AKB48 47 Prefectures Tour Setlist
In 2012 AKB48 started its nationwide tour through all 47 prefectures but stopped it after the Akita Prefecture concert in April 2013. Now the tour has been revived and the remaining 27 prefectures will...
View ArticleNMB48 Yogi Keira Announces Graduation
On June 24th, NMB48 Team N member Yogi Keira announced her graduation because she wants to focus on her studies. Her graduation show will be on July 2nd.Keira joined NMB48 in 2011 as youngest member of...
View ArticleSKE48 15th Single Title and Senbatsu Announced
On July 30th SKE48 will release its 15th single and now the title and senbatsu have been announced. The single is called [Bukiyou Taiyou] ('clumsy sun'). For the first time in SKE48's history senbatsu...
View ArticleAKB48 Group Resumes Handshake Events
AKB48 has announced that they will hold handshake events again. After the attack on May 25th all handshake events had been cancelled but now the AKB48 group starts to reestablish them.On July 5th, the...
View ArticleSKE48 Owaki Arisa Announces Graduation
On July 6th Team E member Owaki Arisa has announced that she will graduate SKE48 because she wants to try other things in life. She will leave at the end of this month but a precise date has not been...
View ArticleSKE48 Announces 7th Generation Auditions
SKE48 has announced a new round of auditions to find 7th generation members. Application period starts on July 19th and ends on August 31st.This audition will be different than previous ones in two...
View ArticleNMB48 Takayama Riko Announces Graduation
On July 7th NMB48 Kenkyuusei Takayama Riko has announced her graduation. The reason given is that she wants to focus on her studies. Her graduation show will be held on July 19th.Takayama Riko joined...
View ArticleNMB48 National Tour Setlist
NMB48 started its first nationwide tour on July 9th in Tokyo with a concert by Team N and another one on the following day.A total of 10 concerts in 9 venues are planned for this tour. This post will...
View ArticleSKE48 Goto Mayuko Announces Graduation
SKE48 Kenkyuusei Goto Mayuko announced her graduation from the group on July 12th during her birthday show. She will have her graduation show on July 29th one day before Owaki Arisa's graduation show....
View ArticleFrench Kiss Announces New Single
On July 15th, Kashiwagi Yuki's birthday, AKB48's subunit French Kiss announced the release of a new single. The single is called [Omoidasenai Hana] and will be released on October 1st. It is French...
View ArticleOtona AKB48 Member Tsukamoto Mariko Makes Theater Debut and "Announces"...
Otona AKB48 Member Tsukamoto Mariko made her theater debut on her 38th birthday on July 16th. She performed with Team 4 in their current stage show [Idol no Yoake] and centered the unit [Kataomoi...
View ArticleHKT48 Arena Tour Setlist (Updated)
On April 29HKT48 started its first nationwide tour with two concerts in Chiba. The current tour is called ~Kawaii Ko ni wa Motto Tabi wo Saseyo~ and is an extension of HKT48's Kyushu Tour ~Kawaii Ko...
View ArticleSKE48 15th Single [Bukiyou Taiyou] First Day Sales+Covers and Tracklist
SKE48 released its 15th single [Bukiyou Taiyou] on July 30th. The single topped the Oricon Daily Charts selling 67,786 copies.The last single sold 273,740 copies on its first day so the current first...
View ArticleNMB48 2nd Album [Sekai no Chuushin wa Osaka ya~ Namba Jichiku~] Tracklist and...
NMB48 will release its 2nd album on August 13th. The album is titled [Sekai no Chuushin wa Osaka ya~Namba Jichiku~] ("The center of the world is Osaka~Autonomous region Namba/Namba Territory~").It will...
View ArticleAKB48 37th Single [Kokoro no Placard] Tracklist+Covers
AKB48's 37th single [Kokoro no Placard] will be released on August 27th. Covers and tracklist for this single which features the elected members from this year's election can be found below.The main...
View ArticleSKE48 15th Single [Bukiyou Taiyou] First Week Sales
SKE48's 15th single [Bukiyou Taiyou] has finished its first week and once again SKE48 took the first rank in the Oricon Weekly Charts. The single sold 324,076 in week one.The previous single [Mirai to...
View ArticleTwo SKE48 Kenkyuusei Promoted
During a special SKE48 live show on August 4, two Kenkyuusei promotions were announced: Inuzuka Asana and Noguchi Yume were both promoted to Team S.Inuzuka Asana is a 4th Generation member who already...
View ArticleHKT48 4th Single and Additional National Tour Concerts Announced
During a handshake event on August 3, HKT48 announced the release of their 4th single. The single will go on sale on September 24th. Further details will come out on a later date.Also, HKT48 will hold...
View ArticleAKB48 Janken Tournament Winner To Make Solo Debut
AKB48 will hold a Janken Tournament this year as well, on September 17. This will be the fifth Janken tournament for AKB48 but this time there is a new reward: the tournament winner will make a solo...
View ArticleAKB48 Team 8 Makes Theater Debut
On August 5, AKB48's Team 8 made its theater debut in the AKB48 theater. 16 out of the 47 members were selected to perform the Shonichi show, a remake of AKB48's very first stage [Party ga Hajimaru...
View ArticleAKB48 Janken Tournament Preliminary Round Winners
On August 8th, the AKB48 Group held preliminaries to determine participants for the janken tournament. All Team A, K, B and 4 members (including concurrent members) participate automatically but Team 8...
View ArticleAKB48 Is Looking for a Part-Time Member
Once again AKB48 is looking for a new member but this time following a new concept. On August 10th it was announced that AKB48 wants to recruit a new part-time member. This member will work for 1000...
View ArticleSubunit DiVA to Restart Activities and then Disband
AKB48's subunit DiVA has announced that they will disband at the end of the year. But before the disbandment the group will restart activities for a while. For this final activities former DiVA member...
View ArticleJKT48 7th Single [Papan Penanda Isi Hati] Released & Pajama Drive Revival
JKT48 have released their 7th single[Papan Penanda Isi Hati] on 27th August 2014. The release time shares the same date with AKB48's version of the song [Kokoro no Placard] just like [Koisuru Fortune...
View ArticleHKT48 4th Single [Hikaeme, I Love You !] Tracklist and Covers
HKT48 will release their 4th single [Hikaeme, I Love You !] on September 24th. The covers and tracklist for this single have now been revealed.Kodama Haruka was chosen to be the center and it marks her...
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