Tag Archive: HKT48
HKT48 – Creation of Team KIV and Team Shuffle
HKT48 announced the creation of Team KIV and their first Team Shuffle.
17 Kenkyuusei have been promoted as “new class” to HKT48 Team H and Team KIV. Some current members have also been transferred. The new captains are respectively Anai Chihiro and Ota Aika.
Check out the new line-up and some photos of the live performance of the idol group from Fukuoka.
HKT48 Team H Hakata Legend
Sugamoto Yuko (ex HKT48) to host Yukos Café TV
Former HKT48 member Sugamoto Yuko (菅本裕子) will host the show Yukos Café TV (ゆうこすカフェTV).
Yukos Café TV will be broadcast every Tuesday on Sora TV. Each episode lasts 15 minutes. The program will start airing in January.
In this show, Sugamoto Yuko gives cooking lessons. She is assisted by Nakamura Yukari (中村裕香里) and Tsuchiyama Akane (土山茜).
Oricon Yearly Charts 2013
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.
3rd AKB48 Kouhaku Taikou Uta Gassen 2013
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.
Sashihara Rino 1st 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).
AKB48 Group Draft Kaigi
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.
AKB48 – Suzukake no Ki no Michi de “Kimi no Hohoemi wo Yume ni Miru” to Itteshimattara Bokutachi no Kankei wa Dou Kawatteshimau no ka, Bokunari ni Nannichi ka Kangaeta Ue de no Yaya Kihazukashii Ketsuron no You na Mono
AKB48’s 34th single Suzukake no Ki no Michi de “Kimi no Hohoemi wo Yume ni Miru” to Itteshimattara Bokutachi no Kankei wa Dou Kawatteshimau no ka, Bokunari ni Nannichi ka Kangaeta Ue de no Yaya Kihazukashii Ketsuron no You na Mono (鈴懸の木の道で「君の微笑みを夢に見る」と言ってしまったら僕たちの関係はどう変わってしまうのか、僕なりに何日か考えた上でのやや気恥ずかしい結論のようなもの) will be released on December 11.
The 16 senbatsu members were selected at the AKB48 Janken Tournament 2013 (AKB48 34thシングル選抜じゃんけん大会) held on September 18 at Nippon Budokan. The center is SKE48’s Matsui Jurina.
The list of the members selected for the coupling track Mosh & Dive has also been revealed.
AKB48 2013 Manatsu no Dome Tour
AKB48 2013 Manatsu no Dome Tour ~Madamada, Yaranakya Ikenai Koto ga Aru~ (AKB48・2013真夏のドームツアー ～まだまだ、やらなきゃいけないことがある～) will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on December 18.
The Special Box contains 10 discs featuring 3 concerts and bonus footage including the graduation ceremonies of Shinoda Mariko, Akimoto Sayaka and Itano Tomomi. It comes with a 132-page booklet and 5 photos.
The Single Selection includes 2 discs with the live performances of the songs from AKB48’s singles. It contains a photo randomly selected.
AKB48, SKE48, NMB48, and HKT48 participated in the live event.