All of AKB's goods have that cheese theme going on, except the calendars and that last item. What is up with that? Like, most of 2020 will be the year the Rat, is that the reason? Nope. Well, I'm getting closer to that second one with each passing day. But I'm more of a 3D than a DD
Happy Birthday to AKB48!!! Looks like Miion has already added the 14th stripe at the Theater: (Source: https://twitter.com/AKB48_staff/status/1203590449488752641)
AKB48 14th Anniversary Performance Setlist Spoiler Kage-ana : Mukaichi Mion M00 : Overture M01 : Chikai no ni Hanareteru (Team A) M02 : Matenrou no Kyori (Team A) M03 : RESET (Team K) M04 : ALIVE (Team K) M05 : Shonichi (Team B) M06 : Bokutachi no Kamihikouki (Team B) M07 : Kangaeru Hito (Team 4) M08 : Seijun Philosophy (Team 4) MC1 : Mukaichi Mion, Okabe Rin, Komiyama Haruka, Iwatate Saho, Murayama Yuiri M09 : Aisatsu kara Hajimeyou (Team 8's new members) M10 : Sukida Sukida Sukida (Team 8' Senbatsu) M11 : 47 no Suteki na Machi e (Team 8) MC2 : Gyoten Yurina, Okabe Rin, Kuranoo Narumi, Oguri Yui, Sakaguchi Nagisa, Oda Erina, Yoshikawa Nanase, Shimizu Maria M12 : Hatsukoi wa Minoranai (Taguchi Manaka, Suzuki Kurumi, Maeda Ayaka, Hasegawa Momoka, Hattori Yuna, Kawahara Misaki, Fujizono Rei) M13 : Haru no Hikari Chikadzuita Natsu (Chiba Erii, Sato Minami, Asai Nanami, Suzuki Yuuka, Nagano Serika, Yamamoto Ruka, Shitao Miu) M14 : Juujun na Slave (Miyazaki Miho, Kato Rena, Shinozaki Ayana, Komiyama Haruka, Mogi Shinobu, Hidaritomo Ayaka) M15 : Fruits Snow (Michieda Saki, Nagano Megumi, Suenaga Yuzuki, Okuhara Hinako) MC3 : Kawahara Misaki, Hasegawa Momoka, Shitao Miu, Chiba Erii, Komiyama Haruka, Kato Rena, Suenaga Yuzuki, Okuhara Hinako M16 : Bokutachi no Chikyuu (Kurosu Haruka, Takaoka Kaoru, Takahashi Ayane, Mukaichi Mion (center), Saito Haruna, Yoshihashi Yuzuka) MC4 : Kurosu Haruka, Takaoka Kaoru, Takahashi Ayane, Mukaichi Mion, Saito Haruna, Yoshihashi Yuzuka M17 : Kiss no Ryuusei (Okada Nana, Murayama Yuiri) M18 : Hikari no Nake e (Gyoten Yurina, Okabe Rin (center), Taniguchi Megu, Homma Mai) M19 : Punkish (Okada Rina, Ishiwata Sena, Yamada Kyoka (center), Yamabe Ayu, Furukawa Nazuna) M20 : Yosougai no Story (Yokoyama Yui, Minegishi Minami, Rissen Airi, Oda Erina, Otake Hitomi, Kitagawa Saki, Utada Hatsuka, Takahashi Sayaka) MC5 : Murayama Yuiri, Okada Nana, Okabe Rin, Taniguchi Megu, Yamada Kyoka, Okada Rina, Oda Erina, Yokoyama Yui M21 : Tenshi wa Doko ni Iru? (Tokunaga Remi, Sakaguchi Nagisa (center), Fukutome Mitsuho) M22 : 3seconds (Oya Shizuka, Onishi Momoka, Sato Akari, Tada Kyoka, Shimoguchi Hinana) M23 : Get You! (Muto Orin, Nakanishi Chiyori, Okumoto Hinano, Kuramoto Miyuu, Kawamoto Saya, Takita Kayoko, Yoshida Karen, Tatsuya Makiho, Miyazato Rira, Hirano Hikaru, Harumoto Yuki) M24 : Music Junkie (Sasaki Yukari, Muto Tomu, Yoshikawa Nanase, Kashiwagi Yuki, Omori Miyuu, Ma Chia-Ling) MC6 : Sakaguchi Nagisa, Oya Shizuka, Onishi Momoka, Kawamoto Saya, Muto Orin, Kashiwagi Yuki, Muto Tomu M25 : Hatsukoi Door (Yamane Suzuha, Honda Sora, Hama Sayuna, Kuranoo Narumi (center), Yumoto Ami, Yasuda Kana, Ishikawa Manami, Kobayashi Ran, Sato Kiara) M26 : Youchien no Sensei (Iwatate Saho, Shimizu Maria, Inagaki Kaori, Nagatomo Ayami, Fukuoka Seina (center)) M27 : Oogoe Diamond (Yamauchi Mizuki, Kubo Satone, Oguri Yui (center), Nishikawa Rei, Omori Maho) MC7 : Yamauchi Mizuki, Kubo Satone, Oguri Yui, Nishikawa Rei, Omori Maho, Iwatate Saho, Fukuoka Seina, Kuranoo Narumi, Yamane Suzuha M28 : Tenohira ga Kataru Koto (Minegishi Minami announced her graduation) M29 : Sakura no Hanabiratachi
