Bento sharing~

pic taken from Mai's official blog



Wonders if Yossi's hand was there all the time... ^^

Ding Dong Bell~

Seriously...... How can two girls get married? Unless......

Well, H&A is just sooooooo GAY~ ^^

喧嘩？

from H&A's oricon blog

Do you girls ever quarrel?

Yossi: Never
Rika: No.

Mystery is solved~

Let me tell you, honey, I just wanna love and hate you.

神様のいない

Can you hear me now? Can you see the bat in hell？

願いを誰に捧ぐ

(and...)

No way, I think of you, I don't need you going home.

居場所ない孤独な

Oh baby, I will give you love, love and hate you.

Gatten Gatas 2008-11-03

Listener's corner
Someone noticed Yossi was kind of smirking while playing with handcuffs in the making of PV and asked if Yossi had any SM (sado-masochism) tendency, like being M (receiving)? Yossi said she's both S and M, but quickly explained 'doesn't all people have a little SM in them?' Mai asked what about Rika (note: it's funny how quickly Mai changed the subject to Rika when Yossi was still talking about herself.) Yossi thinks Rika is, surprisingly, a 'S' but can be a 'M' too... Mai asked what about her? 'M'? To which Yossi says Mai is 'S' but thinks Mai totally owns both since her name is S.M (Satoda Mai) ^^. Mai thinks Yossi is 'S', Konno is definitely 'M', Aya is 'S' while Miki is 'M'. Koretty is harder to define, she can be 'S' or 'M' or 'K'. "or 'R' or 'V' or 'W'" Yossi said. And finally, Mai thinks all Eggs are 'M'.

Yossi's corner (things Yossi ever said, or will say)
When you have a squabble with Rika, would you sometimes tell her to settle it over fists? Yes? No?

Mai: So which type are you? Brain or brawn?
Yossi says people, who are always full of 'theories', irk her, like the way they would ask leading questions. (Mai totally agrees here.) Yossi says she's the believing type, taking it to mean 'good' when people say it's 'good' and bad when people say it's 'bad' (eg: those blood-type books), so if things get 'messy', she will settle it over fist. So the answer is 'Yes'.



(strictly my thoughts...) Yossi gives me a feeling that when she says she dislikes people who ask leading questions, she could be hinting at the listener who sends in the neta. By answering 'Yes'. It indirectly says she and Rika do quarrel, or that they are friendly enough to be in a situation that can lead to conflicts, even though she is just reading the question as it is (which explains why she said she's the believing type-believing what things look on the surface).
Maybe she has noticed listeners sending in more questions regarding her and Rika recently, that is something I have noticed too.
There is another one about Rika and 'Richard Hall' which I don't get it, so I'm skipping it (unless some kind soul wanna help ^^).

NOW THEY HAVE A BLOG !

Watch the cool vid there~ when they aren't H&A but our IshiYoshi ^^

http://blog.oricon.co.jp/hangryandangry/

my thoughts...

Sorry but I was laughing all the time when watching the PV.
Mainly because...

Rika should learn how to play the guitar, and
Yossi should learn how to be angry.

Actually they can forgo the guitar; they look so very much better with the soft toys.

Frankly speaking, this PV just killed everything.
Great music,
Great lyrics,
Great image,
Lousy director.

And now that I've seen it, I can't go back to listening to the song without those ludicrous images playing with my mind.

Squeeze Me!

most uploaded pic of the day


Haven't I told you that Rika's hands are small?
unless you think someone's too big for her ^^

It's time they change the lyrics to
squeeze me~ squeeze me~

Gatten Gatas 2008-10-27

Katte ni melody:
A neta was sent in about Rika while she's sleeping. Yossi then said: For me to write something about that, I'll say "Rika's sleeping face can't make it" or "Rika's sleeping face is a shock!" and she'll probably agree with it.

Listener's corner:
Someone wrote in asking about a scene in 'Come Together' PV where Rika puts on a ribbon and the other three are kind of smirking. He/she wants to know what exactly is Yossi thinking at that moment (that kinda explains the smirk)?

Yossi said: Because when I saw the ribbon on the set, I was thinking "someone's gonna wrap it around her" and she sure did.
Mai: Is there such a scene? I don't really remember it. ^^

Recession Hits!

Even Idols aren't spared.
Don't blame U_F_A,
It's wise to unload than to let the whole ship sink.
Graduation is just an excuse to sell off under-par stocks.

my thoughts...

I was thinking...
Upfront is so afraid of diversifying that the girls have to COSPLAY under another label.
What's in the heads of those ojisans sitting the office?
Don't they realize that cutie virginal idols are now as archaic as them? Chinese say 穷则变，变则通

???

HANGRY

SEX: Female (20%Male)

Wonders if people actually notice this?

Anyway... 3333 years later, HANGRY will meet her nemesis 'HAPPY'

who will be born on 9999年9月9日, towering at 99cm and weighing an unbelievable 9kg...

