On May 23rd,
AKB48 revealed their reports of the first day of votes for the
4th General Election
at AKB48 theaters in Akihabara. This is the annual election for the
girls, and fan votes will decide the 16 members for the 27th single
planned for release in August.
According to reports,
Oshima Yuko gained 15,093 votes. As much of the media and many fans expected, she got a lead of 2,439 votes on second place.
Kashiwagi Yuki, who was at third place during the last election, gained 12,654 votes to reach second place.
This year’s election is the biggest event so far with a total of 237 girls who participated. (AKB48 = 88,
SKE48 =64,
NMB48 =64,
HKT48=21).
The top girl will have the center position for the upcoming 27th
single, and the top 15 other members will be the members for the single.
Girls ranked #17-#32 will be in ‘Under Girls’, girls ranked #33-#48
will be in ‘Next Girls’, and girls ranked #49-#64 will be in ‘Future
Girls’. These sub-groups will sing the coupling songs for 27th single.
Check out the first day results below!
1. Oshima Yuko – AKB48 – 15,093 Votes
2. Kashiwagi Yuki – AKB48 – 12,654 Votes
3. Watanabe Mayu – AKB48 – 11,329 Votes
4. Sashihara Rino – AKB48 – 9,337 Votes
5. Takahashi Minami – AKB48 – 8,955 Votes
6. Shinoda Mariko – AKB48 – 8,619 Votes
7. Matsui Rena – SKE48 – 8,460 Votes
8. Matsui Jurina – SKE48(AKB48) – 7,795 Votes
9. Itano Tomomi – AKB48 – 6,595 Votes
10. Miyazawa Sae – AKB48 – 6,280 Votes
11. Kojima Haruna – AKB48 – 5,334 Votes
12. Yokoyama Yui – AKB48 – 4,301 Votes
13. Takajo Aki -AKB48 – 3,661 Votes
14. Umeda Ayaka – AKB48 – 3,484 Votes
15. Minegishi Minami – AKB48 – 3,396 Votes
16. Kitahara Rie – AKB48 – 3,302 Votes
17. Kasai Tomomi – AKB48 – 3,227 Votes
18. Yamamoto Sayaka – NMB48 – 3,218 Votes
19. Watanabe Miyuki – NMB48 (AKB48) – 2,976 Votes
20. Takayanagi Akane – SKE48 – 2,471 Votes
21. Sato Amina – AKB48 -2,392 Votes
22. Shimazaki Haruka – AKB48 – 2,340 Votes
22. Furukawa Airi – SKE48 – 2,340 Votes
24. Hata Sawako – SKE48 – 2,312 Votes
25. Masuda Yuka – AKB48 – 2,182 Votes
26. Suda Akari – SKE48 – 2,149 Votes
27. Mukaida Manatsu – SKE48 – 1,948 Votes
28. Oya Masana – SKE48 – 1,919 Votes
29. Ogiso Shiori – SKE48 – 1,788 Votes
30. Muto Tomu – AKB48 Research Students – 1,757 Votes
31. Ogasawara Mayu – NMB48 – 1,746 Votes
32. Akimoto Sayaka – AKB48 – 1,743 Votes
33. Yagami Kumi – SKE48 – 1,671 Votes
34. Kuramochi Asuka – AKB48 – 1,653 Votes
35. Kizaki Yuri – SKE48 – 1,624 Votes
36. Nakaya Sayaka – AKB48 – 1,348 Votes
37. Yakata Miki – SKE48 – 1,345 Votes
38. Nakagawa Haruka – AKB48 – 1,244 Votes
39. Matsumura Kaori – SKE48 Research Students- 1,194 Votes
40. Nakata Chisato – AKB48 – 1,188 Votes
41. Fujie Reina – AKB48 – 1,166 Votes
42. Yamada Nana – NMB48 – 1,136 Votes
43. Kobayashi Kana – AKB48 – 1,110 Votes
44. Kimoto Kanon – SKE48 – 1,039 Votes
45. Iwasaki Misaki – AKB48 – 1,023 Votes
46. Hiramatsu Kanako – SKE48 – 998 Votes
47. Yamauchi Suzuran – AKB48 – 988 Votes
48. Ishida Haruka – AKB48 – 985 Votes
49. Miyazaki Miho – AKB48 – 970 Votes
50. Oya Shizuka – AKB48 – 964 Votes
51. Katayama Haruka – AKB48 – 955 Votes
52. Ota Aika – AKB48 – 912 Votes
53. Nagao Mariya – AKB48 -818 Votes
54. Fukumoto Aina – NMB48 – 816 Votes
55. Maeda Ami – AKB48 – 810 Votes
56. Oba Mina – AKB48 – 786 Votes
57. Matsubara Natsumi – AKB48 – 750 Votes
57. Kinoshita Yukiko – SKE48 – 750 Votes
59. Ichikawa Miori – AKB48 – 702 Votes
60. Nonaka Misato – AKB48 – 701 Votes
61. Kikuchi Ayaka – AKB48 – 653 Votes
62 Eto Sayaka – HKT48 Research Students – 641 Votes
63. Nakanishi Yuka – SKE48 – 618 Votes
64. Tanabe Miku – AKB48 – 616 Votes
Source :
AKB48 Official website &
Oricon
CC :
http://www.tokyohive.com/2012/05/akb48-4th-general-election-preliminary-results/
