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A thread titled “This year’s Hello! Project individual MVP has to be Momoha Nagano, right?” popped up on 5channel’s Hello! Project board. Nagano is a newcomer who joined Juice=Juice only recently, but many praised her for winning a solo showcase festival just half a year after her debut. Others pushed back, arguing that “MVP is a title tied to team results too,” while some threw their support behind other Juice=Juice members, Angerme’s Tanimoto, and Morning Musume。’s Danbara. There was also back-and-forth correcting misunderstandings about how the solo festival’s voting results should be interpreted, and in the end no consensus was reached.
What people said
Now Rookie of the Year, no argument there.
Being in Angerme means you get nothing anyway
The decline just won't stop
yeah, no argument here
She's simply on a different level from members who just sing and dance as they're told
Her contribution was strong enough to win over even other Hello! Project members
As an individual, no complaints
but the team was too weak for it to translate into wins
If we're handing an award to someone outside Juice, then yeah, Kojima or Nagano might deserve something
She revived Nishimura's career too
Well, of course
Comparing Ebata's bar event to Angerme's tour, same agency
Ebata's bar event sells out faster
Background and Points of Contention
Hello! Project runs a major showcase where members compete individually through solo performances, and how they place there often fuels debate over the “individual MVP.” Within the thread, some posts noted that the audience-vote winner (MIP) was Sachie Tamenaga, while the member-vote MVP was Miki Nonaka — meaning the initial claims of “rigged voting” may have stemmed from confusing these two separate awards. Momoha Nagano is a relatively recent addition to Juice=Juice, and while many praised her for achieving this just half a year after her debut, plenty of others feel the MVP title can’t be separated from the group’s overall results. The disagreement reflects a broader split among fans over whether individual skill or group popularity and performance should carry more weight.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project board) thread “This year’s Hello! Project individual MVP has to be Momoha Nagano, right?.”
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