Category: News

A thread on 5ch’s Hello! Project board lit up over the news that actress Yuki Uchida had turned 50. Commenters who saw the posted photos were floored, with reactions like “She looks 29, tops” and “Is it even allowed for a 50-year-old to be this cute?” The discussion soon spread to her relationship with her husband, actor Takashi Kashiwabara, comparisons with fellow celebrities born in 1975 like Ryoko Yonekura, Michiko Kichise, and Vivian Hsu, and eventually a broader look back at the shifting eras of idol history — from Yuki Uchida to Ryoko Hirosue, and on to Morning Musume and SPEED.

24AnonymousSep 9, 2026 12:38

Yuki Uchida is way too cute.

25AnonymousSep 9, 2026 12:38

Maybe she's young-looking because she never had kids.
She's probably doing serious anti-aging stuff, but still, impressive.

26AnonymousSep 9, 2026 12:40

Honestly she's cuter now lol

27AnonymousSep 9, 2026 12:40

35AnonymousSep 9, 2026 12:47

37AnonymousSep 9, 2026 12:48

Re: #35
Thought you were that guy who shows up in every thread dropping exactly 3 pics, but guess not lol
Thanks though!

39AnonymousSep 9, 2026 12:51

Re: #35
Wish Gettar (nickname for another celebrity) would put on a swimsuit and be this lively too

47AnonymousSep 9, 2026 13:19

17 years old

*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project) thread “Yuki Uchida (50) wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.”

A thread on the Nandemo Jikkyou G (livegalileo) board split into opposing camps over a middle-aged single man’s claim that “being single is more fun.” Some mocked the poster, saying he’s “just rock bottom himself and trying to drag everyone else down to his level,” while several married posters admitted they envied singles who “can enjoy hobbies and days off without worrying about anyone else.” Others pushed back, arguing “that’s not something you’d trade a wife and kids for,” and warned that “being single leaves you screwed when you get sick or grow old.” The debate over what counts as happiness — and who’s really jealous of whom — never converged.

38AnonymousSep 9, 2026 12:26

*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyou G) thread “[Sad News] Why the middle-aged single guy bragging “being single is more fun” is trying to drag everyone else down with him lol.”

A post about watching a middle-school girl’s voice-and-guitar livestream and being shocked she’d never heard of BUMP OF CHICKEN kicked off a discussion about generational gaps in music taste on 5ch’s Live News board (Nanademo Jikkyou G). Posters piled on with more examples: 2000s kids who never heard of BOØWY or Rebecca, middle schoolers who call Kenshi Yonezu and King Gnu their “childhood songs.” Some pointed out that the way older posters see Shogo Hamada and Koji Tamaki as “artists from way back” is exactly how today’s high schoolers now see BUMP, RADWIMPS, and Orange Range. Meanwhile, plenty pushed back against the generalization that “middle-aged guys can’t get into music by younger artists,” so opinions ended up split.

Honestly, that’s shocking.

Source: youtube.com / original clip here

*This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Live News G) thread “I’m watching a middle school girl’s voice-and-guitar livestream right now and I’m shocked she doesn’t even know BUMP OF CHICKEN.”

A story about a public bathhouse (sento) that had previously allowed tattooed customers to enter, but has now changed its policy to ban them, citing a decline in the quality of its clientele, became a hot topic on 5ch’s “Nandemo Jikkyo G” board. In the thread, the defense that “tattoos are normal overseas” was met with the counterargument that “overseas, tattoos are also a sign of gangsters and delinquents,” while opinions differed over people’s motives for getting tattoos, and several posters shared firsthand accounts that seeing tattooed customers at their local bathhouse isn’t actually unusual at all — opinions were split. Since public bathhouses are generally not allowed to refuse entry to bathers, many commenters expressed a mix of sympathy and irony that the establishment’s past tolerance had backfired.

※This article is an excerpt and summary based on the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread “[Sad News] Bathhouse that used to be understanding about tattoos changes policy to ban tattooed customers over declining clientele wwwwww.”

On the 5ch board “Morning Coffee,” where Hello! Project fans gather and which is commonly known as “Ōkami” (Wolf), posters were discussing the recent state of the board. One user pointed out that the Juice=Juice thread barely gets any posts these days, and that chat threads and “OG threads” (nostalgic threads about retired or graduated members) have been popping up in its place. Many commenters blamed this on the stagnation of Hello! Project’s flagship groups—Morning Musume, Angerme, and Tsubaki Factory—with Angerme’s slump in particular singled out as having drained momentum from the whole board. Some posts expressed worry about the board’s future, and a running, nitpicky argument continued over just how “lively” a thread really needs to be.

