AKB48 celebrates their 6th year at the AKB48 theater

On December 8th, AKB48 held a performance at their theater in Akihabara in commemoration of their 6th anniversary.

The first generation members (later known as Team A) started off on that same stage as AKB48 on December 8, 2005. With 6 years passing, Team A, Team K, Team B, Team 4, and the research students all stood on stage and performed; …


AKB48’s Oya Shizuka transforms into Golgo 13!

The other day, AKB48’s Team A had a theater performance, as well has held a birthday party for Maeda Ami, who is known for her eyebrows.

To show their support, Team A came to the performance wearing stick on eyebrows. However, Oya Shizuka took it up a notch and put make-up on to look like Golgo 13. Golgo 13 is …


AKB48 to hold a revival setlist starting in May

Earlier at the Nagoya handshake event, it was announced that the girls of AKB48 would be having a revival set list of their previous theater stages. Each day a different stage will be performed from AKB48’s teams A, K and B, as well as SKE48’s team S and SDN48.

The event is titled ““Minogashita Kimi-tachi he” ~ AKB48 Group Zenkouen~” and …


AKB48’s Maeda Atsuko participates in ‘Music Station’ despite illness

Earlier today, AKB48 performed on “Music Station“, but Team A member Maeda Atsuko only appeared during the performance segment of the show. People sent in inquiries to her management, which caused them to update her blog with an explanation.

Early this morning, Maeda went to the hospital with symptoms of a cold. She had a fever of 38°C (100.4°F) and was …


CyberAgent releases top celebrity blogs for January 2011

CyberAgent is one of the oldest web-based companies in Tokyo. They’re known for their famous social networking site Ameba, which has recently reached 13 million members. As of the end of January, Ameba has a total of 9,048 registered celebrity blogs.

Recently, they compiled their data to see who had the most popular blog amongst the celebrities. So who is the …


AKB48’s team photobooks all place within TOP 3 on Oricon rankings

On July 22nd, AKB48 released 3 photobooks, each of which featured a team, and all 3 books got TOP 3 on the Oricon weekly photobook ranking for the week of August 2nd.

Below are the first week sales:

1. AKB48 VISUAL BOOK 2010 featuring team A – 20,000 copies

2.AKB48 VISUAL BOOK 2010 featuring team B – 19,000 copies

3. AKB48 VISUAL BOOK 2010 …