[news] Ai Kago suspended indefinitely from H!P for smoking

[Mirai Noah]

Originally Posted by hallelujah_united

Even though she's committed such a mistake, I hope that she'll be able to bounce back and put this issue behind her. She's been punished, now it's time for her to learn from it and move on.

Exactly. I hope that she learns from this.

I'm just waiting till Gackt's drag queen Grandmother, I mean, Tsunku croaks so then H!P can finally get its act together.

He's ruined her entire career. I doubt she'll be able to get back into the buisness by herself. Personaly, I think the whole "idol" thing is corupt and perverse.

[MsMiyabi]

Originally Posted by micster

omg.... but... what will happen to W's new album... omg....

Most albums are recorded early so No worries. I just wonder how long she is suspended.

[Annabelle]

I read on JPM that the releases of the new W single and album have been cancelled.

[walking proud]

Originally Posted by [ Melinda ]

Nacchi -scandal? What happened there?

She was writing poems in her photobook that were "her's" and she was really ripping them off from elsewhere. Kind of a stupid move, considering how many people read her photobook, there's bound to be someone that notices...

[walking proud]

[edit] I added the consequences to the first post [/edit]

[SunshineSlayer]

Originally Posted by ImpactBreaker

No, I actually agree to some extent with you about the idol business. I think it can be extremely rough on the girls and it is a bad thing. My point of view is that such things shouldn't exist. The idea of seeing underaged people being launched in media, having to bear all the pressure from it seriously bothers me. Kago did choose to become an idol though, so she was probably been told about behaviors and stuff (if the company had just randomly suspended her she could sue the company back).

Yay, at least we agree about something. And I agree, she did choose to become an idol, but it could be argued that since so many members of MM join at a very young age, especially Kago and Tsuji being only 12, that they couldn't fully grasp or appreciate what they would be getting themselves into. Also at that time the Morning Musume audience was very different from what it is today.

Apparently Maki Goto's brother Yuki was fired from Up Front because of underage drinking. Let's hope they don't go that far with Kago. I guess we can just hope for the best.

Originally Posted by j_nerd

I'm just waiting till Gackt's drag queen Grandmother, I mean, Tsunku croaks so then H!P can finally get its act together.

He's ruined her entire career. I doubt she'll be able to get back into the buisness by herself. Personaly, I think the whole "idol" thing is corupt and perverse.

I don't think it's fair to put all the blame on Tsunku. From what I understand, these kind of decisions are all made by the parent company UFA, not him. I can't imagine him treating the girls this way since he himself knows what the media can be like from being in the band Sharan Q. Tsunku himself is essentially an employee of UFA I think.

[aiko_hoshi]

Originally Posted by j_nerd

I'm just waiting till Gackt's drag queen Grandmother, I mean, Tsunku croaks so then H!P can finally get its act together.

He's ruined her entire career. I doubt she'll be able to get back into the buisness by herself. Personaly, I think the whole "idol" thing is corupt and perverse.

like SunshineSlayer said, you can't blame tsunku for this. all he did was create the group, he wasn't the one to give them the rules.
it was kago's mistake for being caught not acting like an idol. letting her guard down wasn't tsunku's fault.

and tsunku always held kago very high. she was one of his favorites...so i don't see how he would "ruin" the career of one of his favorite girls?

there would be no h!p without tsunku. or at least, not one as awesome as the one he has managed.

[jigglypuff]

Ai Kago you serious? Looks can be deceiving, man she's so cute. Heh
good on her for smoking, and underage too. Bad ass chic.

[cleftjuston]

i guess she is not as innocent as she looks afterall

[SunshineSlayer]

Originally Posted by Akurei

Most albums are recorded early so No worries. I just wonder how long she is suspended.

Actually, I don't think the album was finished since just in Jan. they polled the fans to find out what cover songs should be done for the album.

[hightea_xx]

Originally Posted by nmskalmn

You can live without smoking. That law applies to every 18 yr old in Japan, not just Hello! Project members.

i agree... at first when i heard she was getting in trouble, i thought it was silly. but then i realised that in japan, it's not until you turn 20 (and considered an adult...they even have a special day celebrating all 20 year olds once a year!) that you can do things like smoke, drink, drive, vote, etc. i don't see why people are getting angry with tsunku and the upfront agency... it's not as though they are doing anything outlandish, more like following the laws and making a point to show people everywhere that idols are NOT above the law. also, if it is a direct violation of the agency's contract with said idol (which i heard, in this case, it is), then that's also something that they are allowed to take action against. and no one is forced kago to sign that contract, she did it out of her free will (as we know it anyways), so if she agrees to the terms, she has to follow them. I'm not anti-kago by any means, i love her and will be sad to not see her around for a while... but i mean, rules and rules, and they are created for a reason - to be followed, not to be broken.

[tinyppl]

It's hard to picture her smoking really after seeing MM girls so adorably and innocently portrayed in pvs and tv shows, I wonder how are they like in real life?

[~Amy~]

Here are some pictures of Ai Kago smoking if anyone wants to see....

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And this was going to be the new outfit for there new single




-Credits to Emaschi on AHO-

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What a shame... The oufits looks so cute too... lol look at Ai Kago's glasses.

[HvnSntGurl]

Thats to bad. Ai's my fave member of MM. I bet she feels bad though getting in trouble over something like that. I'm very supprised though. Those outfits looks so cute.

[walking proud]

the real pressing question is: Does kago wear prescription glasses or were those for fashion/to guard her appearance? D: If it was to guard her appearance, obviously it didn't work very well.