Mai Koseki and Chisaki Morito appeared on MBS Radio’s “Young Town Saturday” on the September 5 broadcast. The show reportedly started 30 minutes later than scheduled, and listeners packed into the live-discussion thread. During the broadcast, the topic of whether Koseki actually touched the base during her ceremonial first pitch came up, and a reply saying “apparently she says she touched it” drew a lot of attention. Listeners also chatted about the show’s slot for Hello! Project graduate (“OG”) guests and about how to tell the group’s members apart.
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5AnonymousSep 5, 2026 21:59
Guess I'll listen to Buruma Konno's radio show for now
6AnonymousSep 5, 2026 22:03
Is that Chii-chan's hobby?
9AnonymousSep 5, 2026 22:28
Re: #6
Knitting
7AnonymousSep 5, 2026 22:12
Counting the seeds on a Tochiotome strawberry (a popular Japanese strawberry variety)
8AnonymousSep 5, 2026 22:24
The fall lineup changes are already out
Rikka Ihara's Friday slot ends this month
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10AnonymousSep 5, 2026 22:30
It's staaarted!!! (net slang for "radiko's on now")
12AnonymousSep 5, 2026 22:31
Someone's motivated
15AnonymousSep 5, 2026 22:31
Oze-chii's here!!!
16AnonymousSep 5, 2026 22:31
Wasn't it like 2 years since Morito and Koseki last appeared?
26AnonymousSep 5, 2026 22:33
Don't even know what Sashihara's been up to lately
30AnonymousSep 5, 2026 22:34
Sounds like they still haven't clocked Juice=Juice
32AnonymousSep 5, 2026 22:34
But you can still tell the Sakamichi groups, Kawa-Lab, and Hello! Project apart just by the vibe, right?
35AnonymousSep 5, 2026 22:36
Once you actually get the answer, that field of study is finished
38AnonymousSep 5, 2026 22:38
Had a hard time finding the thread
The Yantan OG guest slot is basically associated with golden-era members
Oze-chii's probably just a one-off guest filling a scheduling gap
46AnonymousSep 5, 2026 22:42
It'd be weird if Lone Wolf and Cub pushed a stroller
47AnonymousSep 5, 2026 22:43
Surely the Asahi Net old-timer won't show up here, right?
52AnonymousSep 5, 2026 22:45
Re: #47
He's got "Venue" right after this, so he probably won't come
49AnonymousSep 5, 2026 22:44
You can't talk with people from the future, so
being able to talk with people from the past is a wonderful thing
51AnonymousSep 5, 2026 22:45
Sanma-san gets a lot of his info about young people through Yantan, doesn't he
56AnonymousSep 5, 2026 22:47
He only ever sings Group Sounds (60s Japanese rock) songs,
so I haven't been to karaoke in like 20 years
63AnonymousSep 5, 2026 22:50
Feels like Koseki's character, age, career, and looks have finally started lining up lately
66AnonymousSep 5, 2026 22:50
I always used the Wii U for karaoke, but it doesn't work anymore
71AnonymousSep 5, 2026 22:52
Drink alcohol and ride a horse on public roads and that's still drunk driving
74AnonymousSep 5, 2026 22:53
Sanma actually had a pretty strong arm — you can tell from the old footage
75AnonymousSep 5, 2026 22:53
They just stepped off the mound because two people threw it together
76AnonymousSep 5, 2026 22:53
"Ceremonial" is an English word (adjective/noun) that mainly means "ritual," "official," or "formal."
77AnonymousSep 5, 2026 22:54
For a ceremonial first pitch, the game starts after it's thrown — it's basically like the opening act before the main show
78AnonymousSep 5, 2026 22:54
Koseki didn't step on the base
80AnonymousSep 5, 2026 22:55
Re: #78
Apparently she says she did step on it
82AnonymousSep 5, 2026 22:56
84AnonymousSep 5, 2026 22:56
Dacho Club were great at ceremonial first pitches
95AnonymousSep 5, 2026 22:58
A wellness check on Sanma…
is that a Yoshimoto thing?
97AnonymousSep 5, 2026 22:59
No way an old geezer can cover third or first base
99AnonymousSep 5, 2026 22:59
So Bando actually plays baseball seriously
100AnonymousSep 5, 2026 23:00
Juice=Juice's NHK thing has started too
Background and Discussion Points
“Young Town Saturday” is a long-running live broadcast on Kansai’s MBS Radio that regularly features Hello! Project graduates as guests. In the thread, opinions were split on how to read this guest slot: some see it as “an image centered on golden-era members,” while others speculated this particular appearance was just a one-off booking to fill a scheduling gap. It’s also worth noting that the claim about whether Koseki touched the base during the ceremonial first pitch came from listeners relaying on-air talk secondhand — it wasn’t confirmed directly via video or other footage.
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