Japanese Girl Group SDN48 Bids Farewell

The Mammoth Girl Group Will Hold Their Final Concert On Mar 31 In Japan

 

 

After two years, it's time for us to say sayonara to Japanese girl group SDN48 at their farewell concert in Japan on Mar 31.

Formed in 2009, SDN48, an acronym for 'Saturday Night 48', is the sister group of immensely popular Japanese girl group AKB48. Both groups were formed by Mr Yasushi Akimoto, a Japanese television writer and record producer.

While AKB4 portrays a cute image, SDN48 is created based on an 'adult idol' concept', which is characterised by their sexier outfits and more suggestive dance choreography.

This is seen in their music video for Yaritagariya-san, in which the girls stripped down to lacy underwear and took self-portraits with a camera.

While members of SDN48 unanimously described their group's concept as 'sexy', reporters were not allowed to questions regarding the risqué video or the girls showing sexuality overtly during a recent interview in Singapore.

Unlike previous "graduations" -- which involved a small number of members -- all 39 members from SDN48 will graduate together this time, thus concluding the group's first chapter.

Prior to their Mar 31 Japanese concert, 12 SDN48 girls arrived in Singapore last week to say their final goodbyes to their local fans.

"It's been eight years since I went to Japan," said Chen Qu who is from China, before adding, "I would like to thank the fans for their support all these while. I hope that they will continue to support me and my members even after our graduation."

During an interview with xinmsn, member Serina shared with us her thoughts on graduating from the group.

"It was sad at first, but I've come to terms with it now. We realised our dreams through being part of SDN48, but we can only learn more after graduating from the group," she replied thoughtfully.

Haruka Kohara then quipped, "I'm going to miss everything, but definitely missing the members most. They're like my family."

Nacchan and Yonechan leave AKB

Hirajima Natsumi Is My Oshima In AKB48. Hope She Recover From Her Mistake.

Wish Her All The Best. I Am Still Supporting Her.

The reason why they decided to leave the group were not revealed, however, recently, their private photos (including photos taken with guys) have been leaked on the internet through their private Twitter accounts and many are speculating that this could be the reason.

AKB48 1st generation member Hirajima Natsumi (19) and 3rd generation member Yonezawa Rumi (20) have both resigned from AKB48, after getting into a scandal involving boyfriends.

From the AKB Official blog:
Today, Hirajima Natsumi and Yonezawa Rumi both requested to resign from AKB48.

I apologize for the announcement being so sudden.

Below are messages from the both of them to their fans:

I, Hirajima Natsumi, will hereby resign from AKB48 and Watarirouka Hashiritai.
I'm sorry this announcement was so sudden.

I'm terribly sorry to have caused trouble for everyone.
To everyone who supported me, the members, the staff, and everyone involved with AKB48, I'm really sorry.

I'll separate myself from AKB48 and Watarirouka Hashiritai, but I hope you'll cheer me on so that I can meet all of you again as Hirajima Natsumi.
I'm terribly sorry.
Hirajima Natsumi
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I, Yonezawa Rumi, will hereby resign from AKB48 as of today.

I'm sorry this is such a sudden announcement.

To everyone who supported me, I'm both full of thankfulness and the feeling that this was inexcusable.

Thank you for these 5 years.
I was always supported during this time.

I'll continue my activities solo from now on.

I'm terribly sorry that I caused trouble for the members, the fans, and for AKB48. I'm really sorry.
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Those were their messages.

As for handshake events and what will happen after this, we'll make an announcement in a few days.

From AKB48 News - :(

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YUI - How Crazy Your Love

J-pop sweetheart, YUI, proves her popularity once again with her fifth album, How Crazy Your Love, which topped the Oricon charts. The album has an acoustic pop heart, with a touch of indie rock. "Green a.live", previously released as a single, is a pop rock number with lyrics that tug at heartstrings. Intriguingly, I sensed a tinge of sadness in her voice in most of the songs. It may be becausee her singing style has matured over the years, or perhaps she has been through a lot. Nonetheless, it added life to the album and made the lyrics more relatable. :D

Impossible Resolutions

Happy New Year !

Unfortunately, I'm one of those who are afraid that the Mayan Prophecy would come true and Mankind would become extinct. Or there will be a new beginning. Either way, it does not sound too promising.

Before the world comes to an end ( That's my negatvity specking ), perhaps it's time to make a few ( Last ) resolutions. Exactly a year ago, my resolution was to cut my hair. I did, but it reverted to the haystack that it was.

:( To be honest, I've never really believed in New Year Resolutions. Every year, I resolve to be thinner, but my waistline keeps expanding towards the opposite sides of the East-West line instead. And, sometimes, northwards. A resolution, in my opinion, shouldn't be made at the start of the year. It makes the task look daunting and impossible to achieve. Those who make resolutions that are easy to fulfil would tend to proocrastinate, because we know we have more than 11 months to take up the challenge.

An effective way that I learned from a Japanese Drama ( Never Underestimate The Power Of The Media ) , is to write your goal on a piece of paper  and paste it in a place where you can see it everyday. In the drama, the young man wanted to make a million dollars to buy a house for his ill mother. When ever he faced difficulties, he would look at the paper and recall his mission to spur himself on.

Perhaps we could take a leaf out of his book and paste our resolution beside the poster of our favourite idol. For Me, My Favourite Idol will be always ♥ ~ AKB48 ~ SKE48 ~ NMB48 ~ ♥  After all, we see that poster everyday, don't we ?

Alternatively, find someone who has achieved what you want to, so you can use him or her as a role model. Don't burn with jealousy every time you see them. Channel that envy into something more positive to motivate yourself to reach the goal.

Are You Up To The Challenge ?

SKE48 Picture.

I Like This SKE48 Trip Picture.

Also This SKE48 Picture. This is SKE48 Sleeping Picture.

Both I Like It Very Much < ♥ >

SKE48 - Team S Members.

SKE48 - Team KII Members.

SDN48 Shocking News :(

On October 15th, AKB48’s sister group, SDN48 (‘SaturDay Night 48′) has announced that every SDN48 member will graduate from the group through a farewell concert, which will be held on March 31st, 2012.

 

Below is the translated announcement posted on SDN48’s official blog:

 

“It has been 2 years and 2 months since we formed SDN48, and we would like to thank you for your large support and warmhearted messages since the beginning.

In order to focus on each member’s career path, all the members of SDN48 will graduate from the group together.

Through their farewell concert on March 31st, 2012, the first chapter of SDN48 will conclude its role.

We are approaching the time where we need to think about our break point.

Though all of us will go on a new stage to fulfill our own dreams, please continue to support us.”

Since the announcement doesn’t go into detail, fans are confused over whether SDN48 plans to

disband altogether, or if there will be a “second chapter”.