AKB48 sub-unit Watarirouka Hashiritai has announced the release of their first album, "Rouka wa Hashiruna!", to come out on October 13th.

The unit formed back in October of 2008 with members Watanabe Mayu, Oota Aika, Nakagawa Haruka, and Hirajima Natsumi.� They debuted at the beginning of 2009 with the single, "Hatsukoi DASH/Aoi Mirai," and were met with great success.� Over the past year and three months, they have released six singles and even added another member, Kikuchi Ayaka.

Their first album will be released on the second year anniversary of their formation.� It will bring together many of their hits such as "Hatsukoi DASH," "Aoi Mirai," "Yaruki Hanabi," "Kanpeki Gu~ na ne," "Akkanbe Bashi," "Seishun no Flag," and "Gyuu."� All together it will total 12 songs, and it will be available in a CD version and a CD + DVD limited version.� The limited version will have two different DVDs to choose from, so there will be a total of three possible versions for fans to pick up.

For fans who can't get enough, they will also be releasing an image DVD on October 20th, just one week after the album.� It will give a glimpse of Watarirouka that isn't usually seen.

Watarirouka's newest single, "Gyuu", ranked at number two on the Oricon chart for September 13th, and it is clear that the AKB48 sub-unit will be striving to get as much attention and sales as their bigger sister group.� Everyone should watch the charts in October when their debut album finally comes out!







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Source: natalie