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 Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 11:14 pm
I was bored, and frankly, felt a little bad for missing my Japanese class last week, so I decided to translate the member profiles provided on the official Hello! Project website.
Like most of the other translations I've done for you guys, I will note that I'm still learning, so if you happen to notice a translation error, or a way to better phrase something (I tend to translate quite literally), please don't hesitate to tell me~ I've been working on this thing for a week, and the more I translated, the easier it became. There are probably some instances when I translated the same thing twice, but the English is different. That's because I understood it better the first time.
Unfortunately, this is only for the current Hello! Project lineup, excluding Eggs. No Q&A's for previous members. Not even Junjun. D'=
Even if you're not new to Hello! Project, this is interesting! Really, the small details are often overlooked on television or behind the scenes. I feel like they reveal the members' personalities a lot~
There's a lot of overlap, too. >w> I swear, if one other girl said they "hate to lose/are determined/competitive" (it's all the same word) I would have put a foot through the internet. x3
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Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 11:56 pm
MORNING MUSUME 
Leader // 5th generation
Birth date: September 14, 1986
Blood type: A
Birthplace: Fukui Prefecture
1. What is your special skill?
Making candy
2. Hobbies?
Film appreciation, theater appreciation
3. Nickname?
Ai-chan, Ai-kyun
4. How do you not lose to anyone? (In what way are you unbeatable?)
Loving Takarazuka
5. Favorite foods?
Sauce katsudon, omurice.
6. Your favorite motto?
Dream (I want to always live with a dream)
7. Favorite phrase?
Yes, we can
8. Favorite color?
Red, pink
9. What's the pride of your hometown?
We eat iced sweet jelly in the winter.
Niigaki Risa
Sub-leader // 5th generation
Birth date: October 20, 1988
Blood type: B
Birthplace: Kanagawa Prefecture
1. What is your special skill?
Hangul (Korean writing)
Tidying up (once I start, I do it thoroughly!)
Pressing the buttons on my phone without looking (when sending mail)
Self-proclaimed Disney expert (laugh)
2. Hobbies?
Going to Disneyland. I go four times a month~
When there's work in the evening and I have time, I go to the Disney Store.
3. Nickname?
Gaki-san, Mame, Sacchan
4. How do you not lose to anyone? (In what way are you unbeatable?)
Liking Disney. I definitely won't lose. After that is my eyesight.
5. Favorite foods?
Stingray fillet
Mickey Waffle
Grilled eel
Parfait
6. Your favorite motto?
When you open, close
If there's a mountain, there's a hill
7. Favorite phrase?
Everyday, be considerate
If you can do it, just do it! (laugh)
8. Favorite color?
Yellow-green, white
9. What's the pride of your hometown?
Yokohama really settles down my mind!
Michishige Sayumi
6th generation
Birth date: July 13, 1989
Blood type: A
Birthplace: Yamaguchi Prefecture
1. What is your special skill?
Braiding hair (I can do it quickly if I'm determined)
Y-character balance [I assume this means standing in the shape of a Y]
4th grader arithmetic
2. Hobbies?
Collecting something. (Hair ornaments, stickers, toys (that come with food), erasers, stuff like that...)
Chitchat, I like to hear people talk.
3. Nickname?
Sayumin, Sayu, Shige-san, Oyakata [Master, coach]
4. How do you not lose to anyone? (In what way are you unbeatable?)
Cuteness~ Facing anything.
5. Favorite foods?
My mother's homemade roe spaghetti, chocolate.
6. Your favorite motto?
Reject things that come.
7. Favorite phrase?
Thank you. Control the target.
8. Favorite color?
Pink
9. What's the pride of your hometown?
My home area of Yamaguchi-ken has a lot of greenery and the air is clean.
Tanaka Reina
6th generation
Birth date: November 11, 1989
Blood type: O
Birthplace: Fukuoka Prefecture
1. What is your special skill?
Being able to play without sleep.
2. Hobbies?
People watching. Watching all of the TV shows I've recorded Monday through Friday, in the morning.
