Nogizaka46 chooses senbatsu members for their 3rd single

Nogizaka46 will be releasing their 3rd single on August 22nd and they have just announced their senbatsu members through their TV Tokyo show “Nogizaka tte, Doko?”

The formation for the senbatsu members has also changed since the previous two singles. In the previous singles Ikoma Rina stood as center, three girls were in the front row, four in the middle row and nine in the back row. This time there will be four girls in the front row and six in the middle and back rows.

This time, Ito Marika, Fukagawa Mai, and Wakatsuki Yumi will be entering the senbatsu for the first time. The Seven Deities (members who will be featured in the media and in the front) have also changed; Ikuta Erika and Hoshino Minami have returned for the first time since their debut single “Guruguru Curtain”. This will also be the first time for Nishino Nanase to be part of the Seven Deities. The front four girls will be Ikuta Erika, Ikoma Rina, Hoshino Minami, and Sakurai Reika.

Also, Sakurai Reika has been holding the place of temporary captain, but she has now been officially promoted to captain.

The title and details of the third single will be announced at a later date.

[Nogizaka46 3rd Single Senbatsu Members]
Ikuta Erika, Ikoma Rina, Hoshino Minami, Hashimoto Nanami, Shiraishi Mai, Matsumura Sayuri, Nishino Nanase, Ichiki Rena, Ito Marika, Inoue Sayuri, Saito Yuuri, Sakurai Reika, Takayama Kazumi, Nakada Kana, Fukagawa Mai, Wakatsuki Yumi

[The Seven Deities]
Ikuta Erika, Ikoma Rina, Hoshino Minami, Hashimoto Nanami, Shiraishi Mai, Matsumura Sayuri, Nishino Nanase

[Captain]
Sakurai Reika

Nogizaka46 3rd Single Senbatsu Announced + Sakurai Reika Official Captain

Today at Nogizaka46's variety show Nogizaka Katte, Doko they announced the senbatsu for their 3rd single which will be released on 22nd August. Along with the senbatsu announcement, Sakurai Reika was appointed as the captain official as in no longer just a temporary captain. Also the centers for this single is same [Guruguru Curtain], Ikuta, Ikoma and Hoshino.

The senbatsu members are (listed on the basis of their position and name called out)
Ikuta Erika, Ikoma Rina, Hoshino Minami, Sakurai Reika, Nakada Kana, Hashimoto Nanami, Shiraishi Mai, Matsumura Sayuri, Nishino Nanase, Takayama Kazumi, Saito Yuuri, Wakatsuki Yumi, Inoue Sayuri Ichiki Rena, Itou Mariko, Fukagawa Mai

Nogizaka's Shichi Fukujin (Lit. Seven Deities of Good Luck/Nogizaka's Kami7): Ikuta Erika, Ikoma Rina, Hoshino Minami, Nishino Nanase, Hashimoto Nanami, Shiraishi Mai, Matsumura Sayuri

In (Senbatsu): Itou Mariko, Fukagawa Mai and Wakatsuki Yumi.
Out (Senbatsu): Miyazawa Seira, Hatanaka Seira, Iwase Yumiko

In (Shichi Fukujin): Hoshino Minami, Nishino Nanase, Ikuta Erika
Out (Shichi Fukujin): Sakurai Reika, Nakada Kana, Takayama Kazumi

Sashihara Rino officially moved to HKT48 with her own special category

Sashihara Rino has ‘officially’ been moved to HKT48. The staff has removed her profile from AKB48’s “Team A” category and it has been added to the HKT48 official member page. However, she is currently not under “Team H” or “ Research Student ”, she has a special category all to herself; “Team Undecided”.
Lastly, Sashihara has not been completely removed from AKB48’s homepage. Instead she has been moved to the bottom, below the research students under “HKT48”. Fans are unsure if this means she will be participating in the Tokyo Dome concert with AKB48 or if staff just wanted to keep her on AKB48’s page in some way.

