The PV preview for AKB48’s upcoming 26th single “Manatsu no Sounds good!” has just been revealed! The preview of the PV was shared on Fuji TV’s program ‘Mezanew〜” on April 19th.
“Manatsu no Sounds good!” features a total of 36 members, which is the largest number of girls picked for a single in the history of the group and they …
The jacket covers for AKB48’s upcoming 26th single “Manatsu no Sounds good!” have just been revealed and the pictures show the girls posing in beautiful white bikinis.
“Manatsu no Sounds good!” features a total of 36 members, which is the largest number of girls picked for a single in the history of the group and they all changed into white …
Drama Prime Time Report – April 13th~April 15th
Drama Prime Time Report – April 13th~April 15th
This Drama Prime Time Report features varying results for the Friday – Sunday Spring Premieres. One was very impressive, two were quite successful, but unfortunately one premiere met with disastrous results.
Friday is still patiently waiting for its only prime time drama to start airing at 10:00 pm, but fans of evening …
We previously reported that Kis-My-Ft2 and Maeda Atsuko from AKB48 would provide the opening and ending songs for NTV’s new drama ‘Shiritsu Bakaleya Koukou‘. The first episode aired on April 14th and a preview of Kis-My-Ft2 “Shake It Up” was revealed as the opening song.
The preview of Maeda Atsuko’s ending song “Migikata” was already reported. It’s …
Earlier in February, AKB48 announced that they would be donating a total of 30 buses called ‘AKBus‘ to Miyagi, Iwate, and Fukushima Prefectures. On April 14th, the group held a handshake event at Kleenex Stadium Miyagi, where they presented the ‘AKBus’ for the very first time.
AKB48 donated 30 buses to the disaster-stricken areas to coincide with the new school …
Back in March, AKB48’s sister group NMB48 announced to release their 4th single “Nagiichi“, and revealed their Senbatsu members for the single.
On April 15th, NMB48 official Youtube channel revealed the short version to the single’s PV.
Check out the senbatsu member list, jacket covers and PV below!
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Senbatsu member for “Nagiichi”
<Team N>
Ogasawara Mayu
Kadowaki Kanako
Kotani Riho
Kondo Rina
Jonishi Kei
Shiroma Miru
Fukumoto Aina
Yamada Nana
Yamamoto Sayaka
Yoshida …
On April 14th, the first episode of ‘Shiritsu Bakaleya Koukou‘ was aired. Fans could listen to the preview of Maeda Atsuko’s new solo single “Migikata” as a ending theme song for the show.
This will be Maeda’s 2nd solo single and first single after she announced her graduation from AKB48. The release date or any other details have not been decided yet.
Check out the …
On April 12th, the JRA(Japan Racing Association) announced that AKB48 will be their new CM models. As one of the main projects of JRA’s new campaign ‘SMART!JRA‘, 28 members of AKB48, who are over 20 years of age, will compete by betting on a horse race to become the main star of JRA CM this fall.
The project is named ‘AKB no …
An audio rip for AKB48’s 26th single, “Manatsu no Sounds good!” has now been revealed!
On April 13th, the audio for “Manatsu no Sounds good!” was played over the radio airwaves in Japan. The single will be officially released on May 23rd and it sounds like it’s going to be another million seller.
Check it out below!
Tip: joe.oppa
On April 11th, it was announced that the late-night NTV drama ‘Muse no Kagami‘ starring AKB48’s Sashihara Rino will be adapted into a movie.
Sashihara attended the press announcement in Tokyo and nominated child actor Suzuki Fuku as a new addition to the cast. In fact, she would like him to play her love interest in the movie and film some …
AKB48’s new program, ‘AKB Jidousha-bu‘, will begin airing on Fuji TV from April 28th at 1:35 am.
During this year’s coming-of-age ceremony, member Maeda Atsuko commented, “I want to try driving a car. There is no AKB member with a driver’s license, so I want to be the first to obtain it.” Upon hearing this, producer Akimoto Yasushi started the ‘AKB …
Oricon has just revealed the results of their weekly charts for the week of April 16th!
Check them out below!
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<Single Weekly Ranking>
1. “GO FOR IT, BABY -Kioku no Sanmyaku” – B’z : 4/4 (143,402)
2. “Oppa, Oppa” – SUPER JUNIOR DONGHAE & EUNHYUK : 4/4 (68,475)
3. “Ikiteru Ikiteku” – Fukuyama Masaharu : 3/28 (23,032)
4. “Hitori Nagaragawa” – Mizumori Kaori …
It’s been reported that AKB48’s Watanabe Mayu will be absent from a portion of the group’s nationwide tour, “AKB48 Nationwide Tour 2012 ‘Nonaka Misato, Ugoku. ~47 Todofuken de Aimashou~’“, due to poor health.
According to the announcement, Watanabe was diagnosed with acute gastroenteritis and inflammation around the pharynx after medical examination.
Consequently, Watanabe will be absent from Team B’s upcoming concerts on April …
On April 9th, AKB48’s Minegishi Minami (19), Yokoyama Yui (19), and Umeda Ayaka (23) made a guest appearance at Hikari TV’s announcement event. At this event, the members announced the second installment of AKB48’s short comedy program, “Bimyou~” which aired its last episode back in March.
The program contents and broadcast times has yet to be revealed, and the 3 …
AKB48’s Itano Tomomi was recently absent from the group’s handshake events, held at Tokyo Big Sight on April 7th and 8th, due to poor health. The following day, the idol updated her official blog to explain her condition and apologize to fans.
In a blog entry titled “To Everyone“, Itano reported, “I had a fever from the 6th, …
