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The story
On 5ch’s Hello! Project board, a poster who rewatched the recently-resurfaced “SexyBoy” music video started a thread praising how stunning the Morning Musume members looked back then. Fans nostalgically recalled the lineup they call the “Platinum Era” — Hitomi Yoshizawa, Miki Fujimoto, Ai Takahashi, Asami Konno, Eri Kamei, Sayumi Michishige, and Koharu Kusumi — with comments like “no current idol group can touch this” standing out. At the same time, some worried that all the attention on former members was overshadowing talk of the current 2026 lineup, so reactions to the renewed buzz were mixed.
What people said
even the "cute-ugly" (busakawa) Tanaka and Niigaki were totally on point, and even Ogawa was relatively decent by her own standards at the time
Flawless — this really was THE visual group.
though that's mostly because people were comparing them to '80s legends.
and you get the next single, "Aruiteru" ("Walking").
"Aruiteru" really is Morning Musume's best-ever visual lineup, isn't it?
because it only puts the spotlight on the Platinum Era members,
not on the current '26 lineup.
Relax, there's zero chance it actually blows up lol
"Hinohaa"??
It's "Jingle beeeells,"
isn't it?
Current members would get cut at a Sakamichi audition.
Sakamichi's already past its peak, losing out to =LOVE (Equal Love) these days.
Nah, they just look like kids to me.
Well, the Wolf board's regulars (5ch's nickname for the Hello! Project forum) are mostly old-timers, so of course.
They're not losing.
They're not losing?
Why can't they do this anymore?
I mean, there's "Hapi" (fan nickname for one of their other upbeat tracks), isn't there?
That's the twilight of Tsunku's increasingly twisted songwriting phase.
like that "ueh ueh" ASCII art and stuff.
Though I didn't become a Wolf board regular myself until the Idol Warring States era.
I remember seeing that ASCII art in an FX (forex trading) livestream thread.
but I never imagined it'd have a mini viral moment 20 years later.
after this the group lost its flagship status and the lineup quality declined at an accelerating rate.
and the song itself is super catchy too — genuinely good track.
Doesn't matter that there's no sound.
but you really shouldn't get close to a running microwave — those electromagnetic waves are no joke.
Background and Key Points
“SekuBo” is the nickname fans settled on; the song’s official title is “SexyBoy.” The “Platinum Era” mentioned in the thread is fan slang for the stretch of Morning Musume’s lineup history when members’ fame and skill were both at their peak — it’s not an official designation. The discussion split roughly into two camps: one simply praising the visual beauty of the music video, and the other worrying that renewed hype around former members might overshadow the current (2026) lineup’s activities — a divide in attention that naturally arises from the group’s long, multi-generational history. It’s also worth noting that claims like “no current idol can compete” are just individual posters’ opinions, not based on any objective measure.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project) thread “I rewatched the SexyBOY MV since it’s blowing up again and the visuals are just godlike — no current idol is on this level“.
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