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The Smoking Scandal That Changed Onyanko Club

April 11, 1985 Group photo of the earliest members of Onyanko Club

Smoking Group Members Top: Yoshino Kayoko, Tomoda Mamiko Bottom: Okuda Mika, Enokida Michiko, Satō Mayumi

Smoking Group Members Top: Okuda Mika, Yoshino Kayoko Bottom: Satō Mayumi, Enokida Michiko, Tomoda Mamiko

Onyanko Club was the biggest female idol group of the 1980s.(OnyankoC P18)(Prime) They made their debut in the entertainment industry as an idol group exclusively for a variety show called "Yūyake Nyan Nyan", which started on April 1, 1985 on Fuji Television Network.(OnyankoC P22)(Prime) Each of the girls was given a membership number.(Geinōkai P84) There's absolutely no way to avoid these girls when looking back at idol history.(OnyankoC P18)(Prime) Onyanko Club is the progenitor of popular idol groups such as AKB48 and the Sakamichi series, and has had a certain influence on many other idols.(OnyankoC P18)(Prime) AKB48 and the Sakamichi series are known for being produced by Akimoto Yasushi, who was also involved in Onyanko Club.(Kotaku) However, he was only involved in Onyanko Club as a scriptwriter and lyricist, not as a producer.(OnyankoB P82)(Kotaku) The person who effectively supervised Onyanko Club was Kasai Kazuji, the chief director of Yūyake Nyan Nyan, and Akimoto wrote many lyrics for Onyanko Club in accordance with Kasai's intentions.(OnyankoB P82)

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Onyanko Club was deeply inspired by "All Nighters", a female college student idol group that was an exclusive part of Fuji TV's midnight program "All Night Fuji".(OnyankoC P94-95) The real origin of the idol groups that were formed by several dozen girls wasn't Onyanko Club, but All Nighters.(OnyankoC P94-95) Since Kasai was also one of the producers of All Nighters, the group's methodology was brought to Onyanko Club.(OnyankoA P146)(OnyankoC P8) The eleven original members of Onyanko Club were selected from a large number of high school girls who appeared on a special program called All Night Fuji High School Girl Special～We, too, ain't idiots～, which aired twice on February 23 and March 16, 1985.(OnyankoB P36) However, the idol magazine DUNK claimed that they had already been selected at the previous year's audition.(DUNK85 P83) Idol Aihara Yū claims that she was actually accepted for the audition.(Ippo) However, she turned it down due to the decision of her agency's president, who was concerned about her joining an idol group whose future prospects were uncertain at the time.(Ippo) In addition, some say that singer Watanabe Misato was also slated to be one of the original members of Onyanko Club.(2ch2 98)

April 12 or 15, 1985, 9:10 p.m. Coffee shop in Shinjuku, Tokyo. 6 members were there.

6 Smoking Group Members, including Kihara Aki.

Profiles of the members of the Smoking Group From the July 1985 issue of the idol magazine DUNK

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Trivial but detailed observations regarding the Smoking Group(in Japanese).

By the way, only two weeks after the start of the program (the media didn't mention the exact date, but it was probably either April 12 or 15), the six members were photographed smoking in a coffee shop by the fucking paparazzi from the weekly magazine Shūkan Bunshun.(OnyankoB P36)(OnyankoC P22) These girls became known as the Smoking Group.(TreasureB P61) Okuda Mika, membership number 1, was the only one who was photographed at the decisive moment when she was actually smoking a cigarette.(Geinōkai P85) Five of the six members were fired, except for Kihara Aki, who stubbornly denied her smoking habit.(TreasureB P60) Some say that Kihara had connections to the upper echelons of the TV station.(2ch1 873)(2ch1 886) Since they were considered core members of Onyanko Club, the scandal changed the form and fate of the group.(Sponichi)(TreasureA P63) At this point, Onyanko Club was still a nobody, but they subsequently gained such overwhelming popularity that the girls became a social phenomenon.(OnyankoC P18)(Geinōkai P84) Yūyake Nyan Nyan was broadcast for one hour from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. on weekdays.(Geinōkai P82) During the time, many students were involved in club activities, attending tutoring schools, or hanging out in amusement arcades, so the program didn't get many viewers in its early days.(Myōjō P152)(Geinōkai P84) However, as Onyanko Club's popularity grew, they threw up their respective activities and became obsessed with the program.(Myōjō P152) The ratings, which were initially around 3 percent, rose to 18 percent, an astounding figure for this time slot.(Geinōkai P82) In 1986, songs related to Onyanko Club spent 36 of the 52 weeks at number one on the Oricon charts.(OnyankoC P19)(Prime) Onyanko Club achieved explosive popularity supported by the power of energetic teenage fans.(Geinōkai P82)(Style) In contrast, AKB48 may have been supported more by middle-aged guys who used to be fans of Onyanko Club than by younger ones.(Style) The infamous AKB48 business method of requiring fans who want handshake tickets to buy tons of CDs, has successfully made these middle-aged guys easy targets.(Style) Note that although there are a lot of middle-aged idol fans today, in the 1980s, idol fans were basically young people in their teens or early twenties at most, and there were very few older fans.(Geinōkai P82)(Style) It was exclusively the privilege of the young to be infatuated with idols.(Geinōkai P82)(Style) Since Onyanko Club became the most popular female idol group of the 1980s, this scandal is considered a highly noteworthy one in the history of idols.(TreasureA P63)(TreasurB P60) Note that the name of the program, Yūyake Nyan Nyan, is translated into English as Sunset Meow Meow, but its real meaning is Sunset Sex.(Songs P198) The term "Onyanko" in Onyanko Club can also be interpreted as a girl who fucks.(Songs P198) In this sense, the group and the program had extremely obscene and lewd intentions.(OnyankoA P146)

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Smoking Group Members On The Program

Opening of Yūyake Nyan Nyan (April 3, 1985)

February 23, 1985 All Night Fuji High School Girl Special(Episode1) Yoshino Kayoko, Nakajima Miharu

March 16, 1985 All Night Fuji High School Girl Special(Episode2)

April 1, 1985 First airing of Yūyake Nyan Nyan Yoshino Kayoko, Satō Mayumi

April 2, 1985

April 3, 1985

April 4, 1985

April 5, 1985 Yoshino Kayoko, Okuda Mika

April 8, 1985

April 9, 1985

April 10, 1985

April 11, 1985

April 12, 1985

April 15, 1985 Yoshino Kayoko, Nagoya Mika

Yoshino mustn't have imagined that a few hours after the program, they'd be photographed smoking. (It's possible, though, that the smoking photo was taken on April 12 rather than on this date.)

By the way, according to Enokida Michiko, who was the leader of the smoking group, and Okuda Mika, who was close with her, it was Nagoya Mika who first started smoking at their regular coffee shop. However, Nagoya wasn't there only on the day when the smoking photo was taken. This means that it's possible that Nagoya tipped off Shūkan Bunshun, and in fact, Okuda and Enokida seem to think so. If that were the case, why she did that, we don't know what her motives were, though. It is said that Nagoya had a very bad personality and that her bullying caused several members from membership number 20 onward to quit. Some say it was Fukunaga Satomi, membership number 11, who brought the story to light. However, we don't know if these things are true, cuz we have no solid evidence to back them up.

April 16, 1985

April 17, 1985 Last program appearance by members of the Smoking Group

Of the five, only Satō Mayumi seems to have made her last appearance not on this day, but on april 12.

April 25, 1985 Five members were officially dismissed from Onyanko Club, one week after April 18, 1985, when the smoking photo was made public.

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Okuda Mika Membership Number 1

Date of birth: February 28 1968 Birthplace: Tokyo Height: 162cm Weight: 46kg Bust: 80cm Waist: 58cm Hip: 82cm Blood Type: A+ High School: Tokyo Metropolitan Kurume High School Favorite subject: English Least favorite subject: Mathematics Club: Volleyball Favorite type of boy: Rich, cool and kind Least favorite type of boy: Fat and filthy Hobby:Playing Favorite food: Cod roe favorite color: White, Black and Red Favorite celebrity: Nakamori Akina and Koizumi Kyōko About myself: I'm a perky girl who wants to be friends with everyone. I'm full of challenging spirit. I'll do my best with my youth and guts, so please give me a call. (DUNK85 P82)

She repeated her junior year at Tokyo Metropolitan Kurume High School.(TreasureA P63) The fact that she got retained at such a bottom-of-the-barrel high school means that she was either extremely stupid or didn't go to school very often.(TreasureA P63) In fact, she admitted that there was a time when she was a yankee(slang for delinquent girl) before she joined Onyanko Club.(Gorō86 P22-23) She had a very short temper and often got into trouble with her classmates.(Gorō86 P22-23) When she argued with a classmate during PE, she chased after the female student and beat her so badly.(Gorō86 P22-23) She had a part-time job at Toshimaen, an amusement park, during the summer vacation of the year she was fired, and after the beginning of the second trimester, she continued to work at some sort of part-time job after school.(Seishun86 P76) She claimed in a weekly magazine that there was another member who smoked cigarettes besides the girls of the smoking group, and that almost all of the early members of Onyanko Club had sexual experience (Since Okuda only said so, it's not certain that it's true).(Geinōkai P84) She wasn't discouraged by her dismissal and was the only member of the smoking group to resume her entertainment activities, but wasn't selected in the final round of auditions for the idol group A-cha.(Rumors P72)(2ch1 363) She even appeared in the photo magazine Emma, which was published by Bungeishunjū, the same company that publishes Shūkan Bunshun, the magazine that forced her to be fired.(Emma86 P94-P95) She then recruited a boyfriend for a magazine project.(Rumors P84) She worked at an aerobics studio, but after she quit, she enrolled in an instructor training school.(Rumors P90) She was supposed to be a promotional model for a music-related company.(Rumors P90) There was also talk of a solo debut on Polydor Records, which never materialized.(Rumors P100) She was a Playmate Japan 88 runner-up and became the first Onyanko Club member to appear nude in the October 1988 issue of the monthly Playboy magazine.(TreasureA P63)(Rumors P148) Moreover, some say that she started a company related to Dial Q2 with the money she earned from being a dominatrix at a BDSM club.(Note that Dial Q2 was a very well-known paid service that allowed users to access a variety of information over the phone, and most of the information was related to the sex industry.)(2ch1 363)(2ch1 770) There are also rumors that she worked for Shimamura, a home improvement store, and became the president of Yunnu Project, an entertainment agency, but it's not certain that these are true.(TreasureA P63)(2ch1 363) Some say she's married with about 5 children, but again it's not certain if this is true.(2ch1 363)

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Enokida Michiko Membership Number 2

Date of birth: May 4 1967 Birthplace: Tokyo Height: 160cm Blood Type: AB+ High School: Saitama Prefectural Shiki High School Favorite subject: None Least favorite subject: None Club: Volleyball Favorite type of boy: cool, kind and not too square Least favorite type of boy: gloomy and stingy Hobby: studying, huh? No way! Favorite food: Snacks favorite color: Pink Favorite celebrity: Matsumoto Koyuki About myself: I can usually speak well, but on the show, I always irritate everyone with my pathetic speaking style. I'm sorry. (DUNK85 P82)

Enokida Michiko and her friend MECKEY at Saitama Prefectural Shiki High School's sports day, circa October 1985.

Mesaki Hirokazu, aka MECKEY, became friends with Enokida Michiko more than a month after she was fired from Onyanko Club for smoking. He explained that it was only because she returned from being an idol to being a normal girl that they could become friends. His nickname, MECKEY, was given by Enokida, and he likes it a lot and has used it for a long time afterwards. When he talked with her, he avoided the topic of Onyanko Club as far as possible out of concern for her. He was from the same city as Nitta Eri. When he was a junior high school senior, his homeroom teacher advised him to go to the local Saitama Prefectural Fukuoka High School, but he refused. Apparently he had been bullied and wanted to go to Saitama Prefectural Shiki High School where none of the boys from the same junior high school were there. He subsequently regretted a little that he didn't go to the same high school as Nitta, who went on to become a top idol, but he stated that it was even better that he and Enokida became friends. Mainly in the early to mid-2000s, he actively publicized both Enokida and his own friendship with her on his blog, on his message boards, and on Onyanko Club-related websites. Those who saw his activities regarded them as nothing more than brazen and idiotic self-promotion, and slammed him from time to time. His activities could certainly be described as a narcissistic promotion. However, he did so after disclosing a lot of his personal information, including his real name, place of residence, and place of employment. He must have been prepared in his own way, cuz it's an extremely rare case for someone to disclose such information on the Internet.

