Konya mo Usachan Peace #167 (2010.01.13)

Due to work commitments, Sayu was not able to attend her coming of age ceremony. However, her dad didn't let it pass just like this. He sent Sayu a letter Sayu wrote to the 20-year-old her when she was 12 years old. Sayu read the letter and praised the younger her for the beautiful handwriting. The letter was written with pencil and Sayu could see some of the marks left by the pencil although she erased it and rewrote it. She was impressed by the tidiness of the 12-year-old Sayu. The younger her briefly asked how the current Sayu is doing now and stated that she wanted to be a poet or doctor when she was 12. [The staffs can be heard laughing in the show when Sayu said this] Sayu had completely forgotten her ambition of being a poet until she read the letter. Since young, Sayu liked to write poems. She still writes them in her diary entries nowadays. She remembers writing 2 poems which were titled "Piano" and "Triangle" whereby she submitted them for a competition and "Triangle" was published in a newspaper even though Sayu was more confident of her "Piano" poem which was written in the shoes of a piano. Sayu thinks that that win was probably what that encouraged the 12 years old Sayu to dream of becoming a poet.

Morning Musume - Onna ga Medatte Naze Ikenai

A fan sent in a mail to Konusapi telling Sayu that his friends are starting to like her too. Sayu sounded very surprised and is aware that she is gaining haters lately.

Aichan fell down in front of Sayu during this fall in a Nine Smile concert at the start of "SONGS." Other members and Sayu do fall at times but Sayu had never seen such a great fall in a Morning Musume concert. The first line of "SONGS," "Ikiru no ga Heta" which means "bad at living" happens to be Aichan's line. Sayu silently thought to herself that this person (Aichan) is bad at living indeed and laughed to herself during the concert. Although "SONGS" is a cool song, Sayu ended up smiling to herself throughout the performance at the thought of Aichan's fall. Even after the concert, when they had to change into their normal clothes immediately and leave the concert hall, Sayu laughed so much that her stomach hurt and she couldn't change out of her costume. She apologises for the impoliteness. Aichan was fine after the fall even though she took some time to get back on her feet had to be helped up by Eri.

A listener who reads Nakagawa Shoko's (Shokotan) blog noticed that Shokotan has the same outfit Sayu wore in this picture. Sayu bought the outfit when she was on a shopping trip with Aichan [She said "Big fall Aichan"]. Aichan recommended Sayu to buy it because she thought it looked pretty matching with the pair of shoes Sayu wore. On the day of the Konusapi recording when she wore the outfit, everyone she met told her its too flashy even Koharu asked Sayu if Sayu had something special on that day. She tried wearing it again on Christmas and again, she was told the same thing, making her feel embarrassed.

Another listener sent in about 2011, which is the year of the rabbit. Sayu got pretty excited reading out the ideas the listener has for Konusapi in 2011. He asked what is Sayu's goal for 2011 and Sayu was like "We just stepped into 2010 and he is asking for my 2011's goals?" Sayu finds it very amazing for her 22nd birthday [22 is the number for "Usachan Peace"] to land on the year of the rabbit.

According to Sayu, Koharu cares a lot about her skin pores and frequently comments on people's pores.

Out of all vegetables, onion is Sayu's favourite [Not carrots?]. She likes saag and cabbage too.

Morning Musume - Nakidasu kamo Shirenai yo
Sayu loves this song. Some members prefer "Onna ga Medatte Naze Ikenai" over this though.

Promotions for Hello! Project 2010 Winter Kachou Fuugetsu ~Mobekimasu~, Hello! Project 2010 Winter Kachou Fuugetsu ~Shuffle date~ and Morning Musume's 42nd single, "Onna ga Medatte Naze Ikenai."

Sayu: OyaSayumin!

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If anyone's wondering why this week's translation is so short, its because they had the "Dajarenbo Shogun" corner.

Konya mo Usachan Peace #166 (2010.01.06)

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As Konusapi is a pre-recorded show, when this week's episode was recorded, the Hello! Project concert has yet to start. There are 2 different concerts for the ongoing Hello! Project concert and the girls are working with a very tight schedule. Its physically challenging and Sayu hopes that she will be able to pull through it. Sayu says that she loves concerts, even though her stamina sucks.

Morning Musume - Onna ga Medatte Naze Ikenai

The member's theme colours are decided by the company. Sayu's theme colour was yellow until Konno graduated. When Charmy graduated, Konno took up Charmy's colour (Konno had pink too, but it was of a lighter shade). Sayu felt that she was more suitable to wear that pink as compared to Konno. Anyway, when her theme colour was changed to pink, Sayu was overjoyed. She still sees fans wearing her yellow T-shirts and that surprises her a little. If Sayu were to choose a 2010 theme colour for herself and it can't be pink, she will go with light brown. Light brown calms her down and she often writes with light brown ink. Also, autumns have the image of being light brown and Sayu loves autumns.

Sayu's goal for 2010 is to stay hyped up for everything and enjoy herself as she works. She does not want to simply stay the same, going on about being cute and pink. She wants to try out new tasks and be more generous with her compliments for people. Not that she wants to drop her image, but rather, she wants to discover more sides to herself and just be herself as she moves on.

A listener notices that Junjun has been trying to appeal to the fans that she is cute through her cutesy behaviour and usage of cute Japanese words. He wrote in his mail that Junjun may just take away Sayu's cute character in Morning Musume in near future. Sayu says that its a shock to hear that someone feels that Junjun is going to take her character away. She doesn't like the idea neither does she like to hear people telling her that Junjun is cuter than her. Sayu feels that both of them have different types of cuteness and she wants to move on with her unique cuteness. If fans feel that Junjun is cuter, she'll accept it, even though Junjun and her are rivals. She will like to try even harder and become even cuter. Sayu hopes that all listeners of Konusapi can continue to keep up with Sayu's cuteness.

Morning Musume - Bonkyu Bonkyu BOMB! Girl

Sayu is currently living with her mother. Her big sister is living alone while her big brother is in Yamaguchi with her father. Both her siblings do visit them some times and stay for a night. Not long ago, her brother came to stay over. Although Sayu was aware of her brother's presence, it didn't stop her from dressing lightly, which made things a little awkward for her brother. On the second morning, Sayu wanted to take a bath. She knew that someone was in the bathroom brushing his/her teeth but without a second thought, she barged in, thinking that it was her mother. Instead of her brother feeling embarrassed, Sayu was the one who felt embarrassed.

2 months before Koharu graduated, she started a "Yoroshikuchuusu!" catchphrase which means "Yoroshiku." Sayu initially didn't find it interesting but after Koharu's excessive usage of it, she got used to it.

Sayu's eyesight became worse recently. During concerts, she can only see the front half audience of the first level. That is when the lights are dim. When the lights are bright, she can see the very last person of the hall and what outfit he/she is wearing. She can also see and hear the fans on the second level.

There's currently a Korean music boom in Morning Musume. The members have been listening to groups like Tohoshinki and BIG BANG's songs. However, Sayu isn't in the craze at all. She is still staying with her craze for general idols and idol groups. Sayu's latest craze is Beckii Cruel, the famous net dancer. She happened to see a video of Beckii dancing when she was watching some other videos. After a quick search, she found out that Beckii is pretty popular and now she is into her. She finds Beckii very cute and is able to feel Beckii's love for Japanese anime by watching her dance. Sayu is envious of Beckii's youth and still energetic skin.

Sayu doesn't slurp her noodles. She has a habit of putting a strand of thick noodle below her tongue and rolling it about before swallowing it. Sayu knows that its not a common habit and wonders if only people from Yamaguchi prefecture does it because she has seen Nishimura Tomoni (Who is from Yamaguchi) doing it. Her mother doesn't do it when she eats though.

Zoki・Biyuuden - ONLY YOU

This week's sexy phrase,
Sayu: Tofu Handbagu ~
Lol at Sayu's emphasise on "gu." She wanted to say it in the Edo Harumi (Who is well-known for her "gu" gag) manner but decided not to because she feels that she can't relate Harumi to sexiness. She apologises for her rude comment.

