On July 31, 2017 NA-NA surprised me and the idol fan community
by announcing their return on Twitter, if only for two performances on August
27, 2017. Well, as it turned out, NA-NA
had so much fun that they decided to keep performing, at least for gigs for each
member’s birthday. They also performed
on other occasions, although the performances were spaced apart by months due
to the schedule each girl had. Leader
Hara Mizuki and member Kimura Karin had both graduated high school, but members
Honda Touko and Taniguchi Sayane are both still students. Furthermore, Touko was also the leader of another
idol group, Colorful Scream.
NA-NA announced on Twitter on August 11, 2018 that their final
performance would be on November 25. Touko
announced on the Colorful Scream website on September 11, 2018 that she was
graduating from the group on October 13.
(Colorful Scream member Sara was also graduating.) That meant Touko had less idol-related
obligations and could now focus on NA-NA (and school). However, it also meant Colorful Scream would
no longer have any of its original members.
NA-NA doesn’t seem to have any new videos on YouTube (that I’ve found)
but today on Twitter I was surprised to see two clips of the song “Koi no
Furezu” (“Phrase of Love”). Furthermore it
seems that Yoshinaka Aoi of Caramel ☆ Ribbon has a new Twitter and she and Ueno Amane (also formerly of Caramel ☆ Ribbon,
now in MahoAmaneRuna) both attended! (I wonder
if Caramel ☆ Ribbon leader Fukata Seina was busy?) I just wanted
to share some photos and the Twitter videos because this may be the last time
we can all see NA-NA live.
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