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Morning Musume, Berryz Koubou, ºC-ute Poll

Monday, 11th February 2008 03:49

It's been over 8 months since I posted my Morning Musume poll (Morning Musume Poll Results), I still can't get over how many people took part in this, thanks everyone!
After a discussion on MorningBerryz blog awhile ago I decided to start writing a new poll, the aim of which was to find the cutest member within H!P, considering this was to feature all of the current members of H!P I decided that it would probably be best to extend this to not only include Cutest, but Sexiest and the opportunity to order the entire H!P members into a list of favourites. Unfortunately this has taken much longer than I had originally thought, coding whys it's ok, but it's more how to display the results and getting images of everyone within the current line up. So whilst I work my through the things left to do I decided that it would be a good idea to bring back the Morning Musume poll. This time around I'd like to try and collect a little bit more information and try and see a little bit more into the Western H!P fan, so as well the poll I've included the options of age and sex, both of these are optional but if you feel like enter these it would be really appreciated, it would be great to see the age ranges that H!P spans. I've also included the opportunity to poll Berryz and C-ute as well. Personally, since posting the original poll I've really gotten into both Berryz and C-ute. The results I'm really looking forward to seeing is C-ute's, as I'd imagine the results are going to be very evenly spread, I imagine that it's going to be quite tight.
I'm hoping that this will be as successful as the last one and thank everyone in advance for taking part. I'll keep the poll open for 2 weeks, it will end on the 24th of February and I'll try to get the results by 27th.

Click Here to Vote

I've just submitted my vote and I'm going to try and explain a little as to why I've ordered them as I have, I'll try to keep each as short as possible.


1. Koharu Kusumi
Koharu remains my favourite member of the group and she shows no sign of budging, the more I see of her the more I love her, I've yet to find fault in her. When I look back on my favourite members within H!P it seems inevitable that Koharu would be my favourite, I seem to have a thing for cute looking girls with an equally cute personality and she fits that description perfectly. Aside from these reason, I think another reason why I rate so highly is because she was the first member that I had seen enter the group and watch her progress, this in itself was something that I hadn't experienced before.

2. Michishige Sayumi
Now although Koharu is cute, I'd like to think that she learnt it all from Sayu ;p Seriously, Sayumi can be amazingly cute and although she's not the greatest singer within the group, I personally love her voice, when she teamed up with Koharu on the last couple of albums and concert appearances I was so happy, together Sayu and Koha are an unstoppable team, at least in my eyes, perhaps one day we'll see them both join up for a single release, who knows perhaps a duet for a Kirarin Revolution single?? I'd die happy if that was to happen.

3. Niigaki Risa
Gaki, has really impressed me lately and this is clearly shown with her jumping up two positions into my 3rd favourite member. Gaki has always been a member that generally I've always not paid that much attention to when it came to PVs and concerts, but much like Reina I think she is extremely photogenic and I've managed to collect all of her PB releases. But it wasn't until I purchased her Alo-Hello! release in the middle of last year that I realised on what I was missing out on. Her personality and whole attitude is one that just leaves me with a smile on my face, but that said my favourite feature of hers is her smile, it's so contagious! All she has to is smile and I'll be beaming for ages, seeing her smile just puts me in the best mood, so you can imagine how I was feeling after her Alo-Hello DVD.

4. Kamei Eri
Kamei has remained in the same position as when I last done this and I feel a little bad, she is such an amazingly funny and cute member of Morning Musume. It was actually quite tough deciding who should come 3rd and 4th as I like both Kamei and Gakisan about the same, but it was Gaki's smile that helped her be pushed up to 3rd place. The thing that really appeals to me about Kamei is her ditsy nature and her amazingly strange drawing skills, she is another member that always makes me smile, especially when looking back on the Hello Morning episodes with her Mikitty, not only did she looks really cute, but the mix of both their personality's made for a great pairing.

5. Mitsui Aika
Mittsi's position in this is a real surprise to me...I didn't realise I liked her this much, lol, I was expecting her to come lower than this. Her appearance in Athena & Robikerottsu has really helped her climb within my favourites, how cute is she in the PVs for this unit!? Then there's the totally unexpectedness of how good she looked in a bikini, I was in shock after watching the Alo-Hello! 2 DVD and was left in total amazement as to why she didn't get a PB release last year.

6. Tanaka Reina
As Gakisan jumps up Reina falls from a previous 3rd to 7th, interestingly though this all down to her PB releases and more specifically her last PB release. It's hard to explain as I think that Reina has to be the most photogenic out of all the members, simply put she always looks amazing and is able to pull off any style, but with her last PB I wasn't as impressed as I have been with the others, I can't put my finger on what it was I didn't like about the book but there was something, perhaps how often her releases are coming out, is it possible to have too much of a good thing?

7. Takahashi Ai
Aichan, for some reason never features higly within my rankings, even though her voice is so amazing and she looks just as amazing in all of her PB releases.

