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Japanese pop group AKB48 are featured in a special pullout in BLT Magazine [Jp] with a FIFA World Cup theme. The blue T & white pants are the iconic uniform for the Japanese national football team which is one of the four Asian reps in South Africa.
The featured AKB48 members are Atsuko Maeda, Aki Takajo, Mariko Shinoda, Haruna Kojima, Yuki Kashiwagi, Tomomi Kasai, Sae Miyazawa, Rie Kitahara, Minami Takahashi, Minami Minegishi and Tomomi Itano. Couldn’t find solo pics for the last two though.
Music video for Ponytail to Shushu (ポニーテールとシュシュ, lit. 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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Anime Expo, North America’s largest anime convention, has announced that Japanese pop group AKB48 will be official guests at the 2010 event.
The 2010 Anime Expo is scheduled for July 1–4 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. AKB48 will perform live in Nokia Theater on July 1 and will take part in attendee panels, meet-and-greets and autograph sessions. Details here.
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Japanese pop group AKB48 members – i.e. Atsuko Maeda, Jurina Matsui, Mayu Watanabe, Tomomi Itano and Haruna Kojima – in April 2010 issue of UTB [Jp].
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 which is perfect for graduation season. The group’s debut single, Sakura no Hanabiratachi, was also a graduation themed song.
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Snippet: River PV @ Asian music video collection (8)
Songs by Japanese girl group AKB48, Korean pop groups Tiara & Supernova, Korean singer Ivy, and Taiwanese artist Angela Chang.
River – New song by AKB48, the group’s first Oricon weekly chart topper…
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