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We’re Number 3! We’re Number 3! (Again!)

CJ Marsicano — Mon, 17 May 2010 03:17:08 +0000

The results for Paul Thomas’ yearly H!P fan poll are in, and Her Royal Hotness placed third again (behind Takitty and Gaki) in the poll for individual H!P members, and Morning Musume also placed on top in the group poll that he set up this year. Good to see that the mothership is still on top. I’m surprised that Buono! placed fourth behind Berryz Koubou and C-ute, though.

On a side note, sorry that this blog has been rather inactive the past couple of months (I’ve only been a little more active over at this blog’s mothership). Outside of my impending nuptials, there’s really no excuse for not keeping up with things here, so my apologies to both Reina and to my fellow Tanakachi fans and followers. I’ll try to make up for it.

Eleven Days of Tanakachii, Part 11: The Grand Finale!

CJ Marsicano — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:13:12 +0000

The big day is here… now that it is officially November 11th here in the USA, we can officially celebrate Reina Tanaka’s 20th Birthday, now that she’s finally “legal” according to Japanese law (two years later than American law… go figure!), as well as the 2nd Anniversary of So Hot She Shits Fire.

While it was a slow year as far as posts to this blog goes, it was certainly one hell of a year for Reina and the rest of the band, especially given that they finally made their American performing debut back in July. I regret not being able to attend, but here’s hoping that there will be many more visits from the band to these shores in the years to come. And since Reina has openly stated in past interviews that she wants to remain in the band for quite a while yet, here’s hoping that I get to witness those American shows while she’s still part of the band.

Reina, here’s to your 20th trip around the sun, and many more to come!

Eleven Days of Tanakachii, Part 9

CJ Marsicano — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:05:06 +0000

Deciding on what pictures to use for thsi little countdown to Reina’s big day is one of the hardest things about doing this blog because there’s so much good material to choose from. This pic stood up and waved for this post, partly because Reina’s reproduced handwriting on the photo references one of Morning Musume’s catchiest and most underrated B-sides.

Eleven Days of Tanakachii, Part 6

CJ Marsicano — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:07:37 +0000

Sorry for being a couple of parts behind. I’ll be making it up in the next 24 hour period. In the meantime…

One of the few things that actually still survived the loss of MotokoAoyama.com v1.0 to an inept hair-metal drummer who is equally inept at running a webhosting service and a real estate company… a wallpaper I made of Her Royal Hotness back in the spring of 2006 on my (now defunct) Mac PowerBook G4, derived from a scan from her second photobook. (Clicking on the image will bring up the wallpaper in all its 1024×761 glory!) That would mean that this wallpaper has seen four different computers since then, including my computer at work and the laptop that originally replaced my Mac. Ironically, there’s a 13″ PowerBook to Reina’s left. In the years since this photo was taken and this wallpaper was made, computers have gotten cheaper and faster, and Reina has gotten prettier and sexier.

Eleven Days of Tanakachii, Part 5

CJ Marsicano — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:18:04 +0000

Going back to the early days of my Morning Musume fandom, here’s a pic of Reina from the photo/video shoot for “Namida ga Tomaranai Houkago”, scanned from my personal collection. I think Ray Mescallado gave me this photo along with a few other ones from Reina’s early days with the band.

Eleven Days of Tanakachii, Part 4

CJ Marsicano — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:41:53 +0000

One of the easiest things about doing this site is visual material – there’s plenty of eyecandy of the Wonkylicious One to be found online. Coming up with witty things to say with these pictures is another thing – I’ve probably thrown out more ideas for “dialogue” posts than I have used on here. Not that I expect too many people to be visiting this site for the text…

Eleven Days of Tanakachii, Part 3

CJ Marsicano — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:00:59 +0000

The temperature is starting to dip and the daytime hours are getting shorter where the TGML/SHSSF/My Sweet Meetan headquarters is located, but what’s a good cure for that? A picture of America’s Favorite Musume in a bikini from the most recent Morning Musume Alo Hello! photo shoot… a wholly appropriate choice for this series as well, given that Reina shot her solo Alo Hello! photobook and DVD around her 17th birthday in 2006!

Eleven Days Of Tanakachii, Part 1

CJ Marsicano — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:31:16 +0000

The days of neglecting this blog are over. With Reina’s 20th birthday coming sooner than later, the time is nigh to get back to regular posts. The next week-plus leading up to November 11th, there will be a considerable ramping up of the eyecandy, followed after that by more regular posts. And no better way to start off than by posting a recent pic of the Wonkylicious One getting her inner Ramone on, black leather jacket and all. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, you can indeed put “Kira Kira Fuyu” and “Gabba Gabba Hey” in the same sentence.

Thanks, Hanachan!

CJ Marsicano — Tue, 12 May 2009 20:40:54 +0000

Hanachan drew up this pic of Her Royal Hotness for me in response to an art meme she posted on her blog recently. Hana said she had a lot of fun drawing it, now everyone can have fun looking at it.

We’re Number 3! We’re Number 3!

CJ Marsicano — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 05:52:28 +0000

The final results of Paul Thomas’ latest H!P Poll are up, and Her Royal Hotness has placed #3 in the polling with 10,900 votes. Seven spaces in the top 10 were dominated by current MoMusu members (appropriately, leader Ai Takahashi is also top of the H!P poll), with the other three taken up by all three members of Buono!.

Obviously, hardcore Reina fans like myself and CK had the Wonkylicious one at the top of their personal poll results (mine here, and Chris’ here), but the young man who operates the fan site Reina Reina Reina came up with what he calls his one “true” top 10. Given that this worship site is headed for its third year of existence and I was doing posts of Reina eyecandy with the subtitle So Hot She Shits Fire on the original Stuck In A Pagoda With Motoko Aoyama (version 1.0, long lost by a hair-metal drummer) for over a year before I started this blog, I beg to differ on who the more devoted Reina fan is.