NMB48 promotes Super Coolbiz at fashion show

On June 18th, NMB48 members Yamamoto Sayaka (18) and Watanabe Miyuki (18) went to a Kobe department store for a ‘Super Coolbiz‘ PR event. Coolbiz is a government campaign to get people to wear lighter clothing during the summer and thus conserve energy by having their air conditioners on temperatures that aren’t too low.

The two members of NMB48 are often wearing mini-skirts on stage, but at the event, they participated in a fashion show showing off some very breathable pants that were made to be easy to move around in.

Yamamoto commented, “We don’t normally wear clothes like this.”
Before the fashion show, there was a talk event where they introduced a scarf soaked in water. Watanabe showed her surprise, “It’s really cool and refreshing.”

AKB48 SKE48 And NMB48 2012 Senbatsu Election

On May 23rd, AKB48 revealed their reports of the first day of votes for the 4th General Election at AKB48 theaters in Akihabara. This is the annual election for the girls, and fan votes will decide the 16 members for the 27th single planned for release in August.

According to reports, Oshima Yuko gained 15,093 votes. As much of the media and many fans expected, she got a lead of 2,439 votes on second place. Kashiwagi Yuki, who was at third place during the last election, gained 12,654 votes to reach second place.

This year’s election is the biggest event so far with a total of 237 girls who participated. (AKB48 = 88, SKE48 =64, NMB48 =64, HKT48=21). The top girl will have the center position for the upcoming 27th single, and the top 15 other members will be the members for the single. Girls ranked #17-#32 will be in ‘Under Girls’, girls ranked #33-#48 will be in ‘Next Girls’, and girls ranked #49-#64 will be in ‘Future Girls’. These sub-groups will sing the coupling songs for 27th single.

Check out the first day results below!

1. Oshima Yuko – AKB48 – 15,093 Votes
2. Kashiwagi Yuki – AKB48 – 12,654 Votes
3. Watanabe Mayu – AKB48 – 11,329 Votes
4. Sashihara Rino – AKB48 – 9,337 Votes
5. Takahashi Minami – AKB48 – 8,955 Votes
6. Shinoda Mariko – AKB48 – 8,619 Votes
7. Matsui Rena – SKE48 – 8,460 Votes
8. Matsui Jurina – SKE48(AKB48) – 7,795 Votes
9. Itano Tomomi – AKB48 – 6,595 Votes
10. Miyazawa Sae – AKB48 – 6,280 Votes
11. Kojima Haruna – AKB48 – 5,334 Votes
12. Yokoyama Yui – AKB48 – 4,301 Votes
13. Takajo Aki -AKB48 – 3,661 Votes
14. Umeda Ayaka – AKB48 – 3,484 Votes
15. Minegishi Minami – AKB48 – 3,396 Votes
16. Kitahara Rie – AKB48 – 3,302 Votes
17. Kasai Tomomi – AKB48 – 3,227 Votes
18. Yamamoto Sayaka – NMB48 – 3,218 Votes
19. Watanabe Miyuki – NMB48 (AKB48) – 2,976 Votes
20. Takayanagi Akane – SKE48 – 2,471 Votes
21. Sato Amina – AKB48 -2,392 Votes
22. Shimazaki Haruka – AKB48 – 2,340 Votes
22. Furukawa Airi – SKE48 – 2,340 Votes
24. Hata Sawako – SKE48 – 2,312 Votes
25. Masuda Yuka – AKB48 – 2,182 Votes
26. Suda Akari – SKE48 – 2,149 Votes
27. Mukaida Manatsu – SKE48 – 1,948 Votes
28. Oya Masana – SKE48 – 1,919 Votes
29. Ogiso Shiori – SKE48 – 1,788 Votes
30. Muto Tomu – AKB48 Research Students – 1,757 Votes
31. Ogasawara Mayu – NMB48 – 1,746 Votes
32. Akimoto Sayaka – AKB48 – 1,743 Votes
33. Yagami Kumi – SKE48 – 1,671 Votes
34. Kuramochi Asuka – AKB48 – 1,653 Votes
35. Kizaki Yuri – SKE48 – 1,624 Votes
36. Nakaya Sayaka – AKB48 – 1,348 Votes
37. Yakata Miki – SKE48 – 1,345 Votes
38. Nakagawa Haruka – AKB48 – 1,244 Votes
39. Matsumura Kaori – SKE48 Research Students- 1,194 Votes
40. Nakata Chisato – AKB48 – 1,188 Votes
41. Fujie Reina – AKB48 – 1,166 Votes
42. Yamada Nana – NMB48 – 1,136 Votes
43. Kobayashi Kana – AKB48 – 1,110 Votes
44. Kimoto Kanon – SKE48 – 1,039 Votes
45. Iwasaki Misaki – AKB48 – 1,023 Votes
46. Hiramatsu Kanako – SKE48 – 998 Votes
47. Yamauchi Suzuran – AKB48 – 988 Votes
48. Ishida Haruka – AKB48 – 985 Votes
49. Miyazaki Miho – AKB48 – 970 Votes
50. Oya Shizuka – AKB48 – 964 Votes
51. Katayama Haruka – AKB48 – 955 Votes
52. Ota Aika – AKB48 – 912 Votes
53. Nagao Mariya – AKB48 -818 Votes
54. Fukumoto Aina – NMB48 – 816 Votes
55. Maeda Ami – AKB48 – 810 Votes
56. Oba Mina – AKB48 – 786 Votes
57. Matsubara Natsumi – AKB48 – 750 Votes
57. Kinoshita Yukiko – SKE48 – 750 Votes
59. Ichikawa Miori – AKB48 – 702 Votes
60. Nonaka Misato – AKB48 – 701 Votes
61. Kikuchi Ayaka – AKB48 – 653 Votes
62 Eto Sayaka – HKT48 Research Students – 641 Votes
63. Nakanishi Yuka – SKE48 – 618 Votes
64. Tanabe Miku – AKB48 – 616 Votes