8 - 9. Linlin and Junjun
OK, I feel really bad for grouping them together whilst everyone else has their only little pieces, but although I've taken a liking to both Linlin and Junjun it's not one that's having an impact on me. I put this down to the fact that recently I've been really busy and haven't had a proper chance to sit down and watch an episode of HaroMoni (it's been 2 months since I've had a chance to watch a full episode, lol, my hard drive is getting with unwatched episodes) and get a real feel for them. From now on I'm going to make more of an effort to not only watch the HaroMoni episodes, but to take an active interest in both Linlin and Junjun.


1. Sugaya Risako
Even when I wasn't that big a fan of Berryz Risako always stood out, she's not only amazingly cute but she's also extremely attractive for her age, if she looks this good at 13 how is she going to look in another 5 years? Aside from looks Risako has to be the member I most look forward to seeing in the live performances, she always gives it her all and I really love her dancing and after seeing her perform Robokiss with Sayumi, she's firmly rooted as my favourite Berry.

2. Tsugunaga Momoko
For a long time Momo was the member within Berryz that I loved to hate. She really didn't appeal to me, I wasn't keen on her voice and she always seemed to look a little strange. And then Buono! formed. Admittedly I still find her appearance within the Berryz PVs slightly odd, but in Buono! I've really begun to see her appeal, she has such a wacky personality and her odd look seems to have disappeared within their PVs to a really cute and non-awkward looking. And she can play air guitar like some sort of crazy god!

3. Natsuyaki Miyabi
After Risako caught my eye within Berryz Miyabi was the next. She's also a consistent member within Berryz when it comes to both singing and live performances and she never fails to capture my interest.

4. Kumai Yurina
So tall!! Gargantuous, but in a great way!

5. Shimizu Saki
'Captain!' This is a great nickname to have, out of all the nicknames within H!P hers has to be the best, why has she never came out during a live performance smoking a pipe and with a beard and an eye patch on?? I feel that she should get more attention in the PVs then she does at the moment, although her singing voice I don't think is the best she certainly deserves more attention than she's currently getting.

6 - 7. Tokunaga Chinami and Sudou Maasa
Although I've come to like Berryz a hell of a lot more than I used to I still find it hard feeling for some of the members, if I'm totally honest, the unit for me is a three girl group. Obviously each member is an integral part of Berryz and I would hate to see any of them leave, I just find it hard to take as much as a liking to the members as I do with any other unit and this is the problem I have with Chinami and Sudou. Again I think the problem is much the same as to why both Linlin and Junjun rank so low in the Morning Musume rankings, I don't go out of my way to watch their performances, again I'm going to try my best and push myself into taking an interest into members I don't normally pay that much attention to.


1. Umeda Erika
A stand out member within C-ute and in my opinion extremly under used. She has the looks, but as of yet has no PB release, or as far as I know no plans for a PB release. She has a great voice, but doesn't get featured enough in the releases (but this can be said about most members within C-ute). She can at times come across a little shy (or nervous I'm not to sure which one it is exactly), but this is a really great personality trait to have when in a group like this. Then there's her outfit in the recent Tokaikko Junjou, such great legs! I really hope that she's made use of more this year.

2. Hagiwara Mai
Maimai, is potentially the cutest member within H!P, she's just so adorable. Then there's her potential, when I look at her performing I'm just blown away she has such a great voice. Both tracks she done with Koharu were amazing and really showcased her voice, I hope at some point we have another release from KiraPika. I can't help but think that in years to come she's going to have an amazing solo career, given time I think she has the potential to be as good as Ayaya.

3. Nakajima Saki
With a smile to rival that of Gaki's. Her performances in both C-ute and Athena & Robikerottsu have really impressed me. But it's in the releases for Athena & Robikerottsu that her appeal has really grown on me, until I heard these releases I hadn't paid her that much attention, but she has a great singing voice and is really cute.

4. Yajima Maimi
What's not to like about Maimi? As a leader of C-ute I think she does a great job, she's certainly someone for the girls to look up to, with her PB releases and song with Nacchi, it's clear to see has the potential to become an outstanding member within H!P. She's also an amazing dancer, certainly the best within C-ute.

5. Okai Chisato
Another great singer who is underused, it seems to be a trait within C-ute, but at least she's getting more attention through Athena & Robikerottsu. I can't wait until she gets her next image change, I'd really like to see her with longer hair.

6. Arihara Kanna
Kannachan, has a really cute image, her looks really fit into the group nicely. I'm hoping, much like Erika, we start to see more of her in the coming year.

7. Suzuki Airi
Although she seems to be one of the most popular members of C-ute (she's certainly one of the most featured members) she has to be my least favourite. At times I wish she had less lines and the other members of unit had more. Another reason for her low ranking was the scans I saw of her PB, I wasn't that impressed with them, certainly not impressed enough to warrant her having second PB coming out before some of the other members get their first one. But there's no denying she has a great voice and she really shines in Buono!

