replicant wrote [in the Tenchi ML]:
| 
| Is anything at all being done with Kira Kira graduates or
| is LaLaLu the only thing going on?

The "groups" the came out of the Kira Melo girls are:
LaLaLu, Cutie Pai, and Metafo.

Metafo disbanded on 3/3.

Cutie Pai's Miyuu (Nagai Kasumi) will leave the group on 4/3,
and I don't know what will happen with Cutie Pai after that.
They say they will continue, but there are only two girls left,
Makiguchi Yoko and Kanzaki Mayumi.
Kasumi wouldn't say what she has planned, but I did pry some
info out of her when I talked to her alone yesterday.

Aina left LaLaLu on 3/6 (a tearful final stage last night),
so they have 8 girls left.  LaLaLu seems to be going strong.
Many of the LaLaLu girls are doing solo work in addition to
LaLaLu work.
Aina quit because she wants to do more solo work,
and the LaLaLu work was taking up too much of her time.

As for individuals, Tsuchiya Mieko was going strong, but she
became sick last fall and is taking a long break.
Ohgoshi Tomoe has a regular column in a modeling magazine,
making Gundam models.
Takahira Jun is a model for various trade shows (computer shows
and car shows).
Matsumoto Chiyomi is appearing in Ultraman TV shows.
Asano Masumi is the main seiyuu in the TV show Chicchana Yukitsukai
Sugar.  Masumi is the only one doing "regular" seiyuu work.
Several others are doing minor seiyuu work.

| I miss Kira Kira and
| haven't had a chance to see or hear LaLaLu. Are they
| any good?

Very nice.  Mpegs at www.tcp.com/~doi/TMP/lalalu/
They also did the voices in the playstation love adventure
game Chocolate Kiss.

| Only thing I can say is that Ohtsuka Mae 
| and Sakurai Sara are very beautiful.

I agree about Sara.

| Also, anything new with Sawai Natsumi? I truly miss her. ^_^;;;

She disappeared from events for a long time, but she came
back at the end of last year.  She was an actress in a TV show,
but she said she will start singing more this year.
Natsumi's next event is 3/22, and I'm 90% sure photos and videos
are allowed, so my friends and I will be taking 3 digital SLR
cameras and 6 digital video cameras to cover it. (^_^;
It's a weekday, so I just hope I can leave work early enough to make it..

A couple recent pics of Natsumi at top.win.ne.jp/~doi/T/
style0202-2599.jpg and style0202-2600.jpg
I like her short hair.

Can you guess who style0202-2604.jpg and style0202-2605.jpg is? (^_^;
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Hitoshi Doi (LaLaLu FC #49, Cutie Pai FC #2)              Toshi Nibunnoichi
http://www.win.ne.jp/~doi/                                    doi@win.ne.jp