SKE48 1st Album Titled [Kono Hi no Chime wo Wasurenai] + Covers + Track List

The title of SKE48's 1st album has been revealed along with the track list as well as covers. The album is titled [Kono Hi no Chime wo Wasurenai]. Along with the all their singles up till [Kataomoi Finally] we have 5 new songs as well 3 AKB48 single covers by each team. The DVD part contains the 63 solo PVs of each member, the CD+DVD also comes with a special 64 pages photo book. You can also check out teaser for the PVs at the end of the post. SKE48 Kono Hi no Chime wo Wasurenai  この日のチャイムを忘れない 19 September 2012 CD+DVD 5,040yen CD Only 3,150yen [CD + DVD] 01. Tsuyoki...

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Maeda Atsuko's Graduation from AKB48

(Sorry for the late post on this, but we needed time to adjust our feelings before we could write anything readable.) On August 27th 2012, AKB's "face" Maeda Atsuko graduated from the group. Her final show at the theater in Akihabara was streamed live on AKB48's official YouTube Channel, FujiTV and on selected big screens around Tokyo. To commemorate her final performance with AKB48, a special show was held at the theatre. A full member Team A performance of their 6th stage [Mokugekisha] was followed by six special songs performed by: Team A: Maeda Atsuko, Kojima Haruna, Shinoda Mariko,...

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SKE48: Six kenkyuusei promoted

At the end of the final show at the soon-to-be renewed SKE48 Theatre, on 29th August 2012, the following six kenkyuusei got promoted to full member status: Team S: Kito Momona (2nd gen), Suga Nanako (5th gen) Team KII: Iguchi Shiori (2nd gen) Team E: Uchiyama Mikoto (2nd gen), Saito Makiko (2nd gen), Furuhata Nao (5th gen) Congratulations to all members! As this was the final show at the current theatre, a special setlist was performed, featuring all members. Pre-renovation Final Performance Date: 29 August 2012 Venue: SKE48 Theatre Kage-ana: Hirata Rikako M00. overture M01. PARTY ga...

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AKB48 27th Single [Gingham Check] 1st Day Sales

AKB48's 27th single [Gingham Check]'s first day sales were 906,617 copies, placing it at number one on the Oricon daily singles chart. These sales are lower than the six previous AKB48 singles, with numbers in between last year's [Sakura no Ki ni narou] and [Everyday, Kachuusha], which sold 655,344 and 942,475 copies respectively. The tracks on AKB's 27th single are performed by members as voted for in this year's Senbatsu Sousenkyo. It is the first single to not include Maeda Atsuko, long-time ace of the group. ...

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Takahashi Minami To Have A Solo Debut

It was announced on the second day of AKB48's Tokyo Dome Concert, August 25th 2012, that AKB48's General Manager and Team A member Takahashi Minami will be getting her solo debut through the label Universal Music. https://plus.google.com/103388469578205010447/posts/UCMVavwfXBh The news was broken to her at the end of Maeda Atsuko and Takahashi Minami's duet song [Omoide no Hontodo]. Acchan told Takamina that she had a present for her, and then a video of Universal Music Group's Chief Operating Officer Max Hole appeared on the screen, welcoming Takamina as a...

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[AKB48 in TOKYO DOME] Concert Set List

AKB48 in TOKYO DOME ~1830mの夢~ AKB48 in TOKYO DOME ~1830m no Yume~ Date: 24~27 August 2012 Venue: Tokyo Dome Skip to Day 1Skip to Day 2Skip to Day 3 Day 1 (24 August 2012) Kage-ana: Takahashi Minami M00 - Overture M01 - PARTY ga Hajimaru yo (Maeda Atsuko, Kojima Haruna, Minegishi Minami, Takahashi Minami, ITano Tomomi, Shinoda Mariko) M02 - Dear my teacher (1st Gen + 2nd Gen AKB) M03 - Doku Ringo wo Tabesasete M04 - Aitakatta -----MC1----- M05 - Plastic no Kuchibiru (Shinoda Mariko) M06 - Blue rose (Kashiwagi Yuki, Kuramochi Asuka, Takajo Aki, Kasai Tomomi) M07 - Naki Nagara Hohoen...

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AKB48 28th Single Announced

Today, at the end of the first day of AKB48 in TOKYO DOME ~1830m of Dreams~, the live that the group has long desired, it was announced that AKB48 will be releasing their next single on October 31st, 2012. http://tower.jp/article/news/2012/08/24/n07 Following [Gingham Check], this will be AKB48's 28th single. The new single, titled [Kakkoii] (meaning "Cool"), will be of the same style and image of past singles like [RIVER], [Beginner], and [Kaze wa Fuiteiru], and at the same time pushing the frontiers of AKB's music. The single will come in Type A, Type B and Type C, all three sharing the...

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AKB48 TOKYO DOME Concert Team Shuffles

During the first day of AKB48's 3 day concert at Tokyo Dome, it was suddenly announced that the Teams of AKB48 will have their members shuffled. Team 4 will be abolished and AKB48 will return to its 3 Team system, but with more members in each Team. http://ameblo.jp/akihabara48/entry-11336894458.html This is the second time AKB48 has got it's Teams shuffled, the first was in August 2009 during AKB48's Budokan Concert. Among the shuffle announcements, Team A's Captain Takahashi Minami was appointed as AKB48's General Manager. She will still be a member...

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Maeda Atsuko's Graduation Parade Cancelled

  Maeda Atsuko's graduation parade which was supposed to have been held at 15:30pm on August 27th before her graduation performance was cancelled. It was cancelled due to safety reason. It's estimated the crowd that will be gathered will be equal to the London Olympics medalists parade (around 50,000 people) which was recently held in Ginza. The police had a tough time handling the crowd in Ginza. Hence, the police authorities have advised for the safety of not only the public but Acchan as well, that the parade be cancelled and the management has decided that they will follow the authorities...

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Nogizaka46 3rd Single [Hashire! Bicycle] 1st Day Sales

Nogizaka46's new single [Hashire! Bicycle] sold 150,056 on it's release day yesterday, claiming the #1 spot on the Oricon Daily Charts. It also managed to outdo the group's previous 2 singles [Guruguru Curtain] and [Oide Shampoo], which sold 84,905 and 111,222 copies in the first day respectively. Nogizaka has been doing really well, the rise in sales is a breath of fresh air since most of the groups and subunits under Aki-P's umbrella have experienced declining sales. I wonder if they will still keep growing and catch up to SKE48 or NMB48's sal...

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AKB48 27th Single Senbatsu Election - Commentary

My apologies, yes I know the election is way over, but while I (Melos) was away and confined in the army, this draft was sitting in the drafts dead in the water. Now that I get some free time every night, I rushed for this post to be completed and finally after nearly 2 months it is done. Better (very) late than never I guess. PositionName -----Future Girls Line----- 64. Komori Mika "Thank you for voting for me. I was not ranked during quick-count and that made me very anxious, but I'm very happy to be ranked after all." Sammy: I have no idea how Komorin must be feeling being at the last...

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