3. Nickname?
Reina, Reina-chan
4. How do you not lose to anyone? (In what way are you unbeatable?)
I get fevers easily and I lose them easily, but as a result it's not incomplete. [Really, I have no idea what the ******** she's saying, so I have no choice but to translate literally]
Having a lot of jerseys.
5. Favorite foods?
Nankotsu [lit. cartilage], broccoli and enoki [hackberry], chocolate.
6. Your favorite motto?
自分がされたらイヤな事は人にしない!! [currently beating my head against a dictionary trying to understand]
7. Favorite phrase?
Otsuka-Reina
8. Favorite color?
Pink
9. What's the pride of your hometown?
There are lots of Ikeike boys and girls! [ikeike comes up as meaning 'b***h', so I assume it's a style. Oh, slang.]
Our rice is delicious.
Mitsui Aika
8th generation
Birth date: January 12, 1993
Blood type: O
Birthplace: Shiga Prefecture
1. What is your special skill?
Massage (Michishige Sayumi-chan is next...)
Keeping my room nice and tidy.
2. Hobbies?
Shopping~ I do it while looking at pamphlets for houses.
Talking to myself (vain...)
3. Nickname?
Mittsi, Aika
4. How do you not lose to anyone? (In what way are you unbeatable?)
I know a lot about dogs!!
I have a lot of lion, tiger, white tiger goods
5. Favorite foods?
Plums, strawberries, roast beef, konbu, cuttlefish
6. Your favorite motto?
Hakuna Matata! (It puts me at ease)
7. Favorite phrase?
The world, the heavens, invincible [Oh, Japanese sayings.]
8. Favorite color?
Black, purple (it's my color), gold
9. What's the pride of your hometown?
The trains, except for rush hour, aren't crowded at all.
Everyone's like family. (So we connect)
Fukumura Mizuki
9th generation
Birth date: October 30, 1996
Blood type: O
Birthplace: Tokyo
1. What is your special skill?
KY speech* (lol). It's a spontaneous special skill. (lol)
2. Hobbies?
Drawing pictures
3. Nickname?
Fuku-chan.
In school, Mizu-pon, Miichan.
4. How do you not lose to anyone? (In what way are you unbeatable?)
Hello! Project love.
It's a place that likes artists!
5. Favorite foods?
Coconut milk, tapioca, aloe, omelet (handmade by my mother)
6. Your favorite motto?
Believing in people.
7. Favorite phrase?
Whatever doesn't kill us only makes us stronger.
Rainbow
8. Favorite color?
Pink, white.
9. What's the pride of your hometown?
Things like Tokyo Dome and Tokyo Tower.
Ikuta Erina
9th generation
Birth date: July 7, 1997
Blood type: A
Birthplace: Fukuoka Prefecture
1. What is your special skill?
I can sleep anywhere.
I'm fast at using the buttons on my cellphone.
2. Hobbies?
Dance
Golf
3. Nickname?
Eri-pon.
In school, Eri.
4. How do you not lose to anyone? (In what way are you unbeatable?)
Excitement.
5. Favorite foods?
Strawberries.
Dry-cured ham.
6. Your favorite motto?
Determination is important!!
7. Favorite phrase?
I love you. (literally, I like you very much)
8. Favorite color?
White
Black
Red
Yellow
9. What's the pride of your hometown?
The origin of Hakata Ramen's second serving.
Sayashi Riho
9th generation
Birth date: May 28th, 1998
Blood type: AB
Birthplace: Hiroshima Prefecture
1. What is your special skill?
Penmanship and rubbing shoulders.
2. Hobbies?
Listening to music and sleeping.
3. Nickname?
Yasshii.
4. How do you not lose to anyone? (In what way are you unbeatable?)
The feeling that family is important.
5. Favorite foods?
Peaches, chicken wings, sushi, oysters.
6. Your favorite motto?
Whatever doesn't kill us only makes us stronger.
7. Favorite phrase?
Once in a lifetime encounter.
I want to treasure my meetings with people.
8. Favorite color?
Pink, white, black, yellow-green.
9. What's the pride of your hometown?
The winter has delicious oysters.
