DYK: one set of our Japanese beheaded cousins were from the same idol franchise?
Both of the above are from IG stories of Suzuki Airi (Howard) - airisuzuki_official_uf
Suzuki Airi (Howard) is a former member of °C-ute, while Tamura Meimi (Boleyn) is a former member of S/mileage, currently renamed Angerme. Both idol groups are under the franchise Hello! Project, which popular girl group Morning Musume is a part of.
And both of them have come so far since then, with Suzuki being a popular J-pop soloist (you might know her from Kaguya-sama Season 2's viral opening theme Daddy! Daddy! Do), and Tamura a well-known musical actress (apart from starring as Lauren/Kinky Boots JP 2025, she's also voicing Nessarose in the JP dub of the live-action film Wicked). You go, Queens!
((Tagging @arbitrarygreay for interest reasons and double-checking if I got this right ahaha))
