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A thread appeared on 5ch’s Hello! Project board cross-referencing the past entertainment careers (‘previous lives’) of candidates for the new member audition for idol group NEO-mi. One name that came up as a candidate was Sayaka Yano, who was reportedly a Hello! Project trainee around 2016. A stream of posts pointed out that her profile — birth date, hometown, and more — matches, and replies with details of her activities from that time piled up. The thread also discussed how likely other candidates were to pass, along with the view that open slots are limited since only one member has graduated so far.
What people said
Previous-life (zense) roundup
Chiho Ishida — former STU48
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Her surname was Goto though
Yano Sayaka
Date of Birth
August 31, 2003
Hometown
Oita Prefecture
Blood Type
Type B
Height
158cm
Hobbies
Dance, and eating honey and
manju (sweet buns) every day
Special Skills
Dance, piano
Hometown and birthday match
Sayaka Goto (Goto Sayaka)
Born August 31, 2003.
The 26th-generation debut, famously called the worst-performing trainee showcase ever
Then who was it that turned down becoming a trainee again?
by failing them as trainees, and kept letting good talent slip away because of it 😡
I mean, Uemura commuted all the way from the southern tip of Kagoshima though
Haven't seen her in about 10 years so no wonder I couldn't place her
Her and Hashimoto, those two
And it's exactly those two who ended up quitting
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Shutou, Kanemitsu, and Kodama were good
and now she's suddenly coming back at 23?
At that age she definitely had a boyfriend at some point
Should be fine if it's for =LOVE (nicknamed 'Ikolove')
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HSLEW2YbEAAzmha.jpg
kept doing local 'chiiki idol' type stuff back home for a while, right?
I remember it coming up in talk about her agency, but I don't think she was actually doing idol work
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None of the freshness you'd want from newcomers
They just want to fill the vacancy, so someone who can perform right away like Hana Kojima is fine
She was in the December one
Background and Key Points of This Topic
Hello! Project runs a development system called ‘trainees’ (kenshuusei), where hopefuls take part in training and showcases as a step before becoming full members. Sayaka Yano is said to have been one of these trainees around 2016, and on the thread her profile — birth date (August 31, 2003) and hometown (Oita Prefecture) — was found to match a person currently rumored to be a candidate, fueling efforts to pin down her ‘previous life.’ It’s worth noting, though, that this isn’t an official announcement — it remains fan speculation built from cross-referencing old photos and profiles. There’s also commentary that, since NEO-mi currently has 11 members with only one graduate, the number of open slots for new members is quite limited, underscoring just how much interest there is in how candidates are chosen.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project) thread ‘Former Hello! Project trainee Sayaka Yano heading to the =LOVE audition.’
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