update on: FUDANJUKU (風男塾) - from Momotarou's graduation to "Moshimo kore ga koi nara"

Minna-sama, it's your Hikari (光) bringing you the news on the most ungrateful topic to google in English: Fudanjuku.

Many things happened and I promised you to keep you up to date on this amazing group, so don't you guys worry I'm here keeping my promise

look at that Uramasa waving...he's the cutest

Can I just say how dislikeful I am towards Techiku entertainment (Fudanjuku's agency)? I mean it's not like I think it's a bad company or anything like that and the fact they removed my video from youtube tho I did not claim their rights has nothing to do with my feelings towards them, but I must say they are NOT helping Fudanjuku becoming more popular with such attitude. I can tell it's one of the first (and therefore most traditional) entertainment companies in Japan since it's quite Japan-only oriented (meaning they don't think about non-japanese fans AT ALL). And about protecting their copyright? wooah I spent like 2 hours finding Fudanjuku's songs online to dowload, bro. 2 freaking hours (but I found it, I always find it BUahHAHAHahahahHAHAHaaaAA)

I mean this company should relax...

Money is coming, Teichiku. Money is coming.

So, because of the fact Fudanjuku's being under such agency, I shall sum up all the recent stuff on them, since I presume you are not Japanese (if you are tho いらっしゃいませ!) , so I hope this post pops up quite soon on your search engine to save you the trouble :)

BE HERO - Momotarou's graduation

Since I wrote the last time changes have been made in the group; as you probably know, our megane leader Momotarou left the group with the „BE HERO“ as his last single. You're probably asking yourselves how and why in the name of god did this happen.

*sighs*

  

Yes someone should smack him across his glasses especially because he has no particular reason for leaving, but he indeed did made a video where he sat in front of the camera saying shit like the reason for his graduation is because he has performed within the unit for five years now and has just turned 30 years old. well bro seriously nobody minds that He also said that “I also have a dream to challenge things on my own. This doesn’t mean that I’m going to retire from show business, so please continue to watch over me”.

Idiot.

it's Momo in the middle. .....yes, I know. and he's(she's) graduating for being 30 -.-''

Let me just comment on this bullshit. I don't doubt that Momo agreed himself on this decision, but let's face it- it's more likely that he got the push from the agency to graduate. Don't get me wrong it's not something that is characteristic for Teichiku entertaintment, it's like that in any talent agency in Japan. It's because in Japan young is pretty, young is sexy, young is attractive. The golden years of Japanese idol careers are not their 20s or 30s like in the West, but the period when they are 12 to 20-something. It's just like that; different sides of the world have different preferences. Of course, it doesn't mean your career is over when you are not 17 anymore, it's just that you need to finish your idol career and from that point on build up your career as an artist.

So, I don't believe this decision of Momo's was made (only) be himself. It's like Morning Musume girls; they all graduated when they were around 20-something years old and they all cried as hell having those graduating concerts, so nobody can tell me they just decided to left on their own.

shitty resolution screen shot from his announcement

Momotarou's graduation was marked by beautiful new single „BE HERO“ realised on 24th September 2014....as you probably know.

BE HERO

And then of course Fudanjuku went short on members...

New Fudanjuku member KARIYASE LIGHT

So, the new member is Kariyase Light, who, I must say, gave himself terribly unnatural name. Kariyase Light’s real name is Shimokariya Kanae. She is 21 years old and from Osaka. He is replacing Bukiya Momotaro (I'm not sure if he's replacing him as a leader too, but hope not since he's the new one).

I'm totally calling him "Kariyase"

 NO Japanese is named  freaking 'Light'

 what did you, came out of Death Note!?

Interesting thing about him is that Shimokariya Kanae was working until now as a girl talent for K Dash Stage which is the same agency as Fudanjuku (so, he wasn't passing any audition and stuff, but had some experience as an idol, I guess that's why they choose her).

Now, she is terribly cute, her face is soft-edged and she is also quite feminine in the body, but she does have a talent in acting like a guy, I must admit that.

Light debuted as a group member in the single "SHUNKAN TORAI FUTURE", which was pretty bombastic I must say. It was made to present a 'new beginning' for a group. I really like this one. I must say, Fudanjuku's songs are just getting better and better and you'll see what I mean by that when I tell you about the latest single they'll release this September.

Meanwhile they had a number of lives and it looked like this:

last 3 photos:
2nd of August 2015
live at SKY Stage of Tokyo idol festival

FUDANJUKU - Moshimo kore ga koi nara

Fudanjuku has prepared 15th single for us, named „Moshimo kore ga koi nara“, in translation 'if this is love', and the MV has already been uploaded on Youtube. If you still haven't seen it WATCH IT. It's quite something.

I downloaded that shit right away

In this song Fudanjuku really brings something new. This MV tells a story and there is no classical close-up shots in it or dancing. In this video Fudanjuku is passing though the woods and chasing a mysterious girl in white. .......until they catch her.

The whole story seems blurry and everything moves slowly; the shots are made unsharpened and unfocused to create the feeling of a dream... and on the top of it there's a girl in white that dances thought the forest. I don't even have to say that the song is really beautiful.... pretty much everything about this single is heavenish. 

I also like that the girl has a short hair. I mean, they didn't take a girl with a typically long hair to create the feeling of her having the female role or to stress out she's being feminine or that Fudanjuku members are being manly.

and omg I love Koji's hair in this

"Moshimo kore ga koi nara" will be realised on 30th Steptember, but who's got time to wait you can download your mp3 here.

Hope you guys enjoyed that, 

come and read my shit again, I really appreciate it.

your 

HIKARI 

:)


EXTRA ANNOUNCEMENT

well guys, Fudanjuku just posted on their official Ameba blog site they are
looking for a new member: you can read it here if you speak any Japanese or just use google translate skillfully ;)

So I guess Kariyase (I told you I ain't callin' him LIGHT) is not the final member
for the new beginning and line up.

well, well
you can surely expect me to write 
again regarding this matter (a.k.a. make
a bunch of comments and critics on new
dude when he comes BUahHAHAhaAha)

just kidding....or not.