On December 18th, SKE48 member Takayanagi Akane appeared at Sunshine Aquarium’s event, ‘Bird Flying Show‘, in Ikebukuro.
The crowd congratulated Takayanagi on SKE48’s first independent appearance on the upcoming ‘Kohaku Uta Gassen‘. She shared that she had no idea until the day of the announcement, “I went to the dressing room thinking it was for some other shoot.” She reflected, “Akimoto-sensei …
On November 25th, SKE48 member Takayanagi Akane (20) appeared at the lighting ceremony for the giant 6 meter Christmas tree, at the Sunshine Aquarium Marine Garden in Tokyo.
Takayanagi, who helped plan the snow white lights and logo relief stated, “I want the tree to warm the hearts of those who see it. I want the tree to become …
Starting this October, idol group SKE48 will finally have their own regular TV show on NTV after AKB48 and NMB48.
The new late-night show is called “SKE48 no Magical Radio” and will further strengthen NTV’s position as being the best place for idol shows. After all, they’re already hosting two regular AKB48 shows, “Naruhodo! High School” and “AKBINGO“, as well as …
It’s been 30 days since the dual release of this year’s Pokemon movies, ‘Victini and the Black Hero: Zekrom’ and ‘Victini and the White Hero: Reshiram‘. Now, it’s been revealed that the movies have brought in over 3 million people to the box office. To commemorate this occasion on August 14th, SKE48 members Takayanagi Akane, Sato Seira, and Ishida Anna, …
The most-recent edition of the seinen manga magazine ‘Young Animal‘ is a must-have for any SKE48 fan.
The magazine didn’t just feature one but three pictorials with a total of five beautiful girls from ABK48’s sister unit based in Nagoya, Aichi.
In the first pictorial, we get to see Takayanagi Akane and Matsui Rena enjoying a happy summer vacation. The two girls …
AKB48’s “face,” Maeda Atsuko is the cover girl for the July 2011 edition of “Smart“, which contains plenty of AKB48 eye candy in addition to yet another gorgeous spread by Maeda.
Kitahara Rie, Oota Aika, and Kikuchi Ayaka along with SKE48 members Matsui Jurina and Takayanagi Akane, and from NMB48, members Watanabe Miyuki and Yamamoto Sayaka introduce themselves to the readers …
SKE48 Team S's Matsui Rena (left) and Matsui Jurina (right) shown here in t-shirts bearing the Avex logo
SKE48 Team S's Matsui Rena (left) and Matsui Jurina (right) shown here in t-shirts bearing the Avex logo
It’s just been announced that AKB48’s sister group SKE48 will be switching labels to Avex!
Their first single after the switch, “Pareo wa Emerald”, will be released on July 27th.
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The label move was announced on May 28th during Team S’s performance in the …
Ojisan idol group, OJS48, gave the first performance of their debut song, “Deep Breath“, at the Ikuno-ku Citizens’ Center in Osaka yesterday. Around 400 people turned out to hear the 16 former detectives sing their song.
In addition to that, SKE48 members Takayanagi Akane (18) and Mukaida Manatsu (14) turned out to support their new labelmates, and offered them a …
