Juice=Juice’s Korean Dance Boot Camp: Nia Collapses from Poor Health on the Final Day

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The story

On the Hulu-exclusive documentary series “Juice=Juice Summer Camp in Korea,” member Nia reportedly collapsed from poor health on the final day of a Korean training camp aimed at perfecting a new dance routine — and the news became a hot topic on a 5ch thread. Another post claimed that other members had also spent half a day resting at the hotel. Opinions on the thread were split: some worried about the grueling schedule of 4–5 hours of daily dance practice packed into the same day as sightseeing and dining shoots, while others praised the show for topping Hulu’s documentary category. Meanwhile, a string of posts questioning the group’s actual popularity — insisting “nobody’s even watching” — added to the back-and-forth.

What people said

1AnonymousOct 29, 2026 18:21
Hulu
2AnonymousOct 29, 2026 18:22
【Hulu】Streaming more Hello! Project content one after another 💫 | #JuiceSummerCamp

@hulu_hello
📌Episode 4 drops tomorrow at 18:00!

Soaking up authentic energy and reaching even greater heights
The camp is finally entering its final stretch. Where will this fierce challenge lead…

#JuiceSummerCamp

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Juice=Juice Summer Camp in Korea | Streaming exclusively on Hulu
6:00 PM · Oct 28, 2026
https://x.com/hulu_hello/status/2115367987821601004
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3AnonymousOct 29, 2026 18:22
The food probably didn't agree with her.
5AnonymousOct 29, 2026 18:28
Someone get Nina's understudy in here (Black Swan reference)
6AnonymousOct 29, 2026 18:40
Don't spoil it in the thread title, dammit.
7AnonymousOct 29, 2026 18:40
Re: #4
There's no way the script would be that brutal lol
8AnonymousOct 29, 2026 18:41
The script: "Now tear your meniscus here"
9AnonymousOct 29, 2026 18:42
That's an insanely brutal schedule.
If anything, Risachi did amazing to hold up that long.
11AnonymousOct 29, 2026 18:43
Re: #9
Apparently she overslept badly that day, so she forgot to put her contacts in even though they had morning sightseeing in Korea.
10AnonymousOct 29, 2026 18:43
Oyaki's thread (links with "ht" stripped off)
13AnonymousOct 29, 2026 18:43
Apparently Mifu-chan was also out for half a day — that's why she's not in the sightseeing footage; she was resting at the hotel instead.
They do 4 to 5 hours of dancing and then go straight into filming sightseeing and meals.
14AnonymousOct 29, 2026 18:44
A mystery show nobody live-tweets about

■ Juice=Juice ■ Hulu All-You-Can-Watch 'Juice=Juice Summer Camp in Korea Episode 4' ■ Starts 18:00 ■ 1
https://kizuna.5ch.io/test/read.cgi/morningcoffee/1793220545
16AnonymousOct 29, 2026 18:46
Re: #14
Way too unpopular.
17AnonymousOct 29, 2026 18:46
Re: #14
It's #1 in Hulu's documentary category though lol
15AnonymousOct 29, 2026 18:45
I don't get why they're doing this right when they're trying to push the group.
They could've done all kinds of other things in this timeframe.
46AnonymousOct 29, 2026 19:01
Re: #15
Isn't this "all kinds of things" though?
19AnonymousOct 29, 2026 18:47
Oyaki keeps making a new thread every single time,
but it never gets any traction at all.
20AnonymousOct 29, 2026 18:48
Re: #19
Nobody cares about "Juice" (derisive shorthand for Juice=Juice) anymore anyway.
No one's watching this.
24AnonymousOct 29, 2026 18:49
Re: #19
#1 in the documentary category though 🥇
21AnonymousOct 29, 2026 18:48
Theory: Kunio-san might be the only one who watched it live.

