@DeJure: Thanks a lot for the updates! I haven't had time to watch stages this month, but even last month the change in Sae's behavior was already visible. That video you posted of the five 3rd gens together was so funny, no one seemed very sure of what to do. I really have to watch that stage.
Sae-wink! Spoiler: Health Hazard Hi again, not a lot has happened around her over the last few weeks. It's mainly due to no stages and no G+. orz But there's still something! Firstly, recapping on the HKT Tour, I'm quite pleased and surprised really. She got more units and stuff in general than I had hoped for or expected. Kimi ni tsuite, Jelly beans and now in the last tour stop, a retro song, 17. Pretty lucky to be seventeen years old now lol. Here's her in the costume. And here she is next to Boss at the side during the closing retro song (made me happy lol) After that, at the SSA concert, she also got a unit! Another retro one: Good stuff! Surprises all around. Since then she's been in 2 stages, so I still have to watch those. (She's actually been in the most stages of all the 3rd gens since they were revealed) I hope to see some changes! Talking about stages, now that the KKS consist only of 6 members, and the stuff I heard from handshake reports, I'm quite confident that Pajama Drive is going to continue with the KKS in full roles instead of backdancing. Taking into account that she said from the start to be learning a Sasshi sub-position, even before anyone could've known the new stages, I think that she'll do Kagami no Naka no Jean Da Arc in Sasshi's position. If this would be the case I'd be going crazy over this unit lol Just look at my sig and think about the other members that are in it, aside from the center (Sasshi pos). Exactly lol Oh and that girl I wrote about in the handshakes finished her fans, no hiragana though.
G+ !! Here's the translation: [栗原紗英] Kurihara Sae G+ – 14.04.14 I have to disspoint her though, I'm already in love. Her first picture thanks to Emily of all people, who told her how to add one. I'll translate this post and the other from throughout the day tomorrow.
Here are her second day posts! [栗原紗英] Kurihara Sae G+ – 15.04.14 The SaeXHazuki combo shows up, and Emily gets jealous in the comments lol She even helped her with the photo's. I also spotted them in Sahho's backstage footage: However earlier she was caught with someone else! Maopani lol
Sae and Hazuki... I just love these two~ And that's a lot of hearts in the comments ^^ I hope 3rd gen will show up more often in HKT shows
for me the two tops on skills from the 3rd gen hazuki voice is very nice and beautiful, she has much potential saechan dancing skills are awesome, in weeks on KKS stage she already is the better on Pegasus.
Yeah, this pair is quite official now lol Just check out Hazuki's entries that I posted in her thread, you'll see why. Today's posts were very cute. To be honest, her posts are very different from what I had expected. lol [栗原紗英] Kurihara Sae G+ – 16.04.14 Eretan also uploaded a nice photo: If you have seen the 3rd generation extra video from the 3rd single you can see the two of them teaching the others some choreo.
Here are the posts of the last few days: [栗原紗英] Kurihara Sae G+ – 17.04.14 [栗原紗英] Kurihara Sae G+ – 18.04.14 The first one have her applying for the Young Jump lottery. The bit she signed up for has a 1/36 chance to win lol. It'll be crazy when she wins but if does, she'll get a solo page. Also she says that she has never worn a bikini lol The second ones are all about Nako, they're very cute. (All her posts are a lot cuter than I expected lol)
Here's her post of today. [栗原紗英] Kurihara Sae G+ – 19.04.14 She apologises for posting less but I don't really mind, I have plenty of stuff to do lol. It seems that she was the only HKT KKS at the event today. This mixed handshake event was only about lanes with multiple girls but not all HKT members got to join. Tomorrow is the individual event with all members. Her lane was Motomura, Matsuoka, Shimono: I bet she was thrilled to be in the same lane as her favorite Aoitan all day lol Sasshi also tweeted a pic of her and Mao: Lastly, in the 4th round of the 36th Single handshake sales she sold 3/4 slots. Pretty good.