Promotions for Hello! Project 2010 Winter Kachou Fuugetsu ~Mobekimasu~, Hello! Project 2010 Winter Kachou Fuugetsu ~Shuffle date~, Morning Musume's C/W Album event DVD and Morning Musume's 42nd single, "Onna ga Medatte Naze Ikenai."

Please continue to support Sayu in 2010.
Sayu: OyaSayumin!

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In case anyone is confuse over the "small room" and "big room" difference, "big room" corner is just a longer version of "small room." Sayu will spend the whole show reading out mails and answering questions instead of doing other corners like "This week's big sister" corner and "Muchaburi" corner. The "big room" corner is done only once per month.

Konya mo Usachan Peace #164 (2009.12.23)

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Not long ago, Eri and Sayu planned to hang out together but they had a rehearsal that day. Fortunately for them, the rehearsal ended 4 hours before the scheduled time and they had a meal together before going to karaoke. They went to the karaoke not to sing, but to eat and chat. It was humid in the room after some time. Eri took off her clothes out of a sudden, leaving her camisole on. Eri looked very sexy in that and Sayu was worried that a staff might just walk into the room to check if they needed anything so she asked Eri to put on her clothes which Eri refused, reasoning that its dark and no one would be able to see. To Sayu, the darkness added unnecessary sexiness. She managed to convince Eri to put on her (Eri's) rehearsal jersey in the end.

Kamei Eri - Kataomoi no Owari ni

Some time ago, when Suzanne was on Waratte Iitomo, Sayu sent flowers to the show to congratulate Suzanne. She watched the show when it aired. She finds Suzanne really cute, not only on the outside, but also on the inside (She's right!). Even though Sayu makes negative comments about Suzanne on TV, they are friends in private. Suzanne often tells her she listens to Morning Musume's songs. Sayu too, listens to Suzanne's songs. She likes the duet she sang with Shouji (Mikitty's husband), "Deaete Yokatta" (Me too!). Sayu likes Suzannes voice and how she twists her voice a little near the end of the song. Many Morning Musume girls do it too but Sayu just finds Suzanne's cute.

Sayu was overjoyed when she was informed about the appearance on Waratte Iitomo's telephone segment. Despite her experience, Sayu was very nervous because she has great respect for the show and that it wasn't easy to get an opportunity to go on the telephone segment. She's glad that she was given the opportunity to go on that segment.

A new fashion trend is called "Mori Gal" (Forest gal) which made Sayu wonder if there's a trend called "Umi gal" (Ocean gal), lol. She feels that Aa-chan from Perfume fits the image of a Mori Gal perfectly from the way she dresses and speaks.

When Sayu is together with Morning Musume, she has to try not to dress/style the same way as other members so when she is going on a TV show alone, she doesn't have to worry about that. Instead, her stylist and her will try to dress her up cutely and show a different Sayu, in terms of looks and fashion.

"Muchaburi no Okite" corner! In case anyone missed out the first episode of this corner, you can find the details and translation here.

1. If Sayu were to put her virtue into a Charumeru melody,
Sayu : Charai yo.
Judgement : Crow's cry

Sayu didn't know what a Charumeru melody is (I didn't too) so she just gave a pun.

2. Please react to this. There's beard growing out of your chin.
Sayu : Ge (Yuck).
Judgement : Crow's cry

3. Please make an impersonation of Yuukorin.
Sayu : Ogura Yuko desu. (You have to listen to her voice. It can't be translated.)
Judgement : Crow's cry

Sayu thinks that its impossible to imitate Yuukorin's voice. In fact, there aren't many people out there who are able to imitate Yuukorin well. She has a very unique voice.

Coming back to talk segment. Sayu feels sad about Koharu's graduation and wonders why she feels so sad about it. She did expect herself to feel that way but not so much. Koharu being her junior, Koharu's graduation certainly gave her a very different sort of feeling as compared to other graduations. She taught Koharu so much when Koharu entered Morning Musume...even though up till now she isn't sure if Koharu actually understood what she said. Until now, Sayu is not sure why Koharu graduated. She is happy that she performed "Rainbow Pink" with Koharu though.

Sayu could feel how much Koharu likes "Rainbow Pink" and the pink duo linkage between the 2 of them. They want themselves to be irreplaceable even if Tsunku creates a new pink duo within Hello! Project Eggs. Sayu knows that their duet is vocally messed up and that's one thing that no one can do other than the 2 of them (That's half of the meaning of the "irreplaceable"-ness...I think).

Morning Musume - Onna ga Medatte Naze Ikenai

This week's sexy word,
Sayu : Gokubuto Udon (Thick udon)
Sayu had thick udon not long ago.

Konusapi received a lot of mails asking for "Quiz Shigesagon!"'s revival (I want it to make a comeback too!) so they may be bringing it back. In other words, they are not only asking for entries for "Quiz Shigesagon," but also, punishment games! Lol'd at the way Sayu read the script when she announced it.

Promotions for Hello! Project 2010 Winter Kachou Fuugetsu ~Mobekimasu~ and Hello! Project 2010 Winter Kachou Fuugetsu ~Shuffle date~

Sayu wishes everyone a Merry Christmas.
Sayu : OyaSayumin

Konya mo Usachan Peace #163 (2009.12.16)

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Fujimoto Miki's wedding banquet in November is the biggest reception ever Sayu has attended. She was surprised by Mikitty's cute smile and how Mikitty cried buckets, something that Sayu didn't expect from Mikitty. For some unknown reason, Aichan cried too, lol. Instead of a wedding cake, Shouji and Mikitty had a chocolate fondue. The lovely couple fed one another. Shingawa, the other half of Shingawa Shouji comedy duo, made a speech to the couple which moved Sayu to tears. After the banquet, Sayu sent a nicely decorated (lengthy) mail to Mikitty talking about the experience. The next day, she received a reply from Mikitty which got her excited. Mikitty's reply was none other then....!

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"Who are you?"
*Dodges the rotten eggs*

What's more is that in Sayu's mail, she wrote "If Sayumi gets married, I want a wedding like Fujimoto-san's."

Fujimoto Miki - Romantic Ukare Mode

Haruna Ai did not attend the banquet but she made a VTR to congratulate the couple. In the VTR, she did her famous lip-sync performance of Mikitty's Romantic Ukare Mode.

From Sayu's house in Yamaguchi to the nearest convenience store takes a 20 minutes walk so Sayu has never been to there, lol (You know what I mean right?). Anyway, some time ago, when Morning Musume was in Kobe, they all had some Nikuman and that started the Nikuman craze in Morning Musume. When they were eating Nikuman together, they got curious about what one another adds to their Nikuman. For Sayu, she wanted some mustard but there wasn't any available there. Aika on the other hand uses sauce...which isn't common. They told Aika to talk about this uncommon taste of hers somewhere when she gets the opportunity too. However, Sayu shared this story first, even before Aika herself. She told the listeners if Aika were to talk about it somewhere, they must act as though they are hearing the story for the first time, lol.

The Morning Musume members are guest actresses in the upcoming drama that Mano Erina is involved in. They taped the drama recently for Sayu's scenes. It has been some time since the last time Sayu worked with Mano. She was surprised by how responsible Mano had became. When both of them stood side by side, the staffs told them they really look alike. Sayu was glad to hear that but Mano showed no reaction so Sayu thought perhaps Mano doesn't like the fact that she looks a little like Sayu. Coming back to the drama, since the scenes were not taken in order, the staffs got a little confused with the props. They didn't know which props were supposed to use in which scenes. Mano on the other hand remember everything clearly and helped them out. After the taping, Sayu mailed Mano "Good job!" but she didn't get a reply from her. A week after that work assignment, Sayu saw Mano again and Mano then thanked Sayu for the mail.

