A thread titled “Yuyu was so cute, wasn’t she?” popped up on 5ch’s Hello! Project board, and posters were stunned to learn that Yuyu — a member of Onyanko Club’s sub-unit Ushiroyubi Sasare-gumi — is now 58 years old. The discussion spread to cover the idol landscape of that era, memories of her solo career, and broader theories about ’80s idols.
I want to see Yuyu again
Isn't she basically a grandma by now?
I went to that "Touch Yuyu" year-end festival — or was it a year-end party?
Yuyu, 58 years old
Can't believe it
Shows how old we've gotten too
Can't believe it
Shows how old we've gotten too
Yuyu's 58, huh
Still, I bet she's cute even now
Still, I bet she's cute even now
That cute high school girl is 58 now lol
She's literally our generation, though
We're washed up too then
We're washed up too then
No matter how much time passes, Yuyu is still Yuyu
Yuyu, 58 years old, lmaoooooooooooooo
There was a photo of her past 40 and honestly she just looked like a regular middle-aged lady
The fact that she WAS Yuyu is what matters — even looking like a middle-aged lady now doesn't change the value of having been Yuyu
She was 150cm, 39kg
It was printed in Dunk magazine (an idol data/photo mag)
It was printed in Dunk magazine (an idol data/photo mag)
She kept going as a solo singer after Onyanko Club broke up, but her music lost direction and just didn't sell, so she shifted into being a variety-show idol. Her last single, "Mou Ichido Peter Pan," was actually a great song, but that's where her singing career ended
Middle-aged lady, fine
But grandma is pushing it
But grandma is pushing it
"Tenshi no Bodyguard," "25-Sen no Mangetsu," "Sayonara Shigan" — she had a lot of great solo songs too
The scary thing about Hello! Project members is how many of them are under 150cm
So who did Yuyu end up marrying anyway?
>>31
A regular guy, not in the industry
I think he was the manager of some restaurant or other
A regular guy, not in the industry
I think he was the manager of some restaurant or other
"Haro haro, doumo Yuyu dasu!" she'd say
Some mysterious made-up way of talking she had
Some mysterious made-up way of talking she had
Oh really? So she's not exactly rich then
I wonder how she's doing these days
I wonder how she's doing these days
Wait, Yuyu was in Onyanko Club?
Oh, that's the lady from the variety shows, brings back memories
Oh, that's the lady from the variety shows, brings back memories
To me Yuyu's less "Onyanko Club" and more "Ushiroyubi Sasare-gumi"
Rumor is she married a restaurant owner
Can't really say for sure though
Can't really say for sure though
Never was that into Yuyu or Takai
The one who really won over the stylish '80s guys was Fukunaga… Fukunaga Eki
The one who really won over the stylish '80s guys was Fukunaga… Fukunaga Eki
>>43
This
Fukunaga Eki
This
Fukunaga Eki
The guys in my class were all over the map with who they liked
Really taught me how different people's tastes can be
That's exactly why Onyanko Club hit the mark so well
With that many members, there was someone for everyone
Really taught me how different people's tastes can be
That's exactly why Onyanko Club hit the mark so well
With that many members, there was someone for everyone
>>48
Same weird thing happens with Hello! Project members
Even the ones you'd think "no way" about have their own devoted fans
Same weird thing happens with Hello! Project members
Even the ones you'd think "no way" about have their own devoted fans
>>44
Right?
You really get it, old-timer
For the All Nighter crowd (a late-night idol lineup/event), it'd be Nemoto or Shimano
Right?
You really get it, old-timer
For the All Nighter crowd (a late-night idol lineup/event), it'd be Nemoto or Shimano
But Fukkun's little sister(?) or Kihara Aki types weren't popular at all
At least nobody around me was into them
At least nobody around me was into them
>>50
Kihara and the Shoujotai Miho type are like that
Kind of like the purple ranger in a Toei Sentai show
Kihara and the Shoujotai Miho type are like that
Kind of like the purple ranger in a Toei Sentai show
The Houga crowd was fair game too, honestly
Got dazzled under the night-game lights and ended up falling for two of them at once
Wanted to watch Yuuyake Nyan Nyan so badly
I used to skip club activities for it all the time
I used to skip club activities for it all the time
Bulging in the middle — hey, it's Wednesday today
Yuyu really shined
Seriously, she was the only one sparkling — insane aura
Seriously, she was the only one sparkling — insane aura
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project board) thread “Yuyu was so cute, wasn’t she?“
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