Time for sleep now...less than 4 hours before I have to get up :(

TAGS [ Berryz C-ute Morning Musume ]
Posted Monday, 11th February 2008 03:49 | 10269 Reads

Comments

Comment by Strawberrie on Monday, 11th February 2008 03:55
Cool, taking poll now. Not to be mean with Airi fans but I'm so glad I'm not going to be the only one raking her at the bottom. I love Airi in Aa and once Megumi wasn't in C-ute no more I find myself not enjoying Airi at all. Now in Buono! I really love her but in C-ute I feel like they should cut her lines and pass them around.


Comment by Ken on Monday, 11th February 2008 04:06
All right! I was hoping you'd bring back the rankings again. I didn't get to take part in the last one. I like the presentation of the tables this time round. Good work!


Comment by Midori on Monday, 11th February 2008 04:18
Thanks for bringing the rankings back! I think these are fun. I've put mine in, all we need now is an Elders Club and overall H!P poll. It's always fun to see what'll happen. (I'm putting my money on Kusumi or Sayu being the most popular in Momusu)


Comment by Bethany on Monday, 11th February 2008 04:25
I did the Morning Musume one~It's on my myspace now~hahaha!


Comment by BladeMaster on Monday, 11th February 2008 04:50
Thank you Paul, that's an excellent voting system. It's a nice touch to be able to vote for Berryz and C-ute. Well done!
You can bet that I'll vote for Wonky Reina FTW. Will always support her, every single year:)


Comment by momo on Monday, 11th February 2008 05:08
did the MM one, as you may guess, sayu is still my #1 and koharu my #2. see my blog for the result in my new post.


Comment by ddrchik on Monday, 11th February 2008 09:07
i had reina and jun jun at the top of my musume list and then airi at the top of the c-ute one (i'm sure your gf is glad that u think erika has great legs :P

in reply to ur comment earlier..actually Boten Anna is one of my favs but i've not heard the version with alternate lyrics..that's very interesting. any idea where i can find it?


Comment by ErikaUmedaFan on Monday, 11th February 2008 13:28
I am SO Glad you put Erika in the top spot! SO refreshing :-)


Comment by Nozofan on Monday, 11th February 2008 16:33
I vote too! You can see my result on my blog, but it's all in french since I came from Québec! Also, I invite all people who pass on my blog to vote. So you will have vote from France too probably! (I must be the only fan from Québec! Except my friend but, she not a really great fan! All the other french fan are from Europe!)



Comment by Kusumi on Monday, 11th February 2008 16:37
The poll won't work for me XD


Comment by momo on Monday, 11th February 2008 18:03
@kusumi, what browser are you using to access the poll? Try using firefox since that browser worked for me.


Comment by Radicalipton on Monday, 11th February 2008 18:44
Yes, Koharu for all the criticism leveled at her singing ability, or lack thereof, is no doubt the top looker, and Sayu is right up there with her. As for Berryz, Chinami deserves a better placing, and concerning C-ute, I must say almost the reverse is what I'd rather see, save for Hagiwara, who epitomizes the Hello Project image with not only looks, but personality and talent as well. Great rankings!

http://www.bloggerparty.com/blog/radreview


Comment by Garamon on Monday, 11th February 2008 19:19
Really nice poll!
I'm using my ranking pics as a sig over at H!O, hope that's OK. (Link to this poll is included in the sig.)

http://www.hello-online.org/index.php?showuser=29952


Comment by MorningBerryz on Monday, 11th February 2008 19:40
Our Berryz Koubou member rankings are nearly identical!! Ah! poor Aichan!! Thank you so much for all of your hard work and I really love the photos that you've chosen for your polls!! :) The last time I couldn't get my image to appear and silly me may just need to ask you again in case I forgot! :P


Comment by MorningBerryz on Monday, 11th February 2008 20:18
Haha okay once again clueless me didn't know what I was supposed to do with those links and I've lost them again! Could you please send me the member ranking banners again like the last time? Your incompetent friend! :P


Comment by paul.thomas on Tuesday, 12th February 2008 00:48
Wow! Thanks to everyone whose voted so far, today looks like to have been a really busy day, with 242 people submitting their votes, if this keeps us they'll be an amazing amount of data to look through!
Garamon, by all means use it as your sig hopefully it'll attract some more users! I've seen the images on other blogs and forums, they're really getting around :)
Kusumi (and anyone else who is having any sort of problems) feel free to email and let me know of any problems you're having, I'll gladly sit down and try to sort them for you.
I really want to comment more on this, but I'm so tired, I had an amazingly late night last night so I have to sleep now and I'll comment more in the morning.


Comment by Hotaru on Tuesday, 12th February 2008 03:14
Yay Paul! I'm happy you did this XD. I didn't want to specifically state any of my favorite members in a group (although its probably easy to tell) until you made one of these things again....Thank you!


Comment by Zethgryn on Tuesday, 12th February 2008 03:36
for some reason, i have a feeling people are doing multiple polls, lol.

GAKISAN #1


Comment by Kusumi on Tuesday, 12th February 2008 03:53
@Momo - Nevermind, it's working now. Thanks~


Comment by Ken on Tuesday, 12th February 2008 04:03
I hope some overzealous fan doesn't skew the results, LOL.


