Top 50 songs from 2012.

1. 超HAPPY SONG    Berryz工房×℃-ute
2. Z女戦争    ももいろクローバーZ
3. 悲しきヘブン    ℃-ute
4. ナギイチ    NMB48
5. Loving you Too much    Berryz工房
6. One・Two・Three    モーニング娘。
7. アイシテラブル！    SKE48
8. 강남스타일    싸이
9. WANT!    Berryz工房
10. 少年よ 嘘をつけ!    渡り廊下走り隊7
11. アッパーカット!    アップアップガールズ(仮)
12. ヒカルものたち    渡辺麻友
13. 北川謙二    NMB48
14. CANDY CANDY    きゃりーぱみゅぱみゅ
15. 君は自転車 私は電車で帰宅    ℃-ute
16. 真夏のSounds good!    AKB48
17. プリプリ♥SUMMERキッス    SUPER☆GiRLS
18. cha cha SING    Berryz工房
19. ももち! 許してにゃん 体操    嗣永桃子
20. 希望について    NO NAME
21. 幸せの途中    ℃-ute
22. MAMORE!!!    アイドリング!!!
23. それでも好きだよ    指原莉乃
24. 恋愛ハンター    モーニング娘。
25. Show fight!    AKB48
26. 初恋サイダー    Buono!
27. Going my ↑    アップアップガールズ(仮)
28. 会いたい 会いたい 会いたいな    ℃-ute
29. ファースト・ラビット    AKB48
30. ザ・スターダストボウリング    チームしゃちほこ
31. 無人駅    岩佐美咲
32. キスだって左利き    SKE48
33. ここから始まるんだ!    吉川友
34. Be 元気＜成せば成るっ!＞    Berryz工房
35. おいでシャンプー    乃木坂46
36. ピョコピョコ ウルトラ    モーニング娘。
37. ワクテカ Take a chance    モーニング娘。
38. なんじゃこりゃ?!    The ポッシボー
39. my Transform    Prizmmy☆
40. 西瓜BABY    Not yet
41. 次のSeason    AKB48
42. Spring of Life    Perfume
43. なんてボヘミアン    AKB48
44. Mythology〜愛のアルバム〜    Berryz工房
45. ギンガムチェック    AKB48
46. バレバレ I LOVE YOU    アップアップガールズ(仮)
47. 意気地なしマスカレード    指原莉乃
48. 君のCW    AKB48
49. ダーリンとマドンナ    吉川友
50. ドットビキニ    スマイレージ

My top 40 songs from 2011.

1. ヒロインになろうか! - Berryz工房
2. 世界一HAPPYな女の子 - ℃-ute
3. Z伝説 ~終わりなき革命~ - ももいろクローバーZ
4. 有頂天LOVE - スマイレージ
5. 一丁目ロック！ - Berryz工房
6. いざ、進め!Steady go! - ℃-ute
7. バンザイVenus - SKE48
8. フライングゲット - AKB48
9. パレオはエメラルド - SKE48
10. 夏ダカラ! - Buono!
11. 黄金のセンター - AKB48
12. 波乗りかき氷 – Not yet
13. 唇触れず - ノースリーブス
14. 絶滅黒髪少女 - NMB48
15. 風は吹いてる - AKB48
16. ブスにならない哲学 - ハロー!プロジェクト モベキマス
17. DEEP MIND - Buono!
18. まじですかスカ! - モーニング娘。
19. ああ、夜が明ける - Berryz工房
20. JUICY HE@RT – Buono!
21. 週末Not yet – Not yet
22. 甘酸っぱい春にサクラサク - Berryz工房×℃-ute
23. 労働讃歌 - ももいろクローバーZ
24. 負けるな わっしょい! - ベキマス
25. Kiss me 愛してる - ℃-ute
26. 愛の弾丸 – Berryz工房
27. 君の背中 - AKB48
28. Vamos - AKB48
29. 彼と一緒にお店がしたい - モーニング娘。
30. プリーズ ミニスカ ポストウーマン! - スマイレージ
31. 上からマリコ - AKB48
32. ペラペラペラオ – Not yet
33. Everyday, カチューシャ - AKB48
34. 桜の木になろう – AKB48
35. オーマイガー！ - NMB48
36. partenza~レッツゴー!!!~ - Buono!
37. MIN・MIN・MIN - SND48
38. PONPONPON - きゃりーぱみゅぱみゅ
39. 愛は勝つ - がんばろうニッポン 愛は勝つ シンガーズ
40. If - フレンチ・キス

Top 30 Songs of 2010

Annual Rankings are expanding.

