Underage fans of overlarge idol groups rejoice - the long-standing ban on under-18s attending SDN48's theatre performances has been lifted at last, granting you access to the AKB girls' older, edgier counterparts in (almost) all their raunchy glory.
SDN, the brainchild of AKB48 producer Yasushi Akimoto, was conceived as an "adult idol" group, differentiated from AKB through sexier attire and their focus as a "Saturday Night"-style act (hence the name) aimed at a more mature audience. Having made their major label debut on Universal Music in November of last year with the single ...
AKB48's ever-lovely Atsuko Maeda is set to make a welcome return to our screens this July, playing the crossdressing lead character in a brand-new adaptation of Nakajo Hisaya's popular manga series Hanazakari no Kimitachi e.
Originally adapted as a TV series back in 2007, "Hana Kimi" is the story of Mizuki Ashiya, a Japanese high-schooler living in the USA, who, having fallen in love with troubled young sports' star Izumi Sano after seeing him on TV, moves to Japan and enrolls in his boys-only high school in order to get close to him. Fuji TV has announced that this will be a brand-new ...
Appearing to promote the new AKB48 offshoot band Not Yet, Yuko Oshima sat down with the super plastic Kano Sisters, Kyoko and Mika. Livedoor reports that Oshima had actually been wanting to meet the sisters for a long time and got her chance during a very intimate interview section on the music show Hey! Hey! Hey!.
Not one to mince her words, Oshima dove right in saying she had been a big fan of the sisters and had a few requests very reasonable requests.
"I want to put my hand in your cleavage!"
"I want you to put my face in your cleavage!"
"Kiss me!"
The truth is that our adorable ...
Creator and marketing mad scientist behind AKB48, Akimoto Yasushi, was quoted as saying, "The least popular members are holding us back and we need to get rid of them." due to the less than stellar turn out for Oku Manami's graduation announcement event.
Of course you know Atsuko Maeda, Tomomi Itano and Yuko Ohshima. He's not talking about them. He's talking about the huge chorus of unknowns behind them who do little more than create a cheerleader effect that gets so many otaku hearts fluttering.
Upon hearing this news, quite a few of the "unpopular members" as they are referred ...
Which of these barely legal Japanese Idols would you pick to bark for you?
That's the theme for the new Wonda coffee campaign staring our favorite future porn stars. The rules are simple. When you buy a Wonda coffee, remove the campaign sticker and go to the website and "place your bets" on a roulette wheel full of, you guessed it, the AKB48 girls. If you choose the correct girl, she will say "wan wan!" (woof woof) and you win a dog strap for your cellphone (lame) and a limited edition AKB Wonda coffee with a picture of one of the members on the can.
The winning girl changes ...
As Tomomi Itano, of AKB48 fame, embarks on her solo career, she took some time to promote her new single with a live performance.
After performing a few songs, Tomomi took a break to reveal a special prize. Seeing as the event took place just before Valentine's day, she would give one lucky fan a batch of her very own hand made chocolates. Let's back up just a second. In Japan, couples and lovers don't exchange gifts on Valentine's Day. Ladies give the man of their choice some sweets, usually chocolate. Guys reciprocate with sweets of their own, but not until White Day (March ...
Nostalgia is a powerful tool and Yahoo reports that super popular idol group Morning Musume is calling back all of our favorite graduates to form a Dream Team to battle the young whipper snappers from groups like AKB48.
Dream Morning Musume's roster includes Nakazawa Yuko, Iida Kaori, Abe Natsumi, Yasuda Kei, Yaguchi Mari, Ishikawa Rika, Yoshizawa Hitomi, Ogawa Makoto, Fujimoto Miki and Kusumi Koharu. Tsuji Nozomi, another former member, was slated to join but after the birth of her second child she's taking some child care leave. While the currently active Morning Musume has an ...
Many of you avid AKB48 fans out there may already know, but the domain name for the uber-popular idol group AKB48 is up for grabs and seems to be selling for ¥10 million ($100,000 USD)!
Zakzak has reported that the licensing for the site will be up for grabs and someone made sure they swooped in and will take their place as soon as the last tenants let their lease lapse. The current owners of the site incidentally are rival idol creating factory Hello Project. Try typing in AKB48.com in. You'll see that it takes you to the homepage of the managing group that brought us the Morning ...
In a recent article in the Japanese Weekly Magazine Extra, Riko Yamaguchi was named the number 1 JAV idol to watch in 2011.
After her departure from hit J-Pop group AKB48, she soon appeared on DVD boxes and computer screens all around Japan (and the world) getting bent over in her signature AKB48 school girl outfit. Her management company tried to sue her, the former AKB48 squad tried to disavow any knowledge of her, and all of us filled our garbage cans with soggy tissues asking what took her so long and who would be next.
Other tops in Extra's 2010 review included Rio for sex ...
AKB48 members Oshima Yuko, Maeda Atsuko, Kashiwagi Yuki, Itano Tomomi, Kojima Haruna, and Watanabe Mayu recently appeared on the cover of Young Jump flaunting their young supple swimsuited bodies in the middle of Winter.
During the photo shoot, Yuko Oshima relayed to J Cast.com that even though it's the middle of winter she wasn't against wearing the swimsuit, rather she was quite happy to wear it. The reason she gave was health.
"Everyone should take a picture in a swimsuit once a month in order to make sure they are taking good care of their bodies," elated Oshima, "that will ...
