First of all, take any predictions I say in any of my posts with a grain of salt. It’s just pure fun.
The new Aa! I’m still obsessing over it. I love it. I love Akari, and I don’t really miss Reina (although she is a favorite) I have an idea of what AA may be like. Again, my predictions only.
Aa! was first like this, right?
Reina, Miyabi, Airi.
Now it’s like this:
Miyabi, Airi, Akari.
Well, Reina graduated from the group, making Miyabi the eldest of the group. Akari jumped in at the bottom. So here is my idea: Aa will always be a 3-nin group. With each single that it releases, it graduates the eldest girl, and brings in a new younger girl. So next time, Miyabi graduates, Akari is in the middle, and a younger egg (or somebody younger than Akari, like Ogawa Saki or Mai Hagiwara) Then Airi graduates, and so on and so forth. You get it?
It is only the 2nd Aa grouping, so we don’t know much about the way Tsunku is going to work Aa from now on, but I really like this idea! What do you think?
Next, is graduation speculation using the Champloo Marriage collection to predict. See, in ZYX, Koharu and Erika were added to make 8 in the group, however, there were only 6 to begin with. Tsunku knew Erika and Koharu were going to graduate, so the group would be 6 again after their departure.
Well, Tsunku scares me a little, because he seems to put “hints” in his past projects. When we look back, we see that it was clear all along that he had a plan from the begining.
Champloo gave us 3 soloists, LinLin, Ai, and Reina. I think those 3 may be the next to graduate, except that they’ll become soloists. I would love to see LinLin and Ai become soloists. Reina, I’m not sure, but during the H!P summer champloo concert, she had a good solo stage presence. (Although with her new Kaitou Reinya anime, maybe she will be like Koharu) Hello! Project REALLY needs more soloists. Mano Erina looks really lonely up there on stage being the only soloist.
We also had a Gaki/Eri duet, maybe they’ll be the next W? Just kidding. I don’t believe anything will happen with them, at least not yet, hehe.
Other predictions for 2010! Buono may become a permanant unit. Captain will finally get a solo photobook. Berryz will stay berryz but Miya and Momo will leave (much to my sadness, but Buono will become 10 times better because the 3 girls will focus all their attention on the group) Airi will leave as well, she will be a part-time soloist. C-ute continues as 4-nin, and still goes strong.
Koharu joins NGP.
Saho Akari, Kitahara and Kikkawa join MM. Later MM adds 5 new eggs and holds auditions for 2 more girls. Making it the largest MM in history, until Reina, Ai, Gaki and LinLin graduate. Ai and Gaki have a special graduation together.
Takeuchi Akari and Miyamoto Karin form a duet because they are just so darn cute.
2 more Egg groups emerge, but one joinsTNX.
Bad news,
There is a TERRIBLE scandal and somebody popular gets kicked out.
Good news,
We see a member we haven’t seen in a while come back into show biz. Maybe not H!P, but certainly signs contract with a good company. (Can we hope for Megumi Murakami or Maiha?)
Well thats it for now, I had my fun. Good night and I hope I didn’t scare ya too much!
Some of the things you said made me nod in agreement (Eggs and new people added to Morning Musume and Buono becoming a permanent group), but I’m not sure of Aichan, Reina, and Lin Lin all going solo, especially not at once.
Can Hello!Project support four soloists at once in its current state? I think it was trimmed last March for a reason. It’s probably harder to fund one person rather than a group, because groups give more choices to the fans and only special goods are separated amongst the members.
Aichan would be the most profitable Musume to join Mano as a soloist. She’s a high seller, so the costs of putting on concerts and pressing CDs would be recouped and then some. Reina most likely would be the same way.
I don’t think it’s realistic to expect the same from Lin Lin, though. She’s my second favorite voice in Momusu after Gaki, but her popularity is consistently the lowest. She would probably require an even more aggressive promotion strategy than Mano. However, I could see her graduating to go full-time in Mini Moni. Having four members working together and having tie-ins to bring in young fans like the old Mini Moni did is more doable than holding concerts and pressing CDs just for Lin Lin. Otherwise, sadly, she’d probably be like the new Yuki Maeda of H!P… talented but more or less forgotten.
(Though I think Lin Lin would get more upbeat music, so she wouldn’t be as forgotten.)
Maybe Tsunku gave Lin Lin a solo to let fans get used to the possibility of her being a new lead after Aichan and/or Reina graduate? That might eventually raise her popularity, though that means she’d probably stay a couple more years in Momusu.
I hope all of that made sense. ^^;
Oh, and Yuuka Maeda for Scandal 2010! :3