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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 …
Encount recently posted an article (featuring an interview by Hiratsuji Tetsuya) about former AKB48 member Katayama Haruka who is now an employee for a game company that produces the game “Chico-chan’s Brain Activity Research Institute”. Katayama said in the interview, “The game industry was an Read More …
AKB48 to hold first handshake event for the first time in three years and ten months. In addition, the announcement of the 62nd single (title TBA) which will be released on September 27th. The 16 members were announced and Oguri Yui (21) was selected for Read More …
Since 2006, AKB48 has had a team system: Team A, Team K, Team B, Team 4 and Team 8. Each team having their own distinct style and their own songs. AKB48 announced that it will hold a spring concert at Pia Arena MM in Kanagawa, Read More …
Gal Sone (who was a former Gyaruru idol and competitive eater now TV talent) updated her Instagram on March 30. Along with Tokihigashi Ami and Honda Hitomi of AKB48, three shots of the new “Gyaruru” members have been released. While not an official group but Read More …
AKB48’s new single “Doushite mo Kimi ga Suki da” is set for release on April 26th and today, the music video was released. The music video features former IZ*ONE member and current AKB48 member, Honda Hitomi, as center.
LE SSERAFIM members a birthday surprise for Miyawaki Sakura by singing “Yume de Kiss Me!” at the group’s FEARNADA Fanmeeting event. Miyawaki Sakura was promoted in South Korea for “Produce 48” with her singing “Yume de Kiss Me!” and it was often shown on television Read More …
Uchida Mayumi, a former member of AKB48 who runs a yakiniku restaurant “Yakiniku IWA” and is active as a businesswoman, reported on her Instagram on the 19th that she passed the bookkeeping exam level 3. “I failed a few times, but I’m glad I didn’t Read More …
AKB48 has left King Records, where they belonged for about 15 years and transferred to Universal Music. It was announced on the group’s official YouTube on the 27th. The new song (title undecided) will be released on April 26 and will be the first single Read More …
It is known that there are some idols who love to drink. Former AKB48 member Minegishi Minami is one of them (as it was often discussed on her YouTube channel, when she was a member of AKB48) and the former idol was recently featured an Read More …
AKB48’s Nana Okada (25) started her first solo tour at Fukuoka City’s long-established live house “Drum Logos” on the 27th. She announced her graduation in November last year, and on this day announced that she will hold her graduation performance at the AKB48 theater in Read More …
Former AKB48 member Kobayashi Kana has announced on her SNS that she has divorced her celebrity investor husband. Her husband, who seemed to be a successful man that everyone envied, proposed to Kobayashi and the two got married and she gave birth last March. But Read More …
With some Okada Nana fans feeling betrayed after Bunshun reported that she was dating actor Ino Hiroki and then the idol announcing that she is graduating from AKB48, hardcore fans are disappointed. One fan was so disappointed that he destroyed an expensive amount of Okada Read More …
Back in August, former AKB48/SDN48 member Kojo Seara gave birth to her second child, a baby boy. But Kojo confessed that while she was receiving tests, she was told that her son had a 50% chance of having Down’s Syndrome. In a YouTube video released Read More …
In her new YouTube video posted on the 17th, Kashiwagi confessed that she received a proposal from a fan when she was a teenager. And she replied that she would be fine if she was still single when she turned 40. But the video is Read More …