Pouring a little liquor.... Six years ago on April 26 we lost our little buddy ChrNo - Legendary HiPster:  http://jphip.com/chrno/index.php

She is the creator of the JPHiP Mascot ...the one in the centre


Massive H!P Berryz Buono! Fangirl artist fanfic fan extrodinaire (ART! we gave to Berryz in Seattle in 2011, also from her blog http://hontonojibum.blogspot.com)


Singer songwriter of the JPHiP National Anthem! MAN! She was always down to help out and make GREAT!
 

But I can't sugarcoat it or hide the fact. To still after six years not even come to grips or understand how her mental health lead to her death by suicide, continues to keep me to keep exploring, trying to wrap my mind around how to help those in need.

These posts and this pouring of liquor is just a reminder of what a special lady ChrNo was and to ALWAYS always keep those close to you close and look out for each other, the JPH!P Positive Way! LISTEN. LEARN. To know that she had some of her funnest times around here gives me some solace. I really appreciate those close to her who have shared their thoughts over the years and the forums is a history book that will forever keep her memory alive.

Do I have regrets? Of course I do, but do not beat yourself up over it. Of course we could have spent more time with her, but we cannot change the past. Not that I am saying I have or ever will accept the loss, but we must do our best to make sure we live our lives to honour her, not avoid or hide, and make sure she is smiling that we are pimping and having fun and singing and dancing making others enjoy the punny ways of life!!!!

This is not fun to do but this is a special forum. How we come together during the highest highs and lowest of lows. This is COMMUNITY that cannot be fucked with. THIS IS JPHiP BABE

I encourage those who were close to come together and carry on and do great things because ChrNo would have wanted you to. Thank you nach, pika, shirenu for speaking up. I know up there in heaven, marimari, Jabronisaur and these two lovely ladies ChrNo and Fushigaine are smiling down upon us:


AND THIS IS WHY I GRIND!!! FOR THERE IS NO OTHER!!! Well, maybe the one who pays my paycheck BUT THAT PAYCHECK goes to :hipeart: 

Honour her and wear your Official ChrNo Memorial T-shirt (available at http://shop.jphip.com - all proceeds go to Mental Health Charities ($3.10 per shirt) will go to Mental Health Awareness charities based in France and worldwide: http://www.who.int/mental_health/en/)

DISCUSS. Mental Health Issues, let us communicate with one another because you are not alone. I went through some mental health first aid training last year and shit was DEEP. Fuckin. I still don't know so let's help each other: http://forum.jphip.com/index.php?topic=35514.0

If you have any thoughts or comments, LIKE WHAT THE FUCK WOULD SHE THINK OF MIYAB'S NEW GROUP PINK CRES. ITS SO JPH!PPPPPP so post here so please do not hesitate to drop us a line via PM, twitter, we always here.

Gonna pour another FOR YA CHRNO!!!! JPHiP FOLYFE!!! MAN!! GOT MY SHIT TOGETHER!! HELPIN OTHERS WE GOTS TO DO!!!


Fuck. I might even do some radio. Wow our listeners are through the roof! MAN would she be proud!  <- she suggested we add this emoticon, cuz it ... looked like fucking?

2011. Five years ago. That morning April 26, I laid stunned in the LA hotel, from the triumph that was Berryz in Seattle, laid the mourning of my homie ChrNo.


She would have been so proud of the fan meetings and interviews we have done since then. What does it truly mean to be a fan? A fan can be all types: the casual, the hardcore, the ChrNo.

The one who draws (as seen in H!P threads and her blog which is still up: http://hontonojibum.blogspot.com)


sings the JPH!P National Anthem:


 posts punny jokes:



loves fanfics, and brings da whole fuckin community a big ass smile with her creation: 

This is what it means to be a HiPster. JPH!P Embodies just being YOSELF.

ChrNo had issues. Her suicide left us shocked to this very day. We carry on this JPH!P Flag for her and continue to represent fandom for her.

I had a classmate this semester who went through different stages of paranoia, had to take pills, the whole school fuckin depressed the hell outta him. He reached out and I tried to give him the best advice, to get away from the negativity and do what's happy. Was I doing enough? Was JPH!P enough for ChrNo to channel her creative talents - we being online it feels helpless...but just showing we were there. To have her during that tiny window, we are grateful. 
 
Speak out on experiences with Mental Health issues and it will help others deal: http://forum.jphip.com/index.php?topic=35514.0

Wear your ChrNo shirt proudly BUY your shirts and show your support for Mental Health and ChrNo's Legacy (available at http://shop.jphip.com - all proceeds go to Mental Health Charities ($3.10 per shirt) will go to Mental Health Awareness charities based in France and worldwide: http://www.who.int/mental_health/en/)


And through it all. Take this is another reminder: take the time to reach out to those who are a friend, a family member, a stranger on the street. Reach out. Because you never know what tomorrow brings. Life good or bad happens, enjoy the moment we have together right now. Don't waste a second of it or live your life wishing you coulda shoulda woulda. As two of my best bros deal with their loss of their father, we need to cherish those around us every single day.

