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onomanapeia 93cc9706ae added my old covers

2024-12-21 21:27:39 -06:00

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I first got into idol music back in the days of LiveJournal (~2002). I had been visiting random anime & Asian music websites I'd come across while surfing the web in the late 90's and eventually found my way to LJ music sharing communities, where I was introduced to Minimoni., a subgroup of a larger idol group called Morning Musume. I was instantly in love. The first idol song I ever heard was Minimoni. Hinamatsuri, which was a double A-side single with a song I liked much more, Mini. Strawberry Pie. From the moment I heard it, I was hooked: I learned as much as I could about this group and became very interested in idols (a term I'd never heard of before, maybe in manga or anime, but never really understanding what it meant) and began following the group and its subgroups new releases. To this day, Morning Musume. holds a place near and dear to my heart... >w<

Here's a list of some idol groups I've followed over the years:

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{% include layout/gallery/music.html folder="img/music/arcjewel" data_file="arcjewel" %}

{% include layout/gallery/music.html folder="img/music/codomo" data_file="codomo" %}

{% include layout/gallery/music.html folder="img/music/dearstage" data_file="dearstage" %}

{% include layout/gallery/music.html folder="img/music/wack" data_file="wack" %}

{% include layout/gallery/music.html folder="img/music/jpop" data_file="jpop" %}

oshi

The term oshimen (推しメン) comes from 推し, to cheer, and メンバー, member; so a member you cheer for (i.e. your best girl). The oshi you cheer for above all others may be known as a kamioshi (神推し), which adds the character 神 (meaning god) in front of the word, which can be used in Japanese to designate something as "the best" (神曲 kamikyoku, or literally "god song" meaning a really good song, for example). A bolded name denotes a member I am extremely fond of, and my kamioshi's name is in bolded italics with a next to it.