Kasai Tomomi graduation, and JKT48

First I would like to say this is a sad time...

Kasai Tomomi, Who I really like, Will be graduating..

Chiyuu appeared alone in front of fans, and first thanked them for being able to make a solo debut with her single “Masaka (= No way!)” on the 26th. She then stated,
“There is one more ‘Masaka’ announcement to make. I, Kasai Tomomi, am graduating from AKB48. I joined AKB48 when I was 14, and have been in the group for 6 and a half years. It made me learn a lot of things. Now that I received a chance for a solo debut, I would like to send songs with my own ability from now on.”
 The details on Kasai’s graduation, including when it would be, will be announced as soon as it’s decided.

Chiyuu... Why :'(
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Now to brighten everones day up... JKT48 anniversary, CD Debut, Team J announced!

On December 23rd, it was announced that JKT48 would be making their CD debut in January.

The announcement was made during their live event to celebrate the 1st anniversary since they started their activities. To commemorate their CD debut, they are planning to distribute 100,000 copies of promotion CDs for free, mainly in Jakarta.
There are total four versions for the promotion CD, and each version contains one song among AKB48 songs, “Heavy Rotation“, “Baby!Baby!Baby!“, “Ponytail to Shushu“, or “Kimi no Koto ga Suki Dakara” that are covered by JKT48 in the Indonesian language. These songs will be included in the CD they will release in January. Details on their debut CD, including the album title and track lists will be announced later.
On the same day, the group also announced the formation of Team J. The captain of the team is Devi Kinal Putri. The team consists of 24 members, including Takajo Aki and Nakagawa Haruka. Starting on the 26th, Team J will begin performing their new setlist “Renai Kinshi Jourei” that is a revival of AKB48 Team A’s 5th stage, Aki and Haruka's theater performance debut as JKT48 members will be on the 26th.

So.. JKT48 is getting a CD Debut.. But has everyone seem to have forgotten about HKT48?..
Anyways, Congratulations JKT :)

SKE48 single and world record!

Hiya~! Julii here!
SKE48 will release a currently untitled new single in January!

This was announced on November 18th during the group’s handshake event for ‘Kiss Datte Hidarikiki‘ at Pacifico Yokohama. As Matsui Rena called out,
“I have an important announcement for everyone!“,
a message saying, “The second chapter of SKE48 will start“, was projected onto the monitor.
The opening of SKE48’s official theater on December 9th was announced once again.
Members were not imformed about this so they were all quite surprised.

Additionally, the music video for SKE48’s new song, “Tsuyogari Tokei“, was revealed during the event. This song is the coupling track to the Type A edition of AKB48’s upcoming single, “Eien Pressure“, which will be released on December 5th. In the music video, Kitahara Rie, who belongs in both AKB48 and SKE48 will make an appearance.

PARTICIPATING MEMBERS FOR TSUYOGARI TOKEI:
TEAM S: Oya Masana, Kizaki Yuria, Suda Akari, Nakanishi Yuuka, Matsui Jurina, Matsui Rena, Yagami Kumi
TEAM KII: Ishida Anna, Ogiso Shiori, Takayanagi Akane, Hata Sawako, Furukawa Airi, Mukaida Manatsu, Yakata Miki
TEAM E: Kimoto Kanon
AKB48: Kitahara Rie

Also, SKE48 set Guinness World Records with their first album!
On November 19th, an awarding ceremony was held in Tokyo, where the girls of SKE48 received their certificate. In astonishment, Matsui Jurina commented,
“Being active in SKE48, I never thought that we would be certified by Guinness, I want to rejoice together with our fans.”

The album comes with a total of 63 music videos for each member. When the news first broke through to the girls during their album release event, they expressed their surprise and joy with shouts of “Wow” and “Yay“. Matsui Rena said excitedly, “We’re going to be in that Guinness Book!?“, and expressed her wish of displaying the certificate in SKE48’s official theater (opens on December 9th).
 Now in their 5th year, Jurina was deeply moved at the growth of the group.
“I never thought that we would have 63 members in the first place,” This year, there are rumors going around that the girls will make their first independent appearance on the ‘Kohaku Uta Gassen‘.
  ”If we could participate, that alone would make me happy. If every member of SKE48 could participate in the Kohaku, I want to share it like the Guinness World Records.”

