Wota in Translation

Synopsis

“Hello! Project COMPLETE SINGLE BOOK,” “Hello! Project COMPLETE ALBUM BOOK,” and “Hello! Project COMPLETE SINGLE BOOK 20th Anniversary Edition” are a trio of books released in 2013, 2015, and 2018, respectively. These three tomes include a bunch of cool stuff for fans, including descriptions and songwriting/arranging credits for the songs, interviews with dance and vocal instructors, lists of famous people’s favorite tracks, and H!P-themed manga.

But in my personal opinion, as a long time fan of Hello! Project music, the real treasure of these books are the interviews with Tsunku♂, the arrangers, and just plain old fans who like to talk about the music of Hello! Project. These are the parts of the books I will be translating.

If you love the music of Hello! Project, then what you will find below is something that might strike you as bordering on sexually provocative. That is to say, you will probably enjoy it.

Interviews: Tsunku♂ & Hello! Project Arrangers

• Tsunku♂ ①
  • Tsunku♂ (2018 Supplement) ③
• AKIRA ①
• DANCE☆MAN ①
• Hirata Shoichiro ①②
• Itagaki Yusuke ①
• Konishi Takao ②
• Konishi Yasuharu ②
• Kono Shin ①
• Maejima Yasuaki ①
• Nagai Rui ①
• Ookubo Kaoru ①
• Suzuki Daichi Hideyuki ①
• Suzuki Shunsuke ①
• Takahashi Yuichi ①
• Tanaka Nao ②
• Watanabe Cher ②
• Yuasa Koichi ②

Roundtable Discussions

• Asai Ryo × Yuzuki Asako ②
• Fukumura Mizuki × Yamaki Risa ③
• Koide Yusuke × Hyadain × Namba Kazumi ②
• Koide Yusuke × tofubeats × Namba Kazumi ①
• Minewaki Ikuo × Yoshida Go ①
• Minewaki Ikuo × Yoshida Go × Naka G ②
• Oomori Seiko × Usuta Kyosuke × Tsurugi Mikito ②
• Pour Lui × Oomori Seiko ①
• Takahashi Ai × Paipai Dekami ③
• The Recording Directors (Hashimoto Shin × Kamata Koji × Taisei × Yamao Masato) ②
  • The Recording Directors (2018 Supplement) ③
• Yajima Maimi × Wada Ayaka ③

① = Hello! Project COMPLETE SINGLE BOOK
② = Hello! Project COMPLETE ALBUM BOOK
③ = Hello! Project COMPLETE SINGLE BOOK 20th Anniversary Edition

Note: If you like these books, do consider buying them.

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What I Didn’t Translate

Purely for informative purposes, listed below are the interviews that I didn’t translate.

Songwriters

• AKIRASTAR ②
• Hoshibe Sho ③
• Hyadain ③
• Iijima Ken & Sumikama Tomohiro ③
• Izutsu Himi ③
• KAN ②
• Kodama Ameko ③
• KOUGA ③
• Saeki Kenzo ①
• Tsuno Maisa ③
• Wada Shunsuke ②

Voice/Dance Instructors

• Kinoshita Natsuko & Yamashira Yoko ②
• Mitsubachi Maki ②
• Natsu Mayumi ①
• Sugiura Yoshimi ②
• Ueno Mariko ②
• YOSHIKO ②