Event / Concert 3rd AKB48 Kouhaku Taikou Utagassen (13/12/17)

Excerpt from setlist by t-motion

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Congrats to Shirogumi


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Thanks! I was relieved knowing that Ikuchan sang together with Mayuyu. As I thought it was only Mayuyu who sang it. I mean, it was the first Nogizaka46 song that was performed at Kouhaku Taikou Utagassen (correct me if I'm wrong) and I felt that it should be at least performed by Nogizaka46. [whew]

 

FYI, They are the 5th group to perform there. With Dreams Come True, SMAP, Arashi, L'Arc-en-Ciel being the other ones. I have no problem with concerts in stadiums like this. Shows how big of an act they are. Yeah the view might be crappy in some spots, but that's anywhere in the world when there is an event inside a stadium.

I'm looking forward to the solo concerts on Day 1. Will be awesome seeing people like Mayuyu and Takamina performing solo in front of 57,000 people.

 

Well, the Nissan already proved a point... I guess with the 16th million seller they want to really leave their mark or something in Tokyo too?

Oh, well, let's hope the weather doesn't betray them. Early spring can be tricky. [worried]

 

My reaction knowing Kojimako performing Waruki( or so called Makoki ) was Never in a million year I would expect that I remembered hoping they would put Komari as the center for Uekara Mariko and here it is My only complaint is Yuihan's unit :angry: She deserves more than that as she is well...the captain of shirogumi

Overall,the setlist is godly,there's a lot of performances I want to see when I saw the setlist .It would've been better if they stream it.Having to wait until January next year is just [boom]

 

^ C'mon, waiting till Jan ain't so bad. We had to wait till 27th March to watch the full concert last year lol. It's already a blessing in itself that they're willing to broadcast it on TV.

In any case, awesome set list this year. I was expecting Akagumi to win based on song choices alone but congrats to Shiro for winning [clap] Loads of unexpected and fresh shuffles came up this year. I hope management continues to keep up the momentum for all the upcoming concerts.

 

I'll definitely be watching the Kouhaku, seems like it was great this year, although i can't hold my disappointment of Yui not getting more, I wouldn't have minded if she wasn't the captain of Shirogumi.
Still, the show isn't all about one person and there are many girls who I still love, I'm just a bit upset that she didn't even get a solo or center position.

 

Miichan sang Tomodachi Yori Daiji na Hito.....so i guess now members could sing other artist songs in Kouhaku???

 

@MrWaffle, lucky you. On to wait until January, I guess it's a good New Year's gift.

How was UZA with World Order by the way? I been loving them since I discovered them by accident a year ago. I don't know if anyone here really knows them but they're pretty great and their MV's are amazing.

Be sure to check them out if you have the time, here's their YT Channel.

 

I knew about them a long time ago, just because Sudo Genki was the great MMA fighters and one of my favorites. I'll put him just behind Kazushi Sakuraba and Yoshihiro Akimoto..
If you in awe with their PV, just watch his entrances when he still active in MMA, it's several times awesomer..XD

 

I watched the concert with a friend on the movie theatre... it was amazing! The highlights for me where Mayuyu, Sakiko and Takamina (OMG I was crying of laughter), seriously, what an amazing concert. [party] I was a bit confused with Miichan's song, can anyone tell me the name of it?

 

It's Gouriki Ayame's song - Tomodachi Yori Daiji na Hito
remembers at Mechaike Sports' Meet where she danced to this song and people said that she looked like Gouriki?
That why~ But I'm still baffled that they can sang other artist's song in Kouhaku..-They should put members solo debut song and subunit song more thoo~

 

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lol, the kusogaki team took over the tentoumu chu position I meant, it's not just KSGK from Team A, but the original kusogaki, shu, too was there I wonder if this was on purpose They could've made them a real team, but too bad karen wasn't there though. Aw, glad that it was Juri centered. The pretty slow exposure starting to made its effect. I would love to see how was it played in later broadcast of SKY.

Anyway congratulations to shirogumi [party]
Even though I am favoured to aka, but it's kind of predicted to see them win though lol. Silly guess, but team that has Yuko in has always been in the winning side

 

It's not like I thought they couldn't, It's Kohaku, which is basically music festival.. and it's Miichan singing Gouriki Ayame's song!! a total win for both sides [rock]
It just traditionally that isn't a norm..
although there's stories that Yukirin asking to sing Ichikawa Rika's song at the last kohaku..no answer~
and about that "mythical rulebook', do you think they might sing some from Hello! Project next year? [think]

 

not a suprise to see Miichan singing another artist song but AKB Kouhaku is about the members singing 48G songs. I guess its fresh to see changes and its great to get good feedback for Miichan's performance [clap] [clap]

 

Cross-posting in various places so I guess I should here too XD

Hello!! I went to the cinema today to watch the live stream of AKB48’s Kouhaku.
I’m gonna share about some of my impressions. So if you don't want any spoilers till it airs on TV next month, don't read

Some of my highlights from the show are:

Spoiler

Special mentions:
The opening act with World Order…the perf of the senbatsu with them doing UZA. It was sooo sooo sick. What an amazing opening act. The 48girls actually did a really good job performing with World Order. Sayanee also got a frontline dance position and she was sooo soooo cool, she totally rocked it!! wahhh KAKKOII!! Amazing perf all around. [boom]

