Tani's sentansai is today's Nounai Paradise (Jan 6th) by the way. Rikopi's writing the letter. Prepare for a teary Tani.
This form Abe Kyoka's last NP stage: Regrettably the gif didnt give back that Tani fight with her tears.
Chiyori made quite the emotional birthday post about Marika that might be interesting to some of you. given the personal tone of the post, I really hope I didn't screw anything up too bad when translating Nakanishi Chiyori 2014.01.05 23:09 Spoiler Everyone。 Do you know what day it is today？ That’s right！ Today is Ichigo dayー* Is what I want to say, but… Today is Marika’s birthday！！！ A happy day, rightー！！ I am confident that there’s nobody that understands Marika as well as meー♪ And I think Marika agrees with that as well、、、lol Even before Marika entered HKT, her spirits were really high, and since I was about the only person that could keep up with Marika, we would always go home together, and even though we were in different classes, we would always be together, right？！ Those are nice memoriesー。 I had never thought that I would go together with Marika this far, but honestly, the relationship of Marika and me is just great, I think so myself as well(^^) Because Marika is so kind, at the time of the 2nd Senbatsu, when the members were known and I was worried, Marika would barely touch on that subject, and have nothing but bright talks with me insteadー！ Even though I understood that, my mind still couldn’t come to rest, and though there were times where things wouldn’t go well, thinking back to it now, I am incredibly glad about Marika’s supportー☆ Marika and I get compared a lot, it’s worrying me at times and makes me think about various things, but Chiyori and Marika are completely different from each other, and Marika also posses skills that I don’t have. Occasionally I’m maybe even looking up to herー？！(But praising her too much would make me sound weird lol) Because she’s someone so close to me, it’s difficult to stay calm around each other, but I really love Marikaー(^^) In my life, the people that affect me that much are only my family and Marikaーlol* That’s the kind of person Marika is to meー♪ From here on, let’s stay happy, close friends as wellーalright(^-^)/ With our legendary unit, Kinjijareta futari！ I wanna do it again some day, okー！！lol*
Tani's cries fast. A bit like Iichan in that way. Thanks a lot! I read it and got the gist of it but it was a bit too difficult to translate it. Sometimes I forget that they are in the same school and club. Tani received a lot of touching words in general really. Some screens from her sentaisai: Members got her a Tani-brand helium bottle. Tani tried it out but it hardly worked for her. Then they tried it out on Chiizu and it did work. Second thing was an empty 'reflection book' for her to use decorated by Raira and Mio. The bug on it was Mio's idea lol Then came the letter from Rikopi. She talked about how they worked together during the coupling song for the first single and both cried at the end result, their first song on CD. How Rikopi was glad for her when she entered senbatsu and Tani always trusted in Rikopi for advice during the period. How she thinks that Tani puts a lot of effort and work into her MC, always asking "Is this okay? Is that okay?". Rikopi then jokes that she's really fit to be in the "Daijoubu" senbatsu (because she always asking if something's okay/good.) and says that she doesn't say it to people a lot but that she really loves her. Oh and a PS, that Tani needs to return her carrying case. lol Lastly a screen of Minazou giving her a big hug. And here's her birthday setup, it seems her birthday commitee has a great artist among them and gave her a huge fanbook.
^ I just watched her sentaisai, it was really great, everyone loves Marika ^^ Thanks for translating Rikopi's PS lol as expected from her ^^ And I couldn't help but noticing how Mio was so sweet to Marika, she changed her catchphrase at the beginning, smiled a lot at Tani and was always touching her lol btw this last pic is pretty nice [clap] awesome!!
I found hilarious Mio doing "Helium voice" in her intro... Practically her normal voice but with the hand over the eyes I agree with Dejure it was a very nice Seitansai, although lately I'm a little bored of Tani on-stage persona, I really enjoyed watching the LOD, she is so loved by the others members! MY guess is that Marika is, in real life, a quiet, easygoing and sensitive person, compared to her loud and pushy character...
