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Profile Member: Mariko Shinoda

Mariko Shinoda (篠田 麻里子 Shinoda Mariko^?, born March 11, 1986 in Maebaru, Fukuoka, Japan) is a singer, actress, fashion model, and one of members of the Japanese Idol group AKB48

Life and career

In October 2005 she failed an audition to be one of founding members of AKB48. She started working at a café in then-Akihabara 48 Theater (renamed and currently known as the "AKB48 Theater") as a staff member. Although she was not a member of AKB48, she won a popularity contest voted on by fans visiting the theater. Hearing that, Yasushi Akimoto, General Producer of AKB48, came to her and gave her conditional permission to join AKB48 if she could remember and perform all 12 songs and choreographies performed at the theater in 4 days. She did nothing but practice for next 4 days and made her debut on January 22, 2006.
She is part of the "Senbatsu" group in the most singles released as AKB48, since AKB48's 1st single under major label, "Aitakatta".
From March 30, 2011, she started hosting a show with her own name, "Mariko-sama no Orikou sama" (麻里子様のおりこうさま!^?) on NHK.

Appearances

Events

• Tokyo Girls Collection (2009–2010)

 Filmography

Movies

Year	English Title	Role
2011	Documentary of AKB48: To Be Continued	Self
2011	Inu no Eiga (犬とあなたの物語 いぬのえいが?)	Sudo-san
2011	Gal Basara: Sengoku Jidai wa Kengai Desu (ギャルバサラ 戦国時代は圏外です?)

 Dramas

Year	Title	Role
2009	Love Game episode 11	Ruka
2009	Gine Sanfujinka no onna tachi (ja:ギネ 産婦人科の女たち Gyne Ladies of ob-gyn?)	Toda
2010	Majisuka Gakuen (ja:マジすか学園?)	Sado
2011	Taisetsu na koto wa subete kimi ga oshiete kureta (ja:大切なことはすべて君が教えてくれた You taught me all important things?)	Self
2011	Sakura kara no tegami (桜からの手紙 〜AKB48 それぞれの卒業物語〜?)	Mariko Shinoda
2011	Majisuka Gakuen 2 (マジすか学園2?)	Sado
2011	{Ouran High School Host Club}	michelle

Television

Year	Title	Role
2007	Faitenshon Depāto (ja:ファイテンション☆デパート Fight Tention Depart?)	Self
2008	AKB 1:59 (ja:AKB1じ59ふん! AKB 1ji 59fun?)	Self
2008	AKB 0:59 (ja:AKB0じ59ふん! AKB 0ji 59fun?)	Self
2008	Gold House (ja:ゴールドハウス?)	Self
2008–2011	AKBingo!	Self
2008–2009	AKB48 Nemousu TV (ja:AKB48ネ申テレビ?)	Self
2008–2010	Jaikeru Makuson (ja:ジャイケルマクソン?)	Self
2009–2010	Omoikkiri Pon! (ja:おもいッきりPON!?)	Self
2009–2011	Shukan AKB48 (ja:週刊AKB Weekly AKB?)	Self
2009–2011	Nobunaga (ja:ノブナガ?)	Self
2010	AKB600sec.	Self
2010-	Uma Pro (ja:うまプロ?)	Self
2010-	AKB to ××! (ja:AKBと××!?)	Self
2011	Documentary of AKB48	Self
2011	Mariko-sama no Orikousama!	Self

Mariko Shinoda

Profile Member: Yuko Oshima

Yuko Oshima (大島優子 Ōshima Yūko^?, born October 17, 1988 in Tochigi Prefecture) is a member of Japanese idol group AKB48's Team K, and a subunit of the group, Not Yet. She has been a contributing member for all of AKB48's singles since "Aitakatta" in October 2006, excluding Janken Tournament singles. In 2009, she was voted second popular and lost to Atsuko Maeda. In 2010, she was voted the most popular member of the group, in a poll for which members fans want to appear on the group's single "Heavy Rotation". However during the 2011 3rd senbatsu election, she lost first place to Atsuko Maeda once again having dropped to second place.

