Popular J-pop girl group AKB48 (12 out of the 48 members) in November issue of Japanese Bomb Magazine. Image via Afro_stud@Jphip…
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AKB 1/48 dating sim game
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 launches official Youtube channel
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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AKB48 – Heavy Rotation music video
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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AKB48 – Go! Fight! Japan!
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.
AKB48 cosplay as Chun Li for movie event
Members of Japanese pop group AKB48 – i.e. Minami Takahashi, Minami Minegishi, Amina Sato, Yukari Sato, Natsuki Sato, Tomomi Kasai, Sayaka Akimoto, Ayaka Umeda, Megumi Ohori and Natsumi Matsuraba – dressed in cosplay costumes to promote Hollywood movie The Legend of Chun Li on February 27. Image by Natalie [Jp].
