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A fan who listened to Juice=Juice’s live recording from “Pia Arena MM” noticed that young members Kawashima Mifu and Hayashi Nia had been given a surprising number of solo lines and singing parts, sparking discussion on 5ch’s Hello! Project board. Thread posters brought up counterexamples like Angerme’s Goto Hana and Nagano Momoha — young members who get almost no singing parts — highlighting how differently groups divide up vocal lines. The discussion also expanded into future worries about how Morning Musume will redistribute lines once Oda Yui graduates.
What people said
Hayashi Nia might be the most famous 2nd-year middle schooler in Japan right now.
Born in 2011… seriously, I can't believe it.
Even in commercials she looks like she's had a career for years already.
And she's over 170cm with an amazing figure on top of it.
The glasses girl.
She's honestly the one I'm following the most right now.
https://stat.ameba.jp/user_images/20260403/21/juicejuice-official/6c/39/j/o1080143915767523921.jpg
her solos have actually been increasing quite a bit
I just wanna shout the "Sakura-" call! (a fan chant tied to the song's lyrics)
Morning Musume is the brutal one
but can the current lineup actually carry that?
when people say new members join and the line split just never changes,
I think that's no fun at all
Background and Key Points of the Discussion
In Hello! Project, the distribution of singing parts (solos and unison lines) for each song is clearly fixed in advance, and fans have long watched it closely as an indicator of a member’s popularity, tenure, and standing within the group’s hierarchy. While Juice=Juice’s live recording sparked buzz over how much young members Kawashima Mifu and Hayashi Nia got, thread posters also pointed to counterexamples — Angerme’s Goto Hana and Nagano Momoha, young members who get very few lines — framing it as a difference in how each group handles the practice. The conversation also touched on future worries about how Morning Musume will redistribute lines after Oda Yui graduates. What’s easy to miss is that this isn’t simply a case of “more lines for young members is good” — posters also raised concerns about how hard it is to change distribution from live to live, and about existing members potentially losing lines as a result.
※This article is adapted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project board) thread “Was listening to Juice=Juice’s Pia Arena MM live recording and young members Kawashima Mifu and Hayashi Nia get quite a lot of solo/singing parts“.
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