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  1. fatrain

    fatrain Under Girls

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    there was no official announcement, so we don't know for sure, but fans speculated that she was still signed to another agency when she passed the auditions to ikorabu, which was against the rules.

    that wasn't the case. that article, on the contrary, says that "there were no traces of boyfriend found", and Sasshi herself said on the press conference that there is no love ban rule and that there will be no penalties for boyfriends from the past (members just need to understand that their popularity will naturally drop if they'll have a boyfriend when they are in the group). the pay is probably out of the question as well, because new idols are in no position to bargain for a raise in salary, especially since their activities haven't started yet. besides, I don't think she was planned as center - on the same introduction press conference Sasshi said that Hitomi caught her eye. Hitomi was also the one standing in the center (Mai was in the 2nd/3rd position, photos and videos in the 1-2 posts of this thread). I'd say, Mai was probably going to be similar to Mirinya, as visual "entry point to the group". most probably, they'd be a pair.

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    Teokure Caution sold another 2,326 copies in a week! (31st place)
    78,258 copies overall :banana:

    https://equal-love.wikia.com/wiki/Teokure_Caution_(CD_Single)#Oricon_Chart_Positions
     
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  2. chronophysicist

    chronophysicist Kenkyuusei

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    wasn't Risa also still under HKT48 when she auditioned? is it because Sashi had influence over HKT48 so managed to smooth things out

    silly question, probs should've asked this long ago, but why is she called SasshiP? P meant to stand for producer? is there another famous Sashihara that she needed to be differentiated from?

    btw just wondering who among the members have not done any photoshoots yet?
    my current understanding is Kiara, Risa, Shoko and Sana? or did I miss some?
    Mirinya, Hitomi, Nagisa, Iori I know have done solos
    Hana, Maika, Nonno, Anna have at least participated in small group shots I believe
     
  3. sscrla

    sscrla Stage48 Moderator Staff Member Stage48 Moderator

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    Aki-P meets Sasshi-P

    [boss, head honcho, producer, you choose]
     
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    patapataful Upcoming Girls Stage48 Donor

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    Wow these sales are awesome!:banana: I'm in love with caution!!!:blush:
     
  5. fatrain

    fatrain Under Girls

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    I think she wasn't.

    no, Japanese simply abbreviate producer as P.

    one of the earliest photoshoots in Bomb had all members (and maybe somewhere else, dunno details)

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    here is the folder where I gather their magazine shots for reference

    https://flic.kr/s/aHsksrJZKZ

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    Tsuzukimi (180627)

    Iori sings karaoke
    http://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1011934714590924801/pu/vid/1280x720/nSMaxb_M49J_MHs7.mp4

    and 2-shots with Yamada Marina (ex-HKT)!

    https://twitter.com/maririchan_324/status/1011957290608484358
    https://twitter.com/noguchi_iori/status/1011972557942108161

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  6. fatrain

    fatrain Under Girls

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    this karaoke with talk part and comments from viewers

    https://www.bilibili.com/video/av25700461?p=3

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    looks like =LOVE will have a live broadcast of their concert at the biggest HS event on showroom on 7/1!
    I hope it's going to be epic! :banana: maybe there will be some announcement? of 4th single...


    https://twitter.com/Equal_LOVE_12/status/1012291856443625472
    https://www.showroom-live.com/equallove

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    scandal! Iori is cheating with Nonno's best friend Sana! [hehe]

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  7. chronophysicist

    chronophysicist Kenkyuusei

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    lol Iori's interaction with the female host is so cute!!

    wow Risa is so slim!! needs her own photoshoot
     
  8. fatrain

    fatrain Under Girls

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    the release of 4th single was announced! it'll be on 10/17! :banana:

    announcement video. I'll post more details about today's HS event later


    if the video does not show watch the video here

    announcement of the 1st Year Anniversary special event on 9/6!


    if the video does not show watch the video here

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    radio report on this event and interview with members in Kimi Machi (radio were Maika is doing location reports)


    if the video does not show watch the video here

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    Ikoraji "Radio=LOVE" #39 (180630)

    https://www.bilibili.com/video/av25931194

     
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  9. patapataful

    patapataful Upcoming Girls Stage48 Donor

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    Yes dang, 4th single already is coming:^O^: Wanna have this time a classical idol song like =LOVE:cute::cute::cute:
     
  10. chronophysicist

    chronophysicist Kenkyuusei

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    wow, when you suggested that being a possibility I really didn't think that was going to be likely given how recent the 3rd was but October release seems completely possible:banana:

    yea more details pls, would appreciate even a brief summary of SashiP's letter and why it made everyone so emotional

    am I right to understand that this 1st year anniversary is planned to be in Odaiba?
     
