Posts Tagged Kusumi Koharu
Shanimuni Paradise On The Koha’s Departure
December 7, 2009 | Ray Mescallado | Tags: Hello! Project, Kusumi Koharu, Morning Musume | Comments (0)
It’s Over « Shanimuni Paradise.
This post reminds me of that line by Billy Bragg about a bully boy in a Benetton shop.
Super Happy Genki Chimes In On The Koha’s Graduation
December 6, 2009 | Ray Mescallado | Tags: Hello! Project, Kusumi Koharu, Morning Musume | Comments (0)
Aside from one odd statement in the beginning – “She is truly the first to be cast adrift on her own” (what about Asuka and Ayappe?) – this is a thoughtful take on where both the Koha and Morning Musume will be heading from this point forward.
I can appreciate taking the time to ask if this is a time to dissolve Morning Musume – but even though I’m not a fan of the current line-up, the economics clearly don’t encourage this. The wota dollars aren’t only continuing to pour in, but they’re tapping overseas as well. Once the H!P wota find something better to spend their money on – AKB, say, or porn – then there’s some worries to consider.
maiZe On The Frustrations Of Working With The Koha
December 6, 2009 | Ray Mescallado | Tags: Hello! Project, Kusumi Koharu, Morning Musume | Comments (0)
The Era of the Stable 9-nin Musume has Ended | fields of maiZe and berryZ.
maiZe shares clips of the Morning Musume line-up having to deal with the Koha and her idiosyncracies. The first one was particularly illuminating, as everyone seemed to pile on her faults and she seemed oblivious anyways.
Hello!Blog Will Miss The Koha
December 6, 2009 | Ray Mescallado | Tags: Hello! Project, Kusumi Koharu, Morning Musume | Comments (0)
Hello!Blog – Koha, You’ll Be Missed.
The best part for me is when Paul says he likes to think he’s not much of a fan. Yes, and I don’t like looking at junior idols in bikinis. However, that’s just part of a very genial, self-effacing aassessment of the impact Koha’s departure is having on Paul – especially with the honest assessment that he’s not as likely to follow her career post-MM.
Hello!SayuNii Has All The Details On The Koha’s Exit
December 6, 2009 | Ray Mescallado | Tags: Hello! Project, Kusumi Koharu, Morning Musume | Comments (0)
Kusumi Koharu Officially Graduates From Morning Musume and Hello! Project « Hello!SayuNii.
So here’s what you’d want to know about the speeches, the encores, and even a wonderful career retrospective in PVs. Have the speeches from other members always sounded this odd? I honestly can’t recall.
Morningtime Anticipates Seeing The Koha Again
December 6, 2009 | Ray Mescallado | Tags: Hello! Project, Kusumi Koharu, Morning Musume | Comments (0)
Sayonara See You Again Koha « Morningtime.
morningtime doesn’t seem too bunched up over Koha leaving the slow lemming horde death march which is the current Morning Musume, as there is anticipation of seeing her again in other venues.
Conflict Productions Gets Lachrymose Over The Koha
December 6, 2009 | Ray Mescallado | Tags: Hello! Project, Kusumi Koharu, Morning Musume | Comments (0)
Kusumi Koharu Sotsugyou Shimasu « Conflict Productions.
siggy gets teary-eyed and nostalgic over the departure of the crackhead, since she’s the first Musume he’s seen go through the complete cycle of audition, induction, blossoming, and the boot.
Now that I think about it, I can say the same actually – I got in when Nacchi graduated, so it’s about the same time as siggy – but look at it differently. Thanks to the interwebs and copious downloading, we can track the entire career of any of the Musumes from start to finish. Having it take place in real time is just more excruciatingly slow, and makes you want the girl to get out already to fresh fields and pastures new.
Oh, and every time I see somebody compare a relationship with an idol to being a parent? It makes me very very worried about that person’s future children. Seriously, it’s nothing like that.
Hello!Blog Pays Tribute To The Koha
November 13, 2009 | Ray Mescallado | Tags: Hello! Project, Kusumi Koharu, Morning Musume | Comments (0)
A very nice write-up about everyone’s favorite crackhead idol and how she’s been important to Paul’s wotadom.
Morningtime Jumps The Koha
October 15, 2009 | Ray Mescallado | Tags: Hello! Project, Kusumi Koharu | Comments (0)
Kusumi Koharu Jump subbed « Morningtime.