1. AKB48 - ポニーテールとシュシュ
2. AKB48 - Beginner
3. AKB48 - ヘビーローテーション
4. Berryz工房 - 本気ボンバー!!
5. ももいろクローバー - 行くぜっ!怪盗少女
6. 渡り廊下走り隊 - 青春のフラッグ
7. samfree feat. 実谷なな - 『メグメグ☆ファイアーエンドレスナイト』を歌ってみた★実谷なな
8. 渡り廊下走り隊 - アッカンベー橋
9. ℃-ute - キャンパスライフ~生まれて来てよかった~
10. AKB48 - 僕のYELL
11. ℃-ute - Danceでバコーン!
12. Berryz工房 - 友達は友達なんだ!
13. 放課後ティータイム - Utauyo!!MIRACLE
14. Berryz工房 - 雄叫びボーイ WAO!
15. supercell - さよならメモリーズ
16. スマイレージ - 夢見る 15歳
17. SKE48 - 青空片想い
18. 放課後ティータイム - NO,Thank You!
19. 花澤香菜 - 恋愛サーキュレーション
20. ゆいかおり - Our Steady Boy
21. SKE48 - 「1！2！3！4！　ヨロシク！」
22. 放課後ティータイム - ごはんはおかず
23. AKB48 - マジスカロックンロール
24. AKB48 - Team B Oshi
25. AKB48 - Kiseki Wa Ma ni Awanai
26. SDN48 - GAGAGA
27. AKB48 - 胡桃とダイアローグ（歌：team A）　
28. ノースリーブス - Lie
29. 渡り廊下走り隊 - ギュッ
30. チームPB - 遠距離ポスター (歌：チームPB)

AKB Rankings

My personal AKB48 Rankings before Anime-Expo. Will see how it changes later. Wish there were more performers from team B T-T.

AKB48 Ranking
1	2	3
4	5	6
7	8	9
10	11	12
13	14	15
16	17	18
19	20	21
22	23	24
25	26	27
28	29	30
31	32	33
34	35	36
37	38	39
40	41	42
43	44	45
46	47	48

Top 20 favorite songs of the year 2009, personal ranking.

20. 言い訳Maybe - AKB48.
19. Everyday 絶好調！！－℃-ute
18. Only My Railgun - fripside
17. Gee - Girls Generation
16. Rival - Berryz 工房
15. Double Lariat - アナゴアキ feat. 巡音ルカ
14. グルグルJump　- Morning Musume.
13. チルノのパーゲクトさんすう教室
12．青春僕　- Yaguchi Mari
11. 流星ボーイ - Berryz　工房
10. しょうがない夢追い人　- Morning Musume
09. 涙サプライズ！ - AKB48
08. MY BOY - Bouno!
07. 初日 - AKB48 Team B
06. 君の知らない物語 - Supercell
05. 光のキャンベル - ピヨラビ
04. River - AKB48
03. 炉心融解 - iroha feat. 鏡音リン
02. Don't say "lazy" - 桜高軽音部
01. 抱きしめて抱きしめて - Berryz 工房。

Saki-chan Part 3

Last night (2009.4.30 18:30) was the latest Shimizu Saki solo event at Pacific Heaven. She sang two songs: kioku no meiro, and himitsu no utahime. There were some cute moments where she said she was nervous on stage.
When she first entered the stage she was carrying a tiny black dog in her arms.
For the first segment, a quiz sheet was passed out to the audience with questions about the captain. See how many you can get right.

Shimizu Saki♡ Examination
1. Saki's hight has been measured recently!! So, how many cm tall is she?
A. 152.8, B. 153
2. Who did she share a room with at the hotel in HAWAII?
A. Natsuyaki, B. Tokunagayaki
3.What is the name of her dog?
A. Cocoa, B. Kurumi
4. What should Saki do with her bangs for the May 2nd concert in Niigata?
A. Raised, B. Not raised
5. Currently, what is here favorite color?
A. Light blue B. Yellow
6. Which is she better at?
A. Early to bed, B. Early to rise
7. Recently, she has been drinking too much...
A. Strawberry milk, B. Water
8. What color is her current wallet?
A. Gold, B. Silver
9. Current shoe size?
A. Small, B. Medium
10. How many supportive emails did she receive from the other members of Berryz Kobo?
A. 2 messages, B. 4 Messages
(Answers at the end of the post.)

During the Q&A session, Saki-chan was asked to sing acapella her favorite Berryz song to dance to. She then did a short rendition of Anata Nashi de wa Ikite Yukenai.
Her singing performances were great, lots of energy, sprinkled with very cute moments and some wotagei. Her clothing was jean shorts and her current tour t-shirt, along with a matching yellow and white wristband.

