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30 Fresh Faces Part 2B

noreply@blogger.com (Gaki) — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:50:00 +0000

Because some of these groups have more videos then others I have split this post into A & B parts.
As with part one these groups will be revisited with solo profile features.

8. Otome Corporation

http://otome-corp.syncl.jp/
http://www.youtube.com/user/OtomeCorp

Hard working idols

09. Smile ☆Pocket

http://ilabo.jimdo.com/

10. Melody Lien

http://m-lien.net/
Related USTREAM Programs

http://www.youtube.com/user/MelodyLienCh#g/u

Related to Melody Lien
Pinafore

http://pinafore.jp/
http://www.youtube.com/user/akibapinafore

Pinafore has almost 120 videos on their YouTube Account
Pinafore is a maid café/ idol group from Pinafore Café and directly related to Melody Lien
Because of that they get added to part two

Cutepia

Is another maid café related to Melody Lien
http://blog.livedoor.jp/cutepia/

Part 2 A
http://pureidolheart.blogspot.com/2012/02/30-fresh-faces-part-2.html

Part 1
http://pureidolheart.blogspot.com/2012/02/30-fresh-faces.html

30 Fresh Faces Part 2 A

noreply@blogger.com (Gaki) — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:48:00 +0000

Because some of these groups have more videos then others I have split this post into A & B parts.
As with part one these groups will be revisited with solo profile features.

# 6 PIECE
PIECE is a new unit that has not released an original single yet; however you want to keep their YouTube channel handy as they have a number of little clips on the site.

http://piece-net.syncl.jp/

http://www.youtube.com/user/piecech#g/u

07. asfi

http://ameblo.jp/asfiblog/
http://www.youtube.com/user/iammasda3
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/asfi-gakuya

asfi which stands for [actress, singer, fighter, and idol] was created in 2011 by the live house Shibuya DESEO

Part 1
http://pureidolheart.blogspot.com/2012/02/30-fresh-faces.html

Dorothy Little Happy Mini Live

noreply@blogger.com (Gaki) — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:47:00 +0000

The darlings of Pure Idol Heart [if you remember the earthquake story, you`ll get that remark] drop in on Pure Idol Heart to offer up a special mini live filmed on the 19th.

BABY METAL Vs. The World + Li Ne

noreply@blogger.com (Gaki) — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 04:47:00 +0000

BABY METAL is coming, the world better prepare, lol

http://youtu.be/wqhIydd1bhc

Li ne PV
[Enjoy while it`s still up]

BABY METAL is back with another release “Li Ne”
The video features the group in various group styles, from idol pop, to rap group, to their trade mark princesses of metal. As much as I love the PV, I really wished they had stayed with their heavy metal style of their first release.

With my objection cast to the side, this is a great song and PV, if you’re not a metal head and like to go clubbing or practice dance, this song is for you.

http://youtu.be/5EdROY2yIf4

BABY METAL has another song coming out March 7 ,which is what the first video is about

EDIT
Here is the short version ,it`s not as cool as the long version that was on this post before but still good for now .

30 Fresh Faces

noreply@blogger.com (Gaki) — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:03:00 +0000

30 Fresh Faces is something that I have wanted to do for some time and that is present you the readers of this site with 30 idol groups or soloists that have never appeared on Pure Idol Heart.

Plans are underway for formal artist introduction posts after these previews. Each one of these artists have different levels of experience and in no way should they be compared to 48`s or H!P level idols ,if they were ,they would be in those groups . Instead these artists should be compared with the other artists in this series .

Regardless if an idol is performing in front of 50 or 5,000 ,they are deserving of our respect and support. If you’re a true fan of Idol genre , then a level of an artist ,should not matter to you if they bring you happiness in their performance.

So let’s get started
#1 first up is the charming Oota Yuuki

http://ameblo.jp/ukiu-ki/

PV for 6th single

#2 Doll ☆Elements

Doll ☆Elements is a group directly related to the idol group Lovely ☆Doll a group that you have seen on Tsuntube.
http://lovelydoll.jp/profile/elements/
http://ameblo.jp/doll-elements

#3 Starmarie

http://starmarie.syncl.jp/

We have actually previewed groups on their label before , just never got around to Starmarie .Starmarie are with a bunch of pretty established Tokyo Indie Idol groups and soloists .

Outdoor sound not as good as indoors

#4 Zenitani Nozomi

[Note –Oota and Nozomi belong to the same management company]
http://ameblo.jp/arty0074/

#5 Miduki Momoko

http://ameblo.jp/mktn0516
http://www.miduki-momoko.info/

USTREAM Concert
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/18054906

Momoko splits time as an idol singer and being a member of a rock band , and making Gravure books.

