“Hiruobi”, A Japanese TV Show Introduced It’s New Regular Members from AKB48

ゆきりん毎日見たいよ～ Japanese Fans’ outcry on the new join of 4 members of AKB48 is because they just want too see Yukirin (Yuki Kashiwagi 柏木由紀) everyday

One explanation for this is as Yukirin got so popular, her schedule become so tight that she could no longer afford time to appear the show everyday. Another is because SOME of 4 new members have hardly any opportunity to get TV exposure, so this may be supposed to be leveling up whole AKB48′ value by exposing new faces to mainstream media.

Before this, the signature image of Yukirin was weathercaster, but with new 4 members join the same job, her unique character may be watered down, sadly. Speaking of weather, AKB48 has a real meteorologist who really has a qualification, but she hasn’t yet been popular at all even though she has unique character as “intelligent idol”.

One positive side of this for Yukirin fans is that this show is very long and she is bounded for at least 4 hours every weekday. So letting new members join does good for her that she now can afford to appear other events and shows.

■同じＡＫＢメン枠がある「ひるおび午前の部」と「ＰＯＮ！」の比較 

①視聴率　　ひるおび一部＞＞＞ＰＯＮ！
03.05 03.06 03.07 03.08 03.09
*6.4% *4.4% *4.1% *4.6% *4.9% 11:00-11:55 TBS ひるおび!・第1部
*3.4% *3.7% *3.6% *3.1% *3.8% 10:25-11:25 NTV PON!

②ＮＥＴ局数（＝視聴可能世帯数）　ひるおび一部＞＞＞ＰＯＮ！ 
ひるおび一部：ＴＢＳ・ＴＵＹ・ＲＳＫ・ＲＣＣ・ＴＹＳ・ＫＵＴＶ・ＲＫＢ
ＰＯＮ！：ＮＴＶ・ＣＴＶ・ＳＤＴ

③ＨＵＴ（視聴率調査対象世帯の実際の視聴世帯数割合） 
ひるおび一部（平日１１時台）＞＞ＰＯＮ！（平日１０時台）

④画面占有率（番組総時間÷一人で写る時間） 
ひるおび一部（天気予報のため原則として一人）＞ＰＯＮ！（基本はカメラに抜かれる時のみ）

※同時間帯視聴率１位の午後の部にも出るし、芸能コーナーやクイズコーナーの解答席に座る事もある
柏木に関しては出番の日以外でも総選挙翌日や成人式にも事務所に出演交渉して別ギャラで無理矢理出されたりしてたから、このレギュラー体制は柏木以外のメンにとってかなり影響あると思うぞ

Let me explain more positive reason. After Yukirin started to appear in the show, the number of the show has increased from 2~3 points to 4~6 points. The Show “Hiruobi” performed the worst among all TV shows in the same time spot. Now it’s not the best (best in afternoon, 2nd before noon) but doing significantly better. Yurikin is not only doing weathercaster but when there are coming AKB48 events, or in entertainment news spot, she makes guest appearance as well. She was even named top 3 popular weather caster in Japan in Oricon’s pole

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