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.

人間はＨじゃないですか？

After her 'Penisunia' talk, Yossi created a storm again in one variety show yesterday. A group of uncles had to vote on who looked the most 'H' (hentai/perverted) among the guests and no one voted for Yossi. When someone asked Yossi if she were hentai at all, Yossi simply said "Aren't people hentai?"

Okay! Enough harm (fun) done. Well, she is 23 now, so it's norm for her to have some experience in this field. But I think it is just tongue-in-cheek. IMO, girls who pretend to freak out when asked are the real hentai ones; they so become leopard-prints clad whip-carrying girl in chains when in bed.

Kainantou Resort Tabi 2008-06-15

I dunno what Rika told Yossi about live birds - be it chicken or duck or birds - but our poor girl is practically screaming at every dead chicken and duck she sees... yeah if you've seen this...


you'll understand what I'm talking about.






Btw, how I hope I was that masseur... I'll kill to touch Yossi (legs) hehe~

A few rubs and kneads later revealed Yossi having problems with her kidney and urinary tract. (Has that got to do with her drinking?)

Something else you people should know: there is one the part where Yossi went to the temple and got herself a 'lot'. It said that her marriage is near but the relationship will soon run into problems as one party will start cheating on the other. The person being Yossi. (Haha~)

And finally, Yossi~ that's not durian you'd tasted. It is jackfruit. Either the editing crew had made a mistake with the shots or the fruit vendor had cheated them.

I'll learn to do housework

Recently, Rika was asked this question in a tv show... I thought the answer would be 'A', since Ayaka, Yossi, Mai and even herself have been talking about it, and I'm sure, too, that many out there think the same as me.

However, the answer turned out to be 'B'.

How could it be, right? Rika often said that her family (mother?) did her washing for her. Now I wonder why the change. What makes her suddenly want to do the washing herself?

There is one possible scenario:

Maybe,

there is suddenly a big pile of clothes to wash?

ermm..

like extra clothings?

and bed sheets?

and towels?

You know, with all the partying and staying over...

Or maybe she feels it is about time to train to be a good housewife.

Now, that should also explain her sudden interest in cooking. ^^

PENISunia~

Yossi became the butt of all jokes with her answer 'PENISunia'

However, wotas are happy for a different reason.

They compared it with Mari's reaction and deduced that perhaps Yossi had no idea what she had said. She looks someone who apparently has no experience in this field... LOL~

Yossi~ KAWAII !!!!

Yossi knows those two can't get along

(from Hello! Days Vol.12)

Question: Which two animals (you think) cannot get along?

Maichin: Ne-san, what did you write?

Yossi: inu (dog) and saru (monkey)

Maichin: WAAAAHH~

Yossi: I wrote down Rika-chan and Miki though...

Crowd: WAAAAAHH~~

Yossi: These two persons came straight into my mind when I first read the question, so I just try to tag an animal to each of them...

Maybe those two really can't get along (as if we don't already know). But it's quite obvious whose side Yossi is on. ^^

Ishiyoshi @Midtown

This show is no doubt another Ishiyoshi classic.


Firstly, I think Yossi had a hangover. I had this gut feeling when I saw her puffy eyes, and after remembering what her co-star from a musical had said about her. In the co-star's blog, he wrote 'omake ni' and revealed that Yossi loves to drink. I later found out he like to blog about h!p members, like Ayaka and Maeda Yuki. And this guy has a damn loose mouth; he says Yossi is boyish, remote (because she seldom talks to him?), funny (yes, we all know that too), and was late once for rehearsal because she had a drop too much the night before(?) I think the guy is only an attention-seeker.


Now my favorite moments in the show...


1. Yossi calling Rika's entrance KISHOI (disgusting) then Rika telling Yossi not to use that word since they're now 'live' on TV.


2. Yossi 'pretending' to be shy after Rika had cajoled the guy host to call Yossi by 'Hitomi'.


3. Yossi emptying the box at the cameraman...


4. thus earning a smack from Rika. (classic~)


5. Rika turning all serious when she says she's already 23.


6. Rika's assured look at Yossi whenever the latter appeared as if her talk was heading nowhere.


7. Yossi's (expected) reaction after Rika said she was the 'Cutie' icon of Ongaku Gatas.


8. After that, before moving on to the next topic, Yossi, perhaps feeling a little 'guilty' for just now, quickly turns to Rika and tells the latter 'hontou ni' (really, you're cute). (Yossi's true words.)


