HKT48 Kenkyuusei Abe Kyoka To Graduate

HKT48 Kenkyuusei Abe Kyoka has announced her graduation on December 26th. She wants to pursue a career as a model. Her last stage show will be a performance of HKT48's Himawari-gumi stage [Pajama Drive] on December 30th.


Kyoka is a 1st Generation member, so she has been with HKT48 since the group made its first appearance in 2011. Before joining the group, she already gathered experiences in modelling. After her graduation, two 1st Generation Kenkyuusei will be left in HKT48: Imada Mina and Fukagawa Maiko.


Abe Kyoka's G+ entry about her graduation
Original Message

Good evening.
I, Abe Kyoka, will graduate from HKT48.
The [Pajama Drive] show on the 30th of this month will be my last stage show.
I am sorry that this is such a sudden announcement.
But this does not mean that I have given up on my dream. My dream since kindergarten has always been to become a model. I auditioned for HKT48 because I wanted to get at least a step closer to my dream.
But recently, I came to think it might also be good to quit here and start again from scratch.
Because this is a dream I want to come true no matter what, I worried a lot. This is the answer I came up with after lots and lots of worrying.
I joined as a 1st Generation member, and I learned a lot here in HKT48. I don't regret joining here.
To those who supported me: I am sorry, I can't give back to you. During my birthday show last year I said I want to give back to my fans. But I couldn't. I am really sorry. I can't do it right now, but one day I will certainly give back to you.
There is not much time left, but I will treasure every single day left and do my best at tommorow's last [Nounai Paradise] show and the [Pajama Drive] show at the 30th.
There is only a short time left, but please support me.

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Sato Amina Announces Graduation

AKB48 Oshima Team K member Sato Amina has announced her graduation during the theater show on December 22. She wants to pursue a career in voice acting. A date for her graduation is yet to be decided.

Amina has been in AKB48 for more than 6 years and is known for having been a big fan of the group before joining. She debuted as a 4th Generation Kenkyuusei in mid-2007, was promoted to Team A in 2008 and later shuffled to Team B and then K. Amina made Senbatsu for the first three election singles [Iiwake Maybe], [Heavy Rotation] and [Flying Get] and was a voice actress for the AKB48 anime AKB0048 and hence also a part of the subunit NO NAME.




Sato Amina's blog post about her graduation
Original Message

I, Sato Amina, will graduate from AKB48 in order to advance on my way to becoming a voice actress.
I surprised you with this sudden announcement, didn't I?
But I have made my decision. I don't have any regrets.
Now I can only move forward!!!!
The date of my graduation is undecided but I will let you know when it's decided!
I am going to enjoy my time left in AKB to the fullest!
I love you all.
I love you very much

Another early generation member leaves...Well, we knew the day would come. I wish Amina all the best.

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AKB48 5th Album [Tsugi no Ashiato] Tracklist

AKB48's 5th Album [Tsugi no Ashiato] will be released on the 22nd January 2014. There will be 4 types of this album, a Type A Limited Edition 2CD+DVD, Type A and B Regular Edition 2CD and a Theatre Edition 1CD. The first CD is identical on all types but the Theatre Edition has an exclusive track. The Theatre Edition sales are now over but included 2-shot photo tickets with a member of your choice, so was very popular.

Disc 1 contains the singles [Manatsu no Sounds Good!] through [Koisuru Fortune Cookie], also including their Theatre Edition coupling songs. The other disc contains a mixture of new songs, previously unreleased songs, and a few existing songs. There are a total of 15 new songs. The previously unreleased songs are [After Rain], from [Documentary of AKB48: No Flower Without Rain], the opening and closing themes of [Majisuka Gakuen 3] and Akimoto Sayaka's graduation song.

Below are the full tracklists, including member line-ups of the new songs and where the other songs originated from:

AKB48 5th Album
Tsugi no Ashiato
次の足跡
22 January 2014

Type A Limited Edition 3,400yen	[CD1] 01. Koisuru Fortune Cookie 02. LOVE Shugyou - (Sayonara Crawl) 03. Sayonara Crawl 04. Tsuyoi Hana - (So long !) 05. Ano Hi no Fuurin - (Gingham Check) 06. Eien Pressure 07. Aozora Cafe - (Koisuru Fortune Cookie) 08. UZA 09. Kimi no Tame ni Boku wa… - (Manatsu no Sounds Good!) 10. Watashitachi no Reason - (Eien Pressure) 11. So long ! 12. Gingham Check 13. Manatsu no Sounds Good! 14. Otona e no Michi - (UZA) [CD2] 01. After Rain - (Documentary of AKB48 - No Flower Without Rain) 02. Gugutasu no Sora - (Manatsu no Sounds Good!) 03. Boy Hunt no Houhou Oshiemasu - (Kizaki Yuria, Sashihara Rino, Shimazaki Haruka, Yagura Fuuko) - NEW 04. JJ ni Kuritamono - (Umeda Ayaka, Kitahara Rie, Kuramochi Asuka, Takahashi Minami, Takayanagi Akane, Yamada Nana) - NEW 05. Shower no Ato Dakara - (Kashiwagi Yuki, Kojima Haruna, Matsui Rena) - NEW 06. 10 Krone to Pan - (Kodama Haruka, Fujie Reina, Furuhata Nao, Yamamoto Sayaka, Yokoyama Yui) - NEW 07. Kakushin ga Moterumono - (Team A) - NEW 08. Team Zaka - (Team 4) - NEW 09. Tsuyosa to Yowasa no Aida de - (Akimoto Sayaka, Oshima Yuko, Kobayashi Kana, Umeda Ayaka, Miyazawa Sae, Ohori Megumi, Kasai Tomomi, Noro Kayo, Masuda Yuka, Matsubara Natsumi) - (Akimoto Sayaka's Graduation Song) 10. Boku wa Ganbaru - (Iriyama Anna, Kawaei Rina, Takahashi Minami, Yokoyama Yui, Watanabe Mayu, Oshima Yuko, Kashiwagi yuki, Kojima Haruna, Shimazaki Haruka) - NEW 11. Eien yori Tsuzuku you ni - (OKL48) - (Eien Pressure) [DVD] Air-handshake meeting AKB48 Group members
Type A Regular Edition 2,700yen	[CD1] 01. Koisuru Fortune Cookie 02. LOVE Shugyou - (Sayonara Crawl) 03. Sayonara Crawl 04. Tsuyoi Hana - (So long !) 05. Ano Hi no Fuurin - (Gingham Check) 06. Eien Pressure 07. Aozora Cafe - (Koisuru Fortune Cookie) 08. UZA 09. Kimi no Tame ni Boku wa… - (Manatsu no Sounds Good!) 10. Watashitachi no Reason - (Eien Pressure) 11. So long ! 12. Gingham Check 13. Manatsu no Sounds Good! 14. Otona e no Michi - (UZA) [CD2] 01. After Rain - (Documentary of AKB48 - No Flower Without Rain) 02. Gugutasu no Sora - (Manatsu no Sounds Good!) 03. Boy Hunt no Houhou Oshiemasu - (Kizaki Yuria, Sashihara Rino, Shimazaki Haruka, Yagura Fuuko) - NEW 04. JJ ni Kuritamono - (Umeda Ayaka, Kitahara Rie, Kuramochi Asuka, Takahashi Minami, Takayanagi Akane, Yamada Nana) - NEW 05. Shower no Ato Dakara - (Kashiwagi Yuki, Kojima Haruna, Matsui Rena) - NEW 06. 10 Krone to Pan - (Kodama Haruka, Fujie Reina, Furuhata Nao, Yamamoto Sayaka, Yokoyama Yui) - NEW 07. Kakushin ga Moterumono - (Team A) - NEW 08. Team Zaka - (Team 4) - NEW 09. Tsuyosa to Yowasa no Aida de - (Akimoto Sayaka, Oshima Yuko, Kobayashi Kana, Umeda Ayaka, Miyazawa Sae, Ohori Megumi, Kasai Tomomi, Noro Kayo, Masuda Yuka, Matsubara Natsumi) - (Akimoto Sayaka's Graduation Song) 10. Boku wa Ganbaru - (Iriyama Anna, Kawaei Rina, Takahashi Minami, Yokoyama Yui, Watanabe Mayu, Oshima Yuko, Kashiwagi yuki, Kojima Haruna, Shimazaki Haruka) - NEW 11. Eien yori Tsuzuku you ni - (OKL48) - (Eien Pressure)
Type B 2,700yen	[CD1] 01. Koisuru Fortune Cookie 02. LOVE Shugyou - (Sayonara Crawl) 03. Sayonara Crawl 04. Tsuyoi Hana - (So long !) 05. Ano Hi no Fuurin - (Gingham Check) 06. Eien Pressure 07. Aozora Cafe - (Koisuru Fortune Cookie) 08. UZA 09. Kimi no Tame ni Boku wa… - (Manatsu no Sounds Good!) 10. Watashitachi no Reason - (Eien Pressure) 11. So long ! 12. Gingham Check 13. Manatsu no Sounds Good! 14. Otona e no Michi - (UZA) [CD2] 01. Smile Kami Kakushi - (Tentoumu Chu!) - NEW 02. Tanin Gyougi na Sunset Beach - (Ota Aika, Suda Akari, Yamauchi Suzuran, Watanabe Mikuki) - NEW 03. Haste to Waste - (BKA48) - (Sayonara Crawl) 04. Watashi Leaf - (Matsui Jurina, Iriyama Anna, Kawaei Rina, Kato Rena) - NEW 05. Stoic na Bigaku - (Ichikawa Miori, Oba Mina, Kimoto Kanon, Miyawaki Sakura, Yabuki Nako, Yabushita Shu, Watanabe Mayu) - NEW 06. Ponkotsu Blues - (MG3 cast) - (Majisaka Gakuen 3) 07. Ichi Ni no San - (Oshima Yuko, Takajo Aki, Nagao Mariya, Furukawa Airi, Minegishi Minami) - NEW 08. Kyohansha - (Team K) - NEW 09. Douki - (Shimazaki Haruka) - (Majisaka Gakuen 3) 10. Kanashiki Kinkyori Renai - (Team B) - NEW 11. Yume no Kawa - (Gingham Check)
Theatre Edition 2,000yen	[CD] 01. Koisuru Fortune Cookie 02. LOVE Shugyou - (Sayonara Crawl) 03. Sayonara Crawl 04. Tsuyoi Hana - (So long !) 05. Ano Hi no Fuurin - (Gingham Check) 06. Eien Pressure 07. Aozora Cafe - (Koisuru Fortune Cookie) 08. UZA 09. Kimi no Tame ni Boku wa… - (Manatsu no Sounds Good!) 10. Watashitachi no Reason - (Eien Pressure) 11. So long ! 12. Gingham Check 13. Manatsu no Sounds Good! 14. Otona e no Michi - (UZA) 15. Chireba Inoni... - NEW