Biography

In 1996, Oshima was signed as a child actor, with Central Kodomo Gekidan. In 2005, she began working as a junior idol in the short lived idol project Doll's Vox, produced by The Alfee vocalist Toshihiko Takamizawa. In 2006, at the AKB48's second audition to form Team K, Oshima was selected as one of 17 successful applicants, out of a pool of 12,000 applications. In April, she began working full-time with the group, and featured on the group's first single with DefStar Record, "Aitakatta", in October 2006.

Appearances

Films

• Daikaiju Tōkyō ni Arawareru (大怪獣東京に現れる^?) (1998) (as a festival girl)
• Senrigan (千里眼^?) (2000) (as young Miyuki Misaki)
• Densen Uta (2007) (as Anzu Natsuno)
• Sakura no Sono (2008) (as Midori Sawa)
• Teketeke (テケテケ^?) (2009) (as Kana Ōhashi)
• Teketeke 2 (テケテケ2^?) (2009) (as Kana Ōhashi)
• Giniro no Ame (銀色の雨^?) (2009) (as Minori)
• Shibuya (渋谷^?) (2010) (as Yū)
• Sweet Little Lies (スイートリトルライズ^?) (2010) (as Aya Iwamoto)
• Sankaku (2010) (as a friend)

Dramas

• Hiyokotachi no Tenshi (ひよこたちの天使^?) (1996)
• Love no Okurimono (ラブの贈りもの^?) (1996) (as a friend)
• Virgin Road (バージンロード^?) (1997) (as young Kazuki Sakurai)
• DxD (1997) (as young Sonoko Enjōji)
• Denji Sentai Megaranger (電磁戦隊メガレンジャー^?) (1997, ep. 40) (as a girl)
• Love & Peace (1998) (as Asuka Ōta)
• Sennen Ōkoku III Jūshi Vanny Knights (千年王国III銃士ヴァニーナイツ^?) (1999, ep. 2)
• Rasen (らせん^?) (1999, eps. 6, 7) (as Aya/Satomi)
• Antique: Seiyoo Kottoo Yoogashiten (アンティーク 〜西洋骨董洋菓子店〜^?) (2001, ep. 4) (as Kayoko Ōhashi)
• Tōkyō Niwatsuki Ikko Date (東京庭付き一戸建て^?) (2002) (regular role as Natsumi Fukuda)
• Mystery Gekijō Ōkamionna no Komoriuta (ミステリー劇場 狼女の子守唄^?) (2002) (as young Ōkamionna)
• Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi (ほんとにあった怖い話^?) (2004) (as Akiko Kinoshita)
• Kyōto Kui Dōraku! Furuhon'ya Tantei Mystery 2 (京都食い道楽!古本屋探偵ミステリー2^?) (2004) (as Yukari Asamura)
• Kiken na Aneki (2005, ep. 3) (as Ai's friend)
• Akujo ni Issei: Shibai to Kekkon Shita Joyū Haruko Shugimura no Shōgai (悪女の一生～芝居と結婚した女優・杉村春子の生涯～^?) (2005)
• Shiori to Shimiko no Kaigi Jikenbo (栞と紙魚子の怪奇事件簿^?) (2008, ep.12—13) (as Rie Kahara)
• Bengoshi Rinko Ichinose (弁護士　一之瀬凛子^?) (2008—2010) (as Megumi Ōya)
• Cat Street (2008, eps. 2—4) (as Yumi Hirano)
• Cafe Kichijoji de (2008, eps. 8—10) (as Misato Shinohara)
• Ware wa Gogh ni Naru! (我はゴッホになる!^?) (2008)
• Sangi in Giin Kōho Mami (参議院候補マミ^?) (2008)
• Kaze ni Maiagaru Vinyl Sheet (風に舞いあがるビニールシート^?) (2009) (as Chizu Kawai)
• Majisuka Gakuen (マジすか学園^?) (2010) (as herself)
• Angel Bank: Tenshoku Dairinin (エンゼルバンク〜転職代理人^?) (2010) (as Manami Ogasawara)
• Sandaime Kogorō Akechi (三代目明智小五郎^?) (2010, ep. 4) (as Momoko)
• Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi (ほんとにあった怖い話 夏の特別編2010 AKB48まるごと浄霊スペシャル^?)
• Reinoryokusha Odagiri Kyoko no Uso (霊能力者 小田霧響子の嘘^?) (2010) (as Ibushi Kaoru)
• Majisuka Gakuen 2 (マジスカ学園2^?) (2011 January-March) (as herself: ep 8, 10; as Oshima Yuka: ep 1,2,10,12; as Oshima Yuki: ep 1,2,10,12)
• Watashi ga Renai Dekinai Ryuu  (私が恋愛できない理由^?) (2011) (as Mako Hanzawa)