Juice=Juice Summer Camp in Korea [Hulu Live-Watch] Episode 4 — Energy: Off to Korea to perfect the dance for the new song "Karei Naru Revenger" ("Gorgeous Revenger") — RENAN, Subin, Hello! Project
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EArnk9QUitc
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22AnonymousOct 29, 2026 18:49
No signs of life (人気 read as "hitoke," not "ninki"/popularity) — typical for the Wolves (Juice=Juice's fan nickname).
25AnonymousOct 29, 2026 18:50
Not interested in the dancing or whatever.
Just do your hard work behind the scenes, not out in the open.
26AnonymousOct 29, 2026 18:50
An Angerme fan (アンジュ = Angerme) is really saying that?
28AnonymousOct 29, 2026 18:51
Juice is so unpopular nobody's watching lmaooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
29AnonymousOct 29, 2026 18:52
Hard to even clown on it when it's #1 in the documentary category, beating out Kento "Kenty" Nakajima's show lol
38AnonymousOct 29, 2026 18:57
Re: #29
Snow Man's Raul is #3, you know
30AnonymousOct 29, 2026 18:52
She was a child actor originally, so this level of acting is a piece of cake for her.
31AnonymousOct 29, 2026 18:53
Oh, so she's training in Korea?
32AnonymousOct 29, 2026 18:54
What are they thinking, pushing her so hard she gets sick, and wearing her out to the point she oversleeps? Just let the Korea trip be a reward, that should've been enough.
33AnonymousOct 29, 2026 18:55
Sounds like it was actually their own request though.
They'd been wanting to go abroad, and everyone loves K-pop.
37AnonymousOct 29, 2026 18:57
Are they trying to spin this into some inspiring story just to consume idols for content?
41AnonymousOct 29, 2026 18:59
Re: #37
They probably put out a special like this specifically because they're confident it won't come across as cheap exploitation.
39AnonymousOct 29, 2026 18:58
For idols already at the peak of their popularity to push themselves this hard in training is amazing.
That's Hello! Project for you.
40AnonymousOct 29, 2026 18:59
This time last year, Nia-chan was pretty frail and missed a classical concert, the group's anniversary event, and even her own performance as the Queen (a stage production).
She's been powering through this year's brutal schedule just fine, so it's actually been a while since she last got sick like this.
Mippuru skipped the horumon-yaki (grilled offal) place on day one, and that's exactly what proper health management looks like.
Once Nia-chan has another year of experience under her belt, she'll probably be able to speak up herself and say "I'm tired, let me skip this dance training trip."
It's easy to forget given how big the projects she's working on are, but at the time of the Korea trip Nia-chan still had less than a year of experience — so of course she's still a bit rough around the edges.
45AnonymousOct 29, 2026 18:59
People keep pointing out it's #1 in the documentary category, but the Wolves' (Juice=Juice fandom) antis are blind and just contrarian for the sake of it lol
47AnonymousOct 29, 2026 19:04
In the first place, wasn't this project something Hulu brought to them?
They probably sniffed out the money in getting Juice=Juice fans to subscribe and made the offer.
And if it's been #1 in the documentary category this whole time, then as a business move it's already a huge success.
48AnonymousOct 29, 2026 19:04
The show's format doesn't feel like typical Hello! Project, and that's what makes it feel fresh.
59AnonymousOct 29, 2026 19:21
The Korean coordination company and the production company working with them are both really good at their jobs.

Background and Key Points

This show is a Hulu-exclusive documentary chronicling Juice=Juice’s training camp in Korea as they worked to perfect the dance for their new song “Karei Naru Revenger” (“Gorgeous Revenger”). According to the thread, Nia is a new member with less than a year of experience, and the packed schedule — 4 to 5 hours of dance practice a day layered with sightseeing and dining shoots — is cited as the likely cause behind her collapse. The thread was split between those who saw the grueling training in a positive light and others who suspected the incident may have been exaggerated for the sake of the show’s narrative; the latter view is excluded from this article due to lack of supporting evidence. Additionally, both the taunt that “nobody’s watching” and the claim that the show is “#1 in the documentary category” are unverified hearsay from the thread, and actual viewership data could not be confirmed.

*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project) thread “Juice=Juice’s Korea Dance Camp: Nia Hayashi Collapses from Poor Health on Final Day.”

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