Yuki Kashiwagi

AKB48 – Sakura no Ki ni Narou music video

February 25, 2011 1 Comment

Japanese pop group AKB48 has released their 20th single, Sakura no Ki ni Narō (桜の木になろう, lit. becoming a cherry tree), on February 16. Its first day sales of 655,344 copies is a new Oricon chart record, and the single sold over 900,000 copies on its debut week. Check out the music video and album jackets…

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AKB48, BLT magazine, kimono dress

December 29, 2010 3 Comments

Japanese pop group AKB48 are featured on B.L.T [Jp] magazine in traditional kimono…

AKB48 members in kimono on BLT magazine

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AKB48′s Beginner sold over a million copies

November 12, 2010 5 Comments

Japanese pop group AKB48′s latest single, Beginner, has sold over a million copies since its release in late October – a feat which was last achieved in Japan by tenor Akikawa Masafumi’s Sen no Kaze ni Natte in 2007.

AKB48 Beginner Japanese single album

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AKB48 on Bomb magazine

October 16, 2010 6 Comments

Popular Japanese girl group AKB48 on November issue of Bomb magazine…

AKB48 Atsuko Maeda Bomb magazine

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AKB 1/48 dating sim game

October 2, 2010 3 Comments

Japanese game maker Namco Bandai is set to release AKB 1/48, a PSP dating sim which features members of popular girl group AKB48 as the main characters…

Check out this wiki entry about dating sim if you are not familiar with the genre. The game is said to have more than 10,000 images and 80 minutes of video footages of the AKB48 members. Bet it’s going to sell pretty well.

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AKB48 Yuki & Mayu – Namida Surprise photos

September 18, 2010 1 Comment

Photos of Japanese idols Yuki Kashiwagi and Mayu Watanabe, members of popular girl group AKB48, in high school uniforms. The pics are not new, presumably taken during the release of Namida Surprise in 2009. Two cuties…

AKB48 Yuki Kashiwagi and Mayu Watanabe

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