I cherish the times I had talking to ChrNo online. Calling up Jabronisaur cuz I hadn't heard from him in a while. Clicking on marimari's links of pretty idols. Or going to the fair with Fushi in Finland. Shit I will never forget. This is why we pour a little liquor. JPH!P remembers.....
 

For those new in JPH!P, this is what ChrNo's meant to us: http://forum.jphip.com/index.php?topic=29192.0 and a collection of past tributes: http://forum.jphip.com/index.php?board=153.0

Please share your memories about ChrNo so we can continue to relive the moments and show new HiPstaz what a wonderful girl she was!!!

JPHiP's 20,000th thread is dedicated to my special little friend:


Just seems like yesterday don't it. Four years ago today on April 26, DAT Homegirl ChrNo passed away. With The Berryz Fangirling, With The emoticons creation, With The Berry Punny Posts, With The Fanfics Reppin, With The STRAIGHT REALEST Definition of Being An Awesome HiPster. ChrNo's loss continues to leave us with a huge hole in our heart, as we carry on her legacy in everything we do. We are so proud to have her as a member of The FAM and Friend to all.
 
We knew she had issues, and that she spent times in the hospital. What hurts the most, is that we were so helpless to help her. For a community of 10 years, losing four equally amazing HiPstaz in marimari, Jabronisaur, ChrNo and Fushigidane - seems shocking. But we a tight knit group and these get magnified. Without these HiPstaz and HiPstaz like YOU, we are not where we are today.

That is why I plead to you - do not hold back, speak out on your experiences with Mental Health issues and it will help others deal: http://forum.jphip.com/index.php?topic=35514.0

Looking back though, being there for her - giving her an outlet to channel her creative energy was the best we could do. To be bestowed upon her beautiful artwork and funny posts, her enthusiastic singing and drawing the iconic - we are truly blessed.

Wear your ChrNo shirt proudly BUY your shirts and show your support for Mental Health and ChrNo's Legacy (available at http://shop.jphip.com - all proceeds go to Mental Health Charities ($3.10 per shirt) will go to Mental Health Awareness charities based in France and worldwide: http://www.who.int/mental_health/en/)


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To see HiPstaz react to ChrNo's passing shows how much she is loved: http://forum.jphip.com/index.php?topic=29192.0

Please share your memories about ChrNo so we can continue to relive the moments and show new HiPstaz what a wonderful girl she was!!!

ChrNo called me dai-tan. Like a cute way instead of saying "chan" but more like brother that was her thing. Puns. Jokes with multiple meanings. This is why we keep the fire burning. Every Morning Musume interview, every Berryz DVD appearance, every Hello! Project milestone like Kikka reacting to da sign - we know ChrNo is high above smiling! singing! dancing! NOW SING ALONG TO THE SONG!!

This day on April 26, we mark the third year since we lost our Dear Friend ChrNo. Berryz Miyabi Fangirl Supreme, Pun Enthusiast, Artist of our emoticons, Fanfic regular, Singer, Overall Legendary HiPster. She will never be forgotten.


So get your shirts and REPRAZENT. (available at http://shop.jphip.com - all proceeds go to Mental Health Charities ($3.10 per shirt) will go to Mental Health Awareness charities based in France and worldwide: http://www.who.int/mental_health/en/) Spread Mental Health Awareness and DISCUSS. (http://jphip.org) let's help each other: http://forum.jphip.com/index.php?topic=35514.0


and of COURSE. SING ALONG TO THE SONG!!


I'm a go out and represent, keepin the great mood of FO LIFE WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO?? 

Today, April 26 marks two years since we lost our dear friend ChrNo - Berryz Fangirl, artist, singer, definitive HiPster. You are a source of inspiration of pure fangirlism and creativity that we will never see the likes again. I know she is smiling in heaven when JPHiP Crew interviewed the girls in NJ last year:


She is the creator of the JPHiP Mascot singer songwriter of the JPHiP National Anthem, ChrNo was a dear friend and Legendary HiPster: http://jphip.com/chrno


To learn of the news that afternoon that she had committed suicide, after we repped her artwork for all of Berryz to see in Seattle is something I will never forget. Her long battle with mental illness had come to an end, she had found peace.

Honour her by rocking your Official ChrNo Memorial T-shirt (available at http://shop.jphip.com - all proceeds go to Mental Health Charities ($3.10 per shirt) will go to Mental Health Awareness charities based in France and worldwide: http://www.who.int/mental_health/en/)


with Mental Heath Awareness green variant designed by Koei. If you have a design idea to submit, feel free to holler at daigong

DISCUSS. Mental Health Issues (and soon at http://jphip.org) let's help each other: http://forum.jphip.com/index.php?topic=35514.0

END THE STIGMA. SPEAK UP. If you have any opinions, feel free to holler here there everywhere. This is JPHiP BABE!

Miss you, Siu Pung Yau. So raise our glasses UP! Get the discussion going. We will always bring the GREAT MOOD THRU SONG LAUGHTER and BERRYZ to