S/mileage Sub-Members Are Now Official Members

adode13 October 16, 2011 21


UPDATE: Results confirmed by S/mileage’s official site, congratulations to everyone!

At today’s S/mileage Tachiagaaru event the sub-members were announced to be full members.

As most of you might remember a while back Tsunku announced that the sub-members who were chosen would pass through a test in order to find out who would be part of S/mileage, and along with the usual dancing and singing judging there was also a Smile campaign announced with stricter rules, which all combined would give Tsunku an idea of who would be a perfect member for the group.

According to fan reports from 2ch some of the members were already crying as they arrived to the stage, and after a long VTR showing off the path that the sub-members passed through the members were announced, and not surprisingly all of them made it.

I somewhat expected to see all of them join in since it would seem very disappointing for some of the members to not pass while others did, and thankfully all of them did get to join the group after months of hard work so congratulations to all of them for their hard work in proving that they are worthy S/mileage members.

Congratulations to Katsuta, Nakanishi, Meimi, and Takeuchi on becoming full members of S/mileage!






 

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  • http://twitter.com/IcchanYnez Isabella Ynez

    I was looking for Saki in that last picture .. and then I remembered that she left…
    So did Yuukarin.
    Looking forward to how Dawa and Kanon and the others cope with what’s happening. I hope Smileage doesn’t become like Momusu!!

  • Jessic

    Add the JijiPress Video. Guarantee it will make you cry!!

  • Kelly Jade Forsythe

    I am very happy they are members now! :)

  • http://genkialmostidol.wordpress.com/ Martha

    YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY I’M SO HAPPY! <3333333

  • JHasegawa25

    Yay!! Congrats to all of them!! Especially Takeuchi!! Love this girl!!!

  • Corby_canie

    I’m so happy they all made it and none of them had to leave!!! It would’ve been awkward! I was getting attatched to all of them~

  • Phoenix

    So happy that all of them got in! :) They all really deserved it.

    Happy that the 2 Eggs don’t have to go back to just being Eggs.

    Happy for Meimi since she seems a good fit for S/mileage.

    And happy for Kana as she’s my favorite out of the “formally sub-members” :)

  • http://ryochan95.blogspot.com/ ryochan95

    CONGRATS!! >D WAO!! must be hard!! so much S&miles!! XD ♥♥♥♥
    4 ♥, 1 for each one!! XD

  • http://twitter.com/LacieLeia Leia

    Thank gooedness they’ve all made it! I’m so happy for them!

  • Anonymous

    Omg Kana! <3 I'm so happy for all of them :D

  • Marshie

    I’m pretty sure that if Kosuga didn’t have to leave, Tsunku would’ve probably added her in, too… Which makes me wonder: Was there any point in this sub-member thing? He should’ve just added all of them as official memebers from the start, just to save all this trouble. I’d imagine how worried the members must’ve been before the announcement.

    • http://hellosayunii.com Ado

      I think the point of them being sub-members is giving them the same treatment as the other S/mileage members. By being sub-members they didn’t know if they were going to “debut” as part of the group, and by doing the Smile campaign they basically completed the same amount of work that the other members had to do. ^_^

      Somewhat unnecessary, but a nice way of keeping fans and the members anxiously awaiting the announcement XD

  • kittykoo5kittykoo5

    I think on the web site it anounces a new song

    • http://hellosayunii.com Ado

      Yes, it’s their 8th single ^_^
      Ayuchii did a post on it a few minutes ago.

  • Bee

    SO happy for Kanana!!!!!! She’s my fav!

  • Lalalove

    I’m actually really glad! Kana and Akari were my favorite sub-members, and the only one that really bugged me was (for some reason) Meimi, so I’m pretty happy with the results! 
    Still congrats to all of them, I’m sure they all had to work really hard! <3

  • Anonymous

    Takee-chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan ♥
    OMG I’m so happy to see Kanana and ake0chan in since they were my favorites all along! I’m also quite happy to see Rina since she seems to have potential but is Meimi going to be an egg or just go home? It would be sad if she left without doing anything1It must have been harsh for her not to hear her name :/

    • Anonymous

      EDIT: Okay they all got in xD No problem there then! Excited~

  • Rane Magnayon

    OMG! I’m not a fan of Meimi but I was expecting her to be added, after all, she’s one of the favourites.

    I’m so happy for Kanana and Akari. They’re my bet.

    • http://hellosayunii.com Ado

      Small correction, Meimi did make it ^_^
      2ch was hard to understand during the big announcement (which is why the first one said only three) but it seems that it is confirmed that there will be a 7-nin S/mileage.

      • Rane Magnayon

        woah. Lucky for her. well Congrats to her! and thank you for that fast announcement!