She was to find out that 'HAPPY' was actually the reincarnation of 'ANGRY', who died 333 years ago during one of their sadistic 69 games that goes 'Kill Me Kiss Me'. The Kiss is supposed to resurrect but during one of her highest moment, HANGRY got the sequence messed up and did a 'Kiss me Kill me' instead. And thus... parted the loving duo forever.

HANGRY hangs herself when she's ANGRY

Just when I chose to be away from the net for 24 hours...
man...
and I get bombarded with info~ about Hangry&Angry once I'm back.

Revelations...

So many things add up now...

Ishiyoshi popping up here and there in 'official' productions...
that fashion show...
Yossi's more than frequent mention of 'rock' when asked about her favorite music genre...
Yossi learning to play the drums and guitar...

I never liked 'Rock'
but I like the song... Yeah~
their voices... Yin & Yang...
Now people should be convinced how good they sound together.
And I think they sound so cool with their English~ haha~

Can't say much of their outfit though...

I am happy~

Wa-on 2008-10-08

Couldn't understand why they chose to interview OG in a presidential suite room in a high-class hotel. It made the girls feel reticent, especially so for Satoda as I noticed she didn't even dare raise her voice when she was talking. And despite Rika and Yossi was laughing constantly at her 'jokes', the joker herself had appeared oblivious.

It's fun to see Rika turning to Yossi to ask the meaning of a word she doesn't understand. Audience. It kind of surprised me. Being a artist who performs regularly on stage, how can she not know this word? I got another surprise when it was Mai-chin who eventually explained to Rika what the word means. Rika, being a 'non-loser', said that since she is a Japanese, it's all right to not know a non-Japanese word.

When Tenboss mentioned the word 'ORGASM', I just think they are innately low-class, though they tried to look professional, but guys will always be guys. Secretly, they relish in 'sekuhara', especially when there are three pretty girls present.

When the girls were asked "What does 'being alive' mean for an artist?" Mai-chin's answer (death) was such a winner that it got Yossi and Rika cracking up loudly. Yossi, especially, was so amused that she had to hide behind her hands laughing. The last part where Mai-chin added that 'it's for death's sake' was so "???" that it just made Yossi 'happier'. In fact most of the times, Mai-chin's answers were simply '无理头' (I can't think of a English word so I use a chinese word) while her serious expression told you she had killed many brain cells trying to come out with it. And she wasn't trying to be funny, but dead serious about the whole thing. She's so fun to have around. I finally understand why Yossi and Mai-chin end up as good friends.

But through this little episode, I also see that Rika is less tolerant towards 'nonsense'. She stopped laughing at Mai-chin's antics after a while, but when she saw Yossi still laughing, she joined in again. A part when you see Rika genuinely laughing, was when she's actually 'sneering'. Not that I don't like it. In fact, I LOVE it when she does that. Like she's being herself and enjoying everything. I hope she does that more often.

When Tenboss mentioned about having them (OG) on the show next time, Rika hoped Waon wouldn't try to be this 'formal' again. (my sentiments exactly ^^)

Bayfm78 ON8 2008-10-09

The bayfm ON8 radio show you could dl from H!O tracker is actually a recording of the event Ongaku Gatas had on 5th Oct at Shibuya AX. Many should remember seeing these on various uploaders.



Theme is about 'Watashi no kimochi Come Together' and Rika wrote "I got slimmer' and Yossi '1.2.3'. (Funny thing is when Yossi showed what she wrote, the crowd simply went 'ehhh~~~'.) During Rika's turn, when she explained why she wrote 'I got slimmer' and mentioned about going back to a certain period last time, Yossi cut in and said she's definitely not going back to that time. When the crowd laughed, Yossi thought it was funny that they knew what she was referring to.

i-shi-yo-shi

Notchi was doing a interview with someone. No idea what the whole thing is about, except that they keep talking about manga. Then this someone talked about cosplay and asked Notchi if she ever thought of doing H!P cosplay, and went on to mention 'ishiyoshi' 'yoshigama' 'ayamiki' and... Notchi paused to tell the camera 'ishiyoshi' means Ishikawa-san and Yoshizawa-san.

It means...

the whole of H!P knows what '1444' stands for.

freaked out~

I guess there's a reason why Rika wasn't in the cage until the very last minute...

Where resides people scarier than 'Hunters'.

Poor girl, literally in '逃走中' for all 60 mins.

my thoughts...

Haven't seen the show yet. Going through blog posts and forums, I came to know that Yossi won the game, along with another guy. 540,000 yen. That's around 7k in my country's currency. Very little in my opinion, considering they - celebrities, mind you - have to sweat it for an hour.

All right, I will not post what you people should have already known but things I see going around...

Firstly, I came to know that Rika kind of 'surrendered' (that's if I read it correctly). I guess the pressure's too great for her. They said she was scared throughout the game. Not good for the heart uh? Well, fans don't like it. Plain cowardice, they said. And the fact that she walked in means she's actually giving up camera footage. (That's why celebrities appear in shows right? For camera footage). Yossi's wotas then said it's proven that Rika's a pestilence - always sticking to Yossi - and could do nothing when left alone.

