NMB48 Okita Ayaka promoted to Team M + 5th Single and tour announced

NMB48 finished its Osaka prefecture tour Osaka Juuban Shoubu on May 31st, and the final day brought several announcements with it. First of all, Kenkyuusei Okita Ayaka was promoted to Team M. She took the spot of Kodakari Yuuka who graduated in April due to health problems. Okita Ayaka was one of the two 1st Generation Kenkyuusei left who neither made Team N nor M. Now Koyanagi Arisa is the only 1st Generation Kenkyuusei left. Additionally, it was announced that NMB48's 5th single will be released on August 8. The single will come in the usual 4 types: A, B, C and Theater Version. No...

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NO NAME [Kibou ni Tsuite] Single Release Date Announced

The new subunit NO NAME consisting of AKB48's Watanabe Mayu, Sato Sumire, Sato Amina, Ishida Haruka, Iwata Karen, Nakaya Sayaka - SKE48's Yagami Kumi, Hata Sawako and NMB48's Mita Mao, which was formed for anime AKB0048 will be releasing their single [Kibou ni Tsuite] on August 1st. [Kibou ni Tsuite] is the current opening of the anime while [Yume wa Nandomo Umarekawaru] as the ending. Both these songs will be on the single along with another new song. The single will be available in two types A and B. Type A will have the actual members as the cover and PV for [Kibou ni Tsuite] member version,...

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Not yet [Suika BABY] / Watarirouka Hashiritai 7 [Shounen yo Uso wo Tsuke!] 1st Day Sales

Not yet and Watarirouka Hashiritai 7 respectively took #1 and #2 spots today selling 58,113 and 38,033. Not yet's last single [Perapera Perao] had a first day of 70,669 copies with Warota7's [Kibou Sanmyaku] having a first day of 55,423. That's a drop for both the subunits and could be because of the election i .e people buying the voting single so as to vote for members than buy this, still those are pretty decent first day sales, so congrats to bo...

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SKE48 [Aishiteraburu!] 1st Week Sales + Review

SKE48's 9th single [Aishiteraburu!] sold 472,327 copies in it's first week, grabbing the #1 spot. SKE nearly gave us a scare on the first day when they only sold 98K but was obviously due the theater editions not being shipped because the next day there was an instant surge of 288K. [Kataomoi Finally] though had a first week sale of 495,809 so they were 23K short from winning their previous single. None the less, 472K is great and this single should be able to cross 500K too. Aishiteraburu! I love [Aishiteraburu!] SKE's upbeat songs are always amazing. This is like [Oki Doki] but like...

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AKB48 Tokyo Dome Concert / Maeda Atsuko's Graduation Date Announced

Team A Captain Takahashi Minami today via YouTube announced the date for AKB48's Tokyo Dome concert. The date has been set for August 24th to 26th, a three day concert. Aki-P said Maeda Atsuko will graduate the next day after the concert ends, at the AKB48 theater. Hence Maeda Atsuko's graduate date is to be August 27th.  At the moment, how to get the tickets for the concert have not been revealed. Tokyo Dome has been the dream of AKB48 and its going to be huge. I'm very interested in the announcement in TDC. I know there is going to be some shocking announcement. And now we also...

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AKB48 Wins 3 JASRAC Awards

The 30th JASRAC Award was announced on May 23rd, 2012.  AKB48 took home the Gold Award with Heavy Rotation, Silver Award with Ponytail to Shushu, and Bronze Award with Beginner. This is the first time in the JASRAC Award history that the first 3 places are all won by the same artist. On top of the 3 awards, 2 more AKB48 songs were included in the Top 10.  They are Everyday, Kachuusha at 4th place and Aitakatta at 6th place. According to the website, the award is "bestowed based on the share of royalties contributed during the one-year period of April 2011 to March...

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AKB48 [Manatsu no Sounds Good!] 1st Day Sales

[Manatsu no Sounds Good!] first day sales is a whooping 1,170,554 copies. Being a election single this was expected but its also their highest first day sales ever. Last year's election single [Everyday, Kacchusha] had a sale of 942,475 on first. [Flying Get] and [Kaze wa Fuiteiru] both had 1,025,952 and 1,045,937 respectively. The single has shipped over 2 million copies to shops, and who knows maybe slowly they will reach the 2 million ma...

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AKB48 27th Single General Election 2012 - Preliminary Results

The preliminary results of AKB48's 27th Single General Election have been announced today. Do keep in mind that this is only 10% of the votes, and the final result will definitely have a lot of changes. 1. [AKB / K] Oshima Yuko 15,093 2. [AKB / B] Kashiwagi Yuki 12,654 3. [AKB / B] Watanabe Mayu 11,329 4. [AKB / A] Sashihara Rino 9,337 5. [AKB / A] Takahashi Minami 8,955 6. [AKB / A] Shinoda Mariko 8,619 7. [SKE / S] Matsui Rena 8,460 8. [SKE / S] Matsui Jurina 7,795 9. [AKB / K] Itano Tomomi 6,595 ...

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[GUIDE] How to Vote for AKB48 27th Single Election [Through CD Only]

So the explanation video on how to vote has been released. I'll try to explain it you, how to vote for this year's election. The voting video isn't very difficult to understand either, so you may watch that as well. This year's election system: 1-16: Senbatsu 17-32: Undergirls 33-48: Next Girls 49-64: Future Girls You can both for this year's election in 10 ways: 1. Through purchase of 26th single [Manatsu no Sounds Good!] (you get a voting card inside the CD, 1 card per CD but only in Regular editions and Limited editions, you don't get a voting card in the theater...

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French Kiss and Itano Tomomi New CM [Rain Style Collection] + French Kiss' New Song

French Kiss has been appointed as the image character for Seven Net Shopping's "Rain Style Collection" along with Itano Tomomi. There will be two CMs, one will feature Tomochin's song [lose-lose], French Kiss' new song [Rainy day] will be used for another. French Kiss version of the CM starts airing on TV Asahi from May 22nd to June 4th and will be also used at the ending for Fuji TV's program "Uchikuru!?". French Kiss' 5th single which will be released on July 11th therefore [Rainy day] could be coupling song or the title track itself. Most likely this is the name of the single but hasn't...

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Maeda Atsuko's 2nd Single [Kimi wa Boku da] Covers + Tracklist

The covers and tracklist of Maeda Atsuko's 2nd single [Kimi wa Boku da] being released June 20th has been revealed. The main a -side is being used as the theme song for the movie [Love Masao-kun ga Iku!] while the all type b-side [Migikata] is used as the ending for the drama [Shiritsu Bakaleya Koukou]. The act 1 exclusive b-side [Toomawari] is being used as for Marumiya CM. Act 3 exclusive b-side [Sunday drive] is being used as the theme song for AKB's automobile club. The DVD contains the music video for [Kimi wa Boku da] and also a drama version of the song. Act 1 DVD contains the making...

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Aki-P G+ Post About Maeda Atsuko's Graduation

Aki-P recently made G+ post concerning about the talk he had with Acchan : A few days ago, I had a meeting with Maeda Atsuko. We had passed each other at the studio and finally had a proper talk since Saitama Super Arena. Things about AKB, about the other members, about the juniors, about  the fans and about Maeda's own future. One by one, we talked about these things. I was deeply moved, that the once shy 14 year old Maeda who would shut herself from everybody is now a 20 year old girl who thinks of not only her but everybody around her as well. As usual, she has the same shy expression...

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NMB48 4th Single [Nagiichi] 1st Week Sales

NMB48's 4th single [Nagiichi], released on May 9th, finished its first week on rank 2 in the Oricon charts with sales of 375,785 copies. First place was taken by Arashi who sold 526,106 copies of [Face Down]. The single had a rather reluctant start with sales numbers clearly behind [Junjou U-19]'s First Day sales, but sales picked up and on May 12th the single ranked first in the daily charts with 91,990 copies sold that day. Even though it is the first time that an NMB48 single did not reach weekly #1, [Nagiichi] is still a success. First week sales surpassed those of [Junjou...

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AKB48 Kenkyuusei Mitsumune Kaoru to Star in a Movie [Joshi Camera]

AKB48's 13th gen Kenkyuusei Mitsumune Kaoru will be starring in a new movie Joshi Camera as the lead role. The movie is set to be released in winter. The plot line revolves around four college students who return back to their hometown and through photos, they realize the importance of family. Kaoru is also currently starring in the J-dorama ATARU and the AKB/JE Dorama, Shiritsu Bakaleya Koukou. I've come to accept the fact that Kaoru will be pushed a lot, as she has prior experience, hence why the sponsors want someone like her. The article of this movie also said, that she might be the...

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SKE48 9th Single [Aishiteraburu!] 1st Day Sales

The first day of [Aishiteraburu!] is something very unexpected. It's still #1 but with a sale of 98,952 which is pretty low if you compare to 285K, first day of [Kataomoi Finally]. There are two possible theories to this low sale: either the theater editions didn't get shipped on time or this is because of the election single that's coming up next week. But I'd really love a official statement from the management concerning such a drop in first day sales. Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day. I was really shocked when I saw the sales, I mean not even 100K. Hoping something went wrong...

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no3b to Release 9th Single [Copy Time]

No Sleeves new single is apparently titled [Copy Time] and is to be released on June 27th. As usual the single comes in 4 types: Type A (Kojima Haruna Ver.), Type B (Takahashi Minami Ver.), Type C (Minegishi Minami Ver.) and a regular version. The titles sounds pretty interesting. I'm really hoping it to be  something like [Kuchibiru Furezu...] no3b is always the most shafted AKB unit, their dates are always post poned, so lets hope that this single releases on the date given....

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Not Yet 4th Single [Suika BABY] Covers + Tracklist + PV Preview

The covers, tracklist as well as the PV preview for Not yet's 4th single [Suika BABY] is out. Slated for release on May 30th, the single comes in 4 types. Yokoyama Yui's solo as mentioned earlier is found in Type C and titled [May]. Type D also has the cover of the one time AKB48 subunit ICE from AKB48's [Aisareru to Iu Koto]. The song was made for the anime ICE and was never released as single. The lyrics for the track [guilty love] were written by Kitahara Rie. The preview of the PV was released as well and I am finding the choreography to be very cute. Not Yet 4th Single Suika BABY 西瓜BABY 30...

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SKE48 Team E 2nd Stage [Saka Agari] Shonichi

Today was SKE48 Team E's 2nd stage [Saka Agari]'s Shonichi. [Saka Agari] being originally Team K's 5th stage and  performed for the first by another Team. Sad part was that there was still no promotions, Kenkyuusei's were still filling in the spot for the 3 members that graduated (Nakamura Yuka, Yamada Erika and Mano Haruka). That is indeed very disappointing. Now that Team E's 2nd stage has begun, we will see promotions in the near future? Hopefully. SKE48 Team E 2nd Stage [Saka Agari] SKE48チームE2ndステージ「逆上がり」 Kage-ana: Umemoto Madoka M01 - Tenohira M02 - Saka Agari M03 - Hitei no...

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