Off topic, but not really. Article in the NY Times about the low percentage of women at Tokyo University (Todai) and other elite schools. "Ms. Kumada has a few theories. Young girls, she said, are repeatedly fed the idea that academic achievement is not feminine. She cited lyrics by AKB48, a female pop band, like “While I’m still in school/It’s O.K. to be stupid.” https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/08/world/asia/tokyo-university-women-japan.html
They really chose some interesting songs this year. Hatsukoi wa Minoranai? Tenshi wa Doko ni Iru? I can't wait to watch this tho.
I'm pretty sure in Japan the problem is larger, but we see similar things in the 'west' even with government drives to get girls to choose exact sciences girls are still underrepresented in those kind of jobs. It slowly changes though ... but I remember how the Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering in Delft had 700 students ... of which one girl. otoh ... you see another effect, an occupation like primary school teacher which is now basically only women has lost a lot of it's standing, almost inversely proportioned to the percentage of women.
Members who going Thailand for JAPAN EXPO THAILAND 2019 this year is 1. Yui Yokoyama 2. Mion Mukaichi 3. Tomu Muto 4. Narumi Kuranoo 5. Miu Shitao 6. Momoka Onishi if the video does not show watch the video here
More awards: Gravure heroïne award: Yokono Sumire - NMB48 (rigged !! ) Cinderalla award: Murashige Anna - HKT48 Weather child award: Muto Tomu - AKB48 (rigged !!) In the darkness of Setouchi, if you were waiting for the wind, you could meet someone you love award: Ishida Chiho - STU48 An award that fosters standing birds: Takayanagi Akane SKE48 (rigged !!) Reiwa first cute award: Umeyama Cocona - NMB48 MIP award: Kashiwagi Yuki - AKB48 (what does MIP means ? ) MVP award: Queentet https://twitter.com/48timesJP/status/1203948063951216641 https://twitter.com/48timesJP/status/1203948644786794496 https://twitter.com/48timesJP/status/1203949124095111168 https://twitter.com/48timesJP/status/1203949529378127872 https://twitter.com/48timesJP/status/1203949746534023168 https://twitter.com/48timesJP/status/1203950018274582528 https://twitter.com/48timesJP/status/1203950429073113088 https://twitter.com/48timesJP/status/1203950857219297282
There are tons of lost in translation here lol. Tomu's award is literally Tenki no Ko award (EN: Weathering with you) Murashige literally mean Cinderella for Real Contract (refers to that she fist signed a temporary contract) Chiho award name is basically how you would construct sentence using all.STU48 single name. Akane award is a word play on the idioms 立つ鳥跡を濁さず which means "it is simply common courtesy to clean up after yourself, a bird does not foul the nest it is about to leave, on leaving a place one should see that all is in good order"
AKB48 will sing "Koisuru Fortune Cookie - Kouhaku World Senbatsu SP" in Kouhaku. Source: https://twitter.com/k3po7gouki/status/1205872652377677825 Again.. KFC... T_T It seems AKB48 only can sing this song if they want to be invited in Kouhaku...