Answer key: ABBBBABABA
By the way, no one at the event professed to score 10 out of 10. My score was a paltry 5.

Momoko's Number 1

So today, I attended the afternoon concert of Berryz Kobo's latest concert: 09春ツアー～そのすべての愛に～, sitting in row 11 of the 1st floor. Because yesterday was Momoko's 17th birthday, after the encore, the concert hall was beaming with pink glow sticks, except for a portion of the seats who were using white glow sticks that spelled out the number "17". With my prime seat, I had the privilege of filling in part of the number 1. Seeing the expression on Momo's face during the last song was priceless.
As for the rest of the concert, It was generally great. The A Capella/ beat box rendition of "Gag 100kaibun" was awesome in its execution. This song continues to progress in its performance evolution. Maasa on beat box was great. Only wish they would have extended the song to the "No nyu~" portion.
The costumes for "Happy Stand Up" featured backpacks with laser guns attached, which made for an interesting visual. Being shot by Captain is a new dream of mine. Miyabi also displayed her "Miyabeam" during the opening MC.
I though the soccer skit dragged on to long, and the transition to the following song 'Merry Go Round" was slightly awkward. Also, there are always some songs I would have liked to have heard, including "Tsukiatteiru", "Munasawagi" and "Jubaku", but the setlist was overall pretty strong. I had been pining for "Happiness" since the last shows, so that was a plus. Too bad I can't attend the tour when it heads to Hawai'i.

Waseda Bakuon

Taken from when I went to see the Waseda Bakuon 2008 last fall. Above is the performance from Berryz Kobo's "Yuke Yuke Monkey Dance", and below is for Maeda Yuki's "Tokyo Kirigirisu". Gotta love the wotagei. Comming up soon is the Graduation concert for Elder's club, which should be fun. Center section seat!

Comic Market 2008 Winter

I went to Comiket today, wanted to find Noto Arisa's Dojinshi, but couldn't find it. The layout of Big Site was crazy. Personally, being my first time, I was surprised to see the game and music dojinshi booths. Couldn't find anything that I wanted. Hoped for some IM@S goods, but couldn't get any. Cosplayers were interesting, as were the photo idols' booths. I don't know if it will help my report, but it might. Saw someone selling a novel about an wotageishi, but didn't pick it up. Next week is Nakano Wonderful Hearts.

Top Ten

I love top ten lists, especially around this year-end season. For today, I present my top ten songs of 2008 as of today:
1. 行け行けモンキーダンス - Berryz工房
2. Happy Stand Up - Berryz工房
3. 大声ダイヤモンド - AKB48
4.ニコニコ流星群
5. ロッタラロッタラ -Buono!
6. 空色デイズ spiral chiptune mix - Nakagawa shoko with 8bit Project
7. Resonant Blue - Morning Musume
8. ﾎﾟﾘﾘｽﾞﾑ - Perfume
9. １６歳の恋なんて -安部なつみ＆矢島舞美
10. 記憶の迷路 -High King

Shimizu Saki Solo Event

Tonight I went the the Shimizu Saki Solo event at Pacific Heaven. Unlike NKSK's event, I had number 47, so I couldn't grab a front row seat. Instead, I got a seat four rows from the stage and at the far right. Although I'm more of a Berryz fan than a ℃-ute fan, I though Nakki's singing was more interesting and exciting. During song performances, Shimizu seemed to focus on the cieling rather than playing the crowd. Also, the fans more mostly content to clap along. Still Saki-chan did a respectable job. Also, unlike the solo events earlier this year, there was no Makoto as emcee.
Dressed in jean shorts, wool boots, and her purple t-shirt from the current Berryz concert tour, Captain Berryz did three songs, two talk segments, and the hand-shaking event. The first song performed was 会いたいけど. Then she had a "CM Talk" where she explained her reasoning for consceptualizing the CMs for the HP-Summer DVD Magazine. Her next song was いいことある記念の瞬間, which proceeded a rapid fire Q&A session. She was asked what here favorite country was ("Japan"), what kind of candy the members of Berryz Kobo would be, and some other questions I can't remember. To finish, she sang 夏 Remember You.
After that there was the Hand-shaking. I said something to her in English and she responded "Nice to meet you, thank you" in a very cute English voice.