So Yossi won. That's great right? Haha~ No again. According to some fans, the fact that she won means she is a damn sneaky person. (???)

So, one thing is very true of this world.

'You can't please everybody.'


EDIT: Just saw a little of it on youtube. Man... what can I say... Wotas can really make a mountain out of a molehill. I could only say Rika being caught was due to bad luck. Who could outrun those lanky guys? And Yossi being sneaky? I just thought she was gallant enough to have saved some asses. ^_^

my thoughts...

Rika is leading the poll. I voted for her too.
And I am wondering, who voted for who?


Edit: So Rika won the poll. Quite a margin there. ^^
Funny how those who speak up all voted for Rika.

Gatten Gatas 2008-09-29

According to Rika, the fake kissing scene was purely out of good fun and meant for photo shots only, therefore, she was quite shocked when it ended up in the PV too. When one listener asked who came up with the idea, she said that they just do it for fun. Maichin said if it were her and somebody else doing the kissing, she doubted the 'effect' would be that 'good'. Rika agreed, saying that it might be because Yossi looks boyish and Maichin said '(you two) look like a couple.' If you hear the clip, you can probably hear from Mai's tone that she was making fun of them.

When Rika somehow ended up with all the netas involving Yossi in 'Katte ni Melody', Maichin said Rika was 'in-charge' of Yossi today.

And I think I heard Maichin mention 'Ishiyoshi' ...

Hora~ the camera is rolling YO~

ON8 2008-09-25 (radio)

Host: What's your ideal type of guy?
Rika: A prince charming riding on a white horse.

Host: What words from him will melt your heart?
Rika: Sugoi yo ne~

Host: In real life, you can't really meet a prince on a white horse, you'll be surprised instead. It's more like you're projecting an image right?
Rika: Yes

Host: "Sugoi yo ne~" what about this?
Rika: This... well... it means when I hear it, whatever I am doing...

Host: It cheers you up greatly?
Rika: Yes, regardless of what I am doing... (good or bad) But when he sees it, he says "sugoi yo ne~". It will warm my heart.

Host: I see... (bla bla bla...)
Rika: They (members) often say it to me. "Ishikawa-san sugoi desu ne~" etc... Yossi and Mai-chan often say "sugoi ne" "you did well". And when I hear these, I feel loved.

Host: Like you've become positive?
Rika: Ya.




Hadn't Yossi known this long ago?
（０＾～＾）＜ Rika-chan ii yo~
（０＾～＾）＜ Rika-chan ii yo~

Do You Know?

Do you know that Rika has really really small hands and short fingers?

my thoughts...

"... now I can tolerate a bit more Ishiyoshi..."

This IS the funniest thing I've heard for today.
Might be because my day just starts...

ほら～カメラがいるよ～

Sometimes still pictures say alot more than motion pictures.
They looked like they were protesting about being secretly filmed, and Yossi trying to placate Rika later...

But when you've seen the real thing, you know it's so different.

If I have to choose one favourite scene from 'the making of', it has to be the part where Yossi tells Rika "Hora, camera ga iru yo~" (Look! there's a camera here) after both of them have finished their close-up shots that are filmed simultaneously (@8:12 of the clip).

I wonder why Yossi said that?
An admonition or merely because she knows Rika loves being in front of the camera?

hora~
hora~
hora~~

Do You Know?

Do you know that if you turned up the volume when you're watching GatasFanClubTourInHawaii2, you'd hear Rika telling somebody "okaeri" when the latter went backstage after her performance of "Rainbow Pink"?

Watch this space

Some guys in Japan have already seen 'the making of' of that pv. This is what they say...

-Although they didn't kiss, that didn't stop someone from looking red later.
-Others began making 'hyuu~ hyuu~' sounds - the same noise ishiyoshi wotas make whenever they hear/see their perfect couple interacting at gatas event and dinner shows.
-So it means that they (and those in the recording studio) know the existence of a certain group of wotas. ^^

what a LULL

Nothing's been heard of them recently.
Frankly speaking, besides the promo for the new single, Yossi and Rika are practically free of work. But being too free isn't a good thing as people will go fat and scandals will break loose, and fans will get restless. For people who aren't familiar with the wota scene in Japan, there's a flaming war going on right now. Yossi wotas are such an unpopular group. See, being too free isn't good.


side note: Oh yah, this ain't supposed to be here but I'm kinda intrigued by it so I'm mentioning it now. It seems that a certain Berryz lost her cell phone and pictures from it are starting to appear in the internet. If it is true, then there are more horrible things involved. Because the person who found the phone now has access to a lot of things - phone numbers of h!p members, explicit photos and videos (if there are any), many emails exchanges and private details. And in Japan, if you know the ID of a person, you could easily check his/her mobile number regardless the number of times s/he change it. As public figures, I hope the girls have common sense to use nicknames rather than full names of their family/friends in their phone directory, at least it won't make things easier for the person who suddenly have access to their phone.

