Who is your H!P birthday oshi? 誕生日のハロプロ推しは誰ですか？ Qui est votre H!P oshi anniversaire ?

Yesterday, Junnoske Watanabe announced that the WACK management company's current system will end in 2026. We have seen Junnoske Watanabe dismantle entire idol units on a whim before, so perhaps it should come as no surprise that he would seemingly do the same with his entire agency. To his credit, operating by instinct amidst (at times, self-inflicted) anarchy has served him pretty well over the years so, why stop now? A ton of news on this topic dropped yesterday, but here's what we know so far:

Banner Image: Gekkan PAM. Yesterday was the last day to get nominations in for Homicidols Best of 2025 consideration, but since we're friends, I will leave the nomination form open until midnight just in case you haven't gotten around to submitting your favorites yet.

Who is your H!P birthday oshi? 誕生日のハロプロ推しは誰ですか？ Qui est votre H!P oshi anniversaire ?

Who's your November '25 H!P Bday Oshi?

It was an odd week in chika idol but I guess that's normal? I've given up trying to recognize patterns in how the scene operates, but the seemingly weird thing this week was a noticeable lack of new singles, EPs and albums, but a flurry of new MVs. I know that Homicidols Best of the Year nominations will be opening soon (look for them in a couple of weeks) so, perhaps, groups just want to get their last minute videos posted for consideration. There are definitely contenders among this week's offerings.

YouTube video by THE FIRST TAKE

Who's your November '25 H!P Bday Oshi?

Alt: dambara ruru looking pretty as she lip syncs in a solo shot in the juice=juice tokyo blur music video

YouTube video by 高宮茜　a.k.a ずんだ茜　official　チャンネル

YouTube video by 水樹奈々

YouTube video by 透色ドロップ公式チャンネル

Announcement Regarding Rio Kitagawa’s Graduation from Morning Musume。’25 @MorningMusumeMg https://t.co/Gp4bGgnxGD

Who's your October '25 H!P Bday Oshi?

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Homicidols dot com turns 10 years old next month, so we have been getting a bit nostalgic around Team headquarters. We have published just slightly less-than 5,000 articles since the site went live in mid-October of 2015, and while we certainly can't remember all of them, there are quite a few that we are particularly fond of. Over the next few weeks, we will be resurfacing some historical posts that we feel are of particular significance and worthy of renewed attention. Perhaps, none more than our first entry in this series:

Next up in our Best of Homicidols countdown to our 10th anniversary, we would like to revisit one of the most popular articles we've ever published. Back in 2022, Cal and I teamed up for a feature exploring the dearth of male idols in the alternative and underground idol space while, at the same time, boy groups dominate large sectors of the mainstream J-Pop charts. We also wanted to recognize those groundbreaking male idols who were making significant contributions to our favorite genre.

Who's your October '25 H!P Bday Oshi?

Banner Image: MØZU. It's October! This is one of our favorite months of the year because it contains one of our favorite holidays: Idol Halloween. Idols are already getting into the Halloween spirit!