AKB48 reveals full PV for “Flying Get”!!

Just a couple of days ago tokyohive shared some of the PV previews of AKB48’s upcoming single, “Flying Get“.

Decked out in Chinese inspired outfits and movie, the girls fight villians who look like “The Crazy88″ from “Kill Bill”. While the group may have lost, it’s Maeda Atsuko comes to the rescue and squares off with Oshima Yuko.

Who will …


PEACH JOHN reveals AKB48’s CM for ‘Heart Bra’!

tokyohive previously reported that fashion brand PEACH JOHN would collaborate with AKB48’s Oshima Yuko, Kojima Haruna and Kasai Tomomi, who became image characters for their new autumn collection, “Heart Bra“.

Oshima, Kojima and Kasai will appear in CMs that will air from August 8th til the day “Heart Bras” hits stores. They’ll also be on the cover for the brand’s …


AKB48’s Team 4 holds their first ever concert in Kagoshima!

AKB48’s newest team, Team 4, doesn’t even have their own theater stage yet, but that didn’t stop them from rocking out the huge venue in Kagoshima. The girls performed for the first time for AKB48’s nationwide tour, “AKB ga Ippai ~SUMMER TOUR 2011~”.

In addition to Team 4, we reported yesterday that Team B’s captain Kashiwagi Yuki also attended as …


Peach John unveils the three AKB48 members to promote Heart Bras

We previously announced that Peach John would be unveiling the three AKB48 members that will be collaborating with them to promote their “Heart Bras”.

Many of you guessed…


Watarirouka Hashiritai 7 performs at nicofarre for “Hetappi Wink”

On August 3rd, AKB48 sub-unit Watarirouka Hashiritai 7 held a release event for their new single “Hetappi Wink” at Tokyo’s revamped club, nicofarre.

Prior to the event, the girls held a press conference where they held a cute “winking competition” to reveal who was the best at winking. Member Iwasa Misaki was labelled the member with the most awkward wink, …


AKB48’s Takahashi Minami attends handshake event in Taiwan!

On August 2nd, AKB48 member Takahashi Minami arrived in Taipei for a handshake event.

Takahashi arrived at Taiwan’s airport in the afternoon, where around 300 fans were waiting. Having an extremely short frame of only 148.5 cm (around 4’10”), the fans in the back of the crowd were forced to jump many times in order to get a glimpse of the …


AKB48’s Kashiwagi Yuki performs in her hometown for the first time

Four and a half years ago, Kashiwagi Yuki joined AKB48 and climbed her way to becoming Team B’s captain. She and her mother packed up their entire lives and moved to Tokyo so that Kashiwagi could fulfill her dreams. However, during her time in AKB48, she has never gotten the chance to perform in her hometown of Kagoshima.

Kashiwagi …


Team B opens AKB48’s nationwide tour with a bang!

On August 1st, AKB48 kicked off their nationwide tour, “AKB ga Ippai ~SUMMER TOUR 2011~”, with Team B at Fukuoka Sun Palace & Hall.

Before the performance, the management got fans to write messages to those affected by the  Tohoku Earthquake as part of the “Dareka no Tame ni” Project. Fans of all ages participated in signing whiteboards and …


AKB48’s Oshima Yuko produces long-sleeved Kimono “OshimaUco”

AKB48’s Oshima Yuko appeared at a Furisode (long-sleeved Kimono) presentation fashion show in Kyoto on August 1st with a Furisode that she produced herself named “OshimaUco“.

There are twelve kinds of Furisode and can be customized in twenty-four different patterns. Oshima put on 3 kinds of Furisode and appeared on stage, while smiling she commented, “I was very nervous. Usually when I wear Kimono, it …


Check out some PV previews of AKB48’s “Flying Get”!

We’ve got some awesome previews of AKB48’s latest single, “Flying Get“!

Previously, tokyohive reported that the PV would have a “Chinese flair” and lots of action shots, and the preview definitely seems to deliver that. The girls can be seen battling with sabers and we can even see a fight scene between General Election …


AKB48’s Nakaya Sayaka & Tanabe Miku to form a new unit “BABY GAMBA”

On August 1st, it was revealed that AKB48’s Nakaya Sayaka and Tanabe Miku will form a new unit, titled “BABY GAMBA”!

The girls will release a DVD single named “Ee Janaika” on September 14th. In the PV for the song, the two will be featured dancing with “Gamba”, based on a children’s book written by Saito Atsuo titled, “Boukenshatachi: Gamba to …


Itano Tomomi’s performance + talk on “HEY! HEY! HEY! Music Champ”!

On the August 1st episode of “HEY! HEY! HEY! Music Champ“, Itano Tomomi performed her single, “Fui ni“, to start off the month on a good note. She also had a long segment on this show which included comedian and singer AMEMIYA to sing a hilarious song and her father even left a heartwarming message for her.

Check out the performance …


AKB48 reveals their new campaign CM for ‘Apaman Shop’

AKB48’s new campaign for ‘Apaman Shop‘ has kicked off with an adorable CM.

The girls from AKB48 are at your service to help you find a good home! They sport sparkly blue uniforms and perform their newest single, “Flying Get“, while displaying an unusually acrobatic stunt.

Check out the commercial below!

Source: Apaman Shop website
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A thief steals whose picture at the AKB48 Theater?!

On July 30th a thief trespassed at the AKB48 Theater stealing a wall-mounted picture of CG-idol Eguchi Aimi in the process.

The official AKB48 blog writes, that the person who stole the picture probably did it on a whim and meant no harm. They also note the thief is probably feeling regret right about now. Since the culprit may be feeling remorse, …


AKB48 to give you bust support with Peach John!

On August 5th, fashion brand Peach John will be announcing the three AKB48 members that will be collaborating with them to promote their “Heart Bras”.

Heart Bras are a cute and unique concept developed by Peach John that places a heart shaped pad inside the cups of their satin bras for some power up support.

Currently, the three members are set …