※This article is an excerpt and summary based on the 5ch (Hello! Project) thread “What’s Ōkami mainly about discussing these days?“

A thread on 5ch’s “Nandemo Jikkyo G” board blew up after a poster showed up whose only hobby is watching the 1980s Fuji TV show “Yuyake Nyan Nyan” — and got grilled with questions. The show ran for two and a half years, but the poster said, “I died on August 31, ’87, and then again at the finale on September 20 — ever since, I’ve just been an empty shell,” revealing they haven’t gotten into anything else since the finale. They said they still support Onyanko Club member “Yuyu” to this day, and replies kept coming asking about her age back then, for images, and for other background info. The thread lit up with debate over the merits of such devotion, alongside plenty of nostalgic reminiscing.

54AnonymousSep 9, 2026 08:08

Yuyu at 34

55AnonymousSep 9, 2026 08:09

Marina, who was on TV two days ago

56AnonymousSep 9, 2026 08:10

Yuyu, age 17

61AnonymousSep 9, 2026 08:13

Yuyu at 27 — this was around the last time she showed up in the media

65AnonymousSep 9, 2026 08:16

This hairstyle of Yuyu's is so cute

74AnonymousSep 9, 2026 08:19

Re: #65
What magazine is that from?
Is there really demand for movie-themed cosplay?

80AnonymousSep 9, 2026 08:22

I wanna see you, Yuyu!

※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread “My only hobby is watching Yuyake Nyan Nyan — what’s your take?“.

On the Hello!Project board, a discussion took off about how Juice=Juice fans tend to identify themselves as “Juice otaku” even in videos and on social media that have nothing to do with their own group. Some in the thread pointed out that fans of popular groups greeting and helping each other out at events by naming their group is a longstanding idol-fandom custom, while others suggested it might be tied to Juice=Juice’s growing activity outside Hello!Project in recent years. As the thread went on, it turned into a broader argument about the gap between “new” fans who flowed in through social media and longtime fans who’ve followed Hello!Project for years.

※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello!Project) thread “What on earth is with Juice otaku’s habit of announcing they’re Juice otaku everywhere they go??.”

In the early hours of September 9, 2026, a thread titled “Talk to a sleepless, bottom-tier inkya” popped up on 5channel’s Newsspeed VIP board. The original poster vowed to reply to nearly every single post, and the conversation rambled on with no particular direction — coffee, udon noodles, what lies beyond the Milky Way, and stories of losing weight from being sick — continuing almost until dawn. Along the way, posters swapped stories like hallucinating in the hospital after a sleep-medication adjustment, and even debated what “inkya” actually means, turning a simple insomnia gripe session into a sprawling, freewheeling thread.

35AnonymousSep 9, 2026 00:58

Boiled some water for now

38AnonymousSep 9, 2026 00:59

Re: #35
What are you eating? Post a pic

42AnonymousSep 9, 2026 01:00

Re: #38
Here ya go

44AnonymousSep 9, 2026 01:01

Re: #42
You can tell just by looking
That's the cheap one!

45AnonymousSep 9, 2026 01:01

Re: #42
Udon! Never seen that packaging before

*This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Newsspeed VIP) thread “Talk to a sleepless, bottom-tier inkya.”

A hot spring facility that had lifted its tattoo ban — charging tattooed customers an extra 100 yen to bathe — reportedly reversed the policy just one month after starting it, sparking discussion on 5ch’s Newssoku VIP board. Trouble reportedly included damaged facilities and customers smoking without permission, and the thread split sharply between those who argued “just ban the individual customers who caused trouble” and those sympathetic to the facility, arguing “there’s no way 100 yen covers the cost of hiring someone to monitor them.” Opinions also diverged over whether the 100-yen surcharge was set at a reasonable level, and whether it’s fair to lump yakuza in with people who just have fashion tattoos.

※This article is compiled as an excerpt and summary from the 5ch (Newssoku VIP) thread “[Sad News] Onsen That Lifted Its Tattoo Ban Gives Up After Just One Month wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.”

A thread titled “So what actually makes something feel like Final Fantasy?” went up on 5ch’s “Nandemo Jikkyo G” board, sparking debate over what really ties the series together. Some pointed to realistic graphics and tall character proportions, Hironobu Sakaguchi’s scenarios paired with Nobuo Uematsu’s music, and the series’ tradition of overhauling its systems with every entry — while opinions split over how to place divisive titles like FF8, FF9, and FF13 within that identity. The discussion widened further with comparisons to the Tales series, mentions of Kingdom Hearts’ distinctive world-building, and eventually criticism of the franchise’s “host-club-style” character designs.

*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread “So What Actually Makes Something Feel Like Final Fantasy?.”