Kakizaki Memi and Matsuda Konoka to be regulars on ETV school show

Huge news for Memi and Kono-chan. They will be regulars on an NHK Education TV show starting Thursday April 18 at 2pm. The show is part of the regular weekday afternoon programming for high schools.

The 20-minutes-every-second-Thursday show will be hosted by top seiyuu Midorikawa Hikaru 緑川光. The show is called Society and Information 社会と情報. It will deal with how computers and smartphones work, and with useful apps. It will also deal with IT and media security and ethics, and there will be episodes introducing databases, etc. (source)

This show will be seen all over Japan. GanaOshi and KeyaKake are seen mainly in the Tokyo area.

So it looks like a pair of Hinata-chans will have a captive audience of high-school students every two weeks, a wonderful way of spreading the group's fame to a younger audience. This kind of show seems to me to be a way for Hinatazaka46 to advance toward being a "national" idol group, accepted as part of the culture.

Nagahama Neru blog: TV and Magazine appearances, plus recent photos

Skytree,   334

Nagahama Neru
2019.02.17


Good evening!!


Quick announcements:

In the Weekly Shounen Sunday now on sale
I was given the cover.
Valentine, muffler,
The wintry-feeling feature was fun!!
Be sure to!

On 23 February at 9pm
On TBS
I have been given the chance to appear on
Discovering Wonders of the World!!

The Hitoshi-kun doll in real life!!!!
Some amazing things happened!!
Please be sure to watch this, too.

Nagahama Neru blog: Buying clothes for spring and getting rid of clothes for winter; TV drama.

Shopping,   330

Nagahama Neru
2019.02.05


Hello!

Suddenly, it's February. Hooray!
Today, it was especially mild, eh.

Somehow
Winter seems a time when my acquisitiveness is in hibernation.
But with spring feeling as if it's coming,
The desire to shop has started waking from sleep.

As a 20th birthday present,
"I'll buy a new handbag!" I thought.
I held back for a long time,
But then I bought one!!! (Yay!)



And then I bought a spring outfit.
My winter clothing decluttering festival begins.

I wonder if Memi will still want them...
Maybe she'll say: "I don't want any more things like that!"
Big sister feels uneasy.

Nagahama Neru blog post: Miho's photobook, Neru's coming-of-age broadcast

Coming of Age Day,   327

Nagahama Neru
2019.01.12


Good evening.


Did you see Whisper of the Heart today?

I thought of how many times I went to the library back home
To watch it.
The feeling of nostalgia gave me a tug in the chest.



And also,
Miho-chan's photobook Hidamari
Comes out next eek.


I got a preview,
And it's a warm and adorable photo collection,

ChanMiho signed it for me! Happy

Nagahama Neru blog: Yoshimotozaka46, Music Station costumes, Tamori as Kannon, Hotokes

"Saint's meal tea" colour,   322

Nagahama Neru
2018.12.27


Hello

Suddenly December is ending, eh.


Today, Yoshimotozaka46's debut single
Is being released!!
It brings tears to my eyes!!!

I want to go to their handshake event! I will go!

All of you, too, for sure

M-Station.
Thank you very much to those who watched

It was fun...

Kakizaki Memi notes 2018.11.20 -- monthly greeting video, CM "making-of" video

Memi's greeting video for November:




She talks about Joyful Love, and how pretty the "gradation" of colours is. She asks that we watch the Mechakari TV commercial. There's speculation in Japanese comments that she's wearing the Joyful Love outfit under that coat, lol. Could this be the week the single is announced? Independently or as part of a Kanji single? Or a double-A side single? On Hirate's radio show Thursday? (Hopeful.)

And here's the CoCo Ichi curry house ad "making of" video:

Takamoto Ayaka blog: Performing with Kanji Keyaki on Best Hits TV

Best Hits Song Festival

Takamoto Ayaka
2018.11.19


Hello,
It's Takamoto Ayaka

A few days ago I performed with Kanji Keyaki on Best Hits Song Festival
Four members of Hiragana Keyaki -- Sasaki Kumi, Higashimura Mei, Watanabe Miho and myself joined Kanji for the performance

Did you all see it??
At the handshake event a couple of days ago, I was happy to hear many people's opinions about it.

I haven't talked about my own opinions and feelings yet. I will talk about them now.

When I first heard about this, I was thrown into total confusion

I really love Kanji Keyaki.
Right from the beginning, I loved Kanji Keyaki.
And after joining Keyaki, I continued to love them, always beside them, watching their great efforts.
I always thought it wouldn't be easy for Hiragana to join them.
When I heard about this event, I thought of the Kanji-sans,
I thought of giving the fans unpleasant feelings,
I thought it sounded like a joke.

But it was true. It had already been decided.

Watanabe Miho blog: Performing with Kanji Keyaki, Matsumura Sayuri two-shot, Shida Manaka

Best Hits Song Festival

Watanabe Miho
2018.11.18


Hello, everyone!

I'm Watanabe Miho
Of Hiragana Keyakizaka46, 2nd generation,
18 years old, from Saitama!

Did you see yesterday's Best Hits Song Festival?

Sasaki Kumi-san, Takamoto Ayaka-san, Higashimura Mei-san, and Watanabe Miho -- the four of us -- were given the chance to perform.

We performed the Kanji-sans' Ambivalent with them!

Kakizaki Memi blog: At Pokemon's house with Sunshine Ikezaki

[This post is over a month old. I haven't been able to do any translating for the past month. In fact, it's Memi's last post: through the Magia Record stage run and the other events of September, she didn't post much to Keyaki Message, and didn't post at all to her blog. This post is about her solo appearance on the kids' show Shall we get together at Pokemon's house. With the popularity of Pokemon, it is a popular weekend show. One of the hosts is the seiyuu/personality Nakagawa Shouko, and the other guest on this episode was popular comedian Sunshine Ikezaki.]

