Sabtu, 16 Juni 2012

Sashihara Rino moved to HKT48



On June 14th, tabloid magazine “Shukan Bunshun” published an article from one of Sashihara Rino’s alleged ex-boyfriends. According to Shukan Bunshun’s report, Sashihara dated the man who was originally a fan of Sashihara, in the summer of 2008 ~ 2009.  The tabloid magazine included emails and photos which were supposedly sent by Sashihara.

During the morning of the 16th, Sashihara appeared on “AKB48’s All Night Nippon” radio show to issue an apology to her fans. “That person an I were honestly just friends. I’m really sorry about all of this”, she explained while crying.

On this particular broadcast, AKB48’s producer Akimoto Yasushi was also present and formerly moved Sashihara to AKB48’s sister group HKT48 as a ‘restart’ rather than a ‘punishment’.

Sashihara apologized, “When I was first asked about this, I didn’t know what people were talking about. I was really surprised when I read the article. There were so many things in the article that weren’t true, but I really was friends with him. I threw up my food over and over again. I hyperventilated during our tour. I couldn’t even talk to my mom. Seeing my fans’ comments on my blog really broke my heart. I am so sorry.”

Sabtu, 09 Juni 2012

AKB48 27th Single Senbatsu Sousenkyo "Fan ga Erabu 64 Giseki": Final Results

Yuko Oshima No. 1 Position 4th Senbatsu Election




Mayu Watanabe No. 2 Position 4th Senbatsu Election
Yuki Kashiwagi No. 3 Position 4th Senbatsu Election




















Mariko Shinoda No. 5 Position 4th Senbatsu Election

Rino Sashihara No. 4 Position 4th Senbatsu Election




















Kojima Haruna No. 7 Position 4th Senbatsu Election
Takahashi Minami No. 6 Position 4th Senbatsu Election







Matsui Jurina No. 9 Position 4th Senbatsu Election
Itano Tomomi No. 8 Position 4th Senbatsu Election



Matsui Rena No. 10 4th Senbatsu Election
Miyazawa Sae No. 11 Position 4th Senbatsu Election





















Kasai Tomomi No. 12 Position 4th Senbatsu Election
Kitahara Rie No. 13 Position 4th Senbatsu Election





















Minegishi Minami No. 14 Position 4th Senbatsu Election
Yokoyama Yui No. 15 Position 4th Senbatsu Election





















Umeda Ayaka No. 16 Position 4th Senbatsu Election
Takajo Aki No. 17 Position 4th Senbatsu Election





















Yamamoto Sayaka No. 18 Position 4th Senbatsu Election
Watanabe Miyuki No. 19 Position 4th Senbatsu Election




















Akimoto Sayaka No. 20 Position 4th Senbatsu Election






Position of 21-64


Jumat, 01 Juni 2012

AKB48’s new unit NO NAME to make their CD debut on August 1st

 



It’s been revealed that AKB48’s new unit NO NAME will be making their CD debut with the single, “Kibou ni Tsuite“, on August 1st! This song is currently the opening theme song for AKB48’s tv anime series, ‘AKB0048‘.
NO NAME is comprised of the 9 voice actresses of ‘AKB0048′. They are AKB48’s Watanabe MayuNakaya SayakaSato Amina,Ishida HarukaSato Sumire, and Iwata KarenSKE48’s Yagami Kumi and Hata Sawako, and NMB48’s Mita Mao.
Aside from the title track, the single will feature the anime’s ending theme, “Yume wa Nandomo Umare Kawaru“, and a brand new number for a total of 3 song. All song lyrics are written by producer Akimoto Yasushi.
The members of NO NAME will grace the ‘TYPE A’ jacket of the single, and they will also star in the music video. Meanwhile, the ‘TYPE B’ jacket will be an illustration, and the music video will also be an animated version.
Stay tuned for more details on NO NAME’s debut single!

Mayuyu ingin menikmati Sousenkyo ke-4 tahun ini

Watanabe Mayu

Sub-unit dari AKB48, Watarirouka hashiritai 7 kemarin baru saja mengadakan event untuk mempromosikan single ke 10 mereka 'Shonen yo usotsuke' yang bertempat di  Zepp Tokyo.

Saat ditanya mengenai Sousenkyo ke-4 tahun ini, Watanabe Mayu yang saat ini kepopulerannya ada di peringkat tiga pada perhitungan sementara berkomentar bahwa ia ingin Sousenkyo kali ini tidak membawa ketegangan seperti tahun-tahun lalu. Ia ingin menikmatinya seperti suatu acara festival.

2.700 penggemar yang hadir merupakan orang-orang yang terpilih dari 9.000 pendaftar. Ketika para anggota Watarirouka Hashiritai 7 naik ke panggung dengan kostum berwarna kuning, semua bersorak dan mulailah mereka menyanyikan 5 lagu mulai dari single pertama mereka hingga lagu terbaru. Watanabe Mayu nampak sangat senang karena acara yang mereka adakan berlangsung sangat meriah, dan Haruka Nakagawa berkata bahwa ia ingin sub-unit yang lain dapat mengadakan live event seperti mereka.