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AKB48 – Sakura no Ki ni Narou music video

February 25, 2011 by Yein Jee

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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Filed Under: Otaku & Wota Tagged With: AKB48 Japan, Asian Music, Asian pop culture, Atsuko Maeda, East Asia, Haruna Kojima, Japan blog, Japanese Music, Japanese pop culture, Japanese showbiz, Jurina Matsui, Mariko Shinoda, Mayu Watanabe, Minami Minegishi, Minami Takahashi, Rena Matsui, Rie Kitahara, Rino Sashihara, Sae Miyazawa, Tomomi Itano, Tomomi Kasai, Yuki Kashiwagi, Yuko Oshima

AKB48, BLT Magazine, kimono dress

December 29, 2010 by Yein Jee

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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Filed Under: Otaku & Wota Tagged With: AKB48 Japan, Aki Takajo, Asian Fashion, Asian pop culture, Atsuko Maeda, BLT Magazine, East Asia, Haruna Kojima, Japanese fashion, Japanese Kimono, Japanese pop culture, Japanese Traditions, Japanese women, Magazine photos, Mariko Shinoda, Mayu Watanabe, Minami Minegishi, Minami Takahashi, Sae Miyazawa, Tomomi Itano, Tomomi Kasai, Yuki Kashiwagi, Yuko Oshima

AKB48 in Singapore

December 5, 2010 by Yein Jee

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 girl group AKB48 in Singapore

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Filed Under: Otaku & Wota Tagged With: Aika Ota, AKB48 Japan, Ami Maeda, Amina Sato, Asian pop culture, Ayaka Kikuchi, East Asia, Flash Magazine, Haruka Katayama, Haruka Nakagawa, Japan blog, Japanese pop culture, Kana Kobayashi, Magazine photos, Mariya Suzuki, Mayu Watanabe, Mika Komori, Misaki Iwasa, Misato Nonaka, Natsuki Sato, Republic of Singapore, Sae Miyazawa, Sayaka Akimoto, Southeast Asia, Tomomi Kasai

AKB48’s Beginner sold over a million copies

November 12, 2010 by Yein Jee

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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Filed Under: Otaku & Wota Tagged With: AKB48 Japan, Aki Takajo, Asian Music, Asian pop culture, Atsuko Maeda, East Asia, Haruna Kojima, Japan blog, Japanese Music, Japanese pop culture, Japanese showbiz, Jurina Matsui, Mariko Shinoda, Mayu Watanabe, Minami Minegishi, Minami Takahashi, Rena Matsui, Rie Kitahara, Rino Sashihara, Sae Miyazawa, Tomomi Itano, Tomomi Kasai, Yuki Kashiwagi, Yuko Oshima

AKB48 Japanese Bomb Magazine

October 16, 2010 by Yein Jee

Popular J-pop girl group AKB48 (12 out of the 48 members) in November issue of Japanese Bomb Magazine. Image via Afro_stud@Jphip…

AKB48 Atsuko Maeda Bomb magazine

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Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: AKB48 Japan, Asian pop culture, Asian women, Atsuko Maeda, Bomb Magazine, Haruna Kojima, Japan blog, Japanese fashion, Japanese pop culture, Japanese showbiz, Japanese women, Jurina Matsui, Magazine photos, Mariko Shinoda, Mayu Watanabe, Minami Takahashi, Rena Matsui, Sae Miyazawa, Tomomi Itano, Tomomi Kasai, Yuki Kashiwagi, Yuko Oshima

AKB 1/48 dating sim game

October 2, 2010 by Yein Jee

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.

AKB48 series – Previous: Yuki & Mayu photos – Next: AKB48 Bomb magazine

Filed Under: Otaku & Wota Tagged With: AKB48 Japan, Aki Takajo, Asian pop culture, Atsuko Maeda, Bandai Namco, East Asia, Haruna Kojima, Japan blog, Japanese pop culture, Japanese showbiz, Mariko Shinoda, Mayu Watanabe, Minami Takahashi, Rino Sashihara, Sae Miyazawa, Sayaka Akimoto, Tomomi Itano, Tomomi Kasai, Video games, Yuki Kashiwagi, Yuko Oshima

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