hAngry&Angry in Taiwan - concert rehearsal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uBv4myHb_I

Basically Rika interacts with the fans more.
Rika (to fans): "When did you arrive, yesterday?
Then Yossi was asking what's behind.
Rika: "Seven-eleven?"
Crowd: "Shops."
Yossi: "oden? Where you can eat boil eggs?"
Rika: "You're probably the only one who likes to eat boil eggs."
Yossi (laughs): "I just had them back there."
Rika (to crowd): "I am a glutton, so basically, I like all food."
Fans: "What song are you going to sing?"
Rika: "Top Secret."
Fans: Woo~
(body stretching~)
Rika: "Today we're the miracle pair-look." (matching clothes worn by couples.)

Speechless, Yossi only could nod humbly.

(Me says...) Rika really is courting 'trouble' these days.  >_<

hAngry&Angry @ I love Radio Taiwan FM103 - part II

(How can I forget this...)

One caller asked Yossi what she thought if she had to do a Michael Jackson dance with Niigaki Risa, since the latter had said so publicly. Yossi said it would be good idea. In fact, Rika and she went together to watch 'This is it' and were moved by the movie. Since the DVD will be released soon, she already planned to invite fellow h!p members to a DVD screening at her place, and they will dance and drink the night away.

hAngry&Angry @ I love Radio Taiwan FM103

(Since the show is in Chinese, which I am conveniently fluent with, I'll do a little translation.)

The guy host is a fan of Hello Project (mainly Yossi wota, I think) and he went to Japan to attend Yossi's graduation concert. Yossi thanked him for that, though she didn't sound as excited as he was. (LOL) It was Rika's second time on the show and Yossi's first. When asked about their impression of Taiwan, both girls think it's a very nice country and they are very happy to be invited to take part in their New Year celebrations. The host think the girls must have a very busy schedule because they were at Kaoshuing yesterday and today in Taipei (?? I'm not familiar with Taiwan), that must be some distance travelled, Yossi said it's not that far or time-consuming since there's the bullet train. Host said Taiwanese believe that if they are busy (with work) during the very beginning of the new year, it symbolizes that they are going to be kept busy for the whole year, which is a good thing, and since hAngry&Angry are already working on New Year Day, it bodes well for them. Again, the girls weren't really excited by this, but I guess it's because the translator didn't quite put the message across. When asked if this new year is going to be busy for them, they said they will have their concert tour soon.

When asked what they hope to do for this new year, Rika said she has been learning driving since August last year and she still has a few more lessons to go, so she hopes she'll get her driving licence before her birthday this month. Yossi said she wants to take part in the road bike race again and maybe to run in a marathon. Host thought it's quite surprising that Yossi, as an idol, is very into sports. Then he asked if there are fellow celebrities as into sports or anyone she trains with, Yossi said that girls she play futsal with are, in fact, from Hello!Project, a.k.a idols~ (Yossi sort of misinterpreted his question since he's more interested -me too~- to know if Yossi cycles or runs with any partner.) Asked what they bought for themselves in Taiwan, Rika said she took this opportunity to stock up her pajamas. She thinks pajamas sold in Taiwan are very comfortable to wear; she bought them last time when she came as v-u-den. Yossi said she likes bags and every country/place she goes, she will look for cute bags and buy them. Host said Yossi doesn't look like someone who like cutie stuffs and Yossi explained that her definition of cute is somewhat different from others: to her, skulls are cute. (LOL)

Call-in time: One said that Yossi doesn't like pink before but nowadays, she seems to like pink alot. The host thought the question was meant for Rika and Rika said she likes pink all along, on the contrary, she doesn't really wear pink nowadays. But she has this pink shawl she'll always wear and shows everybody her shawl (she's wearing it). Then host asked why Rika likes it so much and Rika said it has a smell she's addicted to when Yossi suddenly said 'KUSAI' (she probably go smell it when Rika said it has a 'nice' smell) and Rika told Yossi how she could said such a thing in radio, now people will think it's really smelly. (LOL)