His personal blog. Summer Tree Road～In a small corner of Kamifukuoka http://blog.livedoor.jp/meckey_no2/archives/cat_354835.html

The following is a thread created for the purpose of slamming him. A number of people find MECKEY annoying http://www.nyahoo-jp.com/bbs/dobbsr.cgi?a=view&topic_id=1090389766

She was the leader of the smoking group and seems to have been in charge of the smoking group together with Okuda, with whom she was good friends.(TV Enokida) The members of Onyanko Club were forbidden to go to discos, but she frequently went there after the program.(TV Enokida) The program staff warned her repeatedly, but she never changed her attitude.(TV Enokida) She was fired from the group but was only suspended from high school for three days.(OnyankoA P98)(Kamifukuoka 154619) At the age of 30, she auditioned for the role of the Mitsui Re-House Lady on the TV variety show Asayan, but wasn't selected.(TreasureB P61) Since her surname was different, she seems to have been married at the time.(2ch1 135) Apparently she had a daughter and wanted her to be a part of the Hello Project.(This project means a group of female idols, including Morning Musume and others, produced by the Up-Front Group.)(Kamifukuoka 9356142) Then she became a department manager in a company called Paletone, which sells corrective underwear and cosmetics.(TV Enokida) Since she left there, she's been working as a single woman in a beauty salon during the day and in a hostess bar at night.(TV Enokida) So, even if she was married at the time she auditioned for Asayan, she must have been divorced afterwards.(Kamifukuoka 9356142) In December 2017, She appeared on the TV show "Bakuhō! The Friday" to talk about the scandal.(TV Enokida) In April 2023, she ran for city councilor of Wakō, the location of her beauty salon.(Election) However, she placed second from the bottom and was therefore not elected.(Election) She subsequently became involved with the anti-smoking movement, reflecting on her own underage smoking.(Enokida) Her attitude is in stark contrast to that of Tomoda Mamiko, who still smokes cigarettes without ever repenting.(Flash) These two seem to have been interacting with each other since they met again after 32 years on the TV show in 2017, though.(TV Enokida)

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Yoshino Kayoko Membership Number 3

Date of birth: April 3 1967 Birthplace: Saitama Height: 158cm Weight: 45kg Bust: 83cm Waist: 58cm Hip: 87cm Blood Type: O+ High School: Saitama Prefectural Niiza kita High School Favorite subject: Mathematics Least favorite subject: World History Club: Basketball Favorite type of boy: Someone who is kind and strong in a fight. Least favorite type of boy: Someone who is pompous in spite of being weak and someone who puts on airs while glancing at me. Hobby:Listening to music Favorite food: Canned corn favorite color: Pink Favorite celebrity: Matsuzaka Keiko About myself: I'm a girl who dares to laugh foolishly in front of people even when I've problems. I really love to talk about obscene things with my friends. I'm so sentimental when I'm alone. (DUNK85 P82)

She was the most cheerful character among the members of the smoking group, and she also exuded an extremely obscene atmosphere.(Special) She reluctantly revealed that she had a boyfriend.(Special) Not only did she call herself "Fashion Massage" (meaning massage parlor), but she also made several outrageous remarks without hesitation that were extremely unusual for an idol, saying things like, "We girls can easily get big cocks in our pussies cuz we're awesome, and that I use only sanitary pads when I've my period".(Special) She used the Tōbu Tōjō Line, as did Nitta Eri and Enokida Michiko, but it's not clear if she was on good terms with them.(Kamifukuoka 142144) She was the same age as singer Honda Minako, and was from south of Shiki City, right next to Asaka, Honda's hometown.(Odawara) Since they both played basketball when they were in junior high school, it's possible that they interacted at the time even though they were in different schools.(DUNK85 P82)(BOMB85 P28) After her dismissal, she appeared as a model in some magazine in 1986, but little is known about her activities since then.(TreasureB P61) There's information that she's devoting herself to being a homemaker in Asaka, but it's not certain that this is true.(Wiki Yoshino) DVDs featuring early footage of Yūyake Nyan Nyan were released long ago, but she was the only one of the fired members who wasn't shown in any of the conversations or close-ups.(DVD)(2ch1 382) So it's possible that she, like Nagata Ruriko, refused to give permission for the video.(Note that Nagata was eager to make her solo debut, but was rejected by chief director Kasai Kazuji. In 1988, she married an employee of a television production company. In the 21st century, she started refusing to give video permissions. As a result, whenever Onyanko Club footage is shown on TV, her face is always covered with a mosaic.)(OnyankoB P43-45)(2ch1 382)

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Tomoda Mamiko Membership Number 7

Date of birth: January 8 1968 Birthplace: Tokyo Height: 160cm Weight: 47kg Bust: 83cm Waist: 60cm Hip: 86cm Blood Type: A+ High School: Bunka Gakuin(Upper secondary specialized training school) Favorite subject: Art Least favorite subject: English Grammar Club: Plays Favorite type of boy: Someone who isn't persistent, my current boyfriend!? Just kidding! Least favorite type of boy: Younger guys and guys with too big eyes. Hobby:Talking on the phone Favorite food: KFC favorite color: Pale Pink Favorite celebrity: Ishihara Mariko About myself: I'm a talker, so people think I'm an annoyance… (DUNK85 P82)

Tomoda Mamiko has never repented!

She's continued to smoke cigarettes since her dismissal to this day.(Flash) Her attitude is in stark contrast to that of Enokida Michiko, who subsequently became involved with the anti-smoking movement.(TV Enokida)

Tomoda is said to have been the most beautiful and fashionable girl of the original members of Onyanko Club.(2ch1 845)(2ch1 870) However, she had a very mature appearance for an idol.(2ch1 870) She herself seems to have dreamed of idols since childhood, but for some reason, she actively revealed that she had a boyfriend who was an oddball.(Special) She was the only one of the smoking group members who wasn't a high school student but an upper secondary specialized training school student (although she was labeled as a high school senior on the show).(OnyankoA P98)(DVD) After being fired, she worked as a promotional model by day and in a bar with pool tables by night instead of finding a regular job.(Sponichi) She became engaged when she was 24, but broke it off and apparently hasn't married since then.(Sponichi) When she was around 30, she started making handmade bags and became a popular designer, even having the charismatic model Kuroda Chieko as a client.(Sponichi) In June 2016, she talked about the scandal on the TV show "Bakuhō! The Friday".(Sponichi) In December 2017, she reunited with Enokida for the first time in 32 years on the same show, and the two have apparently continued to interact with each other since then.(TV Enokida)

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Satō Mayumi Membership Number 10

Date of birth: September 25 1967 Birthplace: Saitama Height: 158cm Weight: 50kg Bust: 86cm Waist: 63cm Hip: 88cm Blood Type: O+ High School: Unknown Favorite subject: Contemporary Japanese Least favorite subject: Most subjects Club: Volleyball Favorite type of boy: Someone who loves only me Least favorite type of boy: Casanova Hobby: Playing Favorite food: Anything favorite color: Pink Favorite celebrity: Nakamori Akina About myself: I'm sorry that my opinions change so often and that I'm always causing confusion for others. But I'm doing my best in my own way. (DUNK85 P83)

She gave the impression of being the least idol-like and the least popular member of the smoking group.(2ch1 860)(2ch1 861) In terms of her appearance, she looked more like a yankee than an idol.(Special)(DVD) She was the only member of the smoking group to have been expelled from high school.(OnyankoA P98) Unlike the other three who were enrolled in public high schools, she was enrolled in a private high school with relatively strict school rules.(OnyankoA P98) After her dismissal, there were rumors that she was a runner-up at the Miss Ice Cream Contest, a model, or the manager of Pink House, a clothing store in Harajuku, but it's not certain that these are true.(DUNK86 P76)(2ch1 861) She then attended a junior high school reunion and said that she finally decided to quit smoking when she had a baby.(2ch1 867)

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Kawai Sonoko Membership Number 12

Date of birth: June 20 1965 Birthplace: Aichi Height: 160cm Weight: 43kg Bust: 78cm Waist: 58cm Hip: 83cm Blood Type: B+ High School: Nihon Fukushi University Affiliated High School Favorite subject: Japanese and Music Least favorite subject: Mathematics and Physics Club: Athletics Favorite type of boy: A kind, taciturn guy who keeps his word. Least favorite type of boy: Someone handsome, cuz I'm so possessive and have to constantly worry about the possibility of another girl taking him away from me. Hobby:Piano and Tennis Favorite food: Rice and Fruits favorite color: White, Pink and Red Favorite celebrity:Matsuda Seiko About myself:I wanna be considered a suitable woman for my age. On the other hand, I wanna keep my heart pure indefinitely. (DUNK8510 P36)

In the summer of 1983, when she was a senior in high school, she auditioned for “Teens Pop '83” sponsored by CBS Sony.(BOMB86 p28) Her favorite and most popular idol at the time, Matsuda Seiko, was affiliated with CBS Sony, and she thought she might be able to meet Matsuda, which was the reason she applied.(BOMB86 p28) She placed second at the audition, behind Sawada Tamae, who was five years younger than her.(BOMB86 p28) This led to her becoming a member of CBS Sony.(BOMB86 p28) She was scheduled to make her record debut as a solo artist before she became a member of Onyanko Club.(OnyankoC p35) However, CBS Sony changed course and entered her in a contest called "The Scout - Search for an Idol" for its variety show "Yuyake Nyan Nyan".(BOMB86 p28) She earned above 100 points, the required passage mark, and was therefore selected as a member of Onyanko Club.(BOMB86 p28) To be clear, this contest was blatantly staged.(OnyankoC p35) On the surface, the contest was supposed to be a five-day competition among five amateur girls who would compete in a variety of judging processes, the results of which would determine the winner(s).(BOMB86 p28) In reality, however, it was a fixed game like pro wrestling in which girls who were already affiliated with a record company or entertainment agency, as she was, were selected.(Tōkō85) There were occasionally girls like Nagata Ruriko and Yamamoto Susan Kumiko who didn't fit into those hidden criteria who were accepted, but the fact remains that the contest was basically staged.(Tōkō85) Chosen under the common interest of CBS Sony and Fuji TV, it was already decided when she was accepted that she would be the very first to make her solo debut as a member of Onyanko Club.(OnyankoB p35) Most agree that she was the most beautiful among the members of Onyanko Club.(BOMB87 p131) Unlike many of the other members, she was also considered a relatively good singer.(OnyankoC P35) However, Nitta Eri, who was way too far from beautiful and had a terrible singing voice, was the most popular member, and Kawai was second to her.(OnyankoC P18) The records of Onyanko Club itself were released by Pony Canyon, an affiliate of Fujisankei Communications Group, to which Fuji TV belongs.(OnyankoB P183) Therefore, unlike Nitta, she was never the main vocalist on Onyanko Club songs.(OnyankoB P183) Some time after she graduated from Onyanko Club, she refused to appear on TV and started to lead a life as follows.(Rumors p60) "Every day I sleep until after noon and spend the rest of the day doing nothing. When I get tired of that, I go shopping. When I get tired of that, I keep looking at the ocean". She wasn't so attached to the entertainment industry and was a character known as Fushigi-chan(Note that Fushigi-chan means a woman who repeatedly says and does mysterious things based on her unique personality and sensibilities.)(OnyankoC p35) The following episodes could be considered typical of her nature.(OnyankoC p25) One time when she was a member of Onyanko Club, she went to a sushi restaurant with some people from the program. An old-fashioned sushi chef repeatedly warned her about the rudely way of ordering sea urchin, her favorite food, but she refused to change her attitude, while glaring at the chef. He was amazed by her that he asked Kasai Kazuji, the chief director of the program, who was sitting next to her, “You haven't educated this girl very well, have you?" Kasai laughingly justified her attitude by saying, “there's no problem cuz she's an ETI(Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence)". Also, at the time she was a member of Onyanko Club, her boyfriend was her agent, but she didn't hide the fact from the other members.(Geinōkai P87) She always sat on the agent's lap in front of the members, even though there were other seats available.(Geinōkai P87)

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Nagata Ruriko Membership Number 18

Date of birth: June 23 1967 Birthplace: Gifu Height: 156cm Weight: 45kg Bust: 83cm Waist: 6cm Hip: 82cm Blood Type: O+ High School: Chiba Prefectural Tsudanuma High School Favorite subject: English and Art Least favorite subject: History Club: None Favorite type of boy: Someone who is taciturn and has no presence. Least favorite type of boy: Someone handsome and someone like Playboy who is awfully kind to women. Hobby:Cooking Favorite food: Ice Cream favorite color: White, Pink and Orange Favorite celebrity: Shibata Kyōhei About myself: Every single day I feel self-loathing. Please give me your support. (DUNK8510 P42)