Every year I cook and eat them at home.
Suzuki Kanon
9th generation
Birth date: Augus 5th, 1998
Blood type: B
Birthplace: Aichi Prefecture
1. What is your special skill?
Gluttony and mimicking insects.
2. Hobbies?
Karaoke
3. Nickname?
Zukki.
In school, Kanon.
4. How do you not lose to anyone? (In what way are you unbeatable?)
The height of my excitement.
Going through time with a smile.
5. Favorite foods?
Beef ribs, horumon (literally, pig or cow entrails), miso soup, the school lunch's dried radish strips.
6. Your favorite motto?
Smiles first!
7. Favorite phrase?
Being able to manage somehow or another-ness.
(Because if I say this, I can do something.)
8. Favorite color?
Pink, yellow, orange
9. What's the pride of your hometown?
There are lots of warm-hearted people!
[note] - I struggled with the 'favorite motto' section. Like English proverbs, Japanese proverbs are difficult to translate without the cultural connotation. Sorry that I can't provide more explanation.
* KY speech is a slang term that stands for 'kuuki yomenai', or 'unable to read the air'. It's a term used to describe someone who talks and talks without noticing that the people listening are getting bored or uncomfortable.
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Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 12:31 am
BERRYZ KOUBOU Shimizu Saki
Captain
Birth date: November 22, 1991
Blood type: O
1. What is your hobby?
Listening to music. Collecting 500 yen coins. Growing pretty nails.
2. What is your special skill?
Dance. Currently, I'm in the middle of looking for other special skills.
3. What's your strong point?
Cheerfulness. Thinking about other people's feelings. Trying my best positively.
4. What's your weak point?
It's easy for me to spill my views on people.
5. How would you describe your character in one word?
Crybaby. ( T _ T ) Hates to lose. Indecisiveness.
6. What's your strong subject?
Math... For the time being ... !! LOL
7. What's your favorite animal?
Our home's pet dog "Kurumi"
8. Favorite color?
Yellow, white, dark pink (shocking pink), light blue
9. What is Berryz Koubou to you?
A second family... isn't that right.
Tsugunaga Momoko
Birth date: March 6, 1992
Blood type: O
1. What is your hobby?
Lately I'm getting into listening to music. The genre is rock~
2. What is your special skill?
Momo-Attack!
3. What's your strong point?
Going my way~ ... It's been said a lot.
4. What's your weak point?
I'm fickle. I can't do things for a long period of time.
5. How would you describe your character in one word?
The type to speak well over time. (LOL)
6. What's your strong subject?
Music. For a long time music has been my only strong skill.
7. What's your favorite animal?
Chicks. [la la something I can't read about how they're so cute.]
But it's been said I resemble a fox.
8. Favorite color?
Momoiro (Pink)! Because I'm Momoko!
9. What is Berryz Koubou to you?
The prime of my youth ~
Momo's youth is filled with Berryz Koubou~
Tokunaga Chinami
Birth date: May 22, 1992
Blood type: A
1. What is your hobby?
Doing nails.
2. What is your special skill?
Badminton. (When I was in the fourth grade, I came third in the prefectural tournament)
3. What's your strong point?
Smiling.
4. What's your weak point?
Fickleness.
5. How would you describe your character in one word?
Broad.
6. What's your strong subject?
Homeroom!!!
7. What's your favorite animal?
Monkey-san.
8. Favorite color?
Hmm... Red and yellow-green and orange.
9. What is Berryz Koubou to you?
A second family.
Sudou Maasa
Birth date: July 3, 1992
Blood type: O
1. What is your hobby?
Reading books and manga.
Playing the guitar. (I'm a beginner)
2. What is your special skill?
......I can sleep with my eyes open.
3. What's your strong point?
I'm determined.
4. What's your weak point?
I'm too 'My Pace'...
5. How would you describe your character in one word?
I'm punctual to an odd point.
6. What's your strong subject?
Japanese.
7. What's your favorite animal?
Dogs.
8. Favorite color?
Light blue, blue.
9. What is Berryz Koubou to you?
A family. It's like having seven sisters.
