On April 10, AKB48’s Shinoda Mariko tweeted 3-shot photos that she took together with Maeda Atsuko and Oshima Yuko. As it has been a long time since the “Top 3” were together, fans responded with much enthusiasm.
Shinoda tweeted that she bumped into the two at a photoshoot with, “While shooting for a commercial, I found out …
On February 27, Video Research Ltd. once again released various statistics about the usage of commercials in 2012. As usual, they concentrated their analysis on the three main regions of Japan (Kanto, Kansai, and Nagoya) and the five main commercial networks.
The results show that the overall amount of commercials slightly increased again in all three regions compared to the previous …
It was announced on the radio show “Ninety-nine no All Night Nippon (aka ANN)”, that AKB48’s Oshima Yuko has been elected for the popularity award (actor/actress category) of “The 36th Japan Academy Prize.”
The popularity award is the only award that is elected based on the votes by the listeners of ANN and it is given to the most favored work and actor/actress …
It was announced on AKB48’s official blog that Oshima Yuko and Muto Tomu have been diagnosed with the flu. Because of this, they will be absent from the “Oshima team K stage performance” on the 1st of February, as well as a handshake event for their single “UZA” that will be held at Makuhari Messe on the 2nd and …
NTT Resonant’s Internet portal goo has released their ‘Most Searched Female Celebrity Ranking Top 40‘ for 2012. This ranking is based on the number of search hits for the given celebrity on goo’s search bar.
Which female celebrity was searched most in 2012? Check out the full results after the cut!
On December 16, an event for the new menu at the “AKB48 Café & Shop” which was collaboratively created by 7 of AKB48 members including Oshima Yuko (24) and Watanabe Mayu (18), was held in Akihabara, Tokyo.
100 fans taste-tested two items – Mayu’s “Kinoko tappuri Tonjiru Udon,” which combined her favorite foods mushroom and pork miso soup along with Shinoda Mariko’s …
On November 23rd, AKB48 appeared on a special live broadcast program on the Mihama, Chiba bayfm station.
8 members of the group including Oshima Yuko (24), Shinoda Mariko (26), Takahashi Minami (21), and Kojima Haruna (24) appeared on the special program that is produced and broadcast once every fall. The program opened with a talk on “10 years later” …
AKB48 has formed “OKL48” with comedic duo NINETY-NINE’s Okamura Takashi (42).
Okamura, dressed up as “OKALEMON“, a popular character from Fuji TV’s popular variety show “Mecha-Mecha Iketeru!“. He will serve as the center and 15 AKB48 members including Oshima Yuko (24) and Watanabe Mayu (18) will also dress up as lemons. OKL48’s original song will be included as a coupling song in …
On November 18, 38 members of AKB48 including members Oshima Yuko, Kashiwagi Yuki, and Akimoto Sayaka appeared at a special AKB48 members-only screening of “Aku no Kyoten,” which stars actor Ito Hideaki. While many members were excited, Oshima left the theater shortly after the film began playing due to the shocking subject matter of the film, …
AKB48 performed their upcoming single, “UZA“, for the very first time during the opening of their 3rd Janken Tournament at Nippon Budokan.
The recent graduation of Maeda Atsuko kept fans wondering on who would take over her position of center for AKB48’s upcoming singles. It turns out that Oshima Yuko and Matsui Jurina have been chosen as double …
On September 16th, AKB48’s producer Akimoto Yasushi announced on “Google+” that AKB48 would be performing their new single, to be released on October 31st, at the ‘3rd Janken Tournament’. Maeda Atsuko, who graduated on August 27th, has been working as the center for AKB48 up until now. It is very probable that the center for this new song will become …
On September 11th, the tabloid ‘Shukan Bunshun‘ published an article that shows how actor Sato Takeru had to carry Maeda Atsuko home after obviously having one too many drinks.
In the pictures, Maeda can be seen completely drunk, crying her eyes out for no apparent reason and eventually losing the balance on her feet. Sato even had to carry her in …
AKB48’s newest single “Gingham Check“, featuring its 16 senbatsu members, sold over 1.18 million copies in its first week and took the #1 spot on the Oricon weekly chart for September 10th. This is AKB48’s eighth consecutive million-selling single since “Sakura no Ki ni Narou” (released in February 2011) and their ninth million-selling single in total. It is …
It was revealed on Shinoda Mariko’s blog that she and other AKB48 members recently held a fireworks party. According to the entry, Maeda Atsuko and Oshima Yuko organized the event so that Maeda could fulfill her wish of “wanting to watch the fireworks with everybody for the last time” before her graduation from AKB48. Shinoda also posted many photos of …
On August 11, actor Yamada Takayuki (28) and AKB48’s Oshima Yuko (23) appeared on a talk show for the movie “Yamikin Ushijima-kun” (directed by Yamaguchi Masatoshi, opens on August 25th) at the Cinem@rt Roppongi in Tokyo.
At the early screening targeted at high school students, Yamada, who plays the legendary heartless loan shark Ushijima, said to the audience, “I …
