Stage48 Countdown: Episode 237 (Members who are too pure for this world)

1. Watanabe Miyuki
2. Yamamoto Sayaka
3. Shibuya Nagisa
4. Fukumoto Aina
5. Akimoto Sayaka
6. Yabushita Shu
7. Matsui Rena
8. Kishino Rika
9. Jonishi Kei
10. Kojima Haruna

P.S. Good thing you didn't include IZ*ONE members hahhaha cause that would have been tough on me

 

1. Yamamoto Sayaka
2. Kato Yuuka
3. Watanabe Miyuki
4. Kuramochi Asuka
5. Oshima Yuko
6. Okada Nana
7. Kinoshita Momoka
8. Furuhata Nao
9. Nagano Serika
10. Kodama Haruka

 

1. Oshima Yuko
2. Yamamoto Sayaka
3. Okabe Rin
4. Ogino Yuka
5. Nakai Rika
6. Kashiwagi Yuki
7. Kojima Haruna
8. Maeda Atsuko
9. Watanabe Miyuki
10. Matsui Rena

 

1. Takita Kayoko
2. Saito Kyoko
3. Warattaya Deesomlert (Kaimook)
4. Yoshida Akari
5. Shen Ying
6. Shibuya Nagisa
7. Takakura Moeka
   
8. Matsuoko Hana
9. Takamoto Ayaka
10. Okada Nana

 

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Stage48 Countdown (Episode 217: Female S48 Favorite Members)
Welcome everybody to Episode 217 of Stage48 Countdown, I'm Forrest Fuller. On Today's Episode, we will be counting down the 10 Most favorite Members from Female Stage48 Users. Before we began, let's look at the 5 that were just shy of making the countdown, here are your honorable mentions.

Honorable Mentions
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15) Jonishi Kei (22 Points)
14) Kojima Haruna (23 Points)
13) Matsui Rena (28 Points)
12) Iwata Karen (30 Points)
11) Shinoda Mariko (31 Points)

Now here is your Top 10

10) Miyawaki Sakura (33 Points)
9) Akimoto Sayaka (33 Points)
8) Watanabe Miyuki (34 Points)
7) Kashiwagi Yuki (35 Points)
6) Okada Nana (36 Points)
5) Takahashi Minami (38 Points)
4) Watanabe Mayu (40 Points)
3) Shimazaki Haruka (41 Points)
2) Oshima Yuko (65 Points)
1) Yamamoto Sayaka (68 Points)
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One thing is for certain on this site, everybody loves Yamamoto Sayaka. She was #1 on both of these lists (and same goes for Oshima Yuko). Paruru, Mayuyu, Takamina, Yukirin made both lists (Mayuyu and Paruru both in the Top 5 for both lists). Yuihan, Myao, Kojimako, Acchan are liked more by the guys here, with Naachan, Miyuki, Akimoto, Sakura being liked more by the ladies here.

Time to began Episode 218 Voting.

The Best Years of AKB48

We just celebrated AKB48's 13th Anniversary on Saturday December 8. In those 13 years, AKB48 has accomplish ALOT and are known as the one of the biggest Idol groups (and girl groups ever). I figure we could rank The Best years of AKB48. From 2005/06 - 2018, what do you think was the best year of AKB48?

This will be a special list as I want you to vote on all 13 of the years listed (The Points will go from +13 to +1).

Voting begins now
Voting Ends on December 16th

 

1. The best year for me is 2011 for sure. So much shit went down. That election was so intense. The songs were lit. French Kiss released a fucking banger ("IF"). Like AKB was poppin and never got a moment to rest.
2. 2012. Again more shit went down. Tokyo-fucking-dome. Probably AKB's best concert (Atsuko's graduation).
3. 2013. Sister groups were lit as fuck. SKE was a monster. NMB was rising. HKT was new but super cute. SNH was becoming...weird, but trying to upgrade. JKT was also there. I think 2013 was just the year of sister groups slaying. ALSO, fucking Sasshi snatching the crown lolol
4. 2009. I wasn't a fan this year, but I just heard of them and RIVER was known for awhile I'd say. I remember Sayumi (morning musume) talking about AKB slightly too. It was a cool introduction to AKB and their entire system which was small back then.
5. 2014. Great singles. Mayu's first win. just a solid year I'd say minus Yuko's graduation concert issue, but I was never a yuko fan so I personally didn't care lol. Also, Lemon being transferred to NMB was great.
6. 2010. Heavy Rotation. Janken Single. BEGINNER. AKB's real rise to popularity within Japan. 2010 was like the year AKB became "mainstream" and was on everyone's radar. I'm sure some fans might consider it a hard time too cause AKB had to live up to their popularity but they're still very strong to this day and that's very hard to maintain.
7. 2016. Not a lot happened I feel, but it was like a solid stable year for AKB.
8. 2017. Now in the more recent years everything's kind of just stable and u know what to expect more or less.
9. 2018. I liked this year. But nothing to write home about. Sure Jurina won, but like we all expected her to win. The singles were good. Jurina's health break was rather unfortunate tho, but she seems much better so that's really good. IDK like I said 2016-present AKB and their sister groups have been stable. Oh yea Sayaka and Lemon left this year which hurt me (Lemon more since she was my oshimen), but idols move on and that's ok.
10. 2015. It's not like it was a bad year by any means, but it was like a weird transition year. Takamina also graduated and had THE longest graduation ever lol. That first week million seller thing was also broken. It felt like AKB was a little on the decline (not sales wise, just like EMotiONaLLy). I'm glad management is picking up the pace with stuff to do with the 48-groups, but damn what a weird year lol. But hey we did get Halloween Night and that's a fucking jam. Also JKT's Dangdut version is the best thing JKT has released ever lol.

