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Hello! Project’s Juice=Juice appeared at the opening ceremony of “Pom Fes,” which kicked off on September 12 at the Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse, taking the stage as the very first act. Pompompurin, who’s marking 30 years since debut this year and just took first place in the “2026 Sanrio Character Grand Prix,” had a Hello! Project group headline the opening of his own flagship event. When Pompompurin introduced them at the ceremony as “those girls named after tasty things, just like me,” it sparked a debate on 5ch’s Hello! Project board over who actually got the spotlight treatment.
“Pom Fes,” a festival starring Pompompurin, kicked off today, September 12, at the event plaza of the Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse in Kanagawa. Juice=Juice appeared at the opening ceremony and served as the first act of the live show.
Pompompurin, celebrating 30 years since his debut this year, took first place in the “2026 Sanrio Character Grand Prix.”
Appearing at the opening ceremony held from 11:00 AM, he opened with, “I want to call over some friends — those girls named after tasty things, just like me,” then joined the crowd in calling out, “Come on out, Juice=Juice!”
Source: natalie.mu / Original article here
What people said
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You Juice=Juice haters bashing specific members ought to be ashamed of yourselves
Rurun would burst into tears
Sharing a stage with a national superstar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwOuyvPVV-w
That's a huge break for them
Every single one of you is a star!
Ah, so THAT's what gave me the déjà vu
Background and Points of Debate
“Pom Fes” was a commemorative event for Pompompurin, held at the Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse to mark 30 years since his debut this year and his first-place finish in the “2026 Sanrio Character Grand Prix.” The article doesn’t spell out exactly why Juice=Juice was picked as the opening ceremony’s first act, but Pompompurin himself introduced them as “those girls named after tasty things, just like me” — a pun linking the group’s name to sweets and drinks that served as the hook for calling them onstage. Opinions split in the thread over whether the slot right after the opening was a “flashy, high-profile break” or a “modest warm-up act,” with some pointing to the number of appearances and matching outfits as evidence for the former, while others singled out specific members as mere “supporting players.” Note that replies touching on personal likes/dislikes toward individual members or old in-jokes have been partly excluded, as they fall outside the scope of this article.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project board) thread “Pompompurin: “My friends in Juice=Juice are a group where all 11 members are the stars”.”
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