When Koharu guested on Konusapi earlier this month, she did her "Mikan, ikimasu!" (A line that Koharu always says before a Mikan performance in a concert) after Sayu read out the song title. Sayu was sitting directly opposite Koharu and saw Koharu's eyes looking upwards when she said "Mikan, ikimasu!" like she'll do during concerts. The fact that Koharu is doing that on a radio show tickled Sayu. When they played Rainbow Pink, Koharu was dancing to the song in the studio.

Before Koharu's graduation was announced, Sayu had never thought of not having Koharu in Morning Musume. Only after the announcement, she realised how quiet Morning Musume will become if Koharu is gone. She regrets not talking to Koharu more. Watching the Koharu standing next to her during concerts, telling the fans that she would be graduating, Sayu wondered why Koharu grew up so big. FYI, in Koharu's memorial DVD, Sayu was the only one who cried when recording the video message for Koharu. She didn't exactly cry though, she held back her tears as she continued to talk about how she wish she had went out with Koharu during their personal time.

Sayu and her sister used to love bugs. During the summer seasons, where there'll be lots of bugs, the two of them would catch bugs using a bug net. She remembers how much fun they had catching them and discussing about the bugs, saying things like "Red dragonfly is rare." They even raised mantises. Sayu knows that it sounds sick, but she admitted to looking at a mantis eat another mantis up. She even caught around 4 beetles. In Yamaguchi, the supermarkets sell beetles (Seriously, for what?). Sayu and her sister would often pester their mother to buy some for them. Apparently the two of them loved bugs more than their brother did.

After Sayu's sister jots down something, she often isn't able to read what she wrote, lol. Sayu popped up at her sister's workplace sometime ago and saw how hard her sister was working and that touched her a little. She is happy to see her sister being able to balance well.

Sayu wonders if her sister is an alien, lol.

Morning Musume - Egao Yes Nude

This week's sexy phrase...
Sayu : Marshmallow ~ (~27:02)

Promotions for Hello! Project 2010 Winter Kachou Fuugetsu ~Mobekimasu~ and Hello! Project 2010 Winter Kachou Fuugetsu ~Shuffle date~

Sayu : OyaSayumin

Konya mo Usachan Peace #162 (2009.12.09)

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Sayu enjoyed hosting the radio show with Koharu as guest. Although Koharu has now graduated from Morning Musume, she still hopes that Koharu will be back on Konusapi as guest again.

Morning Musume - Furusato

Sayu and her mother went to her sister's house not long ago and helped her clean her messy house up. She has lots of her big sister's stories to update us with. First thing is, her sister lost one of her front teeth. If that happened to Sayu, she definitely wouldn't be in a good mood. Her sister on the other hand isn't affected by the fact that she lost a front tooth and her mother had to ask her to go to the dentist for treatment. Second thing is that for some reason, the water doesn't heat up in her sister's house. Despite it being winter, Sayu's sister has been bathing with cold water. After they checked with the landlord for why the water doesn't heat up, they found out that her sister didn't pay the gas fees so there was no gas supply. Third thing, they decided to go out for a meal after cleaning up her house. Sayu and her mother put on their coats while Sayu's sister only put on a T-shirt. Her mother advised her sister to put on a coat too but apparently, her sister doesn't have a coat...even though she had quite a number of them. Sayu's sister assured her mother that she would be all right and was about to wrap herself with her futon to go out. Her mother stopped her and asked her to use her blanket instead. Either way, it still surprised Sayu. Yes, her sister really went for a meal with them with a blanket wrapped around her.

Sayu likes Aichan's leopard print costume that she wore for Nine Smile concerts. She finds it really cute and suitable for Aichan. The costume comes with a hat which Aichan knows how to make full use of the hat during her performance to look cool. Sayu likes Aichan's cow costume too because she has this ribbon on her costume which goes well with Aichan. As for Sayu's costumes, she likes her Aruiteru costume. Sayu wore a hair accessory that looks like a ring for that song performance to match her costume.

Sayu enjoys writing Pocket Morning Tour Diaries. She feels that whenever she is writing for the subscription program, its one of her most blissful moments. Like she has always said, she wants a blog very badly. Since she can't have one, neither can she send Pocket Diaries when they don't have a concert, she sends three pocket diaries per day. FYI, for members like Eri, they only send around three pocket diaries per tour. Other members like Reina and Gaki-san send only one or two pocket diaries per day. Sayu doesn't like the fact that the subscribers will only receive their Pocket Diaries some days after the members sent it out but at least its better than not being able to send anything to the fans at all. FYI, subscribers usually receive it 2 days after the girls send it out. As the girls don't get much opportunities to talk to the fans, Sayu makes full use of this program to tell the fans whatever she wants to say. She has lots of stuff to say but doesn't get the time to. Sayu feels grateful towards Konya mo Usachan Peace, which is a perfect chance for her to say all that she wants.

When Sayu was in elementary school, she didn't know how to communicate with guys. She avoided trying to work with guys because she was afraid of them. So shy of them that she thinks that if back then, she dropped an eraser and a male classmate picked up for her, she wouldn't even dare to thank the person. She's totally okay with guys nowadays though and is able to communicate with them well.

Sayu finds Ishikawa Rika really sexy and acts like an adult.

Sayu can't cook at all, even though she has the urge to cook sometimes. Unlike other mothers, when Sayu told her mother that she wants to try cooking, instead of offering to cook with Sayu, her mother told her its okay to not know how to cook because her mother didn't know how to too until she got married. Sayu's mother loves cooking for her children.

Sayu's mother went to her sister's house recently. She called her sister beforehand and they agreed to meet at her house at 9PM since her sister gets off work at 8PM. However, Sayu's sister didn't get home all that while even though her house door was left open. Sayu's mother made a phone call to Sayu at 10PM where Sayu asked her to wait a little longer. Sayu received another phone call from her mother at 12AM. Her mother couldn't contact her sister neither had her sister got home. Worried, Sayu tried calling her sister too but no one picked up. Both of them were really very worried by then. Sayu made a call to her sister's friend who told her that her sister said that she was planning to go to a manga cafe. The smart Sayu did a quick research on the mange cafes near her sister's house and contacted all the cafes to check with them if her sister is at their cafes. Fortunately, Sayu managed to find out which cafe her sister was in and informed her mother. Her mother then headed to that cafe and found her sister sleeping there. Relieved, Sayu headed home after a long day of work plus an extremely worrying experience. Her sister called her to apologise for the trouble she caused. Apparently, her sister went to the manga cafe despite the date with her mother because she didn't have anything to do. The first thing that came into Sayu's mind was that her sister should have spend the time packing up her house instead of complaining about being too free.

Morning Musume - Aruiteru

This week's sexy phrase,
Sayu : Otomori set ~
An Otomori set consists of toothbrushes, soap and stuff like that.

Promotions for Hello! Project 2010 Winter Kachou Fuugetsu ~Mobekimasu~ and Hello! Project 2010 Winter Kachou Fuugetsu ~Shuffle date~

Sayu : OyaSayumin

Konya mo Usachan Peace #161 (2009.12.02)

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Although Sayu had reminded Koharu over and over again that if more than one person is present on a show, the senior will introduce herself first before the junior, Koharu went ahead and introduced herself even before Sayu did. Moving on to the opening talk, Koharu likes riding bicycle nowadays. Despite the cold, she rides it so fast to the extent that she describes it as "What was that? A gust of wind?"

Michishige Sayumi and Kusumi Koharu - Rainbow Pink

Both Sayu and Koharu don't ask for much for a birthday present but it'll make them happier if the item is something that they can use. They noticed that they have a lot in common. Blood type, family structure, birthdays being in the same month...in fact, their birthdays are only two days apart. Koharu concluded that ShigePink and KohaPink were destined to have this pink-duo.

The two girls initially planned to go out after the recording for Konusapi. However, Sayu received another job assignment so they had to cancel their outing. Since they are pretty busy recently, their outing has to be delayed. In a way, its amazing that the two of them had never hanged out together despite being together for four years. Not long ago, Koharu went out for a meal with Eri. After that meal with Eri, as Koharu was talking to Sayu, she asked her out for a meal too.

