On 5ch’s Hello!Project board, a thread popped up about which Juice=Juice YouTube videos have racked up the most views. Thanks to the buzz around their recent hit “Moreme” (盛れミ), songs from five or even ten years ago have been getting bumped down the rankings one after another — and since 4 of the top 10 videos have Kirari Miyamoto (“Karin-chan”) as the thumbnail, some commenters declared “Karin-chan’s on top.” Meanwhile, tracks by Sayuki Takagi and Ruru Danbara also keep pulling in solid support, and some praised how members from every era are landing a balanced spread across the rankings.
What people said
3AnonymousSep 26, 2026 13:28
I'm a new fan thanks to "Moreme" (someone even typo'd it as "Leaked-mi"), but Karin-chan's got my attention
6AnonymousSep 26, 2026 13:29
Re: #3
No way anyone like that actually exists
4AnonymousSep 26, 2026 13:28
With the momentum "Moreme" has built up over the past few months, it feels like the 5- and 10-year-old videos are getting steadily crowded out
5AnonymousSep 26, 2026 13:28
Mifuu Kawashima: "Look at the number-one me~♪"
7AnonymousSep 26, 2026 13:29
I'm a new fan via "Moreme," but hearing that the copy-paste spam troll is a Karin-chan fanboy has completely trashed my image of Karin-chan
9AnonymousSep 26, 2026 13:29
This is one of those threads where, for some reason, the guy posting from Asahi Net keeps dodging any mention of Kago Channel's view counts
12AnonymousSep 26, 2026 13:30
Karin-chan's 7 years got overtaken in an instant
13AnonymousSep 26, 2026 13:30
Apparently Miyamoto Karin is currently at 100% of 100%, so if she doesn't break out now, she never will
15AnonymousSep 26, 2026 13:31
Re: #13
Guess "Moreme" burned that down to ash in an instant…
14AnonymousSep 26, 2026 13:31
I don't think it counts as a top-tier work until it clears the "Takagi Wall"
16AnonymousSep 26, 2026 13:32
If Aoi-chan hadn't been in the picture, Takagi's smoking-hot body would've taken 5th place
19AnonymousSep 26, 2026 13:34
You could put together a whole best-of album just from the songs ranked above Takagi
20AnonymousSep 26, 2026 13:35
Why new fans have zero interest in Karin-chan
22AnonymousSep 26, 2026 13:37
Of these, only 4 songs made it into the current tour's setlist: Moreme, Purabura, Kurakura, and Burabare
with "Bitansan" (微炭酸, "Faint Fizz") rotating in as the extra pick each show
24AnonymousSep 26, 2026 13:38
Do you know who Miyamoto Karin-chan is?
41AnonymousSep 26, 2026 13:52
Re: #24
I've only heard her name mentioned here
I still don't know what she's actually like
25AnonymousSep 26, 2026 13:40
The top rankings mostly make sense, but I didn't realize "Suki tte Itte yo" (Say You Love Me) was this popular
30AnonymousSep 26, 2026 13:43
Re: #25
"Pop Music" and "Suki tte Itte yo" also got a pandemic-era boost
26AnonymousSep 26, 2026 13:41
Kurakura's probably going to overtake "Iji," right?
If so, the only Tsunku song left in the top 10 will be "Romance"
29AnonymousSep 26, 2026 13:42
Re: #26
Don't need Tsunku
28AnonymousSep 26, 2026 13:41
Miyamoto basically got killed by "Moreme"
32AnonymousSep 26, 2026 13:45
Well, of course —
she's someone who survived the cutthroat entertainment industry
and came out on top of it,
so when she does a solo YouTube stream,
you can feel the showbiz killer instinct radiating off her,
and watching it gives me cold sweat more than joy
33AnonymousSep 26, 2026 13:46
One old song that's suddenly getting views lately is "Potsuri to" — it hadn't moved an inch before, no idea why. Among Morning Musume's (娘.) old tracks, "ONLY YOU" is picking up views too
67AnonymousSep 26, 2026 14:19
Re: #33
Because they're doing it on tour
— I only just found out there was an MV for it myself
34AnonymousSep 26, 2026 13:47
"Tokyo Blur" is my favorite
42AnonymousSep 26, 2026 13:52
Re: #34
Same here for me
though if "Moreme" hadn't blown up this big, it might've ended up being my favorite instead
54AnonymousSep 26, 2026 14:02
Re: #42
Docking points on something just because it went viral? That's just old-guard gatekeeping
36AnonymousSep 26, 2026 13:49
If you only listen to the audio, Miyamoto sounds like Gomaki (Goto Maki)
37AnonymousSep 26, 2026 13:49
The impact of Sayuki Takagi's first photobook
38AnonymousSep 26, 2026 13:50
4 of the top 10 have Karin-chan thumbnails, so Karin-chan's on top
39AnonymousSep 26, 2026 13:51
Serves them right, all those people who were hyping this group up as "the Avengers"
49AnonymousSep 26, 2026 13:56
Having a good balance of the Miyazaki era, Kanazawa era, Uemura era, and Danbara era all ranking well is about as ideal a structure as you could ask for in a group meant to keep going
The saying "Juice=Juice is the best no matter the era" isn't an exaggeration at all
A few of these are kind of odd choices, so let's just pump out new songs nonstop and make every thumbnail one of the current 11 members!
51AnonymousSep 26, 2026 13:58
Miyamoto, radiating Thanatos (the death drive)
Okuhara, radiating Eros (the life/love drive)
56AnonymousSep 26, 2026 14:04
Re: #51
Who's Okuhara?
Background and Key Points of This Topic
Within Hello! Project, Juice=Juice members are grouped and referred to by “era” based on when they joined — the Kanazawa era, Miyazaki era, Uemura era, Danbara era, and so on. Karin Miyamoto, whose name came up in the thread, graduated from the group in 2020 and now works as a solo artist — she is not a current member. The skew pointed out in the thread — “4 of the top 10 have Karin-chan thumbnails” — reflects a phenomenon where a viral new song drives viewers back to catch up on older releases on YouTube, and doesn’t necessarily reflect the popularity of the songs themselves. The fact that new and longtime fans gravitate toward different members is also a sign of the group’s ongoing generational turnover.
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