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Former SKE48 member Kimoto Kanon, who is currently an actress, made an announcement on her Twitter and Instagram that she is retiring from the entertainment industry. Kimoto said in her statement, “I will retire from the entertainment world on May 31st today. I had a Read More …
SKE48 member Matsui Jurina (24) performed her final graduation performance at SKE48 theater in Nagoya. The performance ends the idol career of Matsui who began 13 years ago at the age of 11. Matsui appeared 50 minutes after the start of the SKE48 performance and Read More …
SKE48’s Yamauchi Suzuran (26) who appears on TV Tokyo’s “Minna de BINGOLF” will be releasing her first gravure DVD “Natural Lily” on May 28th. The theme is “Natural Yamauchi” and the content is energetic and sexy. View more photos here
SKE48’s second single features Akimoto Yasushi‘s senbatsu selections with his main seven performing the title track and another ten known as Team BLT performing the c/w track. A fun single which found myself listening to the Team BLT track the most. But a pretty cool Read More …
Aichi Prefecture is where Nagoya is located and is the home of Toyota and also home for the idol group SKE48. And SKE48 has been appointed the ambassadors for Aichi Prefecture featuring members Suda Akari, Furuhata Nao, Ego Yuna, Kumazaki Harunka, Suenaga Oka and Aomi Read More …
We are a few hours away from the music video premiere of SKE48’s upcoming single “Koi Ochi Flag”, which happens to be the graduation song of longtime SKE48 member Matsui Jurina. In addition to the music video premiere, a “Koi Ochi Flag” special featuring SKE48 Read More …
SKE48’s Suda Akari recently took a PCR test as someone in SKE48 tested negative, but at the meantime, as the person had to await their results, those who had close contact with the person had to stay home. Suda wrote that while she was paying Read More …
Matsui Jurina’s graduate was postponed due to COVID-19, but the idol still had hopes to perform on NHK’s Kouhaku Uta Gassen. Unfortunately, while all three 46 groups were selected to participate, the 48 groups were not. And AKB48 will be missing NHK’s Kouhaku Uta Gassen Read More …
Suda Akari takes on the pressure challenge by dancing to the correct choreography for ten AKB48 songs. Can she do it? Watch and find out! Meanwhile, on Nishino Miki and Murashige Anna dance to “Ponytail to Shushu”. Can they do it?
SKE48 Team S member Yamauchi Suzuran (25) a.k.a. “Ranran” recently appeared on “Ishida Junichi’s Sunday Golf” (TV TOKYO) and talks about her love for anime. Yamauchi mentioned that there are ten people in the group who are part of their own “anime club” and how Read More …
Former SKE48 member Matsumura Kaori (30) has gotten married. Matsumura said in an interview with BUBKA (July/August) that she had gotten married and that she plans to continue working even after getting married. Adding that she has been dating since graduating from SKE48 and the Read More …
SKE48 member Suda Akari tweeted “sad news”. What happened? Is she graduating from the group? What was this sad news all about? Suda tweeted, “My father saw me naked this morning for the first time in 18 years. It was an unexpected accident due to Read More …
Graduating SKE48 member Matsui Jurina (23) updated her Instagram and is partaking in the popular makeup trend “Jirai Meiku” (Jirai Makeup), popular among young women. “Jirai Makeup” is adding red around the eye area. This was Jurina’s first attempt which received praises by fans on Read More …
The AKB48G (AKB48, STU48, NMB48, SKE48, HKT48 and NGT48) will be holding an air handshake event, as Japan continues to refrain from crowding or gatherings due to the spread of the coronavirus infection. AKB48G’s handshake events have been postponed since February 1st and the idols Read More …
SKE48’s Tsuzuki Rika took responsibility and apologized for calling out sister group, HKT48 as “full of ugly members” on Twitter. And now Zest Inc., the company which manages SKE48 has posted the following statement: It was discovered yesterday morning that our talent, SKE48 Tsuzuki Rika, Read More …