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Maeda Atsuko (Acchan) / 1st Generation

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  1. David61

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    Acchan at the 'MARNI FALL WINTER 2023 FASHION SHOW IN TOKYO' (1:09 - 1:53):


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  2. NSS7

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    Acchan attend Stage Greeting for movie "Atsui Munasawagi". Movie is currently screening in cinema.
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    Acchan attend "Marni Fall Winter 2023 Fashion Show" in Tokyo.
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    Acchan promote "Maeda Atsuko Sapporo Cinema Festival" will be held on 3-4 February 2023.

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    Acchan Live Stage Performance at "Tokyo Caravan the 2nd" uploaded on youtube [Available until 27th February 2023]
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  3. NSS7

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    Acchan attend at "Maeda Atsuko Sapporo Cinema" in Sapporo. It is minifilm festival where Acchan works shown in cinema for 2 days (3rd to 4th February). Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa also attend the event.

    Acchan arrived at Sapporo yesterday to attend "Maeda Atsuko Sapporo Cinema".
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    1st Day
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    2nd Day
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    Acchan shooting for new project with actress, Megumi.
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    Product Endorsements for "Yves Saint Lauren"
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    - Acchan Instagram -

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  4. Haxie

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    I really wanna watch Acchan's movies but I can't find most of them on any streaming site. Does anyone know what service I can use to watch them online?
     
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    Maeda Atsuko Calendar (Apr 2023- Apr 2024) now taking pre-order until 20th February 2023.
    Only shipped within Japan, no overseas shipping.
    Link - https://naotadachi.thebase.in/items/71206739

    Sample
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    Movie "Atsui Munasawagi" Photos
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    Behind The Scene.

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    Acchan at "Burbery" pop-up store in Shinjuku.
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  6. Haxie

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    Apparently she is going to sign some of them? I've tried buying one through tenso but it doesnt seem to be working :( :( :( :(
     
  7. NSS7

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    I dont know about official streaming site but you can find 90% of her movie/drama in myasiantv.
     
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  8. David61

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    Just to add that 'Modern Love Tokyo' is available in many countries on Amazon Prime (with a subscription or a free trial), this is the series in which Acchan appears in the first episode although most of the action in it is from the character played by her co-star Mizukawa Asami. (I found the whole series of 7 episodes to be very entertaining and although for me the soundtrack defaulted to an English dubbed one I was able to change it to Japanese with English subs.)
     
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  9. NSS7

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    NEW DRAMA

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    NHK Drama "Ikukyuu Deka".
    Episodes - 10
    Cast - Kaneko Daichi, Maeda Atsuko, Kie Kitano
    Date - Premiere on 18th April 2023 at 10.00 pm
    Source : https://www.nhk.jp/g/blog/j1fz1iytjex/

    Official Photos from "Maeda Atsuko Sapporo Cinema Festival" released.

    Day 1 (3rd February 2023)
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    Day 2 (4th February 2023)
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    Source : http://maedaatsuko-sapporo.com/report.html [Rest of Photo in this link]


    BEYOND BEAUTY by ARTISTIC&CO.
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    Movie "Atsui Munasawagi" Photos
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    Preview Calendar
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  10. David61

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    Acchan at a preview event yesterday in Gamagori, Aichi where the drama is located:


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    NEW DRAMA

    Acchan will play main character in TV Tokyo Drama "Kashimashi Meshi (かしましめし)". It is based on manga by Mari Okazaki.

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    Title - Kashimashi Meshi (かしましめし)
    Date - Premiere on 10th April 2023 at 11.06 pm
    Network - TV Tokyo
    Cast - Maeda Atsuko, Narumi Riko, Akihisa Shiono

    Source : tv-tokyo


    Acchan attend drama "Utsubora" Preview on 28th February 2023.
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    Drama "Utsubora" Photo
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    Acchan at "Moynat" pop-up store in Shinjuku.
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    PR for "GUERLAIN Parure Gold"
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  12. bonjourmarlene

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    WOW. She looks so good with long hair. I'm so excited for this drama.