The deepest memory of Koharu's life as part of Morning Musume is when she did the ShigePink KohaPink thing with Sayu. She insisted that she's not saying this because she was on Sayu's radio show.

Morning Musume - Mikan

Koharu noticed that Sayu often says "Ah, its okay, its okay, its okay, its okay, its okay, you can have all of them, you can have all of them, you can have all of them, you can have all of them, you can have all of them," "Ah, its okay, its okay, don't worry, don't worry" and whenever someone apologises to Sayu, she'll say "Its really okay, really." If you have been listening to Konusapi, it shouldn't be something unfamiliar to you. Koharu told Sayu that she talked about Sayu with her big brother the other day. As Sayu is currently play the acid-tongue character on variety shows, naturally, she has a bad and hated image. Both Koharu and her big brother feel that the real Sayu is really a good person unlike the character she's playing on TV even though Sayu once said that the TV-Sayu is the real her on TV. But this fact can only be understood by people who truly knows Sayu. It made Sayu really happy to hear that someone understands what she's doing.

Sayu gets hyped up whenever she wears cute outfits. Wearing them makes her feel good. Koharu on the other hand doesn't wear cute outfits because she thinks that she doesn't look good in them even though Sayu told her that she looks good with them. Sayu even used Kirarin as an example to convince Koharu that she'll look good in them. Taking up Sayu's advice, Koharu said she'll try wearing them at home first.

As they had mentioned earlier on about having a lot of similarities, a listener send in a mail regarding that topic. The listener listed some of their similarities : Cute, black hair, birthdays in July and...of course, the most important characteristic they share...

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Both of their faces look horrible when they are sleeping.

FYI, according to some past and present Morning Musume members, Konkon, Sayu and Koharu have terrible sleeping faces. Although Sayu and Koharu are said to be really unpleasant looking when sleeping, their type of unpleasant is different. Sayu's sleeping face is just like one of those not-so-nice face but it can still be aired on TV. As for Koharu's...its something that cannot be aired unless its censored.

Koharu : I've never seen how I look like when I'm sleeping...
Sayu : Er...
Koharu : Oh yah, that's only normal.

Apparently, Koharu sleeps with her eyes opened. If one has never seen how she sleeps, one will mistake her for being awake. As the girls travel in a vehicle, Koharu will totally relax herself and sleep. The sight of Koharu's head facing skywards with her eyes opened frightens Sayu. According to Koharu, she look as though she's dead sometimes and her family often checks whether she's still breathing when she's sleeping, lol. Whenever Koharu's big sister tries to close Koharu's eyes when Koharu is sleeping, it'll wake Koharu up. Because Koharu has been told that she looks really scary when asleep, Koharu bought a sleep mask which she used it once on when on the bullet train with other members to the concert venue. It was pretty comfortable and she decided to continue using it but when they were on the way home and Koharu realised she had already lost it somewhere. Sayu told her she should get herself one more then, lol.

Michishige Sayumi and Kusumi Koharu - Merry Pink Christmas

This week's sexy phrase...
Koharu : Chekkerashe ~
Koharu changed the words a little to add in the sexiness. The original phrase was "Check it out yo"

Promotions for Pucchi Best 10 and Morning Musume Concert Tour 2009 Fall ~Nine smile~

Sayu : OyaSayumin ♥
Koharu : OyaKusumin ♥
ShigePink & KohaPink : Bye~bye pink ~ ♥

Konya mo Usachan Peace #160 (2009.11.25)

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Sayu couldn't remember it but both Sayu and Koharu once had a "Usachan Peace!" practice on a show. Koharu had to tell her that they did it was a show and not during their private time. Sayu thought that was rather reasonable since they couldn't possibly be doing something like that in private out of blue unless they were out of their minds.

This is the first time Koharu is on Konya mo Usachan Peace as guest. Fans often tell Koharu about Sayu talking about Koharu on Konusapi. Sayu admitted to it and told Koharu she didn't only talk about the positive things of Koharu, but also, the negative things of her.

Michishige Sayumi and Kusumi Koharu - Rainbow Pink

After Sayu repeated the song title once again, Koharu responded with a "A~i" when a response wasn't needed. That caused Sayu to laugh out loud for some time there. For some reason, Koharu didn't know all this laughing talk was recorded even though the director had already given the cue. Being the usual free-willed her, Koharu interrupted Sayu even though she was trying to move on to the next corner.

Yuujou ~Kokoro no Busu ni Naranee!~ is one of the songs in Nine Smile set list. It is performed by Sayu, Reina, Koharu and Junjun. Koharu initially didn't know that Sayu was the in-charge for this song. FYI, for every song, there's an in-charge. Even though Sayu was appointed as the leader of this song, she didn't have to carry out the role of a leader since the four of them were doing pretty well together. Whenever Tsunku watches their performance, Koharu tends to get corrected the most. Not long ago during the Nine Smile concert in Nakano Sun Plaza, Tsunku was there and Koharu messed up her lines during both the afternoon and evening concerts. Sayu found it amazing how Koharu still doesn't remember her lines even though she is already going to graduate. Koharu denied about not being able to remember her lines. Just that she wasn't in the right state of mind on that day. Sayu told Koharu she must be really unlucky to do well in other concerts except for the ones Tsunku was present.

Koharu remembered doing one of those camp fire dances during a camp. Although Sayu has the image of Koharu getting all hyped up on a camping trip, Koharu doesn't like camping because of the bugs and the risk of having a bear running after her.

Koharu was wearing jeans and a black coat during the recording while Sayu was wearing a one-piece with a little bear design. Koharu didn't know they were already in Winter which also means...Merry Pink Christmas season!

Muchaburi no Okite corner. Its still a fresh corner so in case anyone missed out the first episode of this corner, you can find the details and translation here. Since Koharu was on the show too, it would be a contest between Sayu and Koharu. The loser would have to do a punishment game.

1. Putting yourself in the shoes of Sayumin's mobile phone which she uses to take photos of herself frequently, say one sentence.
Sayu : To become Sayumi-chan's mobile phone, I'm really happy
Judgement : Crow's cry

2. Putting yourself in the shoes of Koharu's mobile phone where Koharu is more engrossed in her television than her mobile phone, say one sentence.
Koharu : Hey, oi, oi, oi. Make me your companion instead, oi. Hey ~ Oh! She touched me, she touched me, oh, oh, oh, oh.
Judgement : Applause
Sayu : That's long! They said one sentence!

Sayu thought Koharu was fast in typing mails using her mobile phone. However, its not that Koharu types fast. Just that Koharu's replies are usually short and she uses the dictionary function of her phone.

3. Putting yourself in the pink role of the heroine of a squadron, say one sentence.
Sayu : GanbariPink!
Judgement : Crow's cry

Koharu complained about not being able to hear what the announcer said properly, making Sayu laugh once again with her straightforward remark.

4. Putting yourself in the role of a female baddie leading a fight, say one sentence.
Koharu : Kekkekkekkekke Pyon!
Judgement : Crow's cry

Both the girls didn't understand what the question was asking about.

5. Please sing Morning Musume's new single "A Mont Blanc first love" which will be released on November 25 (There's no such single. Koharu has to make up her lyrics on the spot)
Koharu : Chestnut, chestnut, mont blanc ~ Yeah ~ Lately, there are purple potatoes too ~ The one that Koharu likes ~ Is fish-paste cake ~ Yeah yeah yo yo yo ~ Check it out ♪
Judgement : Applause
(Insert Sayu's non-stop laughing)

Koharu did a "fake tone" for her "Yeah~" which Sayu commented that its rare to hear that from Koharu since Aichan is usually the one who sings all the "fake tone" lines in Morning Musume.

6. Please sing Morning Musume's new single "I want to eat liver and sashimi" which will be released on December 2. (Again, there's no such single. Sayu has to make up her lyrics on the spot)
Sayu : Beef, beef ♪
Koharu : (Joins in) Liver, liver ♪
Sayu : (lol) Horse ♪
Sayu and Koharu : Horse ♪
Koharu : Cow, this year is the cow year (Zodiac) ♪
Judgement : Crow's cry

Amazed by how fast Koharu could think up of lyrics within seconds, Sayu suggested for her to help Tsunku out after she graduates whenever Tsunku runs out of ideas.

