 Do you remember that cute, young Japanese girl on YouTube that would upload covers of Hello!Project songs? Remember how she wanted to be an idol under H!P? Well, if you remember or this is your first time hearing of her, she is now living her dream of being an idol in, ironically, an AKB48 sister group! Despite the weird turnover from H!P to 48G, she is someone to look out for in the upcoming sister group taking over the waters of the Setouchi region and your life.
Meet Sakaki Miyu (榊美優), nicknamed CUCA (くーか). She is a trainee member under STU48, a new AKB sister group based in the Setouchi region in Japan. Before joining STU48, Miyu was known for regularly uploaded dance covers of popular Hello!Project group and solo songs on her Youtube channel 3u10. This led to a high following by Japanese and foreign H!P fans. She began expanding her tastes in 2011, with a bigger rise in 2015, and began covering other groups like AKB48, Girls Generation (SNSD), BABYMETAL, Kara, and even boy groups like Arashi. She has also performed two solo sidewalk lives and has had actual wota attend those lives to cheer her on. Just be yourself: A Livestream Interview with iDOL Street Group Wa-suta (The World Standard)6/3/2017  On Thursday May 25th at 8:00 PM PST A-to-J Connections hosted a live interview with iDOL Street group, Wa-suta (Wasuta （The World Standard）わーすた) over on our Facebook page! This was a really fun interview which followed our first one with the group almost exactly one year before (Which can be found HERE and HERE) In this interview they answered questions regarding their current releases and tour as even answered some questions given to them by those watching the live stream! This was a lot of fun and we hope to do something like this with them again in the future! Here is a full translated transcription of the interview with a YouTube edit of the original interview at the end. If you ever wanted to know more about Wa-suta then this is your chance!
With their new look and lineup changes, it was only a matter of time before we got some more new music out of the reformed BiS (is it even fair to call them reformed anymore? They're almost three albums into this thing already). Titled SOCiALiSM, the group's latest single is a return to form for the classic punk idols, and stands as probably the best thing they've done post-reunion. Hear SOCiALiSM embedded via Dailymotion below (or click here if that doesn't work). You can also pre-purchase the single via CDJapan (basic or deluxe).
-Justin 
BiS has been relatively silent since the release of Re:STUPiD, but in the past couple days they've re-emerged in various ways, starting with that above photo. As you can see, BiS will be back with a dark new aesthetic for their upcoming single (maybe album?). The photo is complete with two new members, minus Aya Eight Prince, as well as some confirmation that Kamiya Saki is indeed back in the group (let's be honest, it's hard to trust any WACK news until we get some real proof).
 We recently sat down with idol group callme to discuss their latest single "Bring you happiness". Seeing as we had interviewed them twice before we decided to do something different for this one. Rather than a standard interview, we settled on hosting this one live via our Facebook page and to bring the audience into the interview itself! It was a fun interview that saw the girls answering questions directly submitted by fans as well as asking fans questions of their own! There were lots of really fun, wacky questions towards the end as well and even an English corner! Be sure to check this one out and if you're curious to see the video of the interview itself, it is located at the end of this article. Be sure to follow us on social media for more interviews like this one!
calllme is a three-member idol group that is unique in the fact that they are completely self-produced. They formed early 2015 and have released two albums and four singles. The three members, RUUNA, MIMORI, and KOUMI were former members of the group Dorothy Little Happy. Their unique sound of upbeat pop music has won them many fans around the world. Their most recent single, "Bring you happiness", is the PR song for the Japanese Pallet Association.  BILLIE IDLE isn't the most active group out there, but every time we hear from them it's usually to blow every other group around them out of the water. Today is no different, as the group has released a new MV for a cover of Uchouten's BYE-BYE. BYE-BYE will be featured on BILLIE IDLE's upcoming best-of album, BILLIed IDLE. You can watch the MV below (and let me tell you, this song is WONDERFUL). BILLIE IDLE continues to hold their place as my favorite pop group, period. -Justin  PiiiiiiiN, a rock style idol group, announced a couple of hours ago at their live that they are set to disband on 5/5/2017. They had make efforts to get the group popular enough to go to Nippon Budoukan and even held auditions for a new member late last year.
 The MV for "Shuttoko Dokkoi" which is on Band Ja Naimon!'s 1st major album released on 3/8/2017, "Kanpeki Shugi na Sekai ni Fukanzen na Ongaku wo♡", was just released yesterday. The song itself is made and directed by Yuyoyuppe, a well known song composer mostly with Vocaloid songs.
 On 3/12/2017, it was announced that Hina Aoi would be graduating from DOPING BERRY on 3/30/2017. DOPING BERRY is a group produced by RInahamu (also known as Rinahamu Ichigo) who is known for being in the group CY8ER (ex. BPM15Q) and Strawberry Syndrome. The group just debuted this past summer on 8/10/2016 with their "Yume Kawaii" style seen in many of the groups Rinahamu is involved in.
In Japan it is quite common to be able to talk to your idols 1 on 1 when you go to events like handshake events, cheki events or even just buying merchandise from their merch table. However, as an overseas fan, unless your favorite idols come over, the only way to personally talk to them is by booking that expensive flight to Japan to see them.
But what if you can’t go to Japan? Do you just have to accept your fate of never telling them how much you love them 1 on 1? Do you just type your messages through SNS and hope they’re reading it? Nowadays they have sites and phone apps that allow you to talk to these idols through video chat! In this article, I will introduce 2 sites that I researched for my own sake. (Just in case I’m in desperate need to express my love and get a response) |
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