She became a member of Onyanko Club in May 1985, when she was a senior at Tsudanuma High School.(OnyankoB p43) She was good friends with Nitta Eri and Nakajima Miharu, who were in the same grade.(DUNK8512 p39) In April 1986, she enrolled at Wayō Women's Junior College near Funabashi, her hometown.(Rumors p86) In terms of looks, she was at least way better than Nitta, and yet she never became as popular as Nitta.(OnyankoC p38) Perhaps she wasn't always suited for an idol, as she wasn't so cheerful and was an extremely difficult type of girl.(DUNK8510 P42) Still, she, like Nitta, really wanted to make her solo debut.(OnyankoB p43) She appealed to various parties to let her make a solo debut.(5ch1 5) However, Kasai Kazuji, the chief director of Yūyake Nyan Nyan, cruelly rejected her request, telling her that she wasn't qualified for the job.(OnyankoB p43) She was extremely disappointed and implicitly criticized Kasai, saying, “I really hate guys who wield power, and I'm fucking pissed off with such assholes".(DUNK87 P67) Still, when Onyanko Club disbanded, she said she had no unfinished business for her and graciously retired from the entertainment industry.(OnyankoB p64) She developed a unique rounded script called Rurīru, which is still in use to this day, albeit only slightly.(OnyankoC p38) In spring 1988, she married an employee of a television production company.(Rumors p160) That was just a short time before Takai Mamiko's marriage to Akimoto Yasushi, and Nagata, not Takai, was the first Onyanko Club member to get married.(Rumors p160) Some say she married Suzuki Masato, an assistant director of Yūyake Nyan Nyan.(2ch2 710) She appears to have two children (some say three), but hasn't been seen in public at all since her marriage.(Current)(5ch1 66) She's never been in contact with any of the other members of Onyanko Club, including Nitta Eri, with whom she was good friends.(5ch1 68) There are many other members who haven't appeared in public since their marriage, but she's the only one who hasn't even been witnessed by anyone.(5ch1 100) In the 21st century, she started refusing to give video permissions.(Current) Because of this, whenever Onyanko Club footage is shown on TV, her face is always covered with a mosaic.(Current) A number of DVDs were released featuring Yūyake Nyan Nyan, concerts, and behind-the-scenes footage.(Current) All of her close-ups, conversations, singing scenes, and even her profile were removed from these DVDs.(Current) Since no public explanation has been offered as to the cause of her refusal to give permissions for the footage, a number of theories have been rumored.(net) One of them is that her husband had a dispute with Fuji TV and since then she has refused under his direction.(Ruri) This is the most widely believed theory among Onyanko Club fans.(net) However, this theory ain't worthy of credence because it originated from a post written by an unidentified guy on the Onyanko Club fan site, PANIC THE WWW, over 20 years ago.(Ruri) Given her past history, it's more natural to assume that her refusal is vengeance for not getting her solo debut. This theory, too, ain't certain, though.

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Gomioka Tamaki Membership Number 21

Date of birth: January 19 1970 Birthplace: Hiroshima Height: 158cm Weight: 47kg Bust: 84cm Waist: 61cm Hip: 85cm Blood Type: A+ High School: Kanagawa Prefectural Atsugi Kita High School Favorite subject: Nothing in particular, but if I had to say, History. Least favorite subject: Mathematics and Physics Club: Badminton Favorite type of boy: Someone on the baseball or soccer team with clean teeth. Least favorite type of boy: Someone who smells badly of perfume. Hobby:Pen pal Favorite food: Gratin favorite color: Red About myself: I still have a lot to figure out, but I'll do my best more than ever now. Please support me. (DUNK8510 P45)

She became a member of Onyanko Club in July 1985, when she was a freshman at Atsugi Kita High School.(OnyankoB p41) She was described as having a tropical face with big round eyes, and was often teased by Ishibashi Takaaki of the popular comedy duo Tunnels.(OnyankoC p38) However, she quit Onyanko Club in September 1985, two months after joining the group.(OnyankoC p38) According to Kasai Kazuji, chief director of Yūyake Nyan Nyan, it was cuz she said the following.(OnyankoB p43) "I don't enjoy the Onyanko Club activities at all. It's just sleepy for me." Did she really say such a thing at a time when Onyanko Club's popularity was just skyrocketing? To say the least, it's extremely puzzling. I think it's possible that Kasai may have made up a random reason to get her to quit for some undisclosed reason. Kasai claimed that the smoking group was fired cuz their parents and school teachers demanded not to allow them to appear on the program.(OnyankoA p98) However, Okuda Mika and Tomoda Mamiko of the smoking group say they were unilaterally fired without sufficient explanation from Kasai.(Geinōkai p84) Anyway, I don't know what the truth is, cuz she hasn't offered a public explanation for this to date. She resumed her own showbiz activities in the summer of 1987.(OnyankoB p43) She was scheduled to make her record debut on King Records in November of that year, but it never materialized.(OnyankoB p43) She was featured extensively in an idol magazine called Daikaizoku(Great Pirates) on several occasions.(OnyankoB p43) She appeared regularly on a variety show for kids called Paopao Channel, hosted by Yoshizawa Akie, a former member of Onyanko Club.(OnyankoB p43) She also had a minor supporting role in a TV drama series.(OnyankoB p43) In June 1988, she was scheduled to make her record debut on the BGM Victor label with the song “Don't Become Cheap,” but that was cancelled again.(OnyankoB p43) Shortly thereafter, she retired from the entertainment industry, but the specific reason wasn't made public.(OnyankoB p43) Some say that she married around 1990 and gave birth to a baby soon after, but it ain't clear if this is true.

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It's Pretty Obvious Which Face Is More Suitable For An Idol.

I think the most incomprehensible and extraordinary thing in the history of not only Onyanko Club, but idols in general, is the fact that from the summer of 1985 to the summer of 1986, Nitta Eri became extremely popular that she overwhelmingly outshone all the other members of Onyanko Club.(OnyankoC P50-51)(Geinōkai P86) It was absolutely insane that such a lowly bitch became overwhelmingly popular nationwide.(OnyankoC P50-51)(Geinōkai P86) To me, she was a haniwa face girl who didn't have anything special about her, and I definitely don't think she was the kind of idol that deserved it.(OnyankoC P50-51) She was only a carpenter's daughter.(Geinōkai P86) It was nothing short of extremely criminal absurdity that a fucking bitch like Nitta became the most popular idol thanks to the title of Onyanko Club.(Geinōkai P82-83) The psychological state of the elementary, junior high, and high school students who fell in love with Nitta at the time is probably one of the most baffling and lunatic things in the history of idols.(OnyankoC P50-51) Even though the girls of Onyanko Club were basically fugly, there were relatively beautiful girls like Kawai Sonoko, Takai Mamiko, and Kokushō Sayuri from the very early days.(OnyankoC P22,35,52) Nevertheless, the popularity was concentrated on Nitta, whose face was way too far from beautiful.(OnyankoC P18)(Geinōkai P86) It's possible to say that it's almost impossible for human beings to fathom out this extraordinary insane phenomenon. Anyway, as they used to be enthusiastic fans of Nitta, they should be held historically accountable for making her up to a position that she didn't at all deserve, even if it was only for a brief period of time.(OnyankoC P50-51)

Among approximately 50,000 high school girls who were in their senior year of high school in Saitama Prefecture at the time, in terms of looks, Yoshino Kayoko may have had a certain chance of being in the top 20. On the other hand, no matter how favorably you look at Nitta, I'm pretty sure she wasn't even in the top 2000. It's an undeniable fact that Yoshino was far more beautiful and cute than Nitta, and it's absolutely unacceptable to deny the fact. Yoshino's cheerfulness must have come from her confidence in her own good looks. There was no doubt that Tomoda Mamiko was also beautiful among the Onyanko Club members. She didn't have the girlish cuteness such as Kawai Sonoko, though. Anyway, the Onyanko craze was an incredibly abnormal phenomenon, as evidenced by the fact that Nitta, who was essentially a third-rate bitch who didn't deserve to be discussed at all, so brazenly rose to the top.(OnyankoC P50-51)(Geinōkai P82) I feel extremely strongly that the best way for Onyanko Club, or any popular idol group in general, is to have beautiful girls like Yoshino and Tomoda as the main characters, and low quality girls like Nitta and her ilk as the supporting characters.

When the five girls of the smoking group got fired, they must never have imagined that Onyanko Club would become overwhelmingly popular.(Geinōkai P84) However, seeing Onyanko Club become overwhelmingly popular over time must have given the girls an inexpressible feeling of regret.(Gorō86 P22-23) Okuda Mika and Enokida Michiko were probably the ones who seem to have had the strongest hearts and the most guts among the smoking group members.(Gorō86 P22-23)(TV Enokida) Tomoda Mamiko and Satō Mayumi don't seem to have had such soft characters either.(Sponichi)(2ch1 859) Therefore, I think that Yoshino Kayoko was clearly the most vulnerable in this respect. Such being the case, the dismissal itself must have been quite a shock to her. What was more shocking, however, was probably the fact that a fugly girl like Nitta Eri, who could in no way be described as beautiful by any stretch of the imagination, attracted a tremendous amount of attention from the general public as the most popular Onyanko girl.(OnyankoC P18)(Geinōkai P86) Both Yoshino and Nitta were in their senior year of high school when they started out as the original members of the group, and where they lived were relatively close to each other in Dasaitama.(DUNK85 P82) From Yoshino's point of view, it must have been completely unimaginable when the program first started that Nitta, who was obviously far lower rank than her, would become overwhelmingly popular.(OnyankoC P50-51)(2ch1 859) Furthermore, she would have thought that she was far more beautiful and cute than Nitta and that she deserved to be an idol. As Yoshino's feelings could be overwhelmingly justified, her regret must have been immeasurable. There must have been more than a few students around her at her high school who felt the same way, and some of them might have even dared to tell her about it. On the surface, she would have responded to that by feigning calmness. However, she must have felt an indescribable irritation in her heart. In addition, she must have been overwhelmed with a sense of powerlessness over the fact that she became nothing more than a high school girl.

Enokida continued to watch the program after she was fired, and she liked Gomioka Tamaki, who was a member of Onyanko Club for only two months.(Kamifukuoka 142144) On the other hand, Okuda even said that she was so frustrated for a year after she was fired that she couldn't watch it.(Gorō86 P22-23) Even the brusque Okuda couldn't bear to watch the program, so Yoshino must have been even more frustrated and unable to watch it.(Gorō86 P22-23) When it comes to Gomioka, it's possible that she didn't even notice Gomioka's existence unless she was watching the program. On the other hand, whether she was watching the program or not, if she was living a normal high school life, there was no way she wouldn't have realized that Nitta became very popular.(OnyankoC P18)(Geinōkai P86) So, for Yoshino, a very depressing and disgusting situation must have continued until she graduated from high school. Of course, outwardly, she didn't show such an attitude at all, and probably behaved just as cheerfully as before. So, if it's true that she refused to give permission for the Onyanko Club DVDs, that's obviously the reason. It'd also be a clear indication that this is not a problem that time can simply solve. It's possible that Yoshino's past involvement in Onyanko Club is just a dark, stagnant, and unpleasant memory that she hesitates to even remember and would like to keep sealed away forever if she could. Like Tomoda and Enokida who appeared in the press several times, Yoshino could have expressed her true feelings if she wanted to.(Sponichi)(TV Enokida) However, the fact that she hasn't made any such move may be a sign of her strong will to stay away from anything related to Onyanko Club.

By the way, Nitta bragged in a magazine that she and other Onyanko members including her best friend, Nakajima Miharu, drank beer every night during the Onyanko Club tour.(BOMB90 P39) Furthermore, Nitta seems to have told on several TV programs that she also smoked during her Onyanko Club days, and that she even cohabited with a guy despite being a very popular idol.(Board)(One) After all, anything goes as long as the wrongdoings ain't publicly exposed. Like Kihara Aki, who was at the scene of the smoking but was acquitted because of her connections with the upper echelons of the TV station, these can only be described as a monstrous absurdity.(2ch1 873)(2ch1 886) Other idol groups might be the same, but Onyanko Club had many DQN-esque girls, especially the early members.(Note that the slang term DQN means a person who behave in an insane and thoughtless manner. He or she has no decency and class in appearance, word or deed. DQN can also be used to describe the insane and thoughtless behavior itself.) Nevertheless, they were divided into those who were punished and those who were not. History has always not treated people equally. And only those who got away with it or were to the point have been given the honor of being in the spotlight. This is probably a common phenomenon in many fields in the world.

