Natsumi / 100kai no KISS
- Great rhythm while singing, Ayaya back then didn't.
- Good pitch and sharp singing.
- Unique vibrato.
- Still have to work on movements and how long to hold a tune etc, though this will surely come as she gets older.
- Work on more detailed muscles. While being young, Hirano and Itou who worked hard for female table tennis these days are just 13 years old. They are still going up against adults in their battles without complaining, so young girls today who're going for singing, don't come up with excuses like "I'm young." Work hard!

Yokogawa Yumei / Bagel ni ham & cheese
- Her pitch is off and rhythm all over the place, but this is way better than her audition footage last year so this is much more idol-ish.
- In terms of character, she's doing good.
- But "for now" isn't what we're looking for in H!P so use the energy to improve musically.

Inoue Hikaru / Otona na no yo!
- I could definitely tell she's working hard.
- Energetic and her dancing works well with her character.
- Work on breathing.
- It's important how they hold the microphone.
- A lot of potential so more experience will make for more stability.
- Could become a top in kenshuusei.

Makino Maria / Happy Summer Wedding
- Good with producing herself.
- Is aware of the dos and don'ts in dancing and singing in order to become a pro.
- Depending on how she goes with her "fool" character, she might get a lot of female fans.
- Has to remember it's not good to leaves 'small' comments/words.
- Trying too hard before the real thing will make one not improve as much, it's important to leave things to one's surroundings, as well.

Fujii Rio / Tabidachi no haru ga kita
- Good energy.
- For a while she couldn't settle down after the auditions and it was a bit worrying, but she's finally matured.
- The rhythm while singing isn't bad, but dancing has to improve.
- Good song choice.

Niinuma Kisora / Daisuki 100man ten
- Whenever this girl gets to the center she's invincible.
- Good signing, but the chorus in this song is difficult so she picked a hard one.
- She goes with the image of the song so good song choice.

Tanabe Nanami / Bagle ni ham & cheese
- Incredibly stable.
- Everything was great, except for that she raised her bangs, didn't really suit her as she is right now.
- Great skills so work on personality and rhythm for MCs.

Ogawa Rena / Sakura Mankai
- Good choice, good hair.
- Not the best singing, but the total was okay.
- Work on rhythm.
- Listen to good singers, take note of their singing and try to mimic what they do.

Mikame Kana / Samidare bijo ga samidareru
- Great energy.
- You can tell she's been studying H!P.
- Work on rhythm.

Hamaura Ayano / Yakimochi wo kudasai!
- Great expression.
- As expected a surprising song choice.
- Have to work on going to/from falsetto.

Kishimoto Yumeno / REAL LOVE
- I was worried about this, but she did a lot better than I thought she would.
- Stable singing.
- Mimic other singers and work hard and I'm sure she'll be able to become someone who's not very H!P-ish, in a good way.

Ichioka Reina / Jishin motte yume wo motte tobitatsu kara
- Difficult song choice.
- Great work with the audience, but she has to work on muscles in her hands there to make it even more impactful.
- Remember to do excersizes to improve those muscles everyday.

Haga Akane / Nanchatte renai
- Difficult song in terms of minor key, expression and emotion.
- Good mic hold.
- Too bad her expression was the same throughout the song.
- Work on rhythm and pitch.

Danbara Ruru / Memory seishun no hikari
- What's great about this girl is that her expression while singing is really good.
- Work on rhythm when it comes to ending syllables in sentences.
- Dancing has great rhythm, but rhythm in singing isn't quite at the same level so work on that.

Inaba Manaka / Sukichan
- Sharpest dance in kenshuusei right now.
- Good mic hold.
- Gives off a feel of a pro in a different way from Danbara.
- I want her to become on of those who's naturally on stage.

Funaki Musubi / DESTINY LOVE
- Difficult song choice.
- Not good dancing, but can tell she's working on it.
- If she'd just get down rhythm, she'll surely be able to improve her singing as well.

Sasaki Rikako / Kiseki no kaori dance.
- Great use of the stage.
- She's gone from being a "child" to just being generally energetic, it'll be interesting to see where she'll go with that from now on.
- Mic hold is important for vibrato and sharper singing.

Nomura Minami / My Days for You
- Great song and outfit choice.
- She's a necessary character in H!P right now.
- A difficult song, but she didn't make it appear that way.
- She's average, which might not be that happy to hear, but I want her to use that to her advantage and help that create her character.

Yoshihashi Kurumu / Naichau kamo
- She's gotten very powerful, her expression in dancing is great.
- She went off pitch every now and then, but the chorus was stable.
- Don't separate dancing and singing, think of them as one and work on them that way, if she'll understand this, her performance will surely improve.

Ooura Hirona / Suppin to namida.
- Difficult song choice.
- Vibrato and long tones comes from her naturally, and it doesn't sound bad, but practice is necessary for it to work well.
- Sang a line in the song surprisingly well.
- Some of her expressions made me wonder if she aimed for it to be a musical.
- Really seems suited for stageplays/musicals.

