AKB48's 2nd Janken Tournament Results are Here!!!

The Janken Senbatsu for 2011 has been revealed! 

My Idol Inventory (as of 9-16-11)

My 1st copy of Morning Musume's 47th Single came in today! (My Ai-chan copy is coming later) So today in my excitement I will show my small idol collection, which I was planning on doing someday anyway. 

AKB48 Single - Kaze wo Fuiteiru PV Preview

Here is a PV preview for AKB48 23rd single, Kaze wo Fuiteiru. 

Kuramochi Asuka, Happy Birthday!

Today, is Team A's Kuramochi Asuka's 22nd birthday!!

Mocchi, Happy Birthday!!

Mano Erina cast in Ikemen Desu ne

Mano Erina has been cast in the play adaptation of the Korean Drama Ikemen Desu ne (You're Beautiful). 


She will be playing the role of NANA, the same role that AKB48 member Kojima Haruna currently plays in the Japanese tv adaptation and also by After School member UEE in the original Korean version. 


The play will show in Tokyo from October 8th to the 20th, in Kanagawa from October 24th to November  2nd, in Osaka from November 6th to the 9th, and in Fukuoka from November 24th to the 27th. 


Ikemen Desu ne Official Site 

Oba Mina, Mori Anna, Shimada Rena: Major News/Changes

A few weeks ago, AKB48 Team 4 members Oba Mina and Mori Anna as well as NMB48 2nd generation Kenkyuusei member Shimada Rena were caught in the latest scandal involving their personal blogs and photos. 

Flying Get 1st Week Sales

AKB48 broke another weekly record with their 22nd single Flying Get selling 1,354,492 copies, selling over 20,000 copies more than Everyday, Katyusha's 1st week. 

Late August Birthdays

Happy birthday to the following idols:

August 13th, 2011

Miyazawa Sae (AKB48 Team K) - 21

August 25th, 2011

Natsuyaki Miyabi (Berryz Kobo) - 19

Late July and Early August Birthdays

July 26th, 2011

Akimoto Sayaka (AKB48 Team K) - 23

July 27th, 2011

 Matsui Rena (SKE48 Team S) - 20

July 30th, 2011

Miyazaki Miho (AKB48 Team B) - 18

August 1st, 2011

Wada Ayaka (S/mileage) - 17

August 3rd, 2011

Kumai Yurina (Berryz Kobo) - 18

Masuda Yuka (AKB48 Team B) - 20

August 5th, 2011

Suzuki Kanon (Morning Musume) - 13

Happy B-day girls, another great year is ahead of all of you!

AKB48 Flying Get Full PV

Here is the full PV for AKB48's single Flying Get, its mirrored but still watchable.  Hurry and watch, you never know how long AKB PV's last on YouTube these days. 

Mid July Birthdays

Happy Birthday to......

Kashiwagi Yuki (AKB48 Team B) - 20 

Updates on Team 4

AKB48's Team 4 is shaping up very nicely. Not only was the captain of Team announced at the end of AKB's 2nd day Seibu Dome concert, but two new Kenkyuusei members were promoted as well!


The captain of Team 4 is......

DiVA-Cry PV Preview

A 30sec preview for DiVA's 2nd single Cry was released by avex's official YouTube channel.  

July Birthdays

July 1st

Sato Natsuki (AKB48 Team B) - 21

July 3rd

Sudo Maasa (Berryz Kobo) - 19

Itano Tomomi (AKB48 Team K) - 20

July 7th

Ikuta Erina (Morning Musume) - 14

July 10th

Maeda Atsuko (AKB48 Team A) - 20

July 13th

Michishige Sayumi (Morning Musume) - 22

Happy Birthday girls!! the rest coming later this month.

