Berryz Kobo International

Berryz girls enjoyed Reina’s graduation concert

zush — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:55:49 +0000

Today at Nippon Budokan there were so many old and new Hello! Project artists watching as Reina Tanaka graduated from Morning Musume and H!P. Also most of Berryz Kobo members were there (was Momochi there?) and Saki, Miya and Rii have already posted some Budokan snap shot to their blogs.

BEFORE BUDOKAN:

IN BUDOKAN:

Happy 21st Birthday Chinami

zush — Tue, 21 May 2013 15:19:11 +0000

Happy Cake Day dear Chii!

We always love YOU and your captivating SMILE.

Berryz Kobo go to Nippon Budokan in November

zush — Sun, 19 May 2013 09:18:50 +0000

So now it’s confirmed by Chii on her Twitter tweet: On November 29. 2013 Berryz Kobo has a concert in Nippon Budokan.

I guess Captain already knew something about this when she was talking about her & Berryz Kobo’s goal to do a concert in Budokan some day.

Miya in Tsuntube #99

zush — Fri, 17 May 2013 08:56:18 +0000

Miya is a guest in latest Tsuntube episode (ep.99). Now we only need a translation. What’s so funny that it makes both Tsunku♂ and Miya laugh so much?

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As I was predicting also Chii has dssigned her new B-day t-shirt. Here she is promoting it.

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Chinami’s 21th Birthday Party Night

zush — Wed, 15 May 2013 11:45:59 +0000

Chii is soon 21 so she is giving her fans a chance to celebrate that special day with her. Two “My 21th Birthday Party Night” events are at TOKYO FM HALL on May 22. Latter one is already sold out.

As always there are also birthday goods available. On FC goods page there is not yet B-day t-shirt but I think soon it’s gonna show up there.

Berryz here there and everywhere

zush — Wed, 15 May 2013 10:52:57 +0000

Berryz Kobo met Tokyo Girls’ Style when they were recording “MUSiC×iD” program. Nice to see Miya and Saki with one of my favorite non-H!P groups. Photo from Saki’s blog.

Our girls are always so busy and here are some upcoming Berryz Kobo appearances they are gonna do:

First of all Berryz Kobo will have a mini-live for the Thai Festival in Osaka next Saturday.

On May 19. Berryz Kobo can be seen in two events with Morning Musume, C-ute, S/mileage, Juice=Juice and H!P Kenshusei girls at Hibiya YAON (Tokyo).

After that girls fly to Taiwan because their Berryz Kobo Festival in Taipei is happening on May 25. there.

What else? Berryz Kobo is a special guest in Tokyo Idol Showcase at Shibuya-AX on May 29. Main acts in this event are Dream5, LinQ etc.

And then comes summer and Hello! Project 2013 SUMMER COOL HELLO! ~Sorezore!~ & ~Mazekoze!~concert tour in July and August with all major H!P artists.

Fan club members can now pre-order “Berryz Kobo FANCLUB TOUR IN HAWAII 2013″ DVD so if you are a member maybe this is a must-to-get item for you.

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Sakurai Takamasa writes regularly about Hello! Project artists on his articles for AsianBeat and this time he talks about overseas fans. Mainly the focus is on Thai fans.
“Japanese Idols Have a Strong Support Base Overseas – Hanging Out with Idol Fans in Thailand” >

Our favorite YouTube singer/dancer Cuca is growing up really fast these days. Few weeks ago she had her 11th Cake Day. Let’s watch her recent cover version of C-ute’s “Kanashiki Heaven” now:

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You still remember Buono!?

zush — Thu, 09 May 2013 14:55:47 +0000

Of course you do. But do you still remember when Buono! last time was in real action? And we don’t count now weekly radio shows girls are doing. In fact those radio shows keep Buono! still alive.

These official photos were shot in spring 2008.

Buono! – Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!

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Send your message to Berryz via Ami Ami Idol

zush — Fri, 03 May 2013 12:44:15 +0000

This is kind of follow-up for “We want Berryz Kobo to Paris” petition.

You can send your short message to Berryz Kobo girls via French NoLife TV’s special “Ami Ami Idol – Hello! France” show. You can write in English or in Japanese. English written messages are being translated to Japanese by NoLife’s staff. Then they send all messages to Up-Front Promotion. There is no dead-line for these messages but better do it now than next year.

So what you are still waiting for? This is the address to which you can send your messages: hellofrance@nolife-tv.com

Actually you can use this same address also if you want to send messages to any other Hello! Project artist or group. Why not let Tsunku♂ know that we love his work and hope to see him some day also here in Europe.

Another hint: Send Miya a msg that you want her to come back to Paris because you know that she loves Paris.

And so on . . .

Miya promoted to Berryz Kobo’s Vice Captain

zush — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:01:41 +0000

I’m a bit late with this top news but better now than never, ne.

Tsunku♂ has promoted Miya to Berryz Kobo’s Vice Captain. I guess you can call her now on also as a sub-leader of the group but her official title is of course Vice Captain.

Miya’s appointment to Vice Captain means practically that Saki’s burden as a leader of the gang is getting now less stressing. It might also mean that Berryz Kobo has now jumped to the next level, being now stronger and more intent group than before.

Saki has already written on her blog her thoughts about the future of Berryz Kobo. As °C-ute is having a concert at Budokan in September Saki hopes that also Berryz Kobo could do a concert there later this year or at least during next year. It seems that Budokan is the ultimate goal for all Japanese artists and groups.

Miya’s promotion was kind of surprising move from Tsunku♂. It also gets me thinking what else could be there behind this reorganization. One specific scary thought creeps in to my mind: It’s easier for all to make graduations smoothly happen when you have besides leader also a sub-leader in the group. That said I really don’t see any signs for those kind of changes to happen in Berryz Kobo these days.

Tsunku’s blog post >
Tsunku’s official comment >
Saki’s blog post >
Miya’s blog post >
Barks News >

Golden Chinatown

zush — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:18:43 +0000

Today (April 29.) was the final day of Berryz Kobo’s Spring Concert Tour 2013 Berryz Mansion Nyuukyosha Boshuuchuu! There were two concerts at Nakano Sun Plaza and BK performed for the first time their new song “Golden Chinatown” which is gonna be released as BK’s next single on June 19. One wota tweeted after first concert that the song is a rock and roll dance number. As for it’s title seems strongly that Berries carry on their conquest of Asia.

At Nakano Sun Plaza there were also a chance for concert goers to get the live they just saw on USB drive freshly after the event.

Here’s a clip which has Miya, Rii and Kana (S/mileage) promoting their upcoming events and stuff. Miya reminds us that Berryz Kobo is doing a concert in Taipei on May 25.

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Berryz Fan Art Spring Exhibit

zush — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:21:43 +0000

Once again I’ve collected some Berryz Kobo related fan art pictures here and once again you can vote for your favorites. Choose three (3) your favorites and send your votes in. Interesting to see which one is the winner this time as there are so many cool drawings.

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FC Bus Tour with Maa, Miya & Rii

zush — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:21:03 +0000

It’s announced that another Berryz Kobo Fan Club Bus Tour will be held next summer. This time it’s only three girls and the tour is called “Maasa Sudo, Miyabi Natsuyaki & Risako Sugaya Fan Club bus tour in Lake Shirakabako”. Tour dates are June 29.-30. 2013. As always these bus tours are for FC members only. Detailed information from Up-Front FC site.