9. Both coincidentally drawing each other after they were asked 'Who's the scariest person in Ongaku Gatas'. Yossi even drew a usagi.
A little trivia, this is Yossi's drawing of Rika-chan back in 2004
Notice the change in her style?


10. Rika pouting at Yossi !!!! (I died)


11. Rika being uber excited.


12. Yossi secretly glancing at Rika, and realizing later that she might have been caught on TV.

Utadoki (date forgotten)

Whenever Yossi reaches the 'sentimental' parts in the lyric, she'll look to her left...

I wonder...then my heart flutters~

Haha~

(Yossi doesn't look to her left that often. And when she does, her look isn't a wide glance but pinpointed to one spot. I'll know the answer next week.)

音リコ 2007-12-28

音リコ 2007.12.28 (O.A)

Any idea why Rika slapped the guy when he asked if the girls would still go to 岩盤浴　(stone sauna), and why Erika was shaking her hand, like telling 'please don't bring this up'?

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Hint keyword: FRIDAY; stone sauna; scandal.

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anyway, nice shot~

Million Family 2007-10-23

The best show of Yossi for this month. Generally speaking, this is a nice and entertaining variety show, I would have enjoyed it even without Yossi (^_^)

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1. Princess Yossi makes her entrance~The sexy dress and tiara is all but a nice decoy. You'll soon know why.Haha.
2. She says she's good with playing hide and seek. A game she's seriously involved in when young. And her intuition tells her the kitchen looks the most suspicious. So that's where she's going to check out first.


3. It's the first time she gets to handle so much cash. 1 million yen~ woo~
4. After the initial shock from the falling cups, she isn't going to fall for the same trick and opens the second cupboard with much aplomb~ Cool and boyish Yossi eh? You haven't seen nothing yet. (>_<) .

5.Boyish mode activated, she goes on a rampage and bursts the ballons with her BARE hands. I'll say that takes guts. Real guts. Any idea how it'll hurt to have the rubber flying and slapping your face at full speed? She's the second lady/girl I've seen who dares to burst balloons like that. The first person is, of course, me XD
6. A little tunneling work. (Well... I wasn't sure I'm glad or disappointed that Yossi's not wearing a shorter dress here.) And what you think she'll do to this stupid tunnel she's forced to crawl through?....


7. Anger gets the better of her naturally and with her full-destruct mode activated, she tears down the silly fortress.
Followed with one hard kick which sends the last standing cupboard flying into the hallway. Haha. From here, she's bestowed with a new title. Princess of Destruction~

8. When time is running out, Yossi switches back on her instinct mode and heads back to the kitchen area, the most fishy-looking place in the whole house. She's damn right. The immovable foil and cling wrap boxes finally give the game away.
Poor boy~ 2mins and 27 seconds left...
All I can say is luck's not on the family's side. I was kinda hoping Yossi won't find the boy in time. The money they are to win is for a good cause, to buy a piano for the little girl. Too bad...

10th anniversary concert

The 10th anniversary concert has to be the most uninteresting H!P concert I’ve ever seen.

Even Yossi’s presence in this concert barely do enough to sustain my interest in the parts she appeared in, like Ongaku Gatas, Baby Koi ni knockout, Dance and Chance and the encore song. I either skip or skim through all other performances, though I sit painfully through Kanashimi Twilight, curious to know who gets to sing Yossi’s lines. I am surprised that it is shared by Reina and Takahashi and I will say they did NOT bad.

There is another thing I want to single out though. It is the way Yossi catwalks on stage during the opening for 'Dance and Chance'. She looks so very cute and I find the sight highly amusing. Do you people also notice the way she swings her arm - a la supermodel? So~~ feminine and so~~ unlike her. She intends to be sexy, I find her uber funny instead. I am not saying Yossi isn't sexy. She IS~ In fact, she just have to pout those thin sexy lips of hers to get me in hysterical mode.

