AmebaPigg Unit Battle
Contents
General Information
- Name
- Team Pigg Unit Battle (AKB48 チームピグ指名戦, AKB48 Team Pigg Shimeisen)
- Voting Period
- 2010/7/23 (10:00 AM JPT) ~ 7/29 (12:00 PM JPT)
- Results Annoucment Event
- 2010/08/09, 18:30 JPT
- Held in
- Ameba Pigg (Team Pigg's Official Site)
during the Surprise wa Arimasen concert, The Team Pigg Unit Battle (AKB48 チームピグ指名戦, AKB48 Team Pigg Shimeisen) was announced. all the 48 Members from AKB48 (excluding Shinoda Mariko who couldn't participate for Contractual Restrictions with another company and Ono Erena who announced her graduation later on during the 3rd Show) were divided into 10 different units and were given 10 different songs.
during the last week of July, 10 special "support items" (one per unit) were released through Ameba Pigg. the unit to gain more purchases of their item was selected as Team Pigg, and will take charge of all the AKB promotions related with Ameba Pigg in the future and most importantly, the winning team will have their song as one of the c/ws of AKB48's 18th Single to be released on late October.
Units
LOVE COMPANY
Unit: LOVE COMPANY
Members: Oshima Yuko · Sato Amina · Nakaya Sayaka · Miyazaki Miho
Song: Thristy (Description: a full of Fun Girls Rock Song)
MINT
Unit: MINT
Members: Katayama Haruka · Kasai Tomomi · Maeda Atsuko · Matsui Sakiko · Nito Moeno
Song: Kimi ni tsuite (君について) (Description: A little painful love song)
U
Unit: U
Members: Itano Tomomi · Oya Shizuka · Kobayashi Kana · Komori Mika · Hirajima Natsumi · Masuda Yuka · Matsubara Natsumi
Song: DELETE (Description: An active dance number )
Lolita Peter Pan
Unit: Lolita Peter Pan (ロリータピーターパン)
Members: Ishida Haruka · Watanabe Mayu
Song: Tenshi no Fruit Parfait (天使のフルーツパフェ) (Description: A conventional idol song )
NEXT HEAVEN
Unit: NEXT HEAVEN
Members: Iwasa Masami · Oku Manami · Uchida Mayumi · Nakagawa Haruka· Nakatsuka Tomomi · Takahashi Minami
Song: EYES (Description: An extreme anime song )
GIRLS · ING
Unit: GIRLS · ING (ガールズ・ING)
Members: Umeda Ayaka · Kikuchi Ayaka · Kuramochi Asuka · Kojima Haruna · Chikano Rina · Sato Natsuki
Song: Uso desho? (嘘でしょ？) (Description: A high-spirited pop tune singing about girls' feelings)
Cosmos Tokei
Unit: Cosmos Tokei (コスモス時計)
Members: Kashiwagi Yuki · Sashihara Rino· Fujie Reina · Maeda Ami
Song: Merry Go Round (メリーゴーランド) (Description: A folk song with a beautiful melody )
Renaiun Joshotai
Unit: Renaiun Joshotai (恋愛運上昇隊)
Members: Oota Aika · Takajo Aki · Tanabe Miku · Minegishi Minami · Nonaka Misato
Song: Shaku ga Hoshii (尺が欲しい) (Description: A planned thing )
Houkenshitsu
Unit: Houkenshitsu (保健室)
Members: Kitahara Rie · Sato Sumire · Suzuki Mariya · Miyazawa Sae · Nakata Chisato · Yonezawa Rumi
Song: Barairo Countdown (バラ色カウントダウン) (Description: An energetic song using the beats of the excited feelings you have until your love comes true )
Saly Akimoto
Unit: Saly Akimoto (サリー秋元)
Members: Akimoto Sayaka
Song: Kamuchakka Wataridori Bojou (カムチャッカ渡り鳥慕情) (Description: An enka song making the best use out of Akimoto Sayaka's vocal skills )
Support Items
the Support Items were revealed to be just 1 floral bouquet in 10 different colors for the different teams. the price was 10 common ame.
Result Announcement
the results were announced at Ameba Pigg's Tokyo Dome on August 9th. anyone who bought the special ticket (price: 10 ame) from the Vending Machines of AKB's School Ground was able to be present at the Ceremony.
almost 1 million votes were counted (997,588) and the top 5 was revealed:
5# - Saly Akimoto: 100,374 votes.
4# - U: 104, 635 votes.
3# - GIRLS · ING: 108,575 votes.
2# - LOVE COMPANY: 116,254 votes.
1# - MINT: 134,918 votes.
(a comment video from MINT is available in Team Pigg's Official Site)
Trivia
- since this competence was announced before Ono Erena announced her graduation, at first no reason was given as why she didn't took part of it. Fans eventually understood when she announced her graduation during the next show of the concert.
