Tuesday, November 27, 2018

NA-NA's Final Performance




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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