Japanese Idol Thread

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Theme of the thread: Idols being physically assaulted, irritated or messed with in one form or another!

>>1822366
>>1822369
>>1822370
Why is she graduating?

>>1822446
Why do any idols graduate? They want some D, that isn't that of a producer or some other Exec.

>>1822369
such a good girl.

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>>1822895

>>1822366
Why would you idolize a japanese?

>>1822446
hard to say for sure
she was in unders for the longest time but went on hiatus just as it seemed she was moving to the main group
officially she says she's worried about her physical health and doesn't want to be an idol if she's not 100% capable
maybe she just can't handle the workload, maybe during her break she realized she'd rather be doing something else with her life

>>1822881
>>1822895
>>1822904
She better watch it, or she'll end up burning out. Take a holiday Sayanee ffs.

>>1822941
We aren't. They are just called "idols", which is short for "Japanese pop idol". Just in the same way we have "pop-stars". It's just terminology.

>>1822881
>>1822895
>>1822904
Girls like Sayanee and Takamina are the best. It's really something special to see someone with genuine fire and drive

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>>1822881
>>1822895
>>1822904
Damn, what a hero.

>>1811675
>>1822075

Moar Kubo, onegaishimasu.

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This thread looks comfy, i'm staying here i guess.

>>1823539
Do you know her full name?
Google only gives me Yurika Kubo.

>>1823547
Kubo Shiori 久保史緒里

>>1823549
Thanks.
She seems so wholesome even for a Japanese girl, which is kind of amazing.

>>1822370
himetan is a big girl

>>1822941
why would i idolize anyone else?

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>>1823708
Kazumin is awesome

>>1824288
truth.

>>1824288
She's amazing

ボケお前ら
アイドルはめちゃだせwww
死ね

>>1824288
top dork

>>1824417
for the people who can't into moonrunes
>hello guys
>I love idols so much I would die for them

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>>1824417

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Who is Matsui Jurena and why is AKBongo shilling her, when she was at the time a member of a different group? Still around the 2009 bits of Okbingo

She has a mannish face but is still charming, what with the chronic smug look she has going on

Shinoda Mariko has a smug smile as well, post smug idols

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>>1824810
Matsui Jurina is the center (formerly double-center) of SKE. At that time SKE had just debuted and they were promoting it by having Jurina and Reina appear on bingo a lot. She's currently #3 in the Sousenkyo senbatsu and is in most of the AKB Single Senbatsu since shes one of the current aces.

Yes, Jurina is charming. Jurina is the best.

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>>1824826
Well I don't know if she's the best but she's alright. Still looking forward to seeing how the main members end up though

>tfw most of my favourites are now older than me
>tfw all of my favourites were generally part of the kami 7 save for Akimoto and Ohori

Is the kami 7 pleb or patrician? I want to have good taste

Also my tastes are probably outdated, okbongo is like a time capsule

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>>1825264
>Is x pleb or patrician? I want to have good taste

Forget about that shit dude, you can like who ever you want.

>>1825442
*except Lemon

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>>1825442
>>1825448
>except Lemon
Yeah I was actually about to ask

But what if there's like five of them

Japanese Idol Thread, finish this sentence:
When life gives you Lemon, _________

more riripon

>>1825453
>But what if there's like five of them
Then you're a DD, it's fine.

>When life gives you Lemon, _________
Toss directly into blender

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>>1825459
>Then you're a DD, it's fine.
I don't know what that means

>blender
So mean! Lemon is pure

>>1825492
http://stage48.net/wiki/index.php/Glossary#DD_and_MD

>Lemon is pure
Pure garbage, yes.

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I laughed so hard

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>>1825495
A glossary is actually pretty useful, thanks

>pure garbage
Please don't bully, just imagine Lemon-chan heard you say that about her, wouldn't she feel so heartbroken? All her hard efforts to win the hearts of the fans, all her hopes and dreams (aside from wanting to be a FUCKING lemon) would be dashed upon the rocks

Please consider how you're words may affect others before making fun of retards

>>1825567
She doesn't even want to be a lemon anymore, but she fucked up every MC and TV show she was in with that shit character for 5 years, so I reserve the right to hate her for 5 years. This is not negotiable.