With that, Sayu lost to Koharu and has to drink Takoyaki Ramune. Even though Koharu didn't have to, she tried it too. Both of them agreed that the drink wasn't that bad.

Michishige Sayumi and Kusumi Koharu - Merry Pink Christmas

This week's sexy phrase...
Sayu : Teriyaki Chicken

Koharu wanted to do the sexy phrase next week.

Promotions for Morning Musume Concert Tour 2009 Fall ~Nine smile~ and Pucchi Best 10

Sayu : OyaSayumin ♥
Koharu : OyaKusumin ♥

Konya mo Usachan Peace #159 (091118)

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Sayu went to Yokohama Arena not long ago to watch Perfume's concert. She found the dance coordination between the three members cool and admires them for it. She felt that Perfume's concert gives a very cosy feeling. They value their fans and appreciate the hard work put in by the staffs to make the concert possible. The MC segments were funny with the three natural airheads. She thinks that if Gaki-san were to be with the three Perfume girls, she will tsukkomi them quite a bit. The funniest part was when Nocchi (Omoto Ayano) called her chin an elbow. Sayu found them cute and was moved by the concert which got her thinking about a lot of things after watching it.

Morning Musume - Kimagure Princess

Like other members, Sayu finds Linlin funny nowadays although initially it was difficult trying to understand her jokes, she is becoming really funny recently together with her funny choice of words. Recently, Sayu went out with Linlin after not hanging out together for some time. They had Monjayaki together. Even before they were in the store, Sayu had already said that she will be paying but Linlin insisted on paying. Sayu tried to get her to let Sayu foot half of the bill but she refused. It was embarrassing because the waiter was right in front of them so Sayu quickly apologised and allowed Linlin to pay.

After the meal, Sayu invited Linlin to her house. Other than Aichan and Eri, no other members has been to Sayu's house. That makes Linlin the first junior to be there. They headed for the convenience store first to pick up some desserts which Sayu paid. Linlin kept apologising non-stop because of that even though the bill for Monjayaki was more expensive than the total amount of their desserts. Even after Linlin went home, she mailed Sayu and apologised again. Moving on to Linlin's personality. Not only is she funny, Linlin is kind. She doesn't look like people's bad points but rather, their good points. When Linlin was at Sayu's house, since it was Sayu's house, Sayu had to play host. They watched a television program together in the living room and Sayu eventually fell asleep because she was feeling sleepy. By the time Sayu realised she has fallen asleep, it was already 1AM. Linlin didn't try to wake Sayu up or anything. She just sat there watching different programs by herself. Instead of asking Sayu why she was asleep, Linlin told her that its okay to just sleep. Sayu apologised for causing Linlin to not be able to go home early and wanted to send Linlin to the station but she said it was okay and asked Sayu to just go ahead and sleep, she'll make her way there by herself.

Another moving Linlin story was when Sayu borrowed a rubber band from Linlin before a concert. Sayu made a dango-hairstyle that day so she wanted to just go home with the rubber band. She told Linlin she'll return it another day in front of the rest of the members where Linlin replied with an "Okay." Later on when both of them were alone, Linlin told Sayu she could have the rubber band. Not that it's a big deal since Sayu wouldn't mind giving away her stuff too but the fact that Linlin didn't say that in front of all the members, where Sayu would have probably done that in front of them, makes it touching. Linlin probably thought that if she told Sayu that in front of the rest of the members, Sayu would refuse to accept the kind offer so she did it in private. Sayu bought two rubber bands to return to Linlin.

When Sayu is with Gaki-san and Eri (Ojou3 ♥), everything becomes fun and they tend to laugh a lot. During such times, Reina will be like "What's with the three of them again." The three of them usually laugh so hard that they won't be able to say anything during their laughing session. Sayu's way of stopping herself from laughing is by clenching her upper row of teeth and lower row of teeth tightly.

There was a period of time whereby Sayu found everything funny. Even when there was a spider near Sayu's feet, she would find it funny and when the spider crawls to their teacher's area, it made it...somehow even funnier. She doesn't find it funny now though. Sayu recalled two funniest episodes of her school life before joining Morning Musume. In one of the toilets of the school, the third cubicle had a loose lock where a small kick would be enough to open the door. They often help the one inside to kick open the door and well...they had fun doing that. Another funny episode was the picture of the maker of Doraemon which was put up in front of the school library. It was a picture of the maker folding his arms and he looked really funny. The picture doesn't look funny anywhere else though, it's only funny in front of the library, and when Sayu is together with her secondary school friend. She is really good friends with that friend and even until now, that friend goes to Morning Musume's concerts to watch Sayu.

Sayu enjoyed herself in the Sendai concerts but because Morning Musume had the All Singles Coupling Collection album event the day before, she was a little exhausted the next day. The event was held in an outdoor area (Yomiuri Land) so they had their rehearsals and the event itself under the blazing sun. Then during the handshake event after the performance, the weather became cold. Thanks to the sudden coldness right after the humid weather, it kind of affected Sayu's body. She was surprised by how lousy her stamina was during the concerts in Sendai

Sayu read the book series titled "Blackjack." In one of the volumes, there was a case of a kidnap of a child. However, the kidnapper was injured. The child cared for the kidnapper kindly and slowly changed the kidnapper to become a good person. After that, the kidnapper returned the child and even kept in contact with the child.

Sayu's sister doesn't like milk and those common curries but she likes Indian curries.

Not that Sayu's sister is an idiot, but she eats pet food. She will eat them and tell her kitty that it's delicious and get it to eat it too. Back then in Yamaguchi where Sayu had a pet hamster, the hamster food that Sayu kept in her room finishes really quickly. Not being she has got a fat hamster, but because her sister eats them as snacks.

Sayu's sister is a cheerful person and is hardly seen being depressed. Despite the problems faced at work and stuff, Sayu's sister still believes in leading a happy life. Her sister is working in a store which has a karaoke. There's a rule that the store's workers are not allowed to be there in private but since it was near to her sister's house and some workers have already broken that rule without getting caught, Sayu's sister did the same. Everything went smoothly...but she left her mobile phone in the karaoke and went back there saying "I left my mobile phone behind in the karaoke room," and ta-dah! She got herself into trouble.

Morning Musume - Watashi ga Tsuiteru

Promotion for Morning Musume Concert Tour 2009 Fall ~Nine smile~

Kusumi Koharu will be on Konusapi next week as guest.

Sayu : OyaSayumin ♥

Konusapi (2009.11.11) - Sayu's message

Sayu tried using Hakata dialect in the second line.

Sayu's DS.
Translation for this episode of Konusapi can be found here.

Konya mo Usachan Peace #158 (2009.11.11)

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November 11, 2009! Reina's 20th birthday! In Hello! Project, only Sayumi and Reina are born in 1989, which is also the first year of Heisei era. Sayu can't believe Reina is already 20. She wonders why Reina is 20 years old. She feels as though she is the only one maturing while Reina is still like the little Reina. Not only does Reina look young, she has a young heart. Sayu likes how Reina doesn't hide herself and has that it's-all-about-me personality.

Morning Musume - Kimagure Princess

Nowadays, Sayu is reading mystery stories. She likes the stories written by Yamada Yuusuke. His stories may be scary, but inside the stories there are touching parts and the endings are always very unexpected. The first book of Yamada that Sayu read was "Batsu Game." (Punishment game) According to Sayu, it's the most scary one out of all the books of Yamada she had read. Something that she wouldn't recommend anyone unless the person likes horror stories. Sayu read the comic series "Bokura ga ita" (We were there) when she was in high school. It's some sort of love-related comic and Sayu wants to have such relationship as in the comic book in real life.

