OG (Graduated Members) / M-line Club / M-line Music

[AyuHikaru]

So what I'm gathering is she didn't like the pressures of fame and being a lead vocal once she got it. Wasn't she pretty popular back then? I wasn't in the fandom at that point, but all the old stuff I watched always seemed to push her and Nacchi.

I'm glad she got comfortable with her legacy.

Morning Musume first gen new group pls >.>

[Amped]

Michishige Sayumi FC Bus Tour in Izu goods
http://www.up-fc.jp/m-line/news_Info.php?id=11300

[JonCC]

Top 7 Actresses Who Acted the Most in Live-Action Movies
https://tokyogirlsupdate.com/actresses- ... 36130.html

2nd place (8 films)

Erina Mano

Films: The Next Generation: Patlabor, Shinjuku Swan, All Esper Dayo! (Minnna Espar Dayo!), orange, Yamikin Ushijima Kun The Final, The 100th Love with You (Kimi to 100 Kaime no Koi), Anonymous Noise (Fukumenkei Noise), and Kids on the Slope (Sakamichi no Apollon)

She is a former member of Hello! Project. She played an important role in Nigereba Haji Daga Yaku ni Tatsu, last year’s biggest hit drama. The role was a young mother who is the best friend of the heroine played by Yui Aragaki. With the drama’s hit, she became more popular as an actress.

[AyuHikaru]

I hope Mano gets super popular, so she can open the door for other girls in UFA to get acting roles.

[JonCC]

Mano Erina in Anonymous Noise (Fukumenkei Noise)

[Hugglepuff]

^ Are you talking about Rio? N-K was talking about Rena, who was on hiatus for "anxiety" and never had a graduation planned.

Yes I was, that makes a lot more sense.

Perfectly believable that she quit due to anxiety issues.

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yesterday, Tsuji Nozomi and OG members had a TV taping for Sanma-san's Osaka New Years show. They wore kimono. airs 1/2/18

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bc1zRAeAFR-/

[JonCC]

Looks like a new photobook for Mano?
https://lineblog.me/manoerina/archives/9313139.html

This explains her London trip.
Pre-orders go live at midnight on the Wani Books site.

[JonCC]

In the wishful thinking category:
-Fukuda Asuka remains in the public eye for a while yet.

Well I'll be damned

Former Morning Musume's Fukuda Asuka starts solo activities
http://www.tokyohive.com/article/2017/1 ... activities

To kick off her solo activities, she will release two songs, "Never Forget" and "Minna Tabibito," as digital singles via iTunes on February 14.

"Never Forget" was the coupling track to Morning Musume's 4th single "Memory Seishun no Hikari," which was released at the time of Fukuda's graduation back in 1999. When she decided to start her solo activities, she asked Tsunku♂, who is the songwriter, if she could use "Never Forget." Meanwhile, "Minna Tabibito" is a number that Fukuda has been singing for over five years as PEACE$TONE's asuka. It's been renewed as a graduation song with new arrangement and lyrics.

[CaptainBerryzGiraffe]

^That is, quite frankly, very, very, strange timing LOL