>>1825577
>She doesn't even want to be a lemon anymore
Too bad

>5 years
Are you fucking serious
I haven't seen anything of her beyond webms from these threads

Was she obsessing over lemons, e.g. "call me lemon-chan, I love lemons, watch me eat lemons haha" (what I assume to be the worst of what happened) for five fucking years

I mean, I suppose that's dedication

>>1825618
Yes.

Five.

FUCKING.

YEARS.

btw she was over 20 years old when she stopped.

>>1825448
>>1825453
>>1825459

I'm glad she exists though. I love seeing the other idols/hosts reactions to her speech impeded delusional bullshit.

>>1825487
I wanna see Shinoda vs Noro!

>>1825487
Damn, who was Yui against this? Have never seen this episode.

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>>1825622
>>1825627
I don't get it
I just don't get it
Why would any young girl want to be a vegetable

Maybe she did it as a sort of manzai foil for literally anyone with a brain, taking the punches so her friends could shine

I'm just going to see an episode of something with her and kill myself won't I

>>1825638
>Why would any young girl want to be a vegetable

Fruit mate.

Now, anyway, I'm going to give my theory on her lemon gag and why it exists.

Japanese people have more intimate relationships with food and certain objects than we do. They see an innate symbology in many mundane things that we don't. This begins in childhood and it's a cultural thing. It is not at all uncommon for a Japanese child, when asked the question, "What do you want to be (ie when you grow up)?", to give some type of food or inanimate object as an answer. I can't explain why this is, it's just something ive noticed while watching various programs/animes ect. Similar themes are apparent in sorts of Japanese culture/media. They seem to be more obsessed with the aesthetics of things, even to the point where it is impractical or illogical.

This might explain her "I want to be a fresh lemon!" gag. It may well be some dorky joke she's carried on through her childhood and into her identity as an idol. Add this to the fact that she has a small head and is just an odd little girl generally, and you got the full weird package, which i guess the producers of these variety shows decided to go with.

Its all speculation on my part, but its the only way i can make sense of it.

>>1825762
Was this before or after Yuihan was in NMB?

>>1825771
between. few months before she leave.

>>1825767
Damn, Sayanee dropped her pretty hard. I would have liked to see her absolutely destroy Milky.

>>1825708
>fruit
?

You mean like "I want to be a dinosaur when I grow up" kinda stuff? Could you give examples of this symbology though, I'm having a hard time understanding what you mean by this. It's not that I don't believe you, it's just that you're describing how aliens probably live

And if your explanation is right, then that's a pretty depressing backstory, let alone her small head

>just an odd little girl generally
Go on..

>>1825857
What did you mean by vegetable?

I don't know, its like they attribute more value to certain objects than they're worth as objects, almost like they hold some cultural significance that doesn't translate into western cultures. And yeah, that "i wanna be dinosaur" is basically what i mean. But instead they wanna be things like lemons, or beef, or a car or some shit.

>>1825492
>I want to live a normal life after all!
kek'd

>>1825767
I bet current Shimada could win this.

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Someone wanna explain to me wtf this show is for? I started watching it thinking it would be a funny idol-based police sitcom but the whole thing is just 6-8 mins of dull acting. Then they all say "chu" and a shortened version of the song plays. Is this thing solely to just to promote that song?

>>1826589
The unit's name is(was?) Tentomu-chu. They were promoting the group.

>>1827322
I must have watched this 10 times before, but I still laugh every time.

Does anyone have that webm of the little girls playing pat-a-cake while the dude kinda just zones out?

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>>1828290

I think i really love Takayanagi.

>>1828429
SKE is full of quality idols.

>>1828531
awwww she looked genuinely embarrassed :3

>>1828801
For sure. Hell, when you ship an idol like Sae in, you know they're aiming for quality. Funnily enough, i don't think there's a single SKE song that i like though.