Natsuyaki Miyabi
Birth date: August 25, 1992
Blood type: O
1. What is your hobby?
Taking mail photos. Making accessories. Messing around with my phone.
2. What is your special skill?
I can sleep anywhere~
3. What's your strong point?
I'm cheerful~ I have a personality that's easy to talk to.
4. What's your weak point?
Shyness.
5. How would you describe your character in one word?
Determined.
6. What's your strong subject?
Home economics. PE.
7. What's your favorite animal?
I love dogs.
8. Favorite color?
White~ Black~ Pink~
9. What is Berryz Koubou to you?
Really precious. I love them. Extremely fun~
Kumai Yurina
Birth date: August 3, 1993
Blood type: B
1. What is your hobby?
Reading fashion magazines. Collecting accessories. Listening to music. Drums (Beginner).
2. What is your special skill?
I don't have one now, but after this I'll find one.
3. What's your strong point?
Cheerfulness.
4. What's your weak point?
I don't reply clearly. (I hesitate easily)
5. How would you describe your character in one word?
Appearance of an adult, child on the inside.
6. What's your strong subject?
Japanese.
7. What's your favorite animal?
Dogs, cute, small bears.
8. Favorite color?
Black, brown, purple, blue, green (because it's my concert color), white.
9. What is Berryz Koubou to you?
We have individuality and can understand each other~
Sugaya Risako
Birth date: April 4, 1994
Blood type: A
1. What is your hobby?
Watching movies. Looking at the sky. (Constellations or clouds or...) Drawing. Reading books.
2. What is your special skill?
Drawing.
3. What's your strong point?
It's often said that I listen to worries seriously, and then talk about them.
4. What's your weak point?
I'm carefree.
5. How would you describe your character in one word?
Good at finishing.
6. What's your strong subject?
Art.
7. What's your favorite animal?
Chicks.
8. Favorite color?
Brown, black, pink, white, red.
9. What is Berryz Koubou to you?
One more family.
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Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 12:52 am
℃-UTE Yajima Maimi
Birth date: February 7, 1992
Blood type: O
1. What is your special skill?
Tongue twisters. Playing catch.
2. What is your hobby?
Making things!!
For my friend's birthday we took a clean photo together, and after a bit of correcting, Maimi gave a deluxe photo. This time if I get the chance I want to try to make a Matryoshka (a Russian nesting doll).
3. What is your strong point?
I can think of every as a plus.
I don't lose sleep over the little things. Once I start something, I can't settle down until I finish it completely.
4. What is your weak point?
I can't concentrate on just one thing.
5. Describe your character in one word.
Clumsy...
I want to become skillful...
6. Favorite food?
Cherries~ Meat!!
7. What's your strong subject?
PE!!
8. Your favorite animal?
Dogs!! They're too cute~
9. Favorite color?
White, pink, yellow-green
10. What is C-ute to you?
An important existence.
Nakajima Saki
Birth date: February 5, 1994
Blood type: O
1. What is your special skill?
Currently, I'm in the middle of looking.
2. What is your hobby?
Collecting handicrafts and shopping.
3. What is your strong point?
Becoming engrossed in one thing!
4. What is your weak point?
I had cropped hair for three days. [Literally, three days, priest/cropped hair. I'm guessing the meaning. Still don't get it, though.]
5. Describe your character in one word.
Candid~
6. Favorite food?
Mandarin oranges, roe & green perilla pasta, Japanese confectioneries.
7. What's your strong subject?
My strength would be my beloved "science".
I have a ridiculous interest in space and the like.
8. Your favorite animal?
Pandas. Baby lions.
9. Favorite color?
Black. Orange. Red. Light blue.
10. What is C-ute to you?
An absolutely necessary important place.
Suzuki Airi
Birth date: April 12, 1994
Blood type: B
1. What is your special skill?
Keeping the inside of my bag neat! Laugh.
Then, Poof!! and remembering puns.
Everyone says "Boring..." but... (cries)
2. What is your hobby?
Drawing.
Making things.
I like attentive work.
3. What is your strong point?
I'm always forward-looking.