When they got back from the break, the host apologised and said the question before was for Yossi and Yossi said she had thought the question was for her. Yossi said she likes pink all along, in fact, she loves pink even more now that hAngry's colour is pink. Another caller asked if they go out in private? Yossi confirmed (I wonder when people will stop asking the obvious) that they will go out for meals, drinks and karaoke. Host: So both of you are really good friends in private. Another said she was at the fan club event this afternoon and she was surprised that Yossi's really skinny. She hopes Yossi will eat more and put on some weight. Since Taiwan has many delicious food, she wanted Yossi to stuff herself with food. Yossi said since they will be going back to Japan in a day or two she didn't think there's enough time for her to put on weight, but she'll try to eat more xiao long bao. Host also thinks Yossi's too skinny. He knows Yossi is thin but never expects her to be so thin. He was really shocked when Yossi stepped into the studio just now.

Host asked if the girls like 'Tapioca' (pearl milk tea), Rika said she loves it, so he brought out many cups and treated everyone in the studio. Rika said it's really delicious and Yossi asked if the drink comes from a famous shop and the name of the shop. Host only said it's from the most famous milk tea shop in Taipei and didn't mention any shop name. Host asked if Yossi likes it, Yossi said she basically likes all milk-based food.

(that's about all I can recall, and I don't have the time to go listen to it again.)

1444 private gathering

According to this blog  http://chibajun.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2009-11-16
Rika and Yossi went together to watch m-flo's concert. The girls had gone backstage to meet them.

Then there are separate pictures of them having gone to watch Blue Man Group. Rika's picture was posted on her M-line page, while Yossi's was posted in this fellow's blog. The picture and entry post had since been taken down from the guy's blog. Now, it's up to you to guess if the girls went together.  >_<
And I am sure you are wondering about their similar-looking leather jackets

hAngry&Angry f @Chibi Japan Expo Q&A (missing/corrected parts)

 
Found this in Japanese wotas' forum.

Q11: What do you like or dislike about each other?
Yossi: Good point about Rika is that she's cute and easy to understand. When she's hungry, she's hungry. When she's sleepy, she sleeps. She's so easy to understand that she gets angry over it, too? Always so. When she's hungry, she gets angry over why she has gotten hungry. When she's sleepy, she gets angry over why she has become sleepy. She's cute in a way that she's always 'angry'.
Rika: hAngry is someone who's the exact opposite of me. She's mature and composed. Although I am older and supposed to be her (elder) sister, hAngry is the sisterly figure I fully depend on. To say one (bad) thing about her, she eats too many eggs? Yeah, she eats too many eggs.
Yossi: I had already eaten 3 since morning.

Q29: What would you do if you weren't Morning Musume?
Yossi: An athlete.
Rika: Angry may do something like coming to France to study and maybe learn a little French. I want to learn French! 

Q34: What is your dream (now)?
Yossi: To make more of our music. To release albums and singles. To do lives?
Rika: My dream is to hold concerts overseas.
Yossi: World concert tours!
Rika: Yes~ world tours.
Yossi: 夢は (sic)

Q39: (to Rika) Are you still afraid of birds? (to Yossi) Since you're such a cool person, what do you think of wearing pink?
Rika: I am still afraid of birds. Streets in France are full of birds I got so afraid and thought what should I do. Yet, my favourite choice of meat is chicken meat.
Yossi: I don't reject pink anymore. But if I have to say something, then I am very disturbed by the fact that hAngry's fashion this time round is a (pink!!) SKIRT.

In case you wanna know...

Wotas saw Yossi and Rika this morning at the Narita Airport. Off the girls fly~

In case you wanna know...

TOP SECRET PV is up @Dohhhup (as if you guys don't already  know >_< )

In case some of you are wondering what those Japanese characters that popped up in the PV are...

(credit: Japanese wota)

It's from a H&A comic strip.