The Hello! Fansubs translation of the making-of for Koharu’s latest photobook inspires a screencap-heavy lovefest for good ol’ Crackity Jones in all her bikini-tastic glory. The commentary tries hard to be creepy – which is always appreciated around here – but doesn’t always make it fresh and clever. I’m still not sure if the pink oboe line works or not, though the conversation with the screencap translations was fun.
KAKKO-II.COM On The Koha’s Photobook
October 9, 2009 | Ray Mescallado | Tags: Hello! Project, Kusumi Koharu, Morning Musume | Comments (0)
KAKKO-II.COM » Blog Archive » That brown eyed girl.
Zush gets his copy of Sugar Doll and shares some pages from it, keeping in mind her future aspirations in modeling. Alas, my much-loved pink-skirt mount-my-Kohalicious-ass shot is not included in his selection.
MorningBerryz Has The Koha’s Farewell Photobook
October 8, 2009 | Ray Mescallado | Tags: Hello! Project, Kusumi Koharu, Morning Musume | Comments (0)
久住小春の最新写真集。。。”Sugar Doll” – Vox.
That shot of her ass in the pink skirt is probably the finest picture of her. Evar. Anyway, lots and lots of wonderful Koha eyecandy, and all this lusciousness still feels like a “So long, bitches!” to H!P.
You don’t need them, Koha. You just need that pink skirt and that fine ass.
Excellent Morningtime Post
September 30, 2009 | Ray Mescallado | Tags: Hello! Project, Kusumi Koharu, Michishige Sayumi, Morning Musume | Comments (0)
I’m Bored Therefore I’ll Post « Morningtime.
Let’s see… babble babble… lots of fug pics… Oooh, Sayumi looking real hot with her hair done up Princess Leia-style… more pics I don’t care about… and The Koha in a pink skirt, looking like she’s waiting for someone to mount her from behind!
Yeah, this was an excellent blog post.
Morningtime Shares Koha Eyecandy
September 26, 2009 | Ray Mescallado | Tags: Kusumi Koharu | Comments (0)
This reminds me of those teen movies where the heroine makes her cheating ex-boyfriend jealous by looking real hot and showing up stag at the prom or something like that. It’s like, “This is what you’ll be missing from your line-up, Morning Musume! See you later bitches, I’m taking my hawtness with me.”
Wings of My Heart On The Koha And Becoming Decrepit
September 25, 2009 | Ray Mescallado | Tags: Hello! Project, Kusumi Koharu, Morning Musume | Comments (0)
Wings of My Heart 3.0 » KUSSUMI KUSSUMI (Say Yeah) .
My dearest Julia shares her own thoughts on the whole Koha ouster thing, emphasizing how much The Koha has accomplished and how she seems made for the spotlight. Juju also admits to feeling old now that she’s eighteen and thus a cohort of the older idols in the – Wait a minute! She feels old? I’m twice the age of your average mature idol! How do you think I must feel, staring at pictures and videos of Japanese teenage idols in bikinis?
Oh yeah. I feel happy. Never mind.
Morningtime Shares Koha Jump Preview
September 24, 2009 | Ray Mescallado | Tags: Hello! Project, Kusumi Koharu | Comments (0)
Kusumi Koharu Jump preview « Morningtime.
I bet it’s clips like this which made Tsunku realize The Koha was approaching eighteen. “Why, what’s this I’m holding in my hand? Why, hello, twin-maker! I guess Miracle-chan is getting all curvy and stuff, eh?”
MorningBerryz Pays Tribute To The Koha
September 23, 2009 | Ray Mescallado | Tags: Hello! Project, Kusumi Koharu, Morning Musume | Comments (0)
Kohachan♥ to graduate from H!P on December 6th ( ┰_┰). – Vox.
In her own inimitable style, MB looks at Koha-chan and all she’s achieved. I especially like the focus on how polarizing Koharu has been among fans, possible reasons why that came about and the consequences for her during the MM years. But of course, MB ends on an upbeat note, which she does in a grand manner.
Madara Considers The Koha In Her Own Words
September 23, 2009 | Ray Mescallado | Tags: Hello! Project, Kusumi Koharu, Morning Musume | Comments (0)
madara_blog: Koharu is leaving….
Madara reminisces on Koharu and considers the kind of future she faces. He then shares his exclusive interview question-and-answer with her during Anime Expo, where she tries to imagine what she’ll be doing in five years. The two translations of her response are instructive in themselves about how UFA and its employees try to control the messaging as a matter of habit.
