Major Changes to The 48`s

At the opening day of the AKB48 Tokyo Dome concert series a major shuffle was announced effecting every group in the 48 family .These changes included members moving to China and Indonesia ,Lovetan to HKT48 ,Milky and more on the move .The members moving overseas asked to move ,Lovetan reportedly asked to move to HKT48 to be with Sasshi.


The amount of transfers is too great to cover one by one ,so here is some briefs and the full list.

Takahashi Minami has been made leader of all the AKB groups , her official title is General Manager of AKB48 groups. She is still performing ,it`s just like being named leader of Hello!Project that Aichan held when she was leader of Morning Musume.
Shinoda Mariko is leader of Team A , Oshima Yuko is leader of Team K and Umeda Ayaka is leader of Team B. Team 4 has ended .

Miyazawa Sae and Suzuki Mariya are going to China to be with SNH48 .Takajo Aki and Nakagawa Haruka are going to Indonesia to be with JKT48 to help JKT48 members get better.

Lovetan as mentioned is going to HKT48 ,Milky of NMB48 is joining AKB48 Team B

Captain moves
Takahashi Minami:　Team A captain to AKB48 Groups’ General Manager

Shinoda Mariko: Team A to Team A Captain（replaces: Takahashi Minami）
Oshima Yuko: Team K to Team K Captain（replaces Akimoto Sayaka）
Umeda Ayaka: Team K to Team B Captain（replaces: Kashiwagi Yuki）

Member Moves

Yokoyama Yui: Team K to MNB48/AKB A
Kitahara Rie: Team B to SKE48 / AKB K
Ishida Anna: SKE48 to SKE48 / AKB B
Ota Aika: AKB48 to HKT48
Miyazawa Sae:　 AKB48 to SNH48
Suzuki Mariya: AKB48 to SNH48
Takajo Aki:　 AKB48 to JKT48
Nakagawa Haruka: AKB48 to JKT48
Iwata Karen: Team 4 to Team A
Abe Maria: Team 4 to Team K
Watanabe Mayu: Team B to Team A
Kojima Haruna: Team A to Team B
Mutou Tomu: Kenkyuusei to Team K
Oba Mina: Team 4 to Team B
Akimoto Sayaka: Team K to Team K
Nakamata Shiori: Team 4 to Team A
Ichikawa Miori: Team 4 to Team B
Kasai Tomomi: Team B to Team A
Kato Rena: Team 4 to Team B
Matsui Jurina: SKE48 S to SKE / AKB K
Nakamura Mariko: Team 4 to Team B
Nakata Chisato: Team A to Team K
Nito Moeno: Team K to Team A
Oya Shizuka: Team A to Team B
Maeda Ami: Team A to Team K
Tano Yuuka: Team 4 to Team A
Itano Tomomi: Team K to Team K
Iwasa Misaki: Team A to Team B
Kobayashi Mirina: Team A to Team A
Sato Amina: Team B to Team K
Shimazaki Haruka: Team 4 to Team B
Sato Sumire: Team B to Team A
Ishida Haruka: Team B to Team B
Matsui Sakiko: Team K to Team A
Kuramochi Asuka: Team A to Team K
Katayama Haruka: Team A to Team B
Kotani Riho: NMB48 to NMB48/AKB A
Nakaya Sayaka: Team A to Team K
Yamauchi Suzuran: Team 4 to Team B
Morikawa Ayaka: Team A to Team A
Uchida Mayumi: Team K to Team K
Fujie Reina: Team K to Team B
Kawaei Rina: Team 4 to Team K
Izuta Rina: Team A to Team A
Mitsumune Kaoru: Kenkyuusei to Team K
Natori Wakana: Team B to Team B
Tanabe Miku: Team K to Team B
Sato Natsuki: Team B to Team A
Iriyama Anna: Team 4 to Team A
Chikano Rina: Team B to Team K
Kashiwagi Yuki: Team B to Team B
Nagao Mariya: Team 4 to Team K
Takeuchi Miyu: Team 4 to Team B
Kikuchi Ayaka: Team K to Team A
Suzuki Shihori: Team B to Team K
Oshima Ryoka: Kenkyuusei to Team A
Fujita Nana: Team K to Team K
Kobayashi Kana: Team B to Team K
Minegishi Minami: Team K to Team B
Kojima Natsuki: Team B to Team B
Nakatsuka Tomomi: Team K to Team A
Shimada Haruka: Team 4 to Team K
Watanabe Miyuki: NMB48 to NMB48/AKB B
Masuda Yuka: Team B to Team K
Takahashi Juri: Team 4 to Team A
Nonaka Misato: Team K to Team B
Miyazaki Miho: Team B to Team K
Matsubara Natsumi: Team A to Team K

Sugamoto Yuko to Enter Cooking School

Four of the five leaving members have started talking about why they are leaving and the newspaper rumors ,to which was the only thing up to this point any one had to go on.

All Yuko did was exchange e-mail with a fan and responded to comment a fan made ,all other rumors are not true and she is stressing that major media stop saying that she had sleepovers with boys, underage drinking and smoking and other rumors about her and the other leaving members.

