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Mukaichi Mion, the third general manager of the AKB48 group, updated her X after Kashiwagi Yuki’s graduation concert held at Pia Arena MM in Yokohama on the 16th. She reported that as of this day, she resigned as general director, a position Mukaichi has served Read More …
With the controversy of Okada Nana being outed by Bunshun for possibly having a relationship with a fellow actor and also the past controversies surrounding AKB48 members in the past for dating other men or possibly being photographed with other men, it has been written Read More …
It was a big blow when AKB48 was omitted from the NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen (they were omitted again this year), but now the members of the idol group are apologizing on Twitter for not being included on the list for the “Excellence Award” for Read More …
On December 8th, AKB48’s 16th Anniversary Special Commemorative PErformance at AKB48 Theater in Akihabara, Tokyo featured the announcement of a new team change, the first time in four years. The captains of each team are Mukaichi Mion (23) for Team A, Taguchi Manaka (17) for Read More …
Mukaichi Mion (23), a member of AKB48 Team A and the general director of AKB48 Group took a PCR test and tested positive for the novel coronavirus back on June 19th, has now met the criteria of medical treatment set by the Ministry of Health, Read More …
Mukaichi Mion (23), a member of AKB48 Team A and the general director of AKB48 Group took a PCR test and tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Mukaichi had a fever and a sore throat and a PCR test was taken at a medical institution Read More …
峯岸みなみ Murayama Yuirii, Okada Nana, Mogi Shinobu and Mukaichi Mion posted a video on their YouTube channel “Yuunaamogion Channel” featuring AKB48 veteran and graduating member, Minegishi Minami. The four AKB48 members started their YouTube channel back in late January and now have over 86,000 subscribers. Read More …
Murayama Yuirii, Okada Nana, Mogi Shinobu and Mukaichi Mion posted a Valentine’s video on their YouTube channel “Yuunaamogion Channel”. The four AKB48 members started their YouTube channel two weeks ago and have over 43,000 subscribers with nearly each video surpassing 85,000/100,000 views.
AKB48 Manager Mukaichi Mion was the special guest host for Miyawaki Sakura’s “Konya, Sakura no Kinoshita de” radio show as Miyawaki Sakura and other IZ*ONE members are on break as the “Produce” scandal continues to rock Korea. Mion started the radio of thanking the IZ*ONE Read More …
After the announcements from NGT48 Team G members Yamaguchi Maho, Sugahara Riko and Hasegawa Rena, new AKB48G General Director Mukaichi Mion took to Twitter to write the following: こんな時間になってしまいすみません。 pic.twitter.com/GH12Ynh9u0 — 向井地 美音 (@mionnn_48) April 21, 2019 Mion wrote: The fact that there are three Read More …
Yokoyama Yui announced at the most recent Team A performance that AKB48 Team A member Mukaichi Mion will be taking over as the new General Director on April 1st. Yokoyama thanked everyone on Twitter for supporting her as the second generation General Director. While Yokoyama Read More …
AKB48’s Okada Nana, Mukaichi Mion and Oguri Yui are featured on the cover of “Bom” (Bomb) February 2019 issue (released on January 9th). The magazine will feature the three in gravure and an interview with Mukaichi Mion who was recently selected as the next General Read More …
Former AKB48 leader Takahashi Minami had a year-end party with former AKB48 members Kojima Haruna and Watanabe Mayu and current AKB48 members Minegishi Minami, Kato Rena and Mukaichi Mion, all who are members of the entertainment agency, Ogi Productions. 事務所の忘年会でした🤤 まゆちゃんに久しぶりに会えた！ 可愛さがやっぱり凄い🤤 お肉美味しかった✨ pic.twitter.com/LG7nfQPTVE — Read More …
AKB48 is celebrating their 13th anniversary and Yokoyama Yui (26) announced that she will be nominating the next General Director of AKB48 (the third in the group’s history after Takahashi Minami and Yokoyama) and Mukaichi Mion (20) was nominated and selected as her successor. Yokoyama Read More …