It's been reported that NGT48 member Sugahara Riko will be going on hiatus after receiving surgery on her left knee. Sugahara injured her knee last year and had been continuing her activities within a reasonable range. She received surgery on January 15 seeking a complete recovery. While she is doing well after surgery, it will be about three or four months until she can perform on stage. She plans to continue updating her social networking

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It's been announced that all performances scheduled at NGT48 Theater after January 22 will be cancelled. Team NIII's 'Hokori no Oka' shows and Team G's 'Saka Agari' shows were scheduled to be held at the theater, but they have all been cancelled. The theater will be closed until January 24. In addition, the teams' shows that were scheduled after January 26 will be changed to Research Students' performance 'PARTY ga Hajimaru yo ~Kenkyuusei no Ibu

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NGT48's agency and their operating company AKS has released a statement regarding an assault case involving member Yamaguchi Maho. In a live broadcast on Twitter and SHOWROOM on January 8 and 9, Yamaguchi revealed that she was attacked by two men in front of her home in December. She then participated in the group's third anniversary event on January 10 where she apologized to her fans for causing them to worry.  AKS said, "We were abl

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NGT48 have started a campaign called 'Sekai no Hito to Lip Sync Shitai' (We want to lip synch with people around the world).The campaign is held to commemorate the release of the group's fourth single "Sekai no Hito e" in 119 countries. For this campaign, the group is asking fans to upload a video of themselves lip synching the chorus part of "Sekai no Hito e" on Instagram with the hashtag "#lipsyncngt48." Among the videos collected, they wi

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NGT48's fourth single "Sekai no Hito e" will be available for download in 119 countries on October 19.  "Sekai no Hito e," which was released on October 3, opened a second chapter for NGT48 after welcoming 21 research students to the group and starting the two teams' (Team NIII and Team G) activities in June. Ogino Yuka serves as center, and the PV was shot in Vladivostok, Russia. This is the group's first song to be released overseas.Source & I

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NGT48 member Kado Yuria will be taking a break from her group activities beginning September 24. On the group's official website, an explanation has been published, stating, "She had been experiencing back pain from before and had been continuing her activities while monitoring her condition. After examination at the hospital the other day, it was decided that she take a break for about a month as she was at the risk of getting worse." She w

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The center and senbatsu members for NGT48's fourth single (currently untitled) have been selected. The senbatsu members for the title track are Ogino Yuka, Oguma Tsugumi, Kashiwagi Yuki, Kato Minami, Sugahara Riko, Takakura Moeka, Tano Ayaka, Nakai Rika, Nakamura Ayuka, Nara Miharu, Nishigata Marina, Nishimura Nanako, Hasegawa Rena, Honma Hinata, Yamaguchi Maho, and Yamada Noe. Ogino will be the center for this single, making this her second tim

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NGT48 member Takahashi Mau will graduate from the group in late-September. At NGT48's concert back in April, there was a surprise announcement that Takahashi would be getting promoted from a research student to an official member. She has been a part of Team NIII since June 30.  Takahashi commented, "I want to study something that will be connected to what I want to do in the future. When I looked back on myself at the time of promotion, I thou

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NGT48 will release their fourth single (currently untitled) on September 26. This announcement was made on July 9 during a performance at NGT48 Theater. It will be the group's first single after welcoming 16 second generation members and five draft research students.  It was also announced that the release event for this single will be held on September 15 at Nippon Budokan. More details on the single and event will be revealed at a later date.

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On June 16, which was the day of the '10th AKB48 World General Election,' internet program 'Bunshunho live' reported that NGT48 member Nakai Rika is dating one of her fans and is partially living with him. The following day, she appeared on TV Tokyo's 'Seishun Koukou 3-nen C-gumi', where she apologized regarding the scandal. A new project was supposed to start on the program on this day, but there was a change of plans as Nakai stepped forwa

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