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The story
Hello! Project idol Reina Uemura’s exchange with co-star Onoda, who asked her “Haven’t you been going to the gym?”, was picked up on 5ch’s Hello! Project board. Uemura reportedly said, “I do go to the gym, but right now it’s just walking and running. I want to get into serious strength training and someday show off a ripped version of myself.” The thread mixed encouragement (“go for it!”) with jokes about future deadlift records and bodybuilding championship appearances, along with some wistful comments about her losing her feminine figure.
What people said
Uemura: I do go to the gym — I do go, but it's not really serious strength training, more like just walking or running. Serious training is…
Keep it up
Kami-Rena: "I have an announcement for everyone. A demon has finally taken up residence in my back" (bodybuilder slang for having back muscles so defined they look like a demon face)
Because it's basically a done deal she's going to show off that ripped physique
Low-rise fits her better anyway
Lately it's all high-waisted, tube-shaped torsos
Well, more like toned and "body-made" than bulked up
You can't pull off those outfits otherwise
Also she should probably ditch those hyper-thick platform heels — they're bad for her legs, and dancing with that much weight strapped to her feet is obviously going to bulk her legs up lol
Once you put them on, it's hard to stop
Background and Talking Points
An idol’s changing body is a perennial hot topic on 5ch’s idol-scene boards, where cheering and joking tend to blur together. The numbers thrown around here — “250 to 290kg deadlifts,” “bodybuilding championships” — are exaggerated jokes; Uemura herself never said she was aiming for competitive-level training. Many posts in the thread also brought up other members’ or former idols’ body changes, but unverifiable rumors, including doping speculation, have been excluded from this article. It’s worth noting that Uemura’s actual comments were limited to “light exercise for now” and “someday I’d like to do serious strength training” — a future aspiration, not a confirmed plan to drastically change her physique.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project) thread “[Sad News] Reina Uemura makes a questionable resolution: “I go to the gym, so I want to do serious strength training and someday show off a ripped version of myself”“.
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