The HANA girls were interviewed by model press a month after their group formation on January 11, 2025.
They were asked about their thoughts going through the various screenings of the audition, "No No Girls", how their mindset changed, and their messages to those who are chasing their dreams.

The interview series were published starting February 20 to February 23.

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Translated from SKY-HI's interview series with Nikkei, "Be myself, for ourselves"

Original interview, 120th installment from December 25, 2024.

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Translated and summarized from SKY-HI's interview series with Nikkei, "Be myself, for ourselves"

Original interview, 118th installment from October 17, 2024.

Second part of the interview translated by connie44

Interview with KQ President translated by hana

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Translated and summarized from SKY-HI's interview series with Nikkei, "Be myself, for ourselves"

Original interview, 115th installment from August 29, 2024.

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Touyou Keizai (TK) Deep Inside sat down with SKY-HI to talk to him about managing his company, BMSG, and his views on the state of the Japanese music industry.

A two-part video was shared on Touyou Keizai's YouTube channel on December 27 and 28, 2024 respectively, with the overall interview being approximately one hour and 27 minutes.

In Part 1, SKY-HI shares with TK Deep Inside the state of the Japanese music industry, what is BMSG doing differently, the success of D.U.N.K., and how BMSG will tackle "the world".

In Part 2, SKY-HI goes into a bit more detail about what the atmosphere at BMSG is like and how he communicates with his employees. He also shares some information on No No Girls, the newly established label – Bullmoose Records, and ends with him sharing with viewers his dream for BMSG in the next five to ten years.


Note: Some of what he discusses in Part 1 of TK Deep Inside overlaps with what he shared on the WBS Economy News Academy interview. If some things are familiar, it is because they are pretty much the same questions, phrased differently, lol.

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On December 24, 2024, SKY-HI had a second interview with Economy News Academy on World Business Satellite (formerly TeleTo BIZ).

Compared to the interview in 2023 that talked about the state of the Japanese entertainment and music industry, the interview in 2024 focused on SKY-HI and BMSG's goals to expand overseas, what they've discovered and what their plans are. The interview also features SKY-HI discussing at length about Japanese music industry's reliance on the CD business model and a need to move to streaming services to keep the industry sustainable and functioning.

Also included in the interview in 2024 is a tour of the new BMSG office as well as interviews with BMSG Artists (BE:FIRST) and BMSG managers (Section 1, 2, 4, Trainee's Base).

On December 25, 2024, the full interview - one hour 27 minutes - was available on YouTube for 48 hours, the version that remains is an abridged, 26 minutes version.

The full interview is available on TV Tokyo's World Business Satellite's website (VPN required).

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Summary of the interview SKY-HI, MONEY, and RUI, TAIKI, KANON (BMSG Trainees) had in the ar HOMME vol. 2 magazine.

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Summary of the interview KANON and TAKUTO had in the ar HOMME vol. 2 magazine.

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Translated from Chanmina's interview with Billboard Japan, posted on August 15th, 2024.

Original interview link: https://www.billboard-japan.com/special/detail/4480

Chanmina, audition theme song “NG” is a song of fight & responsibility, “I’ll pull you through”

Several months have passed since Chanmina and SKY-HI, backed by BMSG, teamed up to hold a girl’s group audition, “No No Girls”. The audition show is finally going on air this October. “NG”, the theme song for the audition, was released as a digital single on August 9.

Singing to a dope track and realistic lyrics, this song could be considered as “another story” to Chanmina’s masterpiece, “Bijin”. Why was the song chosen and what kind of feeling was put into it? Furthermore, what will the audition be like? We asked Chamina, who is going through a life changing stage after announcing her marriage and pregnancy, as well as her thoughts on the song and the audition so far.

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Translated from SKY-HI's interview series with Nikkei, "Be myself, for ourselves", January 2024 printed issue that went on sale in December, 2023.

Online version shared as "Be myself, for ourselves", 106th installment on March 14, 2024.

Volume 27: On the new audition

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