New Unit [Tentoumu Chu!] Formation Announcement

In Fukuoka dome concert it was announced the formation of a new unit. The unit was formed all from kenkyuusei members from the four different groups. AKB48: Kojima Mako, Okada Nana, Nishino Miki SKE48: Kitagawa Ryouha NMB48: Shibuya Nagisa HKT48: Tashima Meru, Tomonaga Mio In Sapporo dome, this new unit's name was revealed as well! The unit is called Tentoumu Chu!, the tentoumu part coming from tentoumushi meaning ladybug. They also performed their new song which was titled [Kimi Dake ni Chu! Chu! Chu!] The center for the unit will be AKB KKS Kojima Mako. Any further announcement concerning...

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[AKB48 Dome Tour] Sapporo Dome Concert Setlist

AKB48札幌ドームコンサート2013　 AKB48 Sapporo Dome Concert 2013  Date: 31st July 2013  Kage Ana: Yokoyama Yui M00 Overture M01 RIVER M02 Beginner (Team A) M03 UZA (Team K) M04 Kaze wa Fuiteiru (Team B) M05 Flying Get M06 Suki! Suki! Skip! (HKT48) M07 1! 2! 3! 4! Yoroshiku (SKE48) M08 Kitagawa Kenji (NMB48) M09 Shoujotachi yo ---------------------------------------------MC 1------------------------------------------- M10 Kuchi Utsushi no Chocolate (Miyawaki Sakura, Watanabe Mayu, Kodama Haruka) M11 Mushi no Ballad (Matsui Jurina) M12 Kuroi Tenshi (Kizaki Yuria, Shimazaki Haruka, Azuma Rion) M13...

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AKB48 32nd Single [Koisuru Fortune Cookie] Covers + Tracklist

AKB48 will release their 32nd single [Koisuru Fortune Cookie] on 21 August 2013. This is the single with the fan-voted senbatsu members. View the final results here. The top 16 members, centered by Sashihara Rino perform the lead song [Koisuru Fortune Cookie]. The next 16 members, Undergirls perform a song which appears on Types A, K and Theatre Edition. The Next Girls (from 33-48) perform a song on Type A, and the Future Girls (49-64) perform a song on Type K. Shinoda Mariko and Itano Tomomi, who graduate at the [2013 Manatsu no Dome Tour] get graduation songs on Type B. Akimoto Sayaka, who...

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[JKT48 The Movie] Trilogy Announced

After finishing their five cities tour, JKT48 is ready to give another surprise by producing a film in contract with Maxima Pictures. On 6th July, Maxima Pictures and Dentsu Indonesia had officially signed the contract of the film with the temporary title [JKT48 The Movie]. "We (Dentsu Indonesia) already had our plan. From the beginning of developing JKT48, we planned to make a movie on their third year. But, after 10 months of operating, the proposal had already came in. That's amazing for us." said Rudi Mulyadi, the Head of Dentsu Indonesia, when asked in JKT48 theatre. Since last...

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AKB48 Group Weekly News Roundup (1-7 July 2013)

AKB48 - Team B's Nakamura Mariko was given a lead role in the stage play [Sengoku Kourin Girls]. - Team A's Nakatsuka Tomomi has created a twitter account. Follow her at @tmm_n0618 - The [AKB48 in Seibu Dome] and [AKB48 in Saitama Super Arena] Blurays were released on 3rd July. - AKB48 will be performing at the Tokyo Disneysea on 18th October - The AKB48 Kenkyuusei Preliminary round took place on 6th July, and Yumoto Ami, Kojima Mako, Tsuchiyasu Mizuki and Owada Nana will take part in AKB48's Janken Tournament on 18th September. - Shimazaki Haruka will release her own solo photobook...

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AKB48 34th Single Janken Tournament Preliminaries [Updated]

It was announced on AKB48's official blog late last month that the 4th AKB48 Janken Senbatsu Tournament will be held on 18th September 2013 at the Nippon Budokan. Similar to previous years, a series of preliminary rounds will be conducted to select the AKB48's sisters' group representatives to participate in the main tournament. A total of 66 members from AKB48, 8 members from SKE48, 8 members from NMB48 and 3 members from HKT48 will be selected for the tournament. Concurrent members from sisters' groups will be exempted from the preliminary rounds and will participate in the tournament...

