Morning Musume. '17 13th Generation : Kaga Kaede & Yokoyama Reina

[boinsie]

It's great that both of the winners were originally MM auditionees, though.

[Denki]

YokoReina has these Eri vibes imo. She's has a cute face, she's definitely one of the prettiest trainees, and seems like a girl that'll be at least semi popular. She's a decent dancer, but that's it. She'd be a more appealing ace/center than Maria. She would need vocal training, but the current members' improvement is giving me hope for her.

Looking back at my comments, I hadn't listened to YokoReina's voice. She sings Nakky's first line in "Aitai Lonely Christmas." Yep, she's a weak singer, but she's better than Eripon, Harunan and Haachin at join, so that's a start. I can't judge her too much with just that 1 line though.

Man, I just can't get over her. I'm just glad she joined.

[Amped]

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[Celedam]

I couldn't tell from the earlier videos, but it looks like NewReina might be as short as — or even shorter than — Ayumi. They look to be about the same height during the introduction, but NewReina is wearing platforms.

[boinsie]

I definitely noticed how HUGE her heels were. All the girls were telling her to be careful as she came down the stairs, and she definitely LOOKED awkward doing it, but then Kaede didn't have the walking issue, OR the heel height. Yokoyama's definitely a shorty.

[Zunu]

Not that it's necessarily accurate, but wikia lists her height as 152.5 cm and Ayumi's at 153.

[Chibs]

she's a youngin still, so she might grow a bit more

[keaine]

^^ Well (according to that same site), Oda is 151cm.

[Sohee]

According to the official statement, Reina is 152.5cm.

[Starra]

So 28 current H!P members (not counting non-Tsubaki KSS) joined H!P after Kaede became a KSS. 32 KSS (including Yokoyama and Ootsuka Aina (who quit before her major debut but I count her anyway)) debuted within H!P after Kaede joined.

Kaede's been a KSS for longer than almost half of current H!P have been members. Just something to make note of, not that it matters that much in the end.