Up Up Girls, Kikkawa You, Super☆Girls, Cheeky Parade, Tokyo Girls’ Style, Dream5, 9nine, and more idol groups will perform at Idol Nation 2013.
The concert will be held on August 10 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
This live is part of a-nation Island festival which will take place on August 3-11.
On June 26, AKB48, SKE48, Dorothy Little Happy, i☆Ris, and Weather Girls have been added to the line-up.
On the last day of the event AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai ~Shiro Kuro Tsukeyoujanaika!~ (AKB48グループ臨時総会～白黒つけようじゃないか！～) held at Nippon Budokan, it was announced that AKB48 will hold a concert tour in the 5 major Domes of Japan title AKB48 2013 Manatsu no Dome Tour ~Madamada, Yara Nakyaikenai 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～) .
The concerts will take place in Fukuoka, Sapporo, Osaka, Nagoya, and Tokyo between July and August.
Moreover, some important team changes have been announced. Sashihara Rino has also been promoted to HKT48 Theater manager in addition to her activities as a member.
SKE48 announced their first team shuffle.
Matsui Rena and Nakanishi Yuka are the new leaders of Team KII and Team S. The latter also becomes the captain of SKE48.
The Kenkyuusei Ego Yuna, Niidoi Sayaka, Fujimoto Mitsuki, Futamura Haruka, Ichino Narumi, and Iwanaga Tsugumi have been promoted.
The announcement was made on the 1st day of SKE48 Haru Con 2013 ~Kawaranai Koto. Nakama na Koto~ (SKE48 春コン 2013「変わらないこと。仲間なこと」) on April 13 at Nippon Gashi Hall, Nagoya.
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AKB48 and sister groups will hold Omoideseru Kimitachi e (思い出せる君たちへ) on May 2-25.
During this periode, the event will take place everyday at Tokyo Dome City Hall.
AKB48, SKE48, NMB48, HKT48, and SDN48 will perform a selection of their live stages.
There will be 2 performances on the weekends.
SKE48 Yagami Kumi Graduation Photobook (SKE48 矢神久美 卒業写真集) will be released on April 26.
The photo shoot was done in Yakushima and Harajuku. The photobook includes pictures of Kuumin in various outfit. It comes with a reversible poster.
Yagami Kumi will graduate from SKE48 in April. She announced her sotsugyou in November. Kuumin is part of Team S. She joined the idol group in 2008 as a 1st generation member.
AKB48 Super Festival and 5th Senbatsu General Election 2013 will be held on June 8 at Nissan Stadium, Yokohama.
AKB48 Super Festival ~Nissan Stadium, Chicchie! Chicchakunaishi!!~ (AKB48スーパーフェスティバル ～ 日産スタジアム、小(ち)っちぇっ! 小(ち)っちゃくないし!! ～) will start at 15:00. All groups (AKB48, SKE48, NMB48, and HKT48) will perform at the concert.
Then, AKB48 32nd Single Senbatsu Sousenkyo will be held at 17:30. The voting period will run from May 21 to June 7. The single will be released in August. This time, former members who have been part of a group during more than 4 years, as Maeda Atsuko for example, will be able to stand for the election if they want.
SKE48 no Magical Radio 3 (SKE48のマジカル・ラジオ3) will be released on DVD on August 2.
The DVD box set contains the 12 episodes of season 3 of the variety show starring SKE48 members.
The limited edition includes an extra disc featuring making-of, live and backstage footage, interviews, unreleased footage, and episode 13 Uiro Fujin (ういろう夫人).
SKE48 no Magical Radio season 3 started airing on January 20. The show is broadcasted every week on Sunday night on NTV (Nippon Television).
AKB48 and SKE48 member Kitahara Rie will appear in the drama Kazoku Game (家族ゲーム).
Kazoku Game will start airing on April 17. The series will be broadcasted every Wednesday at 22:00 on Fuji TV.
The drama is based on the 1983 movie of the same title.
Kitahara Rie will play the role of a high school student who is the girlfriend of the eldest son of the main characters’ family.
AKB48 Team BS has been formed to promote NHK BS1 and NHK BS Premium TV channels.
The campaign will last from March 20 to May 31. The slogan is “Who do you support? I support BS!” (「あなたは誰推し？ 私はBS押し！」).
AKB48 Team BS members are :
The season 1 of the variety show SKE48 no Sekai Seifuku Joshi (SKE48の世界征服女子) hosted by SKE48 will be released on DVD on June 17.
The season 1 consists of 13 episodes.
The limited edition comes with a bonus disc featuring behind-the-scene footage, interview with 5th generation members, the TV program SKE48 no Idol x Idol (SKE48のアイドル×アイドル) broadcasted on December 6, 2010, and more. It also includes an original booklet, a questionnaire collection written by 5th generation members, and 6 trading cards randomly selected from 69 kinds.
The regular editions contain 4 or 5 episodes. They come with 2 trading cards.