Among the 48 groups, AKB48 has been certified as the “pop group with the most amount of members”. Takayanagi Akane proudly stated,
“For ours, the fact that each and every one of our works have been put into one has been certified. The directors made them with affection for the members, so we’re winning with love.”


Congratulations SKE! Keep up the good work and do your best!
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Lastly a message from Atsu and I. Next week on November 28th we will start something new!

We will start taking song requests from you all. Choose your favorite song of AKB48, SKE, SDN, NMB, HKT, Nogizaka46 and we will post them on the blog. Since youtube continuously deletes songs from AKB48, we will be kind and find the MP3 to that song and make a small video for you guys. We believe this is good way for people who are just getting into the 48 groups to learn some of their songs. If we do not get comments by the 28th we will just pick our own songs... So start commenting! You can comment on the facebook page, youtube, and the blog!

Request hour and unit matsuri!

AKB48’s live events, ‘Unit Matsuri‘ and ‘AKB48 Request Hour Set List Best 100 2013‘ will be held in January of 2013 at TOKYO DOME CITY HALL.

‘Unit Matsuri’ was created earlier this year, and it received a favorable reputation that the group decided to host it again next year. It will be held on January 23rd, featuring appearances by many of AKB48’s sub-units. Further details will be announced later.

Meanwhile, the AKB48’s annual ‘Request Hour’ will be held over a period of 4 days, from January 24th to the 27th. The group is scheduled to perform 25 songs a day in count-down style. Fans may vote for their favorite songs from AKB48, SKE48, SDN48, NMB48, and HKT48 from October 30th at 10:00 am to November 30th at 3:00 pm. More details will be available through AKB48’s official website and blog.

UNIT MATSURI
Wednesday, January 23rd – TOKYO DOME CITY HALL

AKB48 REQUEST HOUR SET LIST BEST 100 2013
Thursday, January 24th – TOKYO DOME CITY HALL
Friday, January 25th – TOKYO DOME CITY HALL
Saturday, January 26th – TOKYO DOME CITY HALL
Sunday, January 27th – TOKYO DOME CITY HALL

AKB48 shuffle and Takamina solo!

So as in my last post I stated what happened at Tokyo dome and the shuffle. Tonight it was announced that Takamina will have a solo debut! FINALLY!!
Also the 28th single will be called "Kakkoii" and will have the them like River, Beginner, and Kaze wa fuiteiru.
So moving on this is the new AKB48

NEW TEAM A
Captain: Shinoda Mariko
Takahashi Minami (ex Captain of Team A)
Kasai Tomomi (ex Team B)  YAY!
Sato Sumire (ex Team B)
Sato Natsuki (ex Team B)
Watanabe Mayu (ex Team B) sorry Mayu fans I don't approve -__-
Kikuchi Ayaka (ex Team K)
Nito Moeno (ex Team K)
Nakatsuka Tomomi (ex Team K)
Matsui Sakiko (ex Team K)
Yokoyama Yui (ex Team K) [Also a member of NMB48]
Iriyama Anna (ex Team 4)
Iwata Karen (ex Team 4)
Kawaei Rina (ex Team 4)
Nakamata Shiori (ex Team 4)
Takahashi Juri (ex Team 4)
Tano Yuka (ex Team 4)
Izuta Rina (Formerly w/o team)
Kobayashi Marina (Formerly w/o team)
Morikawa Ayaka (Formerly w/o team)
Oshima Ryouka (Promoted)
Kotani Riho [Also a member of NMB48]

NEW TEAM K
Captain: Oshima Yuko ( I don't approve of this either -__- )
Akimoto Sayaka (ex Captain of Team K)
Itano Tomomi (No change)
Uchida Mayumi (No change)
Matsui Jurina (No change) [Also a member of SKE48]
Kuramochi Asuka (ex Team A)
Maeda Ami (ex Team A)
Matsubara Natsumi (ex Team A)
Nakata Chisato (ex Team A)
Nakaya Sayaka (ex Team A)
Chikano Rina (ex Team B)
Kitahara Rie (ex Team B) [Also a member of SKE48]
Kobayashi Kana (ex Team B)
Masuda Yuka (ex Team B)
Miyazaki Miho (ex Team B)
Sato Amina (ex Team B)
Suzuki Shihori (ex Team B)
Abe Maria (ex Team 4)
Nagao Mariya (ex Team 4)
Shimada Haruka (ex Team 4)
Fujita Nana (Formerly w/o team)
Mitsumune Kaoru (Promoted)
Muto Tomu (Promoted)

