Oricon interviews the ninth generation members of Morning Musume

Oricon recently conducted their own interview with the four new members of Morning Musume: Ikuta Erina, Sayashi Riho, Fukumura Mizuki, and Suzuki Kanon.

Check out the lively interview below!


Interviewer: “We’ve just started, but please introduce the members to everybody so that we can get to know the four of you. First off is ‘Zukki’, the live-wire who always has a smile on her face – Suzuki Kanon-chan.”



Ikuta: Even when she’s not working, she yells out “wahhhh” (lol), and whether she’s on stage or backstage, she’s talking all the time. It’s nice that she doesn’t change (no matter where we are).

Sayashi: Even when I walk with Kanon-chan, I have to powerwalk. I do my best to take big steps, but I can never keep up with her. She slips into the crowd and then before you know it, she’s out of sight. Afterwards, when I tell Kanon-chan, “You’re so weird!”, she often says, “Huh!?”, like she doesn’t get it (lol).

Interviewer: “She cheerfully goes at her own pace, doesn’t she? (lol) Moving on, we have ‘Yasshii’, who made an impression as the ‘cool dancing queen’ – Sayashi Riho.”


Ikuta: When I was training together (for auditions) with Riho-chan, she had no energy left when we ate meals, so whenever I said, “Let’s go to bed everybody”, she acted like she was fine.

Sayashi: While judging was going on, I had to memorize choreography in one day. I thought, “If I go to bed with everyone, I can’t practice,” so I used to practice by myself.

Fukumura: They’re always teasing! Aren’t the two of them (Ikuta and Suzuki) annoying? (lol) When I think that they couldn’t get any more excited, even Yasshi gets to be the same way. It’s funny; they’re just elementary school students, so I think it’s cute.

Interviewer: “It is cute.”

Sayashi: No…… stuff like that…… it’s not really (that cute).

Fukumura: Do you think I’m cute?

Sayashi: No, I don’t! I’d say that Eri-chan is the one who’s cute!

Interviewer: “Haha. Next is Eripon or Ikuta Erina-chan, the one with the wonderful and perfect voice.”


Sayashi: She’s funny. In school, she does impressions of maids. It’s a totally different character.

Ikuta: When I thought about it, it got to where I was like, “Everybody at school does impressions!”, and it’s become my favorite thing to do…… so I when I was told that I was really good at doing maid impressions, I thought,“Hey! I’d better make the best of this!”

Sayashi: Your favorite is the “maid” one….. that’s… a turn off…..

Ikuta: I like that feeling! I like girl idols too.

Suzuki: Eri-chan, she means it in the gyaru-ish modern style. It’s like when you say stuff like “Are you for real!?” when you’re playing around on your cell phone (lol).

Fukumura: I think I’m starting to get jealous of how cheerful and positive you are.

Interviewer: “Thanks for being the last one. Finally, we have Fuku-chan, who’s made her impression as the quiet and reliable one – Fukumura Mizuki-chan. Go ahead.”


Suzuki: Since she gives off the presence of some amazing princess, at first I thought, “I’d better not talk to her!” Even though we’re the same age, in the beginning she was my senpai as an Egg, and I didn’t know how I could connect with her. But little by little, we were able to start talking to each other. A while ago she told me that she thought I was annoying, but she’s a cheerful person, so I’m sure that I can get her all excited with me.

Sayashi: Fuku-chan’s like Kanon-chan in that they’re not the type to lose their cool, so I absolutely think that stuff like that wouldn’t happen now.

Ikuta: When we stay at hotels for work, I always room with Fuku. I often tell her that I was so happy because of the things fans say to me at stuff like the handshake event. Talking together with Fuku is so much fun.

Interviewer: “Finally, let’s settle down with a nice talk (lol). Speaking of fun, your new song ‘Maji Desu ka Ska!’ is a full-throttle happy song. Please, let’s hear about it!”

Fukumura: I really like the lyrics in the hook where we sing, “donna toki demo positive de meccha kirakira hana sakasou”. It’s a song that you can sing straight through, and in the middle of that a girl’s love comes through. It’s a song with a good sense of rhythm, and since it’s a song that makes people energetic when they hear it… eheheh… I want everyone to hear it!

source: tokyohive