[GENERAL] The AKB48 Thread

Looks like they are about to announce the members (Dream Team Kouhaku). A Total of 460,000+ Votes were cast for this.

HKT48 (11)
Sashihara Rino, Kodama Haruka, Tashima Meru, Tanaka Miku, Tomonaga Mio, Matsuoka Natsumi, Matsuoka Hana, Miyawaki Sakura, Motomura Aoi, Moriyasu Madoka, Yabuki Nako

NMB48 (11)
Ichikawa Miori, Ota Yuuri, Kinoshita Momoka, Shibuya Nagisa, Jonishi Kei, Shiroma Miru, Sutou Ririka, Yagura Fuuko, Yabushita Shu, Yamamoto Sayaka, Yoshida Akari

NGT48 (3)
Kitahara Rie, Kato Minami, Nakai Rika

SKE48 (6)
Oba Mina, Suda Akari, Takayanagi Akane, Furuhata Nao, Matsui Jurina, Matsumura Kaori

AKB48 (17)
Iriyama Anna, Oya Shizuka, Owada Nana, Okada Nana, Kashiwagi Yuki, Rena Kato, Kawamoto Saya, Kizaki Yuria, Kojima Haruna, Kojima Mako, Shimazaki Haruka, Minami Minegishi, Mukaichi Mion, Muto Tomu, Murayama Yuiri, Yokoyama Yui, Watanabe Mayu

 

Damn News Break to build the suspense....and the first news item is a family suicide case in Nagoya.....

 

It won't change that much from the preliminary results. Most people had voted already by then.

 

Remaining 26 members that made it to the line up:
NGT:
Kato Minami
Kitahara Rie
Nakai Rika
SKE:
Oba Mina
Suda Akari
Takayanagi Akane
Furuhata Nao
Matsui Jurina
Matsumura Kaori
AKB:
Iriyama Anna
Oya Shizuka
Owada Nana
Okada Nana
Kashiwagi Yuki
Kato Rena
Kawamoto Saya
Kizaki Yuria
Kojima Haruna
Kojima Mako
Shimazaki Haruka
Minegishi Minami
Mukaichi Mion
Muto Tomu
Murayama Yuiri
Yokoyama Yui
Watanabe Mayu

Replacing NakoMiku:
Kitagawa Ryoha
Souda Sarina

 

Uhm anyone mind telling me what this Kouhaku Dream Team is about? Looked for a thread but couldn't find any.

 

It's just the selected members that will perform at the NHK Kouhaku

 

No Ryoha

I wonder if SKE will finally stop pushing her. With the amount they've invested into her she should be more popular than she is. I think they bet it all on the wrong horse.

A bit surprised Katomina made it in, maybe her push is paying off. I was under the impression she was getting less popular and being overtaken by others...but she has enough juice left to get Kouhaku.

I'm most excited about Yuiri and Naachan. Glad they both made it in. I wish Yuiri would enter SSK, I would love to see how she ranks.

[edit] damn, spoke too soon...

 

That day we find out that Shiichan is more popular than Juri and Komi.

And what other SKE new gen ranked?

 

No Takahashi juri

 

Nope Uha and Souda Sarina is replacing NakoMiku

 

Huh, they should take the next 2 highest ranking HKT members instead, now it makes it look less good for HKT and less disastrous for SKE.

 

But I am glad for Shii-chan though. Glad to see the old-timers still packing a punch!

 

Instead of UhaSarina they should have put KomiJuri in NakoMiku's place since they actually ranked in prelims... ugh

 

Juri ah... she didn't make it so sad.

 

Rikachan, Katomina, Sayaya and Shiichan made it! Happy for them!

 

Don't be silly, the next highest placed HKT members would not be 99 or 147, that's just ludicrous.

The u-16 rule was not announced at the start of the competition, it obviously impacts HKT more given that NakoMiku were pretty much shoe-ins.

 

Maybe Kojiharu vote actually made an impact on her vote... but there is no doubt she is more popular than juri if she is selected..