Of the two music genres ,she is more famous for writing the lyrics for the idol songs that she sings as an idol. She is also under the same record label as Starmarie

Part 2 A
http://pureidolheart.blogspot.com/2012/02/30-fresh-faces-part-2.html

Part 2 B
http://pureidolheart.blogspot.com/2012/02/30-fresh-faces-part-2b.html

Houkago Princess @ White Base Pt2 + PV

noreply@blogger.com (Gaki) — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:10:00 +0000

Another trip to this group White Base Theater

Recently they released their new single; look for Candy to do a full review in the coming days.

Houkago Princess:Live Internet Show

noreply@blogger.com (Gaki) — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:39:00 +0000

Sorry for the short notice; every Tuesday at 7PM Japan Standard Time, Houkago Princess has an 45 min internet show . The station is live broadcasting network .Another idol group show is now on. HouPri comes on next.

http://www.odoroku.tv/idol/houpri/index.html

Click the red live program button to watch the station broadcasts .Program Guide is below it .At the end of each program there is about 15 minutes of Advertisements so shows can set up for their broadcast.

Alice Project Special

noreply@blogger.com (Gaki) — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 06:07:00 +0000

Indie Idol company Alice Project ,which handles a number of groups we have covered on this site ,is having a special continuous live USTREAM broadcast ,the broadcast started 9hrs ago ,I was unable at the time to let you know about it , due to other commitments.
It`s not your standard idols, sit around and chat type program. Instead this involves the groups trying to hatch quail eggs sold at supermarket. There is not really much to the broadcast the eggs and the brooder are the focus, twice a day a member from one of the groups will come in and roll the eggs over. The eggs get to listen to the groups songs all day as well.

If you just want to take a look in from time to time and check on their mission, you can here.
Alice Project Special Live USTREAM

If you want to watch a recorded program they have , you can go here

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/17954149

To see their groups in action

http://www.youtube.com/user/aliceprojectcompany

Momoiro Clover Z “Mouretsu Uchuu Koukyoukyoku Dainana Gakushou ‘Mugen no Ai’”

noreply@blogger.com (Gaki) — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 05:40:00 +0000

Momoiro Clover Z “Mouretsu Uchuu Koukyoukyoku Dainana Gakushou ‘Mugen no Ai’”

Momoiro Clover Z recently released the video for their upcoming single “Mouretsu Uchuu Koukyoukyoku Dainana Gakushou ‘Mugen no Ai’”.
The video features the group in several CGI created backgrounds, riding space bicycles while wearing pirate costumes.
I have to say they make for some cute space pirates.

Tokyo Girls Style' Rock You!

noreply@blogger.com (Candy) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:49:00 +0000

The full preview for Tokyo Girls' Style 9th single Rock you! / Onnaji Kimochi -YMCK REMIX was uploaded on avex track channel a few days ago. I love the grayish tint that the PV has to it. It's simple, fun, and the girls look fierce and tough sporting simple military themed outfits.This is hands down, one of Tokyo Girls' Style best singles. TGS has been flawless, releasing good single after good single consistently.

Up Up Girls Going My Way

noreply@blogger.com (Candy) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:23:00 +0000

Remember UFZS, that new UFA kpop/jpop unit that was announced almost a whole year ago? Well, their back!

Up Up Girls (formerly UFZS) is a dance unit has consisting of former H!P Egg members Saho Akari, Furukawa Konatsu, Sekine Azusa, Mori Saki, Arai Manami, Satou Ayano, and Sengoku Minami.
They'll be having a new single called Going My ↑ I thought the girls had dreams to debut in Korea. I hope that remains true!

There is no release date yet, but you can hear a preview of it!

PASSPO☆ Kimi wa boku wo Suki ni naru

noreply@blogger.com (Candy) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:05:00 +0000

PASSPO☆ released their third single Kimi wa boku wo Suki ni naru on the Universal channel Today. The girls look pretty, the dance and outfits are great! I love how PASSPO☆ PV's are mainly outse too. it gives everything a fresh, bright feeling, I'm not completely feeling the song yet.

AKB48 Just Miss 1 Million Day One Sales

noreply@blogger.com (Gaki) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:24:00 +0000

AKB48 “GIVE ME FIVE” entered Oricon at #1 with first day sales of 966,529 this is the third record breaking first day release for AKB48. Unless there is a down turn in sales, this will be the 6th consecutive and 7th single overall to sale one million copies.

AKB48 GIVE ME FIVE

noreply@blogger.com (Gaki) — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:32:00 +0000

A sub team known as Acchan48.net has taken the time to sub the entire 34 minute version of AKB48 single GIVE ME FIVE!

Give Me Five (Full Version) Eng Sub from Acchan48 on Vimeo.

UFA Sapporo

noreply@blogger.com (Gaki) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:40:00 +0000

We haven`t mentioned it in the past however Up-Front have several regional offices and spin off agencies such as Hello!Project.
Former Viyuden member Miyoshi Erika who is from Sapporo has transferred to Up-Front`s Sapporo office.
She will be playing on the Sapporo based Sapporo Cerbies futsal team and other regional activities along with Tokyo events.

