Kue Chans Journey of Discovery - 4/5

Nacchi is the second to last i will write about of the first generation. Strangely enough she is also the second to last of the first gen to leave MM (January 2004).

NATSUMI ABE or nacchi

Nacchi was well known for her lead singing at the start of Morning Musumes history and widely known as Tsunkus favourite until Maki Goto of the 3rd gen joined taking over the title for most popular (among fans). She was the lead singer in furusato with the other members singing backup for her.

Nacchi is seen as having a strong presence and became the leader of Sakura Gumi (when the girls were split into two to be able to perform double the amount of concerts). She also had a number of solo pieces while part of Morning Musume which were released along with MM's other songs at that time. She also had lead roles in some of MM's plays and productions. Surprisingly she was never a part of any sub-groups.

When Nacchi was at her most popular stage she finally release a solo single (2003 and later CD) and in 2004 graduated from MM to continue to build on her solo career. She participated in all the usual Hello! Project performances and appearances, taking part in several concerts along with her ex-group Morning Musume. She released a few more singles as well.

Unfortunatly in late 2004 she was accused of plagerism. Apparently her photocooks held copies of essays and poetry copied from several other writers. She took "personal leave" (aka. tsunku asked her to stay away) for 3 months and subsequently missed out on Kaori Iidas graduation concert from Morning Musume (the last of the 1st generation). She also could not release music during this time so the world was without her voice.

Not for long though because she was back after an appology in early 2005 and started at high speed producing singles for both herself and the new group DEF.DIVA (Aya Matsuura, Risa Ishikawa and Maki Goto). The first she released was "koi no hana" her 5th single and has produced several more since (including the cover of a late 80's song "the Stress"). In 2006 Nacchi joined her sister, Asami Abe, in a Japanese TV show about a 60's j-pop group, "the Peanuts".

There was one more mishap though, in her photo book making of "ecru" she was seen with a tortoise (a national treasure) who unfortunatly died during the making of. She was blamed for killing it by the media (better gossip then a staff member moving it when it was weak!). Hate clubs came up all over the net but the rumour was ignored by Tsunku and the rest of H!P including Nacchi who refused to comment on the matter.

And to end i have found a couple of her PV's for you to watch: "The Stress" and "Sweet-a-holic". Enjoy!




NOTE FROM ME

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btw last night when i was writing this the internet cut out so i had to write half of this bloody thing again plus add those pvs and pictures ^-^ please appreciate it!