The Koha Roundtable
September 22, 2009 | Ray Mescallado, murr, wendy and Vee | Tags: Berryz Kobo, C-ute, Hello! Project, Kusumi Koharu, Morning Musume | Comments (3)
The news of Kusumi Koharu’s graduation from Morning Musume raised quite a stir in our corner of the J-blogosphere, as coverage here and at Intl Wota can attest. Always open to experiment, I decided to run an ad hoc roundtable to discuss what happened to Koha and what it means for Hello! Project’s future. DH’s regular contributor Vee was of course ready to join in; bloggers / wotachatters Murr and Wendy also threw their hats in the ring. (Unfortunately, illness kept Wendy from doing the last round of questions.)
The roundtable started Sunday night and a major new development – Tsunku making explicit that he ordered Koha’s graduation – occurred while e-mails were flying.
Tsunku Swings His Dick, Knocks Koha Outta MM
September 22, 2009 | Ray Mescallado | Tags: Hello! Project, Kusumi Koharu, Morning Musume, Tsunku | Comments (0)
KAKKO-II.COM » Blog Archive » The Emperor has spoken.
Zush considers Tsunku’s blog post explaining that Koha’s graduation was his decision, believing it a case of the H!P svengali asserting his dominance over “those little subservients like Koha”. Zush also suspects Tsunku may have been reading the fan sites regarding this, and -
Wait?
Really?
Tsunku, if you’re reading this, I have five words for you: Maeda Yuuka. Bikini Photobook. Now!
Nyu chan On The Many Faces Of Koha
September 22, 2009 | Ray Mescallado | Tags: Hello! Project, Kusumi Koharu, Morning Musume | Comments (0)
A few words about Koharu « Nyu chan desu!!!.
ladybird contrasts the departure of Koharu from H!P to Kago Ai’s, and unsurprisingly finds Koha had the better deal. From there, she looks at the many facets of Koha, even admitting that she wasn’t always perfect.
Another Blog Rises From The Dead For The Koha
September 22, 2009 | Ray Mescallado | Tags: Hello! Project, Kusumi Koharu, Morning Musume | Comments (0)
goodbye, Koharu at Merry Go Round.
Amy resurrects her blog long enough to pay tribute to the Little Crackhead That Could.
CK Covers The Craziest Miracle
September 21, 2009 | Ray Mescallado | Tags: Hello! Project, Kusumi Koharu, Morning Musume | Comments (0)
Charismatic silverback CK was Intl Wota’s ironman for the Koharu graduation blogasm, covering most all the posts he encountered regarding the monumental news. Now he takes a step back and shares his own thoughts about the graduation and what it could mean for the Little Miracle and her career as a geinou.
maiZe Places Koha In Perspective
September 21, 2009 | Ray Mescallado | Tags: Hello! Project, Kusumi Koharu, Morning Musume | Comments (0)
Graduation Time Is Upon Morning Musume Again | fields of maiZe and berryZ.
maiZe takes a thoughtful, balanced consideration of the graduation and where it fits in the grand scheme of Morning Musume’s history. The level-headedness is what one expects from her, and has a calming effect in the maelstrom of bawwing and anxious second-guessing.
Itsumo Genki Is Ambivalent
September 21, 2009 | Ray Mescallado | Tags: Hello! Project, Kusumi Koharu, Morning Musume | Comments (0)
Isilie is surprised at not being happy at the news of Koha’s departure, which leads to some questions about the bigger picture concerning Helllo! Project and the status of the organization. The interesting point – and one I haven’t seen elsewhere – is whether or not Tsunku’s impulse to support risky candidates for idoldom should be reined in at the moment. This is a thoughtful read, definitely worth your time.
Kubler Ross Has Nothing On Wotaku Now!
September 21, 2009 | Ray Mescallado | Tags: Hello! Project, Kusumi Koharu, Morning Musume | Comments (0)
Wotaku Now! » Goodbye my darling Koharu.
Shirow’s been wonderful at satirizing the melodramatic excesses of wota and their attitudes towards their favorite idols. Now he pokes fun at himself with an over-the-top howl about Koha graduating, bringing in the five steps of grief and throwing in some interesting variations. But with all this playacting and cartoonish bawwwing, a part of me does wonder how he really feels about the news. Can’t be too bad, right? I mean, life goes on, there’s bigger things to consider. Amirite?