However exchanging mail with fans breaks idol rules as you are showing favoritism to one fan and creating jealousy among other fans , making you have marketing issues. She was given the option to stay and decided not to.

She has resigned for lacking self-awareness that an idol needs and to chase a dream in her heart.

As to her future Sugamoto Yuko is going to enter cooking school after the end of her High School year and has set up a new twitter so fans can support her on her new journey.

Her new Twitter is https://twitter.com/yukos_cook and she already has 30,000 followers.

I hope that Yuko and the other former members of HKT48 ,can find the happiness they are searching for and may not have found as idols.

HKT48 Meltdown

Just a short time ago HKT48 the young sister group to AKB48 had a meltdown with five members leaving the group to a wide range of rumors ,talk of betrayal .


Five members of HKT48 quit [4 maybe fired], their profiles removed and their accounts in the process of being deleted.
Eto

Komori

Sugamoto

Taniguchi

Nakanishi

The members are Eto Sayaka, Komori Yui, Sugamoto Yuko, Taniguchi Airi and Nakanishi Ayaka.
The official reason is personal reasons and with that the speculation begins. There are a number of boyfriend and other more damaging conduct rumors floating around and Komori had a quickly deleted post about feeling betrayed by a member she went to for advice possibly in relation to what Eto, Sugamoto, Taniguchi and Nakanishi were doing . She seems to have quit after feeling hurt beyond forgiveness.

As the ages range from 13 to 18 management is not required by law to release information regarding this situation, so the official reason of personal reasons is all they are required to comment on.

On a personal note I really dislike reporting about idol careers ending in scandals, I always feel a mix of sadness and disappointment at careers ending in poor judgment

HKT48 On TV

The newest 48 sister unit on television this past December.
HKT48 are just the cutest new members of the 48`s


使える!おしゃTV 「HKT48がやってきた!」 #23 2011... by dailyers



使える!おしゃTV 「HKT48の自己紹介を拝見!!」 #24... by dailyers

http://www.hkt48.jp/profile.html

I can`t promise I will have time to post their TV events every week, but I will do what I can.
We may open a message board and that setting will allow members to help each other out.

All the 48 Groups Partners With Google

All the 48 Groups Partners With Google

AKB48 and their sister units are launching a new global partnership with Google and their Google+ program. By using Google+ the members of AKB48 and their sister units will be able to interact with overseas fans in a way that no other idol group has attempted before.

This new project will see the  members of the 48 family of groups joining Google+ for a new outreach to their foreign fans .All members aged 18 and over will be using Google+ while the members under 18 will be using a program called “AKB48 Heyakko” . By joining this partnership with Google the groups will now reach out to fans in the following languages English, Chinese, Thai, Indonesian,  Korean and more.

This project will also see AKB48 live streaming concerts and hangout chats.

The members seem to be pretty active so far with a number of events and postings already taken place .
As far as how much activity fans will have with the groups ,Google released the following information.
AKB48 will be using Hangouts on Air to broadcast their concerts. They'll be regularly scheduled Hangouts to interact with their fans. Each of the members will have their own profile, and  will have a +Page.

Examples of how the girls are using the service here is Yukirin`s account
https://plus.google.com/109547251260290757268/posts

Under 18 aged members
https://plus.google.com/u/0/106758056094193397775/posts

Member accounts
http://www.google.com/intl/ja/+/project48/

LOL almost forgot the press conference

HKT48 Debut

HKT48 Debut

The Fukuoka branch of the 48 sisterhood made their debut at AKB48`s live handshake event  at the Seibu Dome yesterday. 15,000 fans greeted the new idols.

21 members passed their audition and  the group is youngest of all the 48 groups with a group average age of 13.8 yrs. The oldest member being 17 year old Sugamoto Yuko and the youngest being 11 year old Tanaka Natsumi .


Looking at the group photo starting back row left to right the members are in this order
Abe Kyoka, Eto Sayaka, Nakanishi Sayaka, Imada Mina, Shimono Yuki, Kumazawa Serina, Ueki Nao, Nakanishi Chiyori, Moriyasu Madoka, Anai Chihiro, Sugamoto Yuko.

Moving to the front row again left to right
Tanaka Natsumi, Fukagawa Maiko, Komori Yui, Taniguchi Airi, Wakatabe Haruka, Motomura Aoi, Murashige Anna, Miyawaki Sakura, Matsuoka Natsumi, Kodama Haruka.

HP
http://www.hkt48.jp/index.html

Akimoto Expands Franchise to Fukuoka With HKT48

Akimoto Expands Franchise to Fukuoka With HKT48

The mastermind of the 48`s franchise and idol legends Onyanko Club Akimoto Yasushi is continuing his long planned  nationwide franchise campaign  by adding a new unit to Hakata Fukuoka .The new unit  is called “HKT48” (“HAKATA48”) . Auditions for this new unit started May 1.  

The group already has a web site, so you can get ready to follow the newest idols in the 48 franchise. With Akimoto`s desires expressed long before AKB48 visited Los Angeles to expand his brand into the six major cities in Japan  and possibly into Major International cities , adding Fukuoka  to the list , makes his dream one step closer to reality.

HKT48 Web Site
http://www.hkt48.jp/index.html