Tani Marika was promoted to Team KIV in the Oita shuffle. Here is her post about it: Saturday, January 11th, 10:33 p.m. なんて書けばいいのか、、。 What should I write... HKT48九州ツアー ～かわいい子には旅をさせよ～ HKT48 Kyushu Tour ~Kawaii Ko ni wa Tabi wo Saseyo~ 無事に！！、、、 ？ 初日を迎えれました。 The first day went by... without incidents!!!? ありがとうございます。 Thank you. MCに出演させて頂けたり！ 大分県の夜、ユニット『ペディキュアday』に出演させて頂けたり！ I was in MCs! In the evening in Oita, I was in the unit "Pedicure Day"! とっても！！！！！嬉しかったです。 I was very happy!!!! 本当に今日は自分にとって色々感じ勉強になり、すっごく、、学べました。 Trully today I experienced many different feelings, and I learned a lot. 沢山の皆様のペンライト、応援声！ 皆様の笑顔。目に焼き付きました。 The penlights and the cheers from all those people! Everyone's smiles. It got carved into my memory. それと、、！！ 今日【クラス替え】がありました。 And also... Today there was the "Class Shuffle". 自分の名前が呼ばれた時は、 頭が真っ白で状況が把握出来ませんでした。 When my name was called, my mind went blank and I couldn't grasp what was going on. けど一つだけ分かる事は、 凄く自分が成長出来そうです。 But the one think I did understand was that it seemed like I had grown up a lot. それと、、凄く、、ドキドキしてます。。 And also... I was a lot nervous... 九州ツアーで、沢山学び。 To learn a lot in the Kyushu Tour. 頭からアンテナを張り。 先輩方から、プラスな事を吸収出来るよう頑張ります！！ To spread out an antena from my head. To absorb more things from my senpais. I will work hard to do all that!! まだまだ始まったばかり！ 谷真理佳。 It has just stated! Tani Marika. 目玉が飛び出るぐらい！口から何か飛び出るくらい！頑張ります！！！ I will work hard until my eyes pop out and something jumps out of my mouth!!! 何事にも全力で To everything, with all my strength 【team KlV】 Yeam KIV レベルアップ出来るよう。 頑張ります。 In order to increase my leve. I will work hard. よろしくお願いします！ Keep supporting me!
This is a few days old, but I don't remember reading about it on S48, so... It seems that a little joke between Tani and Kojiharu has been garnering attention on the Internet. Apparently during one of the MCs on the Request Hour, Tani introduced herself as "Tani Marika, second cutest in HKT", to which Kojiharu replied that there must be only ugly women in the group. Due to the resulting press coverage, "Tani Marika" was at one point the most searched for term in Yahoo Japan. More recently Kojiharu appeared in the launch event for a new cosmetics product and she was once again questioned about it. She said she and Tani are good friends and it was all a misunderstanding. Source
interesting story about tani and kojiharu. I'm sure kojima can survive it and Tani really capitalized from the internet attention.
Kojiharu just teasing Marika. If Marika is ugly, I would gladly take them. If Tani considers herself 2nd cutest, who's the cutest?
Murashige introduces herself as the cutest and funniest in HKT, so maybe Tani was referring to that when she said she's the second cutest.
So Tani is feeling better and... I have to post this because it's hilarious!! Tani Marika 2014.02.14 00:06 Spoiler I have revived Master, I have kept you waiting。 It’s Tani Marika’s come-back！！！！！！！！！ The battle with that guy(the bacterial virus) has dragged on for quite a long time、、。 To all of you, to the members, and to the flowers that are blooming in the fields, I am sorry I made you worry。 Also, from the bottom of my heart、、、、、 I thank you very much。 Well then！！！ From tomorrow on, I will work hard at my activities！！！！Full recovery！Bankai！ Although、、 Tomorrow。。 Is my day off。 ＼(´゜〇゜)＼← I will return from my eternal sleep Thanks to Sayanara for the translation
Tani is one of the main reasons I follow HKT, so I'm kinda sorry to see her leave. But I think a move to Nagoya will be good for her to pick up more outside work (it's a lot closer to Tokyo than Hakata). Now I have to pay attention to SKE as well. sigh...
It's quite weird how they got rid of both Chori and Marika. Both had a sort of similar comedic style, putting them on separate teams was enough but sending them to different groups entirely is quite much. I honestly don't sure how the moves benefit them either but well... we'll see. Good look Marika!
I hope SKE's fans will appreciate this wonderful girl. She will definitely make team E become a lively place with her genkiness wish the best for her.
I wish the best for her in ske (let's hope she won't be too hyper in there ) ... well , i'm gonna miss her so much :wah:
