AKB48

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ngeri!

Kittie

Everyday, Katyusha 1st day sales: 942,475 copies.



So, we can expect them to get 1 million in just 2 days may be?

Kittie

AKB48’s “Everyday, Kachuusha” single tops Oricon Daily Chart by selling over 942,000 copies!


AKB48 released their latest single, “Everyday, Kachuusha“, today on May 25th, and it easily topped the Oricon Daily Chart by selling an amazing 942,475 copies!

The sales for AKB48 dwarfed releases from Team Amuse!! (55,916) and TOKIO (9,570), who finished in second and third place, respectively.

This single is one to monitor on a day-to-day basis, as it has the potential to break records!


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*pengsan jap tgk sales diorang hmy3:

Kittie

Oshima Yuko leads Maeda Atsuko & Kashiwagi Yuki in AKB48’s General Election!


The preliminary results for AKB48’s third Senbatsu General Election were revealed on May 25th, and last year’s 1st place winner Oshima Yuko currently leads 2nd place Maeda Atsuko by 704 votes. In last year’s election, Oshima beat Maeda by a small margin of 600 votes in the final results. Team B Captain Kashiwagi Yuki is currently in 3rd place, which is quite a surprising result to fans.

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Voting started on May 24th and will continue until June 8th. The election encompasses AKB48 members and research students (70 total), SKE48 members (57 total), and NMB48 members (25 total) for a total of 152 people. The members elected to the top 21 spots will be featured in AKB48’s 22nd single, while 22~40 place will form a unit called “Undergirls” and sing the B-side track.

Since it’s only one day into voting, the final election results can vary greatly from the preliminary results shown below.

Where does your favorite stand?  Check it out below!

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1 Oshima Yuko (17156)
2 Maeda Atsuko (16452)
3 Kashiwagi Yuki (12056)
4 Takahashi Minami (8633)
5 Watanabe Mayu (8582)
6 Shinoda Mariko (8016)
7 Sashihara Rino (7357)
8 Itano Tomomi (6596)
9 Matsui Rena (SKE48, 6559)
10 Kojima Haruna (6534)
11 Miyazawa Sae (5157)
12 Takajo Aki (5096)
13 Minegishi Minami (3931)
14 Kitahara Rie (3860)
15 Kasai Tomomi (3102)
16 Matsui Jurina (SKE48, 2843)
17 Yokoyama Yui (2753)
18 Sato Amina (2684)
19 Masuda Yuka (2201)
20 Kuramochi Asuka (1793)
21 Takayanagi Akane (SKE48, 1761)
22 Nakagawa Haruka (1571)
23 Akimoto Sayaka (1502)
24 Hirajima Natsumi (1484)
25 Yamamoto Sayaka (NMB48, 1444)
26 Umeda Ayaka (1441)
27 Miyazaki Miho (1378)
28 Suda Akari (SKE48, 1139)
29 Oota Aika (1129)
30 Hata Sawako (SKE48, 1118)
31 Kizaki Yuria (SKE48, 1053)
32 Ooya Shizuka (904)
33 Ooya Masana (SKE48, 885)
34 Watanabe Miyuki (NMB48, 854)
35 Sato Sumire (852)
36 Matsui Sakiko (814)
37 Ooba Mina (Research Student, 811)
38 Komori Mika (792)
39 Yagami Kumi (SKE48, 779)
40 Fujie Reina (778)


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Kittie

doki doki tuk TakaMina... baru pes day...

Kittie

AKB48: “Everyday, Kachusha” almost sells 1 million in one day, Oshima Yuko leads election


AKB48’s 21st single, “Everyday, Kachusha,” is on its way to becoming the group’s biggest hit yet. Their previous single “Sakura no Ki ni Narou” sold 942,479 copies in its first week, but Oricon reports that “Everyday, Kachusha” has sold a staggering 942,475 copies on its first day alone.

Record stores were prepared for the onslaught, as 1.45 million copies went out with the single’s first shipment, compared to 1.10 million copies for “Sakura no Ki ni Narou.”