Living The Life Of Koharu
September 21, 2009 | Ray Mescallado | Tags: Hello! Project, Kusumi Koharu, Morning Musume | Comments (0)
Miracle in the Hole: Kusumi Koharu « Conflict Productions.
siggy considers all the special treatment Koha has received from the very start – attention and perks that weren’t handed to others so readily (or at all). Also, the distinction of her idol persona – the crack-tastic high energy thang – is contrasted to her apparently more subdued persona away from the camera. And to me, that’s a good chunk of why being an idol is such hard work…
All We’re Missing Is The Fountain Pen
September 21, 2009 | Ray Mescallado | Tags: Hello! Project, Kusumi Koharu, Morning Musume | Comments (0)
KAKKO-II.COM » Blog Archive » Open letter to Koharu.
Zush addresses Koharu in a manner that makes me think she’s gone through her bat mitzvah. Which, in an idol way, she probably is. Now, if only this was delivered in Klingon…
Selective Hearing Muses On The Loss Of Eyecandy From Momusu
September 21, 2009 | Ray Mescallado | Tags: Hello! Project, Kusumi Koharu, Morning Musume | Comments (0)
Kusumi Koharu Graduates From Morning Musume & H!P |.
Not surprisingly, I find it refreshing that Greg is up-front about mourning Koha’s graduation as a loss of eyecandy – I don’t think it’s shallow more than being attentive to what idols are all about. He then goes on to pay his own tribute to the Miracle Girl, while musing on the questions that are on every fan’s mind.
(And for the record: the largest Morning Musume line-up was 16 at Kei’s graduation concert – way after the Golden Age – and the 15-nin line-up that followed had Tsunku swear he’d never go that large again. Which is ironic, since the 15-nin created three of the best singles in the group’s history.)
J-Pex Contrasts Momusu’s Graduation To C-ute’s
September 20, 2009 | Ray Mescallado | Tags: C-ute, Hello! Project, Kusumi Koharu, Morning Musume, Umeda Erika | Comments (0)
Talking About My (Re)Generation « The J-Pex: An H!P/J-Pop Music Blog.
Pex waxes philosophical on the nature of change and idols, then goes on to consider how Morning Musume fans were better prepared for their recent changes than C-ute fans. That said, C-ute fans had the trauma of Murakami Megumi leaving way back when, and the scars of that hasn’t healed for some of us. Ohhhh, Megukami…
So Who’s Next To GTFO?
September 20, 2009 | Ray Mescallado | Tags: Hello! Project, Kusumi Koharu, Michishige Sayumi, Morning Musume, Umeda Erika | Comments (0)
A Crackhead Will Leave the Building – SUPER HAPPY GENKI HYPERFORCE GO!.
superhappygenki speculates on how Kusumi Koharu will fare as a model, comparing her chances to C-ute’s Erika. From there, a thought on which person in Morning Musume will be next to go and why.
Shanimuni Paradise On That Koha Grad Thing
September 20, 2009 | Ray Mescallado | Tags: Hello! Project, Kusumi Koharu, Morning Musume | Comments (0)
Woah woah woah. What? « Shanimuni Paradise.
Tsukiki shares her own take on the news, noting that the current 9-nin group is “a legendary Morning Musume lineup”, though specifying “not sales-wise, but internationally and landmark-wise”. Now, some wags would argue that the international outreach came precisely from not being able to do well enough with sales in their homeland and that the landmarks (like breaking certain records) were achieved only by hanging around long enough to pick up the scraps from the group’s formerly glorious reputation. Personally, I would argue that the Morning Musume in the public imagination – that is, the one that has assumed iconic status in Japan and can be called truly legendary – featured members that have fled the group a long, long time ago.
But maybe, just maybe, this 9-nin line-up will indeed be remembered as fondly, and be respected as much as the ones that brought us “Love Machine” and “The Peace!”. And if anyone idol’s responsible for that, it may well have been Koharu.
Kimono Edge Boy Experiences First Momusu Graduation
September 20, 2009 | Ray Mescallado | Tags: Hello! Project, Kusumi Koharu, Morning Musume | Comments (0)
Sairo explains his history as a Morning Musume fan and the personal significance of seeing Koharu graduate. It’s interesting to see newer fans cope with a first graduation, especially after the long lapse since the last one. For older fans, graduations used to come fast and furious, and the long break between GTFO ceremonies seemed strange in a different way.
