[GENERAL] The AKB48 Thread

Some short videos of the ceremony from Erii's channel:


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hahaha I was about to post a comment hoping Nittono-san would have recorded good vids for Erii's youtube

 

Oricon News video:


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Three more photos from JIJI Press:

Spoiler: Sources

https://twitter.com/jijicom_ent/status/1744277391000965616
https://twitter.com/jijicom_ent/status/1744285052131856642
https://twitter.com/jijicom_ent/status/1744288098958311511

 

A year ago only one of them wasn't an eito. Now look at this.

 

48 Circle has now a Facebook page
https://twitter.com/48_circle/status/1744309748030484620
https://www.facebook.com/p/48Circle-61555112695368/

 

Setlist for today's YuuNaaMogiOn concerts

M01. Namida no Hyomen Choryoku (Murayama Yuiri, Mogi Shinobu, Mukaichi Mion)
M02. Futari Nori no Jitensha (Murayama Yuiri, Mogi Shinobu, Mukaichi Mion)
M03. Heart no Dasshutsu Game (Murayama Yuiri, Mogi Shinobu, Mukaichi Mion)
MC (All) - Mogi presenting concert-exclusive goods
M04. Tonari no Banana (Murayama Yuiri & Mukaichi Mion)
M05. Priority (Mogi Shinobu)
M06. Kiseki wa Ma ni Awanai (Murayama Yuiri & Mogi Shinobu)
M07. Kimi ga Omotteru yori... (Mukaichi Mion)
M08. Scandalous ni Ikou (Mogi Shinobu & Mukaichi Mion)
M09. Coin Toss (Okada Nana & Murayama Yuiri)
MC (All) - Challenge Corner

• Quick Costume Change Showdown: Nana as judge only; Both Mogi and Yuiri had to fix parts of their uniform, so Mion automatically won. In the evening, Mion won again.
• Blindfolded Ne mo Ha mo Rumor dance: Nana left; Mogi and Yuiri took off their blindfolds immediately, so only Mion danced blinded. Mogi and Yuiri even pretended to bump into Mion so she wouldn't notice. They watched a playback right after. In the evening, they actually all did the blindfold challenge, very funny. xD

M10. Iiwake Maybe (Murayama Yuiri, Mogi Shinobu, Mukaichi Mion)
M11. Himawari (Murayama Yuiri, Mogi Shinobu, Mukaichi Mion)
M12. Namida wa Ato Mawashi (Murayama Yuiri, Mogi Shinobu, Mukaichi Mion + Okada Nana in last chorus)

ENCORE
VTR
EN01 Wasshoi YuuNaaMogiOn (Murayama Yuiri, Mogi Shinobu, Mukaichi Mion + poster of Okada Nana)
EN02 Namida Surprise! (Murayama Yuiri, Mogi Shinobu, Mukaichi Mion)
MC (ALL) - YNMO 4th Anniversary Celebration
EN03 Hisashiburi no Lip Gloss (All)

EDIT: Just my assumption but I think Naachan was supposed to perform Priority with Mogi and Kimi ga Omotteru yori... with Mion. It looks like all of them had 3x duet songs, and Naachan only performed the final one of theirs (Coin Toss with Yuiri).

 

Coming of Age ceremony report from ANN News:

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Naamin and Satomina at a preview performance for 'School Idol Musical' which opens tomorrow at THEATER MILANO in Tokyo:



More photos at https://okmusic.jp/news/544531/ and https://okmusic.jp/news/544532/

 

Bruno Mars singing Heavy Rotation during his concert at the Tokyo Dome yesterday is something I didn't have in 2024
https://twitter.com/Gombrich_/status/1745401288693833916
https://twitter.com/Gkjimin_Lov/status/1745401752457994581

Takamina's tweet about it.
https://twitter.com/taka4848mina/status/1745436435401126019

 

Stage48 must be female...

 

Bruno Mars singing Heavy Rotation at 3:39 mark.

