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It was announced yesterday that Miyawaki Sakura and Yabuki Nako would be taking part in HKT48’s 8th Anniversary event at Tokyo Dome on December 15th. While many HKT48 fans celebrated online, as the event was to be seen as a proper sendoff for both Miyawaki Read More …
Yabuki Nako took photos with her fellow HKT48 members yesterday for her final HKT48 event for the next 2.6 years and today, she celebrated with her fellow third generation HKT48 members who gave her pancakes for a farewell. 3期生のみんなが IZONEのお祝い&お見送りを込めて 用意してくれました✨ 3期が大好きだー♡ pic.twitter.com/qdILeQfncr — 矢吹奈子 Read More …
HKT48/IZ*ONE members Miyawaki Sakura and Yabuki Nako participated in their final event as HKT48 members for the next 2 years and six months. As Miyawaki and Yabuki will be focusing 100% as members of the global pop group IZ*ONE, the two took part in their Read More …
The second set of new solo photos featuring new global pop group IZ*ONE (sporting a white dress shirt and blue jeans) were released. IZ*ONE (pronounced as “Eyez One”/IZ=12 and the meaning is 12 members coming togther as ONE) features Jang Wonyoung, Miyawaki Sakura, Jo Yuri, Read More …
IZ*ONE (pronounced as “Eyez One”, IZ=12 and all 12 members coming together as one) members HKT48’s Miyawaki Sakura and Yabuki Nako and AKB48’s Honda Hitomi arrived in South Korea to join their fellow nine Korean counterparts for an I*ZONE appearance for VLIVE (and possibly for Read More …
Yabuki Nako, alongside HKT48’s Miyawaki Sakura and AKB48 Team 8’s Honda Hitomi, are three Japanese trainees who were voted by Korean viewers to be members of the global pop group, IZONE. Yabuki wrote in Japanese, “Thank you for watching and I thank you so much Read More …
Fans have voiced their concerns over AKB48G members (members of AKB48, AKB48 Team 8, SKE48, NMB48, HKT48 and NGT48) for how they have to continually go from South Korea and back to Japan, back and forth nearly every other day. Fulfilling their commitments in Japan Read More …
HKT48 uploaded a video on their official YouTube channel featuring members of HKT48 in a commercial shoot for an upcoming campaign, “HKT48 x Tokyo Monorail”. In the video, we can see Sashihara Rino, Miyawaki Sakura, Yabuki Nako, Tanaka Miku and Matsuoka Hana working on the Read More …
HKT48’s Yabuki Nako is one of the people to watch for on Mnet’s “Produce48”. Originally ranked at F, she caught the attention of judges who immediately put her in Team A. Her first group competition, she received 300 points (the most on a “Produce” related 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 …
We have watched the first three episodes of “Produce 48” and have seen many of the Japanese trainees not fairing so well and a number of them being ranked F. But week three, we got to see some interesting competitions. While HKT48 ace Miyawaki Sakura Read More …