There’s also a little 1444 moment during Ongaku Gatas's MC. Although it had looked scripted, it was better than nothing. During the MC, Yossi had said that the best part of being in Ongaku Gatas was because … She walked towards Rika and when everybody thought she meant Rika she walked past Rika and placed her arm around Konkon instead and said 'Because Konkon’s in it. Funny no doubt, but Rika with her expression behind them convinced me the neta was planned. She had a really exaggerated ‘look up and down’ glare at Yossi which kinda gave the game away. Well, I can only say it is so Rika - being professional and showing it. Not natural at all. Rika is most natural when she gets genuinely pissed, an act I think Yossi has a gift for. Then we shall all see 1444 at its best. Haha~

Now I hope for some backstage scenes…

Midtown 2007-09-12

My attempts to make caps failed miserably. Blame the file format and my pathetic lack of IT skills. Well, it's more of the latter (haha). Still, I have to do a review on it; too much goodness to share.

Note: I'll skip parts which I find uninteresting.


The show starts off with some survey.

- The girls are asked what other special talent they have. Konkon says she owns a brown belt in Karate while Korenaga is good with the soccer ball. She can do ball lifting continously and her highest record is 340 times.

- Although the Gatas members have asked Korenaga to call them by their nicks, Korenaga still finds it hard; it makes her nervous. She tried to by practising calling their nicks in the privacy of her room, it has been four years since and she still can't overcome the barrier. She thinks Yossi and Satoda are very much her senior and thus finds it rude to call them by their nickname.

- Konkon admires Yossi and Rika for their 'challenge spirit' (fighting spirit?), praising Rika especially who is always in 'high-tension' during matches, practise games or meeting-the-fans sessions. And Rika and Yossi often appear fearless. Mari agrees with Konkon, then asks Yossi if she is afraid of anything? Yossi says of course there is like being on a live recorded show, example the one they are on right now. But Mari starts to laugh her ass off.

- Next they play a game which involves passing a waiting-to-explode toy soccer ball around and answering questions at the same time. The person who still holds the ball when it 'explodes' will get a punishment. Frankly speaking, it's a silly game. I don't mind if the girls were playing among themselves but why had they included an obscene-looking guy? And it is the guy who really gets on my nerves. Who wants to see him acting 'scared' when he is holding the ball? Not to mention he looks big, 'dirty'-looking, oily and smelly (not that I could smell it from tv) alongside five cute girls...

Anyway, Konkon gets the first punishment and she has to do a funny face. She does it, not funnily - expected though. Then she turns shy and runs into Yossi's arms (now I find her cute for that). Mari tells everybody she thinks Yossi could do better. Then comes the funny part when Yossi, despite dismissing Mari's praise, steps forward and asks the cameraman if he's ready (to film her). Such a good sport.

The new Gatas member, Notchi, gets the second punishment, and here is why I think most Japanese guys are sick and hentai. Perhaps knowing Notchi isn't as well-known and looks the type he can bully, the sicko guy asks Notchi to do a gesture that depicts sticking something longish into her throat and retching later. Get the picture? It is gross and catch Yossi's reaction here. You could see she knows what it implies and she has a disgusted look and even looks away when Notchi's doing it. Yes, it is offending (to girls)...

Then it is Mari's turn to get punished. Perhaps boasted by his previous success, the guy wants Mari to be on all fours and mimic something, like a reptile. It's dangerous because Mari risked getting exposed on screen, but well, she is game enough and does it. When she's done, she, too, runs up to hug Yossi. It is funny how girls in h!p always run for cover when they're embarassed.

- Finished with the game, another guest comes into the show. She is some kind of spiritual reader and she's here to talk about the girls and their luck with love. As she has done her observations before the results will now be revealed. She ranked the girls from 1 to 4. 3rd goes to Notchi, 2nd to Konkon, then she has everyone guessing who takes first spot, Yossi or Korenaga?

