Yeah I came across that video as well, it's the MC at her debut. The guy who uploaded the video seems to be a Mikurin fan, he uploaded a number of other video's about her too. I found some more of those 'extra profile questions' for every girl and translated them. Here are Miku's: What do you like to do during vacations: I like to talk with my good friends. It gets lonely when I can't chat with them and it's just fun to do. How do you like to spend your spare time: Spend time with my mom, family and my dogs. What do you do before you go to sleep: I say thanks for the past day. I've been doing this since fifth grade and I'd like to continue doing it in the future too. Your wintertime memories: The time when I got 2 pet dogs from Santa on Christmas Eve. I named one "Chris" and the other one "Eve". Your favorite word: Happiness, because I've recieved a lot of happiness from many people. I would like to make an effort every single day to give people a lot of happiness in return. She seems like a really good girl and the image of her saying thanks for the day before she goes to bed is pretty cute.
so at the Kumamoto performance, Miku actually got to do the solo performance of Mayuyu's Synchro Tokimeki, probably because she's from Kumamoto herself. apparently, it was well received by fans as well. here's her commentary on it: (http://natalie.mu/music/news/107638) - not bad considering the relatively little time since 3rd generation debut. being able to appear solo on a stage with this little experience is quite impressive.
Oh thanks for the info @Sayanara231 ! I couldn't tell what song that stage costume belongs to. Now I know why since I don't follow Mayu's actitivies. So great to see her getting a solo performance and even a very idol-like song. [party] Although she's HKT's youngest member I feel like she's more outgoing, self-confident than e.g. Nako. That song should turn out well with Mikurin. Does anybody know if this tour is planned to be released on Bluray? [angel] HKT senpai's who caught Mikurin for pics. ^^ I love those pics, Mikurin so cool in the middle of everyone capturing your attention.
There's this page on AKB Taimzu, it's titled HKTに田中美久というAKBGの至宝が誕生した件 The birth of HKT's Tanaka Miku named the 48Group's most valuable asset http://akb48taimuzu.livedoor.biz/archives/36382272.html So I know it's probably an extract from 2ch, but with this I'm willing to bet on NakoMiku simultaneous push, they're definitely the next IT pair. Plus from what Disco posted in the general thread MikuNako got 12 slots already for the next HS. When you think about it, besides centering Wink, Nako kinda of died down, and Miku she hardly got that much of a significant spotlight, they're doing well on their own, with a proper push and so much acceptance, imagine where they could be. The reaction from Japanese fans are really good, some people wrote "this girl is the ace HKT wished for" and "NakoMiku are the 48G's future". I guess they were really pleased with her perf and the word spread around. I really wish we could see it soon.
I think Miku could turn into hkt's most valuable asset too. Based on the few things I've seen of her so far, she has more potential than the other girls (Sakura close behind she's improving a lot).
Judging only the few LODs in which I saw both the girls I have to say that Miku has given a stronger impression than Nako. Nako beyond be cute and tiny has shown very little, she seemed shy and scared more than anything else, while Miku also seems quite comfortable in the MC part, obviously quite "stiff" yet but at least not so scared and more ready to enjoy herself and interact with the other girls and the crowd. Well it would be VERY interesting to watch this duo from now on!
Wasn't gonna take long until it's Miku's turn for a solo shoot in UTB+'s Sasshi UTB From the latest AKB48 SHOW episode, the footage with NakoMiku interviewing their senpais in Kohaku is finally shown. Here's their cut [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPIeXcrLI_M[/yt]
Thanks SnipaKill ! :] She is really cute and she reminds me of Akiyoshi Yuka when she speaks. One of my oshimen. :3 Rofl Mayuyu in the video. x)
A NakoMiku photo posted by Sasshi on twitter... https://twitter.com/345__chan/status/439236671070953473
So Mikurin is team H now, if somebody didn't know yet lol. She has grown into one of the most interesting 3rd gens, as she seems very laid-back & clever for her age, making her good at talking and MC. Something I'd recommend everyone to watch: [yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2GWbNMQBkM[/yt] It's a little funny quiz segment with an active Miku and Nako! Most questions are pretty straightforward so you can enjoy it even if your Japanese is a bit shoddy. Something else I'd recommend people to look at is my translations of some of her handshake reports from last weekend. As usual Japanese fans go to the handshake meeting and report their little conversation. I have collected what I could find and translated them. It has some interesting ones, funny ones, awkward one and a bit sad one: [田中美久] Tanaka Miku Handshake Reports – 15.03.2014 She seems very nice to go shake hands with! Certainly not just a cute girl that stands around and just nods. I'll do more of these in the future!
wTanaka fooling around ^^ Some recent HKT translations featuring Mikurin cr.: http://xxxakaskorpion.tumblr.com/ cr.: http://sayanara231.tumblr.com/ cr.: http://xxxakaskorpion.tumblr.com/ It's nice to the her getting closer with some senpai members
Mikurin was featured in her first official CM, something for a local newspaper of her home prefecture Kumamoto. if the video does not show watch the video here I made some gifs of it Spoiler I haven't seen the featured mascot before, it is just a local one of a popular one like Funasshi?
Mio is kinda more popular than Meru although the first election wasn't such a great indicator, but since then she's been winning on every level, Sakura is more popular than Haruppi in the pair. It just seems that the 2nd girl always overcomes the first. I hope they bomb push her and Nako before the election so we can say that we really have 6 HKT members ranking.
that is something absolutely possible. I don't recall one HKT member having a solo CM. That is a first, and you know how a career can steamroll when a certain member get the right opportunity (Sasshi??)