I wasn't a fan or even know about AKB till 2009-2011 so these super early years I have no strong opinion on, but they existed and I've gone back long time ago to see videos and watch stages and just see the first version of AKB and there was a lot of charm, but it was messy. Unlike mega groups like Morning Musume, AKB started out rough I'd say. Their concept was weird and not common among idols. I would say the theater saved AKB's image tho. There was (and still is) something special about the stage and seeing members grow and become better performers. The theater is rather "dead" almost I would say. I mean we still haven't had A7 come out on a CD and that's just crazy. We need new stages. We have so many new fresh faces and AKB's concept worked really well when watching members on the stage. But doing the same old stages over and over again has just hurt them. IDK about any of you but I don't watch stages unless their special and even then I just skip the songs I don't like lolol. I've heard them too many damn times lol

11. 2008.
12. 2007.
13. 2006.
14. 2005.

 

Since I was only really active following this fandom in 2011-2012, I agree with above posts. For me it’s:

1. 2011: Yukirin went up from 8th to 3rd in SSK. French Kiss year.
2. 2012: Tokyo Dome Concert, my fave members in Top 4 (Yuko, Mayu, Yuki, Sasshi).
3. 2014: Mayu win SSK.
4. 2013
5. 2015
6. 2009
7. 2010
8. 2018
9. 2016
10. 2017

I don’t really care about the order of the rest. But the best year for me is still 2011-2012.

 

I'm fan of AKB48 last March but here's my ranking

1. 2009 - Where the AKB Golden Era was started ( in my opinion) I dont know if i right, and that year where the SSK was started and that year was start when RIVER is the number 1 in Oricon Charts
2. 2011 - because of Flying Get8
3. 2010 - Heavy Rotation of course and Yuko won the SSK that year so I'm happy
4. 2013
5. 2008
6. 2007
7. 2012
8. 2014
9. 2015
10. 2006

2017 was the worst year for me because of the Kami7 was graduate

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1. 2018
2. 2005
3. 2012
4. 2013
5. 2015
6. 2014
7. 2010
8. 2016
9. 2011
10. 2017
11. 2009
12. 2008
13. 2007
14. 2006

 

1. 2013
2. 2012
3. 2014
4. 2011
5. 2018
6. 2010
7. 2015
8. 2016
9. 2017
10. 2009
11. 2008
12. 2007
13. 2006

 

My list is purely based on the music released in that year.

1. 2008- All the greatest stages: B3, A5 and my favourite stage, K4. The AKB48 songs with the heaviest rotation in my library are mostly from these stages and they are some really great songs in terms of melodies, lyrics, and vocals. Also, Oogoe Diamond was released as a single.
2. 2009- The year that AKB got big. It's because the releases were idol anthems! RIVER is the song that made me a fan. Lots of iconic B-sides too.
3. 2010- Hebirote, Beginner, Ponytail, K6, A6, B5
4. 2011- This year is just the peak of their superstar era and the releases reflect this.
5. 2015- There was just an incredible amount of content in terms of both quality and quantity. SO many great B-sides, decent A-sides. Koko ga Rhodos is my favourite album.
6. 2007- Love the singles from this year. Abundance of great stage songs released that year too, I love the Himawarigumi stages.
7. 2006- A2 and K2 plus Sakura no Hanabiratachi, Skirt Hirari and Aitakatta released as singles.
8. 2012
9. 2014
10. 2013

Don't really have much to say about the years in the bottom of my ranking since AKB has been around for 13 years so technically the years lower down are some of my least favourite years in terms of releases, lol. I've kind of stopped listening to anything from the middle of 2016 to now. (I'm mostly here for the IZ*ONE and foreign group news, ok?)

 

1. 2011 - This is the year I started heavily following the group. I still have my senbatsu merch and some of my oshi merch I think very few years in AKB48's history could compare to this year.
2. 2010 - Some great songs and weird videos.
3. 2018 - Produce 48, the massive influx of overseas sister groups (SGO/MNL/Team TP/Team SH), world senbatsu with two BNK48 members...
4. 2008 - The beginning of the greatest variety show.
5. 2006 - the group was new, they worked harder for less than any current member.
6. 2012
7. 2013
8. 2009
9. 2007
10. 2015

 

1. 2010
2. 2011
3. 2009
4. 2012
5. 2008
6. 2013
7. 2015
8. 2007
9. 2014
10. 2006

11. 2016
12. 2017
13. 2018

 

1. 2011 AKB peak year
   
2. 2010 Hebirote!
   
3. 2013 KFC
   
4. 2012 Uza
   
5. 2015 BwT – best AKB song for me, but also the long graduation saga
   
6. 2006 Happen to have "0 to 1 Aida" on my car playlist, so many good songs in the early years
   
7. 2007
   
8. 2008
   
9. 2009
   
10. 2014 Dog song is one of my favourites but, of course, ‘that’ happened that year
    
11. 2016 For me, nothing really outstanding in these years, AKB wise
    
12. 2018
    
13. 2017

 

1. 2009
2. 2010
3. 2011
4. 2008
5. 2014
6. 2007
7. 2012
8. 2013
9. 2017
10. 2018

 

1. 2011
2. 2010
3. 2009
4. 2017
5. 2018
6. 2008
7. 2007
8. 2012
9. 2013
10. 2016

 

1. 2013
2. 2014
3. 2012
4. 2017
5. 2018
6. 2016
7. 2015
8. 2009
9. 2010
10. 2011

 

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