AKB48
Sept 10, 2013 18:52:04 GMT 9
Post by Admin on Sept 10, 2013 18:52:04 GMT 9
The profile of AKB48
Picture by Beautiful Song Lyrics
◆ General description :
・ AKB48 is the most popular girl idol group in Japan.
・ AKB48 founded by renowned & very talented entertainment producer, Yasushi Akimoto
in Dec.2005. He is also famous as a lyricist.
Akimoto keeps on working for AKB48.
Thanks to him, we can enjoy a lot.
・ Entertainment company to which each member belong differs from member to member.
◆ Date of debut :
Oct.25,2006 (major debut)
◆ Origin of the name :
・ ‘AKB’ means Akihabara district in Tokyo Japan.
(Akihabara is mecca for ‘Otaku’ people )
・ In the early years, the number of the regular members was around 48.
◆ Members :
・ AKB48 consists of ‘Team A’, ‘Team K’, ‘Team B’ & ‘Team 4’.
・ The members are occasionally changed.
・ About each members ->> Check this out!(twitter accounts, blogs ,etc.)
◆ Sister groups (produced by Yasushi Akimoto)
・ In Japan
☆ SKE48 (based in Sakae, Nagoya)
☆ NMB48 (based in Namba, Oosaka)
☆ HKT48 (based in Hakata, Fukuoka)
☆ SDN48 (It stopped its activities because of ‘graduation’ of all the members.
It used to stand on the stage of ‘AKB48 theater’ in Akihabara
on Saturday nights in the past.)
・ Other countries
☆ JKT48 (based in Jakarta Indonesia)
☆ SNH48 (based in Shanghai China)
◆ The general election
・ The general election is an annual event to choose the members for new single song.
Members of good result can stand good positions on the stages of the new song.
And top ranking member can stand the center of the stages of the new song.
・ The result of the general election is reflected in not only positions of the new song
but also other activities.
・ Eligibility for the election varies from year to year.
Here are the members who had the eligibility for the general election held in 2013.
☆ The members and trainees of AKB48, SKE48, NMB48 & HKT48
☆ The members of JKT48 who belonged to AKB48 in the past
☆ The members of SNH48 who belonged to AKB48 in the past
☆ Former members of AKB48 who belonged to it more than 4 years in the past.
・ The voters are people who bought the designated CD,
members of AKB48’s fan club, etc.
・ The result of the general election held in 2013 ->> Check this out!
◆ Official site(AKB48) :
・ Homepage
・ Blog
・ YouTube
・ Fan club
Picture by Beautiful Song Lyrics
◆ General description :
・ AKB48 is the most popular girl idol group in Japan.
・ AKB48 founded by renowned & very talented entertainment producer, Yasushi Akimoto
in Dec.2005. He is also famous as a lyricist.
Akimoto keeps on working for AKB48.
Thanks to him, we can enjoy a lot.
・ Entertainment company to which each member belong differs from member to member.
◆ Date of debut :
Oct.25,2006 (major debut)
◆ Origin of the name :
・ ‘AKB’ means Akihabara district in Tokyo Japan.
(Akihabara is mecca for ‘Otaku’ people )
・ In the early years, the number of the regular members was around 48.
◆ Members :
・ AKB48 consists of ‘Team A’, ‘Team K’, ‘Team B’ & ‘Team 4’.
・ The members are occasionally changed.
・ About each members ->> Check this out!(twitter accounts, blogs ,etc.)
◆ Sister groups (produced by Yasushi Akimoto)
・ In Japan
☆ SKE48 (based in Sakae, Nagoya)
☆ NMB48 (based in Namba, Oosaka)
☆ HKT48 (based in Hakata, Fukuoka)
☆ SDN48 (It stopped its activities because of ‘graduation’ of all the members.
It used to stand on the stage of ‘AKB48 theater’ in Akihabara
on Saturday nights in the past.)
・ Other countries
☆ JKT48 (based in Jakarta Indonesia)
☆ SNH48 (based in Shanghai China)
◆ The general election
・ The general election is an annual event to choose the members for new single song.
Members of good result can stand good positions on the stages of the new song.
And top ranking member can stand the center of the stages of the new song.
・ The result of the general election is reflected in not only positions of the new song
but also other activities.
・ Eligibility for the election varies from year to year.
Here are the members who had the eligibility for the general election held in 2013.
☆ The members and trainees of AKB48, SKE48, NMB48 & HKT48
☆ The members of JKT48 who belonged to AKB48 in the past
☆ The members of SNH48 who belonged to AKB48 in the past
☆ Former members of AKB48 who belonged to it more than 4 years in the past.
・ The voters are people who bought the designated CD,
members of AKB48’s fan club, etc.
・ The result of the general election held in 2013 ->> Check this out!
◆ Official site(AKB48) :
・ Homepage
・ Blog
・ YouTube
・ Fan club