Jumat, 13 April 2012

career of AKB48

Units and collaborations

Single B-side units

  • Under Girls (アンダーガールズ?)
  • Theater Girls (シアターガールズ?)
  • Team PB (チームPB?)
    • Special collaboration unit by AKB48, Shueisha and Weekly Playboy
  • Team YJ (チームYJ?)
    • Special collaboration unit by AKB48, Shueisha and Weekly Young Jump
  • Yasai Sisters (野菜シスターズ?)
    • Special collaboration unit by AKB48 and Kagome Co.
  • MINT
    • Special collaboration unit by AKB48 and Ameba
  • DIVA

Stand-alone units

  • Chocolove from AKB48
  • no3b
  • Watarirouka Hashiritai
    • Watarirouka Hashiritai 7
  • French Kiss
  • Not yet
  • DiVA

Derivation units

  • Honegumi from AKB48 (ほね組 from AKB48?)
  • ICE from AKB48
  • Crayon Friends from AKB48 (クレヨンフレンズ from AKB48?)
    • Special collaboration unit by AKB48 and Crayon Shin-chan
  • Okashina Sisters (お菓子なシスターズ?)
  • AKB Idoling!!! (AKBアイドリング!!!?)
    • Special collaboration unit by AKB48 and Idoling!!!
  • AKB Table Tennis Club (AKB卓球部?)
  • The 75th Anniversary Yomiuri Giants Foundation Support Unit (読売巨人軍創立75周年応援隊?)
    • Special collaboration unit by AKB48 and Yomiuri Giants
  • Natto Angel (ナットウエンジェル?)
  • Queen & Elizabeth
    • Special collaboration unit by AKB48 and Kamen Rider W
  • Team Dragon from AKB48 (チームドラゴン from AKB48?)
    • Special collaboration unit by AKB48 and Dragon Ball
  • AKB Table Tennis Club 2010 (AKB卓球部2010?)
  • Natto Angel Z (ナットウエンジェルZ?)
  • Miniskirt (ミニスカート?)
    • Special collaboration unit by AKB48 and Takara Tomy
  • AKB48 Kaspersky Institute (AKB48カスペルスキー研究所?)
    • Special collaboration unit by AKB48 and Kaspersky Lab
  • Team Kishin from AKB48
    • Special collaboration unit by AKB48 and Kishin Shinoyama
  • Team Z
    • Special collaboration unit by AKB48 and Kyoraku Sangyo for "Pachinko Zenigata Heiji"
  • Team U
    • Special collaboration unit by AKB48 and Ultraman Saga

Discography

Albums

  • 2008: Set List: Greatest Songs 2006–2007
  • 2010: Kamikyokutachi
  • 2010: Set List: Greatest Songs Kanzenban
  • 2011: Koko ni Ita Koto

Number-one singles

  • 2009: "River"
  • 2010: "Sakura no Shiori"
  • 2010: "Ponytail to Shushu"
  • 2010: "Heavy Rotation"
  • 2010: "Beginner"
  • 2010: "Chance no Junban"
  • 2011: "Sakura no Ki ni Narō"
  • 2011: "Everyday, Kachūsha"
  • 2011: "Flying Get"
  • 2011: "Kaze wa Fuiteiru"
  • 2011: "Ue kara Mariko"
  • 2012: "Give Me Five!"

Upcoming singles

  • 2012: "Manatsu no Sounds Good!"

Filmography

Bibliography

Kamis, 05 April 2012

知っておく必要があります!

