Tsugunaga Momoko's graduation - Arigatou Otomomochi

As of June 30th, Tsugunaga Momoko has graduated from Country Girls, Hello!Project and from being an Idol. Adding to that, with her the last member of Hello!Project Kids has graduated. June 30th is also the 15th anniversary of Momochi passing the audition - together with 14 other kids in 2002.

This is really sad and now it really feels like an era has ended. With no Hello pro Kids members left, the Hello!Project I got to love is changing more and more. Fans from now on won't be able to experience anyone of Berryz Koubo and °C-ute being active in H!P and that does sound quite unbelievable for me.

Tsugunaga Momoko a.k.a Momochi has been active for 15 years and she loved being an Idol. That's why I think it's perfect for her to be the last one of the Kids. I was a bit worried her graduation would be overshadowed by °C-ute and all the things happening in Hello!Project right now, but that wasn't the case. Her graduation was perfect! (I sadly didn't go in person though.)

I still remember when I got into H!P and Berryz and I at first thought Momochi was funny but weird. Her Momochi character can be a bit annoying to a lot of people but I got to love it over time. I'm still using Yurushite Nyan from time to time and that makes most Japanese people laugh. Even though not everyone loves her, a lot of people respect Momochi and I am definitely one of them. Having such a character, being hard working as an Idol and seeing her promoting Country Girls over the last two years made me love her even more!!

I have been listening to Berryz songs lately and it made me realize how important that group and all the members are to me. And Momochi plays a big part of that even though she wasn't my favourite member of the group! Comparing it to two years ago, I respect her even more and I feel it was a really good decision of her to be in Country Girls for two years. Of course I feel sad about her graduating but rather than that I feel happy for everything she did as an Idol, everything she gave us.
With her graduating from Country Girls there will be other changes to the groups of Hello!Project so I'm also excited for that!!
And I also hope she will be happy in the future, being a teacher or everthing else she wants to do!!




Thank you for everything Momochi!!
You are the cutest Idolof them all!

Yurushite Nyan!!

Showcasing Niigata in NGT48's debut song - Seishun Dokei

Today I'm going to write about NGT48's debut single Seishun Dokei.

I wasn't really that much into NGT before, even though I did like their songs on AKB singles, especially Max Toki 365go. That song is just simply lovely and I do think the NGT48 members are really cute. I also like Kitarie a lot, so of course I'm interested in this group. :) Adding to that, I have been to Niigata 2 weeks ago and it was really nice and I liked the city a lot!!

But let's talk about the song now. Seishun Dokei is a really cute and simpl song. It starts with more like a talking and then turns into a more melodic song with members actually singing. Those parts are quite interesting and make the song realy special. The girls' voices are really really cute and I like listening to this song a lot. It makes me quite happy, haha. I especially like the Tick Tack (Chiku Taku) part, it is simply adorable. The lyrics are so fluffy and cute!!

Then let's take a look at the video. Like I said, I don't know all the members that well yet though..

First up is a shot of a crossing in Niigata from above.

One member in red and a little boy are meeting in the middle of the crossing.. isn't that dangerous? XD

The red outfit is really really cute!

This is Nakai Rika, and she is such a cutie.

Rika: Take my hand, boy.

Rika: PLEASE

Boy: *wtf*

But he takes her hand..

... and they are walking through Niigata.

I do wonder how and when they filmed this though xD

The song starts and they are walking on the riverside

Katomina and Okappi joined!! All of them are so small hahaha.
And I can see the famous Bandai Bridge in the background

 Yukirin and Kitarie aka the sisters from AKB are here. Oh everyone is holding hands, so cute!

Yeayyy hands

Ogiyuka with Homma Hinata and Sugahara Riko, walking on the bridge.

Yamaguchi Maho (aka most beautiful person ever!), Sato Anju and Yamada Noe (aka funniest person ever!).

 Tano Ayaka (?) and Hasegawa Rena are running

Bebeeeees

Oguma Tsugumi, Nishigata Marina and Murakumo Fuka looking really cute!

The three senters are still with the boy

Yukirin and Rie: By the way, this is where the NGT48 theater is!!

Yukirin: So many cute girls, I'm in heaven!

Some girls with tourit guides

And now it's dancing time!!!! This place is in front of their theater and you can see the rainbow tower in the background! And wow, there are so many people!

I really like the use of the colours red and white

The holding hands dance is so cute

Okappa and Rie.. Rie is so small xD

And Yuki is so tall xD
Katomina, the Takamina successor.. even in height

I love these three centers

Rika: I'm the real center DAYOOO!!

She is really cute.. I can't believe she's 19 (wtf Japan)

Mahohon, such beauty much wow

Ogiyuka is the cutest!

Wow, I love her *.*

Noe looks so funny even when she is doing nothing funny

All of them are so cute

Yeayy let's play with the mascots

KIDS

Rie mommy

The holding hands game continues

But some people are too shy to hold hands..

These two are cute. And I like how the members are cheering for them

So happy and rainbows

Guy: Moooom, stop it..

So cute!

Katomina is hardcore xD

Look at her hahaha

Ooooo a foreigner! Beautiful couple

Center is proud!

And twins, nice xD

Some dramatic walking dance moves

Beautyyyy

I think the dance is really cute!

Is NGT having a live now?

T?

OOooooh

The fans are forming NGT48!! That's cool!

Center chan is cuuuuute

Nice ending pose

And NGT48 is glowing red now. That's really really cool!

The end!

This video is really nice and beautiful and I love how it showcases Niigata and the group. it was a lot of fun to actually recognize the places, since I have been there. The girls are actually all super cute and it's cool to watch them singing and dancing to this cute song. I feel like this group is growing a lot and they have quite a lot of fans.
This debut single is simply perfect and I can't wait for their next activities!!

NGT48 is awesome!