7 years ago
Friday, December 24, 2010
Thursday, December 23, 2010
NMB48's First Stage, Revival of Team A's 3rd Stage, Starts January 1, 2011
http://stage48.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=2818
NMB48's First Stage is Dareka no Tame ni ~What Can I Do for Someone?~
NMB48's First Stage is Dareka no Tame ni ~What Can I Do for Someone?~
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
AKB48 Tops Oricon Yearly Singles Rankings with Beginner at #1 and Heavy Rotation at #2, with the Last Four of the Five Singles Released This Year in the Top 10
http://stage48.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2809&start=225
http://www.tokyohive.com/2010/12/akb48-announces-first-single-of-2011-dominates-oricon-yearly-rankings/
http://stage48.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=2712&start=39
#1 Beginner
#2 Heavy Rotation
#5 Ponytail to Shushu
#8 Chance no Juban
#12 Sakura no Shiori
Only AKB48 and Arashi singles were in the top 10 this year.
http://www.tokyohive.com/2010/12/akb48-announces-first-single-of-2011-dominates-oricon-yearly-rankings/
http://stage48.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=2712&start=39
#1 Beginner
#2 Heavy Rotation
#5 Ponytail to Shushu
#8 Chance no Juban
#12 Sakura no Shiori
Only AKB48 and Arashi singles were in the top 10 this year.
Monday, December 20, 2010
Nemousu TV Bangai Hen - SKE48 Gakuin Shugaku Ryoko -
AKB48 Nemousu TV Special - Australia Shugaku Ryoko -
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Guinness World Records Awards AKB48 as World's Biggest Pop Group
Well, yeah, we should have expected that.
;p
Friday, November 12, 2010
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Monday, November 8, 2010
AKB49 - Renai Kinshi Jourei - 1 [Limited Edition] w/ 5 changing covers (Shukan Shonen Magazine KC)
Hisashi Takahashi / Motoazabu Factory / Reiji Miyajima
Release: December 17, 2010
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
AKB48's "Beginner" Currently Holds the Record in Japan for Highest First Week Sales for a Female Group, Third Highest First Week Sales for a Female Artist and AKB48 is First Female Artist to Sell Over Half a Million Copies Each for Three Consecutive Singles
http://stage48.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2582&start=2759
AKB48 moves ahead of Ayumi Hamasaki and Utada Hikaru by being the first to sell over half a million copies each of three consecutive singles (the former record was shared by the the three artists at two consecutive singles each). By selling over 827,000 copies its first week, Beginner now holds the record for the highest first week sales for a single for a female group, and the third highest first week sales for a single for a female artist, just 1,000 copies below second placer Amuro Namie's "Can You Celebrate?" (released February, 1997) and first placer Utada Hikaru's "Addicted to You", released November, 1999, which sold over 1,068,000 on its first week.
AKB48 moves ahead of Ayumi Hamasaki and Utada Hikaru by being the first to sell over half a million copies each of three consecutive singles (the former record was shared by the the three artists at two consecutive singles each). By selling over 827,000 copies its first week, Beginner now holds the record for the highest first week sales for a single for a female group, and the third highest first week sales for a single for a female artist, just 1,000 copies below second placer Amuro Namie's "Can You Celebrate?" (released February, 1997) and first placer Utada Hikaru's "Addicted to You", released November, 1999, which sold over 1,068,000 on its first week.
Saturday, October 30, 2010
AKB48's "Beginner" is Currently the #1 Highest Selling Single in Japan of this Year on the Third Day of Its Release
http://stage48.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2582&start=2578
Beginner's total sales after the third day of its release, October 29, 2010, is 742,109 copies, surpassing Arashi's "Troublemaker" released March 3, 2010, which has sold almost 700,000 copies this year. Selling over 700,000 copies only on the third day of its release, fans are hoping for Beginner to hit the 1,000,000 mark before the year ends, or even within the first week of its release. AKB48 still has another single to be released this year, on Dec. 8, 2010, featuring the Senbatsus from the Janken Tournament. If Beginner doesn't hit the one million mark, it's possible that the next one will.
AKB48 is #1! Yeah!!!
Beginner's total sales after the third day of its release, October 29, 2010, is 742,109 copies, surpassing Arashi's "Troublemaker" released March 3, 2010, which has sold almost 700,000 copies this year. Selling over 700,000 copies only on the third day of its release, fans are hoping for Beginner to hit the 1,000,000 mark before the year ends, or even within the first week of its release. AKB48 still has another single to be released this year, on Dec. 8, 2010, featuring the Senbatsus from the Janken Tournament. If Beginner doesn't hit the one million mark, it's possible that the next one will.
AKB48 is #1! Yeah!!!