As long as the sales numbers for the rest of the week keep up, “Everyday, Kachusha” will likely set some new records. The first-week sales of “Sakura no Ki ni Narou” already ranks as the 6th highest in history, but AKB48 now has a chance to become 1st. As it stands, the top five are:
Namonaki Uta – Mr.Children - 1,208,000
Addicted to You – Utada Hikaru - 1,068,000
Dango 3 Kyoudai – Hayami Kentaro, Shigemori Ayumi, Himawari Kids & Dango Gasshoudan – 1,026,000
Winter, again – GLAY - 956,000
LOVE PHANTOM – B'z - 951,000

AKB48 are almost guaranteed to finish the week at #2 (and #1 for a female artist), but taking #1 will depend on their remaining momentum. Fortunately, they also happen to be in the middle of a concert revival series and their 3rd Senbatsu election (for their 22nd single), which means that sales will likely continue to be strong.

Speaking of the Senbatsu election, the votes have been counted for the first day. As of the announcement on May 25, tens of thousands of votes have already been cast, with the largest amount going to last year’s winner, Oshima Yuko. At 17,156 votes, she has a margin of roughly 700 votes over last year’s #2, Maeda Atsuko (16,452 votes). Kashiwagi Yuki, who ended up at #8 last year, is currently in 3rd with 12,056 votes.

The top 40 after the first day are listed below, with last year’s positions (up to #40) in parentheses.
Oshima Yuko – Team K (#1)
Maeda Atsuko – Team A (#2)
Kashiwagi Yuki – Team B (#8)
Takahashi Minami – Team A (#6)
Watanabe Mayu – Team B (#5)
Shinoda Mariko – Team A (#3)
Sashihara Rino – Team A (#19)
Itano Tomomi – Team K (#4)
Matsui Rena – SKE48 Team S (#11)
Kojima Haruna – Team A (#7)
Miyazawa Sae – Team K (#9)
Takajo Aki – Team A (#13)
Minegishi Minami – Team K (#14)
Kitahara Rie – Team B (#16)
Kasai Tomomi – Team B (#12)
Matsui Jurina – SKE48 Team S (#10)
Yokoyama Yui – Team K (unranked)
Sato Amina – Team B (#18)
Masuda Yuka – Team B (#25)
Kuramochi Asuka – Team A (#23)
Takayanagi Akane – SKE48 Team KII (#35)
Nakagawa Haruka – Team A (#20)
Akimoto Sayaka – Team K (#17)
Hirajima Natsumi – Team B (#26)
Yamamoto Sayaka – NMB48 Team N (first time)
Umeda Ayaka – Team K (#32)
Miyazaki Miho – Team B (#21)
Suda Akari – SKE48 Team S (unranked)
Ohta Aika – Team A (#22)
Hata Sawako – SKE48 Team KII (unranked)
Kizaki Yuria – SKE48 Team S (unranked)
Oya Shizuka – Team A (unranked)
Oya Masana – SKE48 Team S (#24)
Watanabe Miyuki – NMB48 Team N (first time)
Sato Sumire – Team B (#31)
Matsui Sakiko – Team K (unranked)
Oba Mina – Research student (unranked)
Komori Mika – Team B (#30)
Yagami Kumi – SKE48 Team S (#38)
Fujie Reina – Team K (#33)

Voting will end at 3:00pm on June 8, and the results will be announced at the Nippon Budokan on June 9.


Source: Tokyograph

whitedove

tinggi jugak ranking Sayaka NMB nih...

whitedove

AKB48 members get Red Cross work experience

Thursday 19th May, 03:00 AM JST



TOKYO —

Five members of popular all-girl group AKB48 were made official messengers of the Japan Red Cross this week at an event called “Get to Know the Red Cross Better.”

The group was represented by Minami Takahashi, 20, Aki Takajo, 19, Minami Minegishi, 18, Mayu Watanabe, 17, and Tomomi Itano, 19, who all appeared on stage wearing Red Cross relief worker uniforms. The girls also attended a class in the disaster prevention room and
learned how to administer a cardiac massage.

The Japan Red Cross is currently running an ad campaign on TV, using the AKB48 song “Whatever I can do.” Itano said: “I really like the line ‘Let’s unite the world as one family’ from that song. I want to try and live by those words.”