  11. fatrain

    fatrain Under Girls

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    today's "HS + mini live" event at Hibiya Open Air Concert Hall

    it's the last national HS event for 3rd single and it was in the biggest hall =LOVE had to date (capacity ~3,100 people), so everyone was pretty pumped for this event. apart from above-mentioned announcements, this event was also streamed on Showroom and visited by Sasshi with Tanaka Miku and Imamura Maria (HKT)! members also wore their new summer uniforms (can't really dance under the blazing summer sun in those Teokure parkas ^^; )! new cool Teokure t-shirts went on sale today as well, so all in all, today was very eventful and epochal day. the only downside was a very hot weather.

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    Showroom recording of today's live!
    wow, the picture is so good for showroom!))
    and there is also a camerawork, a real present

    https://www.bilibili.com/video/av25962324
    http://equal-love.info/archives/19824


    if the video does not show watch the video here

    Model Press article about event with great photos as always
    I'll post galleries with cameko photos later, when they post more photos

    https://mdpr.jp/music/detail/1776736

    except the actual announcement, there was nothing particularly important in the letter. Hitomi got a bit teary after Sasshi's words that "=LOVE has little appearances on TV". Sasshi also said that "their release pace is a bit slow in comparison to major idols", but it looks like she wants to keep her initial plan of slow and steady growth intact.

    1st Year Anniversary live will be in Zepp DiverCity Tokyo. another step-up in capacity.
    I hope they'll premiere their 4th single there. and since a new TV season starts in October, I really hope for an anime tie-in for 4th single.

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    Mirinya in Weekly Playboy :inlove:

    http://wpb.shueisha.co.jp/2018/07/01/106983/

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    Nonno will have a solo job as well - she will be an assistant MC in Budoukan Baku 2018 festival on 8/13!

    https://idol.world
    https://twitter.com/budokan_idol
     
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  12. broz0rs

    broz0rs Next Girls

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    thank goodness they were under the shade. even by the midway of the concert, they looked like they stepped out of the sauna. if they performed under the sun, some of them probably could have passed out :XD:
     
  13. chronophysicist

    chronophysicist Kenkyuusei

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    so Zepp in Divercity will be bigger than Hibiya? members looked extremely shocked and surprised to hear the Divercity news, anyone here going?

    Thanks again for the showroom recording, this was actually a really nice performance being in the daytime. the last one had a really dark stage and I think it made quality of the recording quite poor. they did some nice transitions between the songs which is pretty cool.

    I think I should stop picking on Hitomi and her issues with sweat now, she actually did quite well with the ponytail, also it would see Iori has it just about as bad as her [hehe]
    special praise to Maika and Mirinya who seemed to have not broken a sweat through all that. :^^;: about time they had summer uniforms

    so 1st anniversary in September and then 4th single release in October, Sasshi really keeping the girls busy:lol: and would seem they're picking up the pace now


    P.S. what do you call Kiara's hairstyle? half twin? its pretty cute
     
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  14. fatrain

    fatrain Under Girls

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    Hibiya Open Air Concert Hall

    flickr gallery
    https://www.flickr.com/gp/157746679@N08/552sHP

    audience

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    "our ideal" banners prepared by fans!
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    members

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    miracle shot with heart-shaped hair! Mirinya is a fairy :cute:

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    Miku talked about how she met her fan at this event ^^:

    http://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1013333229753982976/pu/vid/640x360/6YO96VVhEO3ENOhQ.mp4


    it's funny how fans started to look back and clapping when Sasshi arrived))
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    today's Dai Tokkun Chu #20

    13:00-
    https://www.bilibili.com/video/av26019450

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    Risa is the 2nd eqlove member who go Instagram!

    https://www.instagram.com/otoshima_risa/

    with Katomina (NGT)
    https://www.instagram.com/stories/katominami_ngt48/

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  15. fatrain

    fatrain Under Girls

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    Teokure sold another 3,464 copies in a week (27th place)!
    81,722 copies in total! :banana:

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    members will fly to Paris tomorrow (Japan Expo is on July, 6-7th)
    O-France Nagisa will celebrate her Birthday in France (July, 6th) [hehe]

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    this Model Press =LOVE article is 2nd in the music ranking right after Nogizaka's article (2M views!) :2nd:

    https://mdpr.jp/music/1776736

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    there will be a Girlfriend Beta special on Anireco TV show on 7/9!

    http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/anireco/

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    more Mirinya from Weekly Playboy

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  16. fatrain

    fatrain Under Girls

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    new Yoani CM with =LOVE


    if the video does not show watch the video here

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    video message from Anna, Hitomi and Sana in Radical Video Jockey


    if the video does not show watch the video here

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    Naatan in Taiwanese news :yikes:


    if the video does not show watch the video here

    and Model Press news

    https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/1777886

    Happy Birthday! she turned 15 today! :ome:

    a fansite made for her Birthday with many great photos

    https://innocence-equal-love.myportfolio.com/

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    JAPAN EXPO

    ex-Nogi member Hashimoto Nanami is a staff member for =LOVE concert at Japan Expo!
    Hitomi must be happy))

    https://twitter.com/Misaki94/status/1014903117761142785

    2-shots with Fukase Mio (idol group Maneki Kecak)

    https://twitter.com/fukasemio330/status/1015081024437579777
     
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  17. fatrain

    fatrain Under Girls

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    members returned from France today.

    flickr photo gallery with some photos from Japan Expo 2018

    https://flic.kr/s/aHsmoATfWB

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    well made promo video of =LOVE performance by Bonjour Idol

    https://twitter.com/i/status/1015917435445174272
    https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1015915725788102657/pu/vid/1280x720/fnPvuZIgGS6zeajC.mp4

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    Ikoraji "RADIO=LOVE"
    #40 (180707)

    https://www.bilibili.com/video/av26393473



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    radio Oshi Men Fan Club (180708)
    (Mirinya, Iori, Maika)
    wow, promos for 3rd single are still going


    if the video does not show watch the video here

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    interview with Hitomi, Maika and Naatan about Girlfriend Beta stage play in Enter Stage
    looks like Maika is the main character

    https://enterstage.jp/interview/2018/07/009770.html

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    Billboard sales of Teokure Caution!
    it'll probably reach 100k this week!

    2018/5/28付け  73319枚
    2018/6/04付け  *3836枚
    2018/6/11付け  *7571枚
    2018/6/18付け  *2214枚
    2018/6/25付け  *2777枚
    2018/7/02付け  *2918枚
    2018/7/09付け  *4821枚

    ビルボード累計  97456枚
     
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  18. Mayoyo

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    Wow six digits sales :banana:
     
  19. chronophysicist

    chronophysicist Kenkyuusei

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    quite a surge up to nearly 5K in the past week, must've gained some publicity in France, or that recent Naatan news is gaining traction

    can i get some perspective of how well is total sale of 100K ? any similiar idol groups to compare to? I only know of AKB, HKT and Nogizaka and I imagine they'd be a fair way away from that level of popularity still but need some frame of reference to work out where they at now

    hoping they'll start appearing in those prank shows, would be nice to see some of their candid reactions [hehe]
     
  20. fatrain

    fatrain Under Girls

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    ^ I've posted a couple of months ago "First week single sales ranking for the female idol groups in the first half of 2018"
    =LOVE was in top 10 only behind 4648 and H!P groups. I remember, someone on 5ch calculated that eqlove's sales per member are even greater than of some 48 sister groups. though, when it comes to 4648 groups, I don't think that sales per capita is the right way to measure efficiency of the group.

    btw, Teokure Caution was certified as gold record by RIAJ (100k copies shipped)! :1st: :banana:

    https://www.riaj.or.jp/f/data/cert/gd.html

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    Maika's and Naatan's scenes from the first episode of the drama Sachi-iro no One Room that started yesterday
    a whole minute!))

    https://www.bilibili.com/video/av26470811

    all episodes can be watched on Abema TV (need Japanese IP)
    https://abema.tv/video/episode/65-2_s1_p1

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    1st day performance @ Japan Expo 2018

    #!xNxwVCLD!1KESG1MHsMKa_SOrtpazoSMTYbCJlzeZbKAYu9zI00I (add this hash to https://mega.nz/)

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