Here are the posts of the last few days: [栗原紗英] KURIHARA SAE G+ – 20.04.14 & 21.04.14 [栗原紗英] KURIHARA SAE G+ – 22.04.14 & 23.04.14 Seems like she filmed something? Maybe Odekake, I don't know. She also has a lot of lessons, probably under positions for both stages and her full position in Pajama Drive. I checked out her new profile, but found nothing new except for this amazing new profile photo. It looks like she aged 2 years in a day or opened up. I can't express how much I like it. (Except using it as my avatar lol)
Finally the official confirmation is here now that Pajama Drive is set to continue! Looking forward to Sae in a main position, I'm curious to see whether I'm right about expecting her in Jeanne d'Arc. I'm also glad that they're using the SKE costumes now as this new backdancer one is much better than the previous baggy shirt thing. [栗原紗英] Kurihara Sae G+ – 24.04.14 Here are some cute pictures from the other 3rd gen posts: Maybe the most important piece of news is that Sae will be appearing on "Duomo" next Tuesday! http://www.hkt48.jp/schedule/2014/04/009822.html The broadcast consists of 2 parts with members as usual, most of the time it's about eating but who knows in what she'll turn up. In any case it's very nice for her to appear on this!
More posts! The first ones are nice, she talks about her grandparents following her on G+. lol [栗原紗英] KURIHARA SAE G+ – 25.04.14 The handshake event this weekend was the first one since they got G+. I expected some cute outfits and I was not dissappointed. Most 3rd gens actually had a better fashion sense than I had imagined. [栗原紗英] KURIHARA SAE G+ – 26.04.14 [栗原紗英] KURIHARA SAE G+ – 27.04.14
They were here for Suzukake nanchara? I searched for Nakomiku (and Sae of course) but didn't saw them! :'( Sae's G+ are not always full of comment, which is nice. She's 17 so she might read comment in English, maybe? So i always take the time to write something.
Yeah they have one single shorter lane during the noon. That's it. So I guess you had to get lucky to spot them there. Here are the translations since my last post: [栗原紗英] KURIHARA SAE G+ – 27.04.14 (LATE) TO 29.04.14 [栗原紗英] KURIHARA SAE G+ – 30.04.14 Here are all the pictures from the Makuhari concert with her in it! There are some great ones in there, I'm surprised that there are so many of her lol. She was also in 2 videos: Spoiler if the video does not show watch the video here Looked great in UZA imo. Also helps that UZA was my favorite bit too. The thing that I noticed the most (aside from the surprising amount of footage I saw of her) was that she had improved her expressions or at least had been working on it. The other thing she needs to work on is talking more smoothly and more relaxed. she said so herself after talking about her appearance on Duomo with Iichan. It was nice in itself of course, to get to appear on this. Even if the only thing they did was eat a pretzel lol She has improved a little bit though, as I can now hear her speaking voice being a little different than usual. Lots of room for improvement still though. And to end it, the new friend pairing SaePii. Idk how that came to happen but from the G+ posts it seems real lol EDIT: one vid got deleted. I'll re-add when I find it again
[栗原紗英] KURIHARA SAE G+ – 01.05.14 TO 03.05.14 Here are the posts about the concert and 2-shot event. Sae went to Emily's room and unleashed some jealous comments lol. Everyone wants Saechan. Her 2-shot outfit was great btw (bias much), I expected some long frilly dress but nope she smacked me in my face with this. Here are some I found on twitter with some quotes: "She's much more adult and pretty up close than I expected" "With Kurihara Sae-san. Too much of a beauty." "Saepyon the Angel... 'I read all the comments' ← Angel A W with Saechan!"
I don't remember well, but the round for 2 shots event were very close to 3rd gen announcement, right? It means fans have been instantly interested by Sae to get 2 shots with her, like 1 month only She's not actually tall from what i've seen, but her slender silhouette makes her gorgeous. That makes her look tall
Yeah she's about 162cm tall but doesn't look it. I think Emily is fast catching up with her lol [栗原紗英] KURIHARA SAE G+ – 04.05.14 She did Mirun's hair for the event today, and Mirun went a bit crazy in her comments lol, Hazuki did hers. Still sharing a room with Emily btw who has decided on her hairstyle for tomorrow, it better be good lol Here's her with a NMB KKS, Yamao Rina!
The hairstyle was braids lol, as I expected. [栗原紗英] KURIHARA SAE G+ – 05.05.14 TO 07.05.14 Look at Yuriya and Sakura flocking to the post with Mirun! lol She was in the commercial after Odekake today! You can finally hear her speaking up lol if the video does not show watch the video here At 13 min. Oh and she sold out all her slots for the 36th
