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TV Tokyo’s “Pekomogu Kitchen” has announced that Juice=Juice’s Ishiyama Sakura and AKB48’s Sakagawa will face off in an autumn takikomi gohan (mixed rice) battle airing September 20, with announcer Kitagawa Rio on board as host. On 5ch’s Hello! Project board, fans welcomed the news as a “dream collaboration,” while others flagged a discrepancy with an old rumor, writing things like “wasn’t there a rumor she couldn’t appear alongside Hello! Project?” about Announcer Kitagawa. Talk also turned to Ishiyama and Sakagawa being in the same school year, and to Ishiyama’s long stint as a trainee, with reactions spreading well beyond a simple show announcement.
What people said
Aiming to be the Idol Cooking Champion!! [Juice=Juice's Ishiyama vs. AKB48's Sakagawa] An original takikomi gohan bursting with autumn flavor ▼ Salmon and smoked cheese in a clay pot!? ▼ Piling on local Fukui-style deep-fried tofu!!
September 20, Sunday, 11:00-11:30, TV Tokyo
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She's starting to get pushed.
Not in the Senbatsu, but right on the borderline.
If she hadn't been buried by some garbage unit gimmick, she'd probably be more famous by now.
Guess that was a lie too, unbelievable.
This generation:
08 西田 汐里 2003/06/07 2018/06/09
30 広本 瑠璃 2003/06/18 2021/12/12
26 河西 結心 2003/07/30 2021/07/07
09 江口 紗耶 2003/08/01 2018/06/09
00 八木 栞 2003/09/19 2021/07/07
00 太田 遥香 2003/10/21 2018/11/23
00 笠原 桃奈 2003/10/22 2016/07/16
20 川名 凜 2003/12/06 2020/11/02
23 有澤 一華 2003/12/23 2021/07/07
12 伊勢 鈴蘭 2004/01/19 2018/11/23
21 為永 幸音 2004/02/09 2020/11/02
39 石山 咲良 2004/02/22 2022/06/29
63 小島 はな 2004/02/26 2026/05/29
00 北川 莉央 2004/03/16 2019/06/22
Ishiyama languished as a trainee for so long that she's actually quite a bit more junior than her age suggests.
"Long" is relative — it was only a year and a half.
Her trainee period wasn't especially long compared to others.
If Kitagawa blows up, Morning Musume will get shut out of TV Tokyo more and more.
Might as well make her host the Hello Lab slot too and turn it into a Juice=Juice flagship show.
Get a Tsunku song to go viral for them.
Did she become a regular or something?
https://ameblo.jp/morningmusume15ki/entry-12690904491.html
https://stat.ameba.jp/user_images/20210807/19/morningmusume15ki/88/02/j/o1080144014983559665.jpg
I got to take a photo with Ishiyama Sakura-chan ♡
She's too cute,,,,
Are my ears too red?? lol
I got so embarrassed
all I could manage was "Can I get a photo with you~?"
I want to get closer to her soon!!!!
How should I even talk to her!?!?
It's not like the Hello! Project village with its rankings and pecking order.
Talent is what wins.
Secret fan accounts mean nothing.
Background and Key Points of This Discussion
“Pekomogu Kitchen” is one of TV Tokyo’s regular/special programming slots that leans heavily on idol guests, and as reply #105 notes, the show’s reputation as a network that “gives idols a lot of chances” has long circulated among Hello! Project and AKB48 fans. What drew attention this time wasn’t the matchup itself so much as the role of announcer Kitagawa Rio as host. As reply #13 points out, there had reportedly been a rumor among fans that Announcer Kitagawa “couldn’t appear alongside Hello! Project” — her actually being billed on the same show as Juice=Juice’s Ishiyama Sakura contradicted that rumor, which is what sparked the thread’s reaction. Since that backstory isn’t in the show’s official summary, it can look like a plain appearance announcement at first glance, but this contradiction is really the core of the thread’s excitement. Meanwhile, the “Is AKB the B-team?” comments in replies #7 and #72 aren’t a judgment on Sakagawa’s own ability — they reflect fan frustration with AKB48’s overall media exposure and how the group’s unit projects have been handled in recent years, and should be read separately from any assessment of Sakagawa as an individual.
※This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project board) thread “Pekomogu Kitchen [Autumn Takikomi Gohan Battle] Clay Pot & Salmon vs. Fukui-Style Fried Tofu Twist — Ishiyama Sakura, Announcer Kitagawa Rio.”
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