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It became a hot topic on 5ch’s Hello! Project board that Hoshibe Sho and YOKO wrote the new single for DRAW♡ME, an idol group that emerged from the video-streaming project “Noblock.” Since the song’s style closely resembles Hello! Project’s sound, some posters claimed the label had gotten permission from Up-Front, which runs Hello! Project, to use it. The thread buzzed with comparisons like “you can’t tell it apart from Juice=Juice,” along with members’ backgrounds and the story of how the group was formed. Opinions on the song and the management’s approach were split, with praise and criticism running side by side.
What people said
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Can't tell it apart from Juice=Juice
Kind of gives off Gomattou vibes too (Gomattou = another Hello! Project-adjacent idol unit)
Not knowing Nihei makes you an Ookami-board regular or something? (Ookami = the wolf-themed idol discussion board on 5ch)
Ignorant much — individually she's more famous and sells better than anyone in Hello! Project.
Moriwaki Ririka, a regular on "Noblock," was originally into watching idols as a hobby, so she pitched the idea to Sakuma that she wanted to try being an idol herself. She gathered other regular members from Noblock to form the group — it was supposed to be a limited-time thing, but since it turned out more fun than expected and got a good response, they decided to keep it going, and now a major-label debut is set too.
She's the spitting image of Stardust's Airi.
Yeah the content itself is trash
It's just comedians rehashing stuff YouTubers already did
Bringing TV garbage onto the internet
Way too slow on the uptake
Kind of want to check out "Insult Village" (a content segment name) at least once
Hoshibe's song was a bit of a letdown
Honestly Tamaya's would've been better
Hoshibe gets stuck cranking out garbage songs because Hello! Project's requests have zero taste
When other labels commission him and let him write freely, he makes seriously good songs
Tamaya's song was the worst though
Can't tell the difference between it and Furuppa's "Hachamecha Wachawacha Life"
Kobayashi Hikaru?
Sakuma's doing something you can't do, and getting results
And the reality is everyone ended up blowing up big regardless of Sakuma
Sure, on a low-level stage
Bottom line
and Fujimori's calling her a rare talent
Yeah pretty much
I only catch it when it pops up as a short clip, no interest in watching the full thing
Their skill, star quality, and looks blow Hello! Project out of the water
The group our side should take down first isn't Kawara Lab, Stardust's Akimoto-style groups, or Amuse — it's these guys
These guys are a real threat
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HKwKByjaEAAHXdo.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HKxdBRTb0AAytl5.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HKv7VlhboAAgh-K.jpg
Just get them to come to the (Ookami) board already
Nihei's amazing
We on Ookami are fully rooting for Nihei
You know full well nobody pays attention unless you stir up some rivalry
This got a little bit of buzz back then, didn't it
https://i.daily.jp/ring/2025/01/25/Images/d_18577712.jpg
Background and Key Points of This Topic
DRAW♡ME is an idol group formed at the initiative of Moriwaki Ririka, a regular performer on Sakuma’s streaming project “Noblock.” It was originally meant to be a limited-run project, but its popularity led to a major-label debut. Hoshibe Sho, who wrote the new single, is a composer who has also worked on Hello! Project-related releases, which explains why the song’s style resembles that scene. The claim in the thread that “permission was obtained from Up-Front” comes from a single poster’s comment, not an official announcement, so it should be noted that this hasn’t been confirmed as fact. Opinions within the thread were also divided over the view count of content featuring member Nihei, suggesting that the group’s name recognition and the evaluation of their actual output don’t necessarily line up.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project board) thread “DRAW♡ME’s New Single by Hoshibe Sho & YOKO.”
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