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.....
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.
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?
Ryoha and Souda Sarina made it! (probably as 49 and 50 to sub for NakoMiku) edit: of course this mean that Ryoha push kinda worked but at the same time a problem with SKE since beside Jurina, and Nao, their top members are old and tbh not someone that you can sell to the public based on their visual. This probably didn't matter for their own fans, but to be pushed (as an idol) to general public is a bit problematic.
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.
Instead of UhaSarina they should have put KomiJuri in NakoMiku's place since they actually ranked in prelims... ugh
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..