Sayu already has 75 characters in her Tomodachi Collection DS game. The game can take up to 100 characters but Sayu doesn't have that many close friends. Thanks to a listener who suggested for Sayu to make characters based on her image of her listeners, Sayu now has an idea of what to do with the remaining 25 slots. Sayu's game is advancing smoothly and now she has a very cute room. She is amazed by how accurate the Tomodachi Collection can be. In this game, they get to set up characters based on looks and personalities. Whatever the character does in the game, for example, Eri's character, coincidentally says things that Eri says often such as "I'm sleepy." She finds it a wonder.

Not long ago, Sayu was on Tosochu, Run for Money. Sayu said that the hunters are fast runners and the other participants too, are surprisingly fast. Even though Sayu was the first few to dash off, everyone overtook her and left her behind with the hunters. Sayu remembers Yossie and Yaguchi getting the prize so she thought she'll be able to get it too, continuing the Hello! Project streak but it was a total failure. After Sayu was caught and went to the cage, she drank lots of oolang tea because of the cold weather. Her hands were trembling and the fact that she doesn't know the other participants such as Abu-chan and Shintaro certainly didn't help. Off topic : Yaguchi, Maichan, Yossie and Charmy were once on the show. Do watch it if you have yet to, especially Yaguchi's (She was extremely lucky in it)

Momoko talked about Sayu on her radio show some time ago. On that week itself, when Momoko saw Sayu, she went up to with her "Misshige-san! Misshige-san!" Sayu asked her if she was feeling better (Momoko just recovered from a flu at that time) and Momoko was all energetic. She told Sayu to listen to her radio show because she had mentioned Sayu on her radio show. Unlike other Berryz Koubou members, Momoko speaks to Sayu in the way Eri speaks to Gaki-san. Sayu doesn't mind though, in fact, she likes the way Momoko interacts with her. Sayu loves Berryz Koubou as a whole too. She has some of the BK members such as Risako in her Tomodachi Collection. Also, just like Aichan, Sayu wants to go to Berryz Koubou's ongoing concert tour but because the dates of Morning Musume's concerts and BK's clashed, she was unable to do so. However, she got the DVDs of their concerts and watched them at home. She found the sea bream costumes interesting.

New corner! 「Muchaburi no Okite」 - A training project for Sayu who has been going on variety shows often in 2009. In this corner, she has to answer/reply to whatever that's requested or asked without preparation.

1. How does a Panda's cry sound like?
Sayu : Nnn ~ (lol) I don't know!
Judgement : Crow's cry (That means it's not good enough)

2. Please make a pun using the word "Ringo" (Apple)
Sayu : Linlin ga ringo tabeteta (Linlin ate the apple)
Judgement : Crow's cry

3. Express your current feeling using a Nori-tsukkomi (A play along with the joke then pointing out the foolishness in it)
Sayu : No no no! I can't do it. It's too sudden. Wait, no! I don't want this corner!!!
Judgement : Crow's cry

Sayu said that this corner reminded her of the punishment games she had back then when they had the Shigaxagon every week.

Coming back to Sayu no Kobeya corner since she had some time left. Recently, Sayu is in love with fishes. Not just eating, but admiring them. She even read up on fishes and asked questions about them. Sayu was surprised when she saw how the insides of the body of fishes were like. Also, she had no idea that there is no black bass in Japan and they are usually imported. She talked about the worries about the increase in black bass's population. Sayu initially thought the staffs wouldn't know about it but they do and Sayu concluded that it's general knowledge. (Wow, I wonder what Eri thinks of Sayu's love for fishes)

Sayu thinks that she won't look good with short hair. She once had short hair when she was in elementary school. Back then she was a little tanned and with that hairstyle, she looked like a lively little girl but she doesn't like how she looked at that time when she browses through her photo albums. Sayu thinks that Koharu may look good with short hair though since she has a small face but Koharu doesn't agree with that.

Berryz Koubou - Jingisukan

This week's sexy word...
Sayu : Teriyaki Chic~ke~n

Promotion for Morning Musume Concert Tour 2009 Fall ~Nine smile~

Kusumi Koharu will be on Konusapi as guest on November 25.

Sayu practises her dance at home an hour per day instead of long hours because if she were to practise it over and over again, she'll think too much about the choreography and ends up messing it up instead of mastering it. A rest in between will be the best as it gives one's body some time to process the moves.

Sayu : OyaSayumin ♥

Konya mo Usachan Peace #157 (091104)

For Sayu's 20th birthday, Gaki-san gave her a lounge-wear...but just some time before that, she got herself a similar one. The main thing of Gaki-san's present that moved Sayu was the handmade album. Gaki-san took the time to put in the Gaki-Sayu pictures and even in those pictures without both of them, she'll just cut out Sayu from another picture and paste it on the other. Inside the album, she wrote things like "Thank you for everything" and "Continue to work hard." If we think about it in the normal way, the last page of the album should be something Gaki-Sayu related since it's Gaki-san's present to Sayu, but the last page was a SayuEri picture. Gaki-san wrote below the picture, "Eri thinks for you more than you think she does." Sayu was touched by the handmade album and could feel the love Gaki-san showers her with.

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Ojou3 ♥

Konya mo Usachan Peace #153 (091007)

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The show started off with Sayu sharing another story that is related to her sister. According to Sayu's mother, there is some sort of health check-up service available for the workers at her sister's workplace to get an examination. However, Sayu's sister hates injections so much that she will react violently and cry. Hence, she didn't go for the check-up and insisted that she is all healthy. Sayu too, hates injections and she also hates going to the dental clinic. She will start crying from her house even before she reaches the clinic.

Morning Musume - Kimagure Princess

This week, the name of the "Sayu's small room" corner has been changed to "Sayu's big room" as suggested by a listener last week. With that, lets move on to the new corner.

A listener sent in asking Sayu if she has applied for a credit card. He also wrote in his mail that he is a little worried about the full-of-carelessness Kamei Eri, who got her very 1st credit card just a few months ago. Even though Sayu has turned 20, she didn't get herself a credit card. It's because Sayu prefers to stay safe to trying out new things. She doesn't like the idea of having to go through the basic procedures of getting one and learning how to use it and the related functions. Its just her personality. Other members like Takahashi Ai has their personal credit card. Aichan once told Sayu that its better to have one but Sayu's money is normally handled by her mother so whenever she needs money, she will just go to her mother for it.

Although Sayu doesn't have a pencil case, she has lots of pencils and she doesn't know why she buys them. She uses mechanical pencil more often then using normal pencils. Still, she buys dozens of them after seeing how cute the designs are despite not having the need for them.

Before Sayu turned 20, she wanted to drink alcohol as she has never tried drinking it before but now that she has turned 20, she doesn't feel the urge to drink alcohol. Meanwhile for Gaki-san and Eri who had turned 20 last year, both of them drink alcohol pretty often and Sayu has heard them discussing about which alcohols are nice. They had invited Sayu to drink too. Sayu does want to go but she okay with just Oolong tea. Whenever Sayu's mother drinks alcohol, she will ask Sayu if she wants some but Sayu will reject the offer. Sayu doesn't see what's so tasty in alcohols and was never drunk.

During handshake events, Sayu has troubles trying to process what the fans tell her at that very moment. For example, when a fan asks Sayu what she wants, even though Sayu has many items that she wants, she will not be able to think up of any at that very second to give the fan a good answer. As requested by a listener, Sayu did her "Yosshii" impersonation on the show.

Appearing on variety shows are gradually becoming enjoyable for Sayu now that she is getting used to it. Whenever she goes on variety shows, it feels like "Ah, I'm working." Not as though she isn't "working" when she is with the rest of the members. Just that the members can rely on their leaders but when she is alone, she has no one but herself. Although she does face challenges in the variety world, she takes on them optimistically and is now having fun.

