Yoshizawa Hitomi’s Last Video…

Posted under Morning Musume, Uncategorized by Aece McCloud

Yesterday the last video for Yossie was posted all over internet and it seems to be pretty cool although the video lacked originality and had some lack of imagination. I mean come on I got tired of looking at the same Pinkish background in the whole video! The new 33rd Morning Musume single is called Kanashimi Twilight and a preview of the video can be seen on YouTube subject to its continued availability.

 

 

 

 

I am surprised from the video that the producers use all means of preparing fans for what is coming next. Much of the emphasis was put on Takahashi and Fujimoto probably because they would be taking Yossie’s place, whereas Yossie was mostly dancing in the background. It is also good to see the first video of Mitsui and she seems to be doing just fine, although its a long way for her in getting her own video. I am sure she is within the best group of girls on earth who respect each other and give enough credits in keeping each other motivated.

I have concerns for Fujimoto as of now since she would be the leader of the group within a few months. She has been growing very well and mostly because a lot of personality development when she was with Aya Matsuura performing childish solo clips on TV. She has been a great entertainer and there is something about her which is not present in other Morning Musume members and that she is very mature. I have watched a lot of Aya Matsuura and Fujimoto Miki clips where they are performing together or solo. I have observed that Fujimoto is having great fun when she is with Ayaya and show a side of her which is not present when she is in Morning Musume.

Buw what does it mean? If Fujimoto is not decided to graduate for the next couple of years then surprisingly she will develop a *motherly* a very humble personality with other Morning Musume members where the members will really start respecting Fujimoto not as a great artist but also as a great person. Fujimoto will also lose interest with Aya Matsuura and will get tired of the music business as it already seems she has to push herself to be with other Morning Musume members and act like how they do.

There is a long way for Fujimoto as compared to Aya Matsuura her progress is slow but it is not going to end here. Not for another seven to ten years before she completely gets out of news but will definitely will remain a friend with Ayaya. As of now UFA must not think about making Fujimoto leave and allow her to progress further as there is something a lot more on they way then they can imagine, which is discussed below.
– > I promised that I will also go through the mistakes Tsunku made when he allowed Rika and Natsumi to graduate. According to my perception the timing for Abe Natsumi graduation was right on time and UFA or Tsunku whoever came up with the idea was accurate and couldn’t have been better. However, the more I think about Rika’s graduation the more I think it was completely out of time. If I remember correctly then Rika joined Morning Musume after Yossie and had to take a lot of time building her personality. However, much of her effort ended up being cute and not able to do any better than that. When Makoto, Eri, Takahashi and Reina joined someone made a mistake and someone thought that UFA or Tsunku will always be able to come up with members like Eri Kamei, Tanaka Reina, Takahashi Ai and Ogawa Makoto. Those guys were completely wrong and should be punished! There cannot be another version of these four girls for another 10 years and also it would have been better if Yaguchi Mari received a former graduation. This is VERY disheartening because she will continue to do very well in the future because of her personality and it will continuously remind fans, members and Tsunku that she had done a lot deal of good work in past years either within or outside Morning Musume. She will continue to be very active and provocative doing things out of her boldness. One thing is for sure, even with or without her mistake she is a very strong woman who continues to work very hard in her own exceptional way.

Rika on the other hand was a distress call for her personality even when she stayed with the members after graduation. But still she was a former member who had a great deal of stuff to offer the new members and probably thats the reason she is still kept in various activities with Morning Musume. But the mistake has been done and we lost a very good filler, at least she would have been much better than Lida Kaori in My Asia. Does anyone disagree?

People make mistakes and those should be forgiven and some former members should be given credit for what they have done for Tsunku and UFA. However my deep concerns are for things which are happening as of now. Those personnel strategising and making decisions for the Morning Musume do not know where they are heading from here and can’t decide for sure of the results that can be achieved. Possibly they are at the verge of planning where they are more following the strategy books then the real practice.

The group of Morning Musume is expanding on the basics of cuteness (kawaii) and fun (tanashku) which is the right essence of Japan. Once the members grow out of that phase then they start losing focus and develop their individuality also losing interest in working as a group but as an individual. Most probably the first signs of deciding on who is going to graduate. That means no one has been able to develop a strategy that signifies the individuality of the members, except for Yaguchi who is not actively present in Morning Musume, and put a better use of it.

A BIG MISTAKE which will be repeated in the future!

In order to make the best of the talent all progressing members should continues to progress just like Aya Matsuura when she reactively dominated in music coming from Ne¬e cute background to GAM - Thanks pure hotness! This worked for both Ayaya and Mikitty and will also work for other Morning Musume members.

They all came up with good numbers, they all worked hard, they all had fun and in the end they all made money. But they all don’t know what to do next. Sometimes you can’t come up with answers and sometimes you have to observe mistakes from others on purpose to make your next move.

Consider the fact of Utada Hikaru when Tanaka-san declared her to be the number one female singer in Japan. Does it mean she will continue to stay that way or she is more talented then Aya Matsuura just because she can speak English? Or she is more talented than another girl who has been performing well in South-Korea since the last many years coming from the same era of Utada Hikaru and is now producing good numbers in Japanese? There is a time for everything and a group of Aya Matsuura and BOA isn’t too far. Both are great performers and do not have American support producing temporary good numbers using unrealistic computer graphics for Utada unlike BOA and Ayaya who never required such things and always carried their singles believing on their own talent.

There is a lot to discuss as there has always been good things happening around Morning Musume. One thing Tsunku should keep in mind that the audience may not be always looking for what he has to offer and should start seeing other ways in making things happen. If not other artists will popup taking places of his relics and soon he will be stranded in a deep sea boat with no rows and no compass.