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Idol group AKB48 Team 8 performed on the 22nd at AKB48 theater in Akihabara. AKB48 Team 8 is a team which consists of 47 people, each who represent one of Japan’s prefectures. During an interview after the first day performance, producer Yuasa Junji, Okabe Rin Read More …
Korean fans of IZ*ONE/AKB48’s member Honda Hitomi pay for a subway ad to celebrate her birthday. Honda celebrated her birthday with her fellow IZ*ONE members who had the opportunity to visit her hometown in Tochigi prefecture in Japan (filming footage for their reality TV show). Read More …
As we are a little over a month away for the music debut of global pop group, IZ*ONE (pronounced as “Eyes One”, IZ=12 and 12 members make One), we have been spotlighting each member. IZ*ONE is comprised of 12 trainees who competed among 96 trainees Read More …
AKB48’s Honda Hitomi was one of the three Japanese trainees (alongside HKT48’s Miyawaki Sakura and Yabuki Nako) voted in the top 12 and will become part of the global pop group, IZONE. Honda wrote on Twitter, “Thank you to everyone who watched Produce48! My wish Read More …
Featuring 96 trainees from South Korea and Japan and features a collaboration between Mnet’s “Produce 101” of South Korea and the J-Pop idol groups of AKB48G (AKB48, SKE48, NMB48, HKT48, NGT48). Last Friday was an elimination episode and the number of trainees were trimmed down Read More …