Love Me Tender

I will admit that when I first started listening to Jpop I listened to Morning Musume despite their high pitch squealing. I of course moved on once I discovered better music, although I do revisit their happy-go-lucky music when I need a sugar high (without the sugar). Recently my sister and I were wondering what happened to two particular members that we thought looked a lot alike, but one was more annoying than the other. Well we found out that one had gotten pregnant at 19 and married the father soon after. I decided to revisit the information out of curiosity.

Well, the two (Tsuji Nozomi/辻希美 and Kago Ai/加護亜依) had graduated from Morning Musume in August 2004 and were created into a duo group called W (Double U). Then the one I thought was cute (Kago Ai/加護亜依) was suspended and eventually expelled from the group after being caught smoking underaged. Side note: I find it really interesting how in Japan underage smoking or drinking is severly punished while porn vending machines are located on street corners. But anyway…later Tsuji Nozomi/辻希美 was revealed to be two months pregnant and announced her official engagement to the child’s father, Sugiura Taiyo. She was 19 at the time and he was 26. Man, talk about tarnishing the candy sweet image of Morning Musume. =P