Reina's Back

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| Posted on Sunday, September 28, 2008

Reina's therapy session in which she had to ride a bicycle to measure her balancing ability with her new eye condition, recorded by Risa Niigaki, fellow Morning Musume member.


After more than a week in Tokyo Eye Specialist Hospital, Reina finally checked out last night. The operation on her right eye was unsuccessful to correct the position of the eye. In fact the operation made her eye condition worsen as the doctors failed to put the eye correctly in the socket.

The doctors apologized to Reina, her family and fans for the operation and will provide another operation to correct her eye but they will need time so that they will make a correct calculation to put the eye. Five scientists from the Large Hadron Collider Project were summoned to give correct calculation.

Reina was happy to see her family and fellow Morning Musume members after being a stuck for a week in a "boring hell" as she calls the place. She said that she will sue the doctors that operates her for unenclosed amount of Japanese Yen. "Maki Goto can reimplant her breasts 16,500 times with the amount of money" she claims.

Regarding the videos of her accident and her therapy session recorded by Risa Niigaki, she said that an idol is a normal human being and she has no power to prevent accidents.


Reina with Sayumi Michishige at a restaurant.

In the mean time, Reina hopes friends and fans will accept her as she is. Up-Front Agency in the meantime have decided to release a new photobook of Reina early next month with the current Reina's condition. Fans already claim that the photobook is an early experiment of Reina's popularity. If the sales are horrible, then UFA might graduate her from the group and the company itself.

Let us keep an eye on this situation.

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Reina's Accident Video, Strabismus Surgery.

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| Posted on Friday, September 19, 2008


The video of Reina's unfortunate accident, which leads to her eye surgery to correct her strabismus, taken by Risa Niigaki.

Tanaka Reina of Morning Musume haw been admitted to Tokyo Eye Specialist Hospital for a surgery to correct the position of her right eye. Reina decided to undergo the surgery after she had an accident while playing with fellow group member, Niigaki Risa.

In the incident, she was trying to run into the net of the goal post but with her strabismus condition, she hit the goal post instead. Being diagnosed after the the tragedy, there was no damage to the brain. But doctor advised her to go for the surgery to avoid future accidents.


Doctors from the eye specialist hospital were quite impressed with Reina for living for 18 years with the condition and managed to perform on stage without any problem.

Strabismus is a condition in which the eyes are not properly aligned with each other. It typically involves a lack of coordination between the extraocular muscles that prevents bringing the gaze of each eye to the same point in space and preventing proper binocular vision, which may adversely affect depth perception. Strabismus can be either a disorder of the brain coordinating the eyes or a disorder of one or more muscles, as in any process that causes a dysfunction of the usual direction and power of the muscle or muscles.


Reina Tanaka with her strabismus condition.



Normal Vision. (Red bar as the point of focus).


What Reina sees.

Reina's eyes have attracted thousands of Morning Musume fans and she hopes after the surgery, fans will still like her. "I hope they love me for my heart and talent, not my eyes.", said Reina.

The surgery will be supported by Up-Front Agency (UFA). UFA have been known for supporting some of Hello! Project artiste such as Sugaya Risako for dental surgery, Mitsui Aika's lingual bracers, Sudou Maasa weight loss program and Goto Maki's breast implant.

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Man Killed by Ogawa Makotos (sic)

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| Posted on Wednesday, September 17, 2008


Ogawa Makoto

A man believed to be in the middle of twenties was found dead by his 80 years old neighbor. He is believed to be dead for 127 hours before being found. The neighbor said she felt something wrong when she smell something bad from the house and heard that her neighbor did not turn off his television for days.

Police spokesman said they have arrested Ogawa Makoto for suspected murder. She pleaded not guilty but the chances that she will be freed from the prosecution is slim. She said that she was not even in Tokyo during the past one week. However the evidences were very clear that Ogawa Makoto killed the man. "It may not be her that killed the man but the connection was very strong", said the spokesman. Ogawa Makoto was a member of Morning Musume before she graduated from the group in 2006.

Fans were outraged by the accusation. They started to camp outside police stations all over Japan. They were not satisfied but they started to leave and some even cried when police released an official crime scene photo. One fan said he was shocked after seeing the picture and said only the gods can save Ogawa.