Variety shows

• AKBingo!
• Shūkan AKB (週刊AKB^?)
• AKB48 Nemōsu TV (AKB48ネ申テレビ^?)
• Hoko x Tate
• Naruhodo High School

Radio shows

• AKB48 Ashita Made Mō Chotto. (AKB48明日までもうちょっと。^?)
• AKB48 no All Night Nippon (AKB48のオールナイトニッポン^?)                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

Yuko Oshima

Profile Member: Atsuko Maeda

Atsuko Maeda (前田 敦子 Maeda Atsuko^?, born July 10, 1991 in Ichikawa, Chiba) was a member of the Japanese Idol group AKB48. She was in Team A and one of the most prominent members in the group, being voted number one in the 2009 and 2011 Senbatsu Elections. In the 2010 Senbatsu Election, however, she lost to fellow member Yuko Oshima, who was the lead for their 17th Single: Heavy Rotation. She was part of the "Senbatsu" group which consists of AKB48 members that are featured in their most recent singles. On Sunday 25th March, 2012, she announced her retirement or 'graduation' from the group

AKB48

AKB48 released "Aitakatta" on the major label Defstar Record. Before this release, two singles were released as independent records. For this song, 20 members were selected from the 36 members of Team A & Team K. Maeda was one of these selected members, and she performed a leading role in the promotional video of this song. She has appeared at the front of every single ever since.
The group's 12th single, "Namida Surprise!", included voting tickets for the 2009 AKB48 Senbatsu Election, where fans can vote for who will be featured in the next single. Maeda won with 4630 votes, becoming AKB48's most popular member and frontgirl for their 13th single, "Iiwake Maybe". However, in 2010, another election was held and Maeda lost to Yuko Oshima, who had 31,448 votes, whereas Maeda had 30,851 votes, so Yuko became the frontgirl for "Heavy Rotation".
Later that year a different type of election was held (AKB48 Janken Senbatsu Tournament) where any member in the group could be front girl. The members were selected by using the rock-paper-scissor method and Mayumi Uchida received the top spot of AKB48's single "Chance no Junban" which marked the first time a relatively unknown member has been at the front of a single. Maeda and Yuko were back at the front spots for the next single, "Beginner".
In 2011, a third AKB48 senbatsu election was held. During the early results,Yuko Oshima was leading with first place. However in the final results Maeda won first place with 139,892 votes whereas Yuko Oshima had 122,843 votes beating her with 17049 votes.
On 25th March 2012, during an AKB48 Concert at the Saitama Super Arena, Maeda announced that she will be graduating from AKB48 soon.

As a solo singer

On April 23, 2011, it was announced by Maeda herself at AKB48's handshake event in Nagoya Dome that she would make her solo debut with her debut single "Flower", one of the insert songs for Moshidora, a movie in which Maeda plays the leading role, released on June 22, 2011. She is the second AKB48 member to release a solo single after Tomomi Itano with the single "Dear J".

Acting career

In 2007, Maeda played the sub-leading role in the movie "Ashita no Watashi no Tsukurikata" (「あしたの私のつくり方」^?), which was her first performance as an actress. She started shooting this film August 20, 2006 and finished it in late September. After that, she landed various TV drama roles, including lead roles in the dramas "Majisuka Gakuen" and "Q-10."
Maeda, along with fellow AKB member Minegishi Minami, starred in Moshidora, a film released on June 4, 2011, marking her first lead role as a movie actress. Moshidora is a movie about how a weak high school baseball team's caretaker named Minami Kawashima that Maeda plays leads the team to the National High School Baseball Championship by learning strategies from Peter Drucker's business book Management.
In 2011, she played Mizuki Ashiya in Hanazaki no Kimitachi e, a remake of the popular 2007 Drama Series.