>>1822527
what a dumb fucking cunt

>>1828878
>Funnily enough, i don't think there's a single SKE song that i like though
I like Akai Pinheel to Professor, but I mostly like SKE's performances more than any other group besides maybe NMB.

>>1829295
Yeah, NMB dance choreography seems to have a lot of symbolism implanted in it, which really helps to reinforce what ever the song is about.

>>1829076
She's a real life kuudere

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>>1829389
No idea what that means but I agree

>>1828429
BIRD ASS

Does anyone have the webm where the crowd goes "RENA RENA RENA RENA, RENA CHAN" or something among the lines? can someone provide me with sauce pls?

>>1828429
>>1829458
I wouldn't mind feeding her some seed.

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>>1829572
fug

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>>1829473
Dunno the sauce tho

>>1828290
What's the date on this?

So in this episode of OkBoingo, Oshima Mai announced her graduation

What the fuck man

Hypothetical Question: what will happen when the final favourite member graduates from AKB, what are you supposed to do

>no webms of Oshima Mai
Frick

>>1829066
name 7 prefectures in tokyo

>>1830423
Europe is pushing it but what about Asia

>7 prefectures
Hokkaido, Yamabushi, Nadeshiko, Mieken, Japan
Time's up
FUCK

>>1830350
>what will happen when the final favourite member graduates from AKB, what are you supposed to do
Never happens. There are a lot of good idols, and it's easy to find new and interesting ones.

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>>1830350
>what will happen when the final favourite member graduates from AKB, what are you supposed to do

That's why you have multiple waifus across all the groups. Never put all your eggs into one basket. Also you need to be an ever-adapting waifu detector. You gotta move with the eb and flow of the idol continuum.

>>1830359
Nocchi is pure class
Kashiyuka is pure sex
A~chan is pure heart

>>1830821
I'll never understand why they edit concerts with one second cuts like this, it makes it seem like they're covering up some incompetence.

>>1831188
i think they might be covering up that it's actually a music video

>>1831188
It's done in a few music videos too. I don't think it's a cover for anything, i just think its a misguided editing style. Like they're trying make it snappy and dramatic but going way too far. The fucking HKT48 Melon juice video is a perfect example. That shit is cut so fucking fast it actually hurts my eyes to watch.

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>>1830512
Then get ready for LEMON48, in which all other groups get replaced with 48 lemon-wannabees

>>1830873
I am only a researcher for AKB48, my loyalty is true and pure.

Nogizaka46 seems okay though, I liked their mouse commercials

And lately OkBongo has been shilling Matsui Jurena from SKE48 but she's literally in elementary school

>>1830350
>what will happen when the final favourite member graduates from AKB, what are you supposed to do
You an hero, anon.

>>1831406
She gets out, anon. Jurina turned 20 this year.

>>1831188
Every scene in the MV is entirely original. I may be wrong but I think the public is actually constitued of fans who won some kind of lottery. I remember Itou Karin talking about the recording on SR, she said she was surprised to see old friends from school in the public and the white T-shirts they wear in the MV were made especially for this song.

>>1832601
Intredesting

>>1822366
>idols

i thought being immaculately attractive was a prerequisite? are they allowed to have teeth that atrocious?

>>1822520
>Why do any idols graduate?

typically when they get too old, they "graduate" but it's really that they get let go from the group and then a new member is cycled in to keep the group young, fresh and pretty

>>1833271
Sure. Everyone else does, so it makes them more relatable.

>>1833271
The teeth don't make them unattractive in Japanese culture, in fact it's a charm point. You know how some anime characters have fangs? That's visual shorthand for fucked-up teeth.

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>>1831188

>>1833407
I was just watching the Special Stage 8 from today... did Mi-chan get her teeth fixed?

>>1832007
What
Will I even recognize anyone from the current AKB lineup?

>>1831488
A very tempting reaction at this point

>>1833966
Mayuyu just announced graduation, Micchan and Yukirin are still there, Jurina is still there. Sashihara and Kitarie are still there(though I don't know if they're getting airtime at the point you're at, Myao is still there.