Source: www.japantoday.com

whitedove

AKB48 revival concerts to be streamed live in 35 theaters
Posted on May 19, 2011 by tokyograph



From May 24 to June 12, AKB48 and its related groups (SKE48, NMB48, SDN48) are performing revivals of all 19 of their live stage shows up until now. It has now been announced that those performances will also be streamed live to 35 theaters across the country, giving fans nationwide a chance to see them in action.

The series is titled “Minogashita Kimitachi e” and is intended to give fans an opportunity to see concerts that they may have missed before. With that in mind, they decided to stream the shows to theaters in various regions, expanding their reach. This continues their increasing trend of streaming live events to theaters. They also recently announced that their 3rd Senbatsu election (for the members of their 22nd single) on June 9 is also being shown in theaters.

The 19 shows in the “Minogashita Kimitachi e” series will be performed one per day between May 24 and June 12, with a break on June 9 for the Senbatsu election. The 35 participating theaters are spread across 20 prefectures, with Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba, and Aichi getting the most.

Source: www.tokyograph.com

Kittie

Untuk hari ke-2...


AKB48 - 942,475 + 142,233 = 1,084,708


Dah sejuta...

whitedove

AKB48's Fujie Reina stars in 3D horror film
Posted on May 26, 2011 by tokyograph



AKB48 member Fujie Reina (17) has her first starring role in a 3D horror movie called “Enkiri-mura: Deadend Survival.” Her co-star is actor Yagami Ren (25), also known for being in the “Prince of Tennis” musicals.

The story is set in an underpopulated village on the western edge of the Tokyo prefecture, where pilgrims from all around the country come to visit a shrine known for being able to sever connections with evil. One day, a TV crew arrives from Tokyo, looking to shoot some footage for a show about local cuisine. The producer (Okada Mayuka) has her crew guided around by a young villager (Yagami), but they soon become entangled in a plot by the village elders (including the chief played by Saiki Shigeru). Consequently, a curse involving an evil spirit known as Enkiri-sama (Fujie) results in the crew’s members dying one by one.

The rest of the cast includes Ishikawa Ryoma, Takai Maho, Yamamoto Saori, Kawaguchi Takahiro, Okamura Yoichi, Iijima Yukari, Takahashi Aya, Saburo, Kitatani Yuri, Hamada Mitsuo, Isomura Midori, and Kasahara Ryoji.

Tsubaki Koichi is directing the film for an October 2011 release. An official website was launched today.

Source: www.tokyograph.com

whitedove

AKB48 to hold first dome concerts in Saitama this July
Posted on May 28, 2011 by tokyograph



Popular idol group AKB48 will finally perform their first dome concert. At an event on Sunday, they announced that they will hold a total of 5 shows at the Seibu Dome in Saitama on July 22-24.

Since their start in 2005, AKB48's goal has been to hold a concert at Tokyo Dome, so these shows at Seibu Dome are another step building up towards that goal.

It was also announced that the group will hold a nationwide tour for the third year in a row, starting in Fukuoka on August 1 and ending in Kobe on August 30-31, including a show in tsunami-stricken Sendai on August 12. The tour will span 15 concerts in 13 cities.

In addition to these announcements, AKB48 thanked their fans for making their latest single, “Everyday, Kachusha,” reach 1 million in sales in its first two days.

Source: www.tokyograph.com

Kittie

[album download]


AKB48 - Koko ni ita koto



Tracklist:
1. Shoujotachi yo
2 Overtake (Team A)
3. Boku ni Dekiru koto (Team K)
4. Renai Circus (Team B)
5. Kaze no Yukue (Kuramochi, Sashihara, Takahashi, Oshima, Minegishi, Kashiwagi)
6. Wagamama Collection (Oota, Maeda Ami, Komori, Sato S, Watanabe, Matsui J)
7. Ningyo no Vacances (Takajo, Nito, Yokoyama, Kasai, Kitahara, Sato A, Masuda)
8. Kimi to Boku no Kankei (Maeda Atsuko, Itano)
9. IIKAGEN no SUSUME (Katayama, Kojima, Shinoda, Akimoto, Miyazawa, Matsui R)
10. High school days (Team KKS)
11. Team B Oshi (Team B)
12. Chance no Junban
13. Beginner
14. Ponytail to Shushu
15. Heavy Rotation
16. Koko ni ita koto (AKB48+SKE48+SDN48+NMB48)

