Seeing Tsunku shun Gomaki between 2008-2011 for going to avex and his twitter tirade about Rinapuu wanting to become a model a few years after she joined s/mileage I imagine a lot of H!P girls over the past decade felt that they had to stay "loyal" to UFA/H!P and not join non-UFA affiliated companies after graduating. With Momona's success with P101 I hope more girls aim high and go for their dreams.
In today's episode of "The Yakai", which starts at 22.00 p.m. on japanese time and 15.00 p.m. on european time.
The guests are #harunakawaguchi and #harukakakinami actresses who starred in the series "9Border", which starts on TBS.
#harunakawaguchi is doing three challenges: Standing on one foot on a 20 metre track where it hurts to put pressure on the foot🦶💥 Then she will put several socks on one foot in a few seconds and finally the third challenge of changing clothes for time. Will she be able to make it through all three Challenges? ‼💪🏻.
The actress #harukakinami is very fond of bread🍞. Will she be able to eat a croissant without knocking over a single bite?
The studio laughed out loud at the battle of the century‼🤣.
In the studio, #gotomaki tries the "Rokuro Time Attack" ‼✨ A difficult challenge with zero success has an unexpected ending ⁉
More mainstream pop artists took a switch to R&B during this time including the now retired singer and dancer, Namie Amuro. After much criticism for dabbling in R&B in the 90s, songs from her Style, Queen to Hip-Pop and PLAY albums started gaining interest; notably Put ‘Em Up, So Crazy, Girl Talk, HELLO and Pink Key. Along with Amuro, ero-kawaii artist Koda Kumi became a trendsetter after her Best~First Things~ got popular. She had R&B tracks that heightened like 秘密 (Secret), this is not a love song and No Way from some of her best albums, Kingdom, TRICK and UNIVERSE.
The versatility in J-R&B songs showcased to many in the industry that it was impactful and interest from artists such as Ishida Yuko’s Missin’ U, SATOMI’s Baby Doll, MISIA’s ANY LOVE, YA-KYIM’s someday, Leah Dizon’s Softly, May J.’s Why Why Why and Yuna Ito’s Losin in the mid 2000’s to early 2010s. Even R&B was pouring into idol songs like Morning Musume’s Do It Now and Goto Maki’s Tear Drops.
Along with these tracks, there were many other standout albums that were heavily influenced such as Hiromi’s Rainbow, Kato Miliyah’s Heaven, AI’s The Last Ai, Jasmine’s Gold, LISA’s Gratitude, BENI’s Jewel and Thelma Aoyama’s Diary.