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Team M Tour Dates Announced

It was already announced during NMB48's 3rd Anniversary Concert on October 13th that Team M would have its own tour in 2014. Now the dates for this tour have been revealed.

Team M will perform 7 concerts at 6 venues in February and March all over Osaka Prefecture with a two-day final in the Orix Theater in Osaka City.

The dates are:

February 25th
Kishiwada Municipal Namikiri Hall, Kishiwada

February 26th
Osakasayama Culture Hall SAYAKA Hall, Osakasayama

February 27th
Sakai City Public Hall, Sakai

March 17th
Kaizuka City Hall Cosmos Hall, Kaizuka

March 18th
Izumisano Municipal Culture Hall Ebuno Izuminomori Hall, Izumisano

March 19th
Orix Theater, Osaka

March 20th
Orix Theater, Osaka

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48Groups Dominate the Oricon Yearly Charts Again

Oricon has released its yearly ranking and once again AKB48 took the top spots. The year's best selling single is [Sayonara Crawl] followed by the other three AKB48 singles released this year before the release of the ranking ([Suzukake Nanchara] was released too late to be counted in). [Eien Pressure], already released last year, also makes an appearance on #48.

The sister groups also have good ranks with SKE48 taking #7, #8 and #11 and NMB48 on #9 and #12. HKT48 did not make the Top 20 but took #23 and #24. A few solo/unit singles also made it to the Top100.

Official rival Nogizaka46 did nicely as well, with their singles ranking on #13, #14, #21 and #22.

In the yearly album ranking, NMB48 took the 5th spot with their first album [Teppen Tottande].

 48/46-related ranks in the 2013 Oricon Yearly Charts
Singles
#01 Sayonara Crawl-AKB48
#02 Koisuru Fortune Cookie-AKB48
#03 Heart Ereki-AKB48
#04 So long!-AKB48

#07 Choco no Dorei-SKE48
#08 Utsukushii Inazuma-SKE48
#09 Bokura no Eureka-NMB48

#11 Sansei Kawaii!-SKE48
#12 Kamonegix-NMB48
#13 Girl's Rule-Nogizaka46
#14 Barrette-Nogizaka46

#21 Seifuku no Mannequin-Nogizaka46
#22 Kimi no Na wa Kibou-Nogizaka46
#23 Melon Juice-HKT48
#24 Suki!Suki!Skip!-HKT48

#48 Eien Pressure-AKB48

#50 Hirihiri no Hana-Not yet
#51 Shortcake-Kashiwagi Yuki

#69 Jane Doe-Takahashi Minami

#85 Rappa Renshuuchuu-Watanabe Mayu

#89 Timemachine Nante Iranai-Maeda Atsuko

#93 Kirigirisu Jin-No Sleeves

#96 Birthday Wedding-Kashiwagi Yuki

Albums
#05 Teppen Tottande-NMB48

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AKB48 34th Single [Suzukake Nanchara] 1st Week Sales

AKB48's 34th single [Suzukake no Ki no Michi de "Kimi no Hohoemi wo Yume ni Miru" to Itteshimattara Bokutachi no Kankei wa dou Kawatteshimau no ka, Boku nari ni Nannichi ka Kangaeta Ue de no Yaya Kihazukashii Ketsuron no you na Mono] finished its first week in the Oricon charts and ranked first in the weekly ranking selling 1,033,336 copies .

The single sold 916,912 copies on its first day, which were good first day sales for a Janken single, but the rest of the week did not turned out as well as usual for AKB48. Weekly sales are behind last year's Janken single [Eien Pressure]'s (1,073,499) and also slightly behind [So long]'s (1,035,986), making them the lowest first week sales for AKB48 since [Sakura no Ki ni Narou] back in early 2011. Nevertheless, AKB48 broke the million-in-first-week mark for the 14th time in a row.

Meanwhile, in the Soundscan charts, the four regular type of this single took positions 2 through 5, selling a total of 203,190 copes between them. From the difference between this and Oricon, we can estimate the Theatre Edition sold 830,146 copies.

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JKT48 News Recap

JKT48 Second Anniversary Concert

JKT48 will hold their second anniversary concert titled "Thank You For Being My Friend" on 21st December 2013. The concert will be held in two time period, there will be noon and night show. For details, click here.

Concert DVD released
JKT48 have released their DVD concert "Let Us Introduce Ourselves : JKT48". There will be also a 2-shot event for the fans who purchase two DVDs. For further info and setlist, click here

Renai Kinshi Jourei Sensuuraku 
JKT48 Team J's current setlist, Renai Kinshi Jourei will come to its last show on 28th December 2013. There's still no announcement yet about the next Team J stage. The sensuuraku ticket can be applied through JKT48 website.

