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The senbatsu for Keyakizaka46's third single will be announced next Sunday on the
Keyakitte, Kakenai? TV show. Some people are saying a couple of Hiragana Keyaki members should be included.
I am a big fan of a number of the Hiraganas, but I say: not yet.
For one thing, don't break up a winning combination. The 21-member Keyakizaka46
senbatsu has done great things over the past six months, and has grown in competence in every way. And the massive, disciplined
senbatsu makes a special impression.
For another thing, I don't think the Hiraganas can be ready. Look at how much more prepared the main group is than it was a few months ago. No matter how cute, interesting, and talented the Hiraganas are -- and I think several of them are all three -- they have not had time to be forged into the kind of performers the Kanji Keyakis have become. Maybe in the spring....
Meanwhile, let's see them as regulars on the
Keyakake TV show. I think it won't take long for them to become less nervous, to get to know the Kanjis better, and to gain popularity. Then it may be time to think about how to give some of them a bigger performing role.
As I say, that does not mean I am not a fan. Let's take a look at a few recent photos of members of Hiragana Keyaki:
