Minegishi Minami (Miichan) / 1st Generation

I think I already sort of disproved your assumption with Mayuyu, but here's another example:

Takamina: announced graduation December 8, 2014
Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby 2015.12.09
Kimi wa Melody 2016.03.09

graduated: April, 2016
i.e. Takamina was part of a cd senbatsu for a single released just a month for her graduation

 

you're right of course ... but she was featured in the video, and that was a media senbatsu of sorts as she also appeared with the other members in the video in tv shows.

 

And if you want something more recent and less popular member, Takahashi Juri was senbatsu of Jiwaru DAYS.

 

yeah, we discussed this last year, those BTS 'army' types need to get a life

well, I think Miichan will disagree with the 'just a little bit', there was a time that Miichan really was kinda chubby, but as we now know part of that was from plain boredom (and probably frustration)

 

These 'army' types take obsession with their idols to a whole new level and I said back then that it would be the ultimate karma if it turned out Miichan had secretly married 'V' ...

otoh ... Male K-Pop idols are even more manufactured and 'perfect' than female K-Pop idols, but that's entirely my personal opinion, it's an aesthetic I'm not really into

edit:

I can't speak for the Japanese Miichan fans, but here on the forum everybody just seemed to role their eyes and filed it under 'stupid internet shit that happens once in a while, hurting Miichan'



new Miichan video, it's late because she had trouble uploading (it seems there was an issue with YouTube which got solved after she had given up)


if the video does not show watch the video here

it's a Q&A ... and I keep hearing `osake` ... so I'm guessing the first question is about her abstinence

 

there will be an uproar if it turns out to be Miichan for sure ...

to be honest .... I don't care if it is Miichan, as long as it's a decent guy she marries and she's happy

 

I really doubt it will be Miichan, she's been pretty responsible the last few years, even with her self admitted partying habits
And remember what she said about her mom, that she always reacts apprehensive whenever Miichan calls, expecting another scandal, I'm sure that purely therefore, more then for herself, she will try to avoid controversy.
And about Miichan's reputation, gossip magazines will always try to dig up dirt, her scandal made sure of that, but after that there have been just two 'major' incidents, one where she was caught partying with a business man accused of tax evasion and the other her pics with the actor last year.

In the first incident she really was only just present, but gossip magazines, as usual, focused more on the girl than on the real culprit
The second remarkable just fizzled out

But as Miichan, for so far as we know, aims to stay in the entertainment, i guess controversy is part and parcel of that, and sometimes a reputation can help to keep you in the public eye.

I've read many an outrageous opinion about Miichan, it's easy to voice your opinion when your anonymous, the important thing is that people close to you like you, and seeing Miichan's friends list, Acchan, Yuko, Nyan-nyan, Sasshii and Takamina, they obviously do

 

well, a certain someone in the US must have breathed a sigh of relieve ...
I guess he must still be looking for Miichan in Shanghai (for over a year now) ..... why Shanghai? ... nobody really knows, but my guess is he thinks it's in Japan

 

not personally I hope ....