UFA Sapporo related site
http://www.ufa-sapporo.com/

Recent photo of Erika

http://www.ufa-sapporo.com/information/index.cgi?no=662

http://gree.jp/miyoshi_erika

AKB48 GIVE ME FIVE Coupling PVs

noreply@blogger.com (Gaki) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:02:00 +0000

Recently the videos for the AKB48 “GIVE ME FIVE” single have started to come out. Below is the videos for ”NEW SHIP” which is a story about JKT48 Melody transferring to a Japanese school by Special Girls A , and “Hitsujikai no Tabi” by Special Girls B.

“Hitsujikai no Tabi”

Hitsujikai no Tabi (Special Girls B) - AKB48 by mariixd20

“New Ship”
I think they did an ok job here with Melody from JKT48, in symbolizing that while the group maybe from outside Japan; they are a part of the 48 family.

BRIGHT "Kimi ga Iru Kara~Kokoro no Tonari☆"

noreply@blogger.com (Candy) — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:46:00 +0000

PIH hasn't covered the avex 4 membered girl group BRIGHT that much.
BRIGHT has a new single coming out February 2nd. A preview for this single was posted in December of last year, but the full PV is finally out!

BRIGHT - Kimi ga Iru Kara ~Kokoro no Tonari ☆ by yana-sakurami

My background of BRIGHT
I got into BRIGHT by chance. I'm subscribed to many Japanese record companies on YouTube including avex (which BRIGHT is signed to). I saw them in my subscribers list, and it looked interesting. The song was "Feelin' You" and I immediately feel in love with the song and video. After discovering "Feelin' You", I loosely followed BRIGHT. I wouldn't call myself a huge fan of them. On my ipod, I only have 4 songs from them: Feelin' You, Ichi nen ni Kagetsu Hatsuka, Love ~Aru Ai no Katachi~, and Still... Really, it's only 2 singles if you subtract the B sides. BAD GIRL!!! Isn't really bad either~ I really need more of their songs.

BRIGHT is way underrated! The girls are so talented in singing and dancing. Nanaka's voice is beautiful! She can really hit the high notes; she has a wide range. My other favorite voice and member is Nagi! I like her short hair and her deep voice~

On to the video
It's obvious that Nanaka is the most popular member. It's basically her singing the whole thing while Meg, Nagi, and Mimi are stuck with the backup vocals. Even in other singles, Nanaka has always gotten more lines and attention. I hate when groups do this. Yes, Nagi has a really nice voice, but the other members are just as pretty and talented. It just makes me so mad! Isn't Nagi the leader? If anyone's going to get a solo song, it should be Nagi! (I need to write about how being the leader/captain in a group doesn't have any meaning.)

Anyways, besides the obvious Nanaka bias, all of the girls are flawless. Nagi's red hair looks gorgeous on her, and Meg's short hair suits her so well. Mi-mi has this beautiful chocolate brown shade of hair that I love and everybody just sparkles. Nanaka looks so breathtaking and stunning.

I love the outfits. They honestly remind of 2NE1 a little bit, and I don't know why. I also don't get the point of the little boy that is shown often. The song is the typical bright song. I like it, but I think that they could do better. Nanaka's voice, as I keep mentioning, is really good, but with her just singing, I just get tired of hearing it. I miss the voices of the other three members! I also wish they showed more of the dancing.

I give this single a 3.5/5. Compared to the other songs I have from BRIGHT, I just can't feel this one. BRIGHT songs generally take time for me to warm up to them, so I think I'll have to listen to it more. I could change my mind.

Related post: http://pureidolheart.blogspot.com/2011/12/bright.html
More video's from BRIGHT: http://www.bright-online.net/movie/

Nogizaka46: Aitakatta Kamo Shirenai PV

noreply@blogger.com (Gaki) — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:36:00 +0000

The video is out for Nogizaka46 remake of the AKB48 single “Aitakatta”.

The song is called “Aitakatta Kamo Shirenai”, there is not a lot of difference if my memory is correct between the two outside of it being a rocked out version of the song. The great one herself Maeda Atsuko makes a guest shot near the end.

Depending on which side of the fence you fall in this debate ,you`ll either like the song or find a reason not to ,either way the rocked out version is very good and the group sound good together.

