52 roses.

[mikan_purin_ame]

Just when you think I'm gone from this LJ, I always pop back to surprise you, don't I? Haha... sorry that was a boring joke.

I saw this in a Japanese JE fan diary and thought it was interesting enough to throw it out here for thought.

Anyways, this morning, in the news, there was an article about Mori Hikaruko San's stage reaching its 1800th performance, she's done it for 45 years... Mori Hikaruko for those that don't know is a veteran actress who is very good friends with Mary Kitagawa and thus chummy with JE talents such as Matchy San, Higashiyama San and Koichi from Kinki.

So anyways, some JE artists were at her performance, and they gave her a bouquet of 52 roses, symbolizing the 52 artists that belong to Johnny's Jimusho. (Basically, 52 debuted artists...)

So...

Matchy San (1)
Shonentai (3)
Otoko Gumi (1 remember member: Okamoto Kenichi)
Hikaru Genji (3 remaining members: Akasaka Akira, Satou Atsuhiro, Uchiumi Kouji)
SMAP (5)
TOKIO (5)
V6 (6)
Kinki (2)
Arashi (5)
T&T (2)
NEWS (5)
K8 (7)
KATTUN (6)

1+3+1+3+5+5+6+2+5+2+5+7+6 = 51

who's the remaining rose?
is it Uchi or Kusano?

Your guess is as good as mine.