#Sayashi Riho

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[ihugmomo]

babymetal lore-dumping because im bored and i need to rant about my girlies (this could potentially be helpful for new babymetal fans too!)

babymetal originally formed as a heavy metal club in the idol group sakura gakuin, but became an independent group after suzuka nakamoto (su-metal) graduated from SG in 2012. moa kikuchi (moametal) and yui mizuno (yuimetal) joined during that time but were still in SG (they graduated in 2014).

doki doki☆morning was their first single (originally appeared on the sakura gakuin debut album 'sakura gakuin 2010 nendo: message'.) they preformed it during the "tokyo idol festival 2011: eco & smile" along with ijime, dame, zettai.

yuimetal left babymetal on October 19, 2018 due to recurring health issues, she couldn't make it to the rock am ring and rock on the range festivals, this indicated she was about to leave the group. saya hirai (sayametal) was the backup dancer during dark night carnival and the two festivals i mentioned previously.

yui was then replaced with 3 backup dancers for the tour line-up during the metal galaxy world tour in 2019 and 2020. (momoko okazaki, kano fujihira, and riho sayashi) they are also known as the 'avengers'.

momoko okazaki became an official member of the group in April 2023 under the stage name momometal. (scream & dance).

this pretty much covers the important bits of babymetal's lore over the years. if you want a more in depth explanation, i recommend reading the babymetal wiki page or watching videos that cover everything.

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ONLY YOU 2011, Morning Musume

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Hot hot take but I always see Japanese wota talk about how legendary 9-10th gen is and that’s why they get a pass for overstaying in the group because they’re the “last successful members of MM.” But if you somehow replaced all of 9-10th gen ‘14 members EXCEPT obviously Riho and Sakura with 15-17th gen members, you probably wouldn’t see much difference in their success. Being aggressively pushed in the media + Sayu being there as the last member the general public recognized + Riho being a captivating ace + the amazing level of music Tsunku was pumping out back to back did most of the legwork. It’s not like the Golden Era where each member had so much individuality and a unique look that people remembered their names. The rest of 9-10th gen was just lucky to be there for 2012-2014, I wouldn’t call them legendary or more special over any of the successive gens just because they were fortunate enough to be a part of that.

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[magicmorningmeteora]

Who is your birthday oshi? ~Late May 2024~

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Eien no Mayuki no Owari - Morning Musume ‘14, S/mileage

LILIUM -Lilium Shoujo Junketsu Kageki-

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Wow, who could have POSSIBLY predicted that doing more than the first draft of something just maybe might turn out a better product? Leaving the first one up, though, since apparently my track record is my listeners preferring the opposite of my opinions on which of a choice between two is better.

(Anyways, besides the usual "western music don't truck with transition measures while Jpop loooooves them", the actual thing about this one was dealing with the way Gimme More was mastered for maximum Loudness Wars.)