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AKB48’s Kisei Sato has become a talking point on a Hello!Project thread on 5ch after it emerged she’s a fan of Hello!Project’s Juice=Juice. The thread also noted that Sato took first place in the “favorite seat ranking” held at her group’s recent solo concert at K Arena Yokohama, sparking discussion over her standing relative to second-place Yui Oguri and third-place Momoka Ito, as well as her ranking against “Itomomo,” known for her handshake-event popularity. The thread also quoted glowing praise for Juice=Juice from various celebrities, touching on the group’s acclaimed singing and dancing ability.
What people said
I love both AKB and =LOVE (Equal Love), I'm just a trend-chaser.
So you hate Morning Musume and Angerme?
The so-called 'Star-Moon-Flower' trio (a nickname for the group's three biggest names)
Or just a bandwagon newbie ('niwaka')?
She topped the 'favorite seat' ranking too, after all.
This is what takes first place?
No wonder nobody can compete in the Reiwa era, lol
Thanks for chiming in
Itomomo sells the most handshake tickets
This girl sold the most 'favorite seats' at the concert
That's literally a system designed to squeeze as much money out of otaku as possible
It's basically the modern-day equivalent of AKB's general election
And in that ranking, this girl, Kisei Sato, came in first
For reference, second place was Yui Oguri and third was Momoka Ito
The type who has zero interest in anything that isn't currently trending
Half of this is probably made up lol
Sho Hoshibe: "Juice=Juice has nothing but divas! And they've gotten even better at singing! The voices come straight from the diaphragm, their throats are wide open, the core of their voice is so strong. With Nia Hayashi joining now… this group is going to be terrifyingly good. No doubt about it!"
Hidenori Sugai: "(Juice=Juice is) My Pride"
Kasumi Mori: "My favorite member is Ruru Danbara. I've even been to Juice's live shows."
Harami-chan: "Juice=Juice is seriously way too much of a monster group wwwwwww Amazing."
Koumi Hirose: "Juice=Juice is an artist group."
Background and key points of this discussion
The “favorite seat ranking” is, alongside handshake-event sales, one of the popularity metrics used by AKB-family groups — a system where fans support their favorite members through seat and merchandise purchases. The ranking discussed here is based on a single performance, the solo concert at K Arena Yokohama, which makes it fundamentally different in nature from a nationwide, long-running metric like the general election (sousenkyo). Even within the thread, skeptical voices pointed out that “half of this is probably fabricated,” so caution is warranted against treating numbers limited to one specific event as representative of the overall “AKB popularity hierarchy.” Another reason the comparisons in the thread don’t quite line up is that popularity is measured differently for an established member known for handshake-event sales, like “Itomomo,” versus a newer member who has suddenly gained attention via social media. Juice=Juice, for its part, is a core Hello!Project group highly regarded for its singing and dancing, and is frequently praised by celebrities.
※This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Hello!Project) thread “AKB’s Kisei Sato turns out to be a Juice=Juice fan!!“
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