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Former Nogizaka46 member Ikoma Rina and DISH// member Yabe Masaki will be starring in a stage version of “Akatsuki no Yona ~Hiiro no Shukumei-hen~” (Yona of the Dawn ~Scarlet Fate~) at TOKYO * EX Theater in Roppongi starting on September 15th through November 25th. Tickets Read More …
Shinkawa Yuu will be starring in a new drama titled “Hoshikuzu Revengers”, a co-production between AbemaTV and Nagoya TV’s “Metelle”. The theme of the TV drama is “Dream” and “Self-Produce” and how Shinkawa Yua plays a character that wants to produce a five member male Read More …
Former Nogizaka46 member Ikoma Rina will star in the stage play version of Akamatsu Ken’s “Mahou Sensei Negima!” (a.k.a. “Negima! Magister Negi Magi”). The stage version will be titled “Mahou Sensei Negima! ~Okochama Sensei wa Shugyo-chu!~. Ikoma will play the role of Negi Springfield, a Read More …
It was announced that former Nogizaka46 member Ikoma Rina will star in the stage play version of Akamatsu Ken’s “Mahou Sensei Negima!” (a.k.a. “Negima! Magister Negi Magi”). Ikoma will play the role of Negi Springfield, a mage in-training at Mahora Academy Middle School for Girls Read More …
Ikoma Rina has now completed the final event as a member of Nogizaka46. At the Nogizaka46 20th single “Synchronicity” release memorial nationwide handshake party at Chiba’s Makuhari Messe, the event drew 35,000 people, the highest number of people ever attending a Nogizaka46 national handshake event. Read More …
It was a day that many Ikoma fans have been waiting for and that is her graduation concert with Nogizaka46 at Nippon Budokan on April 22nd. With 12,000 fans in attendance, Ikoma thanked the fans, saying “Thank you for raising me since I was an Read More …
Nogizaka46 will be releasing their single “Synchronicity” on April 25th and it was announced that Ikoma Rina, who will be graduating from the group, will perform as center for the c/w song “Against”. And the music video was released on YouTube today (viewable only in Read More …
On April 22nd, Ikoma Rina will be graduating from Nogizaka46. To showcase this graduation concert, movie theaters throughout Japan will be showing the concert via live-viewing. The first live-viewing ever done for Nogizaka46. Ikoma was the center of Nogizaka46’s first five singles and the 12th Read More …
On March 30th, Yahoo! Japan released their limited video titled “なんとか、なる。(Somehow, I will) The video is to promote the Yahoo! Japan app for the “New Members of Society” and are part of the “人生ハードモード世代” (Hard Life Mode Generation). A generation that people classify as the Read More …
It was announced on the “Nogizaka Koujichuu” (Nogizaka Under Construction) variety show that for the April 25th single release of their 20th single “Synchronicity”, Shiraishi Mai will be the center. The last time Shiraishi Mai served as the center for a single was back in Read More …
Nogizaka46 member Ikoma Rina attended a press conference for the 3rd Anniversary of Tokyo One Piece Tower on March 7th. Tokyo One Piece Tower is a theme park dedicated to Oda Eiichiro’s “One Piece” manga series and is located at Tokyo Tower. The indoor theme Read More …
It was announced that AbemaTV’s “AbemaGOLD Channel” will be showcasing the Nogizaka46 6th Anniversary 46-Hour TV and will be broadcasted from 7:00 p.m. on March 23rd to 5:00 p.m. on March 25th. Featuring 46-hours of live broadcasting featuring Nogizaka46 taking on various challenges. The following Read More …
Nogizaka46 member Ikoma Rina (22) has announced that she will graduate from the group after the release of their 20th single. The graduation was confirmed on the Nogizaka46 Official website. Ikoma wrote on her Nogizaka46 blog: With the next single of Nogizaka46, I Ikoma Rina, Read More …