SINI / SINI

Kittie

[SMAPxSMAP 20110606] SMAPxAKB48

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZP7VyrWLhI


comey~~~

whitedove

AKB48's Kojima Haruna joins “Ikemen Desu ne” cast
Posted on June 5, 2011 by tokyograph



AKB48 member Kojima Haruna (23) has been added to the cast of the upcoming drama series “Ikemen Desu ne.” Announced last month, the show is a remake of the hit Korean series “You’re Beautiful” with a starring cast of Takomoto Miori, Tamamori Yuta (Kis-My-Ft2), Fujigaya Taisuke (Kis-My-Ft2), and Yaotome Hikaru (Hey! Say! JUMP).

As previously revealed, the story still revolves around a boy band named A.N.JELL, and Takimoto plays a nun-in-training who has to secretly take her twin brother’s place in the group. Kojima will take on the role of the popular idol singer NANA, originally named Yu Hee-Yi in the Korean series. Her character becomes involved in a relationship scandal with the band’s leader, played by Tamamori.

TBS will broadcast “Ikemen Desu ne” on Friday nights at 10:00pm this summer, starting in July.

Source: www.tokyograph.com

Kittie

Maeda Atsuko reclaims #1 in AKB48′s 3rd Senbatsu Election


AKB48 held its 3rd Senbatsu election on Thursday, determining the participating members for AKB48′s 22nd single. This year, the #1 spot was recaptured by Maeda Atsuko, after being narrowly defeated by Oshima Yuko last year.

As expected, this year’s election dwarfed last year’s, with a total vote count of more than 1 million votes. The top 40 members received a combined 1.08 million votes, compared to 354,000 for last year’s top 40. Maeda beat Oshima by a margin of approximately 17,000 votes – 139,892 to 122,843. In 2010, Oshima surpassed Maeda by less than 600 votes – 31,448 to 30,851.

Kashiwagi Yuki took #3, up five spots from last year. Sashihara Rino climbed 10 spots to #9. Umeda Ayaka and Takayanagi Akane also took big leaps in the rankings, though they fell just short of the cut between the Senbatsu members and the under girls.

150 members were eligible for this year’s election, making it highly competitive. Like the last time, the top 12 are appointed as the “Media Senbatsu” (for promoting the new single) and the top 21 will participate on the single’s title track. #22 through #40 are the “under girls,” who will be included on the single’s various B-sides.

The single does not yet have a title, but it is scheduled for release on August 24, 2011.

The complete election rankings are listed below with vote counts. Ranking changes from last year are in parentheses.