Morning Musume - Aruiteru

Sayu likes the C/W of "Iroppoi Jirettai," "Ai to Taiyou ni Tsutsumarete." This song isn't performed much and in fact, Sayu has never performed it in any of the concerts and events. (FYI, Eri sang "Ai to Taiyou ni Tsutsumarete" during Morning Musume's FC Tour 2007 in Hawaii) It's a song that Sayu listens to frequently and like Sayu has once mentioned, before she goes on variety shows, she will listen to Morning Musume's songs to gain courage. Listening to this song, she can feel the members' presence and their greatness through their voices.

A listener sent in a short mail telling Sayu that she hopes to see Sayu with the 2 ponytails hairdo when she goes on TV shows. Sayu pretty much laughed it off because Sayu usually sets the 2 ponytails hairdo when she goes on TV shows.

Instead of a balance ball, Sayu had received a beach ball from the "Ojigi de SHAPE UP!" members. She has no idea if it was given to her by mistake or they really had the intention of giving her a beach ball. Sayu initially wanted to use the balance ball to exercise so she inflated the rubber piece only to find out that it's really a beach ball like what was shown on the packaging. She didn't tell anyone about it and just left the ball at home as it is.

Normally, Sayu will be nervous during rehearsals for concerts but this time round, for ~Nine smile~ concert tour, she is more of touched than nervousness. The song she was referring to was none other than her favourite Morning Musume song, "Aruiteru." In ~Nine smile~ concert, this song performance starts off as Sayu's solo before the members join in. She was overjoyed when she got to know that she would be able to perform "Aruiteru" in the concert. During the rehearsal, when Sayu asked her teacher how her performance was, her teacher complimented her for doing a good job and commented that she must have had practised performing this song a lot.

Morning Musume - Ai to Taiyou ni Tsutsumarete

Hamada Britney, the gyaru lady who was sitting next to Sayu on Sayu's 2nd London Heart appearance was very friendly and spoke non-stop to Sayu. On the recording itself, Sayu was thinking about how she should talk to Britney and stuff when they go into breaks or preparations but Britney took the initiative to make conversations with Sayu which makes Sayu happy. She was surprised by the hyped-up tension of Britney. Sayu thinks that Hamada Britney is one who people can get along well with easily.

Promotion for Morning Musume's Concert Tour 2009 Fall ~Nine smile~, Morning Musume's All Singles Coupling Collection album and Morning Musume's 41st single, "Kimagure Princess."

Sayu : Oyasayumin ~

Konusapi #152 (090930) - Eri's messy room

An old story but it won't hurt anyone to just read about it again. Sayu once received a mail that had a photo of Eri's messy room attached to it. The mail said "Where is Eri?" Sayu was not able to spot Eri. Yes, Eri was hidden under heaps of stuff that even after Eri pointed to Sayu where she was, Sayu couldn't recognise her. Eri's room is usually tidied up by her mother while Sayu on the other hand does not want anyone to tidy up her room for her. She does not want anyone to find any of her 7 diaries because it will be embarrassing for her if someone reads it. Sayu wonders if Eri trusts her mother or just that she has nothing to hide from her mother.

Konya mo Usachan Peace #151 (090923)

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Sayu was supposed to go to the dentist after this radio show recording however, at the thought of already talking non-stop for an hour, she didn't feel like going for her appointment so she asked her mother to cancel it for her. Her mother then replied with a "Ohhaa" which made Sayu wondered what happened. She decided to leave it as it is and didn't reply her mother. Her mother later sent another mail to Sayu to correct herself. She initially wanted to reply with an "Okay" and not "Ohhaa." It got a "You can actually type that wrongly?" reaction out of Sayu.

Morning Musume - Inspiration ♪

Some time ago, Sayu was sent to Yamaguchi for Nanchatte Renai's promotions. Sayu was very happy to be able to hold a campaign there as Morning Musume had held only 2 concerts in Yamaguchi. There isn't any special discovery that she made during this trip. She recognises the awesomeness of the fans who follows them no matter where they go though. During her Ameba Show which was one day after the events in Yamaguchi, Sayu saw the fans who followed them to Yamaguchi came back to Tokyo and were present for the show too. Sayu is grateful towards all these dedicated fans.

When Sayu was on "Gokigenyou" (A TV show), on 1 of the episodes, Inagawa-san shared a scary story with them. Sayu couldn't exactly understand the story fully but the atmosphere of the studio was certainly scary enough. Also, as Inagawa-san spoke, the blood vessels in his eyes somewhat reddened and that force from that pair of eyes frightened Sayu.

- Kao wa Butanai de! Atashi Jouyuu nan dakara -

1st Phrase : Cute
Verdict : Actress

Situation : Upon seeing a puppy...
Sayu : Cute ~ ♥
Even when Sayu sees a baby. she says the same thing. But whenever she praises a baby for his/her cuteness, a small part of Sayu wants the mother of the child to see her praising her child.

Situation : Upon seeing a girl who is cuter than yourself...
Sayu : Cute ~
Sayu loves cute girls. Just like when she looks at the rest of the members, she finds them cute too. Maybe its because Sayu is pretty free during song performances (She said this herself xD), she often ends up observing the other members and tries to imagine herself as one of the member. Apparently she enjoys doing that ^^;

Situation : While looking at your reflection in the mirror...
Sayu : Cute.
One of the reasons behind Sayu's frequent self-proclamations of being cute is to give herself some confidence (She is cute). But now these self-proclamations have became more like a duty and something that she just has to do somewhat because she got herself this image.

2nd Phrase : No way
Verdict : Great actress

Situation : Upon weighing yourself after not checking your weight for sometime and realising you have gained a surprising amount of weight...
Sayu : No way...
This happens to Sayu. Although she weighs herself daily, as she can't possibly bring a weighing scale along when she goes overseas, she can't weigh herself. She will then overeat and end up regretting it.

Situation : Upon hearing that Nakazawa (Yuko)-san will be getting married...
Sayu : No way!
She will be happy for Yuko. In fact, she hopes that Yuko settles down soon.

Situation : Upon hearing that "Konusapi" (This radio show) will stop...
Sayu : No way...
Sayu will be shocked. She doesn't want this radio show to end (This isn't the 1st time she is saying this. This girl really loves "Konusapi")

3rd Phrase : How is/was it?
Verdict : Lousy actress

Situation : After the members ate the sweets you made...
Sayu : How was it?
She doesn't make confections so she can't really relate herself to that situation well.

Situation : To your sister who has been resting on bed as she isn't feeling well...
Sayu : How is it?

Sayu's mother is a very careful person. If any of Sayu's siblings is not feeling well, she will make sure Sayu doesn't go close to him/her so that she will not get the virus. Therefore, Sayu doesn't get much chances to say ask her sister how she's feeling as she will only be able to see her after she recovers.

Situation : Putting on a sexy outfit and appearing in front of your boyfriend...
Sayu : How is it? ♥
Sayu cosplays often when she is at home. She wants to show people her cosplays rather than just looking at herself in the mirror and thinking that she looks cute in that outfit.

Morning Musume - Aruiteru ♪

Something that irritated Sayu recently is...drama. She has been watching a 4-way-love drama and is so into it that she gets frustrated when the actor/actress be kind to another character when Sayu doesn't think that the character deserves such a good treatment. The drama doesn't move on as how Sayu wants it to be so she got irritated by it.

Promotion for Morning Musume Concert Tour 2009 Fall ~Nine smile~ and Morning Musume All Singles Coupling Collection Album

Sayu : Oyasayumin ♥

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Just like last week, lots of misreading and mispronouncing this week too!

Konya mo Usachan Peace #150 (090916)

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Back then in Yamaguchi, the sports festival are normally held in autumns. As a not-so-fit bunny, Sayu naturally feels troubled whenever summer vacation comes to an end. Sayu really hates events like foot race and obstacle race because whenever she participates in them, she has this feeling that the audience is watching her every movement. One more reason for why she doesn't like sports festival is because of her family would turn up to support her. Her mother would cheer her name "Sayucha~n" out loud like nobody's business and embarrass Sayu.