AKB48 senbatsu elections

• Ranked 1st in the 1st Senbatsu Election, held in 2009
• Ranked 2nd in the 2nd Senbatsu Election, held in 2010
• Ranked 1st in the 3rd Senbatsu Election, held in 2011

Solo discography

Singles

• "Flower" (June 22, 2011)

Appearances

Maeda is known as the only member of the group to have been featured on every one of their singles as well as its title tracks until in 2011 when she lost to Team K captain Sayaka Akimoto at the rock-paper-scissors tournament which determined the featured members for, "Ue Kara Mariko".

Atsuko Maeda

Profile Member: Yuki Kashiwagi

Yuki Kashiwagi (柏木 由紀 Kashiwagi Yuki^?, born July 15, 1991 in Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture), is a member of the Japanese Idol group AKB48. She auditioned for AKB48 on December 3, 2006, and is now captain of Team B. She is also now a member of AKB48 sub-group French Kiss. Her talent agency is Watanabe Production^. Her nickname is Yukirin.

Career

Kashiwagi took part in Morning Musume's Happy 8 Ki Audition (8th Generation Audition) in July 2006 and made it to the third round before being cut. She joined AKB48 after an audition in December 3, 2006 and debuted as a member of Team B at the "AKB48 1st Anniversary Live - Seizoroi da ze! AKB!" concert. Before her theater debut, as part of the "AKB48 Haru no Chotto Dake Zenkoku Tour - Madamada da ze 48" tour, she appeared in Yuko Oshima's position on March 17 at the Aichi Welfare Pension Hall and on March 18 at the Fukuoka International Conference Hall. Her first AKB48 theater performance as a Team B member was on April 4, 2007. On March 25, 2009, she joined Watanabe Production. On April 25, 2009, she became a weathegirl on Tokyo Broadcasting System TV's "Hiruobi". She came 9th place in the member elections for the single "Iiwake Maybe" and was made captain of Team B on August 23, 2009. Her first solo photobook was released on September 20, 2009. In 2010, She was made a member of three-piece AKB48 sub-group French Kiss. During the AKB48 third general election in 2011, she was ranked third place by popular votes, after Oshima Yuko and Maeda Atsuko.

Discography

Singles

AKB48

• Bingo!
• Sakura no Hanabiratachi 2008
• Baby! Baby! Baby!
• Ogoe Diamond
• 10nen Zakura
• Namida Surprise!
• Iiwake Maybe
• River
• Sakura no Shiori
• Ponytail to Chou chou
• Heavy Rotation
• Beginner
• Sakura No Ki Ni Narou
• Everyday, Katyusha
• Flying Get
• Kaze wa Fuiteiru
• Give Me Five!

French Kiss

• Zutto mae kara
• If
• Kakko warui I love you
• Saisho no mail

Stage units

Team B 1st Stage (Seishun Girls)

1. Kinjirareta Futari
2. Fushidara na Natsu

Team B 2nd Stage (Aitakatta)

1. Namida no Shonan
2. Rio no Kakumei
3. Koi no Plan
4. Senaka Kara Dakishimete

Team B 3rd Stage (Pyjama Drive)

1. Temodemo no Namida

Team B 4th Stage (Idol no Yoake)

1. Kuchi Utsushi no Chocolate

Team B 5th Stage (Theater no Megami)

1. Yokaze no Shiwaza

Anime

• Tales of The Abyss (October, 2008 - March, 2009, MBS)

Yuki Kashiwagi

Profile Member: Kojima Haruna

Haruna Kojima (小嶋陽菜 Kojima Haruna^?, born April 19, 1988 in Saitama Prefecture, Japan) is a singer, actress, and a member of idol group AKB48 under Team A.

