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Kashiwagi Yuki (32) , also known as “Yukirin”, the 3rd generation member of AKB48 and the oldest member with 17 years of career, was the center and focus of the “Kashiwagi Yuki Graduation Concert ~This path I have been walking for 17 years~” at Pia Read More …
It has been revealed that the AKB48 Theater in Akihabara, Tokyo, the sacred place of the idol group AKB48, will be completely renovated due to its aging condition. The announcement was made on the 17th at “AKB48 Spring Concert 2024 in Pia Arena MM Night Read More …
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 …
Former AKB48 member Haruka Shimada (30) updated her SNS on the 22nd and announced her marriage to a non-celebrity man. Shimada posted on her X and Instagram, “I am very sorry for the inconvenience due to personal matters, but I have registered my marriage with Read More …
The performers for NHK’s “74th NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen” (7/20) on New Year’s Eve were announced on the 13th at NHK Hall in Shibuya, Tokyo, and fans of the unnamed artists expressed their disappointment on social media. When Hinatazaka (who has participated twice in the Read More …
The 39th member of AKB48 has announced they are graduating from the group. This time, Okabe Rin (27) announced she is graduating next Spring. Okabe wrote in a handwritten message, “This is my 10th birthday since joining AKB48. The encounters, memories, decisions, and experiences of Read More …
Sakaguchi Nagisa, who graduated from AKB48 in August, has announced that she will be affiliated with Sizuk Entertainment (headed by Yuasa Junji, a former AKB48 producer at King Records). It was also revealed that she will be joining a new idol group. The agency held Read More …
AKB48’s Onishi Momoka (26) announced her graduation from the group at Team K’s “Sakaagari” performance held at a dedicated theater in Akihabara, Tokyo on the 10th. She plans to graduate in mid-February next year. The announcement makes Onishi the 33rd member to announce graduation this Read More …
Honda Hitomi, who announced her graduation from AKB48 on August 30th, will hold her graduation concert on January 26th next year at Pacifico Yokohama National Hall in Kanagawa. The title of the performance is “Honda Hitomi Graduation Concert ~A Road Full of Dreams and Hope~” Read More …
Asai Nanami of the idol group AKB48 announced on the 1st that she would be graduating at the group at Team B’s “Idol no Yoake” performance held on the same day. This is the 30th AKB48 member to announce graduation since the beginning of 2023. Read More …
According to Weekly Bunshun, Shinozaki Ayana (27), a popular member of AKB48 and Watanabe Ryoma (26), a striker for J League FC Tokyo, are in a serious relationship and they have photos to prove it. On September 15th, the reporting team of “Weekly Bunshun” witnessed Read More …
LE SSERAFIM appeared on CDTV as part of their promotions for their “Unforgiven” Japanese single promotions. And as the group performed hits such as “Eve, Psyche and Bluebeard’s Wife” and “Unforgiven (Japanese version)”, while CDTV was showing a classic clip of AKB48 performing to their Read More …
AKB48 Honda Hitomi (21) announced her graduation from the group on the 30th through YouTube. Although her graduation date is undecided, her last single will be “Idol Nanja Ja Nattara” (released on September 27). On this day, Honda announced on SNS such as X (formerly Read More …
AKB48 Yamabe Ayu (21) announced on the 22nd that she would be graduating from the group at a theater performance held at the AKB48 Theater in Akihabara, Tokyo. The graduation performance will be held on October 2nd, and the concert held at Nippon Budokan in Read More …
AKB48’s Yumoto Ami (25) announced her graduation from the group at the performance of “Boku no Taiyou” held at the AKB48 Theater in Akihabara, Tokyo on the 19th. Yumoto wrote on her AKB48 blog, “I joined AKB48 when I was 15 years old, and this Read More …