Earlier today, AKB48 held its 8th Senbatsu Election at HARD OFF ECO Stadium Niigata in Niigata City. Rino Sashihara of HKT48’s Team H won with 243,011 votes. She retained the top spot from last year and bested her vote total from last year, 194,049 votes.
See the full results below!
This year’s edition of Fuji TV’s annual midyear music show, FNS Uta no Natsu Matsuri, will air on July 18. The show will run from 11:45 AM to 11:24 PM. It will be hosted by the hosts of Fuji TV’s Friday night music show, Love music, Chisato Moritaka and Watabe Ken.
The show will include special segments such as “Summer Song Collaboration Medley”, “100 Best Summer Song Countdown”, “Idol Poolside Party”, “Summer Song Cover Medley”, and “Tetsuya Komuro Super Collaboration Medley.”
The first set of acts performing on the show has been announced, and it includes the likes of Perfume, Kato Miliyah, and Sandaime J Soul Brothers. See who else is performing below!
Team A’s Haruna Kojima will be graduating from AKB48. On June 18th, at the HARD OFF ECO Stadium in Niigata, the announcement was made during AKB48’s 45th single general selection. Her exact graduation date has yet to be decided.
This week’s guest was AKB48.
AKB48 – Namida Surprise! / Iiwake Maybe / Ponytail to Chouchou / Heavy Rotation / Everyday, Katyusha / Flying Get / Manatsu no Sounds good! / Gingham Check / Sayonara Crawl / Koisuru Fortune Cookie / Labrador Retriever / Kokoro no Placard / Bokutachi wa Tatakawanai / Halloween Night / Tsubasa wa Iranai
Latest movie by director Nobuhiro Yamashita “Over Fence” is heading to cinemas in September ’16 and it’s going to be a bitter-sweet love story set in Hakodate city, with Joe Odagiri, Yu Aoi and Shota Matsuda. The story is based on a novel by Yasushi Sato (his last installment in the “Hakodate trilogy”), author of “Soko nomi nite hikari kagayaku“, which was also successfully adapted to big screen.
This week’s guests were Kobukuro, Sandaime J Soul Brothers, Mrs. GREEN APPLE, and Houkago Princess.
Kobukuro – Mirai
Sandaime J Soul Brothers – MUGEN ROAD
Mrs. GREEN APPLE – Samama Festival!
Houkago Princess – Seishun Mermaid
The performers on this week’s show were E-girls, Rekishi, and Funky Kato. Takanashi Sara was the talk guest.
E-girls – Dance Dance Dance
Rekishi – Saigo no Shogun
Funky Kato – Brother