Surprisingly, the studio becomes relatively excited and everybody starts guessing. I think it has to do with the fact that Yossi's among the guessed. Anyway, the guy host asks Mari to make a guess and she is in a dilemma. It is difficult to choose since both Yossi and Korenaga are sporty girls type. So the guy comes up with a moot scenario and asks Yossi and Korenaga what they will do. He asks if they would sneak into their boyfriend's home to do clean-up? Yossi rebukes quickly saying she will never do such a thing and also because she thinks it's not right to sneak into ppl's home. So the host asks, what if it was your boyfriend who asked you to help clean up? Yossi answers matter-of-factly, I'll tell him 'you mess it up, you clean it yourself'. The whole studio cracks up. When everyone has stopped laughing, Korenaga says she is ok with the cleaning, and the guy host is quite impressed with the answer.

So, the result is revealed and Yossi ends up last in the ranking. She starts protesting. The clairvoyant goes on to display a flipboard of a drawn figure covered wholly in green aura with red aura around the head and shoulders. She explains it is what she sees in Yossi. Green aura represents 'thinking' and people with lots of green aura are rational and comprehensive thinkers. The guy host asks if that meant Yossi could easily tell if a guy was suitable? The clairvoyant nods her head. Yossi then says, It's good then, isn't it? Undaunted, the guy then asks the mystic lady when will Yossi meet her special one. The lady scrutinizes Yossi again and then shakes her head. She has no idea since Yossi's green aura is too strong. Since red aura represents 'career' and Yossi has some of it, she thinks Yossi may be too concentrated on her career now than to be thinking of love. Perhaps not wanting Yossi to feel bad, she later tells Yossi that her luck will improve if she changed her thinking. So Yossi starts acting cutesy and demure and the studio starts laughing again. The show ends.

I like this episode, especially the end segment which is the climax. I see how Yossi is not as bothered with her love life as other girls, in the show, do. It shows what the mystic said might have some truth. To me, Yossi shares a guy's mentality, one who knows a steady career is the foundation where love can strive on. Saying which she must be the rational type and rational people find it hard to fall in love. They think/worry too much and thus have reservations about committing themselves in a relationship. They can't love by trial and error. If they can't be sure, they rather be alone by themselves.

Making of Gatas PV

Making of Gatas PV... what can I say, the beginning of the clip already send flutters to the hearts of all ishiyoshi lovers. Just seeing the two of them walking in tandem into the studio and I have a strong hunch there's gonna be more to come...
The reward is almost immediate and I feel over the moon when I see this (above). Why? Because Yossi rested her arm on Rika's chair instead of Mai's. Haha~

My favorite is where the three 'elders' are goofing around during rehearsals. It's a tough fight between Rika and Yossi for whom I think is having the most fun. I feel this because I see a side of Rika I've never seen - her cheeky and fun side. Finally I understand why Yossi has said Rika is good company to have around.
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This is what they did...

Although Yossi looked lacklustre it was nothing compared to Rika's indifferent and (worse than) half-hearted attitude. I LOL'ed when Rika tried torpidly to lift her one ton leg. She didn't even want to look at the camera. So unlike her.

When she's hyped, she made sure her moves turn out 10 times more exaggerated, teasing and flirting non-stop at the camera. Yossi saw it and was laughing away.

Mai decided to have her fun too. And I have to admit sometimes Mai can be helluva funny.

And my favourite is when Rika did something totally ad-lib (even catching Yossi off-guard). And because she was out of position, she crashed with Konno.

This making of pv clip is so full of 1444 goodness it make me go nuts. Even a simple pic like the above makes me feel dokidoki.... I can't describe it. I just love it when I see Yossi and Rika being close together.

utadoki 2007-09-04

This is undisputedly the most 'unusual' performance of my dearest Yossi. No, I am not talking about her stunning beauty or that mini skirt which so accentuates her slim legs...

She's too woman and it's the girlish type I'm talking here.

Head tilting at sexy angles and lips pouting and eyes looking all so innocent.

. once in a while, you would even see her demure smile

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and forlorn look. But if you're thinking she's being all natural, you're quite wrong here.
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.II because it wasn't long before she would break into her cheeky smile.

We knew she just wasn't comfortable with it. That's our Yossi. ^_^

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She have dimples??

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Her nose is my favourite feature. Of perfect triangle. I could gaze at it for eternity. And if I ever got a chance to meet and chat with her, I'd sit at her side and just stare. She may find me rude, but I don't think my vision will ever leave it.