Another proof that Rika likes to go bare-footed behind-the-scenes. LOL

(On a side note: Yossi said her dad commented that she looked just like a 'youkai' (妖怪) when he saw her with her new image. He particularly disliked the pink streaks. Source: Yossi's CDS)

BTW, in her blog, Miki apologized to Rika for making her look 'stupid' without her shoes on.

Miki also admitted that she had no idea who the girls were when she first caught sight of them in their office.

She even thought "wow, how humans have 'evolved'". Of course, at closer look, she quickly recognized them as Yossi and Rika.

(Me says...) For those who still thinks Miki is close to Yossi, it's time to wake up. Miki doesn't even know Yossi is in a group called hAngry&Angry, and I bet Miki is even interested to know that H&A already had two successful gigs in the US and is heading to Paris this weekend. How's that for showing how much you care for a friend? For once, I thought acquaintance might be a better word.

Yossi @Gate's7 17-10-09 (II)

During Q&A segment, when asked about her baseball match watching with Rika-chan, Yossi said Rika got really angry when Hanshin lost; the latter's behaviour is also very 'uncle' when she is watching baseball games. Because Rika looks really scary when she's angry, Yossi hopes Hanshin will win the next time they go watch again.

(Me says...) see, there IS a next time.

In case you wanna know...

There are actually two versions to Yossi's Tamago logo

Yossi @Gate's7 17-10-09

A MC excerpt:

"Today at my gakuya, I got a shock when I realized that the cover of my hand cream had come off in my bag. A mess. Speaking of which.. there was one time when I got back from Seattle, no, the recent one was Los Angeles right? Anyway, I bought home some stuffs including this locally popular energy drink. Yeah, I'm quite into energy drink. When I got back home and opened my suitcase, I got a very bad shock because the can of drink had exploded. My mother came in and when she saw it, she asked me what had I been doing to get my clothes all stained. So, I had to chuck all my clothes into the washing machine and hope that the stains will come off.
You people have experiences like that? Canned stuffs exploding in your suitcase? And yah, this also. Oh, oh, I don't know whether I should be telling it, well, either way, Rika-chan is going to get angry. So, you know she has this pair of fluffy boots and, somehow, she managed to spill cream soda into it and I was asking "how the heck can someone get cream soda into the shoes?" She got it cleaned and hung dry, but said that the cream soda is so smelly, she ain't gonna wear them again. She said it on at least three occasions."

Kemeko feat. Rika

According to the latest entry in Kemeko's blog, Rika was at her house drinking yesterday. An entry before this, which was dated 16th Oct, Kemeko mentioned that she just got back from a hair salon where she had hair extension, and Rika was with her. So with this new entry, we know, apparently, Rika had followed Kemeko home.
So where's Yossi? Was she around too? Some may ask.
Well, since Yossi has to be in Fukuoda today for her Special One Man Live at Gate's7, she would have flown out of Tokyo yesterday.


(Me says...) So somebody's out of town and somebody's all alone and has to find solace elsewhere. LOL

Yossi @waratteiitomo 090721

Topic: Things you don't know about Morning Musume.
Yossi said that they don't know where other members live.

(Me says...) A white lie. She knows where one particular member lives. Haha.

Joint names again

They sent a flower together to congratulate IZAM for their concert.

Rika @REKOMEN (radio) 2009.07.14

Rika: "I have been together with Yossi since I was 15 and we have not quarreled even once. Even now, we are still very close to each other. But not in the way where we always have to cling to each other. We just know what the other is thinking even without talking about it. A mutual kind of understanding."

Ishiyoshi @ Yuuko's belated birthday dinner.

Check out Iida Kaori and Nakazawa Yuuko's blog!
Belated Yuuko's birthday dinner.

(http://blog.oricon.co.jp/iikaori/archive/203/0)
(http://ameblo.jp/nakazawa-yuko/day-20090630.html)

Yuuko said that she got to the shop where Kaotan, Atchan (Inaba Atsuko) and she always eat and was surprised to see Yossi there too; she saw no seaweed. She was surprised that Yossi actually turned up since the latter had said her schedule's going to be quite hectic these few days. Rika came later after her work. Yuuko got another nice surprise when she saw Rika's face pop up from behind the door since no one had told her that Rika would be coming.