Shall we get together at Pokemon's house?

Kakizaki Memi
2018.09.02


Good evening,
It's Kakizaki Memi.

A few days ago, I went over to Pokemon's house to play!!

Nagahama Neru blog: Neru's new TV show; magazine appearances; the Ambivalent MV location

Dusty Plum,  297

Nagahama Neru
2018.07.30


Good evening

Recently,
Looking toward the summer tour,
We are steadily making preparations.


Also, I bought the greatest cute tote pack!!!!!!!
I'm eagerly waiting for it to be delivered!!!!!


How is everyone getting by?


Announcement!
A program called Neru Nechikei Online
Is being broadcast!

On NHK General
On August 7th and 14th
At 11:55 in the evening


I will be investigating things
That I come across in daily life and think are amazing

It won't be formal!
Honestly, I think it's funny and interesting !!!


To get a show in my own name
Really makes me grateful and a bit ashamed.
I'm extremely thankful to be able to make a program, with all these warm people,
That I'm excited for myself.

Hee-hee. What am I doing?

Nagahama Neru blog: Off to Nagasaki to appear on TV

Airplane,  295

Nagahama Neru
2018.07.13


Good morning!

Today, the 13th, at 7:30pm
On NHK General:
"What if Nagasaki were the centre of Japan...
Celebrating the registration as a World Heritage Site
Of the Hidden Christian Sites in Nagasaki and Amakusa.
'Memories of the Rosary' special."

I have been invited to appear live!!
Broadcast in Nagasaki only.


I haven't been to Nagasaki for a while.
I'm off!

Nagahama Neru blog: Racing from performance to performance on Tanabata

Manga,  294

Nagahama Neru
2018.07.09


Good evening!

Yesterday was Tanabata


LIVE MONSTER LIVE
MUSIC DAY
Tanabata Sayonara, Mata Itsuka

So many things to be grateful for.
It was a full day!!!

Nagahama Neru blog: A hotel on the Goto Islands; appearances; some videos and photos

Recipe,  292

Nagahama Neru
2018.06.23


Hello!!

On rainy days, when I see people
Wearing such cute high boots,
I think: "Doesn't that look fantastic."

Maybe I'll make my own high-boots debut...
Or maybe the rainy season will end first...

[Memi-Neru]

Nagahama Neru blog: Kyushu tourism award, photobook sales, TV shows

Robot,  291

Nagahama Neru
2018.06.09


Hello.

Somehow I've been given a special
Discover the Charms of Kyushu award!!!

This is really a tremendous honour.
Thank you so very much.

This year, finally,
I have been to all the prefectures of Kyushu,
So now I will work harder to convey their charms.

Nagahama Neru blog: Turning 20...in 107 days

Wheat gluten,   289

Nagahama Neru
2018.05.21


Good evening.

107 days
To my 20th birthday!!

As I anxiously look forward to it, I somehow looked that up (lol)


When I pass 20,
What will change, I wonder... 

I wait in vague expectation.


Something must be going to change.
Or why am I looking forward to it so much...


I asked the older members
And they said: "Nothing much changed."

I see...


But I'm still excited!
And I haven't chosen my long-sleeved kimono..!!!

Kakizaki Memi blog: On KinKi Kids TV show with Mii-pan, Take-chan, and Nao-chan

KinKi Kids no Bunbubuun

Kakizaki Memi
2018.05.19


Good evening,
It's Kakizaki Memi.

Tomorrow, May 19,
Mii- and Take-chan and Nao-chan and I
Will be on the KinKi Kids no Bunbubuun TV show!!

Nagahama Neru news: Quiz queen, reselling Neru magazines, Neru had top grade in 2015 Keyaki auditions

Neru is on the cover of Nagasaki's monthly official info/tourist magazine. It's given away free at city offices, libraries, etc. This issue includes pictures, story and interview with Neru. It has been available since the beginning of April.

But it turns out that copies of the magazine have been turning up on auction sites. The city says that resale of the magazine is forbidden. But the mags keep being put up for auction. They apparently go for a few hundred yen (i.e., a few dollars).

A city representative says this is particularly odd since you can download a pdf of the magazine on the city's official site. Here.

More tanuki magic.

Nagahama Neru blog: Anniversary live, Shii-chan, Pe-chan, Yukka, Fuu...Playboy and TV

2 years old

Nagahama Neru
2018.04.10


Good evening!

The three days of
The Keyakizaka46 2nd Year Anniversary Live are over

To all of you who came,
And to all of you who always support us
Truly, thank you very much.


It was the most nerve-wracking live so far.
At every performance, my nervousness comes back.

I shiver,
And my heart quakes....

Live performances really make me feel alive 




"Keyakizaka46 is a dream.
I want to be someone who gets close to everyone's dreams.
I think that each member's dreams,
Including my own dreams, can be fulfilled through Keyakizaka."

These words of Yukka's
Really, really linger in my heart.


I want to be with everyone much longer.
And I want to be with all of you, too.


Please be good to us again in our third year.

Nagahama Neru blog: On TV tonight, haircut

Cherry-tree in leaf

Nagahama Neru
2018.04.04


Good evening!


On April 5th, starting at 7pm
I will appear on The Time Shock
On TV Asahi.

I was so nervous I forgot to breathe...
To be with such eminent, wonderful people was such an honour.

Please be sure to watch!!

Kakizaki Memi blog: New TV shows and new cherry-blossoms

New TV Shows

Kakizaki Memi
2018.03.25


Good evening,
It's Kakizaki Memi.


Sakura

Something like this, where sakura bloom from the trunk of the tree,
Is apparently called "body-blossoming sakura."

I wonder why it blooms from the trunk.
Amazing.