SKE48 Pareo wa Emerald Covers and PV Previews Released

Type A Cover

Buono! Natsu Dakara! Covers Released

Limited A, Limited B, Regular Edition

Here are the covers for Buono!'s 12th single Natsu Dakara! have been released. Top is Limited A, bottom is Limited B, and the right is Regular Edition. 

The covers certainly give me the feeling of summer with the sky and ocean blues in the background, hopefully the PV will give us a feeling of summer too, can anyone say bikini dancing on the beach? (^_^)

The single will be rreleased on July 20th, 2011.

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!