Comment by KaoruBlade on Tuesday, 12th February 2008 04:42
It's weird...Everyone on your least favorite list is in my top list:p


Comment by Mr Waffle on Tuesday, 12th February 2008 08:00
The only problem with this is that I can't have my favourite girl in a group, then the other members who I love equally as much, and then finally the member I don't like at the far far far far farrrrr end (looking at you, Risako and Airi). Still, should be interesting.

ps awesome voting system!


Comment by Tats on Tuesday, 12th February 2008 09:38
Trouble is, this has now highlighted for me that I don't really know the members in Berryz and C-ute enough to be able to rank them. Which means more research and time needs to be spent by me.
And as for Momusu? Gaki-san #! :D



Comment by Wahashimoto on Tuesday, 12th February 2008 10:25
Yay!

I've been waiting for this ever since your old Morning Musume ranking!

Momusu:
1. Gaki
2. Pokepokepuu
3. Junjun
4. Wonky
5. Aika
6. Ai-chan
7. Sayu
8. Linlin
9. Koharu

Notable Mentions: Wonky for getting 4th. With Momusu, I don't hate any of them, so Koharu ending up last was just process of elimination. =\

Berryz:
1. Maasa
2. Chinami
3. Captain
4. Momo
5. Yurina
6. Miyabi
7. Risako

Notable mentions: Maasa and Chinami for beating out Captain. Also, Momo jumping from last to 4th due to the advent of Buono!. Along with Momusu, I don't really hate any of them so Risako ending up at the bottom is meh.

C-ute:
1. Erika
2. Kanna
3. Chisato
4. Maimi
5. Maimai
6. Airi <-- (WTFOMGHAX)
7. Nakajima

Notable mentions: Airi for not being the most hated Cutie. As opposed to the other two groups, I have a strong disliking (and in 7th place, hatred) for certain members. If I cover up the bottom three the picture looks so much nicer. :3


Comment by Helmi on Tuesday, 12th February 2008 15:10
Hi! You got a little mistake there at Morning Musume list, Jun Jun and Lin Lin should be 8 and 9 position not 9 and 10. Tanaka position should be number 6. But i guess you were a bit tired after doing such a wonderful poll. I embed on my friendster and hopefully lots of people will take part in this poll. Can't wait for the result! Take care. Koharu rules. -helmi-


Comment by Michi on Tuesday, 12th February 2008 16:58
Hi! I put your poll in my blog, ok?

This poll is wonderful!!!!
Great job!
What do you think of put Ongaku Gatas in the next? xD haha



Comment by Michi on Tuesday, 12th February 2008 17:13
Please! Put de resuts of Brazil or Latin America. ._.


Comment by Kelly on Tuesday, 12th February 2008 18:56
hey paul
i've took the poll already but forgot to reply lol~
in the morning musume one, my top1 is ai - she really have a great voice and she's pretty.
in berryz koubou, same as you, my top 1 is risako, she really looks good in her age, she really cute and her smile is really good and in some of the dvd magazine, she's really funny
then in c=ute, my top 1 is airi, i don't use to like her that much, but then i noticed her voice, and her voice is so good and talented but i do have to agree that h!p gives her so many solo lines in their single, they should let other members have some more.


Comment by DoubleJ on Tuesday, 12th February 2008 19:31
Excellent poll. My choices for the top spot in each group are :JunJun - Morning Musume, Momo - Berryz Koubou and Hagitty - C-ute


Comment by momusuluv on Wednesday, 13th February 2008 08:50
I just did the morning musume poll then i saw this page with a better poll with all 3 groups enjoyed filling it out and curious to see the overall results :)