During the MC, Maachun did an impersonation of Yukirin. And it was spot on!!! OMG that girl, so epic. Maachun never disappoints. Let’s play a game. Who is she going to impersonate next?? Haha

And then perfs that stood out for me:
1. Naminori Kakigoori (Shirogumi)
(Tashima Meru, Tomonaga Mio, Okada Nana, Nishino Miki) - Giant and I forgot who else *shot* actually made shaved ice for the judges hahaha, and it was kinda amusing. So not really the perf, but the random things that were going on for it XD

2. Tomodachi Yori Daiji na Hito (Miichan Solo - Akagumi)
Miichan doing Gouriki Ayame…lol I should have expected it, but she performed it really well, and it was really entertaining. She’s probably one of the MVPs for Akagumi. Everyone had a good laugh watching her, and she sang well too.

3. Futari wa Dekiteru （new song!） (Kojima Haruna x Kitagawa Kenji - Shirogumi)
This was the definitely Shirogumi’s MVP and also best performance of the night!! Not even kidding. It kinda sounded like an olddd song but the lyrics was all kinds of hilarious. I was laughing so much!!! I really enjoyed this!! Hahah. I want it performed again omg!! And part of the lyrics had Kojiharu singing “Kitagawaa” and Kenji singing “Harunaaa”. I don’t really have words to explain this…it was just so good hahah. I can’t wait for everyone to see this tbh. [party]

4. Yuuwaku no Garter (Kashiwagi Yuki, Watanabe Miyuki, Suda Akari - Akagumi)
Well tbh, I was pretty much drawn by only Milky. Man her fishing abilities was on full power. She was fantastic in it XD

5. Ue kara Mariko (Center: Nakamura Mariko - Shirogumi)
(Nakamura Mariko, Ichikawa Miori, Furukawa Airi, Kotani Riho, Anai Chihiro, Yamauchi Suzuran, Umemoto Madoka, Kikuchi Ayaka, Yamada Nana, Sato Sumire, Muto Tomu)
Whyy I should have seen this coming but I didn’t!! lol. This gets a mention cause it was really smart hahaha.

6. Yoyaku Shita Christmas (Matsui Sakiko, Azuma Rion, Takeuchi Miyu - Akagumi)
(3 piano performance)
I was really surprised to see an instrumental performance, but it was really nice cause it displayed something different about the 48girls. Kinda a breath of fresh air haha.

7. Mushi no Ballad (Kuramochi Asuka - Shirogumi)
Kyaaaa I can’t believe Mocchi performed this!!! She sang pretty well. I thought vocal wise, she gave it justice!!
However, she could have emoted better, but it was still a decent effort.


8. Kimi no Na wa Kibou (Watanabe Mayu with piano: Nogizaka46’s Ikuta Erika - Akagumi)
Ahhh Mayuyu’s and Ikuta’s voices actually blended in really well. And Mayu really did a good job for Akagumi. It was one of Aka’s MVP performance of the night, so Mayuyu really can be proud of herself. She sang well, full with emotions and I was really impressed actually. Haha.

9. 12/31 (Yamamoto Sayaka ~acoustic - Shirogumi)
Sayanee’s rendition of NMB’s 12月31日was beautiful!! She performed on her acoustic guitar, and as she sang, they showed NMB footage in the background. It was a tribute to NMB upon their success in making Kouhaku this year, and she really sang it with all her heart. It was a really beautiful, heartwarming performance. Really proud of her *_* I kinda expected her to do something more interesting, but since it’s a tribute to NMB, it was very meaningful to all of NMB as well as fans so job well done bb. Shirogumi’s 2nd best performance of the night.

10. Mujineki (Matsui Rena - Shirogumi)
Who was the genius who thought of this?? The traditional looking Rena…of course this song would fit her perfectly!!! Man she was great!! And she sang pretty good too, and she looked so stunning. A very pretty performance. [angel]

11. Nagisa no Cherry (Oshima Yuko, with Fuuko, Yuria, and Sahho as backdancers - Shirogumi)
Yuko’s rendition of an AKB classic. Lol she got young close-to-17-year-old girls to dance with her, but they were telling her, “Yuko you’re not 17 anymore.” haha but Yuko is really good with the youthful songs!! Her energy, and how she playfully went and hi-touched some of the audience and then went to the judges’ table and made faces/entertained them, this girl definitely has some really sharp performing chops haha. Great way to end the Kouhaku Taikai!

And yeahh that’s my thoughts on it!! Overall, it was really one-sided with Shirogumi owning it all (mostly). But Aka had some good perfs too. My one complaint is that well there were too many solos. It felt like everyone was doing their own thing, and it didn’t feel like a group effort. I would have preferred to see more units. Nevertheless, it was still entertaining, and I guess my 2400 yen for my movie ticket was worth it. It was quite exciting watching it in a cinema with other fans who were mostly NMB-biased (cause I was in Namba) but yeahh haha.

 

I'm so happy that they dig up OJS48's Shinkokyuu which has been buried under the ground for sooooooooooooo long. Really love it. After all AKB Kouhaku should be a fun event to conclude the year. Winning or losing doesn't mean a lot to me.