Wotagei

Wotagei (ヲタげい?) atau otagei (オタ芸, オタげい?) adalah sorakan atau gerakan tari khas yang dilakukan oleh penggemar ketika menonton konser-konser idola Jepang.
Wotagei adalah bentuk memberikan dukungan dalam acara-acara yang dilangsungkan oleh idola atau seiyu. Kata wotagei atau otagei merupakan singkatan dari aidoru [w]otaku no gei (gei berarti seni).
Melakukan wotagei disebut utsu (打つ?). Ada beberapa jenis gerakan wotagei. Bertepuk tangan menurut irama di atas kepala sambil melompat di tempat menghadap ke kiri dan kanan, berputar-putar disebut mawari (マワリ?). Kedua belah lengan diacungkan ke atas dan siku ditarik ke dalam berulang-ulang disebut romansu (ロマンス?). Bertepuk tangan tiga kali prok, prok, prok, lalu bersorak hyuu... disebut PPPH. Ada pula gerakan yang inspirasinya berasal dari tari kecak di Bali. Pada gerakan yang disebut kecak, sambil postur tubuh direndahkan, kedua belah lengan diangkat dan ditarik secara berulang-ulang ke depan ke arah idola di panggung.
Memberikan dukungan kepada penyanyi idola di panggung dengan cara bersorak bersama sesuai dengan irama lagu sudah dilakukan pada tahun 1970-an atau 1980-an oleh barisan penggemar setia para idola yang disebut shin-ei tai (親衛隊 barisan pengawal?). Memasuki abad ke-21, beberapa gerakan ditambah sehingga menjadi bermacam-macam, dan dikenal secara luas sebagai wotagei setelah dibawakan dalam konser-konser Hello! Project serta berbagai unit idola yang tergabung di dalamnya. Dalam acara varietas Guru Guru Dokan "Atarashii Nami o Sagashite" di Fuji Television, wotagei diangkat pertama kali sebagai topik bahasan. Anggota tim sepak bola J. League, Kawasaki Frontale melakukan wotagei versi Kawasaki Frontale di hadapan penonton. Mereka menyebutnya sebagai ntagei (ンタ芸?) (dari kata frontale + gei) pada acara hari berterima kasih kepada penggemar tahun 2007. Setelah diliput media massa, keberadaan wotagei diketahui secara luas oleh masyarakat umum di Jepang. Selain itu ada pertunjukan live yang diadakan secara khusus untuk mempertunjukkan wotagei. Meskipun demikian, wotagei juga dikecam sebagai "'Tindakan gangguan' yang dilakukan atas nama wotagei". Semuanya disebabkan sebagian penonton yang melakukan wotagei akhirnya menjadi lupa diri. Mereka tidak menghormati hak penonton lain, dan datang ke konser semata-mata untuk melakukan otagei. Pendapat publik akhirnya terbagi dua, pihak penentang dan pihak pendukung wotagei sebagai cara memberi dukungan. Di beberapa konser, memberi dukungan kepada idola dengan melakukan wotagei secara keterlaluan sudah dilarang.
Partisipasi penonton sangat penting dalam konser grup idola Jepang. Wotagei menambah semarak konser dan membangun rasa kebersamaan antara penonton dan idola di atas panggung, serta sesama rekan wota.
Mix (ミックス mikkusu?) adalah sorakan beramai-ramai penonton pada konser idola, termasuk pada konser AKB48 dan grup-grup saudara kembarnya. Meskipun sering diragukan sebagai bagian dari wotagei, mix termasuk salah satu dari banyak unsur wotagei. Mix sudah dikenal di kalangan wota pada akhir 1990-an, termasuk di konser Z-1 dan kemudian Hello! Project. Kata-kata mix yang disorakkan seragam dan ada standarnya.
Mix disorakkan sewaktu overtur, intro (awal lagu), dan sewaktu tempo lagu melambat. Mix berakhir sebelum idola mulai menyanyi. Mix tidak dilakukan untuk lagu bertempo pelan, sedih, atau balada. Pada lagu yang dimulai secara tiba-tiba seperti "Heavy Rotation", mix ditunda hingga interlude (bagian instrumental).
Ada beberapa variasi mix yang dikenal kalangan wota. Berikut ini adalah mix standar untuk wota AKB48 dan grup-grup saudara kembarnya:
"Aaaa... Yossha Ikuzo! Taiga, Faiya, Saiba, Faiba, Daiba, Baiba, Jya, Jya!" (あ~ よっしゃいくぞー!タイガー、ファイヤー、サイバー、ファイバー、ダイバー、バイバー、ジャージャー Aaaa... Yossha Ikuzo! Tiger, Fire, Cyber, Fiber, Diver, Viber, Jya Jya!?)
Aaaa... Yossha Ikuzo! ("Ayo mulai!") adalah komando untuk memulai sorakan, diikuti pelafalan bahasa Jepang untuk kata-kata bahasa Inggris, Tiger, Fire, Cyber, Fiber, Diver, dan Viber. Alasan kata-kata tersebut dipilih juga tidak diketahui pasti.
Ada pula variasi mix yang menggunakan kata-kata asli bahasa Jepang (Japanese Mix) dan mix dari bahasa Ainu (Ainu Mix), atau campuran dari standar, Jepang, dan Ainu. Kata-kata bahasa Jepang atau bahasa Ainu yang dipakai merupakan terjemahan dari Tiger, Fire, dan seterusnya.
Ada berbagai penjelasan tentang asal usul mix, namun semuanya simpang siur bagaikan legenda urban. Mix seperti halnya wotagei diperkirakan berawal dari reaksi spontan atau partisipasi penonton di konser idola Jepang.

