Hmm how about now? It's partly my imagination, partly wishful thinking, but her backstory tells me three things:
1. she craves fame, money, success, and fans. This is the driving force behind all her effort. She has no special devotion to any particular art, say singing or dancing or acting.
2. she works hard, firstly earning a spot with SKE48, then now with a comfortable job as a top AV idol she still work a lot of extra jobs.
3. but she also plays a little hard and sometimes step (a tiny bit) out of the line.
4. she seems smart enough, I doubt she still has an unrealistic dream of big time idol after a mediocre career at an mediocre outfit SKE48. Her experience in AV and having done so many jobs and appearances around East Asia, I imagine she has by a now a sense of her (limited) talent and factors and paths that might lead to something.
Holy cow, they went and make some photos and CDs! Still waiting to hear their songs.
As I understand, Ebusu Muscat (EM) is a marketing gimmick of, for and by the JAV industry. It's to milk some more money from existing AV customer base, not to expand the revenue base to J-pop fans who aren't AV customers already.Honey Popcorn is probably a compact spiritual successor to Ebisu Muscat but with more credential and less ego between the members. I forsee it will also be managed in a similar fashion as well.
hahahahahahahahahahahaha no they won't, maybe Moko because her group was irrelevant, but yua if she didn't have all her scandals she still would've probably be in the 48 universe^
Anyway, it will seems those girls have the right to give the finger to their old group now, especially Mikami.
hahahahahahahahahahahaha no they won't, maybe Moko because her group was irrelevant, but yua if she didn't have all her scandals she still would've probably be in the 48 universe
As a big Kpop and Jpop fan, I am pretty sure Yua will flop in Kpop industry. 100% flop.
I do like her as a JAV idol, but man, Kpop is very tough. Considering her vocal skills and all that dance cover shits, she has no future in Korea.
But she did get kicked out because she went out of line. And she is technically the leader of her own group because she is the "naughtiest" of the trio now.
hahahahahahahahahahahaha no they won't, maybe Moko because her group was irrelevant, but yua if she didn't have all her scandals she still would've probably be in the 48 universe
So I was waiting for someone knowledgeable to comment on Moko's group. So... we can establish:doesn't mean she has the right to give the finger to her old group, she fucked up 3 times and got kicked out, I doubt they care or think any of this will affect them, and she can't give the finger to them because without them she surely wouldn't be as popular in JAV as she is now, she kind of owes them everything with where she is now
In case I wasn't clear, I'm asking for an detailed account of her thrice fucking up.doesn't mean she has the right to give the finger to her old group, she fucked up 3 times and got kicked out, I doubt they care or think any of this will affect them, and she can't give the finger to them because without them she surely wouldn't be as popular in JAV as she is now, she kind of owes them everything with where she is now
doesn't mean she has the right to give the finger to her old group, she fucked up 3 times and got kicked out, I doubt they care or think any of this will affect them, and she can't give the finger to them because without them she surely wouldn't be as popular in JAV as she is now, she kind of owes them everything with where she is now
In case I wasn't clear, I'm asking for an detailed account of her thrice fucking up.
Pecking order is SKE48>>NBM48>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Bakusute Sotokanda IcchomeSo I was waiting for someone knowledgeable to comment on Moko's group. So... we can establish:
SKE48 > NMB48 > Bakusute Sotokanda Icchome
right? And Miko's time and status within NMB48 was also shorter and lower than Yua within SKE48, so if Yua was a minnow, Miko was a shrimp. What about Moko? Scandals?
So do we have the following pecking order?
Yua >> Miko >>? Moko
I know you are a supporter of girl groups, but hope you don't mind my opinionated opinions. Do correct me if I'm wrong. In my head, girl groups (or whatever you call the likes of 48 universe, I guess any group with more than 6 members, matching costumes, usually perform live, ...) are a whole rank lower than regular J-/K-pop group (3-5 members with distinguishable costumes and hairstyles, sometimes distinguishable roles). The top groups gets a lot of exposure and make a lot of money for the producer. But for the girls a career in girl group is neither here nor there. The chance to graduate to a bigger brighter celeb status is small. As far as I can tell (without looking very hard) not a single graduate from Bakusute Sotokanda Icchome have achieved any fame, other than making AV. 48universe is obviously more meaningful, e.g. Atsuko Maeda and Tomomi Itano developed legit careers after AKB48. But it seems there are comparable number of graduates went to nude gravue and AV.
My point is... a short unremarkable stint in bottom half of 48 universe and regional girl groups is technically celeb credential. But equivalent in the West would be perhaps a second week dropout of a minor reality TV show. Mostly forgettable. Which is perhaps how Moko Sakura got on the celeb AV stage for months before I (and a lot of Akiba members too, I guess) noticed.
Ohh one more nugget to share. Since it wasn't obvious to me...
Yua's debut vid was called Peach, refers to her AKB stage name Momo
Miko's debut vid NumBer01, refers to her NMB48 backstory
Moko's debut vid Fuck Stage, refers to her old group name Back Stage (バクステ) (外神田一丁目 is a historic name for (or near?) Akihabara) change バ to フ, you would get Fuck Stage out of バクステ(?)
smooching that celebrity while drunk, and caught smooching another guy(maybe boyfriend)Caught drinking while underage. Caught badmouthing fans on the net. Caught dating and smooching a fellow celebrity.
Ohh I missed the Moko > Miko part first time I read it. So top dog in a nothing group is better than a back row girl in NMB48. Gotcha.Yua>>>>>>>>>>>>>Moko>Miko
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I think a short stint in the bottom of the akb/ske part of the universe you have a good chance to get some level of fame if you have talent, or something unique about you, then you have a chance.
Ohh I missed the Moko > Miko part first time I read it. So top dog in a nothing group is better than a back row girl in NMB48. Gotcha.
Also from the first pix I saw of Moko, I didn't know she's old.
Thank you for your insights in the girl group universes. Allow me one more question:
Take a typical AKB48 member, how long is her career? How much would she make during this time? My impression is that it's kinda daily grind that wouldn't be attractive to a girl with real talents. It might be legit as a launch pad, but if a real talent spend her prime years (19-24) in that universe, half of her candle is already burned and she wouldn't have that much to show for it (fan base in the range of what? under 10,000? )
I think a mid-ranking contract girl with a major studio (S1, Prestige, Moodyz, Oppai, kawaii) would have a much more impressive income than an average member of AKB/SKE (forget the bottom like NMB)
This gets at the question if Yua's graduation was her "messing up" or "fucking up".
Right... Next question is SKE members get a lot of free time? If they are expected "at the office" for 30+ hours each week, then SKE life is arguably worse than average OL.Her salary back at SKE was akin to an office worker her age according to her.