2008-09-09 @fmyokohama-tre-san

my thoughts...

Sometimes I think the coupling says alot about the shippers they have.
Through the years I have been managing this blog, I realized 1444 shippers are - just one word - subtle.

Everywhere I go, 1444 fans are lurkers. They are everywhere but never/seldom heard or seen. And like them, the couple they like have pretty much shared the same characteristics and are never quite 'in-your-face', except well, for that one scene in a PV in which they kissed, but hey, even that was done subtly, that it was supposed to be a 'behind-the-scenes' kind of thinggie, you know, stuffs you aren't supposed to know but somehow did because they got 'caught'.

So what I'm trying to say here is that, in pertinence to our 'lurking' nature, we are 'rewarded' with a scene that is so subtle and questionable that even when we have seen it a thousand times, we all are still left thinking whether or not they did it? SUCH is the subtleness reserved for us.

And now, for fans who like 'in-your-face' stuff? What are your rewards? Well, I would say FRIDAY had done a pretty good job. Being loud, you just need something louder to shut you up.
See? That's why I think a coupling says alot about the shippers it has.

Da Di Du De Do Da Di

Many of you may have seen this thing going around depicting Yossi singing 'Da Di Du De Do Da Di'. Someone said it's a parody. Quite but more interesting. First you need to understand what she was singing to know why she did certain poses later. Here we go...

①　After singing あの子はつまらな～い which means 'That girl is uninteresting~'
②　Yossi did the 'HAPPI' pose (that made the audience laugh out so loud.)

③　then she quickly put a finger to her mouth telling the audience to keep it to themselves.

④　メールを送れって～も返りが～～
'Even when I sent an email there's ~~~'
⑤ ない！　'NO REPLY'
and Yossi did a usa-chan pose.

Because it's true that someone has been ignoring her 'prince-charming' (source: radio show)

As for 'That girl is uninteresting~'

Yah right... ^^

Unrivaled timing

本当に息ピッタリの二人　　(^_^)//

(This was right after Rika corrected Yossi that it was "Chaaaamy" and not "Charmee")

Rika @ANN 2008-09-05 / Yossi @STB 2008-09-06

Rika @Oriental Radio no ANN

A listener asked Rika about the kissing scene in the PV and she said they didn't kiss at all. They were only having fun posing backstage and somehow that ended up in the PV.

And...

Rika always sleep bra-less. @_@


Yossi @STB

Very irrelevantly, Yossi mentioned that she just received an email from Rika saying that she's with Konkon and Ogawa now, with the latter spotting a very weird hairdo.


Yossi is Rika-chan this and Rika-chan that again.. ^^

2008-08-31 @Sapporo

A tongue-in-cheek performance?

Was that what she's trying to tell us?

Novice Fiesta 2008-08-31

Yossi and Rika did separate commentaries. Fans noticed Yossi drawing on some sheets (player's info?) and when Rika took over, she was heard saying "Is this me? It sure doesn't look like (me)."

美女カラＴＡＬＫ

Karaoke Talk

[Gaki no ue no PONYO] and TM NETWORK's [GET WILD] are songs she'll definitely sing. And if she was singing to a guy she likes, it would be EXILE's [LOVERS AGAIN] or KOME KOME CLUB's [Aishiteru].

Keyword: [GET WILD] , [LOVERS AGAIN] , [Aishiteru]

Repercussion

Looks like there's a big screen showing the PV at yesterday's Gatas event.
No wonder there are reports that Yossi was looking shy and fidgeting.
BTW, GJ to the person, who captured this, when we know how fast this scene just fleet past.

吉澤ひとみ！！ 危ないよ！！

危ない
危ない！
危ない！！
よっすぃ

ＹＯＵ’ＲＥ　ＧＥＴＴＩＮＧ ＦＡＴ ＡＧＡＩＮ！！

Crazy schedule Odaiba 2008-08-29

Yuko said she had dinner with Kei, Yaguchi, Rika and Nono on the 27th of this month. Ever wonder why someone is missing? Because that someone had an event that night (Wa-on live on stage), and next day (28th) in Osaka for Wa-on concert, and today (29th) in Odaiba. A hectic schedule. It is no wonder that Yossi's name wasn't in the list of players scheduled to appear in today's GATAS event, but Yossi did turn up for the match, which began at 10:30am and ended just minutes ago at 13:30, and managed to score quite a few goals; Rika scored one too. However, it is not sure if she'll remain for the fan activity event that starts at 15:00.


Edit :
(Picture taken at today's event.)


Rika talked about the new PV and said it was up to them to do whatever they liked for the off-shot scenes. So, did someone just decide to smooch someone?

On the 31st, Rika Yossi and Mai will have another futsal related event in Sapporo.

my thoughts...

