Kobayashi Yui (Yuipon) / 1st Generation

This has to be here: it's Pon's impression, from ep2 of the drama, of Paruru (Shimazaki Haruka) dancing:


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I believe the on-screen titles say that it's her impression of Paruru's solo dancing when she had lost interest in AKB and started dancing more sharply. I don't know if this makes sense. And I don't know which Paruru video to use for comparison. Posts from the AKB point of view say this is Pon and Keyakizaka making fun of Paruru. I thought it was more an homage to her, myself, but maybe.

 

@ukifune well they were ripping off the dance Paruru did in Super Salaryman Saenai ending song and her dance somehow get better/sharper


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BGM is 三代目 J Soul Brothers - Happy


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Oda Nana has been taking stalkerish pictures of Pon for months now, for her "Pon Inspection" series. Now Saitou Fuyuka has gotten into the act, in her blog. But she hastens to tell us that it isn't Pon Inspection. Blog summary and quotes.

 

In her blog, Pon goes to great lengths to invite people to apply for the Hiragana Keyaki auditions. She admits there's a bit of worry when new members come in, as there was when Hiragana joined. But she is eager to work hard together with the new members, as she does with the current members. She says she loves the Hiraganas -- though she wonders if she has told them that clearly enough.

 

Is this real or fake?

 

Yes, it's from SaiMajo BTS. She did fall down

 

So she fell in both the SaiMajo and Fukyouwaon video shoots?
Maybe Mon should give her some lessons on how not to fall.

 

She's not thrilled at all, lol

 

"Send help"

 

And another photo from Top Yell showing the same differing emotions:



Note how Monta and Yui-chan's hands also express their feelings: one with full contact, the other with the least contact possible.

Thanks to @CutePanda for the idea of using Imgur "large" thumbnails to post pics.

 

On now, with Oda Nana (!) and now Uemura Rina. Viewership over 30,000 within ten minutes of starting. And nine Tokyo Towers given.
Stream is here.

EDIT: Now over. Final total viewership over 63K, with 14 Tokyo Towers given, each of which costs the giver around Y10,000 (US$100). The members gets part of that -- probably a small part, unfortunately.

 

7-1-2017 showroom

Yuipon, Dani and Uemura in this showroom

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https://twitter.com/keyakizaka46/status/881042790313992194

photo from Dani blog



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photos from Yuipon blog




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Techi and Yuipon on radio (7-14-2017)

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https://twitter.com/keyakizaka46/status/885880629522440193

 

love yuipon's dancing

 

fanart of Yuipon


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That last pic three posts above, of Yui-chan with Shida is one of my favorite moments of the Christmas live. And I like it better in the original Abema version than in the improved Asahi version.

 

At the Fuji-Q live, there were panels with pics of all 32 members spaced around the grounds. People were encouraged to take pics with them. Yui-chan fans went a little further than most:

 

So they came out of the manhole??

 

That is where the keyaki army is secretly building up