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It’s been revealed that Morning Musume. OG Reina Tanaka will appear on TBS’s “Hamada Kayousai ★ Ookami Shounen: Strongest Winter Songs SP,” airing November 20. The same show will also feature Juice=Juice’s Ruru Danbara and lyricist TRUE (Miho Karasawa), prompting a flurry of related posts from the performers on X. On 5ch’s Hello! Project board, fans reminisced about Reina’s past collaborations with comedy duo Time Machine 3-Go’s Futoshi Seki, and shared nostalgic comments about songs Karasawa wrote back in her LoVendoЯ days, with excitement building over the reunion.
Reina Tanaka Official @ganbareina11
TBS “Hamada Kayousai ★ Ookami Shounen”
Strongest Winter Songs SP
Source: tbs.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
Their generations are just slightly off, so this might actually be their first time sharing a stage
Karasawa & Reina → LoVendoЯ connection
Danbara & Reina → Hello! Project connection
Reina's got a surprising number of threads tying people together
https://x.com/JuiceJuice_uf/status/2121438069001986168
🎤 #RuruDanbara is appearing! 🎤
TBS "Hamada Kayousai ★ Ookami Shounen"
Strongest Winter Songs SP
🗓 Friday, November 20, 7:00 PM
https://www.tbs.co.jp/ookami_tbs/
Be sure to watch🧡
#HamadaKayousai #OokamiShounen
#juicejuice
#helloproject
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12:00 PM · November 14, 2026
https://x.com/miho_karasawa/status/2121212436518928646
【TV Appearance Info】
Friday, November 20, 19:00?
I'll be appearing on TBS's "Hamada Kayousai ★ Ookami Shounen: Strongest Winter Songs SP"!
https://www.tbs.co.jp/ookami_tbs/
I was so happy to see Mr. Hamada again
after 25 years! Please watch!
#TRUE #MihoKarasawa
#OokamiShounen
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9:03 PM · November 13, 2026
TRUE/Miho Karasawa @miho_karasawa
https://x.com/miho_karasawa/status/2121215511744913464
I got to share the stage with Juice=Juice's
Ruru Danbara, whom I write songs for
as a lyricist,
and with Reina Tanaka as well —
it was a dreamlike, special time♪
#HamadaMusicFestival #TRUE #MihoKarasawa
9:16 PM · November 13, 2026
Reina really does click better with Time Machine 3-Go (Taima) than with Joujou, doesn't she
Wonder who he's talking about
Probably senior comedians from other agencies
though I feel like I might be misremembering
It's probably someone from another agency, but who could it be
Maybe that was before he got big
Even if, behind the scenes, he turned out to be some irredeemably rotten jerk, the memory of him chatting with me so casually is eternal
though when addressing her directly it was 'Reina-chan'
the graffiti on that booth's wall had been covered up
LoVendoЯ
BINGO (2014, lyrics: Miho Karasawa, composition: Kazuhiro Hara, arrangement: Kazuhiro Hara & Jiro Miyanaga)
UNDERGROUNDER (2014, lyrics: Miho Karasawa, composition: Marin Miyazawa, arrangement: Jiro Miyanaga)
Stonez!! (2014, lyrics: Miho Karasawa, composition: Kentaro Akutsu, arrangement: Jiro Miyanaga)
Must've gone over well last time
That era of member-written songs might honestly be my favorite
Though a lot of them never got an official release lol
Say light blue, think Reina
mostly on social media
I'm a fan from around the '1 2 3' era, but at least around the time of LoVendoЯ, Gocchin did pop up in Reina's blog here and there
Last time it was 2 songs and 1 dance segment
This show tends to lean more toward featuring younger talent anyway
They're in different teams, so there probably won't be much interaction
Background and talking points
Reina’s connection with Futoshi Seki reportedly traces back to a show she hosted on which the two appeared together, and the thread saw a number of comments lamenting that the show only lasted about a year. Miho Karasawa, who performs as TRUE, also drew attention for having written lyrics for songs like ‘BINGO’ back in her LoVendoЯ days as a lyricist, with some pointing out that tracks that got little attention at the time are now being reappraised. Posters also noted that her agency, Up-Front, has few senior comedians on its roster, making someone like Seki a rare and valuable connection — making this a thread that looks back on the accumulated history of interactions between idols and comedians. Note that the show’s exact segment breakdown and running order are pre-broadcast information, and that comments in the thread include speculation based on posters’ past memories.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project board) thread “Reina Tanaka & Time Machine 3-Go’s Futoshi Seki Reunite After a While for TBS’s ‘Hamada Kayousai ★ Ookami Shounen’ Strongest Winter Songs SP Appearance.”
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