Lane assignments for Friday's pairs handshake event in Osaka. Mini-live begins in nine hours, at noon, and goes until 1pm. Handshake begins in 11 hours, at 2pm, and goes until 6pm.
●第1レーン: 今泉佑唯 Imaizumi Yui
●第2レーン: 小林由依 Kobayashi Yui
●第3レーン: 菅井友香 Sugai Yuuka
●第4レーン: 長濱ねる Nagahama Neru
●第5レーン: 渡辺梨加 Watanabe Rika
●第6レーン: 渡邉理佐 Watanabe Risa
●第7レーン: 石森虹花・鈴本美愉 Ishimori Nijika - Suzumoto Miyu
●第8レーン: 上村莉菜・尾関梨香 Uemura Rina - Ozeki Rika
●第9レーン: 織田奈那・土生瑞穂 Oda Nana - Habu Mizuho
●第10レーン: 小池美波・佐藤詩織 Koike Minami - Satou Shiori
●第11レーン: 齋藤冬優花・長沢菜々香 Saitou Fuyuka - Nagasawa Nanako
●第12レーン: 守屋茜・米谷奈々未 Moriya Akane - Yonetani Nanami
●第13レーン: 井口眞緒・加藤史帆 Iguchi Mao - Katou Shiho
●第14レーン: 潮紗理菜・高瀬愛奈 Ushio Sarina - Takase Mana
●第15レーン: 柿崎芽実・金村美玖 Kakizaki Memi - Kanemura Miku
●第16レーン: 影山優佳・濱岸ひより Kageyama Yuuka - Hamagishi Hiyori
●第17レーン: 齊藤京子・宮田愛萌 Saitou Kyouko - Miyata Manamo
●第18レーン: 佐々木久美・東村芽依 Sasaki Kumi - Higashimura Mei
●第19レーン: 佐々木美玲・富田鈴花 Sasaki Mirei - Tomita Suzuka
●第20レーン: 高本彩花・小坂菜緒 Takamoto Ayaka - Kosaka Nao
●第21レーン: 河田陽菜・丹生明里 Kawata Hina - Nibu Akari
●第22レーン: 松田好花・渡邉美穂 Matsuda Konoka - Watanabe Miho
※志田愛佳、原田葵、平手友梨奈はミニLIVE、握手会ともに欠席とさせて頂きます
Shida Manaka, Harada Aoi and Hirate Yurina will not be participating in either the mini-live or the handshake event.
I guess the six singleton lanes are the members who are most popular in handshake (in Japanese alphabetical order). There are a number of pairs to ponder: Nijika/Monta (two serious dancers), Rina/Rika (two cute Tokyoites), Oda/Habu (mature pair), Sarina/Manafi (both love Mary Poppins), Mirei/Paripi (both capable, but so different in style), Takemoto/Nao (two very different kinds of extremely attractive).
But the two lanes that most intrigue me personally are Memi/Miku in 14 and Kage/Hiyo-tan in 15. I think of Miku and Kage as two very quick, clever, nervous, talented members. And Memi/Hiyo as two members who speak more slowly and are unpredictable and a bit nuts. So the Memi/Miku and Kage/Hiyo pairs each balance two styles. I wonder how that will work out. Will the two different personalities get along? I look forward to seeing them paired with the member more similar to them someday: two smart, nervous, quick girls; and two slower-paced, relaxed, crazy girls. But might that be explosive?
In a previous handshake, a mischievous poster posted about meeting Miho and Memi as a pair. He said he asked Miho to say "kissy, kissy," which she slowly did. Then he asked Memi to give a full four-second bow to him. She apparently just stared at him "as if I was kitchen garbage." Maybe Memi was letting Miho (and the guest) know that it's okay for a member to reject things she doesn't want to do.
Sarina and Manafi went to see a stage version of Mary Poppins together:
In her blog, Manafi kind of apologized to Memi for going with Sarina, saying they were together a lot as part of the same team for Hiragana's own stage play, Ayumi, but saying she still was suffering from "Memi loss."
via Anakamirikarutenani