AKB48 30th Single [So long!] 1st Week Sales

AKB48's 30th single [So long!] has placed number one on the Oricon singles charts in its first week on sale, with 1,035,986 copies sold. Once again, AKB48 has managed to cross the million seller mark in it's first week, although sales are down from 29th single [Eien Pressure]'s 1,073,499 copies. However, this is now their 11th consecutive million selling single, and 12th in total. The Soundscan figures for this week show us the breakdown in sales between types. There were three Limited Edition CD+DVD types and three Regular Edition CD+DVD types. The difference between the Limited and Regular...

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NMB48 [Teppen Tottande!] 1st Day Sales+ Details about Request Hour

NMB48's 1st album  [Teppen Tottande!] was released on February 27 and sold 247,047 copies, topping the Oricon Daily Album Charts clearly.  For comparison, SKE48's 1st album  [Kono Hi no Chime wo Wasurenai] sold 51,875 and AKB48 latest album  [1830m] 625,401 on 1st Day. And NMB48's latest single [Kitagawa Kenji] managed to sell 259,984 on starting day. Just in time for the album release, NMB48 also announced further details about its first Request Hour Setlist Top 30. The event will take place on April 18 in the Orix...

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NMB48 Fukumoto Aina, Hirose Sena, Hisada Riko and Sugino Risa to Leave

Hirose Sena, Sugino Risa Hisada Riko, Fukumoto Aina This week 4 members of NMB48 announced that they will leave the group. First on February 21, Kenkyusei Hirose Sena and Sugino Risa announced that they will resign from the group. Hirose Sena because of health problems, Sugino Risa because she wants to focus on her studies. Both were 4th Generation members who had just debuted in late December 2012. Their leave was immediate. The same day 3rd Generation Kenkyusei Hisada Riko announced her graduation because she worries about school and her health. She will have a graduation show on...

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NMB48's TV show [NMB48 Geinin!] to turn into a movie

NMB48's TV show  [NMB48 Geinin!], which was broadcasted from July to September last year, will be turned into a movie and will hit theaters as  [Geinin! THE MOVIE]. An official release date has not been decided yet but the filming already started on February 8. The setting will be the same high school comedy club as in the TV show and the main cast for the movie will be Yamamoto Sayaka, Yokoyama Yui, Watanabe Miyuki, Yamada Nana, Kotani Riho and Ogasawara Mayu. Other members are also scheduled to appear. This time Sayaka and Yui will form a manzai duo. The character of...

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Kashiwagi Yuki 2nd Solo Concert Setlist + Photos

Kashiwagi Yuki held her second solo live concert at Tokyo International Forum Hall A on 17 February 2013 to a crowd of 5,000 people. This follows her first solo concert to 2,000 people last year on 13 July 2012, which is now available on DVD and Bluray. It appears the live band were the same as her 1st concert, however, this time, she did not perform any cover songs, just songs from AKB48, her sub-unit French Kiss and songs from her solo debut single [Shortcake]. SETLIST: 01. Kuchi utsushi no Chocolate 02. Enkyori Poster ---MC1--- 03. Shonichi ---MC2--- 04. Dragon Fruits no tabegoro 05....

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SKE48 11th Single [Choco no Dorei] 1st Week Sales

SKE48's 11th single [Choco no Dorei] sold 538,914 copies in it's first week on sale to place number one in the Oricon weekly sales charts. This is their highest first week sales to date, beating 10th single [Kiss Datte Hidarikiki]'s 511,472 copies. Soundscan seems only to list the sales for the Limited Edition (not the Regular Edition) versions for some reason. They list: Type A Limited Edition - 64,365 Type B Limited Edition - 60,751 Type C Limited Edition - 55,583 Which totals 180,699 copies from the three Limited Edition...

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Kashiwagi Yuki Solo Debut Single [Shortcake] 1st Day Sales

Kashiwagi Yuki's solo debut single [Shortcake] placed number two in it's first day on sales in the Oricon chart, selling 45,333 copies. In first place was KAT-TUN's [EXPOSE] selling 80,000 copies. 3rd place is SKE48 with [Choco no Dorei]. Comparison to the other AKB48 soloists debut singles: Itano Tomomi - Dear J - 86,681 Maeda Atsuko - Flower - 102,483 Watanabe Mayu - Synchro Tokimeki - 50,145 Sashihara Rino - Sore Demo Suki da yo - 56,879 Iwasa Misaki - Mujin Eki - 7,352 Kasai Tomomi - Masaka - 12,...

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NMB48 1st Album [Teppen Tottande!] Full Tracklist Revealed

NMB48 has revealed the full tracklist for their new album [Teppen Tottande!]. Apart from singles and previously released songs, the album will contain 7 new songs: the title track [Teppen Tottande!]; the song [12/31], the PV of which will also be on the album; the team songs [Lily], [with my soul] and [Almond Croissant Keikaku]; as well as two unit songs:  [Namekuji Heart] and  [Dazai Osamu wo Yonda ka?] by Nana, Sayaka and Yui.  NMB48 1st Album Teppen Tottande! てっぺんとったんで！ 27 February 2013 Bold: New Songs Type N 3,200yen[CD] 01. Teppen Tottande! 02....

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