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 ...

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 ...

A series of mouse pads made to feel like you are moving your mouse between the generous busts of idol group AKB48's members has been causing shockwaves through the otaku and idol-loving community. The mouse pads made their first appearances recently at game centers in claw game arcades. The makers have stopped short at producing all 48 girls, instead just going for the four most popular: Yuko Oshima, Atsuko Maeda, Mariko Shinoda, and Tomomi Itano. We think, looking at pics, that there has been some artistic license taken with the young lasses' busts, though! Yuko Oshima seems to be ...