    I hope that the person who's planning to sub this drama will return from her hiatus soon. She's currently moving homes, so it's a very understandable reason not to be subbing anything, but I really want to watch this drama :cute:

    ANOTHER ONE?! Acchan should open up a talent agency for actors. She's getting more work as an independent actor than she did with her agency.

    This means that she's got Utsubora starting on the 24th of March, Kashimashi Meshi on the 10th of April and Ikukyuu Deka on April 18th. She's gonna be on everyone's TV's in Japan :inlove:
     
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  13. Mana

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    I feel like everytime I check this thread (and I do regularly even if I didn't post here in a while >.<), Acchan always has a new role announced, and often it's a main role! wow. it doesn't slow down o_o and at this point, I think she's probably going to continue like this for years and years. it's crazy how passionate she is about her career and how great she's doing! I'm so happy for her. Back when she graduated, sometimes I was worried that maybe her career wouldn't go well (it takes time to be established, and she was still in her 20's), that maybe she wouldn't find roles etc. but now I have no worries for her, she's totally established and doing great on her own without an agency, getting roles constantly, and I get so many dramas and movies to enjoy *-* She probably has one of the most successful and busy career for an ex-idol. it's so enjoyable to be her fan. <3
     
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    She had just about turned 21 a month before her graduation from AKB. I remember hearing that apparently she only graduated at the time because she felt 20 is getting too old for an idol. I think members like Yukirin, SKE's Kaotan and even Kojiharu and Mariko changed that image a little.

    It's crazy nowadays watching AKBINGO from like 2008/09, when Ohori Megumi was 25ish and constantly called an old woman. Current members who are 25 include Mogi Shinobu, Murayama Yuiri, Okada Nana, Odaeri, Onishi Momoka, or Hinatazaka's most recent center Saito Kyoko. I also watched an episode of AKBINGO from 2011 (like episode 160) where they mentioned the average age of the appearing members, and it was under 20 for both of them.

    Now, as you yourself (@Mana) posted earlier, most senbatsu members are aged 20 or over.

    I wonder what it would've been like for Acchan if she'd been an idol when age was less of a restricting factor, whether she'd have stayed longer. Then again, I do think she was at a height of her personal career back then and it's always better to leave AKB when people think of you highly, rather than after your prime. There's really nothing bad to say about her time in AKB, she left without having had a scandal and she won first place in sousenkyo during her last running.

    It had also already been 7 years. It seems like a 2012 graduation is very early on, but if you consider the fact that she was 14 when she joined and already 21 by the time she left, that's a large chunk of your life (an entire third at that time).
     
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    I agree, when I rewatched the 'AKB 1ji 59fun' and 'AKB 0ji 59fun' episodes like around 1-2 years ago, I was so surprised when they considered members older than 23(?) as grandma lol, back then most of the popular AKB members were like around 17 years old (and younger). but I do think Acchan graduated at the perfect moment. tbh I really love her as idol, and I only became a fan of AKB around 2010, so I followed her as idol for only 2 years... which was short... (of course I rewatched old content too) so I wish I could have seen her as idol for longer. but for a member like her who was the ace/center of the group when they were SO popular and everywhere, it is better to graduate at her peak (and at a young age) especially since she wanted to become an actress, she had to build her career and work for a while until people take her seriously. which she did! and I'm so glad she achieved this. She worked so hard ;_;

    I remember an interview of her from a few years ago, I'm pretty sure I posted the translation here back then, where she talked about how she wasn't getting a lot of work at some point, and she decided to take any small roles she could get, as long as she would get to work. I really love her way of thinking, and I think it probably saved her career. There are many movies that I watched because she was in it, and she ended up having like one scene lol. But the movies were all good to me. I think she knows how to pick her works, even if she just gets one scene or a few scenes, it's a good experience, she gets to work with a lot of people, actors/producers etc. and now she's getting a lot more lead roles! and I think she has good reputation among movie directors because they often say they wanted to work with her for a role. Her career is so stable and successful now :')
     
