Hello and welcome to things-you-never-thought-you’d-see-and-never-knew-you-needed-but-here-it-is-anyway-in-the-year-of-our-lord-2024 news, because Bruno Mars covered AKB48‘s “Heavy Rotation” at his concert in Japan today. AKBを歌うブルーノマーズさん #BrunoMars pic.twitter.com/7xDQbE1xtL— ままま (@Gkjimin_Lov) January 11, 2024 AKBは再来週じゃなかったっけ#ブルーノマーズ #AKB48 pic.twitter.com/VqHFXt4qLn— ゴンブリッチ …
Read More »OUT OF 48 is the latest survival show to contribute to the group naming atrocities with UNLAME
If you were unaware, AKB48 had been participating in a survival show called OUT OF 48, and their seven-member debut lineup was recently announced. They are Kuranoo Narumi, Sakagawa Hiyuka, …
Read More »AKB48 announce they’re scrapping the team structure in place since 2005, set to simplify things
Moments ago at the 2023 Spring Concert, AKB48 have announced that they are scrapping the team structure that everybody has become familiar with, and that they have been using since …
Read More »Former IZ*ONE members Yabuki Nako & Honda Hitomi reportedly to compete on ‘Queendom Puzzle’ + JooE (ex-MOMOLAND), Kei (ex-LOVELYZ), LABOUM’s Haein as well
Former IZ*ONE members Yabuki Nako (HKT48) and Honda Hitomi (AKB48) are the first reported artists to be participating on Mnet’s upcoming show Queendom Puzzle. Mnet themselves have been coy about …
Read More »Ex-AKB48 member Nishino Miki (23) to marry comedian Yamamoto Keiichi (54), who was accused of raping a minor in 2006
In oh-boy-oh-no-good-luck news, former AKB48 member Nishino Miki (23) is getting married to Yamamoto Keiichi (54), and it was announced through the Gokuraku Tombo member’s YouTube channel. Some thought this …
Read More »‘PD48’ alumni Chiba Erii named center for AKB48 single “Hisashiburi No Lip Gloss”
A bit of an update on Produce 48 alum Chiba Erii, who was recently named the center for AKB48‘s 60th single “Hisashiburi No Lip Gloss“. “Being able to stand in …
Read More »Many Japanese artists (Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Tadanobu Asano, Shirota Yu) protest against government policy proposal
In what can only be described as surprising given that many celebrities in Japan don’t usually involve themselves in politics, a whole bunch of them have recently tweeted out their …
Read More »Recap of netizen fabricating right-wing scandals against Japanese ‘PD48’ contestants + apology (sorta)
It always seemed likely that drama would emerge from ‘Produce 48‘, what with Japan and Korea in collaboration and all. Of course, it wouldn’t be the contestants as much as …
Read More »AKB48 announce DEL48 & MUB48 sister groups based in India
It was reported late in 2017 that AKB48 would be expanding the brand to India in the form of Mumbai48 (MUM48) in 2018. Well that didn’t turn out to be …
Read More »Perfume react to Teens React episode on J-pop featuring them, EXILE, AKB48
Perfume are the latest celebrities to appear in the React series done by the Fine Brothers. In the video, they react to a over four-year-old Teens React video, where they’re …
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