Comment by paul.thomas on Wednesday, 13th February 2008 15:54
Lol, looks like you already found the new poll momusuluv, I was just saying on the last one that this one was up.
Starwberrie, it's not just me then, the thing with ranking the girls in order is that it's so tough, there's not a single one of them I don't like and as you say in Buono Airi is amazing (much like everyone else within the unit) but within C-ute I think she gets a little too much favouritism.
Ken, glad you like the look of it, I wasn't too sure when I originally done it, but the layout of it has really grown on me, although I have noticed that I haven't centred the linkable images properly, I'll have a look at sorting that tonight.
Midori, I'll have a look at doing an Elder Club one as well, perhaps through it within the overall H!P one I'm working on at the moment. I really can't wait and see the results of these, if I had to put a bet on I think I would have to go with Aichan being at the top, I really do hope that both Sayu and Koha come in highly, but most of all I hope that Koharu comes in higher than she did in the last one...for a miracle girl she came in pretty low! I'm hoping that she's started to win some more people round. Berryz, I'd take a wager on Momo, although I prefer Risako, Momo is just really cute and with her being really amazing in Buono! I'm guessing a lot of people will have her near the top. And then there's C-ute...I wouldn't even like to say who I think would come top, in my head it's all so close that it could literally be anyone...but if I had to say it would have to be Maimi or Airi, but that's just down to the fact that H!P seem to focus on them a lot more than anything else.
Bethany, thanks for voting, lol I still need to get myself a myspace account, for some reason I've never bothered with it, so hard to keep up with all these social network sites, I'm on Facebook, but just can't find the time to use it on a regular basis.
Blademaster, I was going to put in a 4th poll as well, which unit is preferred the most, but I just couldn't get it look right, I'm hoping that by adding the 'Skip' button it might show us which of the units are more popular? Reina came in surprisingly low for me, I was actually quite surprised as along with Sayu I always make sure I order all of her PBs.
Momo, good to see Koha coming in the top two, I really hope she does well.
DDRChik, lol, there was every possibliity that Kat could have quite possible skimmed over my comment on Erika's legs, lol my argument is, I'll just stick with the argument of it's not my fault she has great legs ;p It's up on YouTubem the link is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81vjv1CRTpo I'll go over to your site and post on there as well, just in case you don't check back.
Rad, Hagiwara is really amazing, I was going to say she's showing so much potential but that would be wrong, because she's already showing that she already got such ana amazing talent, I really love her voice! But I really think that given a few years she's going to be amazing, I really can't wait to hear how she sounds then. The C-ute ranking really interests me the most as I just can't put my finger on who could come out top, with Berryz and Morning Musume I think I have a rough idea of who will score high and low, but C-ute I just don't know, it's really good to see that we all have such varied views.
MorningBerryz, glad to see you got it all displaying properly. Yeah Aichan does appear really low on mine, it does make me feel bad because she is great, it's just one of the downsides of putting them in order...lol, if only it was possible to put them all in the No.1 slot.
Hotaru, I look forward to seeing who you voted for! Are you going to post on your blog?
Zethgryn and Ken, I've put in place a couple of little things to help stop multiple posting, the first is you can only vote once for each of the polls using a specific email address, secondly when you've made the post it will email out the results and if the email address is not real then I'll get a bounce back saying so (only 20 bouncebacks so far) and lastly good old fashioned manual checking, I can check to see if multiple posts come in from the same machine and if there is and they are the same then only one of these will get counted. At the moment it all looks OK, the amount of votes so far total 618, in the three days this has been up it's generated more votes than the last one did in an entire week! But this time around there's alot more votes coming in from places like France and Brazil, it really looks like the poll is getting around! Sadly at the moment there's only a couple votes from Japan, I'd really love to get some more if possible, so if anyone knows or somewhere that I can post about it to help attract some more Japanese votes I'd really appreciate it, I think I'll email Shoehi and see if he can post on a Japanese H!P forum for me.
KaoruBlade, that's what makes this so great :) Although I'm guessing that means Koha's near the bottom of yours, I hope that doesn't turn out to be a common trend.
Mr Waffle, it really is a challenge ordering these, for me within each group I have a clear couple of favourites, but then the rest I sat around with trying to figure it out.
Tats, I'm glad Gaki comes tops on yours, she's really grown on me lately, hence why she came in 3rd on mine, I really love her smile! That's not a bad thing both groups are great well worth putting a little time aside to look into them more, although I know how difficult it can be fitting in the time. I'm slowly building up a pile of DVDs I need to watch, makes me wonder how fans in Japan manage it? What with all the TV shows, magazine appearances, releases, concerts, events and just general shopping how do they keep up with everything?!?!
Wahashimoto, damn, Koharu and Risako at the bottom, I'm really worried that the old miracle girl will be low raking again. Oh well, if she does I'd like to think it's not becuase there's not a lot of people out there not liking her, just liking other members more, what's not to like about any of the girls in H!P? Lol, I say that I just read your comments about C-ute, hahaha, but it's good to see Erika ranking highly! Talking of Erika, Ohta managed to get me one of them Valentines gift set things this year, and I got myself an Erika one, can't wait to get it, not really to sure what it comes with, I'm guessing a photo and choclates, like last years?...lol, this'll be the first time I bought myself a present for Valentine's Day :S
Helmi, thanks for pointing that out, I also noticed that I had a couple of the names mixed up on the Berryz bit, sorted now. Yeah, I was stupidly tired when writing this, I just knew that if I didn't finish it, it would have taken me ages to get it up, lol, I didn't even reread it, typed hit the post button and then went straight to bed!
Micchi, it's OK to put it on the blog, no worries, this time around I want to try and go through as many of the countries as possible rather than just the UK, US and Japan like I did last time, this time around there's a lot more votes coming in from other countries. To be honest I'd love for as many people to put the pics up as possible, I'm hoping it will attract more people to vote, I really want to try and go into much more detail with the results this time.
Kelly, thanks for taking part in the poll! Can't argue with your comments on Aichan, she has an amazing voice and does look eqaully as amazing. And your comments on Risako are spot on, she always looks really cute and looking at the scans of her new PB she looks really good, I still need to put an order in for it, I wonder if YesAsia has it up yet?
DoubleJ, Hagitty coming top of your C-ute poll! And Junjun top, that's a surprise! I wonder how the two new girls will do in the poll? From what I've seen it certainly looks like Junjun is more popular then Linlin, but I wonder how she does against the rest of the group?


