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Japan's music sensation: a group ranked by fans
Tōkyō :: Japan | 11 months ago
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Japan's all-girl pop idol group AKB48 member Yuko Oshima, front row center, flashes a victory sign, as she poses with other members after winning the annual AKB48 popularity poll in Tokyo Wednesday. (AP) AKB48 is not exactly a band. It's an army of
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The Next Big Thing in Music: A 60-Member Band Chosen By Its Fans
Tōkyō :: Japan | 11 months ago
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Yuriko Nakao / Reuters Members of Japan's girl pop group AKB48 perform ahead of an annual popularity "election" event at Tokyo's Budokan gymnasium June 6, 2012. In a three-hour show broadcast live from Tokyo's hallowed Budokan, 23-year-old Yuko
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Twentysomethings looking for love; modern day home drama; CM of the week: JRA
Saito :: Japan | over 1 year ago
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A The girls get the coveted getsu-kyu (Monday, 9 p.m.) time slot on Fuji TV this season with "Watashi ga Renai Dekinai Riyu" ("The Reason I Can't Find Love"), featuring three of Japan's biggest under-30 female stars: actress Yuriko Yoshitaka, fashion
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Eguchi Aimi: The World’s First Computer-Generated Pop Star (VIDEO)
Tōkyō :: Japan | almost 2 years ago
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The World's First Computer-Generated Pop Star Pop music has not entered the realm of virtual reality...Rather, Eguchi is a computer-generated singer who is actually a conglomeration of the six members of the popular Japanese singing group AKB-48.
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Maeda back as AKB48's No. 1
Hong Kong :: China | almost 2 years ago
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Kyodo AKB48's Atsuko Maeda made a comeback Thursday after being voted the most popular member of the all-girl pop group, dethroning 2010 winner Yuko Oshima. "I'm really happy. I'll do my utmost," a tearful Maeda, the 2009 champion, said during an
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Entertainment › AKB48 wins 'Single of the Year' award
Tōkyō :: Japan | over 2 years ago
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AKB48 and Arashi were the big winners at this week's 25th annual Gold Disc Awards Ceremony, which honors the achievements of top-selling musicians. The top-selling Japanese band of 2010 was Arashi who sold 3,459,333 singles and 1,461,170 albums. The
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Entertainment › AKB48 to stick to no-dating rule for Christmas
Tōkyō :: Japan | over 2 years ago
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Popular AKB48 member Yuko Oshima says the all-girls J-pop group will be spending Christmas by themselves in line with the group's no-dating rule...The group has a no romance'' rule, a reason for the girls' party on a day deemed romantic by many
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Entertainment › AKB48 team up with 7-Eleven on Macaron Christmas Tree Cake
Tōkyō :: Japan | over 2 years ago
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Yuko Oshima, 22, and seven of her AKB48 pals took part in a launch event for a 7-Eleven Christmas cake this week. The Macaron Tree Cake, supposedly devised by AK48 themselves, marks the start of a festive collaboration between the convenience store
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Girl idol group about mass exposure, fans
Nagoya :: Japan | over 2 years ago
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Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010 Staff writer AKB48 has taken the pop singing idol phenom and multiplied it into a mass-production, mass-marketing, mass presence affair. Founded in October 2005 by producer and renowned lyricist Yasushi Akimoto, Teams A, K and
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Entertainment › Oshima not yet confident as AKB48's No. 1 girl
Tōkyō :: Japan | almost 3 years ago
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AKB48's Yuko Oshima, who was picked in June as the most popular member of the all-girl pop group, said recently that she has yet to feel confident she has fitted into the role as Atsuko Maeda's successor. Well, I haven't got used to it yet,'' Oshima
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