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Happy 5th anniversary to Morning Musume's 10th generation! Today doesn't only mark their 5th anniversary, but also a record for the longest generation! Congratulations to all 4 member, I hope many years may follow!

ANGERME didn't only reveal their new profile pictures today, they also revealed the covers for their upcoming single! Let's have a look at them! Limited A Limited A is for Umaku Ienai and features the second outfits for the song. The girls look like they are about to paint the town, in the actual way of painting the town. I really like this cover. It's really fresh and it looks so original. Maho and Rikako look really badass and I love the way Kananna and Take are standing.  Limited B Iew, this is not my taste at all. I really don't like this cover. the picture of the girls look weird, due to the lighting. It's way to black and it just all look out of place.  Limited C Oh this is quite a great cover! I like the outfits. I can tell they are really vintagy and the colors are really nice. All girls look really pretty (Muro!!) and I like the way of using some extra colors on behind their pictures. Maho does look like an alien though.  Regu

ANGERME released some new profile pictures that go with their upcoming single! The profile pictures have the outfits for Umaku Ienai. Let's have a look at them! Wada Ayaka Leader wears a multi colored short and had big green earrings. Ayaka always looks so good. I am not a big fan of the outfits, especially the flower on the jackit. It looks weird and of. Yet Ayaka can pull of any outfit and her skirt make her legs look so amazing. I actually really love the shoes. Nakanishi Kana I can't really tell if Kanana is wearing pants or a skirt. She does look really cute, although I wonder who told her to pose like that. Ayaka had almost the same pose and it looks kind of weird. Or does it have to do with the single? Strange. I love her hair like this! Takeuchi Akari Take looks quite unhappy in these pictures. I love how her belly comes out under her jacket. Her close up is pretty, yet her full body looks strange. THe colors do look good on her. Katsuta R

C-ute will release their 30th single on the second of november and today they announced the title for it on Hello!Pro Station. The title will be: Singing ~Anokoro no youni~ / Ai wa marude Seidenki / Mugen Climax Singing ~Anokoro no Youni~ has been writen by Tsunku. C-ute presented the single name in the outfits for Mugen Climax.

Juice=Juice will be releasing their 8th single next month and revealed the covers for it! Dream Road ~Kokoro ga Odoridashiteru~ / KEEP ON Joshou Shikou!! / Ashita Yarou wa Bakayarou will be their first triple a-side since their debut single and will release in six version.  Let's have a look at the covers! Regular A Regular A is the cover for Dream Road and features the girls in white outfits. Each girl has a line of three close-up pictures and a picture with a word in them, which has a close up of their chest. All girls look really beautiful and the use of pictures is really great. I love the colors and the flowy hair.  Regular B Regular B is the cover for Keep on. The girls look like they are standing in a street with bright light boards or a disco. The colors are really nice, but I don't really like the close-ups. What I do lie is the Hue in the hair of the girls, because it's their image colors! Not the best cover. Regular C Ashita Yorou h

The annual Petit Best album has been announced! Every year Hello!Project releases an mini best album, with songs from all their groups. This year the Petit Best will be number 17 and releases on the 14th of december. There will be some unreleased songs on the album, musical songs and songs from the vinlys. The Blu-ray version of the album will also contain some unreleased versions of MV's. The tracklist is for now unknown.

Juice=Juice's Miyamoto Karin announced her third photobook! The photobook will be released through Wanibook on the 21st of october and is called: SunFlower The photobook was shot in Miyako-jima and will feature shots in yukata, schooluniform, bathingsuit and shots in a sunflower field!

During the opening concert for Morning Musume's fall tour 2016 My Vision, Morning Musume '16 announced their 62th single! The single will be released on the 23th of november and it will be a triple a-side single called: Sou Janai / Sexy Cat no Enzetsu / Mukidashi de Mukiatte Sou Janai is a song writen by Tsunku! I am so happy they announced a new single. It has been soooo long since we got anything new from Morning Musume. Let's hope for amazing songs and some exciting lines!!

A while ago, it was reported that Kosuga Fuyuka (ex- submember of S/mileage and Hello!Pro Kenshuusei) signed with JAPAN MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT.  Sadly, her profile was deleted in september of 2016, which means she left that agency.  Good luck in the future Fuu-chan, may you dreams come true.

Kago Ai, Ex- Morning Musume 4th gen member, announced she is pregnant with her second child! A month ago she announced her marriage to a non- celeb man and the child is his! Kago said he cried tears of joy, while Minami (her daughter) was also happy with the news. For now Kago doesn't know what the gender will be, but she would be happy with either.  The baby is due in Spring 2017! Congratulations Aibon!

ANGERME will release a soundtrack to their upcoming musical MODE. It will be released on the 2nd of november and will contain 9 songs. Tracklist 1. MODE 2. Sakura no Uta 3. Hanako no Uta 4. Aiko no Uta 5. Kayo no Uta 6. Michiko no Uta 7. Believe in Me 8. Oshare wa Onna no Sentoufuku 9. Fashion Magazine

The three new members of Tsubaki Factory got their member colors announced! In a video on Tsubaki Factory's youtube channel, the girls get a suprise announcement of their colors! The colors are: Ono Mizuho- Emerald Green Onoda Saori- Peach Akiyama Mao- Light Red  Congratulations to the girls for getting their member colors! It's in important part for them and their fans! And aren't those colors nice!

Kobushi Factory announced their first album on the first date of their winter tour! The album will be released on the 30th of november and is called: Kobushi Sono Ichi They also preformed a song that will be on the album called: Kenmei Blues. Congratulations to Kobushi Factory on their first album!  May there be many many more.

Juice=Juice's leader Miyazaki Yuka will release her first photobook on the 24th of september! The photobook is titeled: Miyazaki Yuka . On the 24th, the photobook will first be sold at the Juice=Juice concerts, after which it will be available for general sale. Congratulations Yuka on your first photobook!

C-ute announced their 30th single during their C-ute no Hi live! The single will be released on the second of november. There isn't any other news on the single yet, but it will probably follow soon! It is also not known (for the moment) if this single will be their last or not.  Congratulations to C-ute and Let's hope they has a great last C-ute no Hi!

Country Girls will be releasing their 4th single this month and they released the covers for it! There will be six different versions, so let's have a look!  Btw the top picture are the outfits for Namida no Request! Limited A Cute and Neon like. Limited A is the cover for Dou Datte Ii no and has the girls in a normal group pose with several items photoshopped in. I like the pastel colors on the background and the girls do look cute. But it might have been better if everything would have been pastel, cause most things look really out of place. Limited B Limited B is for Namida no Request and has the girls inside LP's. The individual pictures are really cute and the idea is really nice. I like how this cover looks and the colors are so pretty. Limited C Limited C is quite a boring cover for Dou datte Ii no. The way Girls is stylished is really weird and looks like a T-ish letter? The individual pictures are quite nice, although their heads look cut