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The reunion of Onyanko Club

12 former Onyanko Club members

In case Onyanko Club is reunited, we don't need Nitta Eri, Kokushō Sayuri, Kudō Shizuka and Double Watanabes(Minayo and Marina), who still continue their entertainment activities. The same goes for the members who made a name for themselves in the past, such as Kawai Sonoko, Takai Mamiko, and Yūyu. Those members who were unilaterally dismissed or forced to quit by Fuji TV and consequently didn't have a graduation ceremony, they're the ones who should reunite Onyanko Club. It'd be a good idea for them to be given the spotlight as members of Onyanko Club for once.

Okuda Mika Membership Number 1

Okuda was photographed by Shūkan Bunshun's paparazzi criminal at a decisive moment while smoking a cigarette.(Geinōkai P85) The other members weren't photographed smoking themselves, but only admitted to being habitual smokers, yet, like Okuda, they couldn't avoid being fired.(OnyankoC P22) However, unlike the other members, for some reason, only Okuda wasn't punished by school.(Schola) Kihara Aki, who was there as well as the five others who were fired, escaped dismissal thanks to her stubborn denial of smoking and her relative with connections to Fuji TV.(TreasureB P60) Okuda, as she herself positively admitted, had a very strong temperament and loved her personality.(Gorō86 P22-23) Okuda often got into trouble with her classmates at Tokyo Metropolitan Kurume High School, and she had such a temper that she brutally beat her up after an argument with a female classmate.(Gorō86 P22-23) She admitted that she was a yankee before joining Onyanko Club, and also claimed to love a wild guy who could beat and subdue her, who had a ferocious personality.(Gorō86 P22-23) Therefore, even if she had stayed in Onyanko Club, there's no small possibility that she woulda caused other troubles besides smoking. She was the only member of the smoking group to continue her entertainment activities after her dismissal, exposing herself naked in Monthly Playboy magazine.(TreasureA P63) In 1991, she and Chīko, a former member of the idol group Shōjo-tai, started a company related to Dial Q2.(Schola) In the mid-2000s, she worked at Shimamura, a home improvement store in Higashimurayama.(Human 495) She had around five children of different dads, and she and her boyfriend at the time weren't registered their marriage in order to receive child-rearing allowance.(Human 495) Note that single mothers are entitled to child-rearing allowance from the authorities.(Human 475) Therefore, Okuda and her boyfriend's act of not daring to marry for the money was condemned on the Internet as extremely shameful.(Human 475,527)

Enokida Michiko Membership Number 2

Enokida was the leader of the smoking group and publicly stated on Yūyake Nyan Nyan that she was very fond of Okuda Mika.(TV Enokida) She went to discos, which had been banned, despite warnings from the program staff, and she didn't participate in dance lessons and other activities, saying they were ridiculous and uncool.(TV Enokida) She called herself the most badass member of Onyanko Club.(TV Enokida) However, she was badly hated by the boy delinquents at Saitama Prefectural Shiki High School.(Kamifukuoka 354835) MECKEY, who was high school friends with Enokida, wrote various things about her high school days on his blog and Onyanko Club-related websites, so she may be relatively well known compared to other members of the smoking group.(Kamifukuoka) Enokida wasn't afraid to speak out on matters of an obscene nature, and after the program showed the engagement press conference of Matsuda Seiko, the biggest female idol of the time, and the famous actor Kanda Masaki, she remarked with a laugh, “Have these two had sex yet?” which caused quite a stir among the other performers.(DVD) Also, she even asked MECKEY an outrageous question without hesitation:“Are there any members of Onyanko Club that you have ever jacked off to?”(Sideline) When Takai Mamiko married Akimoto Yasushi, Enokida called MECKEY, who had been estranged from him since graduating from high school, to a bar for some reason, and apparently they talked incoherently in their cups.(Kamifukuoka 9356142) Enokida was still very interested in the entertainment industry, but it seems that she didn't formally continue her entertainment activities as did Okuda.(TV Enokida) Still, she auditioned for the variety show ASAYAN more than a decade after her dismissal, and even gave interviews to some magazines and tabloids.(Current) In 2017, Enokida appeared on the famous TV show“Bakuhō! The Friday”and reunited with Tomoda Mamiko for the first time in 32 years, and they've apparently remained in touch ever since.(TV Enokida) In stark contrast to Tomoda, who still smokes to this day, Enokida is said to have been involved with the anti-smoking movement.(Flash) In 2023, She ran for the Saitama city council election, but received far from the votes needed to win.(Election)

Yoshino Kayoko Membership Number 3

Yoshino had the most cheerful personality of all the Onyanko Club members, not just the smoking group, and was also being very naughty.(Special) She even called herself Massage Parlor in front of the TV camera without hesitation, but of course, there was no way she actually did such a thing.(Special) However, despite her flamboyant language and behavior, she apparently had a sincere nature at heart. The members of Onyanko Club, including Nitta Eri, who by her own admission was a country girl and far from fashionable, wore nail polish ostentatiously, but Yoshino was the only one who didn't.(DVD) Some of the members wore rings, earrings, and piercings, but she simply wore a cheap wristwatch that looked like something an elementary school student would wear.(DVD) Her clothes were also rather plain, and she wore the same clothes again just after two days, despite the fact that she was on TV.(DVD) While subsequent activities of the other dismissed members have been revealed, for some reason, little is known about Yoshino's activities after her graduation from Saitama Prefectural Niiza kita High School.(2ch1 382) The only thing that's clear is that the store her family owned (we don't know what kinda store it was) was already closed as of 2005.(etc 52) In addition, the following article appeared in a cooking magazine.(Changib 402,405) “In the mid-1990s, a former Onyanko Club member sometimes stopped by the Harajuku boutique that Satō Mayumi managed with her child.” Since the member who was friends with Satō the most was obviously Yoshino, it seems most likely that Yoshino was the one who stopped by Satō's store. On the other hand, some say that Yoshino was married in 2002 and was a housewife in Asaka as of 2011.(tv2ch 703)(Wiki Yoshino) There's no compelling evidence to determine which is true or neither is true.

Tomoda Mamiko Membership Number 7

Tomoda was the only one of the five dismissed who wasn't a high school student, but a student at Bunka Gakuin, an upper secondary specialized training school.(OnyankoA P98) Apparently, there she was classmates with Toyota Maho, a celebrity model-turned-actress.(Wiki Bunka) She was the most fashionable girl among the original Onyanko Club members, wearing several rings, as well as earrings and piercings.(Special)(DVD) It is said that had she not been fired, she would have become the ace of Onyanko Club.(Sponichi) This theory was made public in 2016 when she appeared on the popular TV show“Bakuhō! The Friday,” but we don't know if it's really true.(Sponichi) Kokushō Sayuri, who was the de facto leader of Onyanko Club, agreed with the theory.(Sponichi) On the other hand, none of the Onyanko Club members other than Kokushō, nor Yūyake Nyan Nyan officials, have mentioned this matter. The theory that Fukunaga Satomi, who was affiliated with Bond Planning, an entertainment agency that was deeply involved in the program from the very beginning, was considered the initial ace had been most widely supported up to that point.(OnyankoC P34) In fact, Kasai Kazuji, the chief director of Onyanko Club, claimed that Fukunaga had been the most well-liked member among those involved in the program.(OnyankoB P40) Btw, long after she was dismissed, she made a name for herself by making handmade bags.(Sponichi) This led her to join an entertainment agency called AINT, of which the famous entertainer Endō Kumiko was once a member.(Aint) It musta been largely due to the power of her agency that she was featured on a popular nationally televised program in 2016.(Aint) She apparently smokes at least 10 cigarettes a day, long before she became a member of Onyanko Club and up to date.(Flash)

Satō Mayumi Membership Number 10

Satō didn't have the appearance of an idol by any stretch of the imagination.(Special)(DVD) At first glance, she looked like a typical yankee of the time, as represented by her pine-cone hairstyle.(Special)(DVD) However, according to Satō's junior high school classmate, she only looked mature at the time and wasn't a yankee.(2ch1 867) Satō hated Nitta Eri for some reason and showed blatant antipathy toward her.(2ch1 859) On the other hand, Satō was very good friends with Yoshino Kayoko, and the two were usually together on the program.(Special)(DVD) She seems to have been the only one of the five dismissed who was also expelled from high school.(OnyankoA P98) Satō was reported by some media outlets to have won runner-up at the Miss Ice Cream contest the year after she was fired, but apparently that was a false claim.(DUNK86 P76) The runner-up of the contest was apparently another woman with exactly the same name as hers.(2ch1 862) After all, both her first and last name are really commonplace, so this is very likely. On the other hand, it seems true that Satō raised her three children while working as the manager of a boutique in Harajuku though.(changi 402,405) She seems to have quit smoking after the birth of her child.(2ch1 867)

Teramoto Yōko Membership Number 20

Teramoto became a member of Onyanko Club in July 1985, when she was a freshman at a private high school.(OnyankoC p41) However, she dropped out of high school at the beginning of September after the summer break.(OnyankoC p43) The distance from her high school to Fuji TV wasn't easy to commute, which was apparently one of the reasons she dropped out.(2ch1 662) Also, she was apparently bullied at her high school.(2ch1 663) However, a prerequisite for maintaining membership of Onyanko Club was to be involved in the group's activities while attending high school.(OnyankoC p43) Therefore, she was forced to quit the group.(OnyankoC p43) Still, she continued her own showbiz activities, as did Okuda Mika.(Current) It is said that in addition to her entertainment activities, she once worked part-time at a local McDonald's.(Rumors P152) Note that she enrolled in another high school after being dismissed from the group, but it seems that she dropped out of that high school as well.(2ch1 663) She wanted to be a bus tour conductor, but she couldn't become one cuz she did't have a high school diploma.(2ch1 660) She seems to have left show business in 1996 to get married.(Current)

Gomioka Tamaki Membership Number 21

Gomioka became a member of Onyanko Club in July 1985, when she was a freshman at Atsugi Kita High School.(OnyankoB P41) However, she left the group in September 1985.(OnyankoC p38) According to Kasai, this is because she claimed that she didn't enjoy the Onyanko Club activities at all, that she was simply sleepy.(OnyankoB P43) It's extremely hard to believe that she really said such a thing at that time when Onyanko Club was at its most vigorous, just about to become a superstar. Btw, Ishibashi Takaaki, one of the popular comedy duo Tunnels, often teased her for her round, tropical face and her distinctive surname.(OnyankoC p38) Some say she took it as bullying and quit cuz she couldn't take it anymore, which is also hard to believe.(2ch1 692) She resumed her show biz activities in the summer of 1987, two years after quitting Onyanko Club.(OnyankoB P43) She was scheduled to make her record debut on King Records in November of that year, but that was canceled.(OnyankoB P43) In June of the following year she was scheduled to make a new debut on BGM Victor, but that was also canceled.(OnyankoB P43) Some explain that it was because Pony Canyon, which released many Onyanko Club records, interfered with her record debut.(changi 487) However, why did they have the need to do such a thing to her after Onyanko Club disbanded? She retired from show business shortly thereafter and apparently got married and had a baby when she was around 20 years old.(Current)

Akasaka Yoshie Membership Number 25

Akasaka became a member of Onyanko Club in September 1985, when she was a junior at a private high school.(OnyankoB P43-45) However, she was forced to leave the group after only one week.(OnyankoB P43-45) She auditioned without school permission, and her high school complained to Fuji TV.(OnyankoB P43-45) Kasai claimed that she left the group in accordance with the bylaws, which state that in case of complaints from school, one should quit.(OnyankoB P43-45) She was reportedly expelled from that high school and transferred to another.(changi 828) On the other hand, some say that she was able to stay in that high school cuz she quit Onyanko Club.(changi 828) It ain't clear which theory is correct. After graduating from high school, she worked for a company while also modeling at the same time.(Current) In 1994 she married an employee of a publishing company who was the same age as her.(Current)

