AKB48 Group / Free Worldwide Digital Release of a Special Song for Earthquake Charity
AKB48 Group’s charity song for the Great East Japan Earthquake, ‘Tenohira ga Kataru Koto,’ is now available for free downloads worldwide. This release is a part of the activities of “Dareka no Tameni” Project, a charity organization established in March 2011 to support the revival of earthquake-affected areas. Soon after the earthquake, AKB48 Group released a song Dareka no Tameni -What can I do for someone?- and began to hold lives from May 2011 around the earthquake-affected... Read More
AKB48 / Appointed as Ambassadors of Tourism in Guam
The Guam Visitors Bureau appointed AKB48 as ambassadors of tourism to promote Guam’s appeal as an attractive tourist spot. The appointment ceremony will take place on 4/6/2013. AKB48 is recognized for their worldwide activities, thus chosen as the tourism ambassadors. This is the very first time a group is appointed as ambassadors of tourism in Guam. The appointment ceremony will take place as a part of the celebration on the eve of “The 1st Guam International Marathon.”... Read More
JKT48 / JKT48 Theater Debut of Takagi & Nakagawa on 12/26!
Takagi and Nakagawa, originally from AKB48 and now transferred to JKT48, performed ‘Gomen Summer’ as official members of JKT48 for the first time on a TV program “dahsyat” by RCTI TV in Indonesia. They will be making their official stage debut at JKT48 Theater on 12/26/2012. Many fans are in countdown for their first stage as JKT members. Official Website: http://www.jkt48.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/officialJKT48 Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/official.JKT48 Google+:... Read More
AKB48 / World Debut with Soundtrack of Disney Movie
AKB48’s song ‘Sugar Rush’ has been chosen as a soundtrack and the ending theme song for a Disney movie, “Sugar Rush” to be open in theaters in March of 2013. There have been cases in the past that a song by a Japanese artist or artist unit has been chosen for a soundtrack. However, this is the very first time for the soundtrack which has been written for the movie to be released in a worldwide version as the ending theme song. AKB48, already a famous idol unit in Japan,... Read More
Takajo and Nakagawa of JKT48 perform Indonesian version of “Heavy Rotation” with additional members
On November 4, Aki Takajo and Haruka Nakagawa, who transferred to the group, JKT48 from AKB48 on November 1, made their first talk show appearance as members of JKT4811, at the AKB48 Cafe & Shop Akihabara. Four members of the Jakarta-based JKT48 visited Japan for this event to interact with fans in programs like “JKT48 Action Intro Corner,” “Artist’s Corner,” and “Indonesian/Japanese Quiz Corner.” It was a memorable day for Takajo... Read More
AKB48 / Awarded “Asia’s Most Popular Group” in Beijing
One of the most popular idol groups of Asia, AKB48, was awarded as Asia’s Most Popular Group at “11th CCTV-MTV Music Award” held on 8/21/2012 at MasterCard Center in Beijing, China. This is the best of the best awards a non-Chinese Asian artist/group can receive. CCTV boasts the highest number of viewers in the whole world and AKB participated for the opening act in the composition of 16 young members, mostly of the trainees. The audience of 10,000 was extremely excited... Read More
AKB48 / Senbatsu to be Stream Live on Google+ and Official Youtube Channel
AKB48 Google+ Management Team have announced that they will be live-streaming the 4th Senbatsu on June 6th with a live post coverage via Google+ and on official AKB Youtube channel . AKB48 General Election Global bilingual streaming officially scheduled for June 6th! - 5:20PM (JST) Full live streaming of the General Election (+0900 GMT) - 11:00PM (JST) Exclusive live streaming of the final winner’s election speech (+0900 GMT) Don’t miss our live coverage posts on... Read More
AKB48 / Original Dance Just for Taiwan
AKB48 made their TV commercial debut in Taiwan as they are now featured in a 7-ELEVEN’s commercial. 8 members including Atsuko Maeda performed an original dance with their signature number ‘Heavy Rotation.’ This commercial has been on air since 1/17 in Taiwan and its second sequence is coming up soon! Official Site: http://www.akb48.co.jp/ Official Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/akb48official Google+: https://plus.google.com/117147321771860727748/posts Related... Read More
AKB48 / Release of 24th Single “Uekara Mariko”
AKB48 are releasing their 24th single on 12/7 only with the 16 winners of their chronic paper rock scissors contest. Sampling of this new release is available on AKB48′s official Myspace. There will be 3 different types of cute CD sleeves produced by Mika Ninagawa. It’s such a comical song with interesting dance that you won’t be able to resist the temptation to sing along! Official Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/akb48official Official Website: http://www.akb48.co.jp/ Related... Read More
AKB48 / Release of 23rd Single “Kaze wa fuiteiru,”Song of Encouragement for Earthquake Relief
“Moving forward little by little” AKB48 is revealing a new side with their new single out on 10/26 and standsstrong to send this message song out along with a music video of a mysterious style. This new single also presents itself as “a song of encouragement for earthquake relief” and parts of the proceeds from the sales will be donated as charity. All of the tracks in this new single “Kaze wa fuiteiru” are available for sampling on AKB48′s... Read More