If I'm in a slump longer? On the contrary, it's a worried gloominess. [Ehh...]
4. What is your weak point?
My movement is slow.
I'm sorry for always being late.
5. Describe your character in one word.
My pace.
For better or for worse, I go at my own pace.
I'll go down my own road / Honto no Jibun (Buono!)
Laugh.
6. Favorite food?
Matcha (green tea), milk, croissant, cucumbers, meat, fruit... that's the standard of what I like.
7. What's your strong subject?
Music, home economics, art, science
After that, I try my best at English.
8. Your favorite animal?
Puppies~
However, I like humans the best.
9. Favorite color?
White, black, pink, yellow-green.
10. What is C-ute to you?
Family... Rather than that, like sisters.
It's an important place where I can sing the songs I love and be with the members I love.
Okai Chisato
Birth date: June 21, 1994
Blood type: A
1. What is your special skill?
Exercise. I want to beat Maimi.
Yup. Someday, surely.
2. What is your hobby?
Karaoke, bowling, I mainly like exercise.
Yo. (><) I like competition.
3. What is your strong point?
I always have high spirits (tension)!
4. What is your weak point?
When I have high spirits, I continue to talk. (LOL)
5. Describe your character in one word.
Stupid tension!!
6. Favorite food?
Kalbi gukbap.
Medium-fatty tuna.
La France (a type of French pear)
I like everything~
7. What's your strong subject?
PE.
...is all I'm able to do. (LOL)
8. Your favorite animal?
Dogs.
9. Favorite color?
Blue, light blue. I have mostly things [in those colors?] but there are times that I like pink.
10. What is C-ute to you?
Important friends.
I need you!
Hagiwara Mai
Birth date: February 7, 1996
Blood type: AB
1. What is your special skill?
Currently searching.
2. What is your hobby?
Playing with my pet dog Chocora!
3. What is your strong point?
I don't really cry.
4. What is your weak point?
My sleeping posture is bad. (laugh)
5. Describe your character in one word.
Candid!!
6. Favorite food?
Strawberries, meat, ice cream, Granpa's meat chaahan (Chinese style fried rice).
7. What's your strong subject?
How should I say strong subject... I like Japanese and Society
8. Your favorite animal?
Rabbits, dogs.
9. Favorite color?
Purple, dark pink.
10. What is C-ute to you?
Family~
An important existence!
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Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 1:00 am
MANO ERINA Mano Erina
Birth date: April 11, 1991
Astrological Sign: Sheep
Birthplace: Kanagawa Prefecture
Blood type: B
1. What is your hobby?
Piano. Basketball. Futsal. Parents' errands. [It could be translated in various ways, none made sense.]
2. What is your strong point?
I hate to lose!
3. What is your weak point?
I'm a crybaby.
4. Favorite food?
Cherries, karaage. [Karaage is like fried chicken nuggets, only better.]
5. Describe yourself in one word.
My Pace!
6. What's your strong subject?
PE, music, geography.
7. Favorite animal?
Dogs and cats!
8. Favorite color?
I like red!
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Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 1:18 am
S/MILEAGE 
Birth date: August 1, 1994
Blood type: A
Birthplace: Gunma Prefecture
1. What is your hobby?
Going to look at various kinds of pictures.
Searching for shooting stars.
2. What is your special skill?
I can talk about Edouard Manet for an hour.
I can talk to animals through ultrasonic waves.
3. Favorite food?
Cherries, American cherries, strawberries, raspberries, grapes (I like those five so much I can eat them without getting tired of them.)
4. What is your strong point?
I hate to lose.
5. What is your weak point?
I cry easily.
(Everyone often says that I cry easily.)
6. Describe yourself in one word.
Blunder.
(The reason is, I often fall over in my house's entryway.)
7. What's your strong subject?
PE.
(I like volleyball. The reason is, I like it when I throw the ball, it enters my opponent's court, and I get points.)
8. Favorite animal?
Dogs, cats.
(I only like the cat we have at my house.
Dogs have cute faces and their toddling walk is cute, so I like them.)
9. Favorite color?
It's purple, pink, black.
