[GENERAL] The Sakamichi Series group thread

Which one is she?
I got my eyes on #6, first girl middle row on that pic

 

This girl right here looks like a combi of KBS and Momoko

 

They made an official page!
https://sakamichi-kenshusei.com/s/sk01/?ima=0000

Can someone translate the names?
Google doesn't help so much...

遠藤光莉
大園玲
大沼晶保
黒見明香
幸阪茉里乃
佐藤璃果
高橋未来虹
林瑠奈
増本綺良
松岡愛美
松尾美佑
森本茉莉
守屋麗奈
山口陽世
弓木奈於

 

Yeah I get that. Such a gentle aura.
Actually my focus is on the middle row, specially that first girl. And I get this strong image from the 4th one.

 

The girl you mentioned gives me the same vibes as Hinano. So I would label her Neru 3.0

 

Exactly. . .
Hinano and Neru are the ones I thought of. Honestly, I actually wish Hinano ended up with Nogi. But she's in good hands with Hinata so it's all good.

 

Another batch to the sakamichi group members..

1. 遠藤光莉 / Endo Hikari
2. 大園玲 / Ozono Rei
3. 大沼晶保 / Onuma Akiho
4. 黒見明香 / Kuromi Haruka
5. 幸阪茉里乃 / Kosaka Marino
6. 佐藤璃果 / Sato Rika
7. 高橋未来虹 / Takahashi Mikuni
8. 林瑠奈 / Hayashi Runa
9. 増本綺良 / Masumoto Kira
10. 松岡愛美 / Matsuoka Manami
11. 松尾美佑 / Matsuo Miyu
12. 森本茉莉 / Morimoto Marii
13. 守屋麗奈 / Moriya Rena
14. 山口陽世 / Yamaguchi Haruyo
15. 弓木奈於 / Yumiki Nao

 

After catching that new website, I have a theory about what could be going on...

This is the sakamichi bench. These girls couldn't be idle, then need to be idols. They'll train, but get some exposure for the future. Sony isn't going to mess with the current new generations of the sakamichi groups as fans just starting to get comfortable with them. These girls are the minor league/second division team. In the near future they'll "graduate" to one of the main groups.

It's just a theory... It's a new group!

 

Thank you so much!

 

Sakamichi draft?

 

It seems like they will start their activities under the name Sakamichi Kenkyuusei that adopts the same system as Hiragana Keyakizaka. With the establishment of an official website, they might still use it for at least several months. If it's time to enter one of the groups, it's better if they enter the group that they really want to enter based on their choices.

 

Maybe. Anything's possible.

We just have to wonder the time frame...

The auditions ended last year around this time. But it took another month or so to see where they were assigned.

A draft would be interesting. Also interesting is if they keep these group together training and doing some 'work.' What are the dynamics they would bring to the sakamichi group were you to have a cross group "generation."

EDIT:
Interesting to note that the site URL references them as kenshusei and not kenkyusei... what's the difference? Translation gives "trainee" for the former and "research student" for the latter...

 

I think it's something more similar to that of Hello!Projects trainee system. They recruit a pool of girls every year and keep the number around 10-20 members total, throughout the years they either select a number of girls to join the already established groups, or if there is a huge number of girls with lots of potential, create a whole new group. I figure they'll pluck these girls from this system and into one of the sakamichi groups, rather than each group having their own kss system like 48 groups do.

 

wait is that Morita Hikaru? the 5th girl on 1st row?

 

Oh.... so I guess she came back?


I'm still confused though, she was already in Nogi but "backed out". Was this management's decision?

 

Nope. Just a look-alike. Her name's Kosaka Marino (幸阪 茉里乃)

Well at the time they said she backed out, because of school. I guess she's come back like Manatsu and Iori. Safe decision though to keep your name in.

EDIT:

This.

 

Ozono Rei is also from Kagoshima
So maybe she 's Ozono Momoko cousin
- but this girl wants to be in Hinata

 

But it's still a different case though. Before, there were no keya and hina, only nogi. Manatsu and Iori were already accepted yet decided to settle matters first. They were not "excluded" from the group. In this girl's case, she's going to get chosen among the 3 groups again. Lucky her if she still ends up in nogi.

What I'm saying is that, you already have the opportunity in your hands, why let it go? We all know that nogi is the best choice.
Also, look at Kitagawa Yuri. Hers was the best move imo.

Sorry, I'm just really confused. Well, I guess that's just how life is.

 

I know at least 5 of them from showroom.

-Endo wants to be in Nogi, she only talked about Nogi in 8 hours total of 3 showroom livestreams.
-Kuromi is an ambitious girl but she wants to be in Keyaki. Techi was her oshimen.
-Sato's choice was Keyaki but can have changed her mind now, she is a very calm and creative girl.
-Masumoto wants to be in Keyaki and her oshimen was Techi. I watched her short.
-Moriya's oshimen was surprisingly Akanen but she didn't really say which group she wants to join when she liked both Nogi and Keyaki. She has some good technique she showed off in showroom.

 

is it? hmm I did not know that.