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AKB48-YJ7, a sub-unit of Japanese girl group AKB48, is featured in recent issue of Weekly Young Jump [Jp]. The unit consists of seven of the group’s 48 members, i.e. Minami Minegishi, Rie Kitahara, Miori Ichikawa, Suzuran Yamauchi, Yui Yokoyama, Amina Sato and Aika Ota.
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…
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 pop group AKB48 have launched their official Youtube channel. Most of their major singles since 2008 (after switching to King Records) have been uploaded, and the company will continue to update the channel contents.
Sharing one of their previous songs, Iiwake Maybe (言い訳Maybe)…
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Japanese pop group AKB48 are featured in a commercial for Mezamasi Gohan (めざましごはん, rice alert), a campaign by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF) to encourage the intake of rice-based Japanese breakfast…
The nine (out of a total 48) AKB48 members who featured in this CF are Reina Fujie, Haruka Ishida, Misaki Iwasa, Mika Komori, Atsuko Maeda, Ami Maeda, Moeno Nito, Amina Sato and Sumire Sato. A mini-poster is also released by MAFF…
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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