Comment by Zethgryn on Friday, 15th February 2008 04:57
Wow you really took the time to reply everyone didn't you? lol

thnx for the update, makes me feel better to know people aren't multipolling ^_^


Comment by Helmi on Monday, 18th February 2008 10:34
Thanks for the reply. This is my prediction for the result of this poll. (NOT MY CURRENT FAVORITE MOMUSU!)

1. Takahashi Ai. She's not my favorite but when I visit other Morning Musume fan web site, She's the hot pick. Maybe she's the leader and most fan regonise her talent and singing.
2. Niigaki Risa. She's always the underdog. Fans will always pick her as 2nd or 3rd position. Her smile makes the top result.
3. Sayumi Michishige. Her kawaii look makes alot of fans pick her as 3rd or 4th place. She's also improve her singing.
4. Tanaka Reina. Alot of fans like her. Her kawaii looks give her between 4th and 6th position.
5. Eri Kamei. Not most fans like her so much but her talents voice makes the fans pick between 4th and 6th position.
6. Koharu Kusumi. My favorite! But most fans doesn't like her. Why? She's a stand out singing and can dance. Her talents are the best but most fans dislike her.
7. Mitsui Aika. She got talent! My top 4 favorite but most dislike her. She improve her singing and can go higher. Wait and see.
8. Lin Lin. I guess most doesn't know her but are improving and her talents are high.
9. Jun Jun. She's kawaii! Her voice is ok and improve. She can go higher.
Thats my prediction for the result. Hope I'm right.

My current favourite Morning Musume member list are:
1. Tanaka Reina
2. Koharu Kusumi
3. Niigaki Risa
4. Mitsui Aika
5. Kamei Eri
6. Lin Lin
7. Sayumi Michishige
8. Takahashi Ai
9. Jun Jun

Can't wait for the result! Take care!


Comment by Amber on Monday, 18th February 2008 12:41
I wrote my reasons on my (friends only) blog so I'll just paste it here

01 Junjun: I don't know why, but I like her more and more lately. I always said I was going to hate the Chinese Musumes but she's really grown on me. She has a sense of modesty and pride in herself that I just don't see in any of the other girls. Also, she's strikingly beautiful, arguably the best looking Musume to me right now. Plus... she's so tall. Really envy that, lol.
02 Takahashi: Why I say hell has frozen over? Because Takahashi has always been my number 1 and she slipped to number 2 now, and she's just on the roller coaster downward. She just doesn't seem to be impressing me whatsoever lately. Her lack of personality and lack of improvement in singing is really disappointing. Someone in H!P isn't instructing her I think because they think "she's already really awesome, so she doesn't need any improvement". But lately, her voice has been grating to me. Just saying...
03 Mitsui: I think she went up from last time, too. She's just so cute and adorable. She looks like a freakin' teddy bear, her voice is ADORABLE, and she sings well. Also, I was rooting solely on her for the 8th generation and it happened (kinda) so I will always have faith in her. She has yet to let me down.
04 Niigaki: I believe she's a space down from last time or something, just because Junjun won over my heart. She belongs in the middle because she's just mediocre. I think she's really sweet ("mame" and all) and treats everyone nicely. She's just never really appealed to me that much. She's a great girl and she has a great voice. She'll just need a drastic change to get to #1 for me personally.
05 Kamei: Oh, kame. What am I going to do with you? You're so cute but lately you've been disappointing me, too. Ever since Hello!Morning became haromoni@, she's been lackluster. Her solos in songs are as strong as ever however like Takahashi, her voice isn't really improving any. Until she drastically improves, she's going to stay in the middle.
06 Kusumi: When I was writing this, I actually accidentally skipped over her. That's how I've been feeling about her lately though. Her crack-head act is getting a little boring for me and her solo releases have, frankly, sucked ass. I guess I should blame it on the composer rather than her but damn, she's had so many songs that sound alike I literally cannot tell them apart. The reason I liked her before was because she was actually getting good releases like "Balalaika" and some of the songs on "Mitsuboshi" rocked the hell out of me.. but now they're pretty insufferable.
07 Michishige: She's way up from last time! For some reason, she's been winning me over lately. The reason I didn't put her higher is because I want to give the other girls a little more time and not be impulsive with switches, but.. damn. She's growing so beautiful and I haven't really seen much of her arrogant side lately. I think modesty is a really great value but someone needs to be vain, huh.
08 Linlin: I just don't like this girl. I don't know that much about her and she seems sweet but she hasn't been putting herself out there, I don't think. She hasn't developed a super-defined personality so it's hard to judge whether I like her or don't. For now, I'll leave her low on the list because her voice doesn't impress me.
09 Tanaka: Tanaka will remain firmly at last place always. I really dislike her for a number of reasons (arrogance, purposely annoying voice, weird ass eye, etc). Unless she has a severe makeover including her voice and attitude, I don't see her budging as Queen of Nineth Place... unless someone else becomes more horrific than her (highly doubt it).