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JKT48 Jakarta Concert Setlist + Announcements

JKT48 has finished their [Let Us Introduce Ourselves: JKT48] concert tour. On 3rd and 4th July 2013, they held three concerts in Jakarta as the final part of the tour. The concerts setlist was different from all the concert cities before. There were more songs and shuffle unit songs on two day concert in Jakarta. There were also several announcements. Starting from Shinta Naomi who has been named as Team KIII captain, until the upcoming JKT48 single [Koisuru Fortune Cookie] which will be released on the same day as AKB48 release their version of the single, on 21st August 2013. See below...

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NMB48 East Japan Tour [12/31] Setlist [Updated]

NMB48 has started its tour through Eastern Japan with a show in Kanagawa Prefecture on June 11. The first show was performed by 20 members selected from all of NMB48's three teams. You can find the setlist below. A total of eight concerts have been announced for this tour and it will end with a concert in Tokyo on July 3. The tour has the same name as the Western Japan Tour which NMB48 performed in spring this year. It's called [12/31], which is also the name of one of NMB48's album songs and the date the next NHK Kouhaku will be held. An appearance at this event seems to be the group's...

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AKB48 Group Weekly News Roundup (24-30 June 2013)

AKB48 - AKB48's 32nd Single is titled [Koisuru Fortune Cookie], release date will be 21st August. - SNH48's Miyazawa Sae's request not to be a concurrent member of AKB48 Team K has been accepted. - Shinoda Mariko's graduation performance at the AKB48 Theater is on 22nd July, Itano Tomomi's on 27th July, and Akimoto Sayaka's on 28th July. - JKT48's Takajo Aki made her debut in Team B as a concurrent member. Her unit song is Namida ni Shizumu Taiyou. - Omori Miyu also made her debut in Team B after receiving her promotion to the Team. Her unit song is Gomen ne Jewel. - AKB48 and SKE48 will perform...

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Introduction to AKB48's 15th Generation

This is a new feature that we have decided to implement onto MELOS no Michi: an introduction to the new generation of AKB48 members. We went through the trouble of finding out more about these members to make it easier for you to oshihen to them. Revealed on AKB48's official blog on 20th May 2013, the 8 members of AKB48's 15th Generation have already had their baptism by fire at the AKB48 Group Kenkyuusei Concert at Budokan on 5th June 2013. 4 days later, they performed their debut stage on the Kenkyuusei [Pajama Drive] stage and subsequently experienced their debut handshake event last Sunday...

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AKB48 x WONDA New Drama [AKB48 Short Story]

AKB48 and WONDA will once again be collaborating, this time on a one-night only drama entitled [AKB48 Short Story]. The one hour drama (which is based on last year's WONDA commercials starring members of AKB48) will air on July 7th, 2013 from 12:25 AM to 1:25 AM on Fuji TV. Oshima Yuko, Kashiwagi Yuki, Kojima Haruna, Shinoda Mariko, Shimazaki Haruka, and Watanabe Mayu  will be portraying OLs (office ladies) going about their daily lives in an office setting.  The drama will contain six segments, each one adding to the story. SKE48 member...

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JKT48 2nd Single [Yuuhi wo Miteiru ka?] Tracklist

JKT48's second single [Yuuhi Wo Miteiru ka?] details has been announced. The management held a press conference today at their theatre while announcing JKT48's newest joint venture with LAWSON. [Yuuhi wo Miteiru ka?] will be released in two types: Regular and Theatre. Both will be sold tomorrow and the day after an the [Let Us Introduce Ourselves: JKT48] Jakarta concert venue. All songs are covers of existing AKB48 and SKE48 songs. The [Let Us Introduce Ourselves: JKT48] Jakarta concert will be held at Tennis Indoor Senayan. The concert will have three shows, one night show on Wednesday and...

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JKT48 2nd Single [Yuuhi wo Miteiru ka?] Announced

JKT48 will release their second single [Yuuhi wo Miteiru ka?] on 3rd July 2013. This is the same day as  their [Let Us Introduce Ourselves : JKT48] Jakarta concert and [Heavy Rotation] national handshake event. There are 10 members who successfully selected as senbatsu in [Yuuhi wo Miteiru ka?] com from Team J and Team KIII. They are Melody Nurramdhani Laksani, Shania Junianatha, Jessica Veranda, Nabilah Ratna Ayu, Haruka Nakagawa, Cindy Yuvia, Natalia, Shinta Naomi, Rona Anggraeni, and Ratu Vienny Fitrilya. There are no further details yet beside the release date announcement. [Yuuhi...

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