Minegishi Minami (Miichan) / 1st Generation

My hair colour changed as I got older; I was born a ginger. I started dyeing my hair when I was about 11 so I was unaware my natural hair colour was for a loooong time but I've finally allowed the dye to grow out and I've discovered it's ashy brown these days. It didn't really lighten during the summer, but my ends, which were dyed light brown/ginger went almost blonde in the summer. I guess the lighter your natural hair colour is the easier it will lighten in the summer sun.

 

Create a channel on Youtube & You'll have my sword sub

 

Hahaha!! Very good. All of you are correct. My apologies for digressing into other unrelated subject matter here. I've let my lunatic opinions and conspiracy theories concerning Yuki's haircut seep onto other threads. My bad. I will cease and desist immediately.

 

dutchie, I've come to realize that many folks take these threads very very seriously. I think it should be a fun place to joke around and enjoy each other's opinions on everything AKB. You seem to have the same mentality, but others obviously don't see it that way and view unrelated opinions and jokiness as sacrilegious. My silliness about Yukirin's haircut have some of her fans on the verge of irritation with me over on her thread. I want to be careful not to bring out the wrath of too many souls here on Miichan's thread, lest I incur the wrath of the moderators.

 

I gotta tell ya, it's always been difficult for me to have a favorite girl. All of them seem so cute and talented and hard-working, I tend to pull for all of them. I can't think of a single member that I flat out disliked---ever. A few haven't interested me much, but to pick an oshi from so many girls seems next to impossible----at least, for me.

 

Yeah, very true, Miichan really stood out on those first few years of AKBingo. She was so calm and confident on camera and she actually seemed as though she WANTED to be there. As opposed to some, she was made for variety. As obtuse as I can be sometimes, even I realized that many of the girls thought AKBingo was an absolute chore, especially when, as Miichan complained on camera, that taping 5 shows on one day could be a royal pain. I'd watch an episode and funny Miichan would be my favorite until I'd see a video where Yukirin or Maeda or Mayuyu came over as heartbreakingly beautiful and then they'd become my oshis. After a while, I just gave up. I love them all.

 

I've just spotted a 2-page interview with Miichan which was published today on the Japanese website The Page, hopefully it's of interest to anyone here who can read Japanese (or who can make sense of Google Translate!):

https://thepage.jp/detail/20170929-00000003-wordleaf

 

Lol yes the bing translator used on twitter is terrible, it makes me laugh sometimes. I usually copy tweets into Google Translator as they make at least a tiny bit more sense then...

 

I didn't know that AKB member was here. I don't follow her.
http://mediabridge.hu/ja/fujitvghosthuntinslovakia/

 

SLV48 IS IN THE WORKS!!!!! SVK48? SLK48?

 

European 48g would be cool, but I can't see it happening within the forseeable future. A lot of western people still think music has to be honest and personal, and idols aren't exactly that. They are 'manufactured', put together without any regard for chemistry most of the time. So I think a lot of people that listen to western music would shame the way 48g are put together

 

Even within Asia, many tend to think Idols & Artists are the same class.

Due to the different cultures, once a person who is not familiar with the terms sees a young and upcoming idol perform, they will tend to think "ooh man ...she's too young ... her dance & singing sux, " etc ... but for a person following & supporting the idol, he will see that she is improving, on the way to the start line, etc.

It's really interesting to see the reactions of such people, especially their behavior & mentality

 

I was joking, of course, with the idea of an Eastern European version of AKB. I can't even begin to imagine it. Maybe Miichan simply has the travel bug. Perhaps, one of the perks she gets, as a long-time member, is to travel abroad for free as a PR representative for the group. (?) I imagine the concept of an American version of AKB would probably be as popular as a fart in church. I've always found it tedious even trying to explain the essence of AKB to my fellow Americans. People see me out and about, always sporting my headphones and trusty IPod Shuffle (replete with over 300 JPOP songs, and I've come to dread the inevitable ''whatcha listening to?'', because when I try to explain or give them a quick listen, they will ALWAYS get that odd look on their face which invariably tells me they think I've completely lost my mind. Like dutchie says, AKB is SO Asian and you either ''get it'' or you don't and no one I know, besides myself, has ever come close to getting it.