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Official crime scene photo released by police.

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Morning Musume is a Titanic

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| Posted on Saturday, September 13, 2008



One of the Malaysian opposition leader, Lim Kit Siang made a comment on Morning Musume status at the recent parliament meeting. Kit Siang, was a hardcore fan of Morning Musume until they started to "sink" as he defined. His remark was booed by the government MPs and they made a police report for trying to mess up with the unity of the citizens by making that statement. They demanded that Kit Siang to make a public apology to Up-Front Agency and Hello! Project, Morning Musume in particular.


"It's a Titanic that will sink", the statement that made the government MPs, most of them Morning Musume fans uneasy. One of them asked him to shut up and proceed with more important issues.

When asked about it, Kit Siang said it is an important issue since that is something that he have in common with other MPs. He is quite sad with the current releases from Morning Musume where they have lost their "golden touch". He admitted still listens to their older songs.

"I have stopped buying their singles and stuff since Ogawa graduated but I still collects Koharu and Aika stuff". When asked whether he downloads illegal material from the internet, he responded, "Hey, everyone does that!".

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AkiPhileas

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| Posted on Friday, September 05, 2008



Looks like Akimoto Yasushi, also known as Akipi within AKB48 continues to amaze his group's and his group's rival with his action.

Akimoto Yasushi, the producer of the legendary superidol group, the Onyanko Club and currently the producer of two superidol groups, AKB48 and SKE48. He is also the producer of many Japanese TV shows, author, songwriter, lyricist, better known as the jack of all trades in the Japanese entertainment scene.

After the creation of the first generation SKE48 in August which consisted of 23 members possibly will be called as Team S as AKB48 have Team A, Team K and Team B with 51 members all together and almost 90 members with the two groups combined including the Research Students from AKB48, Mr. Akimoto saw that he needs something very practical and useful for the groups. So he went to The Netherlands and brought back something very nice.


There you go. The Phileas Bus. The bus that can easily transports both groups together. Developed by Samenwerkingsverband Regio Eindhoven (SRE), Dutch for the Cooperation Foundation Eindhoven Region, along with some other companies, is an advanced guided bus. The driver will not have to steer the bus as it is controlled by computers, without the need of railway or overhead lines.

There are only a few of The Phileas were built and there are two versions, the 24 meters and 18 meters in length. By making this purchase, the company had to build another 24 meters model and it will be the first to be used outside The Netherlands. As seen in the video below, the newly built Phileas making its way out of the factory heading to the next stop, Japan.


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It Cost-a Rika

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| Posted on Wednesday, September 03, 2008


Ishikawa Rika

After Arihara Kanna from C-ute and Natsuyaki Miyabi from Berryz Koubou escaped from Up-Front Agency punishment for having boyfriend and their pictures leaked, another picture of a senior Hello! Project member was posted in the internet.

Picture of ex-Morning Musume 4th Generation member, Ishikawa Rika, smiling and posing on a futon (a type of mattress that makes up Japanese bed), believed was taken in the house of one of his male fan which she is said to have a relationship with. The picture of Ishikawa Rika who potrayed the cute, sexy and charming member of Morning Musume was quite unexpected, releasing mixed reactions from his fans.


A fan, Mr. Sukasuki stated that he is quite upset after seeing Rika having a relationship with a man, although he admitted he do not care if she is having a relationship with someone if it is beyond his knowledge. He was traumatized after seeing the picture but managed to recover after days trying to forget her and choosing another 4th generation member, Yoshizawa Hitomi as his number one favorite.

Mr. Sarraunmoto, another Rika's fan have a different view for the case. A relationship with a fan is something that is unusual for them. It will somehow make the fans to dream to be loved by their idol. He also stated that he is quite jealous, but somehow proud with Rika's boyfriend which was his fellow classmate. He added that he is also quite upset with the picture.

The identity of Rika's boyfriend is still unknown but according to Mr. Sarraunmoto, Rika visited her boyfriend's house frequently before the picture leaked. When asked the boyfriend what they did, he usually said they played Nintendo Wii, watch dvds or just having fun chatting.

The picture however proved that their relationship was something more than that. "Sleeping together in the same futon will always make someone thinks that they did something that make her fans hurt", Mr. Sarraunmoto added.


The leaked picture.

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