18-04-2007 Saga of Tsunku, Goto Maki and Lida Kaori

Posted under Hello Project, Uncategorized by Aece McCloud

The legend of Tsunku continues not knowing where it is leading all Morning Musume members. More than 30 MM singles have been released till today and it is continuing to grow. After the success of bokura ga ikiru MY ASIA it seems the MM future path will lead to slow or sexy numbers in the leadership of Fujimoto Miki. Many of the successful fast numbers emerged between 2003 and 2005 and many of the new numbers are there just to keep fans mildly entertained until another good number is released.

But why is many of the singles are successful for the female artists and Tsunku is not working much for his own singles. Any guesses if he would be more popular if he worked for his own album?

Lets have a quick theory… Tsunku always wanted to produce music for female artists and started to relive (having a new life) through music production for Aya Matsuura and Morning Musume. Being the boss he controls the whole environment of the music and the music performances. He is immensely successful and the strategies involved around the girls seems to be paying off for him. But what is he getting out of producing music for the girls beside money? Could it be that he is better in producing music for female artists then producing for male artists? Or could it be he wanted to produce music for female artists but didn’t get a chance since he is not a female?

Hmm… that sounds reasonable but kind of long shot for someone like Tsunku. Also it does feel true producing music for such ridiculously long time for the girls. There is some affinity between Tsunku and the female artists serving under Tsunku and their success. I so wanted to blurt it out for you all, but instead I would like you to figure out on your own. I have already given enough evidence for a four year old to deduce the answer.

Goto Maki and Lida Kaori

Something is up for Lida Kaori as she has been appearing in singles for far too long. In my opinion a great success would have been achieved keeping Rika Ishikawa in the play. There are two reasons she is ignored: either she is having problems singing, or there is a hidden reason behind it that nobody knows about. Lets go with bad singing.. she starred in Lets go Rakuten for the baseball theme and apparently can easily fill in for other members. Then how come she is now having problems fitting in with other members in their latest singles such as Kanishimi Twilight? We need her back! She has potential to grow just like Goto Maki who is having severe problem in developing a personality of her own. She is a great singer no doubt but requires constant pushing from producers in having a successful single. She has been in the industry for so long but still dangling by a thin rope.

Lida Kaori on the other hand is a complete mess. She can’t sing as of now and also needs a push to re-act like other members in the singles. An example you asked? Think of her performing like other girls in the song video Aruiteru. Hmm…. not a pretty picture to me. Because she is getting old fast and is now only good in faking her virtual personality. Goto Maki on the other hand will be able to develop her personality but would require more time as I don’t see anything happening very soon.

Tsunku, becareful! You are not able to use some of the members completely as yet and you need to decide what is to be done in case you can’t come up with any more good numbers. You can’t fire everyone and you need to save everyone including yourself!