>>1833271
48/46 are like idols-next-door

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Uta-chan.

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>>1833973
I recognize some of those names, but I'm only around 30 episodes in, so I'm still in mid-2009

But yeah, they seem to be rotating the spotlight, so hopefully I'll get to see these hard-working girls soon

I hope Itano and Kojima is still going strong!
>Graduated August, 2013
>Graduated April, 2017
Time to drink

sometimes when I scroll past this thread I incidentally click one of your webms and I'm always disturbed by it. not the content itself but just the following it has. these are just normal people, please reconsider things.

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>>1834182
Time to die

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>>1834246
Thank you for your valuable feedback, passer-by anon. Your opinion is important to us and helps us to make more informed decisions for the future of the thread. Rest assured that a documented copy of your feedback has been stored for safekeeping.

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>>1834348

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>>1834353
ganbatte

>>1834182
This webm....this fucking webm is what started me down the path to AKB48.

I have very affectionate feelings with this webm.

>>1833271
>he likes mannequin teeth
Fuck off back to your kpop whores.

>>1834182
The upside is that graduation concerts are fucking amazing for those that actually get them and graduation stages are pretty good too. The downside to the upside is that none of them are translated.

>>1833572
Has this been subbed in full yet?

>>1834336
Akanechuribirdy is love
Akanechuribirdy is life
Akanechuribirdy is A NINJA!

>>1834182
Lmao, fucking Okamura.

About ten years ago me and some Japanese friends used to watch his show a lot.

Old news by this point, but Mayuyu's graduation concert is in October.

Apparently Sakamichi General hates Hori. Did something happen or did she do something bad? I'm too afraid to ask there.

>>1835237
don't bring general shit here

>>1825523
sauce?

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>>1834426
I'm glad I triggered some fond memories, here's mine that got me to start AKBINGO, then the journey to AKB48.

>episode 378
I don't really know who she is but she was very cute

>>1834523
Think I got halfway through the Oshima Yuko graduation documentary. I'd imagine the tearful songs are the half of what's enjoyable, with the other half being untranslated speeches
>tfw observing their resolve in staying strong for their friends, but seeing them ultimately break down in front of the fans whom they'll soon depart from

>>1834739
Laughing stops here.

Does anyone know if it's still good? What our go-to was Gaki no Tsukai, 90% of it being no-laughing library, etc.

>>1822446
Graduate is a word Japanese use to basically mean you're "finished" or fired. If you're in a Japanese guild and they kick you they'll say you've graduated, for example.

Kind of a nice way to say you're fired and that you're gunna go do your own thing.

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>>1822366

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our favorite retard~

>>1836392
cute

>>1836392
Kiichan is so much fun, so full of energy and smiles. She should have been pushed instead of Hori

>>1835137
Reminder that she sold out all her slots this month.

>>1836023
what

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>>1838531
Kazumin = best wife material

>>1838011
Some how Maeda's horrified and confused reaction makes it even funnier.

>>1838653
Who's filming this, Juri?

>>1839250
Tomu

>>1838653

looks a good porn

>>1839532
A game of 'whack-a-mouse' comes to mind.

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These mice are for petting please do not bully

What's a good way to start getting into Nogizaka, NogiBingo?

>>1839882
nogidoko but there's 180 eps and only half of them are subbed with lots of awkward machine translations and the like
nogichuu is the continuation, less variety and more talky segments generally, there's like 20 eps unsubbed
nogibingo's decent and all the eps are subbed, some people hate the middle seasons, season 8 features just the 3rd gen members that joined about a year ago

i think most people just start with nogibingo these days, then start watching the weekly nogichuu ep while leisurely catching up on nogidoko+nogichuu in order

>>1839993
That's a bit depressing, does Nogizaka not get as much love? From the webms I thought they were also pretty solid

Found season 1 of NogiBingo at wakarimasu after I couldn't find it on the doc, but the subs are pretty atrocious. Maybe I should stick to AKBingo; nearing episode 50, 1/9 of the way towards reaching fucking present day

>turns out there's a KeyaBingo and a Keyakizaka46
Will this idol purgatory ever end

>>1839882
forgot to reply to
>>1839847

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>>1839882
>>1839993
Also guys, if you want maximise your idol enjoyment i recommend a daily schedule of:

Morning HKT48

Midday: AKB48 or SKE48

Afternoon NOGIZAKA46

Evening NMB48

>>1834246
>these are just normal people
Yes, that is the point, good job.