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Who's next doing Heavy Rotation? Taylor Swift?!

 

Well Taylor will be at the Tokyo Dome February 7th to 10th.

 

Regarding the new 63rd Single cover pics, Rinrin says it's great!

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A fan asked: How was the new single's cover pic?
Rinrin : It's amaazing, perhaps especially from girls' point of view!

Context:
Rinrin, Odaeri and Momoka were shown some samples of the new jacket/cover of 63rd single, fresh from MV/photoshoot few days ago.
Their responses were overwhelmingly positive! At least from their point of view.
Enough to make Rinrin feel a bit frustrated for not being there
To avoid raising the bar too high, she reminds that the ones she saw were only samples, she doesn't know which ones will become the final ones later.

As for the song, she has no info at all as for now.

 

I can't wait to see those 16 squares.

 

Apparently there will be FBS TV special project with Yukirin's graduation
Yukirin's first ever School Field Trip! 「ゆきりん、はじめて修学旅行してみました。」

Since Yukirin was busy with AKB48 since middle school and never had the chance to go on a real school field trip.
Will feature Yukirin, Miion, Yuiri, Naruchan, and Mahopyon!


Will be on FBS TV channel on March 16/23/30,
but if you want to see it live on Feb 3 there will be a NicoNico stream!
Manaka and Zunchan will also be reporter for the livestream

Mostly free for the main parts, but some sections like "choosing best moments in Yukirin's 17 year history", and "the drinking afterparty" will require premium service.

details:
https://www.fbs.co.jp/akb48/

video:
https://twitter.com/FBS_PR/status/1748543156583637491

 

AKB48 was at Fish-1 GrandPrix (第9回 Fish-1グランプリ) today! (Jan 21)
featuring Harupyon, Manaka, Ayamin, Nonchan, Hotechan, Yukinee, Yunachan and Saechan!
Fish pose!

https://twitter.com/harupyon_0525/status/1749005818643767801

Talk Show Segment:

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Mini Live segment:
setlist

• M0: Overture
• M1: Heavy Rotation (Hirata Yuki center)
• M2: Iiwake Maybe (Arai Sae center)
• M3: Koisuru Fortune Cookie (Hashimoto Haruna center)
• MC (self introduction)
• M4: Osakana Tengoku (the campaign song of the National Federation of Fisheries Cooperative Associations' Seafood Center) *Recording OK part

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Nice, clear Close up video:

https://twitter.com/yuiri_ayaka/status/1748960956338872636

Wider angles videos:

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or
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hTfjErmhjA

videos that shows the crowd gathered:

https://twitter.com/jujokomeya/status/1748955722627633234
https://twitter.com/chikipajapan/status/1748957841204076768
As expected from free public event, lots of great photos from fans!
some that I picked:



Check the sources for full sizes and even more pics!
Makes me miss a public free event like this, haven't seen a lot of it since early Eito years.

Spoiler: Fan photo sources

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some extra pics

https://twitter.com/ogawamasayuki2/status/1748997827131527242
https://twitter.com/three_base/status/1748991882615742569
https://twitter.com/three_base/status/1748974653861974475
https://twitter.com/photo_nyonyo/status/1748986735290405238
https://twitter.com/three_base/status/1748979818727936019
https://twitter.com/mitsunaridotcom/status/1749015730576851338
https://twitter.com/three_base/status/1748990969364750413
https://twitter.com/photo_nyonyo/status/1748981569690480663
https://twitter.com/three_base/status/1748975489396748354
https://twitter.com/udi_ya_ma/status/1748982203596603843
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Meanwhile 62nd single Senbatsu members were doing their final FanMeeting in Tokyo

https://twitter.com/erichan_akb48/status/1749030404517245331

Some fans actually managed to go to both events. Dedication!

 

2 ex 48 members confessed that they were underpaid, another said that she didn't get any money from her merchandise sales


Oshi no Ko is really based on reality

 

Official digest video for 'School Idol Musical' which includes Naamin and Satomina among the cast members:


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