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Japanese music video of Yasai Sisters (野菜シスターズ, lit. vegetable sisters) by pop group AKB48, released in 2010 as a commercial song for Kagome’s vegetable juice. Bubblegummy stuff, with plenty of dancing “vegetables”…
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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 and meat. NSFW, but not a bad song…
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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Music video of Ponytail to Shushu (ポニーテールとシュシュ, ponytail & scrunchy) by Japanese pop group AKB48. The MV was filmed in Guam, with plenty of bikinis, sunshine and beaches; plus a slightly NSFW prelude and a weird doggy…
Contrary to their conservative neighbours, it’s pretty common for mainstream Japanese idols to don in bikinis for MV/pictorials beside the fact that most of them are doing so at teen age. It’s almost a cultural thing, as you can hardly find a popular Japanese female star who has never shot a bikini video or photobook.
The single is doing well with over 500,000 copies sold in the first week after it was released (on May 26). It’s one of the year’s best selling singles to date.
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Japanese pop group AKB48′s latest single Sakura no Shiori (桜の栞) has topped the recent Oricon sales chart, with over 300,000 copies sold in its first week of release, a record best in seven years for Japanese female artists…
It’s a nice choir-like song, perfect for graduation season.
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Japanese music video for Oogoe Diamond (大声ダイヤモンド) by pop group AKB48. It’s the girls’ 10th single, and their first to hit the top three spot on Oricon…
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