For my 300th post, I'm celebrating Konkon's 23rd birthday by filling out the survey from back in January!
My Asami story: "Do It! Now" was the first Momusu song I checked out during my noob days, and despite knowing very few of the girls' names at the time, some of them did stand out for me in the PV, Konno being one of them. It helped that she got a solo line and appeared in the chorus, and I thought it was funny how she had a constant worried/scared look on her face through the whole video.
Further insuring her memorability was learning of the reasons for her being picked for 5th gen, as well as how she scored the top rank in the Mechaike Bakajo special.
Favorite thing(s) about Asami: Her somewhat "meek" appearance, combined with her generally soft voice and booksmarts, gives off a nice "cute nerd girl" vibe, which becomes funny when she breaks away from that image in Hello!Morning skits. And underneath that gentle exterior is a smoking hot body...Konkon certainly has nice konkons.
Favorite Asami PB: Never saw any...I guess I'll have to change that
Favorite H!P group with Asami: Morning Musume
A memorable performance: Holding her own with a fellow Hokkaido native...
A picture that I like: Gotta go with the photobomb...
A video that I like: Remix time!
Other comments: Honestly she's my least favorite in 5th gen, and her spotlight song "Namida ga Tomaranai Houkago" is one of my least favorite MM singles. But like Tsuji in 4th gen (hey, first and last in Bakajo
), she only loses by default, because she definitely has her own appeal, and she most certainly fulfilled her purpose as the group's inspirational member, rising from audition "failure" to lead on a single and later to high academic pedigree. I also think it's funny how kuro keeps posting the same videos in each of his milestone posts.
Happy birthday Asami!