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The long-awaited brand new PV from Morning Musume is here. It’s their 42nd single, and the first since 2005′s “Iroppoi Jirettai” to be without graduated member Koharu Kusumi.

Morning Musume
Onna ga Medatte Naze Ikenai
Release Date: February 10, 2010

Limited Edition A
EPCE-5685~6 (CD+DVD)

Limited Edition B
EPCE-5687~8 (CD+DVD)

Limited Edition C
EPCE-5689~90 (CD+DVD)

Regular Edition
EPCE-5691 (CD)

All three limited editions for “Onna ga Medatte Naze Ikenai” come with a DVD, plus a lottery card for a chance to attend a live Morning Musume event.

Source: H!O

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°C-ute’s 10th single will be released on September 16th. Check out their new PV right here!

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This trio’s 8th single is about to be released, and the PV aired for the first time today on M-ON. Check it out inside!

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The debut PV from this brand-new 4-member group is now available. Check it out!

S/mileage
aMa no Jaku
Release Date: 2009.07.19

CD: GFV-31601

S/mileage is a brand-new unit consisting of Hello!Pro eggs Ogawa Saki, Fukuda Kanon, Wada Ayaka and Maeda Yuuka. Their debut single, aMa no Jaku, is an indie single available only at live events, MALL CITY, and the official H!P shop. This release is on the TNX indie label “Good Factory”.

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Berryz Kobo, Wonderful Hearts tour, January 2009.

Just when you think these ensembles can’t get any better, up crops somethiing like Berryz Kobo’snewest single now on DohhhUp!

I don’t even know what its name is (methinks it’s called “Rival” but I can’t be sure), nor what the song is even about. But it has such a beautiful, upbeat, smooth, harmonic, happy retro ’60s feel (much like Buono!’s ”Rottara Rottara”). Here it is:

Maasa, right, and Chinami of Berryz Kobo in ‘Dance, Dance, Dance,’ January 2006.

The outfits are sensational, and the members all have dynamite new haircuts. It’s just joy on a stick. That’s all I can really say about this. I’m looping it forever on whatever players or computers I can get my hands on!

It’s no wonder that blogger and J-pop expert Celestia, in a recent review of the Elder Club graduation concert that occurred on Jan. 31-Feb. 1, said that Berryz Kobo was getting better than flagship Morning Musume. I would take it a step further and say that Berryz Kobo is the best in the world right now, surpassing even °C-ute in my mind.

°C-ute, at the Elder Club graduation concert, January 2009, isn’t the same sans Kanna.

Why? Because, finally, Berryz is catching the more upbeat of Tsunku♂’s most recent song creations and staying away from those mediocre ballads (costuming has been upgraded, too, in a big way). Meanwhile, °C-ute (Kanna) and Morning Musume (Aika) are fighting injury problems. Further, Momoko and Miyabi of Berryz are wreaking havoc as two-thirds of the smash-hit trip Buono! (Suzuki of °C-ute making up the third segment of that superb band).

Capt. Saki blows everyone a big-time kiss near the end of this one for Berryz. More on the Captain’s legacy here:

http://bloggerparty.com/content/berryz-kobo%E2%80%99s-magnificent-%E2%80%98little-captain%E2%80%99

Zush has a gushing report here:

http://www.berryz-kobo-international.com/blog/?p=496

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Berryz Koubou
Seishun Bus Guide / Rival
Release Date: June 23, 2009

Limited Edition A (PKCP-5138~9)

Limited Edition B (PKCP-5140~1)

Regular Edition (PKCP-5142)

To commemorate The 20th single from Berryz Koubou, this is a double A side release. Both limited editions come with a lottery card for a chance to attend a live Berryz Koubou event. They also come with a DVD; Version A has the PV for Seishun Bus Guide, and version B comes with the PV for Rival. Seishun Bus Guide is the theme song to the new TV Tokyo anime “Inazuma 11″.

Tracklist:
1. Seishun Bus Guide
2. Rival
3. Seishun Bus Guide (Instrumental)
4. Rival (Instrumental)

Via Dohhhup!

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 Here is the new Promotional Video of Aya Matsuura – Kizuna.

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Enjoy!

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