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On 5ch’s Hello! Project board, a clip of Angerme’s Momoha Nagano performing an acoustic rendition of “Hatsukoi Cider” at an event sparked discussion. The song was originally sung by Airi Suzuki, and the thread kicked off with a comment saying “Isn’t she better than Airi?”, followed by a string of posts praising her pitch stability and solid diaphragm breathing technique. At the same time, some expressed confusion over her member color being yellow, while others compared her vocals to Sayumi Michishige and Hana Goto, with the thread ranging widely from technical assessments to discussion of her looks.
Angerme’s treasure is getting out of hand
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What people said
Suzuki Airi isn't just a great singer —
since singing alone doesn't give you many chances for exposure in this industry,
she's branched out into modeling, acting, and variety show hosting to stay in the public eye.
That rise in popularity has even brought her TV commercials for the Ministry of Finance and major corporations.
Thanks to all that, she's currently the top solo draw among all Hello! Project members past and present, still doing solo tours across Japan plus Hong Kong and Taiwan in her 30s.
She's an OG with a lot the current members could learn from for their own futures.
I wonder how high her range goes
When she sang the key-change part of "Gao Gao" at Hina Fes, she couldn't hit a high E.
Hopefully she keeps training and ends up taking on part of the high notes.
A solo performance like this really shows what she's got
and cut Kudo and Irie
Goto's "Natsuo" is insane too
You can really tell the difference at the "1-2-3-4" part right after the intro, where there's no reverb
What deserves praise is her pitch and vocal stability
King and Soma are pretty solid too
Her voice doesn't waver
Maybe that's trained more than just her muscles
Karin wasn't pink either — you'll get used to it eventually
Just watch the video
Her member color is yellow
A treasure named Mochi~
Not very idol-like
Like that "1-2-3-4" part
https://youtu.be/sQ_m4LuN314
Yeah, Momochi really was amazing
Suzuki Airi isn't just a great singer —
since singing alone gives you almost no chances for exposure in this industry,
she's branched out into modeling, acting, and variety show hosting to stay in the public eye.
That rise in popularity has even brought her TV commercials for the Ministry of Finance and major corporations.
Thanks to all that, she's currently the top solo draw among all Hello! Project members past and present, still doing solo tours across Japan plus Hong Kong and Taiwan in her 30s.
She's an OG with a lot the current members could learn from for their own futures.
It feels like they both just deferred to her out of modesty
They didn't defer to anyone
Airi's just good
Background and Key Points of This Discussion
“Hatsukoi Cider” has long served as a kind of benchmark for vocal ability within Hello! Project, so it’s natural that the thread brought up a comparison to the existing standard-bearer, Airi Suzuki. Suzuki was introduced as an “OG” who has expanded her exposure through modeling, acting, and commercial appearances, and who — even in her 30s — still draws enough of a crowd to run solo tours across Japan, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, making her someone younger members are described as having much to learn from. At the same time, the bulk of the thread centered on concrete discussion of Momoha Nagano’s own technical performance — her projection in a venue with little reverb, her vocal range, and the solidity of her fundamentals — making for an assessment grounded in more than simple likes or dislikes, factoring in the performance conditions themselves. A few posts did show a purely emotional pushback against her, but since they offered no concrete reasoning, this article does not cover them.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project) thread “Momoha Nagano’s rendition of “Hatsukoi Cider” is being called amazing!!“.
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