JKT48 Special Tour Package
JKT48 will have a special priviledge for the Japanese fans. There is a special tour package for them who want to visit and watch JKT48. For details, click here

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3rd AKB48 Kouhaku Utagassen Setlist

On December 17, AKB48 and their sister groups held their own Kouhaku event for the third time. Members from the 48groups competed against each other divided into two teams: the White Team with captain Yokoyama Yui and the Red Team with captain Watanabe Mayu. The White Team won with 8 out of 11 votes.


Red Team (Akagumi)
Captain: Watanabe Mayu
Vice-Captains: Takahashi Minami, Sashihara Rino, Minegishi Minami
AKB48: Izuta Rina, Iriyama Anna, Iwata Karen (did not perform due to illness), Oshima Ryoka, Kawaei Rina, Kobayashi Marina, Takahashi Juri, Takahashi Minami, Tano Yuka, Matsui Sakiko, Morikawa Ayaka, Watanabe Mayu, Abe Maria, Kitahara Rie, Sato Amina (did not perform due to illness), Nagao Mariya, Maeda Ami, Ishida Haruka, Iwasa Misaki, Umeda Ayaka, Oba Mina, Kashiwagi Yuki, Kato Rena, Kojima Natsuki, Takajo Aki, Takeuchi Miyu, Tanabe Miku, Natori Wakana, Nonaka Misato, Fujie Reina, Aigasa Moe, Kitazawa Saki, Takashima Yurina, Maeda Mitsuki, Nozawa Rena, Minegishi Minami, Komiyama Haruka, Tsuchiyasu Mizuki, Mukaichi Mion, Yumoto Ami
SKE48: Oya Masana, Nakanishi Yuka, Matsui Jurina, Shibata Aya, Suda Akari, Takayanagi Akane, Azuma Rion, Kimoto Kanon
NMB48: Kadowaki Kanako, Jonishi Kei, Shiroma Miru, Watanabe Miyuki, Takano Yui, Tanigawa Airi, Yogi Keira, Yabushita Shu
HKT48: Ota Aika, Sashihara Rino, Miyawaki Sakura, Murashige Anna, Akiyoshi Yuka, Okamoto Naoko, Tani Marika, Fuchigami Mai

White Team (Shirogumi)
Captain: Yokoyama Yui
Vice-Captains Oshima Yuko, Yamamoto Sayaka, Nakamura Mariko
AKB48: Kikuchi Ayaka, Sasaki Yukari, Sato Sumire, Suzuki Mariya, Yokoyama Yui, Uchida Mayumi, Oshima Yuko, Kuramochi Asuka, Kobayashi Kana, Shimada Haruka, Suzuki Shihori, Chikano Rina, Nakata Chisato, Hirata Rina, Fujita Nana, Miyazaki Miho, Muto Tomu, Ichikawa Miori, Omori Miyu, Oya Shizuka, Katayama Haruka, Kojima Haruna, Shimazaki Haruka, Nakamura Mariko, Yamauchi Suzuran, Iwatate Saho, Uchiyama Natsuki, Umeta Ayano, Okada Ayaka, Okada Nana, Kojima Mako, Shinozaki Ayana, Nishino Miki, Hashimoto Hikari, Murayama Yuiri, Mogi Shinobu, Ichikawa Manami, Owada Nana, Sato Kiara, Fukuoka Seina
SKE48: Ishida Anna, Kizaki Yuria, Furukawa Airi, Umemoto Madoka, Furuhata Nao, Matsui Rena, Kitagawa Ryoha
NMB48: Ogasawara Mayu, Kotani Riho, Yamamoto Sayaka, Yoshida Akari, Yagura Fuuko, Yamada Nana, Kato Yuka, Shibuya Nagisa
HKT48: Anai Chihiro, Kodama Haruka, Matsuoka Natsumi, Motomura Aoi, Moriyasu Madoka, Okada Kanna, Tashima Meru, Tomonaga Mio

Setlist
3rd AKB48 Kouhaku Utagassen
Dec 17, Tokyo Dome City Hall

M01. Uza (Senbatsu with the group World Order)
---MC---
M02.Kimi no Koto ga Suki dakara　(Center: Kato Yuka; Shirogumi)
M03. Akagumi Diamond (Oogoe Diamond) (Center: Murashige Anna; Akagumi)
M04. Makokii  (Warukii) (Kojima Mako; Shirogumi)
M05. Rappa Renshuuchuu (Kawaei Rina; Akagumi)
M06. Naminori Kakigoori (Okada Nana, Nishino Miki, Tashima Meru, Tomonaga Mio; Shirogumi)
M07. Kimi dake ni Chu! Chu! Chu! (Center: Takahashi Juri, Oshima Ryoka, Tano Yuka, Kimoto Kanon, Shiroma Miru, Yabushita Shu, Miyawaki Sakura; Akagumi)
---MC---
M08. Dear J (Kizaki Yuria; Shirogumi)
M09. Tomodachi Yori Daiji na Hito  (Minegishi Minami; Akagumi)
---MC---
M10. Futari wa Dekiteru (NEW SONG!)  (Kojima Haruna, Kitagawa Kenji; Shirogumi)
M11. Yuuwaku no Garter (Kashiwagi Yuki, Suda Akari, Watanabe Miyuki; Akagumi)
M12. Ue kara Mariko  (Center: Nakamura Mariko, Ichikawa Miori, Furukawa Airi, Kotani Riho, Anai Chihiro, Yamauchi Suzuran, Umemoto Madoka, Kikuchi Ayaka, Yamada Nana, Sato Sumire, Muto Tomu; Shirogumi)
---MC---
M13. Yoyaku Shita Christmas  (Matsui Sakiko, Takeuchi Miyu, Azuma Rion (on the piano); Akagumi
---MC---
M14. Hashire! Penguin (Kitagawa Ryoha, Furuhata Nao, Shibuya Nagisa, Yagura Fuuko, Yoshida Akari, Kodama Haruka, Matsuoka Natsumi, Moriyasu Madoka; Shirogumi)
M15. Majisuka Rock 'n' Roll  (Center: Kitahara Rie, Umeda Ayaka, Oba Mina, Nagao Mariya, Fujie Reina, Shibata Aya, Takayanagi Akane, Ota Aika, Takajo Aki, Akagumi)
M16. Mushi no Ballad (Kuramochi Asuka; Shirogumi)
M17. Temodemo no Namida  (Iriyama Anna, Kato Rena; Akagumi)
M18. Hajimete no Jelly Beans  (Owada Nana, Shimazaki Haruka, Yokoyama Yui; Shirogumi)
---MC---
M19. Kimi no Na wa Kibou (Watanabe Mayu, Nogizaka46's Ikuta Erika on piano; Akagumi)
---MC---
M20. Heart Ereki  (Center: Matsui Jurina; Akagumi)
M21. 12/31  (Yamamoto Sayaka with guitar; Shirogumi)
---MC---
M22. Sashiharabu (Matsumurabu) (Sashihara Rino; Akagumi)
M23. Mujin Eki  (Matsui Rena; Shirogumi)
---MC---
M24. Shinkokyuu  (Takahashi Minami with OJS48; Akagumi)  
M25. Nagisa no Cherry (Oshima Yuko, Backdancers: Iwatate, Kizaki, Yagura; Shirogumi)
---MC---
E01. Erande Rainbow (Tentoumu Chu)
E02. Kamonegix (NMB48)
E03. Sansei Kawaii! (SKE48)
E04. Melon Juice (HKT48)
E05. Suzukake Nanchara (AKB48)
E06. Heavy Rotation (ALL)
Result Announcement: Akagumi 3-8 Shirogumi
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Kokuritsu Kyougi-jo (National Stadium) Concerts: 2014/03/29 AKB48 Solo Concert, 2014/03/30 AKB48 Group Concert,
Saitama Super Arena Concerts: 2014/04/04 SKE48 Concert, 2014/04/05 noon HKT48 Concert, 2014/04/05 evening NMB48 Concert
E07. Koisuru Fortune Cookie (ALL)

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AKB48 34th Single [Suzukake Nanchara] 1st Day Sales

On December 11th,  AKB48 released its 34th single [Suzukake no Ki no Michi de "Kimi no Hohoemi wo Yume ni Miru" to Itteshimattara Bokutachi no Kankei wa dou Kawatteshimau no ka, Boku nari ni Nannichi ka Kangaeta Ue de no Yaya Kihazukashii Ketsuron no you na Mono]. The single sold 916,912 copies on its first day making AKB48 once again the top in the Oricon Daily Charts.