NKSK

Today I went to Nakajima Saki's solo live. It was in the small resturant Bellow Up front's offices. Out of 90 seats, I was able to enter second, so I got a prime seat right in the front, only a few feat from Nakky. Her set list opened with Dekkai and included akai furijia by Melon, and Magokoro no Michi by Viyuden. She sounded great and did a good job. Super fun. I just wish I could remember to ask a question when shaking her hand. Oh well.
Slowly I'm becoming a Nakky fan, she did the talking part in Tokkaiko Junjou when I went the the Namida no Iro event, and now seeing her do some solo singing live, I'm becoming more enamoured. Don't know if I'll be giving up Berryz though. Haven't even been to a full Cutie concert. guess I wait for the fall.
On that note, what is up with the discrepancy between the Cutie and Berryz tours next season? Cutie circut goes on much longer and hits more cities than BK. Also, no dates within the urban Tokyo for Berryz or C-ute, closest it Hachioji or Yokohama. I wonder if C-ute has surpassed Berryz. And why Gumma. Of course, Berryz has a bus tour in Nagano that I would like to go on. But I'm broke from the regular concerts.

2008 Hello Project Awards Show

I went to Hello Project's 2008 Yokohama Arena concert Yesterday (1:30 Show). Center Seat, Row 18, seat 70. I was 3 seats away from the right-side mini-stage. Really close up to the members who sung and danced up there. The show was ok for me, would have liked to see more shuffling. They mostly stuck to the newer releases in the premade groups. Still, the Nacchi-Maimi combo was nice to see. As a Berryz fan, I thought that there was not enough Berryz comming to the mini-stages. Well, its not like I could see anything while Romancing. Well, I got three tickets for the upcomming BeriCute tour. Need that Jingiskan.

mommy and brother came

My mother and my brother came to visit me in Japan. We traveled all around Tokyo, walking far too much and spending far too much on food and entertainment. We did Karaoke, saw a Melon Kinenbi concert, had a few maid cafe experiences, and did lots of shopping.

Top 20

This is the top twenty songs played though my zen vision:m, at least in terms of hello!project related songs. Interesting for me.

1. ギャグ100分愛してくださいby Berryz
2. ピリリと行こう！(More Piriri Mix) by Berryz
3. Sexy Boy by Morning Musume
4. マッサラBlue Jeans　by　℃-ute
5. Special Generation by Berryz
6. 青空がいつまでも続くような未来であれ　by モー娘
7. 女子姦しい物語3　by 　モー娘
8. 笑っちゃおうよBoyfriend by Berryz
9. 恋の呪縛 by Berryz
10. The Manpower by モー娘
11. 21時までのシンデレラ by Berryz
12. ピリリと行こう　By Berryz
13. 友情純情oh青春　By Berryz
14. Special Generation (Different File) by Berryz
15. katcho EE by Berryz
16. Ambitious野心的でいいじゃん　By モー娘
17. All for One and one for all by　H!P
18. あなたなしでは生きてゆけない（Funky Mix) by　Berryz
19. ここにいるぜ　By モー娘
20. Hey! Mirai　By モー娘

Lots of Berryz and Momusu. Although I kind of doubt the stats, some of the more recent songs I've been listening to have play counts of zero, so I don't know.

付き合ってるのに片思い

Today, I saw the Berryz Kobo live event at Tokyo 厚生記念会館. I only got to see the second show, but it was pretty fun. Unfortunately, my seats were in the way back, second to last row. With the low ceiling, I could do a proper jump during the 盛り上がる. I loved seeing Chinami in the reindeer costume, and they all looked cute in their santa suits. It was great when Chinami did そんなの関係ねぇ!　and オッパッピー. I thought it was kind of weird that they sang 付き合ってるのに片思い twice, although the event was for buying the single. Still, it would have been nice if they performed Berryz仮面. Perhaps next year.
Lastly, there was the handshaking event, which was my first time. I wanted to do something interesting, like making funny faces or blabbering en espanol, but I was too enthrawed with being so up close to them. I think Momo and Saki-chan were the most fun to shake hands with, while Miyabi was kind of scary up close. Afterwords, I was so excited that I went and bought a new cellphone so I can download more Berryz stuff. Too bad Yodobashi didn't transfer my old data to the new phone. Guess thats something to do tommorow.

My Bro

I added my Bros Blog to my new link list. Yeah. bunkiebunny.blogspot.com

Where is my body?

... was a great play I saw at Ikebukuro today. Starring Berryz Kobo, Momoko was especially funny. I also enjoyed Sakichan's お嬢様character. All the Berryz did great. Too bad it got overly melodramatic near the end. Otherwise it was great fun. The live was sweet, with the new single being quite exciting. ヲタ芸っぽい。
I wonder what the line outside the theater after the closing was for? Perhaps it was for buying the extra-release tickets for the next day's stage. Yeah for Berryz, I wonder what it would be like to change bodies with someone.
絶対切る

Classes begin

I'm having trouble figuring out what classes to take this semester. Of course, choosing a topic for my thesis is also weighing on my mind.

akb48

tgs