Talk about the kiss is so rife now but I'm more interested in the rationale behind putting that scene in the pv. For me, it just kills the fandom, though I foresee a lot more jumping into the bandwagon. The ratio's like 10:1. Guess who's the winner in the end?

I like 1444 because I like subtle things and because I love linking the dots. Having an analytical mind, I always go beyond what's superficial when I look at things. An instinct which comes naturally. And that's why I like 1444, they are never (like Sei had said) 'in-your-face'.

But now... (sighz)

Nobody I know have been in this fandom longer than I do. I'm not being boastful here. How many of you here actually downloaded the first episode of hello morning from a japanese website instead of from winmx or nowaday, a tracker? Yes, back in those days, mpgs are uploaded to website that changes url as fast as you can click on the refresh page icon. And you need to use complicating japanese softwares to join up the split files. That's how long I've been in this fandom. And it wasn't really 1444 in the beginning...

Yoshigama was the more popular belief - because both girls were in pucchimoni and because both girls were often paired together in mo-tai, muSix and h!m, though 1444 did show some initial signs in aisaga's making of 'I Wish' and in 'Hesos' and slowly catching on during mr.moonlight days. Then a tabloid came out and killed everything and it had been yoshigoma until Ma_ki's graduation from MM.

Even after that 1444 are never close again, much to my disappointment. There were even times I wondered if they had each gone their separate ways. My worries were uncalled for for there came their bickering period where they were always at loggerheads and pissing each other off. The scene where Yossi came from behind to hug a crying Rika when she thought filming had stopped left a big impact in me. And I realize they were still 'friends' which made me love them more, than when they were back then, being publicly lovey-dovey. But...

when that and a sneak massage footage were released later... they clammed up again. Totally cooled off and nobody ever mentioned 1444 again for a long long time. During this lull period (end 2003-2005), another pairing was born, that till this day still garners a large following. And I believed it was also during this period that Yossi had gotten close to Mai-chin and Ayaka. However when Rika graduates, we see them interacting again during the concerts and people were reminded once again why they were the classic couple back in MM golden days.

So when Rika left MM in 2005, I thought... 'That's it isn't it? That's the end since they'll be seeing less of each other now that they are not working together?'. I was quite sure that would be the end of them when Rika popped up and took over the hosting job for h!m. I was elated. And I wondered if the management knew that fans just wanted to see them being around each other. So, for every episode, I found myself watching closely to see if there's any interaction between them. And I realized they seemed to loosen up and miggle more than before. What a blessing in disguise Rika's graduation turns out to be. And randomly, I'll see Yossi saying things like "that girl is like that..." or Rika shouting "Yossi" when the latter's up to her silly antics or Yossi always looking in Rika's direction during those sekai world games. You could almost see that they are more connected to each other than they are to the rest in the studio. I guess being together in Gatas, with its many practises and public events does help in a way or another. That was around 2006 when Yossi was still closer to Mai-chin and Ayaka.

Year 2007, we saw 1444 really blossomed again. So many netas to show they've gotten closer, beginning with wonderheart concerts in the beginning of the year where Rika had fallen sick but still insisted on performing and fans caught someone watching from behind the curtains. For that same concert, we see footages of them frolicking backstage while Rika, in a bunny suit, was waiting for her turn next to perform and you wonder what was Yossi doing there with Rika when she was supposed to be with the rest of the MM members. Months later, during Sexy 8 Beat concert tour, Yossi mentioned she received an email from Rika that morning wishing her success for the first show and she did the 'ice-cream & pudding' poking pose when asked during an MC to do a sexy pose. See all the Yossi-Rika link? Because Rika also mentioned about Yossi during a MC for her v-u-den concert. And when Yossi took over Nono's role in a musical, I wondered why both of them just seemed so fated to be together in whatever they do. There were fans' sightings of them turning up to watch each other's performance. To keep up the hype and push it to greater heights, their fun-filled and rabu-rabu performance (Cherry) on utadoki brought smiles and endless nights of sweet dreams to every 1444 lovers. Kemeko's announcement on Midtown that she spent a rabu-rabu christmas party at home with Yossi and Rika brought this good year to an end.

Year 2008 arrived furiously with more gatherings and parties and staying over, and this time at Rika's place. And very very unexpectedly, to the joy of 1444 worshippers, Yossi just blurted out 'ISHIYOSHI COMBI' on Midtown which is such a winner because we wonder why she knows a term only used by wotas? Has she been checking out wotas forums too? It shows she knows fans like to link her and Rika together and judging from their frequent private get together, she doesn't mind the rumors at all. Then there's Gatas fanclub tour to Hawaii with sightings of them shopping together. Interaction at Gatas public practises and matches (Rika's infamous own goal). Dinner shows. Having similar hobbies... liking pink, futsal, aromatic candles, overseas dramas... So many instances of them being more involved in each other's life more than work requires.