Morning Musume - Koi-ING ♪
C/W of "Go Girl ~Koi no Victory~"

Sayu was requested to describe each of the members with a phrase/word.
Aichan → Aspiration
Gaki-san → Friendly

Eri → Mood-maker
Whenever Eri is around, she makes the atmosphere better. Sayu believes she isn't the only one who thinks so.
From Sayu's personal point of view, Eri → Notices everything.
Eri notices every little thing. One perfect example - Recently, when Sayu greeted Eri in the morning, from her greeting, Eri immediately observed that Sayu wasn't feeling too energetic that day. Sayu is amazed by Eri's observation skills.

Reina → Outgoing
Koharu → Carefree
Aika → Worrisome
Junjun → I don't know what's a suitable phrase...but Sayu just said that Junjun drinks lots of water.
Linlin → Funny

Sayu is more than willing to send her elder sister all the detergents she won on "Gokigenyou" (A TV show Sayu appeared on not long ago). The other day when Sayu went over to her sister's house, her sister was wearing the same outfit as the one she had on when she went out with Sayu. Sayu thought it was just coincidence since it was 2 different days. However, the day before the recording of this episode, Sayu received a mail from her sister with a picture of the purikura she took with her friends and AGAIN, her sister was wearing the same outfit. Sayu thinks that her sister may be beginning to neglect her own hygiene or something. During the visit to her sister's house too, Sayu stayed over for a night and her sister slept in that outfit, without changing into pyjamas. She really wants her sister to start doing the laundry for her own good.

Sayu's sister has a habit of sending her mails about where she went with her friends. Sayu has no idea whether she sent it because she is forgetful or she had other intentions, but Sayu's sister often send her mails saying "Send me the venue I sent you the other day" as though Sayu is her notebook xD

Sayu's sister touches her pet kitty's paws often. Talking about the pet kitty, Sayu's mother had found out about it already. It wasn't Sayu who betrayed her sister though.

Morning Musume - Sono Bamen de Bibiccha Ikenai jan!
C/W of "Resonant Blue"

Sexy word of the week!
Sayu : Tontoro ~

Promotion for Morning Musume Concert Tour 2009 Fall ~Nine smile~ and Morning Musume's coupling songs collection.

Sayu : OyaSayumin ♥

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Do pay attention to Sayu's mispronunciations. She fumbled over her words quite a number of times this week and even said "Sayumi" and "Tami", lol.

Konya mo Usachan Peace #149 (090909)

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Its 2009 September 09! A day full of 9s~

Recently, whenever Sayu can't fall asleep at night, she will play games. She will switch off the lights in her room so that the only light in the room is from her gaming device. One day, when she did the same thing, suddenly, the light of her gaming device flickered non-stop, as though there was a sandstorm. She took a break and turned it off before playing with it again. Again, around 15 minutes later, the same thing happened. Sayu was frightened as she was playing in the same room as the room where she met the girl. She thought it might be because of that so she stopped playing. The next day, she played again and her device didn't flicker. Sayu then concluded that it was not her device that was not working well and that the girl must had been in her room that day.

Morning Musume - Nanchatte Renai ♪

Sayu made a small mistake of calling "Haro" "Haru" (Spring)

During one of the Hello! Project 2009 Summer ~Hello Chanpuru~ concerts, Sayu let down her hair for the first few performances that she was involved it. As she has a long break in between her first 2 performances and her next performance, she would only tie up her hair during that break. She ties up her hair during concerts because if she don't, her hair will get in the way. Also, if she lets down her hair, its very warm and she will sweat a lot resulting in an ugly looking Sayu. Once, during a rehearsal, she didn't tie up her hair and after all the sweating, her dance teacher commented that Sayu looked hideous ^^;

Sayu is a subscriber of Pocket Morning Diary. Like other subscribers, she pays the 315yen monthly to receive the mails sent out by the Hello! Project members. She reads all the mails as well as the Pocket Morning Q&A. For the July 26 Pocket Morning Q&A, the Morning Musume members were asked what they eat or drink during the break of the concert. As the question didn't specify what break they were referring to, Sayu thought it was the break in between a song while other members answered it according to the break in between concerts. Hence, all the members' answers were very different. Sayu was asked to verify with all the listeners whether Junjun really eats nattou after a concert. Its true. Junjun loves to eat nattou. As there are days whereby the catering service will not have nattou among their dishes, Junjun will always bring her own box of nattou.

Eri's posture ♥

Although this dance movement looks like its harder for all 9 members to be in sync, they surprisingly did well for this part during the PV recording. Instead, its the other dance steps that the members can't seem to be do it properly together. During their rehearsals, their dance teacher will point out any parts that wasn't in sync to them. They are told "You guys aren't in sync for this part" often and in fact, there are times whereby its just Sayu who isn't in sync. Under such circumstances, she will confirm the movements again with her dance teacher.

Sayu realised that the choreographies for Morning Musume's songs are becoming more and more difficult every time. When they first learned the choreography for "Resonant Blue", Sayu thought, "Such difficult choreography wouldn't exist" but as they moved on, songs like "Naichau Kamo" has an even more challenging choreography waiting for them. The dance steps have became so difficult that Sayu can no longer catch up without extra practice. Meanwhile, the Morning Musume fans are still able to dance together with them even without professional help. Sayu thinks that the fans are more talented than her.

- Dajarenboo Shogun -

#1. Rebaa mo tabe rebaa (If you eat liver too)
Although Sayu flushed this into the toilet bowl, she found it pretty good. In fact, she will give it a Shogun rank. Its a perfect pun for people to make when one is in a Yakiniku store with friends and family to get everyone hyped up.

#2. Konna ni oishii ikura, ikkura demo tabrareru ne (These salmon roes are so delicious that I can eat lots of them)
Nothing too special so Sayu flushed it into the toilet bowl.

#3. Ishikawa-san no meeru wa ki ga meeru (Ishikawa-san's mail sounds depressed)
Dajarenboo Shogun!

#4. Hikouki no fukusoujuushi ni totte motto mo taisetsu wa pointo wa, fukusou juushi (A very important point for the co-pilot of a plane to take note of is the clothes)
Flushed into the toilet bowl. Sayu wasn't the only one who took some time to comprehend the pun.

#5. Kono masukara wo tsukemasu kara (I'll use this mascara)
Flushed into the toilet bowl~ The Morning Musume members make puns often and Linlin sometimes teach them some Chinese pun-like jokes. The puns and jokes they make are of Konusapi's "Flushed into the toilet bowl" standard though...

#6. Kappa ga kyuuri o kapparau (The kappa took the cucumber and walked off)
Flushed into the toilet bowl ~ even though Sayu felt like giving it a "Dajarenboo Otousan" rank. This entry was sent in by Amakuchi-san. Amakuchi-san sends in mails to Konusapi frequently since 2 years ago. His suggested punishment lines were often used back then when "Quiz Shigesagon" corner was still going on. Sayu once said that Amakuchi-san's punishment lines tend to be more embarrassing as compared to the rest of the listeners' on one of the episode. So anyway, she took this chance to take revenge on Amakuchi-san by flushing his entry into the toilet bowl, lol. It wasn't exactly flushed in just because of that though. It was partly because of the context of the pun.

#7. Aijou komete kaita rabu retaa wa yabuburareta (The filled-with-love love letter written by me was torn up)
Dajarenboo Otousan!

Sayu hears stuff like about people's love for one another will gradually weaken after they get married but Sayu will not want that to happen to her marriage. She wants her relationship with her husband to remain as before even after marriage.

Michishige Sayumi - It's You ♪
Since its 090909, Sayu selected a song from Platinum 9 DISC.

Despite being the customer, Sayu doesn't dare to speak up. For example, after a hair cut, although she wants a certain area to be styled another way/trimmed shorter, she doesn't say it out. When getting a massage too, even when she wants the masseur to use a little more strength or to use lesser force as its hurting, she will just keep it to herself. If she happens to be together with her mother, she will ask her mother to tell the masseur that on her behalf.

Sayu fumbled with her lines quite a bit near the end of the show.

Morning Musume Concert Tour 2009 Fall ~Nine smile~

Sayu : OyaSayumin ♥