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I haven't been posting or even following Maachan's weekly karaoke segments lately. This one however, interested me because she covers one of my all-time favorite singers: aiko.

YoshiKara #57: Aiko Special Karaoke Livestream


2:57～ Koi no Superbowl (2011; peaked at #4 on Oricon)
14:54～ Bye Bye! (2021, album cut from Doushitatte Tsutaerarenai Kara)
26:06～ Soushisouai (2024; #9)
38:18～ Aozora (2020; #6)
45:59～ Boyfriend (2000; #2)

aiko's indie career started in 1997, the same year that Morning Musume began, and her first charting single was in 1998, same as Morning as well.

Sakura, an Up Up Film

In this 10 minute long video, UUG(2) Honoka is so despondent over UUG(2) Ami leaving for university that she has a psychic break and imagines herself being counseled by two sakura blossoms come to life in the form of two fairies both named Sakura (different kanji), played by UUG(2) Yuria and a non Up Up actress named Takehara Chiyo. After this mercifully brief schizophrenic episode, Hoo-chan resolves her grief and rejoins Amita.

Young Magazine cover : Sasaki Honoka

https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0D7GMY63R

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Weekly PB magazine making : Sasaki Honoka

Sasaki Honoka with another performance of her Michishige-like theme song, Hoochan Queendom



I don't think we covered this song before. Here's 2 previous performances from her 17th and 18th birthdays (one video):



a livestream:



and was also included in the single for "Yumemiru 18sai"



which has "Hoochan Queendom" as a 2nd track



as well as the song "Ballad Nante Iranai" as a 3rd.

Yoshikawa Mayu released an album today (yesterday in Japan) called Mata Kimi ni Koi wo Suru.

https://tower.jp/article/feature_item/2024/06/07/0709

Aoyagi Yume from UUG(Kari) did a dance/vocal cover of Youtuber Pmarusama's song "Zenryoku Joshi Kakumei" (meaning roughly "All-out Girls' Revolution")



Not that her cover is perfect by any means but I say it's better than the annoying original.

UUG (Kari) put out a pretty cute MV: "One Wan-wan Love"

During an outdoor live performance at Ueno Park called "Galafest DASH" yesterday, Up Up Girls Suzuki Meina became a two-handed throwing machine. Look how she yeeted those water balloons with force.

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Notice about Up Up Girls (2) Sasaki Honoka

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Sasaki Honoka has undergone a medical examination and she has decided to take a leave of absence from TOKYO IDOL FESTIVAL 2024 today.

Dance Practice for Up Up Girls (Kari)'s song Heat Beat Island



If you all are trying to get invited to the Island one day, this ain't gonna cut it!