Akimoto Yasushi decides to create AKB48 Team 8

On March 24th, AKB48 producer Akimoto Yasushi announced through Google+ that he will soon be creating ‘Team 8′.
Following ‘Team A’, ‘Team K’, ‘Team B’, and ‘Team 4′, ‘Team 8′ will be the 5th team from AKB48.
During the 2nd night of AKB48’s Saitama Super Arena concert, there was a surprise announcement that 5 Research Students have been promoted to Team 4. With this promotion, Team 4 now has a total of 16 members, but there are still many Research Students who have not been promoted yet.

After the concert, captain Takahashi Minami gave a word of encouragement to the girls saying, “Don’t be discouraged. Take a look at yourself again and think about what you’re missing, and do your best.”
While no details on ‘Team 8′ have been revealed at this time, Akimoto explained, “Since there are many people concerned about the Research Students who didn’t get promoted, I will talk about something that should’ve been announced earlier. I will make Team 8. I want them to aim for that.”

Surprice News :o

Some time ago at the end of SSA, there was a “Suprise Announcement” and I’d like to inform it to you.

Today, there were two announcements.

First, promotion to team 4.

Members are

Kato Rena

Kawaei Rina

Iwata Karen

Tano Yuka

Takahashi Juri

These 5 names.

And then another one is, to fill in one empty position at each team K and B, new member will be announced.

The one who will join team K is

from SKE48 team S, Matsui Jurina.

The one who will join team B is

from NMB48 team N, Watanabe Miyuki.

After joining the team, from now on too both of them will keep doing their activities at SKE team S and NMB team N as dual position.

Their dual position as AKB48 will be only for limited period of time, but along with this, as sister groups, we think this is a chance to polish each other’s quality and grow. We hope fans would watch over us warmly.

From now on too, please do support AKB48 group.