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Toyo Keizai Online reports that former Juice=Juice member Kanon Miyamoto, despite having no development experience, is building a special tour website entirely on her own using “vibe coding” — writing code by conversing with AI. The trigger was the departure of her manager (nicknamed “Mg”). Struggling to communicate with staff, she reportedly started turning to AI for help. On 5ch’s Hello! Project board, the report sparked a lively discussion covering everything from the reasons behind the manager’s resignation to the treatment of Up-Front-affiliated staff and even assessments of Kanon’s own personality.
Using AI to draft proposals and even prepare revisions… Former Juice=Juice member Kanon Miyamoto shows a new era of idol who does more than just sing and dance
Kanon Miyamoto, who graduated from Hello! Project idol group Juice=Juice and is now active as a solo artist.
Despite having no prior development experience, she has been making use of “vibe coding” — writing code through natural-language conversation with AI —
Source: toyokeizai.net / Read the original article here
What people said
It's probably true
They're short-staffed
If she leaves it to the notoriously incompetent Up-Front staff
She'll end up like Michishige
So I guess she found a language she can use to talk to the people on the ground as an equal
Are you dissing Manakan, who's 29?
Before she turns 30, I really wish she'd consider marrying me
So they can't afford a dedicated manager who can handle her anymore
And she struggles to communicate with a regular manager
She's the type who wants to be the center of attention herself, so she's not cut out for real behind-the-scenes work
Go get 'em behind the scenes!
This time's no different
At least what she's done will leave something behind — it's just uncharted territory, which beats what came before
If it's true, they should be hiding it even harder
It's not something to hide
The world's shifting toward cutting staff and using AI instead, so if anything she's right on trend
It gives off such a grim vibe that it's just speeding up fans leaving
Kanon Miyamoto barely has any motivation for outside work anyway — she probably didn't need a dedicated manager to begin with
She's plenty motivated for outside work
Whether the offers actually come in is a different story
Maybe she went off to open a curry shop
https://kizuna.5ch.io/test/read.cgi/morningcoffee/1788974592/
Well, I guess AI was fine for the job
I wanted to be the one to fill that hole
It's the backlash from Miyamoto being the only one in the JP room who got a dedicated manager — she was living too large
The pay's bad, so it's not a job you stick with for long
That's how it ended up partway through
Handling just Kanon-chan alone would leave you with too much downtime
I'm aware that sounds creepy
Isn't that just you being way too resistant to AI?
Think of it like she just started using PowerPoint
if Karin-chan were producing it, I'd want to watch
There's no way Kanon Miyamoto, who has zero interest in other people, could actually produce anything
There's a lot of that going around
A lot of female managers are pretty cute, right?
Though I've never seen Mg's face
So much rides on the manager, I really wish they'd pay the hardworking ones properly
Background and Points of Debate
The Toyo Keizai Online interview behind this article describes how Kanon Miyamoto uses a technique called “vibe coding” — writing code through natural-language exchanges with AI — and has AI handle everything from drafting proposals to presenting revisions. Opinions on the thread were split over whether to view this as a positive challenge or as a sign of a staffing shortage stemming from the lack of a manager. It’s worth noting that speculation about treatment and staffing at Up-Front-affiliated agencies reflects 5ch conjecture rather than any official statement from Miyamoto herself. Also, “Mg” is a nickname used within the thread to refer to the manager — the reason for departure and the person’s identity have not been disclosed.
*This article is compiled from excerpts and summaries of the 5ch (Hello! Project board) thread “Kanon Miyamoto: ‘Since Mg left, she started using AI to communicate with staff. Now she’s building the special tour site herself’.”
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