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Yasumi Tanimoto of idol group Tsubaki Factory revealed on her blog why she settled on 16 as her uniform number. “It gradually came to me… the number 16,” she wrote, describing how she landed on a number that means something to her. The revelation sparked a thread on 5ch where users chimed in with the backstories behind other members’ numbers. From digits tied to birthdays to ones inherited from an admired senior member, each member’s story got shared, making for a lively thread among Hello! Project fans.
Oh! The story behind the number too!!
I agonized over my number so much!!
I wanted it to be a number that meant something to Tsubaki too
Source: ameblo.jp / Original article here
What people said
Ono — 324 ("Mizu Four")
Onoda — 30 ("Sao")
Akiyama — 29 ("Niku"/meat)
Kasai — 3 ("Yu-mi")
Fukuda — 8 ("Hachamaru")
Yokaze — 42 ("Yofuu")
Ishii — 159 ("Ikaku")
Murata — 831 ("Yasai"/vegetables)
Doi — 10 ("Tomato")
Nishimura — 860 ("Haro"/hello)
Guess she's really into "Sao" (pole)?
Ah, so it's 16 people (not counting Kohira) lol
My Uniform Number — Yuina Kasai
2024-07-01 22:00:55
https://ameblo.jp/tsubaki-factory/entry-12858301896.html
Yesterday I got a few comments asking why I picked No. 3, so…
it's for Mimi-chan's 3!! 🐈💜
I had a lot of numbers I liked, so I agonized over it, but
in the end I thought, "It's gotta be my beloved Mimi-chan's" lol
3 was already one of my favorite numbers to begin with, so
I figured, why not! and settled on No. 3!
What number would you all pick? ☺
Managed to squeeze it in right at the tail end of this season.
Good, good.
Not many people know Yui Murata got certified as a vegetable sommelier.
She got her vegetable sommelier certification
https://ameblo.jp/tsubaki-factory-new/entry-12973587939.html
Looks like Marin Fukuda also had "8" gradually come to her.
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It was 16 before he transferred teams.
Original members: 6
Saniko: 3
Ritokyame: 4
Hinaazu: 3
King: 1
That's 17
…huh?
It does say "other than me," just to be safe.
Never once thought of them as comrades.
Hashida — 05, the year Lotte won the championship
Yoshida — 78, birthday
Onoda — 123, birthday
Murakoshi — 211, birthday
Uemura — 92, milk
Matsubara — 226, birthday
Shimakawa — 87, from her name Hana
Kamimura — 07, from her name Reina
Soma — 24, birthday
Background and Talking Points
In Hello! Project in recent years, it’s become a tradition for each group’s project to unveil a “uniform number” for every member. Many pick numbers tied to their birthday or inherited from an admired senior or fellow member, and Yasumi Tanimoto explained on her blog that she chose hers based on what felt like “a number that means something to Tsubaki [Factory].” Rather than splitting into opposing camps, the thread was mostly casual chatter, with users trading the backstories behind other members’ numbers — birthdays, numbers borrowed from a favorite senpai, digits tied to a qualification or nickname — with almost no criticism in sight. That said, a similar uniform-number project for another group previously stirred controversy over headcount and how numbers were assigned, and a few posts referenced that history. Exchanges like these, digging into the meaning behind the numbers, also give fans a chance to deepen their understanding of the members they support.
*This article is compiled as an excerpt and summary of the 5ch (Hello! Project) thread “[Great News] Yasumi Tanimoto Opens Up About Why She Chose Uniform Number 16: “It Gradually Came to Me… the Number 16”.”
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