Oricon Daily Charts 6/29/11 : Top Ten

1. Over - Hey! Say! JUMP : 113,554
2. GO GO Summer!- KARA : 45,590
3. Kuchibiru Furezu...  - no3b : 42, 394
4. GOOD LUCK MY WAY - L'Arc~en~Ciel
5.  Passionate Heroine- YGA
6. 441 - miwa
7. My Days For You -  Mano Erina 
8. Midnight☆Butterfly/絶愛パラノイア - フェロ☆メン
9. あぁ - Superfly
10.Smiley Nation - GARNET CROW

The Truth and Fun in Eguchi Aimi

Last week I posted about 12.5 generation kenkyuusei member Eguchi Aimi and wether or not she was a real idol or a CG idol created from other AKB members. Well the truth has been revealed! Eguchi Aimi it turns out is a CG idol (as if we didn't already know) created from different feature of AKB members. She was created from:

Eguchi Aimi or Jurina 2.0 or Just Our Imagination

The center of AKB news in the last week is "12.5 generation" Knekyuusei member Eguchi Aimi. The story is that she auditioned for NMB48's 2nd generation audition and passed, but Aki-P was so impressed with her that he transfered her to AKB48 as a new kenkyuusei member, comparing her talent and idol qualities to that of Matsui Jurina. 

AKB48 Senbatsu Election Results 2011

Senbatsu results are in this year! And there are many suprises all around....

AKB48 to broadcast revival concerts in theaters

That's right folks! To give those fans who cannot make it to Tokyo Dome City Hall a chance to see these concert, AKB48, SKE48, SDN48 and NMB48 will be streaming their performances live across 35 theaters in Japan.


The concert, titled "Minogashita Kimitachi e", will run from May 24th until June 12th with a break on June 9th for the 2011 Senbatsu Elections. The concert will have one performance a day of all of AKB48 SKE48 SDN48 and NMB48 stages : 


May 24th : Team K 5th Stage "Saka Agari"
May 25th : Team K 4th Stage "Saishuu Bell ga Naru"
May 26th : Himawari-Gumi 2nd Stage "Yume no Shinaseru Wake ni Ikanai"
May 27th : SDN48 1st Stage "Yuuwaku no Garter"
May 28th : Team KII 1st Stage "Aitakatta" (Originally Team A 2nd Stage)
May 29th : Team E 1st Stage "Pajama Drive" (Originally Team B 3rd Stage)
May 30th : Team A 5th Stage "Renai Kinshi Jourei"
May 31st : Team A 6th Stage "Moukugekisha"
June 1st : Team K 6th Stage "RESET"
June 2nd : Team A 4th Stage : "Tadaima Renaicchuu"
June 3rd : Team B 4th Stage "Idol no Yoake"
June 4th : Team N 1st Stage "Dareka no Tame ni" (Originally Team A 3rd Stage)
June 5th : Team N 2nd Stage "Seishun Girls" (Originally Team K 2nd Stage)
June 6th : Himawari-Gumi 1st Stage "Boku no Taiyou"
June 7th : Team K 3rd Stage "Nounai Paradise"
June 8th : Team B 5th Stage "Theater no Megami" 
June 9th : Senbatsu Election - No Performances
June 10th : Team S 2nd Stage "Te wo Tsunaginagara"
June 11th : Team S 3rd Stage "Seifuku no Me"
June 12th : Team A 1st Stage : "PARTY ga Hajimaru yo"

New Kenkyuusei Promoted to Team B

Taking the spot left open by Oku Manami, we have 11th Generation kenkyuusei member Suzuki Shiori!

Suzuki was originally a member of AKB48 as a 7th generation kenkyuusei. She was first promoted to Team B during the team shuffles in 2009, but left shortly before the new team's debut, saying that she did not feel ready to become a full-time member. She rejoined AKB48 in late 2010 as a 11th gen kenkyuusei.

It seems fair that Suzuki would be promoted to Team B because she already was promoted two years ago, but it still seems weird that she was the one promoted seeing as how there are still the nine kenkyuusei in limbo. (see post here.)

Either way, congratulations to Shiori on her promotion! We all wish you the best of luck in the future!