Sales have declined by about 100,000 copies compared to the previous single [Heart Ereki]'s first day sales of 1,020,800 but compared to last year's janken single [Eien Pressure]'s 840,043 copies, sales went up.

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Suga Nanako and Yano Azuki Will Graduate From SKE48

On December 7th, SKE48 members Suga Nanako and Yano Azuki announced that they will leave the group this month. Team E member Suga Nanako will have her final graduation show on December 22nd and Kenkyuusei Yano Azuki a day later on December 23rd, but both will still participate in a few handshake events in early 2014. Both girls want to focus on their studies.

Suga Nanako is a 5th Generation member. She joined SKE48 in late 2011 and was promoted to Team S in August 2012 and then became a Team E member after the SKE48 shuffle this April. She made SKE48 senbatsu constantly since the 10th single [Kiss Datte Hidarikiki]. Yano Azuki is a 6th Generation member who joined SKE48 this year. 

These graduation annoucements come only two weeks after two other SKE48 members, Niidoi Sayaka and Kitahara Yuna, announced their graduations.
You can read their messages about the graduations below.  

Suga Nanako's Comment
Original Message

I, Suga Nanako, will retire from my activities in SKE48 at the end of this month. It is a very sudden announcement and I am sorry about that but since I will become a third year high school student from now on and want to study properly, I made this decision. This is my third year since I joined SKE48. From the time I joined many people cheered for me, many members, the staff, my family supported me, and so I could continue my activites until now. Thank you. I want to continue with all my power until the end, so please support me.

Yano Azuki's Comment
Original Message

I am 6th Generation Kenkyuusei Yano Azuki. I will retire from my activities in SKE48 at the end of December. I made this decision because I want to focus on my studies.
While continuing my activities I bumped into many walls. Nevertheless, during these activities there were a lot of opportunities where I was able to come into contact with work I had always admired and my admiration for it became even stronger. From now on, I want to make this kind of work my future dream, and will advance straight ahead on the way I believed in. I am sorry that this is such a sudden announcement. Thank you to all the fans who supported me and to all SKE48 fans. I want to cherish the time I have left and want to work with even more effort than before.

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48Group New Team Stages To Be Rescheduled

Recently it was announced that Team S' 5th Stage scheduled for November 30th had to be delayed. The new shonichi date for this stage has now been revealed: it will be on February 27th, 2014.

But this is not the only news concerning new team stages. Team H's new stage, the first original one for HKT48, planned to start on December 22nd has been delayed too. A new date has not been mentioned.

Additionally, new stages for the other teams will have to undergo schedule changes as well. 


I guess many people expected this to happen. I did, but it is still disappointing. Why did they even bother to announce exact dates for all new stages even though it was clear they could not keep them?

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JKT48 [Manatsu no Sounds Good- Musim Panas Sounds Good] Is Released!

JKT48 have released their 4th single [Manatsu no Sounds Good- Musim Panas Sounds Good] on 26th November 2013 There are 16 members chosen as senbatsu for [Manatsu no Sounds Good- Musim Panas Sounds Good], 10 fromTeam J and 6 from Team KIII:

Team J: Melody Nurramdhani Laksani, Nabilah Ratna Ayu, Jessica Veranda, Haruka Nakagawa, Aki Takajo,Ayana Shahab,Rezky Wiranti Dhike, Shania Junianatha, Beby Chaesara Anadila, Devi Kinal Putri.

Team KIII: Cindy Yuvia,Rona Anggreani,Shinta Naomi,Ratu Vienny Fitrilya,Noella Sisterina,Jennifer Hanna 

[Manatsu no Sounds Good- Musim Panas Sounds Good] is released in two types: Regular and Theater. The Theater version has already gone on sale on theatre and now can also be purchased online via JKT48 website while the regular version as well can be purchased at the theatre, selected music stores and online via Rakuten Indonesia.

The regular version has a random senbatsu member photo and one "Call Sounds Card"* as a bonus. The theater version will give you an individual handshake ticket and one trading card.

On the press conference yesterday, the management also announced that they will relesase the DVD of [Perkenalkan Nama Kami JKT48-Let Us Introduce Ourselves]soon and will hold the 2nd anniversary concert on 21 December 2013.

Regular  Rp. 80.000 ( 800 JPY/ 9USD)	[CD] Manatsu no Sounds Good! – Musim Panas Sounds Good! BINGO! (Team J and Team KIII) Kimi to Boku no Kankei – Hubungan Kau dan Aku (Melody and Nabilah) Manatsu no Sounds Good! – Musim Panas Sounds Good! (English Version) [DVD] Manatsu no Sounds Good! – Musim Panas Sounds Good! Video Manatsu no Sounds Good! – Musim Panas Sounds Good! Behind The Scene
Theatre Rp. 40.000 (400 JPY/ 4.5 USD)	[CD] Manatsu no Sounds Good! – Musim Panas Sounds Good! BINGO! (Team J and Team KIII) Kimi to Boku no Kankei – Hubungan Kau dan Aku (Melody and Nabilah)

Check the video teaser here and visit[Manatsu no Sounds Good- Musim Panas Sounds Good] special page for details.


*="Calls Sounds Good" card is a bonus included in regular version of Manatsu no Sounds Good-Musim Panas Sounds Good which let the fans to write their name and phone number. Lucky fans will be called directly by JKT48 members.

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SKE48 13th Single [Sansei Kawaii] First Week Sales

SKE48 released their 13th Single [Sansei Kawaii] on November 20th  and it finished its first week in the Oricon Charts ranking #1. Sales amount to 449,003 copies.

Sales went down from [Utsukushii Inazuma]'s 510,673 in first weeking resulting in [Sansei Kawaii] having the group's lowest first week sales since [Oki Doki] back in 2011. First day sales amounted to 349,835 copies which was already a decline from the previous single's 416,341 copies. Nevertheless, the top spot of the Oricon Ranking was never in danger with SKE48 still selling considerably more than the competitors.　　

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HKT48 Announce Kyushu Seven Prefectures Tour

At their 2nd Anniversary Theatre Show, HKT48 announced their first tour. This will be around the seven prefectures of Kyushu, their home region. The dates are as follows:

11 January 2014 (Sat) Oita iichiko Grand Theatre
12 January 2014 (Sun) Miyazaki Municipal Culture Hall
13 January 2014 (Mon) Kumamoto Prefectural Theatre
19 January 2014 (Sun) Kagoshima Shimin Bunka Hall
1 February 2014 (Sat) Saga Civic Centre
8 February 2014 (Sat) Nagasaki Brick Hall
21 March 2014 (Fri) Fukuoka Sun Palace Hall

Some venues will have both noon and evening shows, only the January show details have been announced so far at the official website.

