Japanese music video for Chance no Junban (チャンスの順番, lit. turn of chance), title track of pop group AKB48’s 19th single which was released on December 8…
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Japanese music video for Chance no Junban (チャンスの順番, lit. turn of chance), title track of pop group AKB48’s 19th single which was released on December 8…
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Japanese pop group AKB48 are featured on recent issue of FLASH magazine, which covered their performance-trip in Singapore last month. 16 of the group’s 48 members held a concert at the Suntec Convention Centre on November 12 in conjunction with the Anime Festival Asia. And seems like the girls were afforded a bit of leisure time touring the island nation as well. Click image for full size pic…
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Japanese music video of Kimi no Koto ga Suki Dakara (君のことが好きだから, what I like about you) by pop group AKB48…
The song was included in their 2009 best selling single-album River. Most of the time only 16 of the 48 members (usually the popular crop) would feature in the title track, while some others would feature in secondary tracks, as in this case.
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Japanese MV of Heavy Rotation (ヘビーローテーション) by pop group AKB48, a controversial one with plenty of skin. Not a bad song though…
The single unsurprisingly tops the Oricon sales chart; and pending on official confirmation, has broken their previous record of Ponytail to Shushu.
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Dance version PV for Seishun no Flag (青春のフラッグ, lit. Flag of Youth), the fifth single by Watarirouka Hashiritai, a sub-unit of popular Japanese girl group AKB48.
Watarirouka Hashiritai is arguably AKB48’s most successful sub-unit. All their singles (and an album) have managed to reach the top 10 on Oricon weekly chart, including their previous single AkKanbe Bashi which peaked at #1.
The five members of Watarirouka Hashiritai are Mayu Watanabe, Aika Oota, Natsumi Hirajima, Haruka Nakagawa and Ayaka Kikuchi.
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