Category: Idols

Juice=Juice being featured in Yume Mochizuki’s new book “Idols as Business Literacy” (Diamond Inc.) has become a hot topic on 5ch’s Hello! Project board. Mochizuki — a former Dentsu Digital employee also known as founder of the idol unit “Natsumezaka” — has mostly built his analyses around Sakamichi-group idols and has rarely covered Hello! Project. On the thread, reactions to the book’s price and thickness, and to his breakdown of traits shared by flop songs like “Vanilla Vanilla,” mixed with suspicion about the author’s biased viewpoint and his motives for covering the group — delight and wariness voiced side by side.

Yume Mochizuki

“Idols as Business Literacy”

Diamond Inc.

Source: hanmoto.com / Original listing here

*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project board) thread “Juice=Juice Finally Makes It Into a Business Book.”

On 5ch’s Hello! Project board, a thread posed the question “Why don’t Hello! Project DD fans (those who support every group equally) take any interest in Rosy Chronicle specifically?” and drew a flood of responses. Rosy Chronicle is positioned as Juice=Juice’s sister group, and the thread featured candid takes like “I’ve got favorite members, but I can’t support all of them,” along with wry jabs at Hello! Project’s internal hierarchy and revenue structure. Opinions on why interest just isn’t there split between those pointing to individual member popularity and those questioning the group’s overall momentum.

※ This article is compiled from excerpts and summaries of the 5ch (Hello! Project board) thread “Why don’t Hello! Project DD fans take any interest in Rosy Chronicle specifically?.”

Former AKB48 member and actress Rina Kawaei (31) appeared on “Shabekuri 007,” aired on the 5th, where she talked about a past period when she considered quitting the entertainment industry. On the show, she revealed, “There are people who are hugely successful but have an arrogant attitude or don’t even greet people. Sometimes I wonder, why is this person so popular?” She also shared behind-the-scenes details of the audition for the heroine role in the NHK morning drama “Come Come Everybody,” which she finally landed on her sixth attempt. On 5ch’s Entertainment/Sports News+ board, the discussion started with speculation over who the remark was aimed at, and expanded into a broader debate about the relationship between popularity and attitude — with some pushing back, “If being polite and greeting people was all it took to be successful, everyone would be successful,” while others countered that “people become successful because of hidden effort and talent.”

Rina Kawaei on the past when she considered leaving show business: “Why is this person…” — told her manager during the morning-drama audition, “If I don’t pass, I’m quitting”

Actress Rina Kawaei appeared on Nippon TV’s “Shabekuri 007” (airing Mondays, 9:00–9:54 PM), aired on the 5th, where she revealed a past period when she considered quitting the entertainment industry.

Kawaei, who played the heroine in NHK’s morning drama series “Come Come Everybody,” revealed it was her “sixth heroine audition,” having tried out for morning-drama heroine roles ever since her AKB48 days. When a message from the show’s executive producer was read aloud, explaining the reasoning — “When I saw Kawaei at the audition, I felt she was ready to commit fully to any role, in any situation. I felt I could trust her, both as a person and as an actress” — she listened with tears welling up in her eyes.

Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here

*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Entertainment/Sports News+) thread “Former AKB48 member Rina Kawaei (31): “There are hugely successful people who are arrogant or don’t greet people. I wonder why this person is so popular”.”

On the Hello! Project messageboard, the number of TikTok videos using Juice=Juice’s song “Kurakura☆Climax” became a hot topic. The figure cited was 7,911, beating out Morning Musume’s 1,369, BEYOOOOONDS’ 1,233, Tsubaki Factory’s 848, and Angerme’s 725. However, many pointed out that this pales next to the earlier buzz around “Moretara Kochira de” (aka “Moremi”), and the thread split over whether this really counts as a genuine "trend" at all.

3AnonymousOct 6, 2026 14:03

Re: #1
Current TikTok usage counts for each Hello! Project group's push single:

7,911 Juice=Juice


1,369 Morning Musume.


1,233 BEYOOOOONDS


*,848 Tsubaki Factory


*,725 Angerme

17AnonymousOct 6, 2026 14:14

Re: #3
So Tsubaki's gone up 60 in three days?
4 Anonymous (default poster name) 2026/10/03 (Sat) 07:14:43.80 0
787

48AnonymousOct 6, 2026 15:00

Re: #3
The way these numbers are being counted doesn't seem to be a pure measure of actual song usage.
To put it in extreme terms — if an account literally named "Kurakura☆Climax" uploaded 7,911 videos set to a completely different song, those would still get counted here.

5AnonymousOct 6, 2026 14:04

Only a measly 7,900 uses
Hello! Project "villagers" (slang for the fandom's insular bubble) really need to look outside once in a while

9AnonymousOct 6, 2026 14:07

Re: #5
Exactly this.
Angerme and Musume's new songs are being used at like 10x that level.
Juice fans need to look outside their bubble.

11AnonymousOct 6, 2026 14:09

Re: #5
Even within the Hello! Project bubble, that's bottom-tier.

22AnonymousOct 6, 2026 14:20

Re: #5 Re: #1
That's not good at all.
Why are you lying about it?

※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project) thread “Juice=Juice’s “Kurakura☆Climax” Is Apparently Blowing Up on TikTok Without Anyone Noticing lolololololol.”

On a Fuji TV information program, the new Hello! Project group “Rosy Chronicle” was introduced as being ‘Juice=Juice’s juniors,’ sparking discussion on 5ch. The thread starter expressed surprise, saying they’d assumed the group would be introduced as ‘Morning Musume’s juniors’ instead. Posters debated whether Hello! Project’s ‘flagship’ position had shifted from Morning Musume to Juice=Juice, with some arguing that Morning Musume itself simply isn’t well known among the general public anymore. Since the segment was actually a feature on Yuka Sugai’s vocal training, some suggested the comparison point was naturally her own students, Juice=Juice and Rosy, rather than any deliberate snub.

