On October 17th, AKB48�s Oshima Yuko was thrown a surprise birthday party for her 23rd birthday at Fuji TV headquarters in Odaiba, Tokyo. As AKB48�s birthday song, �Namida Surprise!� played in the background, her co-stars from her fall drama �Watashi ga Renai Dekinai Riyuu� greeted her to this surprise event. This included actress Karina, Yoshitaka Yuriko, and other staff members at this celebration. While being escorted towards the cake, Oshima commented, �I am so happy! I really didn�t expect this,� showing her shocked expression to the camera. Regarding her goals as a 23-years-old, �Since the 22-years-old me was known as AKB48�s Oshima Yuko, the 23-years-old me will possibly get closer to my dreams as an actress,� and told of her aspirations as her tears flowed down her face.

As a surprise, Oshima was first told that she had an interview session regarding her upcoming drama in a waiting room. However, when she showed up for this �interview�, a huge amount of party crackers and applause surrounded the room and announced it as her surprise birthday party. Karina and Yoshitaka handed her a �HAPPY BIRTHDAY� tiara, bouquet of flowers, and a pair of sneakers as a present. Then, Oshima blew out 23 candles on a large, illustrated cake with the three main character�s face from this drama. As the broadcast date for this drama is today, this was a good start for Oshima and other drama officials.

Oshima revealed that Karina gave her a happy birthday call exactly at 12:00 am, so the first person she talked when she became 23, was Karina. �Oshima also said that she didn't receive any text from Yoshitaka yet. �Then Yoshitaka said, "I promised her that I would be the first one to kiss her when she becomes 23 years old," and gave Oshima a kiss on her cheek.

Check out the photos from this birthday celebration below!

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Source & Images: Oricon News