Matsumoto Aki Membership Number 26

Matsumoto became a member of Onyanko Club in October 1985, when she was a freshman in high school.(OnyankoB P43-45) However, she quit Onyanko Club without a single day of activity because, like Akasaka, her high school complained about it.(OnyankoB P43-45) On the other hand, Matsumoto had been involved in show business before becoming a member of Onyanko Club, and it is said that she volunteered to withdraw from the group cuz she unexpectedly was accepted at an audition she entered as an understudy.(2ch1 680) She continued her entertainment activities, including occasional appearances on mimicry shows.(Current) In 1992, she became a singer as well as a cocktail waitress at a nightclub in Shinjuku.(Current) She gave birth to a baby girl the following year, but apparently didn't marry.(Current)

Mikami Chiaki Membership Number 30

Mikami auditioned in September 1985, when she was a freshman in high school, but wasn't accepted.(OnyankoB P43-45) In November 1985, she auditioned again and this time she was accepted.(OnyankoB P43-45) Despite her high motivation and her parents' eagerness to support her, she left the group in early March 1986.(OnyankoB P43-45) Kasai only explained that one of the reasons she quit was because she was busy with high school club activities.(OnyankoB P43-45) It's so hard to believe that she quit for that reason, given her extremely positive attitude toward Onyanko Club activities.(2ch1 47) Apparently, Mikami was a member to be downsized along with Yajima Yūko, who became a member at the same time.(changi 551) It ain't clear why both were targeted for downsizing, rather than Yamamoto Susan Kumiko, who was apparently disliked by producer Ishida Hiroshi.(2ch1 521) Yajima quit immediately, but Mikami intended to resist and stay in the group.(changi 551) However, there was no way she could do such a thing in reality, and she eventually quit as well. According to program officials, the first three months as a member of Onyanko Club are defined as an apprenticeship period.(OnyankoA P63) During that period, she's screened for various suitability as a member.(OnyankoA P63) “Can she work well with other members of the group?” “Can she be attentive to the other members?” “Can she keep up her normal girlish ways?” “Isn't she tardy or absent from the program without notice?” “Aren't her school grades worse than they were before she became a member?” and so on. If she doesn't meet the above criteria, she won't be able to maintain her membership. Therefore, Mikami and Yajima might not have been able to satisfy the criteria. However, the internal rules weren't disclosed until about five months after the two had left the group.(OnyankoA P63) It's not certain whether the rules really existed at the time the two were members of the group. Btw, Mikami subsequently seems to have become a flight attendant for JAL.(Current) She was relatively fluent in English, having lived in Singapore for three years when she was in elementary school because of her father's work there.(Myōjōb P212) In addition, her nickname was Chamie.(Myōjōb P212)

Yajima Yūko Membership Number 31

Yajima was accepted at a special audition in November 1985, when she was a junior in high school, along with Watanabe Minayo, Yokota Mutsumi, and Mikami Chiaki.(OnyankoB P43-45) She enjoyed baton twirling, but was reportedly a poor dancer in spite of this.(Myōjōb P212) She seems to have shown a positive attitude toward the Onyanko Club activities, but quit in February 1986.(OnyankoB P43-45) Kasai simply explained that Yajima quit for the same reason as Mikami.(OnyankoB P43-45) According to a housewife who met Yajima in person and interviewed her about her Onyanko Club days, Sakama Kazuo, one of the advanced program directors, told both Yajima and Mikami to quit after the March 1986 concert tour.(changi 551) She quit immediately without waiting for that tour.(changi 551) Some say that Yajima subsequently became an otolaryngologist.(Kohada 207) Few fans know where Yajima went to high school, but some members were apparently surprised to learn that a student from such an academically advanced high school had joined Onyanko Club.(Kohada 202) If the reason she readily agreed to quit was to study for the exams, we could well be convinced. Taking university entrance exams, especially those for the faculty of medicine, which are considered the most difficult, requires unimaginably hard work, so it was almost impossible for her to balance her studies with her Onyanko Club activities. To be fair, if it was true that an Onyanko Club member became a doctor, some media outlets would definitely report the fact, but none of them have mentioned it. So it's still unclear whether Yajima really became a doctor. In the past, a memoir of Yajima's experience in getting into medical school was posted on the Internet, but we don't know if it's really hers or not.(Kohada 229) Note that when she was a member of the group, there was an article that mentioned that she was good at English but not at all good at math, and that her goal was to go to junior college.(Myōjōb P212)

Ōnuki Kaori Membership Number 37

Ōnuki became a member of Onyanko Club in May 1986, when she was a freshman in high school.(OnyankoB P93) However, she was active for only one day.(OnyankoB P93) Both she and Kasai claimed that she was forced to leave the group because of complaints from her high school.(OnyankoB P45) However, it's doubtful that their claim is true, since she was involved in entertainment before she became a member of Onyanko Club and continued her entertainment activities after she quit.(Current) Ōnuki subsequently exposed herself naked and made a name for herself with her role as a dominatrix in V-Cinema.(Current) Of all the members of Onyanko Club, she is arguably the one whose appearance has changed the most since then. Despite being a member of Onyanko Club for only one day, she was the one who made the most of her status as a former Onyanko Club member.(Current)

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A roundtable discussion just before high school graduation

Nitta Eri, Nakajima Miharu, Yokota Mutsumi, and Nagata Ruriko wore their respective high school uniforms. At a roundtable discussion just before high school graduation, March 1986.

Nakajima Miharu and Nitta Eri

Nagata Ruriko and Yokota Mutsumi

Nitta Eri and her best friend, Nakajima Miharu.

Nitta Eri and her good friend, Nagata Ruriko.

Nagata Ruriko, Takai Mamiko, and Nitta Eri

Nagata Ruriko, Nakajima Miharu, and Nitta Eri in Kimonos

In March 1986, Nagata Ruriko, her good friends Nitta Eri and Nakajima Miharu, along with Yokota Mutsumi, who joined Onyanko Club more than half a year after them, graduated from their respective high schools. Note that Nakajima alone graduated not only from high school but also from Onyanko Club. The following is their roundtable discussion just before high school graduation.(From the May 1986 issue of the idol magazine Myōjō)

Nagata Ruriko(Her nickname is Ruri or Ruriruri) Chiba Prefectural Tsudanuma High School(At the time Nagata was a student at this high school, it was a mid-level in terms of academics.) Nitta Eri Saitama Prefectural Fukuoka High School(When Nitta was a student at this high school, it was a low level in terms of academic achievement. in 2013, it merged with Ōi High School and changed its name to Fujimino High School) Nakajima Miharu(Her nickname is Nakaji) Tokyo Metropolitan Minamino High School(At the time Nakajima attended this high school, it was a pretty low level academically. in 2005, it merged with Inaki High School and changed its name to Wakaba Sōgō High School) Yokota Mutsumi Shibuya Education Academy Makuhari Junior and Senior High School(This high school is currently one of the most academically advanced high schools in the Tokyo metropolitan area. Yokota entered this high school the year it was founded. At the time, its academic level was way too far lower than it is today)

Mutsumi: Now I can finally graduate from high school and I'm so happy it brings tears to my eyes. Ruri: I, too, am happy. Cuz my high school life was fucking gloomy that I didn't have any pleasant memories of it. Nakaji: I'm really worried about leaving Onyanko Club, cuz Ruri is like this. Who's gonna take care of Ruri when I'm no longer there? Ruri: Don't worry, I'll be a cheerful girl from now on. Eri: I don't wanna graduate from high school. I wish I could continue high school for one more year. Mutsumi: Sounds like you had a very enriching high school experience, Eri. I envy you. Eri: Oh Yeah! I was blessed with friends in high school and I enjoyed every day. I was always happy when I was in school. Ruri: I can't fucking believe that such an enriching high school experience exists.

Nakaji: I'm rather happy to be graduating from high school too. Cuz my high school was way too free, which maybe explains why I was bored. Mutsumi: Nakaji's high school was too generous. My high school was fucking strict that made me cry. Eri: Please listen to my story! My high school has a fucking great school festival. When I was a junior, my class had a coffee shop and I was in charge of getting the customers to come. Nakaji: That's the right job for you, Eri. Eri: Some middle aged guy complimented me, saying, "You suit the job pretty well, but is your family in any business?" Nakaji: Eri, you've fucking enjoyed your adolescence, haven't you?

Ruri: I just figured it out! Mutsumi: Ruri, don't shout out of the blue! Ruri: I now understand why my high school life wasn't vibrant. It was cuz I didn't have anyone I fell in love with. Eri: Ruri, what the fuck are you talking about, I'm appalled at you! Ruri: If you love someone, you can work with your friends on that and get excited together, right? Nakaji: There was a boy I loved in high school. Everyone: Eek! Gee Whiz! Nakaji: But I was dumped by the boy. I was fucking dumped.

Eri: I was happy cuz there was a senior boy I loved and we both were in the same session at the school festival. Nakaji: I believe that any boy you fall in love with in high school will remain in your memories for the rest of your life. Ruri: That's not true. The love you had in junior high school is the most memorable. Nakaji: Ruri, you're a fucking idiot. People experience true love for the first time in high school. Eri: I applaud Nakaji. Ruri: Hmph, you bitches say whatever you want. Mutsumi, you didn't have a boyfriend either, did you? You're one of mine, right? Mutsumi: Yup, it's not easy for me to fall in love with a school boy, although I can easily become a fan of male idols. Nakaji: Mutsumi, you lie! You bought some chocolates for some boy for Valentine's Day, didn't you? I'm about to graduate from high school, so I'm gonna expose whatever secrets you bitches have! Eri: Nakaji, please, don't get so excited!

Mutsumi: Well, my junior year of high school was more fun than I thought it would be. Ruri: Why was it junior year? Wasn't it your freshman year? You mean you had some good memories when you were a junior! Nakaji: Mutsumi, I'm pretty sure you had a boyfriend when you were a junior. Mutsumi: Nope. When I was a junior, I had a lot of high school activities, so I didn't have time for such things! Eri: Mutsumi is in a panic! Nakaji: Ruri, you musta had a boy you loved in high school, right? Ruri: I definitely didn't have a boy I loved! Nakaji: I think your remark is very suspicious, cuz saying "definitely" sounds very intentional. Ruri: Let's switch gears and talk about a boy that Nakaji loved! I do know a lot of details about the boy! Nakaji: Er, we'll skip the topic! Btw, one of my fondest memories of high school was skipping class and eating at a nearby family restaurant. Mutsumi: Nakaji is pretty daring.　

Eri: I've had that kinda experience. My friends group is absurdly close, so when one of them was very depressed, we all skipped class to comfort the girl. Mutsumi: have you ever been comforted by your friends, too, Eri? Eri I'm almost always comforted by my friends. Ruri: Uh, yeah, when I was a junior, in biology class, we were told by our teacher to take blood from our earlobes to examine our blood type. I fucking hated such a thing, so I boycotted that by hiding under my desk for an hour straight. Eri: That's very typical of you, Ruri.

Mutsumi: I've never skipped class. Nakaji: Nope, I'm pretty sure you musta skipped class, too. Let's recall it well! Mutsumi: Come to think of it, I did have that kinda experience. I wanted to go to the bathroom during class, but I was embarrassed to say such a thing, so I said I'd go to the nurse's office instead. then I played in the bathroom for an hour until class finished. Ruri: Don't play in the bathroom for an hour! Mutsumi, you're so wacky. Eri: You mean that's shit!

Nakaji: Well, during PE class we were instructed by our teacher to run a number of laps around the perimeter of the school buildings. After running only half a lap, I went to a lounge behind one of the school buildings and rested there, eating an ice cream. Then I ran another half-lap as if nothing had happened. Ruri: That's a thing that happens, doesn't it? But it was usually boys who did that. Nakaji: Also, there was a pervert who often haunted the area around my high school. On one occasion, I spotted the pervert and out of a sense of justice, I chased after him. Eri: Ew! That's over the top, Nakaji. Nakaji: But I missed the pervert. Fucking damn!

Mutsumi: Nakaji who did such a thing is gonna be a dental hygienist. Patients will feel scared cuz they can't run away from her. Ruri: After graduation from high school and Onyanko Club, Nakaji is gonna go to a technical school for a year to become a dental hygienist, right? Nakaji: Yup, I'm gonna study a lot instead of playing. Mutsumi: Me and Ruri will be the college girls I've always wanted to be. Ruri: But we'll both go to junior colleges for girls, so there'll be no boys there. Eri: I need to get a proper job in the entertainment industry after graduating from high school. To tell you the truth, I wish I could continue to be a high school student.

