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 Minegishi Minami gets embarassed during Team K’s performance

Could you imagine performing in front of your friends as an idol? That’s what happened to AKB48’s Minegishi Minami at the August 9th performance of Team K’s theater show.

This specific show was a girls-only show, which was quite refreshing for the members. Minegishi writes, “It felt fresh to hear those high-pitched cheers!!! I was happy. Thank you (*・・*)”.

But, singing in …


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 …


[Update: Video/Blogs/Statement] AKB48’s Akimoto Sayaka finished marathon & returns as Team K’s captain

We had previously reported that AKB48 Team K member Akimoto Sayaka was preparing to run the “Tokyo Marathon“. She claimed she was running the marathon to show she could re-start in 2011 after her scandal back in October.

Akimoto completed the marathon on February 27th and finished in 6 hours, 50 minutes, and 6 seconds. Many members …


AKB48’s Yokoyama Yui appears in Sata Andagi’s new PV

Sata Andagi will release their new single “Sotsugyou” on February 23rd. It’s been announced that AKB48 Team K member Yokoyama Yui will be starring in their music video.

The video will feature Sata Andagi singing with sakuras in the background and will show a love drama between high school students. It’s a heartrending and warm song about unrequited love …


AKB48’s Team K members play Oshima Yuko’s “Russian Roulette Valentine”

AKB48 member Oshima Yuko recently reported on her Valentine’s Day activities with Team K members on her blog.  Oshima made some sponge cakes coated with chocolate for the Valentine’s Day festivities, but she added mustard to some cakes, and called it, “Takoyaki Style Russian Roulette Valentine.”

Oshima played the Russian roulette game with the Team K members, and she described the …


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 research student, Yokoyama Yui joins Team K

Popular girl group AKB48 held the second day of their “AKB48 Tokyo Autumn Festival” on October 10th.

At the event, there was an announcement that research student, Yokoyama Yui would join Team K as a member.  

Her promotion occurred due to the graduation of Ono Erena this past month in September.

The announcement was made by Takahashi Minami with …


AKB48 member Nakatsuka Tomomi starts official blog

AKB48 team K member, Nakatsuka Tomomi just started her official Ameba blog on August 1st.

She introduced herself on her very first entry and has already made 4 blog entries.

If you are fan of Tomomi, check it out!

Nakatsuka Tomomi official blog


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 …