Tomomi Itano’s Asia Live Tour Kicks Off in Tokyo
On May 7, Tomomi Itano performed live at the NEW PIER HALL in Tokyo for her first show of the live tour entitled “Tomomi Itano ASIA TOUR 2016【000】Supported by DMM.com”. The concert for the first day of the tour, being limited for the members of her fan-club “T’s PAЯTY”, began with the song “Gimme Gimme Luv” with her shouting, “Are you ready?” For the encore, she performed playing the piano and has announced that the song “One Last Kiss”, with lyrics... Read More
AKB48 New Overseas Groups: Taiwan TPE48, Manila MNL48, and Bangkok BNK48
Three new idol groups, TPE48 formed in Taipei, Taiwan, MNL48 formed in Manila, Philippines, and BNK48 formed in Bangkok, Thailand, will be the new overseas group of AKB48. This was announced at the AKB48 concert held on March 26 at the Yokohama Stadium in Kanagawa prefecture. The audience, surprised, cheered and praised the members on stage when the announcement was made. This new project will begin within this year. Official Website http://www.akb48.co.jp/ Official YouTube http://www.youtube.com/user/AKB48/ Related... Read More
AKB48 First Show in Philippine Was a Great Success
AKB48’s Team 8 performed at Cool Japan Festival held in Philippine on November 7th and 8th for the total of 4 shows in 2 days. This is the first time for AKB48 to visit Philippine. Though the sun was burning hot like the summer in Japan, they performed with smiles and cheerfulness, responding to the fan’s applause. This event was organized to introduce Japanese culture to people in Philippines. AKB Team 8 performed not only AKB48 songs such as “Akitakatta”, “Koisuru... Read More
SKE48’s First Documentary Film and Blue-ray and DVD Coming Out!
“Idol no Namida, DOCUMENTARY of SKE48 “ is a documentary on the 6 years of SKE48 since its formation. The documentary’s Blu-ray and DVD will be out on September 9th (Wed). SKE was formed as the first sister group of AKB48 in 2008. Their energy and persistence is known to be one of the strongest among the sister groups. The documentary is like the concentrated version of their 6 years featuring interviews with members and graduates including Jyurina Matsui, Rena Matsui,... Read More
HKT48 reveal a portion of their exciting Taiwan & Hong Kong concerts
A digest video for HKT48’s “HKT48 ZENKOKU Tour ~ZENKOKU TOITSU OWATTORANKEN~ BANGAIHEN in Taipei & Hong Kong” DVD/Blu-ray was released on YouTube. The release consists of footage from the group’s ATT SHOW BOX show in Taiwan and Macpherson Stadium show in Hong Kong that took place from December to January. The digest video shows the group members with Japanese umbrellas and folding fans singing “Flying Get ~WA ver.~”. Viewers can see candid shots of the group... Read More
HKT48 will recruit members in Taiwan
HKT48 held a concert in Taiwan as an extra date on the tour that started in September 2014. This was the first Taiwan show for anyone from the AKB48 group. Rino Sashihara was handed a piece of paper during her speech in the middle of the show. This made the fans and the other members anxious and restless. Because of the huge reception of the Taipei 101 event from the previous night, “Taiwan AKB48 group member auditions” were suddenly confirmed and announced. The members... Read More
Tomomi Itano to play her first overseas shows in Taiwan and Hong Kong
Tomomi Itano just released her first album, “SxWxAxG” in July and is currently on her first solo Japan tour called “Tomomi Itano Live Tour ~ SxWxAxG~”. She performed at Legacy Taipei on August 22 in Taiwan and Kitec Star Hall on August 24 in Hong Kong. These two shows were her first overseas solo shows ever. The Taiwan and Hong Kong shows brought in a over 3,000 people over the two days. Itano performed a total of 21 songs ranging from such AKB48 hits as “Dear... Read More
Tomomi Itano to appear at J-POP festival in America
Tomomi Itano will appear as an honorable guest at “J-POP SUMMIT FESTIVAL 2014”, a two-day street festival held in San Francisco from July 19 to 20. This will be Itano’s first performance in America. “J-POP SUMMIT FESTIVAL 2014” is a street festival that showcases Japanese pop culture and was started in the summer of 2009. Last year brought in 80,000 attendees, a new record for the festival. Itano will appear on two stages for this festival. The first stage will be... Read More
Trailer for Tomomi Itano’s shocking new song off of her first album, “SxWxAxG”, is released.
A trailer video for Tomomi Itano’s first album, “SxWxAxG”, has been released. The album contains four songs and was released on July 2. Just as the title implies, the lyric video for the song takes from Hip Hop and EDM. The music video for the lead track, “Crush”, and the trailer video are causing quite a stir. Official Website: http://tomomiitano.jp/ Blog: http://ameblo.jp/xanadu11/ AKB48 in Horipro: http://pc.akb48-horipro.net/ Related posts:"24th Single Selection... Read More
“AKB Unit Festival 2014” Will Be Streamed at Live-Viewing Theaters!!
LIVE VIEWING JAPAN Inc. Will broadcast “AKB Unit Festival 2014” at TOKYO DOME CITY HALL as live-stream at theaters nation-wide. This will be the third annual “Unit Festival”. The festival focuses on branch units and solo singles that are not included in the ballot of “Request Hour Setlist Best 100”. Will the experienced group by the three starting members show their presence? Will there be a graduation announcement after the shocking news of moving groups or joining... Read More