Career

Kojima started her career as a member of Angel Eyes, an idol group under Stardust Promotion that disbanded in 2001. Initially, she was under contract with Stardust Promotion when she was still with Angel Eyes, but later switched to Ogi Production and stayed with the agency ever since.
Kojima participated in the first AKB48 audition in July 2005, which she passed along with 23 other participants, because the application was just taking a self image by a mobile phone and e-mail it, and assuming that she "could take 10-time prettier one, and just sent". Although she voluntarily applied for the audition and passed, she was still looking at then-AKB48 project in a suspicious way, and tried to skip the very first dancing lesson because of her then-part time job, but eventually participated it in response to the persuasion by Tomonobu Togasaki, Manager of AKB48 Theater. The group made their debut in December of the same year, and Kojima was assigned as one of the 20 members of Team A; the number later dropped down to 16 but Kojima remained as a member. In the past few years, she had made several appearances on television with the group, and is the only member to participate on the A-sides in all of the group's singles, making her one of the most visible figures in the group. Kojima made her first appearance on Kohaku Uta Gassen, an annual music show where the most successful artists of the year are invited, with AKB48 on December 31, 2007.
Since 2007, Kojima has been actively exploring a possible acting career, and has made several appearances in a number of dramas and movies. Her first lead role came in the drama Coin Locker Monogatari (コインロッカー物語^?, literally Coin Locker Story), which was filmed and aired in early 2008. Additionally, Kojima made her first appearance on the silver screen in the horror movie Densen Uta (伝染歌^?), along with several fellow AKB48 members. The group has also made brief appearance at the beginning of the movie in a live performance.
She dropped out of high school at the age of 16 due to school regulation which does not allow students to work in the entertainment industry.

Kojima Haruna

Profile Member: Minegishi Minami

Minami Minegishi (峯岸 みなみ Minegishi Minami^?, born November 15, 1992 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese Idol singer and actress, member of the group AKB48. She is one of its original members, debuting with "team A" in 2005, produced by Yasushi Akimoto. She is also one of the three members of its sub-group no3b, with whom she played in the drama Mendol, Ikemen Idol in 2008 and sang its theme song as the fictional band "Personna".

Movies

• Densen Uta (2007)
• Moshidora (2011)

Dramas

• Guren Onna (episode 5: guest appearance only)
• Mendol, Ikemen Idol
• Majisuka Gakuen
• Majisuka Gakuen 2

Trivia

• Wants to get married at age 23, and wants her future partner to call her 'Minami' rather than 'Miichan'.
• Collects hats.
• Keeps warm in winter by pretending it's summer and feeling thankful that it's so breezy. She learned this from a manga.
• Is often jealous of Kojima Haruna for being able to write kanji that she can't write herself.
• Her father is a big fan of Asaka Yui and Minamino Yoko, and frequently asks Minami to take photos of the other AKB48 members.
• Is allergic to cats.
• Recommended AKB48 song is Skirt, Hirari, because the costumes are cute.
• Had the nickname Gojira (Godzilla) in primary school.
• Has been participating in dance lessons since Grade 1.
• Considers dance her favorite sport.
• She auditioned for Hello! Project Kids.
• Loves Shoujo manga.

Minegishi Minami

Profile Member: Takahashi Minami

Minami Takahashi (高橋 みなみ Takahashi Minami^?, born April 8, 1991 in Tokyo) is a member of the Japanese Idol group AKB48. She is currently the captain of Team A as well as AKB48's de facto captain. She was described as the "eldest daughter of the 48 sisters (48人姉妹の長女^?)" in the group by Yasushi Akimoto during an interview carried out by the Nippon Television network in June 2010.Minami is commonly part of the "Senbatsu" group of singers in the singles released by AKB48. She is also a member of the sub-group no3b, along with AKB48 members Haruna Kojima and Minami Minegishi.

Career

In August 2005, Minami Takahashi become one of the 30th HoriPro Talent Contest's 15 final candidates, but she failed to win the competition's Grand-Prix prize. In October 2005, she participated in the first AKB48 audition and beat 7,924 other applicants to be chosen as one of the 24 founding members of the group. According to Tomonobu Togasaki, the manager of the AKB48 Theater, two factors that gave her an advantage over other applicants. These advantages were the fact that both her birthday (April 8) and her height (148 cm) includes the number "48" inside. She later made her stage debut on December 8, 2005.
In 2008, no3b members, including Minami Takahashi, appeared in the TV Tokyo drama Men Dol. She starred as Nami/Kai in this Television Series.
On August 23, 2009, Minami Takahashi was officially announced as the captain of AKB48's Team A.
Minami Takahashi appears in almost all of the AKB48 singles as one of their key singers. In addition, Minami frequently represents AKB48 on TV programs such as Music Station, and in other of the group's publicity events. She was also scheduled to take part in the AKB48's 3-day live concert event entitled "Takamina ni tsuite ikimasu" (たかみなについて行きます lit. "We will follow Takamina"^?), which was to be held on March 25–27, 2011 at the Yokohama Arena but was cancelled due to the 2011 toohoku eartquake and tsunami.