That makes me wonders if there was something...
something beyond the threshold of friendship...
subliminally...

but the fake kiss footage... THAT FAKE KISS...

It just kills everything.

UFA, thanks for everything ya~

Odaiba 2008-08-06 (doh-up)

Their seating positions during first break



Their seating positions during second break


Notice how they are always together, at a cosy corner, away from activities.

I wanna Kiss~

This scene should be in Do It! Now PV, where Rika sings "BUT 'KISSがしたい' が人間の本能"

100円玉に愛を込めて 2008-08-27

After watching the show where Rika had gone to Nepal, I have only one thought: whoever has Rika as girlfriend or wife must be really fortunate.

I mean she is such a kind and caring person. She ain't faking it when she shows no qualms in carrying a child from a village where almost all kids are suffering from scabies - a contagious skin disease - or when she is drinking muddy water that had gone through only a simple filtration process. Not everyone can do that. I definitely can't, not without getting freaked out.





And when the village girl said she is happy when Rika asked her if she thought her life was hard, Rika was clearly shocked and moved nearly to tears. The girl's simple take on life - where happiness can be as simple as just having your family with you, has gotten Rika so ashamed that she said the girl had taught her something instead.

For people who never like Rika, I hope they will change their opinion of her after watching the show.

Come together~

Screen caps from Come Together PV

temporary file

A hundred, thousand, million thanks to the person who recorded this.

Ishiyoshi The Peace @Mitsubishi
http://www.sendspace.com/file/uoi68l

my thoughts...

Judging from the photo, there seems to be a relatively huge turnout in Mitsubishi Summer Festival. A look across, there's definitely more people than what a 2,000 auditorium can hold - you know the capacity that often turns out for those small scale helloporo concert tours. And the fact that I know most of the crowd who watched this aren't h!p wotas makes me happy. The event helps them to be exposed to people who has never heard of them, and I'm very glad that the girls sang a repertoire of better songs from MM. The Peace, I Wish, DIN and Love Machine. That makes me wonder if up_front are admitting that MM's old songs are better than new ones.

Anyway, Yossi and Rika sounded great singing live, especially DIN. Very stable vocals. That kinda surprised me that they were actually singing live because I know that h!p girls always lip-synch for their concerts. I always believe that to be called a singer, one must be able to sing live and sound good at the same time, and obviously Yossi, Rika and Miki CAN sing live. Last time, MM always sing live for their concerts, and I really missed those times. but they stopped doing so when 6th and 7th and 8th gen joined. What an irony! Because the move shows their management don't even believe that girls they recruited are of singer calibre. It might be little things like that that has brought the downfall of MM; girls who can't sing and dance in a group that once represented Japan's pride.

Nippon no mirai wa~ Sekai ga urayamu~

No more of that now. Mention MM in Japan and most people will snigger and look at you as if you are a low-class, tasteless and disgusting wota. (WHEN WE ARE NOT!!) ^^

Mitsubishi Summer Festival '息ピッタリの二人'.

Someone (kamisama~) had uploaded Ishiyoshi's 'The Peace'.

When Rika's doing her line, Yossi did go around her but only walked around, no disturbing (unlike some fans reports said), which was kind of disappointing because I thought she was poking at Rika or something like that. As both of them continued with the song, they were doing their own stuff, singing and waving at the crowd...

道行く人が　親切だった (michiyuku hito ga shinsetsu datta) (lyrics from the song)
うれしい出来事が (ureshii dekikoto ga)
増えました (fuemashita~)

But when they reached the line 愛しい人が~ (itoshii hito ga~) (to the person you love)

They turned to look at each other.


And I dropped dead. _O/\__
It's so sudden. They just turned to look at each other.

You see, they don't really look at each other when they are singing, only once or twice in the beginning of the song. But, even then, I have to say that they have shown great understanding because whenever Rika or Yossi had turned to look, somehow the other would know and look back, though for the rest of the song, they only looked at the crowd until they reached that part... hehe~

Others may argue that it's just a coincidence, but for an ishiyoshi wota, that look is just beautiful.

my thoughts...

Just when people are lamenting Haromoni@ is coming to an end,
my thoughts are 'phew~ one less tv show to download now. ^^ '

Strictly speaking the last episode should be on the 14th or 21st of September since there will be recaps of famous scenes for the last and second last episodes... as if we needed that ^^

I am hoping there will be a replacement tv show involving H!P.

Yaguchi~ Ogawa~ Yuuko~ Kei~ Yossi~ Rika~
Just these six names look good enough.

Give us the old girls please~

My Girl

Reporter: Who's the girl on your left?

Yossi: Oh, she's my girl.

*Reporter badly shocked*

Yossi (*obliviously*): Isn't she just cute?

Reporter: Ahem... ya (*looking awkward & thinking on how to avoid sensitive topic*) What about the other girl on your left?

Yossi: She??? (*rolls eyes*) She's my buddy, and someone who really thinks she's cuter than my girl.

