Takahashi Minami (Takamina) / 1st Generation

Mujack 03/17
Guest: Morning Musume (Part 2)
Last week's episode featured Morning Musume's song quiz and a foot massage as a punishment.

Recent Mujack episodes remind me a bit of the really old AKBingo episodes with the talk and competitions. It's nice to see Takamina participating in the one shot gag, monomane, and monoboke competition with the Morning Musume. She still the same with the silly and suberi chara like back then. But her monomane was of the frog from Spirited Away was really good.


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Pictures from news about Takamina's co-MC program Kokoro no Kizuna! Tabidachi Special with Koizumi Kotaro on 03/25 and 03/26


photo credit: modelpress and yahoo

 

I finished reading the thread! By "thread" I did mean THE thread. I did it simultaneously with watching concerts, shows and so on. While I do have some friends that also love 48G, it was great help to read real-time reactions from the forum and digest 48G better. Friends said (and I readily accepted) that I was taking the 48G thing as seriously as an academic project, but I did have great fun. My 48G experience meant Takamina, and my Japanese culture adventure will continue with Minami! Thank you for all the input on these 1223 pages.

And another special thank-you for SDK1114 and others who continue to relate information here in the face of apparently declining views count. Long ago I used to be part of a team doing similar things for another group and I do know the effort required. To also know some Chinese made my work much easier, though. Great thanks for continued passion and support!

 

Thumbs up to you for reading the thread. A while ago I did try to go back to the first page and reread everything. I kept up until around page 300 and stopped, not because there was no more motivation to continue, but because I was just too busy with life. However, having read this from you, I'll definitely find some time to finish it. Of course, rereading it help me remember things I might have forgotten or failed to notice over the years. For example, Takamina singing THSK's Survivor in a karaoke contest

Now that she's no longer in AKB48, are you still continuing to follow the group or just follow her solo projects?

 

Takamina attended the opening for Samantha Thavasa x One Piece Collaboration Event on 03/23

(A few days ago Kojiharu attended a Samantha Thavasa event and now Takamina. Takamina must have been really happy to be able to endorse this. In the last few months she's been given opportunities to endores things that she really like and talk about a lot, McDonald, Pokemon, and now One Piece.)







Photos credit:
http://actresspress.com/minami_takahashi-samantha-onepeace/
http://www.tvlife.jp/entame/108810
https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/1672918


Maidigi Tv


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Takamina's Dokkiri on 03/23

(Her reaction was really good. I thought her reactions and responses were a lot better compared to 3 years ago. Probably because she was less afraid after experiencing it once before. And this time they pranked her twice. Does anyone know what the ranking is for? I saw people mentioned on twitter that Takamina was 2nd.)

From Takamina's twitter:


https://twitter.com/taka4848mina/status/844941891418255361


Takamina joins the cast in the second half She got so excited watching other people go through their dokkiri.

video link: http://www.bilibili.com/video/av9351229/?from=search&seid=10032241176578577600

 

^ Nice! This is not the first time that KoreNani and Minami's interviews have been lauded by pundits/experts, and it's always good to hear about such things.

Minami will be included in the revised grade school textbooks. Textbooks for the "Morals' subject for all grades will have a section on the issue of bullying, and her messages (along with her pic) will be a part of the section.
http://www.news24.jp/articles/2017/03/24/07357285.html

 

Takamina and Little Glee Monster perform Koi Suru Fortune Cookie and Cup song.


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Mujack 03/24
Guests: BIGMAMA
(Cat lover episode. Lots of fun interaction with cats. Takamina's love for Nyaa chan.)


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OMG!!! that koisusuru fortune cookie cup version was sooo funny!!!!

 

@SDK1114 sorry about the bad link, thanks for posting a good one!

Takamina's so cute when she's trying to do the cups song, she hasn't lost her failing character at all 8D

 

Takamina performed at Laguna Ten Bosch Music Festival on 03/26.
Other performers that day were Keyakizaka46, CODEV, ThinkingDogs, GEM, JamFlavor, and Shion Miyawaki'

Set List:
1. Girls Talk
2. Watashi no Shomei
3. Sabita Rock
4. Katsudon in da house
5. Someday

Takamina wrote about it in her lineblog


http://lineblog.me/takamina/archives/8328816.html?t=1

From twitter:




https://twitter.com/lagunatenbosch/status/845963251472973825
https://twitter.com/taka4848mina/status/845580759901495297
https://twitter.com/taka4848mina/status/845627143220486145
https://twitter.com/yugo_maeda/status/845923507405959168
https://twitter.com/shion_miyawaki/status/845958887165456384

Video Clip from news: https://twitter.com/HDtxnRe0m2Rnemt/status/846121283540566016

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Takamina at Samantha Thavasa x One Piece Collaboration Event on 03/23

