Oshima Yuko to star in Fuji TV Getsu9 drama [Watashi ga Renai Dekinai Riyuu]

AKB48's 2nd center Oshima Yuko will star in a Fuji TV Getsu9 drama starting October. Titled [Watashi ga Renai Dekinai Riyuu], it is a story about 3 women who can't fall in love. The other cast members is actress/model Karina and Yoshitaka Yuriko. This is the first time Yuko takes on a lead role, finally completing her dream of being an actress. Yuko has casted in many dramas and movies since she joined AKB48, and even before that she is a child actress that acted on a number of dramas. Watashi ga Renai Dekinai Riyuu will air on Fuji TV's Getsu9 slot (月９), or Monday 9PM,...

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AKB48 22nd Single [Flying Get] 1st week sales

Will update when ORICON updates their page with the 1st week sales picture. If I do forget please remind me. Flying Get surprised us all with it's incredible 1st day sales, selling over a million copies in it's debut day on the charts. So how did AKB48's latest single fare for it's 1st week? Not too surprising actually. 1,346 million copies sold, just barely broke their previous single Everyday, Kachuusha's 1st week sales with 12k to spare. There has been some talk in the net that Morning Musume's Love Machine record of 1.6million would be broken by Flying Get in it's debut week. Personally...

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SDN48 [MIN.MIN.MIN] 1st Week Sales + Review

Weeeeird I remember clicking the publish button for this. how come it's still in draft? Continuing a long rush of x48 related releases, SDN48 has released their 3rd single MIN.MIN.MIN last week and sold 72,584 copies of the single in the first week, managing to get the 3rd rank in the Oricon charts behind Johnny's group Kanjani8 and Kuwata Keisuke. 57,686 copies of that single were sold on its first day, when the single was able to reach rank 2 in the daily ranking. Comparing MIN.MIN.MIN sales with the former single, Ai Chuseyo, which sold 64,020 copies in its first week, SDN48 was able...

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SKE48 Matsushita Yui to graduate in September

Just announced this evening at the Team S performance today, SKE48 Team S's Matsushita Yui will be graduating at the end of September. Back in January 2010, more than a year and a half ago, Yuimin injured both her ankles with osteochondritis dissecans. She left SKE48 temporarily to undergo an operation in April 2010 and at least 10 months of rehabilitation afterwards. Things started to look up when she made a surprise appearance in July 2010 at SKE48's Best 30 2010 concert, though still wheelchair bound at that time. Starting earlier this year she started to go back into SKE48's...

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AKB48 22nd Single [Flying Get] sells a million in a day

AKB48's latest single [Flying Get] released today and the sales are just staggering. I'm still shocked. Over 1 million copies sold in just it's first day. I've got no words for this. My hands are down. This is incredible. Honestly I wasn't expecting them to sell so much, higher than their previous single Everyday, Kachuusha's 1st day (942k). Usually the single after the senbatsu elections will decrease in sales. After all, the wotas broke their budget buying 100 copies to vote for their favorites. So Flying Get selling more than Everyday, Kachuusha is amazing. Flying...

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JKT48 (Jakarta48) in the works

In a bizarre turn of events, AKB48 has expanded to Indonesia. JKT48, short for JaKarTa, the capital of Indonesia, is being formed. It is said to be the twin sister to AKB48 and it is a joint project by Dentsu and AKS. JKT48 will be directly affiliated with AKB48. Auditions have already started 2 days ago, and will continue till August 26th. Another set of auditions will take place from September 6th to 15th. Requirements for auditionees are that the must be an female Indonesian citizen, aged between 13 to 18 years old, attractive, talented and photogenic. JKT48 Official...

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[Flying Get] 'Another Jacket' released in Shibuya Station

A new promotion stunt, AKB48 released an 'another jacket' cover of their latest single Flying Get at Shibuya Station earlier this morning. 3,000 copies of the new cover was pasted on the walls inside the station, and was free for passerbys to take. Needless to say, they did. In less than an hour all 3,000 copies were taken, even though there wasn't any announcement of this beforehand. The 'another jacket' cover comes with a printed gold stamp with the words 「フラゲ認定」(Furage Nintei) (Flying Get Certifed). 'Furage' is the short form for Flying Get by the way. furaingugetto. Just...

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Shinoda Mariko to produce her own magazine [Mariko Magazine]

note: Melos is feeling very feverish and won't be available for the next few days Remember when Itano Tomomi "produced" her own photobook? Well Shinoda Mariko has bigger plans than than that. As one of the most visible members of AKB48, especially given her height and looks, Mariko-sama will be chief editor of her own fashion magazine titled [Mariko Magazine] to be released October 28. Fans have been speculating about a graduation for a long time. Mariko is the oldest member of AKB48 at age 25, she is extremely popular outside of the idol group, and is busy with modeling gigs, variety shows,...

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Nogizaka46 makes it's first appearance

Nogizaka46, AKB48's official rival group that is also produced by Akimoto Yasushi, has completed their auditions last month and today they made their first appearance to the public. There was a total of 38,934 applicants, a surprise for many since they weren't expecting people to be interested in it. (conflicting reports for this. I'll give both sides of the story.) 1. Nogizaka46 will get their own Theater sometime in the future at Sony's Nogizaka SME Building. 2. Nogizaka46 will not be based in a Theater like AKB48 and will be going all over Japan to perform. Official Website: http://www.nogizaka46.com/top.html The...

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