Welcome to MELOS no Michi
an information and news blog dedicated to covering the latest news for: AKB48, SKE48, NMB48, HKT48, JKT48

.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ORqRZJStNR8/U-oJA1EpUwI/AAAAAAAABVw/n5GnQcYJz-U/s1600/baitoakb.png
AKB48 Is Looking for a Part-Time Member
Following OtonaAKB, AKB48 came up with a new form of temporary membership: part-time idol. Find out more about this new project here.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NLqZ1JpXrV8/U-OKjnt0UbI/AAAAAAAABVE/2MglP_Vq5vw/s1600/team8.jpg
AKB48 Team 8 Makes Theater Debut
AKB48 Team 8 performed its first theater show on August 5. Get more information about the shonichi performance here!
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3ep-niMXl0o/U7wOG6n5NVI/AAAAAAAABO8/qHE1UGRXbsI/s1600/ske7thaudition.png
SKE48 Announces 7th Generation Auditions
SKE48 is looking for new members and this time the fans will be part of the decision about who joins the group!
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fzI9Ea3WPtk/U5SB_iN9kuI/AAAAAAAABMc/RjaZKG4hnbc/s1600/election2014.jpg
AKB48 37th Single Senbatsu Election - Final Results
AKB48 held its election for the 6th time and for the 1st time Watanabe Mayu won it. Check out the full results here!
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VZDt9IAE_Jo/U1fp17gN24I/AAAAAAAABGY/zjjtNNv8Y-A/s1600/calculationmethod.jpg
Details on the AKB48 Group Pennant Race
The AKB48 Group teams will compete against each other in a new event, the AKB48 Group Pennant Race. Points will be awarded based on theater ticket applications, theater version handshake ticket sales and sousenkyo votes.
Prev 1 2 3 4 5 Next

18 June 2013

Weekly News Roundup (10-16 June 2013)


In a new feature, we've decided to do a weekly news roundup of all the news from the AKB48 groups that we couldn't cover in fully fledged posts.

AKB48

  • Takahashi Minami to be a voice actor in the Japanese version of the [Smurfs 2] movie.

  • Nakatsuka Tomomi held her graduation theatre performance with Team A on the 13th June.

  • Nakatsuka Tomomi will release a graduation photobook on the 5th July.

  • Itano Tomomi mentioned on Kayou-Kyoku that her graduation date would be in August.

  • Itano Tomomi's 4th single [1%] sold less than 48k copies on it's first day on sale to place 4th in the Oricon daily singles charts.

  • The album [Buraban AKB48!] was released by the Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra, covering AKB48 songs. Tracklist and previews here.

  • [AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2013] was released on Bluray, featuring a new music video for the number one song [Hashire! Penguin].

  • AKB48 and SNH48 will be performing in Singapore along with Hatsune Miku, 2NE1, Girls Generation and more on 22nd June at the Asia Style Collection event.

  • [Bad Boys J], the TV series featuring Itano Tomomi and Nogizaka46, will be released on DVD and Bluray on 11th September, with a movie coming out on 9th November.

  • Furuhata Nao will make her Team K debut at Maeda Ami's birthday show on 18th June, and Kodama Haruka's Team A debut will take place on 19th June.

  • News reports say that AKB48's 32nd single will be Ondo style.

  • Yokoyama Yui passed her Challenge U-Can and achieved a pharmacy qualification. Watch the video here.

  • Akimoto Sayaka promoted the movie [Spring Breakers].

  • The winner of the fan contest to design Watanabe Mayu's 4th solo single [Rappa Renshuuchuu] was announced here.



    • SKE48

  • SKE48 held a fan vote to decide on stages for their three new shuffled teams, read more here.



    • NMB48

  • NMB48 started their East Japan Tour [12/31] performing three dates. Read the setlists here.

  • [Sayanee], A coupling song on 7th single [Bokura no Eureka] got an official music video preview: click to watch.



    • HKT48

  • HKT48's 2nd single will be released on 4th September 2013.



    • JKT48

  • JKT48 announced concerts in Makassar on 23rd June,  Solo on 27th June, and Balikpapan on 28th June.

  • Nakagawa Haruka, Della Delila, and Shania Junianatha ran in the Pocari Sweat run in Singapore.

  • JKT48 won Best Boyband/Girlband at the Indonesia Nickelodeon's Kids Choice Awards.



    • SNH48

  • Their 1st EP [Heavy Rotation] released, more info here.

  • They performed two songs the Shanghai International Film Festival on the 16th June.

  • AKB48 and SNH48 will be performing in Singapore along with Hatsune Miku, 2NE1, Girls Generation and more on 22nd June at the Asia Style Collection event.



    • Nogizaka46

  • [Bad Boys J], the TV series featuring Itano Tomomi and Nogizaka46, will be released on DVD and Bluray on 11th September, with a movie coming out on 9th November


    • Graduated

  • Nakanishi Rina stated on her blog that she is married.

  • Kasai Tomomi performed a mini-live event in relation to her 2nd solo single [Mine].

  • Maeda Atsuko won the Best Actress award for [Kueki Ressha] at the 22nd Japanese Professional Movie Awards(Nichi Pro Awards).
    		•





    To find out what's in store for the week ahead, check out our calendar.
    Posted by at 6/18/2013 06:00:00 AM
    Labels: , , , , , ,

    No comments:

    Post a Comment

    Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)