Mitsubishi Festival Fan Video Rec

A very big thank you to the fan who recorded and uploaded this for people who can't be there to see it. Recording is strictly prohibited. From the second vid, you can hear someone, probably the security guard, shouting at the crowd and the screen going black... leaving only the audio.

Rika's assist, Yossi's GOAL~

Mitsubishi Festival 2008-08-23

Song list

1. 遠い恋人　藤本
2. 置き手紙　藤本
3. ザ☆ピ～ス!　石川、吉澤 (The Peace) (Rika did the dialogue, Yossi went around her disturbing)
4. I WISH　吉澤
5. 思い出は彼方　石川
6. Do it! Now　石川、吉澤
7. LOVEマシーン　石川、藤本、吉澤


I think Yossi has put on weight...

ハマっているコト～

We all know Yossi likes to watch American dramas...now it seems Rika likes them too.

2008-08-17 SDS / 2008-08-18 MKB's event

Not much was said about the dinner show on 17th. An exception was when Mai-chin won the janken to do that line, Rika cut in and stole Mai's line while Yossi stepped forward to complete the rest. (Trust them to do that~)


*Ongaku Gatas were guest at MKB's event yesterday.
*Yossi found that her wisdom tooth had come out and Rika suggested to have it extracted immediately, saying that's what she did to hers when it came out.
*Nowadays, Rika begins her day by checking the tv schedule for Olympics coverage. Yossi complained that even while at backstage just now, Rika was watching the games on her cell phone.
*Yossi teased a certain Hanshin fan about OG's constant link with the colours orange and black, saying how the colours were so 'Giants', and she wondered how that fan felt? The fan (Rika) said it's ok to wear orange as long as she knows that is the colour that belongs to Ongaku Gatas.
*When Notchi was going on and on about some anime, Yossi looked over at Rika and seemed to ask if she understood and Rika lip-synched back 'I don't'.
*During a game when the girls were supposed to kick a ball through a hola-hoop, Rika missed and hit the crowd instead. Rika quickly apologised but Yossi just commented that Rika was such a bad person. Yossi only criticised Rika albeit some other girls had missed their target too.
*Yossi singing 'PONYO PONYO PONYO sakana no ko~ aoi umi kara yatte kita~ PONYO PONYO PONYO sakana no ko~ manmaru onaka no onna no ko~" (For those who heard last week's gatten gatas, they should be familiar with this melody and how Rika just keeps singing it.) BTW, this song is very popular in Japan now. It is the theme song of anime movie 'Gake no ue no PONYO', and Yossi is very into it at the moment. She said the movie made her cry (source: SDS MC).
*They sang their new single 'Come Together' with either Rika or Konkon taking over Mai's lines.

(The above are from fans' reports who attended the event. Many thanks to them. m(_ _)m
There might be a little deviation due to my limited understanding of the Japanese language.)

2008-08-16 Summer Dinner Show

Hearsay. Believe at your own expense.

* Someone called herself Tinkerbell and the other Peter Pan.
* Rika lost the janken in both the afternoon and night shows (much to Yossi's delight) and didn't get to do the 'dialogue' thinggie from The Peace. Satoda did the dialogue for the afternoon show while Yossi got to do it for the night show.

* When Yossi was doing the dialogue for 'The Peace', Rika was happily poking and doing her 'hip attack' on Yossi.
* Rika kept talking about the Olympics, and had spent all her free time watching it. During Kitajima's winning swim, Ongaku Gatas were at work and they watched the competition live on TV. Yossi wasn't really interested and only started watching after she heard her girls cheering loudly.
* Yossi said that if she had free time during the next Olympics, she would want to go watch the games live. Rika said she's tagging along.
* Something about Rika going to the next olympics and asking Yossi to capture her on digital camera, then Yossi asked 'does that mean I have to go too?' for which Rika said 'Yes." (I am not very sure about this.)
* Taking a break from their PV shooting (new single), Yossi, Rika, Mai and Konkon went out together for lunch. Around that time, Yossi and Rika each received an email from Ayaka telling them that she had changed her phone number (something like that). Maichin was shocked to learn that Ayaka hadn't her of the change, despite them being buddies, and texted the lady to ask why. However, Ayaka became angry first and questioned Maichin why the latter hadn't informed her that they (Yossi, Rika and Mai) were meeting for work that day.
* Rika's father never attended any concert by her daughter, but he turned up to watch v-u-den's last concert. When he saw Maichin, Yossi and Aichan backstage, he kept saying that they were 'Kawaii'. In short, the girls think that Rika's father is a very nice man.
* For their solo rendition, Maichin sang 'Koi~ing', Yossi sang 'Boyfriend' and Rika sang 'Furusato'.

