She looks so pretty and just perfect for this styling! Also yes, I didn't think of it, but it's nice to see a member getting a model job (and for LARME!) without having to go through some competition. This reminds me of back when the members just got these jobs and didn't have to fight like crazy for one page in a magazine or 20 seconds of walking >.< Anyway, I'm so happy for Hina! She just keeps doing better and better
I watched Hina's 100 Q&A video! Here are most of her answers for it - The origin of her name: the character used for "Hina" is the same as "hime" (princess), she was given this name so she can be as cute as a princess (cute!). - Nickname: Chanhina (she confirms! I'm still going to call her just Hina for now XD) - She did her catchphrase and it's cute - She's 163cm. - Her special skill is tongue twisters. - Her strength is that her personality is "my pace" (at her own pace). - Her weakness is being too passive about certain things. - People describe her personality as distracted/clumsy. - She has no specific favorite food, the food that she dislikes is onions. - Favorite color: pink for sure. - Lately, she's addicted to looking at various cars. - She collects goods of her favorite characters. - When she wants to release stress, she sleeps, or punches her bed (lol). - On a day off, she would make sweets. - First thing she does after waking up: check where her cat is. - What she does before going to sleep: take her cat in her bed. - What made her excited recently: getting a towel of herself at HS event. - What made her sad recently: she lost her commuter pass. - What made her laugh recently: Azu's funny plan during lesson. - Her oldest memory: riding the train and saying goodbye to someone, when she was around 3 years old. She thinks it was probably her father or grandma. - If she was a boy for a day, she would try the skateboard. - Her charm point is her small face. - Her favorite part of her body is her legs because they're long. - Her complex is that her fingers are a little short. - What she wants the most right now: vanilla bean paste. - The first thing she washes when showering: her head. - Today's fashion point: all-pink outfit! - What if she won in the lottery? If she won 500 million yen, she would save 200 million, spend 100 million on clothes and bags that she wants, she would donate 100 million, and use 100 million to do something for her cat. (the way she answered this so fast made me think that she already thought about this before XD) - If she could make 3 wishes: 1) to have smooth hair. 2) to be good at dancing. 3) to have a stronger personality. - 3 things she would take on a deserted island: 1) knife. 2) lighter. 3) shoes. - Favorite song at karaoke: "God Knows" from the anime "Suzumiya Haruhi No Yuutsu". - Her habit: staring intensely at people. - Word habit (something she often says): "I'll do it later". - When is she the happiest? When sleeping with her cat. - Favorite photo recently: Azu's funny t-shirt. - What would she pick as her last dinner: lasagna. - The scariest thing: deadlines. - A recent dream she had: she was in a parallel world, and she was a samurai. - A habit that she has for a long time: on days where she plans to go out, she wakes up 2 hours before. - A word she recently learned: "seihantai" (= "complete opposite") - If she had to compare herself to a color: pink. - If she had to compare herself to an animal: cat. - Future dream: that there's no one in Japan who doesn't know her (if I understood this right XD). - Member she admires in AKB: Okabe Rin. Even when many people dance, her dancing is eye-catching, and she's always smiling. - If she could be an AKB member for a day: Mukaichi Mion. She's strong and many people rely on her, she wants to try being her. - Favorite 48G song: Juuryoku Sympathy - Favorite 48G dance: Ponytail to Shushu, she likes when they do the wave dance with their hand, it's cute. - Who she gets along with the most in 18th gen: Yumemi. - Her dream when she was a kid: to be a patissier (pastry chef). - Which member in AKB got her interest: Taguchi Manaka, she saw her singing at theater recently and she was moved, so she's interested in her. - Her fetish is hair. - Her ideal female: a woman who has cuteness. - Her ideal male: someone who has interesting/funny stories, and who is the kindest to her. - Subject she is good at: history. - What surprised her the most after joining AKB: surprinsingly, the dances are difficult. - Job she wants to try: fashion-related jobs. - Where she wants to go the most: Shounan, she wants to go to the beach, wear a white dress and a straw hat, and read a book. - Who does she want to meet the most right now: Koike Eiko (actress), she really likes her. - What would she do on her last day on earth: greet everyone who knows her. - At this point, it was question 68 and they asked her "how many questions did you answer to?" and she guessed 54 lol. - What she learned so far: piano, flute, swimming, soroban. - What's the capital of Italy? She answered Milan and got it wrong, answer is Rome. She was cute ^^ - Tell us an interesting story: She once lost her wallet with 40k yen in it, but then she found it. - Tell us a secret: she