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; …
On August 31st, popular idol group AKB48 ended their nationwide tour which involved 13 cities and 26 venues . Four teams of AKB48 individually went around the country for performances and this last performance featured Team B with Kashiwagi Yuki (20) and Watanabe Mayu (17). Kashiwagi said, “Let’s create wonderful summer memories,” and called out to the crowd and was …
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 …
On July 29th former AKB48 Team B member Saotome Miki opened up her own Twitter acounnt. Saotome, also known as Mikipomu, graduated from AKB48 back on April 18, 2009. She wrote, “I graduated from AKB48 on April 18, 2009 and I want to try a lot of various things in the future, so I would be glad if you can …
On May 29th, AKB48 held their commemoration handshake event for “Everyday, Kachuusha” at Yokohama Stadium. Despite the rain, 12,000 people showed up as the girls performed four songs, including “Aitakatta”, in front of their fans.
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At the handshake event, the members held their traditional game, “Which member is the most ___?”, and today Kashiwagi Yuki (19) was the target! …
AKB48 research student Suzuki Shihori has officially been promoted to Team B…again!
Suzuki, originally a 7th generation research student, was promoted to Team B back in 2009, but “graduated” from the group before performing with them. Rumors claim she left because she felt she wasn’t “good enough” to be an official team member.
However, Suzuki returned to the 48-franchise as …
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 Official Blog announced that Team B member, Oku Manami, would be graduating from the group. Oku left a message for her fans, expressing her desire to go to school.
“I know this is abrupt, but I have an announcement for you all.
I, Oku Manami, will be graduating from AKB48.
I joined AKB48 when I was 10 years old without knowing anything …
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 …
