Ai Takahashi: ‘Maybe I’ll Have the 18th Gen Call Me Ai-chan’

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Takahashi wants to be called "Ai-chan," but Oda says it feels too presumptuous
Takahashi: "Won't you just call me that once?"

For the 18th gen it'd probably feel like calling a relative's auntie by her nickname

It'd be pretty impressive if she pulls off with the 18th gen what she couldn't with the 9th

Biyoniki (a BEYOOOOONDS member's 'big bro' nickname) would call her that without even blinking

I'm not calling her that until my own generation, the 10th, does it first

>>7
Sato would probably start calling her that right away

Up through around the 15th gen it'd feel too intimidating,
but Takahashi's old aura probably doesn't hold much sway over the 18th-gen crowd, so they'd probably just call her "Ai-chan" without thinking twice
Though Oda might be schooling the 18th gen on who Takahashi even is

I mean, a lot of the 18th gen were literally born after Takahashi graduated

The 9th gen was told to call her Ai-chan, did it, and got scolded by their manager
Years later they were told to call her that again, so they settled on the compromise "Ai-san"

>>11
Was this before or after the Kudo incident?

Ai-chan is way too close with the current members
She's tight with both Nonaka and Kitagawa

It's hard to accept getting scolded by your manager for just doing what a senior member told you to do
Even when you explain the situation, they won't listen and just scold you anyway — that's flat-out power harassment

Ikuta's manager told her to go by "Erina" instead of "Eri" since Kamei already had that nickname, but she only actually used "Erina" for a brief moment

>>18
Her name is Erina Ikuta to begin with
So just make "Ikuta Eri" her stage name already

Does Takahashi still hold that much sway even now?

>>19
For some reason, Ai Takahashi and Airi Suzuki are treated as the OG representatives

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Ai-chan is a Morning Musume. fan herself, so of course she'd be happy if her favorite members treated her in a friendly way

So that's on Ikuta, not Kudo, then

>>24
Do you know what Kudo used to call the 9th gen?

>>24
That's why Ikuta will never let it slide with her juniors

Takahashi had Reina call her "Ai" and got scolded by Yaguchi for it

All generations, through the years

>>28
Another spot-the-difference, huh

>>21
Obviously it was before
Just think about it and you'll get it

Where's the cutoff for calling her Ai-chan again?
Mitsui and Junrin call her Takahashi-san, right?
What about Kusumi?

Wasn't Mitsui calling her Ai-chan too?

Leader Michishige: "I won't allow that home-y familiarity from the 9th gen onward"

Mitsui and Rinrin were especially close with Ai-chan anyway

Would Kudo have gotten away with it if she'd gone with "Fuku-chan" instead? lol

Leader Michishige's curse on Iida is way too effective, it's kind of scary lol

Was wondering why the usual crowd that nitpicks Oda wasn't around — turns out it's because the thread title says Takahashi, so they haven't noticed

Fujimoto doesn't even show up for OG events to begin with

For the 30th anniversary, all the media wants is "LOVE Machine" and the Goto-Matsuura duo