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HKT48 2nd Anniversary Theatre Show Setlist

On the 26th November 2013, HKT48 celebrated their 2nd Anniversary with a special theatre show featuring all 3 generations of members. The setlist included their own original songs and songs from all the different stages they have performed so far as well as other songs. The full setlist is below. They also announced their first tour, details in another post.

M01. Hatsukoi Butterfly
M02. Suki Suki Skip
M03. Onegai Valentine
---MC---
M04. Glory Days  (Kodama, Murashige, Shimono)
M05. Wimbledon e Tsuretette (Akiyoshi, Miyawaki, Tomonaga)
M06. MARIA (Anai, Matsuoka, Tanaka)
M07. Ame no Pianist (Imada, Ota, Wakatabe)
M08. Seifuku Resistance (Motomura, Okada, Okamoto)
M09. Kinjirareta Futari  (Nakanishi, Tani)
M10. Heart Gata Virus  (Fuchigami, Moriyasu, Tashima)
M11. Zannen Shoujo  (Kumazawa, Sashihara, Ueki)
M12. GLASS no I Love You  (Goto, Komada, Sakaguchi, Tomiyoshi)
---MC---
M13. Skirt, Hirari  (3rd gen)
---MC---
M14. Shonichi
M15. Nounai Paradise  (kenkyuusei)
M16. Kimi no Koto ga Suki Yaken (Team H)
M17. PARTY ga Hajimaru yo  (kenkyuusei)
M18. Te wo Tsunaginagara  (1st gen)
---MC---
M19. Sakura no Hanabiratachi
---ENCORE
EN01. Soko de Nani wo Kangaeru ka?  (1st gen)
---MC---
EN02. Melon Juice
---VTR---
EN03. Wink wa Sankai
---MC---
Announcement: HKT48 Kyushu Seven Prefectures Tour
EN04. HKT48

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Niidoi Sayaka and Kitahara Yuna Leave SKE48

On November 22nd, two SKE48 members announced their graduation. Team S member Niidoi Sayaka will graduate on November 30th with a final performance in the theatre. Kenkyuusei Kitahara Yuna's leave instead was immediate, she is not a member of the group anymore. Both girls want to focus on their studies.


Niidoi Sayaka is a 5th Generation member. She joined SKE48 in late 2011 and was promoted to Team S during the SKE48 shuffle this April. She made SKE48 senbatsu once for [Utsukushii Inazuma]. Kitahara Yuna was a 6th Generation member who had only joined early this year.

You can read their messages concerning the graduations below.  

Niidoi Sayaka's Comment
Original Message

I, Team S member Niidoi Sayaka, will retire from my activities in SKE48 to focus on my studies. It is really sudden, but please let me make this announcement of apology.
Since being added to SKE48 members 2 years have passed, a short time, but every single day  was full with precious experiences that won't come along again. Since the beginning, I was so inexperienced, always wavered and worried, but nevertheless I struggled to move forward somehow. But I liked dancing, I liked the stage, and I liked SKE48 even more and the ones who always supported my "heart star" (?) were my fans.
"I will watch over your growth", with these kind and warm words from you all in my heart, I was able to come so far. I still have a lot of things I want to talk about, but I will write those in the blog. My last stage will be the Team S show on November 30th. There is not much time left, but with gratitude I will make an effort (during this time), please treat me well.

Kitahara Yuna's Comment
Original Message

I will retire from my activities in SKE48 today.
I am really sorry it is so sudden and that I make this announcement via a written text even though it is something I should tell you in person.
Advance to university in the future, study psychology and at some rate study abroad, that is my dream. To achieve this dream academic ability is absolutely necessary and it has become difficult now to do both my studies and SKE48. Previously, I injured my eye during a stage show and took a long time off. During this time I worried continuously.
I am not skillful enough to combine my activities in SKE48 and my studies. And I'd really hate it to do both things only half-heartedly. As a result, I chose studying. To make an excuse to my beloved fellow 6th Generation members for not being able to pull through as SKE48's Kitahara Yuna, I will work as hard as I can at my studies in order to achieve my dream.
It was only about one year, a short time, but thank you for your kind support.

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AKB48 34th Single [Suzukake Nanchara] Tracklist and Covers

On December 11th, AKB48 will release this year's Janken single. The single has the longest title in AKB48's history: [Suzukake no Ki no Michi de "Kimi no Hohoemi wo Yume ni Miru" to Itteshimattara Bokutachi no Kankei wa dou Kawatteshimau no ka, Boku nari ni Nannichi ka Kangaeta Ue de no Yaya Kihazukashii Ketsuron no you na Mono], shortened to [Suzukake Nanchara]. The title can be translated as: Sort of a slightly embarassing conclusion I came to after thinking for several days about how our relationship will change if I told you "I see your smile in my dream" while being on a road with oriental plane trees.

The senbatsu for the title track are those determined by the last janken tournament with winner Matsui Jurina taking the center position. A full senbatsu list can be read below.

Among the coupling songs for this single are songs for each of the groups of the 48 family. Except for SKE48's song all of these are centered by Kenkyuusei. Owada Nana is the center for the AKB48 song, Shibuya Nagisa for NMB48 and recently joined 3rd Generation KKS Yabuki Nako for HKT48. The center for SKE48's song is recently promoted Yamada Mizuho.


AKB48 34th Single
Suzukake no Ki no Michi de "Kimi no Hohoemi wo Yume ni Miru" to Itteshimattara Bokutachi no Kankei wa dou Kawatteshimau no ka, Boku nari ni Nannichi ka Kangaeta Ue de no Yaya Kihazukashii Ketsuron no you na Mono
鈴懸の木の道で「君の微笑みを夢に見る」と言ってしまったら僕たちの関係はどう変わってしまうのか、僕なりに何日か考えた上でのやや気恥ずかしい結論のようなもの
 11th December 2013

Type A 1,600yen	[CD] 01. Suzukake Nanchara 02. Mosh & Dive 03. Party is Over (AKB48) 04. Suzukake Nanchara  (off vocal) 05. Mosh & Dive (off vocal) 06. Party is Over (off vocal) [DVD] 01. Suzukake Nanchara (MV -Short Film vers.-) 02. Suzukake Nanchara (MV) 03. Mosh & Dive (MV) 04. Party is Over (MV)
Type S 1,600yen	[CD] 01. Suzukake Nanchara 02. Mosh & Dive 03. Escape (SKE48) 04. Suzukake Nanchara  (off vocal) 05. Mosh & Dive (off vocal) 06. Escape (off vocal) [DVD] 01. Suzukake Nanchara (MV -Short Film vers.-) 02. Suzukake Nanchara (MV) 03. Mosh & Dive (MV) 04. Escape (MV) 05. 34th Single Janken Taikai Documentary
Type N 1,600yen	[CD] 01. Suzukake Nanchara 02. Mosh & Dive 03. Kimi to Deatte Boku wa Kawatta (NMB48) 04. Suzukake Nanchara  (off vocal) 05. Mosh & Dive (off vocal) 06. Kimi to Deatte Boku wa Kawatta (off vocal) [DVD] 01. Suzukake Nanchara (MV -Short Film vers.-) 02. Suzukake Nanchara (MV) 03. Mosh & Dive (MV) 04. Kimi to Deatte Boku wa Kawatta (MV) 05. Weakest Janken Queen Battle
Type　H 1,600yen	[CD] 01. Suzukake Nanchara 02. Mosh & Dive 03. Wink wa Sankai (HKT48) 04. Suzukake Nanchara  (off vocal) 05. Mosh & Dive (off vocal) 06. Wink wa Sankai (off vocal) [DVD] 01. Suzukake Nanchara (MV -Short Film vers.-) 02. Suzukake Nanchara (MV) 03. Mosh & Dive (MV) 04. Wink wa Sankai (MV) 05. Love Shugyou MV
Theatre Edition 1,000yen	[CD] 01. Suzukake Nanchara 02. Mosh & Dive 03. TBA (Tentoumu Chu!) 04. Suzukake Nanchara (off vocal) 05. Mosh & Dive (off vocal) 06. TBA (off vocal)