Comment by BladeMaster on Monday, 18th February 2008 18:26
Amber has no taste, period.


Comment by John on Monday, 18th February 2008 21:23
Amber, Tanaka is my favorite member but I totally understand what you mean by her arrogance, purposely annoying voice, and her asymmetry. I love her recording voice and her live voice when she tries. Sometimes she sacrifices quality singing for being cute, and the result is deplorable. EX: Tanaka singing at her best.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ij5y3Q1y33Y
http://youtube.com/watch?v=3oLypK85RGI&feature=related
EX: Tanaka being a horses ass on purpose
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ThQHS16rcCE


Comment by John on Monday, 18th February 2008 21:29
Blademaster, please show some consideration to the other users and allow them to express their opinions without having to hear a smart ass comment from you.


Comment by Juggy on Monday, 18th February 2008 22:56
So is it ok for someone to make horrible comments about a HP member? Comments can be opinionated, but the extent of it has to be measured without offending. Blademaster may be rude to the other person, but is it ok to stomach the way Amber comments?


Comment by John on Tuesday, 19th February 2008 01:15
It's okay to talk about celebrities, it goes with the territory. It is not okay to lash out at someone because you're offended by a comment they made about ANOTHER person( the celebrity). Plus amber didnt say anything offensive. She said she didnt like tanaka's voice/ personality/ looks. So what? I love tanaka, but she doesn't. I dont have a problem with that. H!P members are most likely not reading this site; so yes it is significantly worse to lash out at another reader who may actually be angered by pig headed comments. It's because of obsessive weirdos like wota and otaku that idols can't have boyfriends. lol have you ever seen the LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE! video on youtube? thats whats it like to passionately defend a celebrity who wouldnt even look twice at you in real life.


Comment by jennifer on Tuesday, 19th February 2008 02:34
I've ALWAYS wondered who is considered the more popular members in MoMu. Thank you for satiating this curiosity!


Comment by Meekolli on Tuesday, 19th February 2008 04:21
I love your polls, it really made me think about who my favourite members were, I did a bit of an analysis at my blog, which was fun but took ages. Think it was worth it though :)


Comment by BladeMaster on Tuesday, 19th February 2008 05:06
Yes, comments such as "suck a**" and "severe makeover" sounds really civilised.

You sure holds a grudge on me, John.


Comment by John on Tuesday, 19th February 2008 06:38
I dont think i ever wrote that those comments were civilized. I wrote that they are non-offensive to YOU, therefore you should not bother other people about it. You should video tape yourself crying under a sheet about how people need to leave tanaka alone.


Comment by BladeMaster on Tuesday, 19th February 2008 07:16
Thanks for the heads-up.

But you're really offensive to me. I don't need you to give me a life-lesson.


Comment by Matthew on Tuesday, 19th February 2008 09:53
Wow, I think our opinions are different, lols! Don't you think Kusumi gets too much attention? I like her too (she's a great solo artist!) but I think it's beginning to become pointless for her to be in Morning Musume...just like it was pointless for Yuko Nakazawa to be in the group when she was, cause she was already a solo singer (and a voice like that did not need to be backed up with more girls!) It was also very pointless for Miki Fujimoto to be in the group, cause she was already a successful solo singer. (By the way, she's releasing a new solo single in April...and it's a Enka single!!)

Out of all the Morning Musume girls that are in the group now, I think Ai Takahashi is the best :) I'm glad she's the leader <(^^)>

When it comes to C-ute, Maimi isthe best. Her voice stands out, and she can dance!!! :) Airi gets too much attention...if C-ute wasn't already enough to make her shine, H!P throws her in Buono! But I like her too, just not as much as Maimi <(^^)>



Comment by paul.thomas on Tuesday, 19th February 2008 13:03
Helmi, good predictions, only thing I'd probably disagree with you on is JunJun positioning, on looking through some of the posts that people have put up she seems to be rated quite highly, I'm really interested to see where they both Junjun and Linlin appear.
Amber, I love reading people's thoughts on MM members, and JunJun at the top! She is really getting popular, it's really interesting to see getting such high rankings, I certainly was thinking along the same lines of you when they first entered Morning Musume and although they rank lowly on mine, that doesn't mehewan I don't like them, I don't think there's a single member of H!P that I don't like, which really makes this ranking hard. Wow, Tanaka's low, she always seem a hot favourite among people. Lol "weird ass eye", a little harsh, but her look is always something that has really appealed to me, certainly the reason why I've bought all of her PBs, I think she's really photogenic and I really haven't seen a photo of her that I haven't loved.
Lol@ BlabeMaster and John, come on guys.
Jennifer, I've always been curious as to how UFA work out who the most popular members are, obviously they must have an idea as do like to focus on certain members whether it's in songs, PVs, PB releases etc etc, do they do a poll or do they just decide amongst themselves and then just promote that member? I'm guessing they probably calculate it through sales of merchandise and things like that, certainly in the H!P Stores it would possible to calculate the more popular members through photo (and other merchandise) sales and then from there put a bit more effort in promoting them more.
Meekolli, I'll make sure to have a look, I've also added your blog to the list on my latest post, it's great being able to compare everybodies reasonings for the orders.
Matthew, that's the greatness of this, everyone's different views. I think that Koharu may be getting a little bit too much attention, but as for leaving Morning Musume I really wouldn't want that to happen, although I love Koha, it's when she's interacting with the other members of MM that I think she really shines and really makes me laugh, also it's one of them things, if she was to leave Morning Musume, I think she wouldn't get the attention she deserves, it's a tough one, but hopefully we might see some more sub units formed this year with other members of Morning Musume, I still want to see Sayu get more attention, I'm probably a small minority but I really love her singing voice and would love to hear more of it. I've heard about Mikitty's new single, although I wasn't aware that it was going to be an Enka release....interesting, personally I was hoping she'd return with a new release from GAM.


