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Melon Kinenbi, a four-member female idol group that disbanded in 2010, has announced on their official website that they will be reuniting for a limited time on January 1, 2025 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the group’s founding. This is the long-awaited comeback after Read More …
During the late ’90s and early 2000s, Morning Musume’s popularity led to Hello! Project promoting other groups such as Country Musume, Taiyo to Cisco Moon, Melon Kinenbi and Coconuts Musume to debut. While these groups didn’t have the longevity of Morning Musume, they still had Read More …
It has been well documented that Melon Kinenbi idol Otani Masae has had challenges of finding employment and had received welfare to stay afloat. But now trying to focus on getting a job and survive. In a post on April 22, Otani reported that she Read More …
Otani Masae (a former member of “Melon Kinenbi” / 40 years old) and part of the The Tsunku♂ family which swept the music scene from the late 1990s to the 2000s . Otani Masae surprised the world by revealing on a television program in September Read More …