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Starting at 9 PM on August 24, ANGERME members Suzu Hashisako and Rin Kawana took on the viewer-participation game “Mecha Chameleon” on YouTube and Niconico Live. The 5ch commentary thread buzzed with worries that their hiding spots would be given away to opponents watching the stream, plus on-air mishaps like flubbed passwords.
What people said
Broadcast Date/Time
August 24, 2026, 21:00~ (Live)
@angerme_upfront
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Mon 8/24, 21:00~ *Live broadcast
[Hello! Project] ANGERME's Suzu Hashisako & Rin Kawana in "Haro Tsuu GAMES" — Playing the viewer-participation game "Mecha Chameleon"
YouTube: https://youtube.com/live/hjuVvlUkFoI
Niconico Live: https://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv351210154
*A bonus stream is planned on the Niconico "Famitsu Channel" after the main broadcast wraps.
#ANGERME #アンジュルム #ハロプロ #Helloproject
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjuVvlUkFoI
Isn't she too young for that, age-wise?
She's close with Kero (another member's nickname)
You know that already and you're just saying it anyway
Are they just bored?
There's something raw and real about it, I like it
They already told everyone beforehand not to do that
It's a hide-and-seek game
That'll make them absolutely furious ("max-pissed," internet slang)
@angerme_upfront
＼＼ Live right now📣 ／／
On "Haro Tsuu GAMES,"
#SuzuHashisako #RinKawana are playing
"Mecha Chameleon" in real time🔔🐸
Come enjoy it with us🎮
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HQfJ1LVaEAAG9Q7.jpg:orig#.jpg
Don't squeeze it that hard!
She's ridiculously cute
You use both hands on a game controller anyway — no problem
According to Kamikokuryo, the smartest member in ANGERME back then was Matsumoto, followed by Kero — Kamikokuryo herself has said that being in ANGERME actually made her dumber
You don't know about their two-person trip to Utsunomiya?
Background and Key Points
ANGERME is one of the flagship subgroups under Hello! Project (H!P), the idol umbrella that also houses Morning Musume, and Suzu Hashisako and Rin Kawana are two of its current members. “Haro Tsuu GAMES” is a livestream offshoot of Hello! Project Tsuushin (the group’s official news outlet, nicknamed “Haro Tsuu”) that has been leaning into gaming content lately, simulcast on YouTube and Niconico Live with a bonus segment afterward on Niconico’s Famitsu Channel — Famitsu being Japan’s dominant video-game media brand, which explains the thread’s speculation that this is sponsor-driven rather than the group’s own idea. “Mecha Chameleon” is a real viewer-participation hide-and-seek game, apparently Japanese-made, that posters note found an audience overseas too.
The thread’s actual fault line was less about the idols and more about game integrity: several posters worried that because the hiding player is visible on a public livestream, any opponent who is also watching gets a built-in advantage — a concern immediately answered by others noting the hosts had pre-announced a rule against peeking at the broadcast, the way Among Us streamers also had to police stream-sniping.
What outside readers will likely miss is the subtext behind “why not bring out Mocchi” — a fellow member floated as a better fit is reportedly 16, and Japanese broadcasting norms effectively bar minors from appearing on a 9 PM live show, which is almost certainly the real reason she wasn’t cast, not a snub. The “5,000 viewers” figure posters expect is also a modest, routine number for niche idol content, not a headline hit.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project) thread “■ Suzu Hashisako & Rin Kawana ■ YouTube ‘ANGERME’s “Haro Tsuu GAMES” — Playing the Viewer-Participation Game “Mecha Chameleon”‘ ■ 21:00~ ■”.
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