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    Nakamura Asumiko's manga "Utsubora" will be adapted into a serial drama starring Maeda Atsuko. The original is a psychological suspense by Asumiko Nakamura, a manga artist known for the "classmate" series


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  17. Mana

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    I finally watched the drama "Anata ni Kika Setai Uta ga Arunda" (A Song for Aliens). I really like the visuals of this drama, it looks really good *-* For the story, it was good overall, and I liked Acchan's episode! I also like that they keep the same actors for the 17 years old and 27 years old version (more scenes for Acchan lol). My full opinion on the drama in spoiler!

    About Acchan's role; we see her in episode 1 during the classroom scene, where she's a bully with the female teacher. with the style that they gave to Acchan (like gyaru style), she did a pretty good job at acting like a mean girl lol. then after that, each student gets their own episode with what happen to them in the future. Acchan's episode is the 6th one. and it was one of my two favorites among the solo episodes! We learn that Acchan didn't have it easy at home, and she did more wrongs after high school (running away with a man who was about to be father) but then she changed her life by becoming the official impersonator of a popular idol. I liked this part *-*

    I like the scene where she was singing at her work party (when people noticed that she sounds and looks the same as the idol), Acchan looks so nice there and I love the atmosphere. I think this is the moment they used on the drama's cover. Anyway, this made me a bit sad since I actually miss Acchan as an idol/singer and the song she was singing sounded nice, I want her to release it XD she performed it like 2-3 times in the episode but always short parts with voices talking over it. ;_; I also like all the pictures she had on her wall. I wish they released these... like a photoshoot >.< well I kinda got to see Acchan as idol again for a bit thanks to this drama lol. and her story was interesting with how the idol she imitates gets killed so she gets confused about what to do but she ends up still performing when the fans ask for it. it was a positive ending for her!

    Now for the rest of the drama, I said I had two favorite solo episodes, the other one was episode 3 with the novelist. it had some romance with the couple and I found them really cute ;w; though sadly they didn't stay together (well, we already know at the beginning of the episode). The ending wasn't negative though since he finally managed to write something. I liked the atmosphere in his little room btw, even though his bed was way too close to the ceiling lol.

    The other solo episodes were pretty good too, and I didn't expect that they would give an episode to the female teacher as well. Just one thing that I found weird is that we didn't see that much of Ryo's role? Even though he's supposed to be lead role and they focused on him during the classroom scene, but he didn't really get his own episode. Episode 1 was more like an intro, seeing the past etc. we only saw him quit his job in the present, but not much of a story... He was in episode 2 about the girl who wants to be idol, since he was her boyfriend, but it wasn't really about him though. and then he got no other episode, I was expecting one. Meanwhile the musician got a 2nd episode (the one before the last) about his work at the ramen shop, which was kinda random, he's the only one who got a 2nd episode o_o I mean it wasn't a bad episode, but just weird because none of the others had a 2nd episode to show what happened to them, and the lead role (Ryo) didn't even really have an episode for him. and finally in the last episode, we see them all and learn what happened to each because they talk about it. Seems like Acchan had a successful career but end up losing popularity. and lastly they all see the teacher and try to apologize to her, they sing the Aliens song to her, and she cries, then suddenly leaves, and they think that she doesn't remember them o_o Like I doubt she forgot that moment in the classroom though and she probably recognized them, but I guess it's not confirmed lol.

    So overall I enjoyed the drama, visually it was great! and I loved Acchan's parts which is the most important hehe. <3
     
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  18. NSS7

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    Drama Utsubora Photos
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    Interview by Marie Claire - 10 Questions about herself

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    Acchan will appear in show "Ariyoshi no Sekai Douji Chuukei" on 9th March 2023.
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  19. David61

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    A hairstyle she should definitely try in the future. It suits her imo:)
     
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