• Maeda Atsuko (Team A) – 139892 (↑1)
• Oshima Yuko (Team K) – 122843 (↓1)
• Kashiwagi Yuki (Team B) – 74252 (↑5)
• Shinoda Mariko (Team A) – 60539 (↓1)
• Watanabe Mayu (Team B) – 59118 (→)
• Kojima Haruna (Team A) – 52920 (↑1)
• Takahashi Minami (Team A) – 52790 (↓1)
• Itano Tomomi (Team K) – 50403 (↓4)
• Sashihara Rino (Team A) – 45227 (↑10)
• Matsui Rena (Team S) – 36929 (↑1)
• Miyazawa Sae (Team K) – 33500 (↓2)
• Takajo Aki (Team A) – 31009 (↑1)
• Kitahara Rie (Team B) – 27957 (↑3)
• Matsui Jurina (Team S) – 27804 (↓4)
• Minegishi Minami (Team K) – 26070 (↓1)
• Kasai Tomomi (Team B) – 22857 (↓4)
• Akimoto Sayaka (Team K) – 17154 (→)
• Sato Amina (Team B) – 16574 (→)
• Yokoyama Yui (Team K) – 16455 (NEW)
• Masuda Yuka (Team B) – 14137 (↑5)
• Kuramochi Asuka (Team A) – 12387 (↑2)
• Umeda Ayaka (Team K) – 11860 (↑10)
• Takayanagi Akane (Team KII) – 11674 (↑12)
• Nakagawa Haruka (Team A) – 10854 (↓4)
• Ohta Aika (Team A) – 9910 (↓2)
• Hirajima Natsumi (Team B) – 9742 (→)
• Miyazaki Miho (Team B) – 9271 (↓6)
• Yamamoto Sayaka (Team N) – 8697 (NEW)
• Oya Shizuka (Team A) – 7264 (NEW)
• Oya Masana (Team S) – 6660 (↓6)
• Nito Moeno (Team K) – 6288 (↓2)
• Komori Mika (Team B) – 6120 (↓2)
• Hata Sawako (Team KII) – 6117 (NEW)
• Sato Sumire (Team B) – 5438 (↓3)
• Oba Mina (Team 4) – 5411 (NEW)
• Suda Akari (Team S) – 5343 (NEW)
• Maeda Ami (Team A) – 5220 (NEW)
• Matsui Sakiko (Team K) – 5020 (NEW)
• Ichikawa Miori (Team 4) – 4928 (NEW)
• Fujie Reina (Team K) – 4698 (↓7)
  

This year’s election was streamed live to 97 screens in 86 theaters across Japan, as well as 10 screens in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Korea.


Source: Tokyograph

whitedove

huhuhu Takamina turun 1!

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AKB48 expands with Team 4
Posted on June 7, 2011 by tokyograph



Today, AKB48 announced the creation of its 4th team. 10 of the group’s research students have been promoted to the newly launched “Team 4,” with 6 more available spots to be filled in the future.

So far, AKB48 and its related groups have roughly followed a structure of having three 16-member teams (for a total of 48 main members) and a pool of “research students,” though the actual number of members assigned to a team has fluctuated with graduations and promotions.

AKB48 originally started just with Team A and later added Teams K and B. Naturally, they are continuing the naming scheme with Team 4, though it is unknown whether there are plans to eventually add a Team 8.

According to the announcement, Team 4's first 10 members are:

Ichikawa Miori
Oba Mina
Shimazaki Haruka
Shimada Haruka
Takeuchi Miyu
Nagao Mariya
Nakamata Shiori
Nakamura Mariko
Mori Anna
Yamauchi Suzuran

For now, the remaining 6 positions will be support positions, filled in by other research students (currently up to the 12th generation) during Team 4's stage performances.

The AKB48 blog has also announced details of the group’s upcoming nationwide tour, scheduled from August 1 to August 31. Team 4 has been assigned two of the tour dates, on August 2 in Kagoshima and August 8 in Tottori.

Source: www.tokyograph.com

Kittie

AKB48’s album sells 602,000 copies in first week, topping Morning Musume’s 11 year record


AKB48’s first original album “Koko ni Ita Koto” sold 602,000 copies in its first week, placing at #1 on the 6/20 Oricon Weekly Album Ranking. Moreover, this means AKB48 now has the highest selling original album in the first week by a female group, which was originally held by Morning Musume’s “3rd-LOVE Paradise” (578,000 in its first week) for 11 years and two months. AKB48 has also topped EXILE’s “Negai no Tou” (481,000 in its first week) for most sold album this year.

Since their debut in 2006, AKB48 has released two best albums “Kamikyokutachi” (first week 295,000/total 521,000) and “SET LIST ~Greatest Songs~ Kanzenban” (First week 68,000/total 152,000), but this is their first original album. This album didn’t include a special event ticket and it has already sold more in one week than what “Kamikyokutachi” sold in 62 weeks; it’s their personal best. This album is their second album after “Kamikyokutachi” to reach #1 on Oricon.

Furthermore, AKB48’s single “Everyday, Kachuusha” is rank #3 this week in Oricon’s Weekly Single Ranking, making it 3 consecutive weeks in the top 3. As of this week, the group has sold 1,499,000 copies, surely they’ll sell more than 1,500,000 copies by next week.


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