Rika KAWAII~~ ~~ ~~

Let's do a little recap

From Gfm

（０＾～＾）＜「あたし明日ねお仕事で阪神対巨人戦行くんだよ」て言ったら

（　＾▽＾）＜ただの付き人でいいから連れてって

（０＾～＾）＜って言われました
Yossi: " When I said 'I'll be at the game between Giants and Hanshin for work tomorrow', Rika said 'If it's alright to bring another person along, I wanna come.' "

DJ＜(よっすぃに)今日は楽しいですか？
DJ : (to Yossi) Is it fun today?
（０＾～＾）＜はい楽しいですねー
Yossi: Yes, it's fun.
DJ＜今日は帰ったら梨華ちゃんに報告ですね
DJ: So when you get back, you're gonna report to Rika right?
（０＾～＾）＜梨華ちゃんは悔しがってると思います
Yossi: Most probably she'll feel disappointed.



And before that (↑), Ayaka had said in her radio show...

アヤカ＜２日連続梨華ちゃんの家だったですけれども
　　　　　１日目は３人だったんですよねよっすぃ～と梨華ちゃんと私で
I went to Rika's place for two straight days. On the first day it's just Yossi, Rika and me.
　　　　　よっちゃんはそのまんま梨華ちゃん家に泊まりまして
Yossi stayed over that night.
　　　　　私はワンちゃんも連れてっていたので自分の１回家に帰ったんですけれども
And I couldn't stay because I brought my pet dog along and had to go home.
　　　　　よっちゃんも１回ね梨華ちゃん家は出てるんですけれども
　　　　　あのもう荷物を置いてったのでほんと戻ってくる前提で出掛けてたわけなんですけれども
Although Yossi did leave Rika's place once during her stay, she would just leave her stuffs behind like she's coming back again.


That leaves me thinking....
Are they part-cohabiting now?

gfm 2008-08-12 Sightings!

(credit: endhyper.jugem.jp)

A fan who attended the baseball match on the 12th managed to take some snap shots of Yossi leaving the gate. Quite a big entourage imo. It seems her manager was holding her bag for her in the first pic.

gfm 2008-08-12

Yossi was a guest for the match between Giants and Hanshin tigers.

When a question asked if any girls from MM are into baseball, Yossi said: 'I was with Ishikawa Rika chan yesterday...'

DJ: 'Buddies?'

Yossi: 'Hai, she's previously from MM and a big fan of Hanshin tigers. I told her I'll be at the match between Giants and Hanshin Tigers tomorrow for work, then she kept pestering if I could bring another person along. She badly wanted to come, and it looked to me she was really coming."

And during the closing segment, when the DJ asked Yossi if she'd report to Rika about the match result once she got back, Yossi said Rika would, no doubt, be disappointed.

***

I don't know about you people, but Yossi's talk on Rika totally blow my mind away. Besides being together (officially/GATAS) on 9th and 10th, it means they were together on 11th too. And kudos to the DJ for asking that last question at the end. What does he really mean when he said "When you get back..."?

Odaiba 6th 9th 10th August 2008

Ishiyoshi fans report:

(6thAug) No much interaction among them as the members were divided into two teams and they had played in different teams. However, one particular fan noted Yossi using a towel Rika just used.

(9th and 10th) Fans noticed the girls back to before, chatting and staying together. Sometimes, Rika would whisper into Yossi's ears.

***

Pertaining to that, Dohup just upped some odaiba clips from last year. After watching, I noticed Yossi looking glum throughout the whole event. In fact, black-faced is a more appropiate word. Was she tired? Maybe... but she suddenly hyped up during her speech and mentioned how a particular someone, who was fourth in queue, was obviously 'scorched' in today's event. Her comment was out of the blue and irrelevant, nevertheless, it brought a smile to my face. It proves once again that Yossi likes to talk about Rika.

The show stealer was, of course, the scissor, paper, stone match between Rika and Miki. It started off with Sengoku asking Rika to do sexy janken poses, something that Rika "graciously" stepped forward to demostrate; it was also because Sengoku was too shy to do it. Eventually, it transpired into a square-off between Rika and Miki.

Gatten Gatas 2008-08-11

This episode features Mai-chin, Rika and Koretty, but no Yossi. buu~ buu~ Shouldn't they have one episode with Ishiyoshi and Mai-chin?

As usual, there is no quiet moment in this episode because Mai-chin and Rika are just so talkative. Even Koretty has opened up. My fav. is 'Katte ni Melody' in which a few netas had involved Rika, again. I especially like the one that goes 'I-shi-ka-wa ... O-chi-tsu-ke...', which means "Ishikawa, be quiet/calm". The girls must have liked it too because they are laughing out very loudly. They later chose it as the winning entry. As we all know how noisy Rika can be when she is in hyper-mode, this line will surely come in handy. Later, Mai-chin said that Yossi would like today's entries too if she was here, especially the one on Konkon.

When having celebrities are good for business

Someone who watched Wao~n went to the shop to take these pictures.

I bet the shop's business improved briefly.

The day a cup was won...

Finally they won...
(blame the weak opponents)



but it's where their hands are that gets my attention more ^^