Two more videos from Maidigitv


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Takamina will be a guest in the first episode of Tokoro George's new program Tokoro san Todoke Monodesu! on 04/09.
http://mantan-web.jp/2017/03/21/20170321dog00m200035000c.html

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Yobunnokoto Sound Cloud extra from 03/19 broadcast
https://soundcloud.com/shovel_jolf/...ndcloud&utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=twitter

Photos from recording:


http://www.allnightnippon.com/yobunnokoto/yobunnokoto_blog/20170324-3102/

 

^ Very happy about this. Takamina left a strong impression in her previous Mechaike appearances. I wonder how she'll be involved. I read on twitter that there might be a dokkiri. If its true this will be the second dokkiri Takamina went through this month.

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Sekai no mura de hakken! Konna tokoro ni nihonjin staff celebrated Takamina's birthday after recording


https://twitter.com/luv_atsumina/status/847204676219031552

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The President of Ginza's Baririn mentioned Takamina's love for their special Katsudon in his interview. He said that people came to their shop after reading Takamina's blog calling the the Katsudon "Kami". He said Takamina was like their ambassador because she's always advertising their restaurant.

https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/article?a=20170329-00001815-bunshun-life&p=1

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Chiko-chan ni shikarareru! on 03/24

 

Takamina and Nagano (old and new no3b member) will be particpating in the talk event for the La La land film screening on 04/02 at TOHO Cinema in Shinjuku.

https://www.tohotheater.jp/theater/076/info/event/lalaland-shinjuku.html

Nagano's twitter:
https://twitter.com/naganochan92/status/847456727117160448
Takamina's twitter:
https://twitter.com/taka4848mina/status/847420918859157505

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Takamizawa Toshihiko (The Alfee) x Takamina on "My Game, My Life" 03/26
They talk about their favorite games and stories about games from their childhood.

link:
https://radiocloud.jp/archive/mygame?content_id=14822

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Two photos of Takamina from Cozy Tomita's twitter account. I'm not sure what the context of these photos are.



https://twitter.com/CozyTomita/status/847070524727447553
https://twitter.com/CozyTomita/status/847069557558689793

 

Takamina at JJ Lady Event 03/31




photo credit:
https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/1675526

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Takamina and Nagano (old and new no3b member) participated in the talk event for the La La land film screening on 04/02 at TOHO Cinema in Shinjuku.

(I think this is the first time Takamina and Nagano worked together. He's on PON with Kojiharu and has also done new no3b showroom with Kojiharu and Miichan. From the photos and reports it looks like their MC combination was really good. Takamina even wore Nagano trademark blue to the event.)






photo credit:
http://news.mynavi.jp/news/2017/04/02/181/
http://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/1801640.html
https://mantan-web.jp/2017/04/02/20170402dog00m200036000c.html
https://mdpr.jp/cinema/detail/1675950

Nagano celebrating Takamina's birthday backstage after event.


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Who is the real no3b member?


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Korenani 04/03
(1 year anniversary for Korenani and 4 years since Takamina's solo debut)


https://twitter.com/KoreNaniTFM/status/848752832077381632

 

Wow, time goes so fast... It's been a year since the launch of Korenani...

 

Haha, Takamina and Nagano look cute doing the (now iconic?) tap-dancing pose from the poster.

 

Another video from La La Land event 04/02
Tokyo Mx


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Takamina will be appearing Mechaike on 04/08. She wrote about it on twitter.


https://twitter.com/taka4848mina/status/849224906055090176

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TokyoFM Korenani celebrated its one year anniverary today. Korenani listener sent Takamina flowers and a poster with messages.



https://twitter.com/taka4848mina/status/849105903215296512
https://twitter.com/KoreNaniTFM/status/849138662205865985

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Takamina CM for NHK E



video:
https://twitter.com/nhk_Etele/status/844711357601669120

 

Takamina attended Rock Corps press conference on 04/05. She will be the Rock Corps ambassador again this year. She was their ambassador last year. Takamina will also be one of the artist performing on 09/02. This year's oversea artist will be Fifth Harmony.

https://info.rockcorpsmembers.jp/about

Photos:



Photo credit:
http://www.nikkansports.com/m/entertainment/news/1803032_m.html?mode=all
https://cyclestyle.net/article/2017/04/05/47014.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
http://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/entame/entertainment/671523/
https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/1676684


Rock Corps celebrated Takamina's 26th birthday during the press conference. The photo on the cake is of the mural Takamina and several volunteers painted last year.


video: https://twitter.com/cyclestyle_net/status/849610619846184961


Takamina as this year's ambassador and an artist
video: https://twitter.com/cyclestyle_net/status/849585703713357824

 

A year of Korenani already? Doesn't seem that long at all.
Good to still see Takamina being busy and keeping up her work