On December 14th, AKB48�s ace Maeda Atsuko was in attendance of the 7pm show for 2PM�s arena tour �ARENA TOUR 2011 �REPUBLIC OF 2PM��.

Maeda has previously attended other concerts by Korean artists, such as Big Bang, but this time she seemed to have gotten a bit more out of it. Maeda praised the boy group, �After work finished, I went to 2PM�s concert with the staff :-) Their singing and dancing was so powerful that it gave me a ton of energy just from watching!! THAT is an amazing thing!!�

In addition to enjoying the show, Maeda feels she was also able to learn from 2PM as artists, �When I go to other artists� lives I always get a new kind of motivation. I learned some things and had a fun time as well!... I feel refreshed from today, so tomorrow I can work harder!�

Lastly, Maeda was also able to meet the members of 2PM and get a copy of their album signed. She explains that she bought it the other day and that she was happy that they signed a copy just for her. �It has good songs on it� Lately, I�ve been putting this album on heavy rotation in the car and today I�m going to go to sleep while listening to it!�

Source: Maeda Atsuko's Official Blog