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Selasa, 03 April 2012

Profile Member: Rino Sashihara

Rino Sashihara (指原 莉乃 Sashihara Rino?, born November 21, 1992) is a member of Japanese idol group AKB48 Team A produced by Yasushi Akimoto.

Life and music career

In October 2007, she auditioned and was chosen as a trainee for AKB48. She was promoted to a regular member of former Team B. She was chosen as a "Senbatsu" member for first time on the single "Ōgoe Diamond", followed by other songs, including "Under Girls". On August 2009, it was announced that she would transfer to Team A. She transferred in July 2010.
On December 4, 2010, she attempted to upload 100 articles in a day on her official blog, with the number of page views reaching 35 million on the same day.
Since January 2011, Sashihara has been featured on a half-hour TV program with her nickname, "Although You Are Sashiko (This Program Is Totally Unrelated to AKB)" (さしこのくせに〜この番組はAKBとは全く関係ありません〜 Sashiko no Kuseni (Kono Bangumi wa AKB to wa Mattaku Kankei Arimasen)?), broadcast by TBS, which features her "Hetare" (ヘタレ?, means somewhat cowardice, incompetent, impatient) character, and subtitled "A variety program to train Sashiko" (さしこ育成バラエティ Sashiko Ikusei Variety?).
Sashihara will star as lead in the drama "Muse no Kagami" starting on January 14, 2012. She will sing the theme song titled "Soredemo Sukidayo", which will be released as her debut solo single in May 2, 2012 on the major record label Avex Trax.



Appearances

Singles

With AKB48

  • "Ōgoe Diamond"
  • 10-nen Zakura"
  • "Namida Surprise"
  • "Heavy Rotation"
  • "Beginner"
  • "Sakura no Ki ni Narō"
  • "Dareka no Tame ni"
  • "Everyday, Kachūsha"
  • "Flying Get"

Solo

  • "Soredemo Sukidayo"

Stage units

  • Team B 3rd Stage: Kagami no naka no Jean Da Arc
  • Team B 4th stage: Itoshiki Natasha
  • Team A 6th Stage: Enjou Rosen

References

  1. ^ "AKB48’s Sashihara Rino to make a solo debut under avex trax". TokyoHive. January 8, 2012. Retrieved January 9, 2012.
  2. ^ "AKB指原ブログ一日3500万PV  前田敦子抜きアクセス歴代1位" (in Japanese). j-cast. December 7, 2010. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  3. ^ "AKB48's Sashihara Rino gets her own show, "Sashiko no Kuseni"". tokyohive. December 24, 2010. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  4. ^ "Muse no Kagami". Retrieved January 12, 2012.
  5.  ^ "Sashihara Rino Solo Debut Announced". Retrieved January 12, 2012


Rino Sashihara

Jumat, 30 Maret 2012

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

Kamis, 29 Maret 2012

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