Nakaji: I'll be able to examine your teeth when I become a dental hygienist after a year. My first sacrifice has already been decided, though. Ruri: Oh shit, it's me again! Nakaji said a while ago that when she got her driver's license, she'd let me be the first one to get in the car. Oh no, why am I the only one that Nakaji has her eyes on? Mutsumi: It must be dangerous to let Nakaji drive. Having said that, I expect you to drive well. Eri: Good for you, Ruri. Nakaji will be getting her license in weeks, so pretty soon you'll be sitting in the passenger seat of her car. Ruri: Please don't do such a thing to me! Cuz I'm about to start my life as a college girl! Nakaji: Ruri, that's what you really think! I've definitely decided to make Ruri my first sacrifice!

Eri: Nakaji, you have cracker seaweed stuck to your teeth. Mutsumi: That's funny. Eri: Nakaji would be examine all of us after she became a proper dental technician, understood? Nakaji: Leave it to me! Ah, the tea tastes so good.

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Comments regarding the Smoking Group on a board.

11 original members of Onyanko Club

Core members of Onyanko Club as of December 1985 Top: Iwai Yukiko, Takai Mamiko, Kokushō Sayuri, Yoshizawa Akie Bottom: Kawai Sonoko, Fukunaga Satomi, Nitta Eri

Core members of Onyanko Club as of January 1986 Top:Takai Mamiko, Iwai Yukiko, Kokushō Sayuri Middle: Utsumi Kazuko, Fukunaga Satomi, Nakajima Miharu Bottom:Yoshizawa Akie, Kawai Sonoko, Nitta Eri

78 Name: No Name Whatsoever [] Posted Date: 2005/03/19(Sat) 00:11:16 ID: K1fbNjmo If the smoking group had stayed, Nitta Eri, Nakajima Miharu and others would have quit early. Onyanko Club must clearly have gone in a different direction.

86 Name: No Name Whatsoever [] Posted Date: 2005/03/19(Sat) 04:38:41 ID: WnQ5ePHb

78 If so, the subsequent history of idols might have changed.

88 Name: No Name Whatsoever [] Posted Date: 2005/03/19(Sat) 15:04:50 ID: MZZT3ycd The smoking group said there was a girl who just happened not to be there, but who? Was it Nitta Eri?

91 Name: No Name Whatsoever [] Posted Date: 2005/03/19(Sat) 15:30:50 ID: XFbGluWa It mighta been Nagoya Mika. However, she and Kihara Aki were the ones who might say, "I hate cigarette smoke and smell!" They seem to have gotten along well with the smoking group, though.

92 Name: No Name Whatsoever [sage] Posted Date: 2005/03/19(Sat) 15:53:00 ID: Zpf6IJdZ It seems like a good fit for Tomoda Mamiko to smoke Virginia Slims or Salem Menthol, and for Enokida Michiko to smoke Cabin Mild. As far as Yoshino Kayoko is concerned, it seems like a good fit for her to smoke Mild Seven, while squatting like a yankee(slang for delinquent girl.)

102 Name: No Name Whatsoever [sage] Posted Date: 2005/03/20(Sun) 01:54:04 ID: 5YX4jnM9 I don't think Kawai Sonoko has changed a lot. Considering the smoking group's photos and profiles, they look like DQNs(The slang term DQN means a person who behave in an insane and thoughtless manner. He or she has no decency and class in appearance, word or deed.) But Nitta Eri also looks like a DQN. The rest of the members look rather well-bred.

104 Name: No Name Whatsoever [] Posted Date: 2005/03/20(Sun) 02:05:42 ID: 8bZ8adzm

102 I agree. From what I see in the photos, the smoking group seems to have a bad vibe. The rest of the members seem to be young ladies who grew up in normal families. In the case of Nitta Eri, she's a little something different, though. Be that as it may, I feel blatantly incongruent with the smoking group.

Tomoda Mamiko, Fukunaga Satomi, Kawai Sonoko, and Tomikawa Harumi are high on my list. Yoshino Kayoko and Kihara Aki are okay. Okuda Mika ain't so bad, but I don't like her expression in her eyes. Enokida Michiko, Nitta Eri, and Nagoya Mika look old. Utsumi Kazuko also looks old, but she has class, so she's okay. Nakajima Miharu, Kokushō Sayuri, and Satō Mayumi are country bumpkins, no matter how you look at them.

110 Name: No Name Whatsoever [] Posted Date: 2005/03/20(Sun) 18:21:39 ID: 7IN/WR33 Someone who auditioned for the role of the Mitsui Re-House Lady on the variety show Asayan. Was it Enokida Michiko, membership number 2?

112 Name: No Name Whatsoever [] Posted Date: 2005/03/20(Sun) 21:56:01 ID: 7IN/WR33 That was in 1997. The actress Ikewaki Chizuru was a Re-House Girl. At that time, they recruited an elder sister on the show as a Re-House Lady. Enokida said as one of the applicants, "About 12 years ago from now, I got fired from Onyanko Club for a smoking photo. I wanna redeem my honor".

113 Name: No Name Whatsoever [sage] Posted Date: 2005/03/20(Sun) 22:18:22 ID: oHmH+ACc 　|-`). I'm pretty sure no one thought that a single cigarette would make their lives so crazy.

114 Name: No Name Whatsoever [age] Posted Date: 2005/03/21(Mon) 00:48:05 ID: qnT/1DlX If Kihara was smoking, she shoulda been fired too.

115 Name: No Name Whatsoever [sage] Posted Date: 2005/03/21(Mon) 01:01:56 ID: NtoEIcWK Trade kihara for Tomoda!

124 Name: No Name Whatsoever [sage] Posted Date: 2005/03/21(Mon) 21:48:22 ID: mv2gwG/P I've personally ranked the girls of the smoking group.

Tomoda Mamiko ＞＞＞＞＞＞ Yoshino Kayoko > Okuda Mika > > Enokida Michiko ＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞ Satō Mayumi

127 Name: No Name Whatsoever [] Posted date: 2005/03/22(Tue) 10:54:33 ID: AReURzpL

112 "About 12 years ago from now, I got fired from Onyanko Club for a smoking photo" "I wanna redeem my honor" she said on TV?

That's what it says on Enokida's own resume, and that resume was read by the Comedy duo 99's Okamura Takashi. Then she made a video appearance, but said very little.

129 Name: No Name Whatsoever [] Posted Date: 2005/03/22(Tue) 15:21:23 ID: U0Q408FM It was Enokida Michiko, membership number 2. I was able to clearly confirm that she was the one cuz I had videotaped the show. It was in December 1997 that she was introduced on the show. She made a video appearance in february of the following year.

She was asked, "What membership number did you have?" She replied with a laugh, "Number 2, number 2!" She was quite beautiful.

367 Name: No Name Whatsoever [] Posted Date: 2005/05/01(Sun) 11:29:31 ID: BLFFbcB4 Why wasn't Kihara Aki fired?

371 Name: No Name Whatsoever [] Posted Date: 2005/05/01(Sun) 14:19:17 ID: Z1DoEswE I think it's because Kihara insisted that she hadn't smoked. But I do think she was the type of girl who hated cigarette smoke.

372 Name: No Name Whatsoever [sage] Posted Date: 2005/05/01(Sun) 14:45:12 ID: Ut3S+k9B Whether she smoked or not, the fact that she was there is the problem.

373 Name: No Name Whatsoever [] Posted Date: 2005/05/01(Sun) 15:42:19 ID: Z1DoEswE It was written in the official book at the time that out of the five members of the smoking group, three were suspended from high school and one was expelled. They had it coming, but it's so harsh to be fired from Onyanko Club and expelled from school.

382 Name: No Name Whatsoever [] Posted Date: 2005/05/02(Mon) 03:51:56 ID: QkKlggCU Nagata Ruriko wasn't shown in the Yūyake Nyan Nyan DVDs, since she didn't give permission for the DVDs. However, the girls who left Onyanko Club halfway through including the smoking group members were shown in the DVDs. Does that mean they all gave permission? If that's the case, I'm surprised the show's staff was able to track them down. But if you look closely, among the smoking group, Yoshino Kayoko was the only one who didn't have any conversations or close-ups, so they mightn't have been able to locate her.　 Unexpectedly, Nagata's case might also have been that they simply couldn't find her.

462 Name: No Name Whatsoever [] Posted Date: 2005/06/28(Tue) 05:58:31 ID: W5xTxejt The smoking group members seem to have had bad personalities.

463 Name: No Name Whatsoever [] Posted Date: 2005/07/08(Fri) 22:05:38 ID: M7hBJ1hR I don't know what their actual personalities were. They were high school girls appearing on TV, but at the same time, they were smoking cigarettes in a public place without hesitation. It made me feel a bit that their IQ was pretty low.　

671 Name: No Name Whatsoever [] Posted Date: 2006/06/06(Tue) 11:47:20 ID: hNs6ivFs How reliable are the following stories?

Okuda Mika - auditioned in 1992, now a housewife, actually a single mother Yoshino Kayoko - magazine cover Tomoda Mamiko - winner of a women's magazine knitwear award, bar proprietress for a while, now a housewife Satō Mayumi - Miss Ice Cream Teramoto Yōko - retired after marriage in 1996 Gomioka Tamaki - finished the recording.　 Yajima Yūko - Doctor Ōnuki Kaori - worked at a BDSM club

None of them are credible, and all of them smell fishy. I'm not sure how many of these are true.

706 Name: No Name Whatsoever [] Posted Date: 2006/07/21(Fri) 21:17:19 ID: OvC+4ymj The most DQN member was Okuda Mika?

768 Name: No Name Whatsoever [] Posted Date: 2006/11/10(Fri) 08:37:23 ID: uFVwuCFx I heard that among the smoking group, Okuda Mika and Tomoda Mamiko were working as dominatrices at BDSM clubs, is that true?

770 Name: No Name Whatsoever [] Posted Date: 2006/11/10(Fri) 10:17:21 ID: x/YsZUak

768 I don't know about Tomoda, but I've heard about Okuda. Some say that she started a Dial Q2 related company with the money she earned from being a dominatrix.

845 Name: No Name Whatsoever [] Posted Date: 2007/08/27(Mon) 01:17:52 ID: HlFmiDRW I think the highest quality girl among the smoking group was Tomoda Mamiko. If she'd stayed, she mighta become a core Onyanko among the early members.

858 Name: No Name Whatsoever [] Posted Date: 2007/09/05(Wed) 05:04:46 ID: SdQfNIhx It seems that the manager of Pink House in Harajuku, where my elder sister used to work part-time, was Satō Mayumi, membership number 10. She was a pretty yankee manager, and she used to yell at the clerks as loud as she could when sales were low. She made my elder sister go mad within a week.

859 Name: No Name Whatsoever [] Posted Date: 2007/09/05(Wed) 08:10:51 ID: mmzH3WhN

858 Oh! I read somewhere on the board that she had worked at a clothing store, but it was Pink House.

Satō Mayumi, Membership number 10, had the best interaction with Tsuru-chan(comedian Kataoka Tsurutarō's nickname).

Tsuru-chan asked her, "Is it true that you and Nitta don't get along?" She angrily replied, "It's not that I don't get along with Nitta, it's just that we don't fit well in terms of personality!" I thought Satō was a true yankee. At that moment, Nitta and her best friend Nakajima Miharu looked completely terrified.

860 Name: No Name Whatsoever [sage] Posted Date: 2007/09/05(Wed) 14:25:21 ID:QBzGsO7F Satō was badass! But I'm surprised she was involved in Pink House… I don't know if she was really a yankee or not.

861 Name: No Name Whatsoever [] Posted Date: 2007/09/07(Fri) 01:06:31 ID: 5QPwdtaD

858 I really miss Satō Mayumi. She always wore baggy, tacky clothes, didn't she? That's all I remember. 859 In an interview with Bomb!, an idol magazine, Nitta said that she didn't get along with the stylish girls of the smoking group from the very beginning. She was talking with Nakajima every day about when they should quit. I don't know if Satō's comment was the trigger or not.

862 Name: No Name Whatsoever [] Posted Date: 2007/09/07(Fri) 09:37:02 ID: suqG+TTY Satō Mayumi… her hair style was pretty shaggy, wasn't she?

Was there any truth to the rumor that she had once been a model? I heard that her participation in the Miss Ice Cream Contest was a mere gossip though.

865 Name: No Name Whatsoever [] Posted Date: 2007/09/09(Sun) 22:48:46 ID: yB/z48SY Okuda's face looks completely different between her Onyanko days and Playmate days. She was a little chubby and cute when she was a Onyanko girl. When she went nude, she was slim and beautiful. 3 years was enough to transform her so drastically.

