TV / Radio OUT OF 48 (2023/04/20 - 2024/03/28)

It's Hatsu's turn

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https://twitter.com/hatsu_akb/status/1634868406217478145

 

@lionel90 if you delete that post in 5 minutes we're going to pretend we didn't see it.

 

do we know what is it going to be yet???. "application is now open"
does that mean regular girl can do the audition?or does it have to be AKB member?. that would be interesting if ex member can apply and made it.

 

Anyone can apply, there are just some certain limitations; girls must be under the age of 22, they can't currently be signed to another agency and must be willing to relocate to Tokyo if successful/not already living there.

I would absolutely love to see some ex members. Yahagi Moeka is currently 20 and there's always rumours about her coming back to the entertainment/singing industry, and she was popular during her time in the group

 

oh yeah, let's bring back more sour grapes that already did the favor of filtering themselves out. the writing's on the wall with moeka.

 

low blood sugar? idk. honestly i just don't understand why people want idols back who didn't seem to care much about being one in the first place.

 

I don't understand where you got the impression from that she didn't want to be an idol. She enjoyed performing, she was also really good at singing and she was popular at handshakes. She was also, however, a young 15 year old girl who constantly got told to lose weight by fans, and supposedly also got excluded from her gen mates out of jealousy for her push. That's apparently also the reason why she didn't perform much at the theatre, but had no issues performing at concerts (she did famously get along with senbatsu members, who welcomed her). She's signed with another agency, but that seems to have fallen through, and she also posted song covers and stuff; Moeka's sister (who's also an idol) also said Moeka is still working on coming back one day.

 

didn't she have a scandal? am i confusing her with someone else?

 

If that's enough to claim a girl doesn't care about being an idol, what to think about Yukirin ?
(And possibly 3/4 of all the idols in Japan)

but that's going off topic

 

because moeka is the person someone talked about returning obviously? (i don't think i was being particularly rude about it either)

 

*cough* *cough*
Kikuchi

 

do i have to repeat myself? i don't know what you want from me. go ahead and waste more time on idols who can take it or leave it.

 

Simply say you have a problem with Yahagi eventually coming back into the spotlight. Since none of those exemples don't seem to be a problem.

At this point, I'd say why not whoever former member ?
After all from what we know it's probably going to be a different environment.
Just from the music style that was unleashed so far and from what Yahagi produced on her sns, I'm not that sure it would be her thing.

 

well, you almost figured out what we're talking about.

 

Unfortunately I think she's over the age limit.

Maybe in another dec--uh, wait, *checks* Huh, six years old already. How time flies.

Maybe in another six or so years Kikuchi Jr. can join.

 

Don't forget she was trying two consecutive AKB48 auditions (and she actually passed both of them). She was also famous for her "fishing skill" at HS event, how come a girl who didn't care about being idol have to do things like that? And she's still working to come back to the industry either (as her sister said).
She was just a high school girl back then, people blamed her for gaining weight, for not performing frequently at the theater, for not being close with her gen-mate, for being so close to the senbatsu member (but her BF was Suzuha-chan right?) for being pushed "too much" by management (even though she got that "glory push" from her high HS result so she earn it not just thanks to management favorite). And you can't deny that Moeka is talented, her vocal ability is nothing to argue with and her dance meets the standard for an idol. She can compose songs too, that's amazing.

If Moeka really comes back, it will make a boom headliner to not only the girl and her fan but also the show. After all, everyone just wants ATTENTION, aren't they?

 

She's definitely very talented, IMO she deserved her center position in 'Sustainable' and of course she came second in the AKB48 Group First Singing Contest. As I've mentioned before, when I met her at an event for the 6th album in 2018 she leaned over towards me and her face was just centimetres from mine, so yes she could certainly fish! (and she spoke good English too.) I miss her so much in the group.

 

If Moeka wanted to be back in AKB, I'm sure she wouldn't have to wait for whatever audition was happening next and we'd have a Jo Eriko situation all over again.

It's a pity that she left so early. She wasn't my favourite, but AKB can't seem to get a hold of all their "future promises" and they all just fall into unfulfilled prophecies.

 

I mean, yeah, but scandal doesn't necessarily mean someone doesn't wanna be an idol. There are multiple members of AKB who had a scandal, some of which stayed for years afterwards and one who returned after a scandal. Yukirin, Miichan, Sasshi, etc all clearly love being idols, especially Miichan (she stayed for years despite her popularity slipping over the years). There was also a girl in NMB who wanted to be an idol so bad that she graduated after her gen bullied her, then returned as a KKS and refused a promotion because she'd be back in the same team with her bullies.

So like, if you take other stories into account, nothing in particular about her sounds to me like she didn't wanna be an idol.

Moeka's thread also still gets updates every now, some of them just about us discovering old videos because she's not very active on social media currently, and then from some of us because she still has fans amongst AKB fans, even now. I'm sure a lot of people would be hyped about her coming back; she made a post on Instagram about her birthday and it got more likes than some of AKB's top sellers get. And, like someone else, hype is what this audition wants.