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Beginner Sells 568,095 Copies on the Day of Its Release, Ranks #1 Again at Oricon Charts
http://stage48.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2582&start=2334
The latest single of AKB does it again! Highest first day sales for an AKB48 single and third consecutive single for AKB to sell over half a million copies during the first week of its release! The previous single's first week sales has already been surpassed by Beginner on its first day! This is their fifth #1 single, not counting subunits' singles Akkanbe Bashi and Kokoro no Hane, and album Kamikyoku Tachi. Congrats AKB48! Good times!
The latest single of AKB does it again! Highest first day sales for an AKB48 single and third consecutive single for AKB to sell over half a million copies during the first week of its release! The previous single's first week sales has already been surpassed by Beginner on its first day! This is their fifth #1 single, not counting subunits' singles Akkanbe Bashi and Kokoro no Hane, and album Kamikyoku Tachi. Congrats AKB48! Good times!
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Voting for AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2011 Starts Oct. 26 Until Nov. 30 2010
http://stage48.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2714&start=0
386 songs are eligible this year.
How to vote outside Japan: http://stage48.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2714&start=47
Once you have installed the Firefox plug-in, this is where you vote: http://akb48-request2011.jp
List of eligible songs (in Japanese): http://www.request-hour-2011.jp/
386 songs are eligible this year.
How to vote outside Japan: http://stage48.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2714&start=47
Once you have installed the Firefox plug-in, this is where you vote: http://akb48-request2011.jp
List of eligible songs (in Japanese): http://www.request-hour-2011.jp/
Oricon Predicts AKB48 to be Invited to 61st NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen
http://forum.nihongogo.com/topic/9575-akb48-invited-for-61st-nhk-kouhaku-uta-gassen/page__pid__142406#entry142406
This would make AKB48's third appearance in Kouhaku. The first was three years ago, and the second was last year. Kouhaku is one of the most important annual events in Japanese entertainment where only the top celebrities are invited. Also mentioned in the Japanese article below are AKB subunits No Sleeves and Watarirouka Hashiritai.
http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/special/2010/kohaku1022/index.html#close2
This would make AKB48's third appearance in Kouhaku. The first was three years ago, and the second was last year. Kouhaku is one of the most important annual events in Japanese entertainment where only the top celebrities are invited. Also mentioned in the Japanese article below are AKB subunits No Sleeves and Watarirouka Hashiritai.
http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/special/2010/kohaku1022/index.html#close2
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Monday, October 18, 2010
Sayaka Akimoto Resigns as Captain of Team K
http://stage48.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=256&start=1978
She stays in AKB and may be captain again someday, but this is still sad, disturbing news, spurned by the same weekly tabloid that started the Mariko Shinoda rumor which AKS sued them for. Team K's captain position is vacant for now.
She stays in AKB and may be captain again someday, but this is still sad, disturbing news, spurned by the same weekly tabloid that started the Mariko Shinoda rumor which AKS sued them for. Team K's captain position is vacant for now.
Monday, October 11, 2010
Yui Yokoyama Promoted to Team K
Graduate Erena Ono's replacement
http://forum.nihongogo.com/topic/9508-yokoyoma-yui-promoted-to-team-k/page__pid__138997#entry138997
http://forum.nihongogo.com/topic/9508-yokoyoma-yui-promoted-to-team-k/page__pid__138997#entry138997
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Monday, October 4, 2010
Friday, October 1, 2010
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
AKB48 Official Calendar BOX "Present - Kami-Sam Kara no Okurimono -" [Calendar 2011 (Try-X Ltd.)]
