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Posted by Kanki0 pt Wednesday, December 14, 2011

AKB48's Akimoto Sayaka to take on the "Tokyo Marathon" once again

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On December 14th, AKB48�s Akimoto Sayaka attended a press conference for the release of the �Tokyo Marathon 2012 Official Guidebook�. Akimoto announced that she would be participating in the �Tokyo Marathon 2012� on February 26th, which will be her second consecutive year to run in the marathon.

Last time Akimoto ran the marathon as a �restart� to her life after being caught up in a scandal. This year Akimoto plans to be a charity runner, �I want to show my thanks through running. Last year I was at the back of the pack, this time I want to finish in under 6 hours.

The Tokyo Marathon began back in 2007 this year charities can run under the broad �connection� theme. Under the main theme they set up a cooperative group for five smaller themes: Family, Future, Life, Dreams, and Livelihood. When someone donates 100,000 yen (~1,280 USD) they will be able to participate as a �charity runner�.

Akimoto whose mother is from the Philippines, has decided to send her donations to the �Charity to Connect Lives� which is to support the poor villages that are in need of medical services. Akimoto explained her decision for running again after her success last year, �The members and fans have been asking me �Aren�t you going to run this year?� and I honestly was thinking about it until the last minute. I was able to have a complete restart thanks to the Tokyo Marathon last year, so I want to return the favor this year.

She spoke about which members she would like to run together with, �I think I could run better if I had Oshima Yuko-chan spanking my butt.� Though AKB48�s activities will get extremely busy during the year-end and New Year season, Akimoto said with sparkling eyes, �You can always find the time to do things. This time I will get a load on it and change my eating habits.�

Akimoto also got 5th place during AKB48�s �Janken Tournament� this past September. She innocently commented on being a Senbatsu Member for their new single �Ue Kara MARIKO�, �Coming in 5th was quite nice. Maybe I�ll get center next time?

Source: Model Press

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