Idoling!!!'s Second Anniversary

Today marks the second anniversary of the start of Idoling!!! and their TV show. To kick off the group's third year of activity, their web page has been redesigned. Check it out:
Idoling!!!'s Web Site

There will also be some changes to Idoling!!!'s TV show. Starting on November 3rd, Idoling!!! and Idoling!!! Nikki will switch places during the week on Fuji TV 721 and CSHD. So, for the group's normal 17:00~17:30 time slot, Idoling!!! Nikki will air on Monday, and Idoling!!! will air on Tuesday through Friday. The time slot for Idoling!!! Nikki on Fuji TV's standard broadcast channel will remain on Friday.

Also, Fan-sama Request!!! will be replaced by Onegai! Onegai! Fan-sama!!!, which is a revival of the old Onegai! Fan-sama!!! segment. Since most episodes do not feature all of the group's members, each Onegai! Onegai! Fan-sama!!! topic will be used for an entire week, which should allow each member a chance to read their chosen fan messages.

Schedule Updates - 2008.10.25

Event

• Suzuka Morita has a release event scheduled on December 6 for her upcoming image DVD, Suzuka no Natsu Monogatari.

Internet

• Fonchi will appear on a web site called au style Channel, which is accessible only by au cell phone service customers in Japan.

Magazine

• Rurika Yokoyama will be in B.L.T. U-17 Sizzleful Girl: Vol.7 on November 6.
• Mai Endo and Erica Tonooka will appear in Chiba Walker on November 11.
• Sayaka Kato will appear in Interior Aquarium on November 21.

Release

• A box of Mai Endo goods titled Endo Mai Premium Box will be released on October 25. It includes a near-life-size tapestry, eight portraits, and a hand towel.

TV

• Fonchi is featured on episode #42 of Bishoujo Navi, which aired on October 22.
• Idoling!!! will appear on Nabeachi! on October 28, but it is not known if the whole group will appear, or just some members.
• Mai Endo and Erica Tonooka will appear on Rank Oukoku on November 2.

Idoling!!!'s Fourth Single - Shokugyou: Idol.

The title of the real main track for Idoling!!!'s next single has been revealed: Shokugyou: Idol. The title translates to Occupation: Idol. Tokimeki Dreaming!!! and Lemon Drop will appear on the single as coupling tracks.

Release Date: 2008.11.19
Catalog Numbers: PCCA-02782 (Limited), PCCA-02783 (Regular)

Thanks to Ayabie for the tip.

Source: Idoling!!! #420

Schedule Updates - 2008.10.19

Event

• Sayaka Kato, Maria Eto, Rurika Yokoyama, Hitomi Sakai, and Ami Kikuchi will be participating in a Toukai TV event called Toukai TV Dai Kanshasai on November 1st.
• Mai Endo and Erica Tonooka both have 2009 Calendar release events scheduled in the same place on November 9th.
• Mira Takiguchi will appear in her talent agency's stage play titled Ore wa Otoko da! on November 12th and 13th.
• Mira Takiguchi has another Miraccho no Ohitori-sama Live Part II show scheduled for November 15th, this time in Osaka.
• Fonchi has a 2009 Calendar release event scheduled on November 16th.

Magazine

• Suzuka Morita will appear in both Shuukan Playboy and Photo Technique Digital on October 20th.
• The usual Love Berry, B.L.T., and Scola magazine appearances have been added for November.
• Suzuka Morita will appear in memew on November 27th.

Radio

• Ami Kikuchi appeared on Rajikantoropusu 2.0, essentially giving her a one-time radio show called Kikuchi Ami no Rajikantoropusu 2.0 on October 10th.
  

Release

• Catalog numbers and ISBNs have been added to all upcoming releases.
• Suzuka Morita's upcoming DVD now has a title: Suzuka no Natsu Monogatari.
• Mai Endo will appear in an upcoming movie DVD titled Kuchi Sake Onna 0 ~Beginning~, which is currently scheduled for release on January 2nd.

TV

• Sayaka Kato appeared on a segment on Moshimo on October 18th, and will continue to appear on the show until that particular segment is finished.

Idoling!!! Fourth Single Update

Last month, it was announced that Idoling!!!'s newest song, Tokimeki Dreaming!!!, would be used as the image song for the Robo Japan 2008 event, and it was widely assumed that this song would be used as the main track for Idoling!!!'s next single. But, it was recently announced on both Idoling!!!'s TV show and web site that Tokimeki Dreaming!!! would be on the next single, but it will not be the main track. The main track of the group's upcoming fourth single actually has yet to be announced.

It is possible that the single will have two main tracks like their first two singles (Ganbare Otome (Warai)/friend, Snow Celebration/Moteki no Uta), but it is more likely that Tokimeki Dreaming!!! will be a coupling track on the single along with Lemon Drop.

Thanks to Ayabie for the tip.

Source

Schedule Updates - 2008.10.05

Event

• Mai Endo, Mira Takiguchi, Fonchi, Yui Kawamura, Nao Asahi, and Hitomi Miyake performed a couple of Idoling!!! mini-lives during the TV Shizuoka 40th anniversary celebration event titled Tereshizu Matsuri 2008 on October 4th.
• Maria Eto and Ami Kikuchi will join Rurika Yokoyama at the upcoming Trickster Delivering Eco・Cafe Event on October 11th.
• Suzuka Morita will appear at a railroad festival titled Dai 15kai Tetsudou Festival on October 12th.
• Sayaka Kato, Maria Eto, Rurika Yokoyama, Yui Kawamura, Hitomi Sakai, and Ami Kikuchi will appear at the Shizuoka Kusanagi Baseball Festival on October 13th.
• Serina Nagano has a second Ganbarimushroom release event scheduled on October 19th.
• Sayaka Kato will appear alongside her Girls' Record talent agency peers in a stage play titled Gekidan Shortcake on November 2nd.

Magazine

• In addition to the three regular magazine appearances by Idoling!!! members (Love Berry, anicanR, B.L.T.), Idoling!!! now has a regular section in Scola.
• Suzuka Morita will appear in the December issue of De-View, scheduled for release on November 1st.
• Erica Tonooka and Mai Endo will appear in Young Gangan No.22 on November 7th.

Release

• Idoling!!!'s 4th single, titled Tokimeki Dreaming!!!, is scheduled for release on November 19th.
• Serina Nagano has an idol image DVD titled Pure Smile Nagano Serina scheduled for release on December 19th.

TV

• Mai Endo, Erica Tonooka, and Erika Yazawa will appear regularly in a Friday night drama titled Tetsudou Musume ~Girls be ambitious~, starting on October 10th.
  
• Mai Endo appeared in an episode of Rank Oukoku on September 28th.
• Erika Yazawa appeared in another Shimura Ken no Bakatonosama SP on October 3rd.
• The Tereshizu Matsuri 2008 event that Mai Endo, Mira Takiguchi, Fonchi, Yui Kawamura, Nao Asahi, and Hitomi Miyake performed at was also broadcast live on TV Shizuoka.
• Mira Takiguchi will appear on a Fuji TV special show titled 2008 Nendo Kamiki Kentei on October 6th.
• The October 12th episode of Folk Days will feature footage from this year's Tomoe-chan Folk Jamboree, which Idoling!!! made an appearance at.