Just to straighten up the news going around underground: Hotechan is rumored to have worked as ConCafe girl before joining AKB48, around 2020 to 2021. ConCafe is short for Concept Cafe that is common in Japan, Maid Cafe is one of the most popular version of this. Now, it's an open and legal job, High Schoolers all over Japan commonly work in those cafes as part-timers. You don't have to drink alcohol there, under-20 can work there legally too. It's just that, if true, Hotechan is a bit more experienced in this idol business and has potential to be a good fisher?! (whenever handshakes resume) Of course Hotechan isn't supposed to say anything about her past, so getting rumors like this might hurt her a bit. And she also missed her scheduled 17:30~18:30 SHOWROOM today. I guess the managers decided to not let her stream for a while, so she doesn't have to deal with the random questions until those certain people move on from this topic. http://akbmatome18300.ldblog.jp/34204392.html
Spoiler: Hotechan's Past [HIDE] Why are you interested in someone's past anyway? Go look at the cute present Hotechan photos below Spoiler: Hotechan's Past [HIDE] Really? You have nothing better to do? Nothing interesting here, you know. Spoiler: Hotechan's Past [HIDE] Were you expecting anything? It's just allegedly her past experience working in a Concept Cafe. Nothing big at all. It's more surprising why it only comes out now. Should be easy to see from the Bromides that were sold. More surprising on how she's gotten more adorable after joining AKB. [/HIDE] [/HIDE] [/HIDE] Present Hotechan Off Shot Photos from 17ken show #9 https://twitter.com/akb48_17ken/status/1572194753202257920 17ki Fan Meeting Off-shot pictures from 17ken Twitter: https://twitter.com/akb48_17ken/status/1571378271908167680 Hotechan
Hotechan with Naachan backstage at today's concert: https://twitter.com/okadanana_1107/status/1579063490366812160
Oops missed her birthday! (Dec 1) Happy 18th Birthday Hotechan! Her Birthday Message: https://twitter.com/akb_trainee48/status/1598270779053203457 Another message (translation assisted by Deepl): https://twitter.com/moka_hotei1201/status/1598305055525871616 Tweet from Mouri-san (this guy has pics of every idol?? also keep tracks of everyone's birthday) https://twitter.com/shinobumouri/status/1598254166979145729 Tweet from Yukitan https://twitter.com/yuki_ota0327/status/1598302265689112576 Tweet from Aichan "Let's talk more about Tamagochi and Precure!" https://twitter.com/airi_sato0624/status/1598301431861506048?cxt=HHwWgMDToeSrp64sAAAA Tweet from Sorara https://twitter.com/sorara_akb48/status/1598087378383798272 Tweet from Masaru "Happy Birthday Hote! From now on pls laugh (at my jokes), okay?" << (referring on how Hotechan as a Kansai-born is quite strict and unamused at Masaru's dry jokes.) https://twitter.com/mayuu_masai0301/status/1598265661436100609 Birthday Arts from fans: https://twitter.com/t_kame_rr/status/1598438323957420033 https://twitter.com/tai8_/status/1598340600767852545 https://twitter.com/mkatk17/status/1598284633757872129 Birthday Showroom: if the video does not show watch the video here screenshots : Sorara Mizumin and Yukitan were the first to send LINE birthday messages. Hopefully she gets more jobs this year!
A little late but Happy Birthday Hotechan! I'm surprised that she is 18 years old, she looks a bit younger lol. She looks cute on the picture shared by Mouri-san! I actually quite like her, especially when I saw the KKS theater performance. She is the most "cute" member (in her looks/image) in 17th gen, even her voice ^^ Hopefully we'll see more of her in the next year!
if the video does not show watch the video here Hotechan went to the famous Negishi Restaurant for the first time with Yukitan, and it was so delicious she ate a lot. Speaking of eating a lot, she confesses that she has gain weight! She only has weight measuring device in her Hyogo hometown, so when she went back and tried it out, she has gained 3kg since her AKB audition! Therefore she is aiming to lower it by 4kg, at least until she goes back home again. Confessing it to the fans is to help motivate herself to do it. >Fans pointed out that it might be the formed muscles from the dance lessons that weight more. She says she's planning to build muscles by summer next year, so she can proudly go to pool with Mizumin, showing off her muscles and swimming suit!