Pink Wota A Little Miffed By Koha Graduating
September 20, 2009 | Ray Mescallado | Tags: Hello! Project, Kusumi Koharu, Morning Musume | Comments (0)
Pink Wota » [News] AND CHRISTMAS IS CANCELLED, TOO..
Vee’s not having a good year as an H!P fan, what with Erika leaving C-ute to model and now Koha. She uses some amusing picspam to imagine how the decision was reached.
Hello! Online Has Translations And Crucial Clip
September 20, 2009 | Ray Mescallado | Tags: Hello! Project, Koha's hawt Dad, Kusumi Koharu, Morning Musume | Comments (0)
Kusumi Koharu to graduate from Hello!Project – Hello!Online .
English translations of the official statements from Tsunku, Koha herself, and UFA, for those who like boilerplate. And a personal favorite of mine: Koha singing “Furusato” when Tsunku dropped by her house. This was the first time I fell in love with her, and the first time I ever really liked that song. Oh, and I forgot how hawt her Dad is!
Yonasu Doesn’t Wanna Hurt Any Feelings…
September 20, 2009 | Ray Mescallado | Tags: Hello! Project, Kusumi Koharu, Morning Musume | Comments (0)
Kusumi Koharu to Graduate from Hello! Project | yonasu.com.
yonasu is trying to be nice and not offend the fans of Koha, but… you know… He’s happy to see her go and he thinks she can’t sing and he thinks it’s probably for the best for H!P.
…
Truth hurts sometimes, maybe?
Morningtime Asks A Crucial Question
September 20, 2009 | Ray Mescallado | Tags: Hello! Project, Kusumi Koharu, Morning Musume | Comments (0)
Kusumi Koharu to Graduate « Morningtime.
morningtime asks: did Koha jump off the good ship Morning Musume, or was she pushed? I’m thinking she tried to shove Tettekette over the starboard but missed and tilted over.
Never a Favorite, But She Was Still a Musume
September 20, 2009 | Vee | Tags: Kusumi Koharu, Morning Musume | Comments (0)
The End of Momosu’s Longest Stable Lineup
Jin at Sora to Kujira takes a very pragmatic and postulative approach to Koha’s graduation announcement, asking for some reader feedback. He shares a favorite video clip, but mostly considers the pros and cons of the 8-nin formation of Morning Musume. Interesting… Reina and Aika as a deuce.
“Is the modeling thing going to be the new “leave for studies”?”
September 20, 2009 | Vee | Tags: Hello! Project, Kusumi Koharu, Morning Musume | Comments (0)
A stark contrast to the CJ’s of the blogosphere telling us to keep it cool and chill out with this announcement, Arche-JoIyO of JiririKiteru happens to share my sentiments – why couldn’t it have been someone else? Why did it have to be Koha? Certainly she and I are not the only two who were only in this MoMusu thing just for the Koha.
Nobody Puts Koha in a Corner!
September 19, 2009 | Vee | Tags: Hello! Project, Kusumi Koharu, Morning Musume | Comments (0)
They Were a Very Good Four-and-a-half Years, or You Won’t Have Koharu Kusumi to Kick Around Anymore.
CJ, unlike many spleen-venting bloggers (self included) on the intertubes today, is convinced that this Koha graduation thing is nothing to tie ourselves in knots over. He presents a great, valid argument, and you’ll find his line of reasoning totally ace if you’re a fan of the direction Morning Musume’s been taking.
Pata Loves Koha…and he was prepared for this.
September 19, 2009 | Vee | Tags: Hello! Project, Kusumi Koharu, Morning Musume | Comments (0)
An Open Letter to Koharu Kusumi
I couldn’t have said it better myself. Pata sums up a prevalent phenomenon within the wota community with one simple, lulzy graphic, and follows it up with a particularly awesome letter to the Miracle Girl. Classy and…well…okay, so he’s talking about fapping, it’s not classy, but it’s worth a slow clap.
Kusumi Koharu To Graduate From Morning Musume
September 19, 2009 | Ray Mescallado | Tags: Hello! Project, Kusumi Koharu, Morning Musume | Comments (0)
Koharu Kusumi to graduate from Morning Musume AND Hello!Project « International Wota.
Of course, most H!P fans were thinking Tettekette would be the next to go… but this news has left many jaws dropped. I expect a lot of opinions – positive and negative – on this development in the next few days, and lots of questions about the possibility of new auditions.