Is she still working at Shimamura(home improvement store)?

867 Name: No Name Whatsoever [] Posted Date: 2007/09/13(Thu) 21:51:33 ID: yGm1uCyQ Not really something to brag about. But can I brag about it?

I was in the same class as Satō Mayumi in junior high school. At that time, she was more mature rather than a yankee. She had more male friends than female friends. There was a junior high school reunion the other day, but I couldn't make it cuz I had to accompany my wife on an errand. I heard that Satō attended the reunion. According to my friend who was there, Satō said self-mockingly, "I quit smoking after the birth of my child". She seems to have chatted openly with the guys around her. However, she adamantly refused to be photographed. I should also have attended there, then secretly photographed her.

Sorry for the long story.

870 Name: No Name Whatsoever [] Posted Date: 2007/09/18(Tue) 01:55:45 ID: z3CmAErI I'm pretty sure Tomoda Mamiko was the baddest girl among the smoking group! It's fucking awesome that there was such a smoking hot high school girl back then! I don't think it's appropriate to compare the two, but the country bumpkin Nitta Eri musta just smelled of piss. I guess Enokida and Yoshino's pussies stank enough.

872 Name: No Name Whatsoever [] Posted Date: 2007/09/18(Tue) 06:55:54 ID: beZ0KuzN Why did the fugly Kihara Aki stay so brazenly in Onyanko Club despite she was also in the photo?

873 Name: No Name Whatsoever [sage] Posted Date: 2007/09/18(Tue) 07:28:22 ID: jdSgYggv She insisted that she'd just been there. In addition, it helped that she had a relative who was an executive at the TV station, so she only had to refrain from appearing on the show for about two weeks. I'm pretty sure the smoking group was fucking pissed off. "Why were we the only ones fired?"

874 Name: No Name Whatsoever [sage] Posted Date: 2007/09/19(Wed) 11:48:23 ID: 703P+c0I Kihara was a fucking cunt.

875 Name: No Name Whatsoever [sage] Posted Date: 2007/09/19(Wed) 12:51:01 ID: 50Zdhv2S Among them was a member who was fired, even though it was only her skirt or something in the photo. And I heard that some of them were expelled from high school as well. It's so misery that they got fired from Onyanko Club and also from school.

876 Name: No Name Whatsoever [sage] Posted Date: 2007/09/19(Wed) 15:01:48 ID: yQQulp7U I've never liked or disliked Kihara, but after reading the respond number 873, I became to loathe her.

878 Name: No Name Whatsoever [] Posted Date: 2007/09/19(Wed) 17:03:33 ID: weZvtvU/ There was a rumor that the members of the smoking group would get together from time to time and bitched about Kihara.

879 Name: No Name Whatsoever [] Posted Date: 2007/09/19(Wed) 17:07:01 ID: weZvtvU/ By the way, due to the connections, Kihara was given the opportunity to have a regular column published in the idol magazine DUNK. Although her writings weren't particularly interesting.

886 Name: No Name Whatsoever [] Posted Date: 2007/11/13(Tue) 14:59:37 ID: PLHC5DjT Kihara became a member of Onyanko Club because of her uncle's connections. She was too different from the rest of the members. That means the reason she became a model before Onyanko Club was also because of her uncle's connections, wasn't it?

891 Name: No Name Whatsoever [] Posted Date: 2007/11/16(Fri) 00:45:59 ID:MQS+8HRl

886 Even though Kihara's uncle had connections with Fuji TV, it was incomprehensible that they let that bitch join Onyanko Club. Was her uncle such a guy in a powerful position? Apparently, he couldn't understand that his niece’s face wasn’t at all suitable for an idol.

911 Name: No Name Whatsoever [] Posted Date: 2013/07/14(Sun) 02:32:55.21 ID: 4u+MF/Sd The only thing I remember for sure was that Okuda Mika said at the time, "Kokushō Sayuri, she's a fucking cunt!" I was too busy with my part-time job to watch Yūyake Nyan Nyan, but Okuda and I were seated next to each other at Kurume High School.

912 Name: No Name Whatsoever [] Posted Date: 2013/07/14(Sun) 03:04:16.22 ID:fHHL6Y/u Nagoya Mika got scared when Tomoda Mamiko glared at her.

913 Name: No Name Whatsoever [sage] Posted Date: 2013/07/14(Sun) 07:50:59.50 ID:K1s0GEVO

911 Okuda repeated her junior year of high school, didn't she? She got fired shortly thereafter for smoking and then revived for nudity. Was she not a slut by any stretch of the imagination? 912 I see that one of the smoking group members was more strong-minded than Nagoya. I find it scary. Tomoda was particularly a standout girl, wasn't she?

914 Name: No Name Whatsoever [sage] Posted Date: 2013/07/14(Sun) 13:37:55.64 ID:PvZ9X9N6 But Tomoda was apparently being stalked by weird guys back then. She seems to have said so on the show.

915 Name: No Name Whatsoever [sage] Posted Date: 2013/07/14(Sun) 13:51:30.50 ID:rA94brOF Relationships among the earliest members of Onyanko Club.

Smoking Group Boss: Tomoda Mamiko Core members: Okuda Mika, Enokida Michiko, Yoshino Kayoko, Satō Mayumi Lower position members: Kihara Aki, Nagoya Mika

Separate Group A: Nitta Eri, Nakajima Miharu Separate Group B: Kokushō Sayuri, Fukunaga Satomi

I guess it woulda been something like this.

916 Name: No Name Whatsoever [sage] Posted Date: 2013/07/14(Sun) 19:40:03.57 ID:77KCyQig If the smoking group had stayed, it's possible that Onyanko Club's record debut would have been ruined. In a sense, Onyanko Club is now a legend because the smoking group got fired at the perfect time.

917 Name: No Name Whatsoever [] Posted Date: 2013/07/15(Mon) 18:43:58.12 ID:K0rkqFHf Utsumi Kazuko was threatened by Okuda Mika and Tomoda Mamiko as soon as she joined Onyanko Club.

918 Name: No Name Whatsoever [] Posted Date: 2013/07/17(Wed) 11:41:13.97 ID:ypvunTr5 If the five members of the smoking group had stayed, would Kokushō have kept hiding in the background? If the others had backed Kokushō, would they have confronted the smoking group?

919 Name: No Name Whatsoever [] Posted Date: 2013/07/26(Fri) 13:38:42.82 ID:OQtBOjR0 Tomoda Mamiko was said to look like the actress Tanaka Yūko. She was beautiful, prominent, and probably a bossy character. Had she stayed, 1985 might have been a very different year. Although Takai Mamiko and Kawai Sonoko stood out as core members that year.

921 Name: No Name Whatsoever [] Posted Date: 2013/07/30(Tue) 09:17:44.70 ID:yhijufIO Well, if the smoking group had dominated, the current legend of Onyanko Club would never be what it is today. "When he asks me out on a date, it's no fun if I don't give him my virginity♪" (Note that this is a line from the lyrics of the infamous Onyanko Club song "Don't Make Me Take Off My Sailor Uniform".) Some members of the smoking group wouldn't have been virgins any longer.

922 Name: No Name Whatsoever [] Posted Date: 2013/07/30(Tue) 09:21:50.50 ID:yhijufIO The girls of the smoking group mocked the country bumpkin Nitta Eri. But they've been mocked ever since they got fired, to this day. You never know what will happen in life, do you?

924 Name: No Name Whatsoever [sage] Posted Date: 2013/07/30(Tue) 14:30:34.15 ID:5+rj9y5g Tomoda Mamiko also looked like the early Moritaka Chisato. She was a talented girl too good to be fired. It was all right for the smoking group members to have been fired, except for Tomoda, but I wanted only her to stay.

925 Name: No Name Whatsoever [] Posted Date: 2013/07/30(Tue) 18:59:14.08 ID:kpis8x5d Tomoda was considered to be very beautiful, but was she really that beautiful? Okuda was more beautiful than Kokushō in the beauty contest on the TV show "high school girl special", though.

926 Name: No Name Whatsoever [] Posted Date: 2013/07/31(Wed) 19:11:47.86 ID:lRbXjlcG If Okuda had stayed, she would have become popular along with Nitta. Since Okuda seems to have loathed Kokushō, she might have joined Nitta's group. Or would Nitta have become Okuda's minion?

927 Name: No Name Whatsoever [] Posted Date: 2013/08/01(Thu) 00:17:15.98 ID:5W48DB8p If the smoking group hadn't been fired, Okuda Mika would have been a popular member. Yoshino Kayoko was suitable for Nyangilas both in terms of looks and personality. (Note that Nyangilas was the most insincere and unorthodox subgroup in Onyanko Club, which could only be described as making fun of people. Its members were Tatsumi Rika, Kihara Aki, Nagoya Mika, and Shiraishi Mako.) Tomoda Mamiko was more of a beautiful sister character than an idol. Enokida Michiko and Satō Mayumi would have had no special characteristics.

930 Name: No Name Whatsoever [] Posted Date: 2013/08/07(Wed) 09:53:28.13 ID:dxbRG1s9 The earliest members of Onyanko Club seem to have been more of a bunch of yankee high school girls rather than amateurs.

932 Name: No Name Whatsoever [sage] Posted Date: 2013/08/08(Thu) 00:00:40.33 ID:yrozPyla All Nighters would have been legendary. If the smoking group could have been legendary. However, a number of rumors, which may or may not be true about the smoking group, have persisted to this day. This is due to the popularity of Onyanko Club. The members of the smoking group themselves have no value.

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Pretty girls who should have deserved Onyanko Club membership

Yamano Eri starred in a slideshow video titled Classmates in 1986.

Endō Mayumi on All Night Fuji High School Girl Special, then a senior in high school.

Endō Mayumi, Nakajima Miharu, and Tomoda Mamiko on All Night Fuji High School Girl Special.

Endō Mayumi on All Night Fuji, then a freshman in college.

She became a member of All Nighters instead of Onyanko Club. She enrolled at Tōhō University just after her appearance on All Night Fuji High School Girl Special. If she'd been one year younger and still in high school, she woulda been selected as an original member of Onyanko Club.

Ishizuka Hiroe on All Night Fuji High School Girl Special, then a junior in high school.

A pretty girl in the audience on Yūyake Nyan Nyan, aired April 19, 1985.

A pretty high school girl in the audience on Yūyake Nyan Nyan, aired June 19, 1985.

A pretty model with an unidentified name, from the September 1985 issue of the idol magazine Beppin.

Iwamura Kaoru, a junior high school senior in 1985.

Date of birth: July 29 1970 Height: 151cm Weight: 43kg Bust: 84cm Waist: 58cm Hip: 85cm from the May 1985 issue of the idol magazine DUNK.

Tagawa Rika, a junior high school senior in 1985.

Date of birth: February 17 1971 Height: 154cm Weight: 43kg Bust: 80cm Waist: 60cm Hip: 83cm

She was a member of an idol group called Ichigo-chan, formed to compete against Onyanko Club. Ichigo-chan was formed on the program “You-gohan Mada?(Dinner not served yet?)” aired by ABC TV. This program, like “Yūyake Nyan Nyan,” aired for one hour on weekdays at 5:00 PM. However, it was broadcast only in the Kinki region, such as Ōsaka and Kyōto, and not nationwide like Yūyake Nyan Nyan. Therefore, the group didn't gain a lotta popularity, and after releasing one single record, it faded away. In addition to Ichigo-chan, there were many other idol groups at the time that were formed to compete against Onyanko Club, but none of them gained popularity. At that time, it was virtually impossible to compete against the unipolar dominance of Onyanko Club.

Saitō Fumina, a junior high school senior in 1985.

Date of birth: September 9 1970 Height: 157cm Weight: 47kg Bust: 80cm Waist: 61cm Hip: 85cm

She was a member of an idol group called BCG(Bishōjo Colorful Gang), formed to compete against Onyanko Club. The BCG members were selected from among the girls who applied for a project in the idol magazine Deluxe Magazine. They released an album under the name Bishōjo Club and then changed their name to BCG. BCG appeared on NTV's prime time program “Gokigen! Getsuyō Shichijihan(Good mood! Monday 7:30 pm)” and released a single record, which quickly faded out.

Asō Mariko, a junior high school senior in 1985.

Height: 160cm Weight: 45kg Bust: 80cm Waist: 58cm Hip: 80cm from the January 1986 issue of the idol magazine Otome Club.

Kashida Hiroko, a junior high school senior in 1985.

