Last Idol (ラストアイドル)

Last Idol Lasaï Yoroshiku is changing it's time slot in October.
It is moving to friday, 1h20 ~ 1h50 and the show goes to 30 minutes length.
https://twitter.com/last_idol_pr/status/1303890997646995457

 

Miitan in the spotlight for episode 2

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Looks like they got a job related to Kimetsu no Yaiba
https://twitter.com/Chou_R_aimi/status/1306584072790052864
https://twitter.com/SomeSome_himeri/status/1306212493522472961
https://twitter.com/LoveCocchi_RO/status/1306206636579512320

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They're invited to TV Tokyo Music Festival!
https://twitter.com/teretoongakusai/status/1306518257210449923
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1st episode of Reia's Kyou, Suki ni Narimashita

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TIF performances:
10/02, 17h00 on Hot Stage
10/03, 15h35 on Sky Stage
10/03, 17h55 in Smile Garden

 

Here is the 9th single senbatsu:
21 members made it
(Though i didn't fully understand the selection process)

9th single title: Nanbito-mo 何人(なんびと)も


https://www.universal-music.co.jp/last-idol/news/2020-09-24/

• Abe Nanami
• Ikematsu Airi
• Oba Yume
• Omori Rio
• Okamura Mana
• Okumura Yuuki
• Ozawa Aimi
• Kurita Mao
• Shinohara Nozomi
• Shiraishi Mana
• Nagatsuki Midori
• Nishimura Honoka
• Hata Misaki
• Majima Wakana
• Machida Honoka
• Matsumoto Momona
• Momiyama Himeri
• Yamamoto Airi
• Yamamoto Runa
• Yasuda Airi
• Yoneda Miina

Also the covers are out
Edition web, Lasaï, Limited A, Limited B

https://lastidol.com/discographies/9
Note: Wakana isn't featured on those because she was in bad health on the shooting day.

 

Oh god look at that covers man! delicious!
Carrying a 'real' katana really does make them 10 times cooler
And kudos to Tabuchi sensei who made all 6 of the competing members into senbatsu!

 

I forgot
The song will be unveiled during the Basketbal league opening match on 10/17.
https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2172695/full/


https://twitter.com/last_idol_pr/status/1308904488934219778

 

It is election time
One of the coupling will be performed by They will form a 9 member unit : Oretoku Nine

The members will be choosed through fans vote.
https://twitter.com/last_idol_pr/status/1309417422080729089

Application will be announced on 09/28
The vote starts 10/15
https://twitter.com/last_idol_pr/status/1309417424177913857

 

Last Idol will launch in Thailand on 10/2:
https://www.mangozero.com/last-idol...moto-48-group-launch-thailand-2-october-2020/

 

^Uh... okay i guess?
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Shiraishi Mana starred in a CM!

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Definitely check out this version of Nezuko & Tanjiro
https://twitter.com/LoveCocchi_HN/status/1309058013802754049
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This article have beautiful pictures of Nanami, Miitan, and Honopi
https://post.tv-asahi.co.jp/post-130561/

 

So the election details:

• Votes from 20/10/15 to 20/11/10
• Intermediate result: 20/10/25
• Final result: 20/11/15 <== weird, it is 1 week after the release

Voting methods:

• Ballots included in all the CDs
• Last Idol mobile subscribers

https://sp.universal-music.co.jp/last-idol/9thsg/

 

32 girls applied for the above election.

• Aizawa Ruka
• Ikematsu Airi
• Utagawa Sakura
• Oba Yume
• Omori Rio
• Okamura Mana
• Okumura Yuuki
• Ozawa Aimi
• Kizaki Chisato
• Kubota Sayaka
• Kurita Mao
• Sasaki Kokoro
• Shinohara Nozomi
• Shimoma Karin
• Shiraishi Mana
• Suzuki Haruka
• Suto Moe
• Takagi Miho
• Takahashi Minori
• Takahashi Mimi
• Nakamura Shuri
• Nishimura Honoka
• Hashimoto Momoko
• Hata Misaki
• Majima Wakana
• Machida Honoka
• Mizuno Mana
• Miyata Yume
• Momiya Himeri
• Yamamoto Airi
• Yamamoto Runa
• Yoneda Miina

https://sp.universal-music.co.jp/last-idol/9thsg/

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Asahi Kana will graduate by the end of the year
https://lastidol.com/news/890

Well it looks like her failure to be selected in the 8th single was a trigger.
She also says she will retire from the idol world

 

TV Tokyo Music Festival backstage
https://twitter.com/teretoongakusai/status/1311224262846365696

 

More units in the upcoming single.
There will be 2 other 5 girls units:

• CD Type A: Yarakashi Busters (やらかしバスターズ ) - Song: Ayafuya (あやふや)
  • Nagatsuki Midori (center)
    
  • Shinohara Nozomi
  • Shiraishi Mana
  • Ozawa Aimi
  • Matsumoto Momona
• CD Type B: "Star☆ Amurus" Zessan, Spy Katsudō-chū！ (”スたー☆あムるーズ”　絶賛、スパイ活動中！) - Song: Ginga Kōsoku Jūtai-chū (銀河高速 渋滞中)
  • Nishimura Honoka (center)
    
  • Abe Nanami
  • Oba Yume
  • Sasaki Kokoro
  • Hata Misaki

Both unit will have their own song and PV, both directed by a TV Asahi director: Kitano Takaaki and Yamada Shunsuke.
Once again, there will be a unit (and director) battle, decided by which type sells the most.
The winner will have an alternative PV which will be uploaded on Youtube.

The common coupling track: Hug kara Hajimeyō(ハグから始めよう) is sung by the 18 runner ups.

• Aizawa Ruka
• Asahi Kana
• Iwama Hinako
• Utagawa Sakura
• Kimura Misaki
• Kizaki Chisato
• Kubota Sayaka
• Sasaki Kokoro
• Shimoma Karin
• Suto Moe
• Suzuki Haruka
• Takahashi Minori
• Takahashi Mimi
• Takagi Miho
• Nakamura Shuri
• Hashimoto Momoko
• Mizuno Mana
• Miyata Yume

https://popnroll.tv/amp/11643
https://natalie.mu/music/news/399070

Well sorry for confusing informations.
The election unit doesn't have a song in this release.

 

2n Gen under member Mana Okamura was included in a youtube video of SKE48 member Hidaka Yuzuki

 

It's now official
https://lastidol.com/news/893

Recruitment from 10/15, broadcast in spring 2021

 

^Right, and here's the press conference. Skip to 28:00 to see the costume display and La Luce member's interview. Skip to 11:12 for Akimoto's interview.

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One of TIF2020 stage

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Live tomorrow

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The song sounds promising

EDIT:
(for some reasons spotify won't let me hear it)
It is promising !!

 

It's on Spotify now!
You bet it's amazing another Bandwagon killer i'd say
And no over stuffed lyrics for a change
https://open.spotify.com/album/6qnSpYqfrUVUvfqm703ZLm

 

TIF online 2020, Hot stage performance

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