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The story
BS NTV’s new program “Isn’t It About Time You Got Married!?” (“Sorosoro Marriage Shimasen ka!?”) launches late night on November 9, 2026. The show has Hello! Project idols learning about marriage and the latest trends surrounding it, even showing off wedding dress looks — but when the announcement dropped, 5ch’s reaction leaned more toward confusion and sarcasm than enthusiasm. Tsubaki Factory’s Onoda Saori revealed on her own blog that she’ll appear in the first episode, and the thread filled up with speculation — from “isn’t she just going to be a token guest on a marriage-info show?” to questions about which other members might appear and what the agency’s real angle is.
Show details
🈟Isn’t It About Time You Got Married!? (“Sorosoro Marriage Shimasen ka!?”)
Monday, November 9, 2026, 00:30 – 01:00
Source: bs4.jp / original article here
What people said
it's not like current members need to be dragged into a show like this.
should get a bonus perk where they actually get set up with a marriage partner.
Okinawa
The Ginoza Resort Churaumi Chapel
We produced the wedding of
pro baseball player Sugiura Toshihiro
and former TV Tokyo announcer Konno Asami.
https://www.arluis.com/library/220601_GNZ_OKINAWA_534/
The SATOYAMA Movement just changed shape into carbon-neutral stuff and kept on going — give it a rest already.
the agency's probably hoping they'll just find a happy marriage
rather than staying stuck in showbiz, unsuccessful, past 30.
What are they gonna do with this…
If it's just Saori, I guess that's fine.
but what about episode 2?
Wait, hold on!
I thought this was a troll thread but it's actually real!
https://bangumi.org/tv_events/AmSgCNRZEAE
Re: #39
And it's really true that Onoda is on episode 1!
https://ameblo.jp/tsubaki-factory/entry-12983317815.html
I totally thought this was a joke!
If Onoda Saori is the only one appearing,
then she's basically just a token add-on to a marriage-info show.
is a Nogizaka46 and Sakurazaka46 program.
air it as a documentary, not a reality show.
the members Up-Front has gone cold on, like Juice=Juice, OCHA NORMA, and Tsubaki Factory's older members (lit. 'old-lady members' — a dig at their age), will probably be pushed to appear first.
such a hopeless agency.
They're probably bitter that Juice=Juice hit big while Angerme and 'Litokyame' (a fan nickname for another H!P group) didn't
Honestly, if this is the only timeline where that happens, they might as well just fold up Hello! Project entirely.
Background and key points of this discussion
Within Hello! Project, members’ marriages have long been talked about as something tied to graduating from the group, since balancing marriage with idol activities is seen as difficult — which makes a show that puts marriage itself front and center a rare move. Speculation in the thread centered on who would appear and who would be left out, reflecting how closely fans track differences in how members are treated within the agency. Some also questioned whether the show was even real after its official website briefly returned a 404 error, but Onoda Saori’s own blog announcement confirmed the broadcast is genuinely happening. Some framed the show’s intent as tied to internal agency promotion or connections, but since that is speculation without evidence, it is not covered in this article.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project) thread “New show “Hello! Project idols have fun learning about marriage knowledge and the latest trends! Candid talk, plus wedding dress looks you can only see here!”“.
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