Suzukake Nanchara Senbatsu
AKB48
Team A: Kikuchi Ayaka, Sasaki Yukari, Tano Yuka
Team K: Abe Maria, Kitahara Rie, Hirata Rina
Team B: Oba Mina, Oya Shizuka, Natori Wakana, Fujie Reina
KKS: Tsuchiyasu Mizuki, Yumoto Ami
SKE48
Team S: Matsui Jurina (Team K concurrent)
Team E: Furuhata Nao
NMB48
Team BII: Kamieda Emika
KKS: Uno Mizuki

Mosh & Dive
AKB48
Team A: Iriyama Anna, Kawaei Rina, Takahashi Minami, Yokoyama Yui, Watanabe Mayu
Team K: Oshima Yuko, Kuramochi Asuka, Nagao Mariya, Muto Tomu
Team B: Ichikawa Miori, Umeda Ayaka, Kashiwagi Yuki, Kato Rena, Kojima Haruna, Shimazaki Haruka
Team 4: Iwatate Saho, Minegishi Minami, Murayama Yuiri
SKE48
Team KII: Suda Akari
Team E: Matsui Rena
NMB48 
Team N: Yamamoto Sayaka, Watanabe Miyuki (Team B concurrent)
HKT48
Team H: Kodama Haruka, Sashihara Rino
JKT48:
Team J: Takajo Aki

Party is Over- AKB48
Team A: Iriyama Anna, Kawaei Rina, Takahashi Minami, Yokoyama Yui, Watanabe Mayu
Team K: Oshima Yuko,Nagao Mariya
Team B: Kashiwagi Yuki, Kato Rena, Kojima Haruna, Shimazaki Haruka
Team 4: Okada Nana, Kojima Mako, Nishino Miki, Minegishi Minami
KKS: Owada Nana

Escape- SKE48
Team S: Ishida Anna, Oya Masana, Kizaki Yuria, Nakanishi Yuka, Matsui Jurina, Mukaida Manatsu
Team KII: Oba Mina, Shibata Aya, Suda Akari, Takayanagi Akane, Furukawa Airi, Yamada Mizuho
Team E: Azuma Rion, Kimoto Kanon, Suga Nanako, Furuhata Nao, Matsui Rena
KKS: Kitagawa Ryoha

Kimi to Deatte Boku wa Kawatta- NMB48
Team N: Ichikawa Miori, Ogasawara Mayu, Kotani Riho, Jonishi Kei, Shiroma Miru, Yamamoto Sayaka, Yoshida Akari, Watanabe Miyuki
Team M: Takano Yui, Murase Sae, Yagura Fuuko, Yamada Nana
Team BII: Kato Yuuka, Kamieda Emika, Yabushita Shu
KKS: Shibuya Nagisa

Wink wa Sankai- HKT48
Team H : Anai Chihiro, Ota Aika, Kumazawa Serina, Kodama Haruka, Sashihara Rino, Tanaka Natsumi, Matsuoka Natsumi, Miyawaki Sakura, Murashige Anna, Motomura Aoi, Moriyasu Madoka
KKS: Okada Kanna, Tashima Meru, Tomonaga Mio, Fuchigami Mai,  Yabuki Nako

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NMB48 to Make First Solo Appearance at NHK Kouhaku

The year is coming to an end and soon it is time again for the next NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen, the annual music show contest between a red (female artists) and white (male artists) team broadcasted on December 31. On November 18 it was revealed that NMB48 will make their first solo appearance at the famous event this year.  

AKB48 already made several appearances at the Kouhaku and last year SKE48 also got their first solo appearance there. NMB48 members performed at the Kouhaku before but only as part of AKB48's performance, not on their own.

A solo appearance at  the NHK Kouhaku has been NMB48's big goal for this year. It was even the theme of the song [12/31] included on the group's first album [Teppen Tottande]. Even NMB48's West and East Japan tours had the title [12/31], the Kouhaku date.

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NMB48 Team N 3rd [Koko ni Datte Tenshi wa Iru] Setlist

On November 19, Team N's long awaited first original stage [Koko ni Datte Tenshi wa Iru] was performed for the first time. This is the first newly written stage for the 48group since Team KII's 3rd Stage [Ramune no Nomikata] back in 2011.

One and a half year and five postponements after the first shonichi date, Team N could finally put on stage 15 completely new songs as well as the already performed [Aoi Tsuki ga Miteru kara] and a NMB48 medley.

Among the songs is also a Yamamoto Sayaka solo called [Yume no Dead Body]. Watanabe Miyuki, Ogasawara Mayu and Ichikawa Miori are centers for the unit songs.


Team N 3rd Stage [Koko ni Datte Tenshi wa Iru]
M01 - Aoi Tsuki ga Miteru kara
M02 - Radio Name
M03 - Koko ni Datte Tenshi wa Iru
M04 - Cattleya no Hana wo Miru Tabi Ni Kimi wo Omoidasu
----MC----
M05 - Yume no Dead Body (Yamamoto Sayaka)
M06 - Nando mo Nerae (Ogasawara Mayu, Kotani Riho, Kadowaki Kanako, Kinoshita Haruna, Hayashi Momoka)
M07 - O-NEW no Uwabaki (Ishikawa Miori, Kondo Rina, Shiroma Miru)
M08 - Kono Sekai ga Yuki ni Umoreru Mae ni  (Kishino Rika, Koga Narumi, Nishimura Aika, Yamaguchi Yuuki)
M09 - Zipper (Watanabe Miyuki, Jonishi Kei, Yoshida Akari) 
----MC----
M10 - Hajimete no Hoshi (Ogasawara, Jonishi, Shiroma, Ichikawa, Yamamoto, Yoshida, Watanabe)
M11 - 100nen Saki demo (Ogasawara, Jonishi, Shiroma, Ichikawa, Yamamoto, Yoshida, Watanabe, Kadowaki, Kinoshita, Kotani, Kondo)
M12 - Ribbon Nante Niawanai
----MC----
M13 - Doga to Ballerina (Ballerina: Kadowaki)

-----ENCORE-----
EN1 - Jounetsu Highway
----MC----
EN2 - Sukoshi Nigai Jinsei Soudan
EN3 - Fumou no Tochi wo Mankai ni
EN4 - NMB48 Medley
           Kamonegics
           Nagiichi
           Kitagawa Kenji
           Seishun no Laptime

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SKE48 Team S 5th Stage Postponed

The start of Team S' 5th Stage which was scheduled for November 30th has been postponed. No new date for this stage has been announced yet.

New stages for all teams had been announced during AKB48's Dome Tour this summer. The first one of this, Team N's [Koko ni datte Tenshi wa Iru], is supposed to start in a few days on the 19th after several delays. Now the next in line, S 5th, was delayed which raises doubts whether the stage scheduled next after S5, Team H's new stage, will really start on time on  December 22nd.

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SNH48 Team SII and Team NII Formed

On 11th November 2013, SNH48 formed their first two teams, SII and NII. Mo-Han was named captain of Team SII. With this announcement, only Ding ZiYan remains without a team. Check out the official site here: http://www.snh48.com/member.html

Team SII

Team NII:

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AKB48 Draft Meeting Results

 

On November 10th, all 48 groups held the first AKB48 Group Draft Meeting. Team captains together with four other representatives of their team picked new team members from a pool of 29 candidates.