(I like purple and pink because I see a lot of small items (in those colors) sold in stores, and I think they're cute.
I like black clothes, so I like the color black.)
Maeda Yuuka
Birth date: December 28, 1994
Blood type: B
Birthplace: Chiba Prefecture
1. What is your hobby?
Sleeping
Eating
Basking in the sun
Taking walks
Looking at the sky
Playing with my pet dog Haru
2. What is your special skill?
Puns
Piano
Penmanship
Cleaning the school toilets
Remembering kanji and English words (I forget them right after the test ends)
3. Favorite food?
Cheese omelet, peach, cheese, salmon, tomato
4. What is your strong point?
If there are unpleasant things, I go to sleep and then I feel better. (become genki)
5. What is your weak point?
I'm negative. (I end up thinking of the minuses.)
6. Describe yourself in one word.
Diligent.
(For better or for worse. It's hard to write an explanation.)
7. What's your strong subject?
I don't have a strong subject, my favorites are PE and music.
(I like to move and stuff like that.)
8. Favorite animal?
Dogs, hamsters.
9. Favorite color?
Red, (because it's an adult-like color) black, white, (pink)
Fukuda Kanon
Birth date: March 12, 1995
Blood type: A
Birthplace: Saitama Prefecture
1. What is your hobby?
Reading novels
Idol research
Games
Music appreciation
Musical (theater) appreciation
Dressing fashionably
Updating my blog
Computers
Collecting bears
2. What is your special skill?
エアー○○ [Air ○○. Yeah, I don't get it either.]
Saying the S/mileage members' names rapidly.
Games (I can increase 99 people at 1-1 on the DS game New Super Mario Brothers) [I'm not a gamer, so I have no idea what she's talking about.]
Shopping inexpensively
Drawing pictures
3. Favorite food?
Strawberries. Tuna. Octopus. Bonito. Sea bream. Tomatoes.
(If it's a red food, I can generally eat it.)
4. What is your strong point?
I hate to lose.
(If it's something I can't do, I do it until I can! Because losing is just mortifying.)
5. What is your weak point?
I'm selfish.
(If I can't buy what I want, I'll do things like cry in the store and be silent all day.)
6. Describe yourself in one word.
Human emotions. (Because my feelings show immediately.)
7. What's your strong subject?
Reading kanji. (The rest I'm not good at.)
8. Favorite animal?
My pet rabbit. Newborn dogs and cats.
(Animals are scary.)
9. Favorite color?
Purple, red, pink.
(Because those three are always pleasing to the eye.)
Ogawa Saki
Birth date: November 18, 1994
Blood type: A
Birthplace: Saitama Prefecture
1. What is your hobby?
Going around product exhibitions.*
(I recommend Hokkaido's crab bentou)
Collecting Western-styled clothes.
Collecting pouches. [for pencils]
2. What is your special skill?
Imitation
Baton
Speed-eating
3. Favorite food?
Melon, fresh caramel, yakiniku
(However, there is meat that I can and cannot eat.)
4. What is your strong point?
Positive thinking. I'm not persistent.
(Because even if there are bad things, I always think positively.)
5. What is your weak point?
My face comes out immediately. (Because my mother has said this.) [I assume she's talking about emotions.]
When I'm quiet, it's said "Are you mad?" [So, people mistake her silence for anger.]
6. Describe yourself in one word.
Bright!
(Even if it's a small thing, I end up smiling... I'm always smiling.)
7. What's your strong subject?
Japanese, music.
(Japanese because I do so well I rank number one on tests.)
8. Favorite animal?
I especially like dogs, but I like all animals.
(Because when I'm feeling blue, I feel better when I'm with them. I'm an only child, so if I have a playmate in the house, it's fun.)
9. Favorite color?
Pink, purple, black, white
(I like colors that are distinctly dark. I wear black and purple clothes often.)
* This requires a bit of cultural information. Often, department stores and the like will hold exhibitions, where they sell different kinds of food or products. In the one Ogawa recommends, it's an exhibition dedicated to selling and sharing information on crab bentous from the Hokkaido region of Japan.
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