35AnonymousOct 6, 2026 08:43

Just like how the Imperial Navy's flagship went from the battleship Nagato to the Yamato,
Hello! Project's flagship went from Morning Musume to Juice=Juice

36AnonymousOct 6, 2026 08:47

This is the agency's punishment on Morning Musume otaku (obsessive fans) who spent all their time slandering the group and bashing the agency

37AnonymousOct 6, 2026 08:47

Why weren't BEYOOOOONDS or Tsubaki Factory (lit. 'tea') introduced as Kamiko's juniors?

39AnonymousOct 6, 2026 08:49

※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project) thread “[Image] Fuji TV: ‘Rosy Chronicle are Juice=Juice’s juniors’ — Wait, isn’t this usually where they’d use the name ‘Morning Musume’?“.

TV Tokyo announcer Rio Kitagawa has been tapped to host a program featuring Kanjani∞ members Shingo Murakami, Shota Yasuda, and Ryuhei Maruyama, former AKB48 member Haruka Shimazaki, and Kis-My-Ft2’s Wataru Yokoo — a casting choice that became a hot topic on 5ch’s “Hello! Project” board. Kitagawa, a former Morning Musume member, is in her first year at the network, and many praised the fact that she’d already landed a Johnny’s prime-time show as “amazing.” Others, however, questioned her actual role, arguing “she’s not really the MC to begin with,” leading to a split in opinion over her true position on the show.

※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project board) thread “Announcer Rio Kitagawa is amazing! Hosting a show with Kanjani∞’s Murakami, Yasuda, and Maruyama, AKB48’s Haruka Shimazaki, and Kis-My-Ft2’s Wataru Yokoo.”

Among Hello! Project groups Juice=Juice and Tsubaki Factory, the number of times members updated their official blogs in September became a hot topic on 5ch. Specific figures like “Ebata: 28, Hayashi: 29” set the thread off — some posters sniped, “And people still want them headlining Budokan after this?” while others pushed back with “Tsubaki Factory doesn’t get announcements or hint-dropping gigs, so there’s nothing to blog about.” Opinion split between those who read the gap as a difference in personal motivation and those who saw it as a structural issue of workload and treatment, and the back half of the thread spiraled into comparing Instagram follower counts.

※This article is adapted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project) thread “Shocking Blog Update Numbers 【Juice=Juice】【Tsubaki Factory】.”

In a video posted to the official X account of five-member idol group “ENKA GIRLS REVOLUTION” on October 2, 2026, member Mai Suzuha was seen touching an electric fence meant to ward off wild animals and getting shocked. The incident sparked concern among fans. On 5ch, opinions split between those who said “that’s just a normal, laughable thing in the countryside” and those who warned “electric fences have caused fatal accidents before, so this shouldn’t be brushed off.” As the thread went on, the conversation branched into reminiscing about pro wrestling’s electrified barbed-wire death matches and past on-air accidents.

The official X account of five-member idol group “ENKA GIRLS REVOLUTION” posted a video on October 2, 2026, showing member Mai Suzuha accidentally touching an electric fence used for pest control. The clip has drawn concerned reactions.

Source: news.livedoor.com / Original article here

※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou/Sports News+) thread “[Entertainment] Idol Touches Electric Fence, Gets ‘Shocked’ — ‘Isn’t This Dangerous?’ / ‘This Is No Laughing Matter’.”

At live shows for the Hello! Project group Rosy Chronicle, a male fan has reportedly been spotted shouting a unique call of his own — “Hai-se-no!” — in place of the usual standard calls. According to a report on 5ch’s Hello! Project board, other fans nearby directly confronted him, telling him to “never say that again,” and a thread was started about it. The discussion went beyond whether his behavior was right or wrong, growing into a bigger debate about just how far fan-cheering traditions like MIX chants and calls should continue at shows today.

*This article is compiled as excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Hello! Project board) thread “Fans Lose It at the ‘Hai-se-no Old Man’ Who Started Showing Up at Rosy Chronicle Shows and Lecture Him to Never Say It Again lmaooo.”

Actor Shin Sakagami’s remarks on the October 5 broadcast of Kansai TV/Fuji TV’s “Shunkan LIVE Toretate!” sparked discussion on 5ch after he questioned idol marriage bans, asking “Why can’t idols get married?” and “If you want to be a top idol, do you have to give up your human rights?” Most posts in the thread pointed out that marriage isn’t actually banned — it’s just that idols who marry tend to lose popularity — while others noted that pro athletes also face activity restrictions depending on their sport, arguing that “occupational restrictions aren’t unique to idols.” Still, some posts turned the question back on the idol business model itself, splitting the debate between “outright prohibition” and “commercial risk.”

Shin Sakagami: “Why can’t idols get married?” “If you want to be a top idol, do you have to give up your human rights?”

Actor and TV personality Shin Sakagami appears on today’s (the 5th) broadcast of Kansai TV/Fuji TV’s “Shunkan LIVE Toretate!” (weekdays, 1:50 PM).

The “No Holding Back! Sakagami & Tetsuo’s News Cut-Through” segment with journalist Tetsuo Suzuki airs for the first time in about a month.

Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here

*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou/Sports News+) thread “Shin Sakagami: “Why can’t idols get married?” “If you want to be a top idol, do you have to give up your human rights?””