After the candidates performed [River] and [Aitakatta] in groups and were questioned by hosts and the team captains, the actual draft took place. 20 girls were drafted. The most were picked by Team KII which chose 5 girls while Team S, N, M and H decided to draft only one.

Two girls were picked by several teams: Sutou Ririka by Team KII, Team E and Team N and Kawamoto Saya by Team B, S, KII, E  and H. The decision which team gets them had to be made by lottery which left Sutou with N and Kawamoto with B.

The drafted girls will now enter into negotiations with the respective teams and they still have the right to decline joining the team until December.

The girls who were not picked will be automatically in the final audition round if they decide to participate in the next AKB48 group auditions


The final results are:

Team A:
1st Round: Nishiyama Rena
2nd Round: Takita Kayoko

Team K:
1st Round: Gotou Moe
2nd Round: Shimoguchi Hinana

Team B:
1st Round: Yokoshima Aeri
2nd Round: Kawamoto Saya

Team S:
1st Round: Matsumoto Chikako

Team KII:
1st Round: Goudo Saki
2nd Round: Takatsuka Natsuki
3rd Round: Suzuki Nene
4th Round: Arai Yuki
5th Round: Souda Sarina

Team E:
1st Round: Koishi Kumiko
2nd Round: Takatera Sana
3rd Round: Fukushi Nao

Team N:
1st Round: Sutou Ririka

Team M:
1st Round: Takei Sara

Team BII:
1st Round: Iso Kanae
2nd Round: Naiki Kokoro

Team H:
1st Round: Yamamoto Mao

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JKT48 News Recap

JKT48's Melody Nurramdhani Laksani's photobook has been released on 31th October 2013. She is the first JKT48 member to have her own photobook. The title of the book is [Melody SUGAO-The Natural Face Of Melody]. It consist special photos of Melody on some popular places in Japan.

There is a special bonus on directly buying the book on JKT48 theatre, buyers will get one of five of name card which will be traded directly with Melody on an event. The "card trading" event itself will be held on December.

"Melody SUGAO-The Natural Face Of Melody Photobook"
Size   =  A4
Pages = 52(4 covers and 48 pages)
Price =  IDR 85.000 (800 JPY/ USD 8) Available offline on JKT48 Theatre and Online at Rakuten

Stella Cornelia Announces Graduation

Stella Cornelia announced her graduation on 3rd November 2013 at her birthday show. As of now, there is no further information about when her shensuuraku show will be held.

JKT48 Third Generation Audition Has Opened!

JKT48 Official Management is opening recruitment for JKT48 third generation (kenkyuusei). The applicants can get the form on JKT48 Theatre merchandise booth or via online on JKT48 theatre. here

JKT48 Handshake Festival

JKT48 will hold a Handshake Festival. The Handshake Event is meant to those who want to join the Koisuru Fortune Cookie handshake event and General Handshake Heavy Rotation.

The event will be held on 10 November 2013, which is also a Hero day in Indonesia and will be the theme for JKT48 members's uniform. There will be live broadcast from JKT48 member, games, and mini live performances.

The schedule for KFC handshake session can be seen directly on the place and here's the schedule for JKT48 First Album "Heavy Rotation” Heavy Rotation
Sesi 1: Pukul 10:00 - 11:00 WIB
Sesi 2: Pukul 11:00 - 12:00 WIB
Sesi 3: Pukul 15:00 - 16:00 WIB
Sesi 4: Pukul 16:00 – 17:00 WIB

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Kashiwagi Yuki 3rd Solo Live Setlist

Kashiwagi Yuki held her 3rd solo live, titled [Netemo Sametemo Yukirin World ~Motto Muchu ni Sasechauzo~] at Yokohama Arena on the 7th November 2013. For this concert, 10,000 fans saw Yukirin perform 21 songs drawn from her solo songs and the AKB48 back catalogue. The first encore saw French Kiss perform their 5 singles, ending a 70 day countdown which had been held on the groups website. However, no other announcement was made regarding the group.

Full setlist below:

M01. Birthday Wedding
M02. Seigi no Mikata Ja Nai Hero
M03. Flying Get
M04. Give Me Five!
---MC1---
M05. Romance Kenjuu
M06. Kuchi Utsushi no Chocolate
M07. Namida ni Shizumu Taiyou
---MC2---
M08. Rainy Day (Yukirin played the guitar)
M09. Shortcake
M10. Chinmoku
M11. Kazanbai
M12. Anata to Watashi
M13. Demo ne Zutto
M14. Ashita mo Waraou
M15. Skirt, Hirari
---MC3---
M16. Gingham Check
M17. Juuryoku Sympathy
M18. Kimi no Koto ga Suki Dakara (Yukirin played guitar for the intro)
M19. Yokaze no Shiwaza
---ENCORE---
EN1. If (French Kiss)
EN2. Kakkowarui I Love You (French Kiss)
EN3. Saisho no Mail (French Kiss)
EN4. Romance Privacy (French Kiss)
EN5. Zutto Mae Kara (French Kiss)
---DOUBLE ENCORE---
EN6. Heart Ereki
EN7. Enkyori Poster

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AKB48 33rd Single [Heart Ereki] First Week Sales

AKB48's 33rd single [Heart Ereki] was released on October 30th and now finished its first week. Not surprisingly the single topped the Oricon Weekly Charts selling 1,203,586 copies.

The sales are not as good but about the same level as those of the previous single [Koisuru Fortune Cookie] which sold 1,330,432 copies in week one. Compared to last year's cool single [UZA] (1,128,696 copies in first week), sold around the same period of the year, sales are even a bit better. AKB48 continues to achieve outstanding sales numbers.

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NMB48 Team N 3rd [Koko ni Datte Tenshi wa Iru] Delayed Once Again

Team N's first original stage [Koko ni datte Tenshi wa Iru] has been delayed again. Only recently, the show had already been postponed from October 26th to November 9th and now this has happened again. New Shonichi date is now November 19th.

Team N3rd was originally scheduled for May 12th, 2012, and then delayed several times. Today's postponement is already the fifth.

Despite the delay, ticket sales lottery for the Shonichi show starts today at the AKB48 Group Ticket Center.

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HKT48 [Pajama Drive] Shonichi+ 3rd Generation Members Revealed

HKT48 performed their new stage [Pajama Drive] on November 2nd for the first time. This stage is originally Team B's 3rd Stage and was also done by Team E, JKT48 and recently also by AKB48 Kenkyuusei.

HKT48 performs the [Pajama Drive] stage in Himawari-gumi style which means that it is not done by a team but by 1st and 2nd Generation members together. The shonichi performance was done by 9 Team H members and 7 2nd Generation Kenkyuusei. Two of those members, Sashihara Rino and Ota Aika, already performed this stage before as members of Team B. Both are back in their old positions.

