Many Japanese idols – such as Hello! Project soloist Mano Erina – are known lovers of Korean music, but a recent photo of K-pop idol Lizzy from After School reveals that she might be a fan of Japanese music as well!
Lizzy was recently spotted at After School’s Taiwanese record company, Gold Typhoon Music, holding a copy of …
Last week, we reported that idol group AKB48 made Oricon history by having four of their singles chart in the top ten simultaneously, but wait… there’s more!
This week, “Heavy Rotation” is in second, “Chance no Junban” is in third, “Beginner” is in fourth, and “Ponytail to Shushu” is in sixth, retaining their current record of four simultaneous top …
Oricon has announced the results of the monthly charts for December. Check out the results after the cut!
Below are the PV’s for the follow up songs of AKB48’s 19th single, “Chance no Junban”.
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AKB48 has just released their 19th single “Chance no Junban” on December 8th, and according to Oricon, it sold 471,242 units on the first day!
By moving nearly half a million copies, “Chance no Junban” has already placed 10th on the yearly singles ranking. Although the sales for this release wasn’t as much as “Beginner” which sold 568,095 in the first …
The next episode of MUSIC JAPAN will be broadcasted on December 12th, and below is the artist line-up.
On the December 3rd broadcasting of MUSIC STATION, AKB48 made an appearance and performed their 19th single, “Chance no Junban“, which will be released on December 8th.
Check it out below!
On one of the AKB48’s variety shows, “AKBINGO!”, which was broadcasted on December 1st, there was a performance of the upcoming single, “Chance no Junban.”
This marked the first time that the girl group performed the song on television.
Check out the performance below!
Fans went wild over AKB48’s “Janken Senbatsu” competition, and they’ll be even more stoked in knowing that the PV for their newest single, “Chance no Junban“, is to contain footage from the intense event.
The PV has recently been released, and as promised, “Janken Queen” Uchida Mayumi was given the center spot in both the dance choreography …
This week’s episode of “AKBINGO!” followed up with the second half of the ”AKBINGO! Official Oshimen Championship“ from last week, in which 10 AKB48 members with the least amount of appearances on the show were pitted against each other to be an official “Oshimen”(favorite member).
The members were vying for not only the ‘winner’ title, but also the additional airtime that comes with being an ‘Oshimen’.
So who won the championship? It was none other than …
We reported earlier that AKB48 unveiled the jacket covers for their 19th single, “Chance no Junban”. Although the single will be released on December 8th, fans get a little sample of what they’re waiting for with the recent release of a PV preview.
Broadcasted via morning news show, “Sukkiri”, the preview shows some hilarious footage from “Janken Senbatsu Taikai”, a rock-paper-scissors competition held between the girls to determine who would be ‘center’ for this single.
Check it out after the jump!
Six AKB48 members, Shinoda Mariko, Kojima Haruna, Kashiwagi Yuki, Miyazawa Sae, Takajo Aki, and Mori Anna (research student), have been chosen as image models for Japan Hewlett-Packard Company’s new products campaign. The campaign is titled, “HP Winter Collection Feat. AKB48“, and the girls will make appearances in the company’s CM.
In the CM, each member appears in unique fashion as if it’s a fashion …
AKB48 will be releasing their 19th single titled, “Chance no Junban“, on December 8th, and they’ve just revealed the jacket cover for the upcoming single.
As we reported earlier, the 16 senbatsu members for the single has been chosen through “Janken Senbatsu” which was held on September 21st. Uchida Mayumi, who has never been chosen as a selected member …
