On December 19th, Yokoyama Yui who is a member of both AKB48 and NMB48, made her NMB48 theater performance debut in Namba, Osaka, and there, it was officially announced that she would be joining Team N.
“First from Kyoto (her hometown) to Akihabara, and now here I am in Namba. People in Osaka are upbeat, so I feel like frolicking too,” …
NMB48 revealed their 6th single “Kitagawa Kenji” (release November 7th) during HEY! HEY! HEY!’s three hour special on September 24th.
This program was the first time the group revealed the title of their new track, and even the hosts, Downtown, were surprised. The title is named after AKB48’s staff member Kitagawa Kenji. Yamamoto Sayaka smiled, “I know his face, but …
On July 30th, AKB48’s Takahashi Minami (21) and Yokoyama Yui (19) made a surprise appearance at the 1 year anniversary event for ‘AKB48 Official Shop Harajuku‘.
The crowd of 50 fans who visited at the shop exclaimed “Wow!” and “Seriously?!” as Takahashi and Yokoyama made their way into the store. The two held a talk session with their fans for about 15 …
AKB48 member Yokoyama Yui will have her first TV program, ‘Yokoyama Yui ga Hannari Meguru Kyoto – Bi no Neiro‘, on Kansai TV.
Yokoyama commented, “I’m a little uneasy to see what will happen, but I’m excited to study a lot about the history of Kyoto, my hometown. I hope to know Kyoto more in detail.”
‘Kyoto – Bi no Neiro’ will focus …
BIGLOBE is back with another ranking from Twitter. This time, they have opened their very own “The Best Idol General Election Site”. The site includes 23 groups, including AKB48, SKE48, Momoiro Clover Z, KARA, and Shoujo Jidai (SNSD / Girls’ Generation), with a total of 421 idols to be chosen.
The ranking is in realtime and idols are moved up or …
Oshima Yuko, Sashihara Rino, Kitahara Rie and Yokoyama Yui’s AKB48 sub-unit, Not Yet, announced that they’ll be releasing their 4th single “Suika BABY” on May 30th. It will be their other summer song after the 2nd single, “Naminori Kakigoori“.
The upcoming single will come in 4 types with limited and regular editions. Each limited edition will include the …
On April 9th, AKB48’s Minegishi Minami (19), Yokoyama Yui (19), and Umeda Ayaka (23) made a guest appearance at Hikari TV’s announcement event. At this event, the members announced the second installment of AKB48’s short comedy program, “Bimyou~” which aired its last episode back in March.
The program contents and broadcast times has yet to be revealed, and the 3 …
On April 1st, AKB48’s Kitahara Rie (20), Yokoyama Yui (19), Katayama Haruka (21), and Nakatsuka Tomomi (18) arrived at Roppongi Hills in Tokyo to attend a commemoration event for Japan’s first exclusive broadcast program for smart phones, NOTTV.
At this event, AKB48 members announced that they will have a regular program titled, “AKB48 no Anta, Dare?” (every weekday, …
On November 22nd, AKB48 members Kitahara Rie, Miyazawa Sae, and Yokoyama Yui held a handshake event to commemorate the opening of their official shop in Shanghai.
As their first handshake event in Shanghai, the members appeared in their cute AKB48 outfits and greeted the 1,000 fans in Chinese.
“AKB48 Official Shop Shanghai” is AKB48’s forth overseas shop following the Hong Kong, Singapore, …
AKB48’s sub-unit, Not yet was featured in a recent issue of tabloid and pictorial magazine FRIDAY, with an absolutely stunning pictorial.
The four young ladies of Not yet – Oshima Yuko, Yokoyama Yui, Kitahara Rie, and Sashihara Rino – are showing us the ’secret of summer’ with some very gorgeous bikini pictures and casual summer wear that go along …
AKB48 is planning on releasing the sequel to their PSP dating simulation game “AKB 1/48 Idol to Koishitara…” on October 6th, the game will be titled “AKB 1/48 Idol to Guam de Koishitara…”. On June 27th, several girls from AKB48 held a press conference to discuss the game.
This game will naturally take place in Guam as the player tries to …
AKB48’s magazine support units ‘YJ7′ and ‘YM7′ have been holding an online karaoke contest since the end of last month, and the entries for Sashihara Rino and Yokoyama Yui have finally become available.
Representing ‘YJ7′, Yokoyama sings the song “Blue Bird” by Ikimonogakari. For ‘YM7′, Sashihara sings “Yeah! Meccha Holiday” by Matsuura Aya.
The contest’s deadline has been extended to June 13th …
The seven main girls from the second season of AKB48’s violent school drama “Majisuka Gakuen” which began airing on April 15th are striking some serious poses in this week’s Weekly Playboy.
In this pictorial we get to see how the drama’s Yankee students, Maeda Atsuko, Watanabe Mayu, Yokoyama Yui, Itano Tomomi, Oshima Yuko, Kojima Haruna and Kashiwagi Yuki replace their stained …
Yokoyama Yui, a member of AKB48 who recently gained popularity thanks to her activities in their sub-unit Not yet, has finally managed to get her first main solo pictorial for a magazine, Big Comic Spirits. Thus, she also finally had her first opportunity for her very first solo cover picture.
With her recent limelight due to Not yet, it sure felt …
The scans of the latest edition of Young Jump have finally made it onto the web, and we are also rapidly approaching the first voting period for the “AKB48 Jinbocho Gokokuji Taisen“.
The “AKB48 Jinbocho Gokokuji Taisen” is a gravure/idol battle between the two publishers Shueisha and Kodansha and their respective “young” manga magazines. Last year, Shueisha had similar …
