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The story
Hello! Project idol Ruru Danbara revealed that during her September 22 concert in Hiroshima, the neighboring hall was simultaneously hosting a recital by her alma mater, Actor’s School Hiroshima (ASH). According to the fan account “Tokuwemon” on X (formerly Twitter), she was asked to give the younger students some words of encouragement when she stopped by to greet them before the show. Danbara’s hometown-homecoming story delighted 5ch users, who posted comments like “a true homecoming,” while the fact that ASH alumni also include members of Perfume and BABYMETAL sparked a lively comparison of how far each graduate has “made it” in the industry.
Tokuwemon🦋🐙
@tokuwemon
Ruru’s closing MC segment
Source: x.com / Original post here
What people said
So on Wolf [the Hello! Project fan forum], she's only rated as "that level"? That's underselling her compared to how the general public sees her.
A true homecoming, right enough.
She's a director at the TV production company that runs ASH, and also handles ASH's office work.
She used to be the staff member chaperoning Ruri Hiromoto, who was in Kakumei Joshi (Revolutionary Girls).
so the Actor's School juniors must have been over the moon.
After that it's the BABYMETAL member, the =LOVE leader, and Riho Sayashi.
Dan-chan comes after them.
Though Sayashi might've actually overtaken them by now.
Sayashi's probably already overtaken them.
Guess BABYMETAL's on top then.
Back when she was there it was held in the big hall — did it get downgraded to the medium hall?
They might actually be doing that.
Feels like there was something like that in the past.
Ozeki: BABYMETAL, Sayashi, Danbara
Sekiwake: Hiromoto
BABYMETAL's a Yokozuna too.
Background and Talking Points
Actor’s School Hiroshima (ASH) is a long-established Hiroshima institution known for training actors and entertainers. In the thread, users brought up alumni spanning multiple genres — members of Perfume and BABYMETAL, Riho Sayashi, the former leader of =LOVE, Ruri Hiromoto, and more. Ruru Danbara is also an ASH graduate, and one post noted that her older sister works as staff at the company that runs the school, suggesting this round of encouragement wasn’t a one-off feel-good moment but an extension of an ongoing tie to her hometown. It’s worth noting — something the scattered comments alone don’t quite convey — that ASH isn’t a training ground exclusive to Hello! Project; it’s a community-rooted school that sends talent to a range of different agencies. The lively comparisons of alumni “success” likely stem from just how wide that net is cast.
*This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project) thread “Ruru Danbara: “During today’s Hiroshima concert, the hall next door was also holding an Actor’s School recital. When I went to say hello before the show, I was asked to give the juniors some encouragement”.”
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