Up-Front Thread

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Takui randomly singing the song "Shuukatsu Sensation"
https://twitter.com/takuinakajima/statu ... 9747131392

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^ From this week's episode of Upcoming…

22:49~ "Shuukatsu Sensation" / Takui Nakajima (Live at WWW X 2018/06/22)

https://youtu.be/WWkbMq5zLDk?t=22m49s

Also from this week's episode…

18:05~ "Nakama" MV / Jojo Gundan

https://youtu.be/WWkbMq5zLDk?t=18m5s

…with the full version posted to the official Up-Front channel shortly thereafter…

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on 8/6 at the SUMMER STATION MUSIC LIVE 2018 arena in Roppongi, Up-front's own e-sports club will compete in the 2nd annual "esports League Star Battle Championship II"

Celebrity teams compete against each other in PC games and video games. Four teams compete for three game titles, the fight to decide the strongest gaming team in the entertainment industry.

Up-front e-sports club has added Yokoyama Reina and Up Up Girls (2) Kajishima Aya to the team

http://essl.jp/
https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/n ... index.html

Games to be played
1.Winning Eleven 2018 soccer (2vs.2)
2.Puyo Puyo Tetris
3.Street Fighter 5 Arcade Edition

Up-front e-sports club competed in the first championship in January with the original 4 members

https://ameblo.jp/mari-yaguchi/entry-12342904663.html

Yokoyama Reina lost in a Tekken Tournament last year on Asobista Morning Musume. '17 Idol Nama Gassen Summer battle? Yokoyama has been playing some games lately
https://ameblo.jp/morningm-13ki/entry-12391697968.html
viewtopic.php?p=226271#p226271

[Nayoko-Kihara]

Yokoyama wouldn't have been my first choice as an addition, but maybe she'll be surprising.

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H!P Summer concert in Fukuoka opening act Jojo Gundan backstage randomness




https://twitter.com/k_ta_suzuki/status/ ... 1460334592
https://ameblo.jp/tokihide/entry-12394215706.html

Jojo Gundan major debut single bonus tracks :
"Kansha Kangeki Maji Manji" with unit Otome Manji Gakuen (Sawayaka Goro, Kishimoto Yumeno and Onoda Saori)
"Sunao ni Narenai Sakuranbo" with unit Yamato Nadeshiko Semicolon (Suzuki Keita, Niinuma Kisora, and Akiyama Mao)




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Jojo Gundan debut single on Itunes. Doesn't include the bonus tracks
https://itunes.apple.com/album/1411860433

[Nayoko-Kihara]

It doesn't seem likely, but I'd love to see their single hit 15k-20k.

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on 8/6 at the SUMMER STATION MUSIC LIVE 2018 arena in Roppongi, Up-front's own e-sports club will compete in the 2nd annual "esports League Star Battle Championship II"

Celebrity teams compete against each other in PC games and video games. Four teams compete for three game titles, the fight to decide the strongest gaming team in the entertainment industry.

Up-front e-sports club has added Yokoyama Reina and Up Up Girls (2) Kajishima Aya to the team

http://essl.jp/
https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/n ... index.html

Games to be played
1.Winning Eleven 2018 soccer (2vs.2)
2.Puyo Puyo Tetris
3.Street Fighter 5 Arcade Edition

Representing Up-front e-sports club
1st battle (12:30pm) Yokoyama Reina and Miyazawa Marin will be teammates playing in Winning Eleven 2018
2nd Battle Up Up Girls Arai will be playing Puyo Puyo Tetris
3rd Battle Up Up Girls (2) Kajishima Aya will battle in Street Fighter



https://twitter.com/essleague/status/10 ... 4236086272

it will be broadcast live on AbemaTV's Ultra Games channel starting 12pm on 8/6.

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Jojo Gundan major debut single
Oricon 1st week
Weekly rank #81
Total 949

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Jojo Gundan will have a release event on a local Yokohama tv show with guest Tsubaki Factory on 8/10. It will be a public recording.
http://www.helloproject.com/event/detai ... 08ff1ff0dc

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Today, teammates Yokoyama Reina and Miyazawa Marin were playing Winning Eleven to practice for the competition



https://twitter.com/mofu_mofu_mofuo/sta ... 6197462016

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esports League Star Battle Championship II @ SUMMER STATION MUSIC LIVE 2018 - Up-front e-sports club

streaming live on AbemaTV's Ultra Games Channel @ 12pm today

link to stream (need chrome and vpn)
https://abema.tv/now-on-air/ultra-games
https://abema.tv/channels/ultra-games/s ... nrn7U5VWsR

https://twitter.com/GAME_AbemaTV/status ... 4861046785






https://twitter.com/tsuya_17/status/1026064419623591936

- opening by duo comedians
- It is very hot on stage
- Team introductions. Lots of Golden Bomber fangirls
- Yaguchi and Team Upfront comes out. Reina is wearing her orange outfit from her birthday event. The whole team in their idol outfits.
- Comedian hosts talk with the teams
- Yaguchi speaks about her team
- The team leaders do the pledge for the competition
- Winner for each game gets 5 points, 2nd place 3 points, 3rd 0 points

- first game is Winning Eleven 2018
- Yaguchi introduces who is playing this game : Miyazawa Marin the ace gamer and the new member Yokoyama Reina
- game rules are introduced
- Players come out from both teams
- Marin and Reina wear their game mics and sit in their seats
- Its team Brazil vs. Spain. They didn't pick them. Team Upfront is Spain.
- the game is a 6 minute match. start!
- Golden Bomber team scores first 1-0
- Marin and Yokoyama have good teamwork but they almost scored the goal 3 times.
- Golden Bomber scores again 2-0
- GB scores again 3-0.
- Reina messed up a few times.
- game end. Marin and Yokoyama lost. They shake hands.
- GB team is too strong.
- Marin and Yokoyama got third place. Marin practiced till 6am, but she couldn't produce any points for real.

- Arai Manami is good at Puyo Puyo tetris. She destroyed her first opponent. Her gaming was almost clean. But she got bested by a better player from the GB team in the next round. He was strong.
- Arai got 2nd place

- Team Upfront is tied for 2nd place in point total with 3 points. GB team has 10 points.
- new player Kajishima Aya plays the recorder with her nose
- She is playing Street Fighter. She easily lost to comedian kuro-chan.
- Golden Bomber beat Kuro in a comeback win
- Thanks to GB, Team Upfront tied for 2nd place with Gravure team. Comedian team last.
- Team Golden Bomber is first place with the most points. They win the championship
- Reina was not there at the end when all the teams gathered.