Comment by John on Tuesday, 19th February 2008 20:56
lol i know sorry paul. I personally dont think michishige is a bad singer, and enjoy her voice as well. Miki's release is going to be enka? I heard it's not going to be produced by tsunku either.


Comment by pound66 on Wednesday, 20th February 2008 18:23
Thank you for this awesome poll!


Comment by paul.thomas on Tuesday, 26th February 2008 01:29
The poll is now closed, although I'll leave it up and working for people to use any votes entered now will not be included in the overall results. Fiingers crossed I should have all the results collected together and up on the site Wednesday night.


Comment by Helmi on Wednesday, 27th February 2008 16:10
Hurray the result is today! Can't hardly wait! Keep up the good work Mr. Paul! You're cool. The poll is awesome.


Comment by paul.thomas on Thursday, 28th February 2008 03:57
Thanks Helmi! Although I'm sorry say that the results aren't up yet, I haven't had a chance to complete the post, but it should be up by lunch time today.



Comment by Akaiya on Saturday, 2nd August 2008 05:45
cool ranking but personal my favs are:

MoMu

1. Ai Takahashi
2. Kusumi Koharu
3. Reina Tanaka
4. Risa Niigaki
5. Jun Jun
6. Lin Lin
7. Eri Kamei
8. Sayumi Michishige
9 Aika Mitsui

Berryz (theres only 2)
1. Miyabi Natsuyaki (< - so pretty *jealous*)
2. Momoko Tsugunaga (< - she always stood out to me)

C-ute (also only two)
1. Mai Hagiwara (< - KAWAII!! nuff said)
2. Airi Suzuki (< - Aslo just stood out)


Comment by Ren on Saturday, 20th September 2008 05:08
Hehe, its nice to see what others are feeling about the members.
Personally I like:
1. Gaki-san - She doesn't get the attention she deserves, after watching her at the Daizenshuu! concert she's improved so much. Funny and charming.
2. Shige - Surprised at this, but her hard work put her up here. She's really cute naturally and seems fun to be with too.
3. Kamei - Used to be number one, but she's still up there because of her consistent performances.
4. Junjun - She's so pretty! And entertaining as well.
5. Mittsi - She's cute without putting on all that fake cute stuff and high voices. Would rate Junjun and Mittsi same if I could.
6. Takahashi - Great performer, but other members creeped in higher.
7. Linlin - She looks a little weird to me, but I blame the stylists for that. Sorry Linlin!
8. Tanaka - Can't seem to place this girl higher. Don't have any personal grievances with her, but I liked old Reina more.
9. Kusumi - Her expressions sometimes genuinely scare me. I don't like her strange Kirari voice in Momusu either. She seems to be a love/hate type.

As for Berryz, Chinami and Captain are definately top. They're just so cute and underrated. Miyabi is awesome too, she looks like a lot of fun to be around and has a great voice. Risako is my least favourite, it's probably her shameless pimping that did it.

As for C-ute well, I don't like them so much, but I do like Maimi as a leader and Chisato for undiscovered talent and personality.



Comment by Paul Hu on Monday, 25th May 2009 15:47
Koharu is for the most on nr 1. but i think she's too perfect on her looks and it will bore after some time, but at this moment she's also my fav.
tanaka weird ass eye's? i think she has a weird chin too. but hey those are the things that make her attractive. she's one weird and crazy girl who wants to stand out and she does. i don't know about you guys but i do like a little crazy and spontanious girl.
too bad miki is out of the group. she's my second fav, don't know why, maybe because she dress so neat. that's also something koharu does.
i like woman dress neat like a business woman.
i'm beginning to like risa a lot because of her very very cute smile. it woudn't be strange if she'll be my fav in short time.
but hey i'm also beginning to like eri and ai more and more.
ai is so mature and eri also has a weird look that you'll like after seeing more and more of her.
jun jun and lin lin are too new to me.
chinese just like me, but not my taste i think.
lin lin is not attractive at all to me.
good thing people has different taste.
aika, who the hell is that?
haven't seen much of her. not much pictures and all.
oh yeah sayumi also has a very cute smile.
almost forgot about her.

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