NEW TEAM B
Captain: Umeda Ayaka (ex Team K)
Kashiwagi Yuki (ex Captain of Team B)
Ishida Haruka (No change)
Komori Mika (No change)
Watanabe Miyuki (No change) [Also a member of NMB48]
Oya Shizuka (ex Team A)
Iwasa Misaki (ex Team A)
Katayama Haruka (ex Team A)
Kojima Haruna (ex Team A)
Fujie Reina (ex Team K)
Minegishi Minami (ex Team K)
Nonaka Misato (ex Team K)
Tanabe Miku (ex Team K)
Ichikawa Miori (ex Team 4)
Kato Rena (ex Team 4)
Nakamura Mariko (ex Team 4)
Oba Mina (ex Captain of Team 4)
Shimazaki Haruka (ex Team 4)
Takeuchi Miyu (ex Team 4)
Yamauchi Suzuran (ex Team 4)
Kojima Natsuki (Formerly w/o team)
Natori Wakana (Formerly w/o team)
Ishida Anna [Also a member of SKE48]

SKE48 
Kitahara Rie [Also a member of AKB48]

NMB48 
Yokoyama Yui [Also a member of AKB48]

HKT48 
Ota Aika (ex Team A) 

JKT48 
Takajo Aki (ex Team A)
Nakagawa Haruka (ex Team A)

SNH48 
Miyazawa Sae (ex Team K)
Suzuki Mariya (ex Team B)

AKB48 shuffle..

I'm in tears right now... I wanted to blog about this now but I can't.. just thought I would write a short message saying that Team 4 has been discontinued.. and almost everyone in all the ***48 groups have been transferred and also Takamina is no longer captain but is the Official manager of AKB. I'm not quite sure if she is still in AKB or not but everyone is saying she is. Yukirin and Sayaka are also no longer captain as well..

Sugamoto Yuko and Maeda Atsuko

First I would like to say that i'm still very depressed about everyone graduating around the same time. Second is I don't think I wrote about Maeda Atsuko parading around the theater. And finally Sugamoto Yuko made a video about the real reason she has graduated.
I will start with Acchan!
Acchan was going to parade around the theater and greet everyone who was not able to come and watch her performance on the 27th. Although, due to the Olympic medalist parade being held in Ginza on the 20th attracting about 500,000 people. As police also knew and expected a lot of people to come for Acchan, they canceled due to security reason.
Next is Sugamoto's video!

“I released this video because I wanted to express my gratitude for my fans and explain the reason for quitting from my own mouth. I’m in the last year of high school, and while my friends are deciding on what path to take, I became troubled myself. I felt that I wanted to pursue cooking. First of all, I owe everyone an apology, I did the wrong thing. That is, I commented a specific fan, and sent a message to another. I did it with an easygoing feeling. I’m very sorry to have done something to betray everyone who has supported me. I don’t smoke or drink… I have never gone drinking with a fan, or slept over their place. Finally she stated, There are rumors spreading, so I wanted to deny them from my own mouth. I don’t know the details about the other girls, but I know that they each quit while chasing after their dreams,”

This is only a translation that sums up about her reason of leaving, not the whole video.

Former HKT members leave messeges

The 5 HKT48 members who graduated left messages on a blog post!

SUGAMOTO YUKO: To the fans who supported Yuko, who is a negative and a crybaby, thank you! I love you all very much! I'll always love you!

TANIGUCHI AIRI: Since it was decided suddenly, there may be fans who are confused. I'm very sorry to have worried you.

NAKANISHI AYAKA: I became negligent toward my studies, and I disliked myself for not being able to do the things I used to be able to do. For that reason I thought that I must do my best to grow.

ETO SAYAKA: I don't regret leaving HKT48. I am positively thinking about the future. I want to return to being an ordinary girl and do my best with my studies. I still have a dream. I haven't given up on that dream. My dream is now far but someday, I will return.