>>1840092
Keyakizaka is super easy to get into. Their main show isn't even at 100 episodes yet and almost all of them are subbed. Keyabingo is only on it's third season right now and both seasons before are completely subbed.

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>>1834246
>these are just normal people
Not exactly, idols are performers. They aren't at all a realistic representation of a what most Japanese girls are like, or even what they themselves (these girls playing the idols) are like in day-to-day life. They are something to aspire to, or at the very least, be entertained by. It's the same with any celebrity ideal. People will follow celebrities for different reasons though.

The main difference between western celebrity and Japanese idol, is that you have the prior growing out of an individualistic society, and the latter growing out of a collectivist society (common with Asian counties). The results for the celebrity are slightly different in each respect.

For example, I think what attracts me personally to idols is their relative degree of self-sacrifice; they are very 'service' minded in what they do - its not at all like the western celebrity where its all about 'look at me! ain't I great!' Japanese idols really consider what they do to be a 'job' no matter how ridiculous or degrading (relative opinions) it may seem. It's not that they aren't aware of it, they are just willing to push past the fact and have fun with it, turn it into a joke, which is what people tune in for.

A mindset like this flourishes in a collectivist society, but not in an individualist one. If you can be more open minded you will see that there is a lot of value here.

>>1841274
>band music (obviously power metal)
>no band to be seen.

I'll never understand the appeal of this. If you're going to have material like this in the catalog you gotta have some kind of band presence, at least for those particular performances.

Sayaka had the right idea.

>>1841284
ok

>>1841284
Idol wotas don't care. As long as they can see their favorite idol sing and dance, it's okay.

>>1841285
>>1841310
Well these 'wotas' NEED TO GET ON MY LEVEL.

>>1841659
Now THIS is a live show.

>>1839882
Why is Himetan so perfect?

>>1841867
did they bring a weird fella in so the girls can say i love you to him for the purpose of making him laugh?

>>1841659
needed two more drummers and 4 guitar and bass players

>>1841966
I doubt it. It's just the stupidity of the whole situation that's got to him. Most of the people they get in are entertainment personalities or comedians. I mean I'd laugh too if i was in the same situation, especially if it was Habu.

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>>1841966
the guys they brought in are supposedly known to be striaghtfaced and hard to make laugh.the problem is the mc have info of what will make them laugh and blurts it to the girls.

>>1841962
Still don't know why she's getting pushed so hard desu.

>>1830351
Who dat on the left? Oshima Mai?

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>>1834246
If you really think normal Japanese people behave this way, you need to end yourself.

>>1843449
>ywn just casually walk up and squeeze Joni's boob

life is suffering.

>>1828947
whats the code on this jav?

>>1844485
NOGI-046

More Momoclo please.

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wonder if they're gonna so a ustream 24hr this year

>>1844871
word

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>when you realize it's another Shinoda-shilling episode

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>>1846004

>>1846007
The original Japanese idol?

>>1846007
She was so fucking gorgeous

>>1846011
>Unironically not recognizing Amaterasu as the original Japanese idol
>plebsaregoingtopleb.failget

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anyone have a full vid?

>>1832855
any more burping?

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Post more Hirata Rina

>>1848137
Left is cuter

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>>1848141
I can see why you'd think that, she doesn't seem to be that popular. I can be wrong though since I don't follow the idol industry.

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>>1848155

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>>1848156

>>1848155
What a bitch!

>>1843047
Because she's lovely

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>>1848228
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>>1848152
>>1848155
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>>1848158
The only redeeming feature about this girl is her big arse.

>>1847528
who is this qt

anybody got any ringo musume webms?