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The story
On September 3, 2026, singer Kohmi Hirose appeared alongside Juice=Juice at “KohmiEXPO2026” and posted on her X account, “Thank you for the overwhelming performance,” and “I’m so moved to have gotten to sing together with you.” On the Hello! Project board of 5ch, many posts welcomed Hirose almost as if she were a member of Juice=Juice, while others found amusement in the differing coverage between the morning shows Mezamashi TV and Nonstop, and in how the group’s average age went up thanks to the collaboration — resulting in a mix of warm welcome and light teasing.
What people said
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Thank you for the overwhelming performance at KohmiEXPO2026! I'm so moved to have gotten to sing together with everyone from Juice=Juice.
Sounds like it was really good.
Kohmi Hirose and Harami-chan (a popular street pianist) together — that's some serious pulling power.
They're basically mother and daughter.
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All glammed up for the livestream on Mezamashi♪
Woozy Kohmi on Nonstop
A total A-list celebrity
A major new member, lol.
I'd already given up once only the livestream got covered on Mezamashi TV.
Well, I recorded it anyway.
The new center member's cute, huh.
Live band too.
Endless dizzy-dizzy-dizzy-dizzy-dizzy.
Background and Talking Points
Kohmi Hirose is a singer known for hits like “Koi ni Ochite (Fall in Love),” and in recent years she’s appeared more frequently at Hello! Project-related events and music programs. This time, “KohmiEXPO2026” combined a live performance with TV appearances, and the fact that it was covered on nationwide morning shows like Mezamashi TV and Nonstop became a talking point on the thread. The member color “silver” assigned to her isn’t an official membership color but appears to be more of an affectionate nickname given for the collaboration, and most of the thread’s comments welcomed Hirose almost as if she were a genuine member of Juice=Juice. That said, there was also some skepticism toward taking a celebrity’s friendly collaboration comments entirely at face value, so it’s worth noting the mood wasn’t uniformly celebratory — a nuance that’s easy to miss.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project) thread “Kohmi Hirose, who performed at KohmiEXPO2026 as Juice=Juice’s member-color ‘silver,’ gives Juice=Juice the highest praise.”
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