Komori however, did not wright a blog post :(

Good morning!

I won't have much time anymore to be online so I will try my best to bring AKB news to your atleast everyday and regarding Picture of the day it will turn into Picture of the week. Starting on Wednesday we will start with Team K. Im still baffled by the HKT news from yesterday -_- People are claiming that since Sashii joined its her fault for the girls to be fired but with or without her maybe they still would have done all that stuff? I don't think it's nice to blame Sashii whether or not she did tell management I think she did the right thing!!

5 HKT48 members graduate

9 hours ago it was announced on HKT blog that 5 members will be graduating.
Those members are Eto Sayaka,  Komori Yui, Sugamoto Yuko, Taniguchi Airi, Nakanishi Ayaka.
The members profiles have already been deleted from HKT48 official webpage and their Google+ accounts will be deleted tomorrow. More detail regarding the handshake events involving those 5 members will be announced soon.

The only reason they graduated is because of "personal reasons" although rumors have been around about a scandal involving the 5 members. This is only a rumor, so don't take it seriously unless it is confirmed.

A user on the Japanese equivalent of Yahoo questions has posted a short article describing how Sugamoto, Eto, Taniguchi and "another unconfirmed fourth member" (which turned out to be Nakanishi) Had been meeting a number of boys after shows at the theater. According to the poster, who claims to be a friend of one of the boys involved, They girls had been consuming alcohol and smoked cigarettes. Fr a few days the four members hadn't been posting on their google+ accounts, So fans felt that something had been going on behind the scenes. In addition on Thursday evening, Komori posted an unexpected graduation on her account which got removed only minutes later.

It doesn't say anything about Komori doing anything wrong though.. Maybe the 4 members who got "caught" are good friends with Komori and are pressuring her to leave with them too. Maybe Komori didn't want to leave. I'm also starting to think the rumor is true though, do to my own theories. If it is 4 members linked and they only said they are graduating for only personal reason and nothing else dont you suspect something?

Nonaka Misato, Sashihara Rino, and AKB48 album!

Alright because I haven't made posts in 3 days was it? I will catch up!


First off!
Nonaka Misato will be starring in Kitori Kakurenbo Gekijoban Shin - Toshi Densetsu!
She will be playing the lead female role of Kurata Sakura. Micha and co-star Ayukawa Taiyo are members of their high school movie club. They are shoot a film around Hitori Kakurenbo (Hide-and-seek alone), a kind of occult game played around 3 A.M. it involves putting you bodily samples   into a teddy bear or doll and summoning a spirit into it in your bathroom, then you play hide and seek with it, with the aim being to stab the teddy bear with a knife then spitting salt water or Sake all over it, before setting it alight. If you lose the game the spirit possesses your body!
I'll have the trailer tomorrow!
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Next, Sashihara Rino's last performance with AKB48...
Well.. The title of Team A's event on the 23rd was called Sashihara Rino's send off party. Oya Shizuka read a note from Kitahara Rie saying "when i think about how I wont be able to perform with Shii chan anymore, I feel sad, but I will be moving forward with lots of energy!"
During the middle of the event Rino chan said "There's no doubt that i'm sad but at the same time now i'm very positive and full of drive in this way everyone will send me off and welcome me to my new start with smiles i'm very thankfull" With this final performance Rino became a full fledged HKT48 member.. Also she perfomed Itoshiki Natasha and Soredemo suki dayo!
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And next I have for you AKB48 4th album covers!



                                                                     
                                                                                           


                                               

                                             

       2CD + DVD                                                                                    Back Cover

                                               

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          Theater Edition













Well good luck to Misato chan and her movie and good luck to Rino chan in HKT! And these covers are beautiful  \(^.^)/

Aki-P establishes a new study aboard program!

So Aki-P posted on his google+ that he will have interested members of AKB and sister groups sign up for a new study aboard program!! They will be a member of either JKT48, TPE48 or SHN48 for atleast 6 months!
 In another post he clarified
"since it is connected with the TV, Maybe they can still be active even if they are outside the country"


Wow!! I hope the interested members can have fun!! \( ^.^ )/