"JKT48 Horas" Concert Report

Previously JKT48 held concerts in 5 big cities in Indonesia. A week ago, they started to do concert again. Last week's was in Batam. JKT48 held the concert on 19 October 2013 in Medan, North Sumatera, and I got the chance to watch, also to report it here. Setlist: M01 - Aitakatta M02 - Kimi no Koto ga Suki Dakara ~Karena Kusuka Dirimu~ M03 - Kiss Shite Son Shichatta ~Rugi Sudah Dicium~ M04 - Baby! Baby! Baby! -----MC----- M05 - Gomen nee, Summer! ~Maafkan, Summer!~ M06 - Tenshi no Shippo ~Ekor Malaikat~ M07 - Tsundere! -----MC----- M08 - Kuroi Tenshi ~Malaikat Hitam~ M09 - Junjou Shugi...

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Team 4 to Start Performing the [Te wo Tsunaginagara] Stage

AKB48 Team 4 will start performing the [Te wo Tsunaginagara] stage starting from 3rd November 2013. The senshuuraku (final performance) of the current AKB48 kenkyuusei [Pajama Drive] stage will be held on 27th October 2013. [Te wo Tsunaginagara] was originally SKE48 Team S 2nd stage, and more recently was HKT48 Team H's 1st stage, and was also performed by HKT48 before Team H was formed. Although [Pajama Drive] is now finishing for AKB48, it will be performed by HKT48 Himawari-gumi style from 2nd November 2013. See this post for more details on th...

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Team N's 3rd Stage Show [Koko ni datte Tenshi wa Iru] Postponed Yet Again

Team N's long awaited 3rd stage [Koko ni datte Tenshi wa Iru] has been postponed again. The show was scheduled to start on October 26th but the starting date was now pushed back two weeks. New Shonichi date is November 9th. As is widely known, N3 has a long history of postponements already. The show was originally scheduled for May 12th, 2012, one and a half year ago. This current postponement is already the fourth. I wonder if this show is ever going to happen. Five different starting days, one and a half year of postponements. Why do they even bother to announce starting dates if they...

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Yokoyama Team A New Waiting Stage Setlist

On the 16th October 2013, there was a surprise at the Yokoyama Team A show. Instead of performing their standard Waiting Stage setlist, they performed a new setlist! This setlist is that of Team A's 4th Stage [Tadaima Renaichuu] apart from the unit songs are all different and not from that stage. Check out the full setlist below: M01. Tadaima Renaichuu M02. Kuma no Nuigurumi M03. Only Today ---MC--- M04. Kioku no Dilemma (Takahashi Minami, Matsui Sakiko, Iwata Karen, Sasaki Yukari) M05. Candy (Yagura Fuuko, Watanabe Mayu, Kodama Haruka) M06. Zannen Shoujo (Takahashi Juri, Kawaei Rina, Morikawa...

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Jo Eriko Returns to NMB48, Hayashi Momoka Promoted to Team N and Other Surprises Announced

NMB48 finished the second and final day of their 3rd Anniversary Live and this day brought several surprise announcements. During the evening concert it was revealed that former Team M member Jo Eriko returns to NMB48 as a Kenkyuusei. Jo Eriko had first joined the group alongside the other 2nd Generation members in 2011 and immediately became the ace of the 2nd Generation and later the center of Team M. She graduated from NMB48 in September 2012. She was now allowed back after passing a special audition. Another surprise of the evening concert was the promotion of Hayashi Momoka to Team...

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SKE48 [Request Hour Setlist Best 50 2013] Results

SKE48's 4th Request Hour Event SKE48 Request Hour Setlist Best 50 2013 ~Anata no Suki na Kyoku wo Kamikyoku to Yobu. Dakara, Request Hour wa Kamikyoku Matsuri.~ was held at Aichi Arts Center on October 10th and 11th. Voting tickets for this event were included in SKE48's latest single [Utsukushii Inazuma]. This year's winner is Anata to Christmas Eve, a song from Team S' 1st Stage [Party ga Hajimaru yo] performed by Sato Mieko and Deguchi Aki. During SKE48's first Request Hour in 2010 the song already ranked 3rd, but dropped to #36 in 2011 and ranked 20th in 2012 which makes this year's result...

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NMB48 3rd Anniversary Special Live Setlist Day 1 and Day 2 [Updated]

On October 9th, NMB48 celebrated its 3rd anniversary. On that day three years ago, the 1st Generation Kenkyuusei were first presented to the public during AKB48's Tokyo Aki Matsuri. To commemorate this anniversary a special two day anniversary concert had been announced and the first concert was performed on October 12th by all NMB48 members. Another two concerts followed on October 13th. All three setlists can be read below NMB48 3rd Anniversary Special Live Date: 12th and 13th October 2013 Osaka-jo Hall Day 1 Date: 12th October M01 - NMB48 (All) M02 - Tsukimisou (1st Generation Members) M03...