Yossi CDS @Osaka (27th Jun)

* Yossi wore the same outfit from STB.

* Audience can ask questions. They wrote their questions and dropped it in a box before the show started. During Q&A session, Yossi quietly skimmed through the questions before she said "a lot is about Rika-chan." She didn't answer any questions regarding Rika and summarized by saying "didn't I already said I like her?" as if all those questions had asked the same "Do you like Rika-chan". "Because I can't say I dislike her, it'll be terrible right?"

* When one question asked about Yossi's recent appearance in NHK wearing a yukata, Yossi said wearing the yukata reminded her of a scene in Tokyo Alice where Rika-chan was going 'a-re~~' and turning around and around. She wanted to try it too. (Note: I'm not so sure about this translation.)

* "When I came out from behind, I saw many posters along the way and one is Rika-chan's bus tour. 2 days 1 night tour. Ermm, maybe I should go."

* "Next time, I will like to sing one song by EXILE. It is a song I will always sing when I go karaoke with Rika-chan." (If you recall this post. LOVERS AGAIN? heh heh)

Spillout from Yui-chan

What Yui-chan said today in her live talk show.

"I saw Rika-chan in Gokigenyo that day and sent her an email to tell her that she looked cute. That night, a little drunk Rika called me. First she told me "thanks for the email" and then she said "I am gonna pass you to the person you like" and handed the call over to Yossi.

\(^_^)/ \(^_^)/ \(^_^)/ \(^_^)/ \(^_^)/ \(^_^)/

(...) so much room for imagination, ne?

Yossi @STB 139 follow-up

Other things Yossi said in her MC.

* She's going back to short black crop. When the crowd made sounds of protest, Yossi asked for their understanding, saying her long hair was getting too troublesome to manage.
* She won't have an official blog because she knows she won't update it assiduously. She thinks it is a hassle to record when or where everything she's done.
* She seems really keen in running a marathon.
* She had injured herself through over training.

GATAS' sacas public practice - last (24th Jun)

Fans became worried when Yossi did not join in the practice.
Was the rumor about her being pregnant true then?

Not quite.

During STB, she mentioned that she strained her left shoulder while doing some muscle training. Apparently, the problem had gotten worse.

Therefore, she would be the umpire instead.

So, what happened next?

Well... when we have referee Yossi on the rampage~~~ who do you think will be the victim?

Ishikawa Rika, who else...

As the girls lined up to kick off, Rika suddenly said "chotto matta!" and left the playing court on her free will. Seeing that, Yossi then mimicked a red-card flashing gesture at Rika for her apparent contempt of authority. Actually, Rika had gone to pick up shin guards that all the players had forgotten to put on. Supporters were then treated to a rare sight of seeing the girls with their socks down putting on shin guards.
During play, Rika tried to trap a long ball with her chest with both her hands raised. A whistle was blown immediately. Although all players in court resumed play with Notchi quickly scoring a goal later, referee Yossi disallowed the goal and said Rika was fouled for handball. Rika quickly pleaded with the decision, and since no one had thought that it had been a foul because everybody just resumed play. But referee Yossi insisted that it was a handball and pointed to a spot for a free kick.
Now, everybody knew that was on purpose.

According to other reports, Rika was pure fun to watch. During a shooting practice, she even fumbled three times in a row, missing her mark ridiculously, bringing the supporters into a frenzy of laughter. When Rika looked towards Yossi, Yossi just shrugged and had a 'can't be helped' look Also Rika's image as a mother/manager of GATAS was clearly portrayed when she reminded everybody to put on their shin guards.
Yossi joined in the last PK shootout and scored.

As fans waited at the exit, they noticed that Rika left together with Notchi and Sengoku, sharing one car. Rika wore a black t-shirt. Yossi exited later; she wore black too, and left alone.

(Me says...) It's a well-known fact, at least among all Japanese 1444wotas, that Yossi reads 2ch reports.