Event / Concert AKB48 Group Unit Janken Taikai 2017 (17/09/24)

Nonogaki Miki and Yahagi Yukina will participate as a duo. (source)

 

A Japanese wota mentioned they might be doing the concept of the "West Army" from the battle of Sekigahara (Yuihan is originally from Kyoto), but I don't think he was serious lol. Would be fun if they did something like that, just like when Sayanee and Takamina dressed as Osaka and Tokyo towers. Look out for an "East Army" unit, especially if they are set to clash with the Sayanee-Yuihan-Sakura unit 1st round, but then again it might just be my wishful thinking

 

Team 8's Shimoaoki Karin confirmed Team 8 members will have a SHOWROOM tomorrow about the Janken Taikai.
https://7gogo.jp/shimoaoki-karin/35

Edit: At 6am JST.

 

The three remaining Okapers (Tomu, Naana, (Furuhata) Nao) are going to stream tomorrow at 21:30. They didn't say specifically about what, but the timing suggests it's probably about Janken. I almost want them to pull in an Aamin under (Mogi, or maybe Hama) but there are more slots available for a 3-nin unit so maybe it's better this way.

Rei and Ayu are also both going to stream tomorrow morning at ~7:00 but they didn't specifically say they were streaming together, so it could just be a coincidence.

Most of the girls she would pick are going to be in smaller units.

Also, a lot of girls have been expressing the same feelings lately (Saho on the radio, Komi, Seichan, and Mion along with Megu in the latest AKB48 Group Shinbun, to name a few).

 

https://twitter.com/_Nagisa_Shibuya/status/890199278118813696

Shibuya and Fu will be a Unit for this.

 

^Discount Nagishu, smh

Huh I just realised it isn't favoured towards AKB member anymore, with this practially any girl can run and have a smiliar shot at making it.
So now Kennin positions actually are irrelevant.

 

Hmm, I'm not super happy that KKS units seem to have the same chance as promoted member units. There are enough KKS that the odds of some brand new girls who have barely even performed in the theater getting a unit debut is pretty high.

 

Looks like Team 8 might be taking that 16+ slot.

 

looks like (STU) Kai Kokoa and (AKB) Chiba Erii unit formed

http://stu4846.livedoor.biz/archives/2912622.html

 

^Havent caught up to STU lately but isn't that kind of random?

 

If ya followed handshake reports earlier, they became bff there. There was incident that Nishikawa Rei and Chiba Erii had a fight on 755 for the ownership of kokoa

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MeruMio duo will participate~
https://twitter.com/meru_chan_07/status/890493076455669760

 

Mentioned in Mion's Thread.

This gives me hope for the new Kojima Trio being in this (Natsuki, Mako, Karin).

 

Curious about how they'll choose the senbatsu then.

 

They had a meeting on LINE this morning and most of them were gravitating towards making 47 members unit, aka Team 8 itself to enter.
As for the position (if they win), they will decide by internal janken.

It wasn't finalized though, but if they do they'll be doing preliminaries against 16th gen Kenkyuusei since they are aiming for the same slot.

Why management has so many slots for duo units anyway....

 

The 15th generation members are thinking about creating a 15th generation unit...
Line up: Iino Miyabi, Tatsuya Makiho, Okawa Rio, Taniguchi Megu, Ogino Yuka.
From today's stage. Not finalized though - they are waiting for Yuka's decision\reply. They'll run as 4 if she declines.

Nakagawa Mion and Mukaichi Mion are running as a duo for the Janken Taikai. (source)
They haven't talked before and only took a picture, so MM had to ask Mirurun for NM's LINE. NM said she was very surprised and happy that MM asked for that.

 

Okapers* unit (Tomu, Naana, FuruNao)


if the video does not show watch the video here

Spoiler: *

I dislike this spelling, but it's what they used some t-shirts and hats they had made a few years ago, the only official romanisation we've ever had

 

Komiharu and Rikahime formed a unit!