乃木坂46　会いたかったかもしれない by hiro32612000

Discuss this group on our new message board

http://z13.invisionfree.com/Pure_Idol_Heart/index.php?act=idx

SCANDAL –Harukaze PV + Extras

noreply@blogger.com (Gaki) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:13:00 +0000

SCANDAL is back with a new release “Harukaze”, the song is an excellent mix of vocals and soft rock .The ladies are also sporting new hairstyles and costumes.
“Harukaze” is currently the opening theme for the anime “BLEACH”

Live Version

Bonus videos
60 minute program
Not subbed

May`n x SCANDAL

Discuss this group on our new message board

http://z13.invisionfree.com/Pure_Idol_Heart/index.php?act=idx

SDN48 Final Single Preview

noreply@blogger.com (Gaki) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:09:00 +0000

SDN48 have released a teaser for their final single “Makeoshimi Congratulation”.
Here is the brief 40 second clip, really not a lot to go on at this time with the preview

LINQ Sakura Monogatari/Sakura Kajitsu

noreply@blogger.com (Candy) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:03:00 +0000

It's been a long time since LINQ has appeared on PIH!
Related posts: http://pureidolheart.blogspot.com/search?q=Lin+Q

Just to remind you guys, LINQ is 22 member idol group in Fukuoka. They are fairly new, only debuting in April 2011. Their first indies single was "Calorie Nante" that came out in November of last year. They are signed to T-Palette records.

And now, their second indies single "Sakura Monogatari/Sakura Kajitsu" will be released on February 29th.

Sakura Monogatari

Sakura Kajitsu

Sakura Monogatari and Sakura Kajitsu are completely different than Calorie Nante. You ask yourself "Is this the same group?"

I really like the overall theme for Sakura Monogatari. The outfits, dance, and colors go perfectly with the song's mood and overall theme.I really like traditional-sounding songs like this. Sakura Kajitsu is a really catchy song. Though I can't say I'm a fan of the outfits.The simple backgrounds in these two PV's work, and I really like the overall theme for both!

Maeda Atsuko spotted in Nogizaka46 Video

noreply@blogger.com (Gaki) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:59:00 +0000

Has the great one changed groups? No, lol Maeda is just doing a guest spot.
Maeda makes a guest appearance in the video for “Aitakatta Kamo Shirenai”

“Aitakatta Kamo Shirenai” is just a remake of the AKB48 single and video “Aitakatta” and Maeda makes a passing appearance and is just another of several recent supporting promotions by the groups.

Be Genki!

noreply@blogger.com (Candy) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:41:00 +0000

In this video, you can see a live performance of Berryz Koubou's newest single "Be Genki! Naseba Naru!"
I think this song is something new from berryz, something we haven't heard of before! Everything is kind of boring, but when you get close to the chorus, it really picks up. I hope UFA does a good job with the PV because the recent singles from berryz have been medicore. C-ute also has a nice ballad single coming out that will be hard to beat! I love the outfits. The whole song reminds me a lot of Momoiro Clover z.

Auditions

noreply@blogger.com (Candy) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:11:00 +0000

3 girl groups have up-coming auditions, or had auditions.

Vision factory girl group Fairies is holding auditions for the group. The age ranges are of 9 and 18 to apply.

I don't see the point of adding new members to Fairies. The group is still new, with only 2 singles out. Plus, they already have 7 talented members. I hope these auditions aren't a sign that somebody is graduating from the group. I'm also not happy with the age going down as low as 9.

So far, there are 8 final candidates for the Passpo☆ auditions. To see all 8 candidates, and their information, Click Here Fans can vote for their favorite member by buying Gachi Koi (Passpo☆'s 3rd single) and choosing who they want to join Passpo☆ by voting on the ticket. The results will be announced March 31st.

I don't understand why Passpo☆ is having auditions either. Only one member, Sakuma Kaho

Sakuma Kaho

has left the group. I think auditions for Passpo☆ are uneeded. They already have 9 members, which I think is more than enough! The group is also so young! When they lose 5 members, I can understand auditions, but they've only lost 1.

Girl group Idoling!!! had auditions for their 5th generation. There were 15 finalists total (click HERE to see them) and fans could vote by buying Idoling!!!'s recent single MAMORE!!! MAMORE!!! has already been released, but the new members haven't been announced yet, have they?

It's not unusual for Idoling!!! to have yearly auditions. Fonchi and Erika have graduated the group after all, and Idoling!!! likes to keep it's member count high.

2012 doesn't seem to be starting out a good year for member relations. There are too many unnecessary auditions, plus, we've lost some great members to graduations from a lot of groups. Plus, there are still more graduations to come (Sakura Gakuin), possibly Fairies too?

Mouretsu Uchuu 16 sec CM preview

noreply@blogger.com (Candy) — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:02:00 +0000

A 16 second CM preview for Momoiro Clover Z's ninth single Mouretsu Uchuu Koukyoukyoku Dainana Gakushou "Mugen no Ai" was uploaded on the Stardust digital channel today.

As always, Momoclo's video looks crazy, and extreme! It looks like a lot of effort was put into it.
Moretsu Uchuu and LOST CHILD (The B side) will be used for the anime Moretsy Uchuu Kaizoku.