Kasai Tomomi’s new single Kietaikurai (キエタイクライ) will be released on January 15.
This is the 3rd solo single from the former AKB48 member Kasai Tomomi.
The limited editions include a DVD with the music video, the making-of, a documentary and other bonus footage.
The short version of the MV has been released.
Oricon yearly charts 2013 have been released.
As for the previous years, AKB48 are the best selling singles artists. Sayonara Crawl topped the Oricon yearly singles chart with 1,955,162 copies sold.
Their sister groups SKE48 and NMB48 reached the top 10. Nogizaka46, HKT48, Morning Musume, Not Yet, Kashiwagi Yuki, Takahashi Minami, Momoiro Clover Z, Super☆Girls, Watanabe Mayu, Maeda Atsuko, and no3b (No Sleeves) are the other idols in the top 100.
The teams for the 3rd AKB48 Kouhaku Taikou Uta Gassen 2013 (第３回 ＡＫＢ４８紅白対抗歌合戦) have been announced.
Watanabe Mayu will be the captain of the Red Team, and Yokoyama Yui the captain of the White Team.
134 members from AKB48, SKE48, NMB48 and HKT48 will participate in this annual singing battle.
The 3rd AKB48 Kouhaku Taikou Uta Gassen 2013 will be held on December 17 at Tokyo Dome City Hall.
Iwasa Misaki’s new single Tomo no Ura Bojou (鞆の浦慕情) will be released on January 8.
This is the 3rd solo single of Iwasa Misaki. She is a member of AKB48 Team B and a enka singer.
The coupling track is the enka version of AKB48’s hit song Koi Suru Fortune Cookie (恋するフォーチュンクッキー).
AKB48, SKE48, NMB48, Momoiro Clover Z and E-Girls will participate in the 64th Kouhaku Uta Gassen 2013 (第６4回ＮＨＫ紅白歌合戦) on December 31.
NHK announced the full line up for the 2013 edition of the event. There will be a total of 51 artists. AKB48, SKE48, NMB48, Momoiro Clover Z and E-Girls will be part of the red team.
Watarirouka Hashiritai Best Album (ベストアルバム) will be released on December 25.
This greatest hits album includes all singles of the AKB48 sub-unit and solo songs performed by Watanabe Mayu, Oota Aika…
2 editions with different tracklists are available.
The complete edition comes with 3CDs, 2 DVDs featuring the music videos and bonus footage, and a 52-page photobook.
Sashihara Rino 1st Photobook (指原莉乃ファースト写真集) will be released on December 25.
The photos were taken in Okinawa. This photobook includes sexy pictures of Sashihara Rino in swimsuit. The member of HKT48 faces some challenges such as paddle surfing, etc.
The book has 152 pages. It is published by Kobunsha (光文社).
Kojima Haruna 1st photobook Kojiharu (小嶋陽菜1stフォトブック こじはる) will be released on December 24.
The photobook includes various gravure pictures, a long interview of the popular member of AKB48 Kojima Haruna, and more.
Kojiharu has 144 pages. The book is published by Kodansha (講談社Mook).
All 48 groups held the 1st AKB48 Group Draft Kaigi (AKB48グループドラフト会議) on November 10 at Grand Prince Hotel Shin-Takanawa.
The 29 finalists performed River and Aitakatta. 20 candidates have been drafted by the team captains to join AKB48, SKE48, NMB48, and HKT48.
The rookies are going to enter into negotiations with their new teams before officially joining them in December.
Watarirouka Hashiritai 7 is going to disband on December 25.
The idol group will release a best-of album on Christmas. It is currently untitled.
Watarirouka Hashiritai 7 is a sub-unit of AKB48 formed in 2008. It consists of 6 members including Watanabe Mayu.