During the show, HKT48's 3rd Generation members were also presented for the first time. 9 girls (seen in the picture below) passed the latest HKT48 audition conducted this summer and are now HKT48's new Kenkyuusei. Their profiles are already up on the official HKT48 homepage: http://www.hkt48.jp/profile/
 

HKT48 Stage [Pajama Drive]
Performing members:
Team H: Anai Chihiro, Ota Aika, Kodama Haruka, Sashihara Rino, Matsuoka Natsumi, Miyawaki Sakura, Murashige Anna, Motomura Aoi, Moriyasu Madoka
2nd Generation KKS: Akiyoshi Yuka, Ui Mashiro, Okamoto Naoko, Tashima Meru, Tani Marika, Tomonaga Mio, Fuchigami Mai

M01 - Shonichi
M02 - Hissatsu Teleport
M03 - Gokigen Naname na Mermaid
M04 - Futarinori no Jitensha
M05 - Tenshi no Shippo (Akiyoshi Yuka, Ota Aika, Tomonaga Mio)
M06 - Pajama Drive (Tani Marika, Miyawaki Sakura, Motomura Aoi)
M07 - Junjou Shugi (Anai Chihiro, Kodama Haruka, Fushigami Mai)
M08 - Temodemo no Namida (Matsuoka Natsumi, Moriyasu Madoka)
M09 - Kagami no Naka no Jeanne D'Arc (Ui Mashiro, Okamoto Naoko, Sashihara Rino, Tashima Meru, Murashige Anna)  
M10 - Two Years Later

M11 - Inochi no Tsukaimichi
M12 - Kiss Shite Son Shichatta
M13 - Boku no Sakura

-----ENCORE-----
3rd Generation Members Introduced
EN1 - Wasshoi HKT!
EN2 - Suifu wa Arashi ni Yume wo Miru
EN3 - Shiroi Shirt

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SKE48 13th Single [Sansei Kawaii!] Covers, Tracklist and Senbatsu

As previously announced, SKE48 will release their 13th Single on November 20th. The single is titled [Sansei Kawaii!] and the covers, tracklist and line-ups have been revealed recently.

Following her very good rank in this year's election Shibata Aya made it to Senbatsu for the first time. Kenkyuusei Kitagawa Ryoha also was chosen as Senbatsu for the first time.

Apart from the usual Akagumi, Shirogumi and Selection 8, the single also contains a duet by Suda Akari and Matsumura Kaori, a song by a unit consisting of all SKE48 members who rankend in the Senbatsu Election named Selection 18 and one song by Aichi Toyota Senbatsu which consists of 12 girls chosen to promote the Aichi Toyota Motor Company.

Type A Limited 1,600yen

Type A Regular 1,600yen

[CD]
01. Sansei Kawaii!
02. Koko de Ippatsu (Da~Su~&Tsu~Ma~)
03. Michi wa Naze Tsuzuku no ka (Aichi Toyota Senbatsu)
04. Zutto Zutto Saki no Kyou (Selection 18)
05. Sansei Kawaii! (off vocal)
06. Koko de ippatsu (off vocal)
07. Michi wa Naze Tsuzuku no ka (off vocal)
08. Zutto Zutto Saki no Kyou (off vocal)
[DVD]
01. Sansei Kawaii! (MV)
02. Koko de Ippatsu (MV)
03. Special Footage

Type B Limited 1,600yen

Type B Regular 1,600yen

[CD]
01. Sansei Kawaii!
02. Itsu no Ma ni ka, Yowai Mono Ijime (Selection 8)
03. Michi wa Naze Tsuzuku no ka (Aichi Toyota Senbatsu)
04. Zutto Zutto Saki no Kyou (Selection 18)
05. Sansei Kawaii! (off vocal)
06. Itsu no Ma ni ka, Yowai Mono Ijime (off vocal)
07. Michi wa Naze Tsuzuku no ka (off vocal)
08. Zutto Zutto Saki no Kyou (off vocal)
[DVD]
01. Sansei Kawaii! (MV)
02. Itsu no Ma ni ka, Yowai Mono Ijime (MV)
03. Special Footage

Type C Limited 1,600yen

Type C Regular 1,600yen

[CD]
01. Sansei Kawaii!
02. Canaria Syndrome (Shirogumi)
03. Michi wa Naze Tsuzuku no ka (Aichi Toyota Senbatsu)
04. Zutto Zutto Saki no Kyou (Selection 18)
05. Sansei Kawaii! (off vocal)
06. Canaria Syndrome (off vocal)
07. Michi wa Naze Tsuzuku no ka (off vocal)
08. Zutto Zutto Saki no Kyou (off vocal)
[DVD]
01. Sansei Kawaii! (MV)
02. Canaria Syndrome (MV)
03. Special Footage

Type D Limited 1,600yen

Type D Regular 1,600yen

[CD]
01. Sansei Kawaii!
02. Zakuro no Mi wa Yuu'utsu ga Nantsubu Tsumatte Iru? (Akagumi)
03. Michi wa Naze Tsuzuku no ka (Aichi Toyota Senbatsu)
04. Zutto Zutto Saki no Kyou (Selection 18)
05. Sansei Kawaii! (off vocal)
06. Zakuro no Mi wa Yuu'utsu ga Nantsubu Tsumatte Iru? (off vocal)
07. Michi wa Naze Tsuzuku no ka (off vocal)
08. Zutto Zutto Saki no Kyou (off vocal)
[DVD]
01. Sansei Kawaii! (MV)
02. Zakuro no Mi wa Yuu'utsu ga Nantsubu Tsumatte Iru? (MV)
03. Special Footage

Theater Version 1,000yen

[CD]
01. Sansei Kawaii!
02. Michi wa Naze Tsuzuku no ka (Aichi Toyota Senbatsu)
03. Zutto Zutto Saki no Kyou (Selection 18)
04. SKE48 13th Single Medley
05. Sansei Kawaii! (off vocal)
06. Michi wa Naze Tsuzuku no ka (off vocal)
07. Zutto Zutto Saki no Kyou (off vocal)



Senbatsu
Team S: Ishida Anna, Oya Masana, Kizaki Yuria, Nakanishi Yuuka, Matsui Jurina, Mukaida Manatsu
Team KII: Oba Mina, Shibata Aya, Suda Akari, Takayanagi Akane, Furukawa Airi
Team E: Kimoto Kanon, Suga Nanako, Furuhata Nao, Matsui Rena
Kenkyuusei: Kitagawa Ryoha


In: Kitagawa Ryoha, Niidoi Sayaka, Nakanishi Yuka,
Out: Niidoi Sayaka, Yakata Miki, Kinoshita Yukiko


Da~Su~&Tsu~Ma~
Team KII: Suda Akari
Kenkyuusei: Matsumura Kaori

Selection 8
Team S: Ego Yuna, Niidoi Sayaka
Team KII: Futamura Haruka
Team E: Azuma Rion, Ichino Narumi, Iwanaga Tsugumi, Mizuno Honoka, Miyamae Ami

Shirogumi
Team S: Abiru Riho, Isohara Kyoka, Goto Risako, Saito Makiko, Tsuzuki Rika
Team KII: Ichiyama Mikoto, Kato Tomoko, Kobayashi Ami, Sato Mieko, Matsumoto Rina
Team E: Sakai Mei, Yamada Reika
Kenykuusei: Inuzuka Asana, Ogino Risa, Kitano Ruka, Kitahara Yuna

Akagumi
Team S: Sato Seira, Deguchi Aki, Yakata Miki
Team KII: Kato Rumi, Takagi Yumana, Takeuchi Mai, Yamashita Yukari, Yamada Mizuho
Team E: Iguchi Shiori, Umemoto Madoka, Kaneko Shiori, Kito Momona, Kinoshita Yukiko
Kenkyuusei: Aoki Shiori, Owaki Arisa, Kumazaki Haruka

Aichi Toyota Senbatsu
Team S: Oya Masana, Kizaki Yuria, Matsui Jurina, Mukaida Manatsu
Team KII: Shibata Aya, Suda Akari, Takayanagi Akane, Furukawa Airi
Team E:  Kimoto Kanon, Furuhata Nao, Matsui Rena
Kenkyuusei: Kitagawa Ryoha

Selection 18
Team S: Isohara Kyoka, Oya Masana, Kizaki Yuria, Saito Makiko, Nakanishi Yuka, Matsui Jurina
Team KII: Oba Mina, Kobayashi Ami, Shibata Aya, Suda Akari, Takayanagi Akane, Furukawa Airi, Matsumoto Rina
Team E:  Umemoto Madoka, Kaneko Shiori, Kimoto Kanon, Matsui Rena
Kenkyuusei: Matsumura Kaori

*Bold: Center

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