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NMB48 Kenkyuusei Ogawa Noa Leaves Due to Injury

On October 10, NMB48 4th Generation Kenkyuusei Ogawa Noa has announced that she will leave the group. She injured her leg in April this year and the injury still affects her so much that she decided to quit. Her leave is affective immediately. Ogawa Noa joined NMB48 as a 4th Generation Kenkyuusei in fall last year and made her debut in December. She is the fourth member out of the 4th Generation who left following Sugino Risa, Hirose Sena and Ishihara Masako. Noa explained her decision via G+. You can read a translation of her message below. Ogawa Noa's Comment Original Message I, Ogawa...

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Senshuuraku for Team N 1st [Dareka no Tame ni] Revival Announced

It was announced that NMB48's Team N will have the Senshuuraku (final performance) for their current stage [Dareka no Tame ni] on October 15. This does not come as a surprise since the Shonichi for Team N's new and first original stage [Koko ni datte Tenshi wa Iru] is set for October 26. [Dareka no Tame ni], originally Team A's 3rd Stage, was the first stage for NMB48 at all. It was performed first on January 1, 2011 as a Kenkyuusei stage and later became Team N's 1st Stage. Team N then performed their second stage [Seishun Girls] from May 2011 until September 2012. Despite having already...

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NMB48 8th Single [Kamonegikkusu] First Week Sales

NMB48's 8th single [Kamonegikkusu], released on October 2, finished its first week selling 374,644 copies. The single ranked first in the Oricon Weekly Charts and so became NMB48's 7th single to top this ranking. As usual, first day sales were the highest with 270,447 copies. Apparently due to an additional shipment of theater editions Day 4 showed a boost in sales with 66,762 copies sold. Compared to previous singles, [Kamonegikkusu] had the third best first week sales only about a thousand copies short of [Nagiichi]'s 375,785 but more than 100,000 copies lower than NMB48's best selling...

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AKB48 33rd Single [Heart Ereki] Tracklist + Covers

AKB48 will release their 33rd single [Heart Ereki] on 30th October 2013. For the first time, Kojima Haruna will stand in the centre position. Each member also has a Western nickname which will likely relate to the long story version of the music video. The list of senbatsu members and their nicknames are below: Kojima Haruna (Michelle) Iriyama Anna (Veronica) Kawaei Rina (Kawae-) Takahashi Minami (Linda) Yokoyama Yui (Mary) Watanabe Mayu (Elizabeth) Oshima Yuko (Lucy) Kashiwagi Yuki (Catherine) Shimazaki Haruka (Angelina) Minegishi Minami (Barbara) Matsui Jurina (Caroline) Matsui Rena (Sandy) Yamamoto...

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HKT48 Mezamashi Live Island Concert in Sendai Setlist and Pictures

HKT48 performed a concert in Sendai on the 5th October 2013 as part of the [Mezamashi Live Island Tour 2013]. Here is the setlist: 1. Aitakatta 2. Dear My Teacher 3. Kimi no Koto ga Sukiyaken 4. Hatsukoi Butterfly 5. Suki! Suki! Skip! 6. Oogoe Diamond 7. Flying Get 8. Tadaima Renaichu 9. Ponytail to Shushu 10. Only Today 11. Dareka no Tame ni 12. Seventeen 13. Kimi no Senaka 14. Melon Juice ...

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NMB48 8th Single [Kamonegikkusu] First Day Sales

On October 2nd NMB48 released their 8th single [Kamonegikkusu] which managed to sell 270,447 copies on its first day. With these sales NMB48 once again ranked first in the Oricon Daily Charts followed by E-girls with 32,246 copies sold. Compared to the previous single [Bokura no Eureka] which sold 420,906 on day one, sales went done significantly by approximately 150,000 copies. First day sales are also slightly behind [Junjou U-19]'s 280,367, so overall [Kamonegikkusu]'s first day sales are NMB48's third best. Quite some drop compared to Bokura no Eureka but that single had unusually...

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HKT48 Kenkyuusei to Start Performing [Nounai Paradise] Stage

HKT48 kenkyuusei will start performing the [Nounai Paradise] stage starting from 17th November 2013. This stage was original Team K's 3rd Stage. The senshuuraku (final performance) of their current [Party ga Hajimaru yo] stage will be the 5th November 2013. This was announced at the one year anniversary of that stage, and so far they have performed it 201 times. Remember that Team H and kenkyuusei will also be performing the [Pajama Drive] stage Himawari-gumi style from 2nd November 2013 and that Team H's first original stage is scheduled to start on the 22nd December 20...

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