Date of birth: September 28 1970 Height: 158cm Weight: 45kg Bust: 80cm Waist: 58cm Hip: 90cm She sang and played guitar for an amateur band called Amazoness. from the January 1 1986 issue of the idol magazine Gorō.

Nakao Masami, a high school senior in 1985.

Date of birth: March 15 1968 Height: 157cm Weight: 46kg Bust: 82cm Waist: 60cm Hip: 86cm Blood Type: A+ High School: Ōsaka Seikei Girls' High School When she was a senior in high school, she went to the Ōtemon Gakuin University school festival with her friends. There she was asked by the organizers to participate in a beauty contest. She agreed and became the winner. from the January 1 1986 issue of the idol magazine Gorō.

Sawai Emi, a high school senior in 1985.

Date of birth: January 1 1968 Birthplace: Ōsaka Height: 156cm Bust: 83cm Waist: 60cm Hip: 88cm At the time, she said she wanted to become a famous fashion designer in the future. from the november 28 1985 issue of the idol magazine Gorō.

Kijima Yūko, a high school senior in 1985.

Height: 158cm Weight: 47kg Bust: 80cm Waist: 60cm Hip: 84cm From the november 1985 issue of the photo magazine Shagaku.

Kamata Miyuki, a novice singer and actress, then 19 years old.

Date of birth: July 25 1965 Birthplace: Tokyo Height: 158cm Weight: 41kg Bust: 78cm Waist: 56cm Hip: 83cm Blood Type: A+ High School: Tokyo Metropolitan Higashi Yamato High School About myself: I love guys who can ride motorcycles or have something to do with sushi. I hate guys who don't meet either of those two criteria. I barely graduated from high school, but I wanna do my job well from now on. From the October 1984 issue of the idol magazine DUNK.

Sugita Tamai, a junior high school freshman in 1984.

Date of birth: July 10 1971 Height: 150cm Weight: 38kg Bust: 76cm Waist: 56cm Hip: 77cm From the August 1984 issue of the idol magazine Sugar.

Hirokawa Mifuyu, a high school junior in 1984.

Date of birth: December 20 1967 Height: 156cm Weight: 40kg Bust: 78cm Waist: 58cm Hip: 81cm From the November 1984 issue of the idol magazine Sugar.

A pretty girl with an unidentified name, from the December 1984 issue of the idol magazine Sugar.

Tsujimoto Nanako, a high school junior in 1985.

Date of birth: August 20 1968 Height: 157cm Bust: 80cm Waist: 64cm Hip: 87cm from the february 1986 issue of the idol magazine Actress.

Katō Fusae, a high school senior in 1986.

From the november 1986 issue of the idol magazine Ojōsama.

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Nakajima Miharu aka Nakaji, an idol for just one year.

In August 1996, Nakajima Miharu appeared on a special program called Yūyake Nyan Nyan Revival.

Nakajima Miharu, membership number 5, is better known by her nickname, Nakaji, than by her real name. On "All Nihgt Fuji high school girl special" aired in February and March 1985, Nakajima, along with the beautiful Yoshino Kayoko and other girls, forced male passersby to wear sailor uniforms on the street of Harajuku. Not only that, but she played wrestling with a high school girl in the studio. It ain't very clear why she was selected as an original member of Onyanko Club. Shortly after she became a member, she appeared as a model in a fashion magazine for girls called Crêpe, so she probably was affiliated with some agency. Yūyake Nyan Nyan started on April 1, 1985, just before her senior year at Tokyo Metropolitan Minamino High School. As soon as the program started, she became best friends with Nitta Eri, and subsequently with Nagata Ruriko. Btw, it is said that Nakajima and Nitta were afraid of the smoking group and had discussed about quitting the group. However, the smoking group was expelled from Onyanko Club, and as a result, these two stayed. We don't know to what extent this story is true. The only member of the smoking group with whom Nitta clearly didn't get along was Satō Mayumi, while there's no evidence that Nakajima didn't get along with them.

She was selected as the main vocalist for Onyanko Club's debut song, "Don't Make Me Take Off My Sailor Uniform," along with Nitta Eri, Fukunaga Satomi, and Utsumi Kazuko. The reason why then popular members Kawai Sonoko and Kokushō Sayuri weren't selected as main vocalists was because of their record company. Needless to say, Onyanko Club is an idol group formed by Fuji TV. Naturally, Onyanko Club's records were released by Pony Canyon, an affiliate of Fujisankei Communications Group, to which Fuji TV belongs. Therefore, Kawai and Kokushō, who were both affiliated with CBS Sony, couldn't be involved as the main vocalists for Onyanko Club. As Onyanko Club's popularity skyrocketed, Nakajima started to dream of making her own solo debut as a singer. She wanted to be like Nakamori Akina, the biggest female idol of the time, but after deep consideration, she realized that wasn't her caliber and graciously gave up on pursuing the dream. In February 1986, the song Jāne was released, fully featuring Nakajima, who was to graduate from Onyanko Club and retire from show business. Although the song was released under the name Onyanko Club, it was essentially a solo single for her. Along with her, Kawai was scheduled to graduate from the group, but since Kawai would continue to work in the entertainment industry after graduation, only Nakajima was featured, one of the program officials explained. However, as previously mentioned, in reality, due to contractual relations with the record company, Kawai couldn't be placed as the main vocalist. On April 1, 1986, exactly one year after Onyanko Club was formed, she and Kawai officially graduated from Onyanko Club. Onyanko Club's popularity skyrocketed after the release of its first single in July 1985, but its most exciting period was from January to March 1986. It must have been her greatest joy to have had the opportunity to be in the spotlight as the main vocalist of Onyanko Club during that period.

After she also graduated from high school at about the same time as Onyanko Club, she enrolled in a technical school to become a dental hygienist. The following year she became a dental hygienist and apparently worked locally until 1995. On the other hand, some say she took that position but left soon after cuz she felt it wasn't right for her and then went to work for an imported-car related company. In 1996, she appeared on a special program called Yūyake Nyan Nyan Revival, where she was reunited with Bob Ichikawa, agent for the popular comedy duo Tunnels. At the time she was a member of Onyanko Club, she knew him well. Yūyake Nyan Nyan had an arm wrestling segment, which was among the most popular on the program. There were arm wrestling bouts between the champion and his challengers, and the moment they were settled, almost all the audience in the studio went wild, punching and kicking each other, which led to an uncontrollable chaos. The members of Onyanko Club seem to have enjoyed this crazy and outrageous show to some extent, while being appalled by it. At the time when Bob Ichikawa was the champion, though, that segment wasn't yet as extreme. Anyway, in light of current compliance, this could never be televised. They married in 1999, and she apparently had two children afterwards. After her marriage, she hasn't attended any Onyanko Club gatherings. In 2002, Onyanko Club briefly reunited, but of course she didn't join. According to Ishibashi Takaaki of Tunnels, Nakajima told him that she was on the winning side and that there was no longer any need for her to be involved in Onyanko Club. This comment seems to have discouraged many Onyanko Club fans considerably. However, during her Onyanko Club days, every time she met someone, she would be flatly smug, thinking,“This fucking guy, too, will probably brag to everyone around him that he's friends with me, having met me, a big star, just once." Additionally, she wasn't afraid of the pervert who haunted the area around her high school but on the contrary chased him around. We can assume that Nakajima has had a strong temperament since high school, so her comment that she's on the winning side may not be too surprising.

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Some episodes about Kokushō Sayuri during her Onyanko Club days.

Okuda Mika, membership number 1, who was fired for smoking, apparently loathed Kokushō Sayuri. A guy who was a classmate of Okuda's at Tokyo Metropolitan Kurume High School testified that she told him so clearly.(2ch2 911) Kokushō was fully involved in short distance track and field in junior high and high school.(OnyankoD P32) Although, her best 100m record was 12.8 seconds, which wasn't a great number. With this background, she was naturally the type of girl who places great importance on hierarchical relationships.(OnyankoC P132) Therefore, if Okuda, a yankee who was one year younger than Kokushō, had directed her cheeky behavior toward Kokushō, it's quite possible that Kokushō would have given her a stern warning about it. Alternatively, it's possible that when Kokushō ran into Okuda smoking, she warned her about it. Okuda may have resented either or both of them. In addition, Okuda may have been extremely jealous that Kokushō, an unsophiscated country girl, won the beauty contest on the TV show "All Nihgt Fuji high school girl special" rather than herself. This seems to be the biggest reason for Okuda's resentment toward Kokushō.

Kokushō often used masculine language in her daily life, and the program staff and members were apparently freaked out by it.(OnyankoA P67) One of Yūyake Nyan Nyan's advanced directors, Sakama Kazuo, testified that Kokushō was second only to chief director, Kasai Kazuji, in being feared.(OnyankoC P132) The following episode is typical of her character.(OnyankoC P132) There were many teenage boys called kameko (meaning“photography geek”) who followed their idols everywhere they went and constantly photographed them back then. One time, when Kokushō was reading a magazine in a bookstore, a kameko was photographing her from a relatively short distance away. Noticing this, she sneaked around behind the boy and tapped him on the shoulder. "What the fuck are ya doin'?” she angrily asked the boy, but he was too freaked out to say anything. Shortly thereafter, she took the film out of his camera and ruined it.

Back-alley rumors also accompanied Kokushō. Several weekly magazines, including the infamous Shūkan Bunshun, reported the outrageous rumor that she was an outcall escort in her hometown before she became a member of Onyanko Club.(Geinōkai P88) She was forced to retire from athletics during her junior year of high school due to an injury. After that, in reaction to her previous stoic lifestyle, she apparently spent some time playing around town. Many of her friends were also yankee-looking girls in appearance. Some photo magazine declared a reward of 10 million yen (then-$200,000) to anyone who provided a photo certifying that she was an outcall escort.(Geinōkai P88) However, since not a single such photo was ever made public, nor was there any concrete testimony to support the claim, it's very possible that the story was made up by the weekly magazines after all.

Kokushō was blatantly slammed by the newspaper Mainichi Shimbun just after graduating from Onyanko Club.(Geinōkai P87) The article, after branding Kokushō a beautiful idol(as a false image) of modern times and accusing her of DQN words and deeds, concluded with the following sarcastic comment.(Rumors P153) "In the entertainment industry, so-called idols are likely to be treated as consumables, but I hope that she, a beautiful idol(as a false image), won't soon turn into stardust". It was unprecedented for an idol to be slammed on the front page of a quality paper rather than a tabloid. According to the journalist who wrote this defamatory article, she didn't greet him properly and took his interview while brushing her hair.(Rumors P153) Furthermore, he was stunned to learn that she read neither books nor newspapers and showed no interest in social trends. To this journalist, writer Ishimaru Genshō argued as follows.(Rumors P153) "There's no way you can understand a woman's true nature after meeting her only once, so don't assume that you know her very well. Even if it's true that Kokushō's attitude wasn't so good, it was only toward this journalist. In fact, when I interviewed her in the studio of Yūyake Nyan Nyan, she was fantastic. This guy is like a fucking bitch to write such a thing in a quality paper without a care in the world, write it in your own diary instead. She's not the type of woman who reads someone's face or mood, so she may seem selfish at times. However, what's wrong with that? He's probably surrounded by suck-up women, so I'm pretty sure he must have been freaked out when he met a woman like Kokushō who clearly expressed her true feelings without hesitation." On the other hand, Kokushō herself was very damaged by the article, but admitted that she was at fault for giving the journalist a bad impression.(DUNK8710 P128)

Kokushō admitted to having a very jealous personality.(DUNK8710 P128) During her Onyanko Club days, she was tremendously hostile toward the members who debuted as solo singers. She was especially irritated that Nitta Eri, who seemed to have little motivation, was the most popular. She was extremely jealous whenever idol magazines gave the other members larger coverage than they did to her. Kokushō didn't seem to get along well with Watanabe Minayo, who was also a member of CBS Sony, as was she. Watanabe subsequently told a TV show called Emi Channel that she hated Kokushō cuz she'd been bullied by her back then. Some say that Watanabe's elder sister complained to Burning Production, Watanabe's agency, that if they didn't stop the bullying by Kokushō, she would force her younger sister to leave the agency. Yumioka Mami, membership number 34, complained several times that she was often bullied during her Onyanko Club days. Some claimed that Kokushō was the main culprit, but Yumioka herself didn't name the members who bullied her specifically. Kokushō clearly recognized Watanabe, one of the most popular members, as a rival and may have felt intense hostility toward her. Contrary to this, it's very doubtful that she was aware of the less popular and lower-ranking members like Yumioka as her rivals.