Kakizaki Memi turns 17. Happy Birthday, Memi-chan!

Kakizaki Memi turns 17 today, December 2 (it's already Sunday in Japan). What a year it has been for her:

• Breaks her wrist and can't perform in the final tour live last December. Faces this with fortitude and quiet tears.
• Triumphant Hiragana live performances at Budoukan. 
• Duet with Mirei, doing Sanrinsha ni Noritai on the album. Memi can sing!
• Hugely entertaining video extra with Hirate Yurina on the Ambivalent release.
• Finally able to give convincing fake smiles on Hiragana Oshi and elsewhere (as idols must).
• Complete and utter triumph as star of Magia Record stage play. What a voice!
• New prominence on Joyful Love videos and in recent ad campaigns.
• Good acting in Sakamichi stage play, Zambi.

She does her first gravure in a fashion magazine in the January bis:

An actress. As a comment on 5channel said: "Wow, wow, wow! What an expression! What a worldview!" People have used the age-estimating site How-Old.net to say she looks 6 or 13 in various photos. But that site says she looks 16-20 in the vast majority of her photos. It says she looks 20 in this image, and the next:

Kakizaki Memi notes: praise from Habu, Kubo; more prominence in new Joyful Love video

Memi continues to be slow to update her blog. Having just finished concentrating on the Zambi drama, she is now likely concentrating on preparing for the Christmas Lives.

But others keep talking about Memi. Habu-chan wrote in her blog about the Nogi and Keyaki members who worked with her in the Zambi stage play. Her praise for Memi was about the highest she gave to any Keyaki-chan:

Nagahama Neru blog: Actress Miyazaki Karen's birthday. Neru with military commanders.

Pale Grape-colour,   319

Nagahama Neru
2018.11.21


Good evening.

Today is Miyazaki Karen-san's birthday!!

25 years old. Congratulations!!!

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: Handshake event outfits. Mechakari. Handshake guest reports.

Stripes

Kakizaki Memi
2018.11.09


Good evening,
It's Kakizaki Memi.

Yesterday at Makuhari was the final individual handshake event for the 7th single!

My dress ￬♥ ♥

From Mechakari!!