AKB48 senbatsu elections

• Ranked 5th in the 2009 senbatsu election
• Ranked 6th in the 2010 senbatsu election
• Ranked 7th in the 2011 senbatsu election

Takahashi Minami

Profile Member: Tomomi Itano

Tomomi Itano (板野 友美 Itano Tomomi^?, born July 3, 1991) is a member of the Japanese Idol group AKB48, as well as a soloist. Her talent agent is Horipro.

Biography

In 2005, she joined the all-female Japanese idol group AKB48. After becoming a model for the popular woman's fashion magazine Cawaii!!, she released her first photo book titled T.O.M.O.row in April 2009. In early 2010 she played Shibuya in the AKB48 TV Tokyo dorama "Majisuka Gakuen". She had a recurring role on Kamen Rider W as Queen, alongside friend Tomomi Kasai, until the show ended in late 2010. Together, they made up the sub-unit Queen & Elizabeth
Itano ranked 4th place in the second AKB48 Senbatsu election (June 2010).

2011 Activities

She released her first single, "Dear J", on January 26. It currently holds 3rd place in Recochoku (largest Japanese ring tone site) Chaku Uta ranking.It reached number 1 on the Oricon daily ranking and number 2 on the Oricon weekly ranking, selling 204,981 copies. In April, she returned to her role as Shibuya on the "Majisuka Gakuen" sequel, "Majisuka Gakuen 2". Her first digital single "Wanna Be Now" ranked number 2 on the daily Recochoku charts and number 6 on the weekly charts.
Itano ranked 8th place in the third AKB48 Senbatsu election (June 9, 2011). Her second single "Fuini" was released on July 13 and sold 90,103 copies, ranking #1 on the weekly charts

Solo discography

Singles

• "Dear J" (January 26, 2011)
• "Fui ni" (July 13, 2011)
• TBA (April 25, 2012)

Digital singles

• "Wanna Be Now" (May 11, 2011)
• "Ai ni Pierce" (愛にピアス Ai ni Piasu^?) (June 1, 2011)

Tomomi Itano

 

48 Family: if you want to know

AKB48

AKB48 is named after Akihabara (Akiba for short), the area in Tokyo where, on the 8th floor of a Don Quijote store, the band's own theater is located. Akimoto's idea, later advertised as "idols you can meet", was to create a theater-based idol group whose fans could see the girls live daily. AKB48 still performs at the theater every day, although, due to great demand, tickets are now distributed only via a lottery.

SKE48

SKE48 is an all-female Japanese theater/idol group produced by Yasushi Akimoto. The audition was held during the summer and debuted in October 2008. SKE48 performs in the newly built studio in the renovated Sunshine Sakae in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, every Saturday.

HKT48

HKT48 is named after the Hakata-ku, Fukuoka ward of Fukuoka Prefecture, where Yasushi Akimoto originally intended to base the group. HKT48's theater is located in Hawks Town Mall in Chūō-ku, Fukuoka.

NMB48

NMB48 is an all-female Japanese theater/idol group produced by Yasushi Akimoto. The group performs at NMB48 Theater on the basement of Yes-Namba Building in Namba, Osaka.

SDN48

SDN48 (short for Saturday Night 48) is a Japanese Idol Girl Group, created and produced by Yasushi Akimoto. SDN48 was created based on an "adult idol" concept. Former AKB48 member Kayo Noro was chosen as the captain of the group. In November 2010, the group made their major label debut with "Gagaga".

JKT48

JKT48 is an Indonesian Idol Group. It is the first AKB48 sister group outside of Japan, and it will be based in Jakarta. The group will adopt AKB48's "idols you can meet” concept, and its overall producer will also be Yasushi Akimoto.

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