Murota Mizuki / Memory seishun no hikari
- Makeup, outfit, attitude was perfect.
- Work on breathing.
- Seeing this made me happy that she's in kenshuusei, knowing she'll be able to work on her detailed vibrato and breathing to improve more.

Wada Sakurako / Boogie Train '03
- Singing and dancing has improved.
- Mostly expression has improved a lot.
- Happy that H!P makes one feel this kind of growth.
- Still has to work on dancing and singing though so keep it up.

Yamagishi Riko / Aitai aitai aitai na
- Good mic hold and good singing.
- Went off pitch every now and then, but at least the audience could hear it and that's the first thing to work on - make sure the audience can hear one's singing.
- Necessary for H!P right now.
- She did the same movement during the chorus a lot, work on that. Maybe C-ute does as well, but they don't make it seem that way so if you're going to do the same movement over and over again, make sure it looks different. That's where emotion and expression plays a huge part.

Tanaka Karen / dearest.
- Really difficult song. Anyone who picks this is in for a challenge and it's not really fair to compare it to Matsuura.
- But that Tanaka has the mentality to go for this, is really important.
- She was kind of instable on the long tones, but many people go for vibrato as if asking people to listen, but she didn't - which is really impressive in itself.
- It's probably because she just likes this song and probably have listened to it a lot.

http://ameblo.jp/tsunku-blog/entry-11864011974.html

*Thanks to Sohee from JPLOP

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"Doesn't have a typical idol face but that's actually H!P-ish." That's so true Tsunku ha ha ha

Really interesting commentary, he was way too gentle to Kana tho.


KAEDE KAGA AMONG TOP IN KENSHUUSEI YES. I thought she was adorable since I first saw her but lately her skills are also making her likeable to me.

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Fujii Rio-chan is so funny,
She seems to a fan of me, and plays my role in C-ute live.
We had Yakisoba for dinner in the car.
So, I cut a small plastic bag of Yakisoba sauce and poured on my Yakisoba naturally, like you

After eating I seemed to drop the small plastic bag in the car...
What!
Fuji Rio -chan collected the bag into her Ziploc bag!

No, No way, Please throw it away

Except for the story,
She bled at the nose the other day.
Then, she talked to me.
"Watching Yajima-san, my nose has started bleeding"

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=869532483061129&set=a.436091429738572.121154.253277044686679&type=1&relevant_count=1

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Intro videos for the new trainees:
Maho

Miu

Kana


Kana Saito is really cute in this music video

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   Sweet Little Sixteen!! 

Mizuki Murota chan,
お誕生日おめでとうございます！！！

Best wishes to adorable Mizuki chan,
and may the coming year bring her much
happiness and friendship!!!







With thanks to ハロプロ研修生

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Ricchan has a twitter now here https://twitter.com/rieluce

Mang... Why do so many ex-H!P girls get into creepy make-up/fashion... (Mostly referring to the contact lenses, I'll never get into those)
Shows how little we know about their personal style cuz they are near bare-faced so often... Only senpai like Berryz Kobo can really go full-on 'trendy' and still be Hello! Project...

EDIT: Ok but this hairstyle is super cute!! https://twitter.com/rieluce/status/478164507848499200/photo/1

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'Kay hi it's me again!

H!P TRAINEE BABBLING HERE

I've spent nearly a week on coming up with a review on the current H!P Trainees - it doesn't look like it took that much time because I don't really say that much, but as I saw more I kept changing my opinions about some girls and had to be constantly rewriting things. And also I'm a bit nuts and perfectionist when it comes to collecting and choosing the best photos I can find, and shadowstar does excellent job posting pics here and making my job easier, but for some members there weren't even 5 pics available so I had to go on a hunt for more until coming up with what I've got there. Basically I wanted to portray different aspects of each girl, if possible, in their little 5-picture piece.

This was a really educational experience and several members have become more likeable to me. Most notably Rena Ogawa and Hirona Ooura. I also really want to hear more of Karen Tanaka's singing, but an easier song than motherfucking dearest.!!! lol

There are some trainees I say kinda harsh things about, but you know I would support them anyway. With some it's more about what their chances are to debut and with others more about how much I just personally like them. But before S/mileage auditions happened, someone like Rinapuu would've been near the bottom on my 'likely to debut' list, yet there she is and she's doing well, too. So my opinion doesn't really count for much. It's just fun to play producer sometimes, I think.

Anyway I hope someone gets something out of it because I did spend a lot of time on it LOL, in the end tho I feel rewarded already for getting to know the trainees better. There was a long period there when I just didn't have the energy and interest in getting to know the trainees anymore and I had deleted some of the picture folders, even Tanapyon's. It feels like a good time to get back into them

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^Good stuff there, shirenu. You even pointed out Sakurako's adorable lip quirk

Nice selection of photos, too. The set of of photos you picked for Kishimon, Maria and Akane are particulary striking.