if the video does not show watch the video here Hotechan went home to Hyogo for New Year. Leaving Mizumin alone in the share house, she said. That means Erichan also went home. Here's hoping for another great year for Hotechan! May she find her stride in 2023, catching up with her gen mates. pics from 17ken twitter https://twitter.com/akb48_17ken/status/1609103553343393793
if the video does not show watch the video here Hotechan is at her home, so she's exploring her manga collection + some new ones. Proudly sharing with the viewers since it's the new year. Her taste is... pretty unique, I say. She doesn't like "ghostly" horror mangas, but she really likes the "guro" (bizzare, gory) mangas. Hyoryuu Kyoushitsu, Parasyte, Minotaur's Plate, [Kami no Hidarite, Akuma no Migite], Mahou Shojo Site, she knows them all. Of course her #1 manga is Chainsaw Man. She also likes the more "normal" ones like Takopi's Original Sin, Merry Bad End, Kuzu no Honkai, and some Doraemon long stories In fact, her close #2 manga is Oshi no Ko! (she's looking forward to the upcoming anime) Those are cute but also kinda have dark background stories. All in all it's quite a huge gap from her cute looks! Fans are pushing her to be good friends with Mahopyon and Satomina, but seems like they have their own tastes lol. I'm happy that I share same taste in manga with her! (got some good suggestions from her showcases ) from 1:02:33 the fans asked if she could read Yojijukugo (words with 4 kanji characters), and Hotechan was feeling underestimated and actually told the audience to challenge her. She only mostly got the food-related ones. I found her trying hard here funny and cute. ===================== Hotechan in-game character from DragonEgg Collab It looks good! https://twitter.com/moka_hotei1201/status/1609469973562548226
from hotechan’s twitter: i can’t get enough of these outfits!! all of the girls look absolutely adorable in them.
Run away Hote-chan, that's a bad senpai https://twitter.com/akb48_maho/status/1623293836649967617 They went to the Chainsaw Man Cafe together
Maho and Hotechan I've been liking Hotechan more and more. She has pretty eyes and her smile is adorable! Like here: https://twitter.com/NMH372/status/1615442338175922176 I love that she's getting closer to Maho Actually Hotechan would be good for Team B.
this girl features especially the smile reminded me alot of acchan. kinda surprised nobody mentioned abt that here. or could be only me the one who see it.
@rmn89 I thought exactly the same since the very first time I saw her (that time I didn't had an account here). For me, she looks like an almost perfect mix of Acchan and Yuiri. But she does resemble Acchan much more.
Yes I agree! and I thought the same when I watched the 17th gen KKS stage, I actually said something about it in the thread about the stage here; "Speaking of Acchan, when I saw Hotechan in this unit, I thought she looks like Acchan when she was young, it's probably her eyes!", I said the eyes but it's more than that, the smile too. This could explain why I love Hotechan's smile lol (and how I'm liking her more and more too). I'm a big fan of Acchan and I always loved her smile. They're similar!
Her passing resemblance to young acchan hit me during her performance of skirt hirari during the xmas fanmeet お願いします
Girl dropped her wallet and didn't know what to do anymore, she started SHOWROOM instead. https://twitter.com/moka_hotei1201/status/1633064131388645379 if the video does not show watch the video here Seriously though she lost her wallet with quite an amount 13000 yen and her bank cards/student cards/personal details. Hence she can't even pull money from ATM. She only has about 2000 yen left on her e-money transport card Tried to call police but it was always busy she ended up doing SHOWROOM instead. And she lost it after buying some Hatsune Miku goods at ISETAN and holding back from not using all the money too. Also she can't join tomorrow Miku goods lottery too (???) Luckily Nonchan was with her when she realized it was gone. Comments also said that it's Japan, so high chance of it gets returned. Masaru's bike hasn't been returned though... EDIT:Watched the full showroom, apparently Masaru's bike was returned? finding more info...
Well, happy end for Hotechan in the lost wallet case, seems like someone found it https://twitter.com/moka_hotei1201/status/1633380844751687681
Did Hote-chan changed her catchphrase?? I was catching up on the theater performances and I noticed she said something like: "Sweeter than Macarons? Mokarons"