New link with details:
Release: Dec. 17, 2010
AKB48
Release: Dec. 17, 2010
Friday, September 24, 2010
SKE48's Team KII 2nd Stage "Te wo Tsunaginagara" DVD
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Mayumi Uchida Wins First AKB48 Janken Senbatsu Tournament and Centers Single to be Released December, 2010 (Plus Tournament Results)
Rankings of the 16 Senbatsus for the December 8, 2010 single as based on the Janken Senbatsu Tournament held at Budokan, Sept. 21, 2010:
#1 Mayumi Uchida (first time to be Senbatsu, promoted at Budokan August 2009)
#2 Haruka Ishida (first time to be Senbatsu, promoted at Budokan August 2009)
#3 Haruna Kojima (always Senbatsu, original member)
#4 Haruka Nakagawa (second time to be Senbatsu, after being elected for Heavy Rotation, original member of Team B)
#5 Ami Maeda (first time to be Senbatsu, promoted at Budokan August 2009)
#6 Sumire Sato (first time to be Senbatsu, promoted at Budokan August 2009)
#7 Natsuki Sato (second time to be Senbatsu, after Keibetsu Shiteita Aijou, original member of Team K)
#8 Aki Takajo (third time to be Senbatsu, after Ponytail to Shushu and Heavy Rotation, promoted during Team A's 5th stage)
#9 Tomomi Nakatsuka (first time to be Senbatsu, promoted during Team B's 3rd stage for their 4th stage)
#10 Asuka Kuramochi (third time to be Senbatsu after 10nen Zakura and Iiwake Maybe, promoted during Team K's 4th stage)
#11 Kana Kobayashi (third time to be Senbatsu, after Aitakatta and Keibetsu Shiteita Aijou, original member of Team K)
#12 Miku Tanabe (first time to be Senbatsu, original member of Team B)
#13 Tomomi Kasai (always Senbatsu except for Sakura no Shiori and singles before Team K was created, original member of Team K)
#14 Sakiko Matsui (first time to be Senbatsu, promoted at Budokan August 2009)
#15 Atsuko Maeda (always Senbatsu, original member)
#16 Rina Chikano (first time to be Senbatsu, promoted during Team K's 5th stage)
Most of those who got in Senbatsu here are rarely chosen as Senbatsu, and a majority become Senbatsu for the first time in their careers. As a result of this random tournament, only Atsuko Maeda and Haruna Kojima retain their super Senbatsu status, as most of the frequent Senbatsus got eliminated in the tourney. They are also the only two members left to be Senbatsu for every single released since AKB48 started.
Janken Tourney Results (Image created by Stage48's TL of http://nagoya48.blogspot.com, used with permission, click to enlarge):
#1 Mayumi Uchida (first time to be Senbatsu, promoted at Budokan August 2009)
#2 Haruka Ishida (first time to be Senbatsu, promoted at Budokan August 2009)
#3 Haruna Kojima (always Senbatsu, original member)
#4 Haruka Nakagawa (second time to be Senbatsu, after being elected for Heavy Rotation, original member of Team B)
#5 Ami Maeda (first time to be Senbatsu, promoted at Budokan August 2009)
#6 Sumire Sato (first time to be Senbatsu, promoted at Budokan August 2009)
#7 Natsuki Sato (second time to be Senbatsu, after Keibetsu Shiteita Aijou, original member of Team K)
#8 Aki Takajo (third time to be Senbatsu, after Ponytail to Shushu and Heavy Rotation, promoted during Team A's 5th stage)
#9 Tomomi Nakatsuka (first time to be Senbatsu, promoted during Team B's 3rd stage for their 4th stage)
#10 Asuka Kuramochi (third time to be Senbatsu after 10nen Zakura and Iiwake Maybe, promoted during Team K's 4th stage)
#11 Kana Kobayashi (third time to be Senbatsu, after Aitakatta and Keibetsu Shiteita Aijou, original member of Team K)
#12 Miku Tanabe (first time to be Senbatsu, original member of Team B)
#13 Tomomi Kasai (always Senbatsu except for Sakura no Shiori and singles before Team K was created, original member of Team K)
#14 Sakiko Matsui (first time to be Senbatsu, promoted at Budokan August 2009)
#15 Atsuko Maeda (always Senbatsu, original member)
#16 Rina Chikano (first time to be Senbatsu, promoted during Team K's 5th stage)
Most of those who got in Senbatsu here are rarely chosen as Senbatsu, and a majority become Senbatsu for the first time in their careers. As a result of this random tournament, only Atsuko Maeda and Haruna Kojima retain their super Senbatsu status, as most of the frequent Senbatsus got eliminated in the tourney. They are also the only two members left to be Senbatsu for every single released since AKB48 started.
Janken Tourney Results (Image created by Stage48's TL of http://nagoya48.blogspot.com, used with permission, click to enlarge):
Mayumi Uchida was a former Kenkyuusei who was promoted at the August 2009 Budokan concert, along with many other Kenkyuuseis, where the Great Budokan Teams Shuffle also occurred. She was promoted to Team K, where she performs the stage unit Gyakuten Oujisama (Come From Behind Prince) with Minami Minegishi and Tomomi Nakatsuka, for their 6th Stage (1st as shuffled Team K). Before she was promoted, she was the main Kenkyuusei who performed the stage unit Zannen Shoujo (Unfortunate Girl) with Mayu Watanabe and Tomomi Nakatsuka for Team B's 4th stage (the 3rd girl in the unit is listed as Kenkyuusei). Well, she wasn't unfortunate to win the 1st AKB48 Janken Senbatsu Tourney, she gets the chance of a lifetime to center an AKB single, and this was certainly a come from behind. Congratulations to Ucchi!
(To see a discussion of mine regarding the tournament before the tournament occured, see http://filipinoakbfan.blogspot.com/2010/07/success-of-akbs-additional-tracks-and.html)
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