said that her special skill is tongue twisters, but actually, she's not that good at it XD - Senior she wants to talk to: Okabe Rin. At rehearsals, she's always perfectly prepared, she wants to ask her at which hour she wakes up. - Something she wants to try: bungee jumping. - If she could get a new ability: teleport instantly. - How does she sees herself 5 years from now: being active in various medias. - Favorite four letter word: she wrote "kishoutenketsu" but made a mistake, she didn't seem to understand when she looked at it again lol. - Her breakfast today: pineapple fruit sandwich, banana juice. - The first person she told her audition results to: a teacher who she's thankful to. - She can't live without: her cat. - Words that make her happy: "You're the cutest". - Favorite onigiri filling: plum. - She's bad at studying. - Something she can cook well is pasta. - Her favorite emoji: she did a drawing of it! ^^ - When did she try her best in her life: at AKB auditions during the singing and dancing evaluations. - She was asked to make a drawing of herself! The point is her long hair. (cute!) - Her most confident pose: - Show an imitation: she imitated Doraemon's laugh. She was so cute lol - Her favorite moment in the day: when eating delicious food. - Something she wants the fans to know: she doesn't have a good memory. - Video project she wants to do: dokkiri (prank). - Message to the viewers: "It was long, thank you for watching, please support me". I think at the end, she said that she felt like she just answered to 50 questions lol. She was really cute the whole time, she has such a relaxed personality, so chill I like her thinking expression and her smile and also her hair is very pretty
perfect! 120% agreed! we share the same ideal! that is not interesting at all. you are in Japan! Okabe Rin doesn't sleep. She waits! for the first time I want to be a cat! Dianna Agron matters! that's it! she is my oshimen now!
Congrats to Hina, she recently passed 10k followers on Twitter! This actually happened a while ago, it happened on 16th December... https://twitter.com/hinano_kubo0202/status/1735842163118727229 She achieved this not long after Azu and she is the 2nd for 18th gen! Right now she's at 10.3k already ^^ I'm glad to see her doing well
Hina shared a photo on Twitter after the 'Idol Hatsuyume Live' today! https://twitter.com/hinano_kubo0202/status/1742465445679227009 She's so pretty!! Also, I was on AKB's official TikTok yesterday and I saw a TikTok that had Hina on the thumbnail (and she looked cool!), it was viewed more than 250k times, so I checked and it was the performance of the unit for the Girls Drive movie, from AKB's concert. The video starts with Hina singing her line, she looks really good, and she sounds good too! She has a good voice! Here: https://www.tiktok.com/@akb48_official_tiktok/video/7293865711548632321 Right after Hina's line, Yuiyui has a talking line where she sounds angry (she says something like "seriously annoying"). I just love the first seconds of this TikTok with Hina -> Yuiyui
'Sponichi Annex' has just published an article about a radio show on SBC in Nagano which Hina is presenting: https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2024/01/04/kiji/20240104s00041000082000c.html Google Translation:
Is her radio show uploaded anywhere? I actually tried to listen to it on the official site but it only let me listen to like 30 seconds of it or something
I've just found an X account for her show: https://twitter.com/hinano_SBCradio The latest post says that the show can be heard on Radiko but I can't get it to play even using a VPN. This seems to be the correct link but I can't verify it: https://radiko.jp/mobile/r_seasons/10024429
Short dance movie for the new UNLAME release on 1/19: if the video does not show watch the video here
Happy 18th Birthday ChanHina! (Feb 2) Arguably the fashion leader of 18ki! Cute style, cool style, none of them are lame! Hopefully she can be fashion leader of AKB too in the future! Next NyanNyanKamen candidate? Look forward to Feb 22 ! Tbh I am still not sure of her nickname, either ChanHina (official), Hinano (most of her genmates call her this), or Hina-chan (rarely heard) Sample message card from her birthday committee fans: https://twitter.com/hinachan_seitan/status/1753404400335458637 Will her birthday stage be 18ki TadaRen stage or the new KKS stage? We will see! Hmm she is now 18, adult in Japan.... Spoiler: Nothing here, move on! Spoiler: nothing important Spoiler: Why are you still here? Perhaps she will fulfill her promise at Nemousu?
Happy Birthday to my 18ki-oshi ChanHina! I'm looking forward to meeting her again at the in-person talks in Yokohama in April and I'm sure it'll go better than last time - that was when all the 18ki members were together and one ticket allowed meeting all 8 of them. I'd carefully tried to remember all of their names and all went well until it was my turn to meet Hina when I had a sudden brain fade and I just couldn't remember her name. Meanwhile Hina seemed so surprised to see a gaijin fan that she couldn't say anything either so the pair of us just looked silently at each other with mutually frozen brains.
