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AKB48 49th single Preliminary Sousenkyo Results Out – NGT48’s Ogino Yuka robbed the top spot for now!

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More or less everyone’s faces when #1 got announced! 荻野由佳ちゃんが速報1位入りした時のAKB劇場の驚きw #NGT48 #荻野由佳 #柏木由紀 #AKB総選挙2017 pic.twitter.com/H366xWScWv — ゆっきぃ(Re:) (@yu_ki_48_mk2) May 31, 2017 速報1位、55,061票、荻野由佳!!ゆきりんの表情でその衝撃をお楽しみ下さい。 pic.twitter.com/gKPqonJo6x — ataru@ぶちかました13期 (@ataru_mix) May 31, 2017 昨年の速報1位票数:42,034今年の速報1位票数:55,061

Sousenkyo 2016 Final Results – AKB48 45th Single Senbatsu – Sashihara Rino takes the Top Spot consecutively for the first time!

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#1 Sashihara Rino – 243,011 votes.#AKB48選抜総選挙 #指原莉乃 pic.twitter.com/QhrH44lW1U — 48WrapUp (@AKB48WrapUp) June 18, 2016 A freakish coincidence? Sasshi's votes: 243,011 Read backwards1位をさしに MIND BLOWN — crescentsaber (@crescentsaber) June 18, 2016

[Opinion] The Closure of Hello!Online

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In case you haven’t heard – arguably the (most?) popular tracker for Idol related video / audio content has been made inactive as of a few hours ago. So if

SKE48 Matsui Rena announces her graduation from the group at the end of August

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10 June 2015 – (most of) the fandom woke up to a shocking headline printed by Nikkan Sports. From the morning's issue of Nikkan Sports: "Matsui Rena of SKE48 is

Final Results of AKB48 41st Single General Election 2015 – Sashihara Rino blasted away her rivals with 190K votes!

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Pre-Sousenkyo Event Concert has finished, members & staff will now be preparing for the main event. pic.twitter.com/V2e9CZaaQM — AKB48WrapUp (@AKB48WrapUp) June 6, 2015 It's starting…!!! pic.twitter.com/D3dYfUbYw2 — AKB48WrapUp (@AKB48WrapUp) June

JKT48 10th Single Sousenkyo Results, Team J’s New Setlist, Handshake event announcements

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(Left : 10th Single Senbatsu. Right : 10th Single Undergirls) After voting period ends and counted, JKT48 revealed 32 members who have been selected to perform main single and coupling

JKT48 10th Single Sousenkyo 2nd Preliminary Results Announced

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With only a week apart from the 1st announcement of the preliminary results, there have been drastic changes to the rankings on the 2nd preliminary results with the big names

JKT48 10th Single Sousenkyo 1st Preliminary Results & voting details, information about 9th single and more news

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In accordance to their sister group, JKT48 also will hold their 2nd Senbatsu Sousenkyo to elect members who will perform 10th single. Here all the details taken from the JKT48

AKB48 40th Single “Bokutachi wa Tatakawanai” Senbatsu Members announced, Shimazaki Haruka as center – Iriyama Anna declined senbatsu position

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Senbatsu members for AKB48’s 40th Single, “Bokutachi wa Tatakawanai” ( 僕たちは戦わない ) was announced today during AKB48’s Solo Concert at Saitama Super Arena – Shimazaki Haruka is chosen to be

AKB48 Members Surprise Spring Shuffle at Saitama Super Arena (03/26), Kawaei Rina’s Graduation Announcement

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Member reactions to Kawaei Rina’s graduation announcement from AKB48 Furuhata Nao – AKB48 concurrency ends Yagura Fuuko – AKB48 concurrency ends Kotani Riho – AKB48 concurrency ends Yamada Nana –

SKE48 Matsui Rena will not be participating in AKB48 41st Single Sousenkyo ( & Blog translation )

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Just one simple, unexpected tweet from SKE48 / Nogizaka46’s Matsui Rena earlier today is enough to shock the whole 48 fandom. 皆さんにお知らせがあります。 今年のAKB48の選抜総選挙に立候補しません。 自分なりに皆さんとたくさんの喜びを共有できるよう、これからも頑張っていきますので応援よろしくお願いします。 — 松井玲奈 (@renampme) March 24, 2015 Tweet translation

AKB48 41st Single Senbatsu Sousenkyo – Information & Dates

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48G fans, it’s that time of the year again! We hope your wallets / bank accounts / credit cards / secret stashes are ready for the 40th Single ( title

JKT48 Team T Formed!!!

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Yep you heard that right (And I was there too to heard this). Last night on JKT48 Trainee Event Part 2 another surprise announcement made by JKT48 Operational Team as

JKT48 3rd Anniversary Concert Report! AKB48 x JKT48 joint concert to be held in February 2015!

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Hey guys we meet again. This time I’ll write about JKT48 3rd anniversary concert which was held in two days (27th – 28th December 2014). Around 4000 fans flocked on

AKB48 Group’s Leader Takahashi Minami annnounced her Graduation, intends to leave the Group by Dec 8, 2015

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Tonight during AKB48 9th anniversary show, the group’s leader Takahashi Minami announced her graduation. pic.twitter.com/AFWvpVlTFM — AKB48WrapUp (@AKB48WrapUp) December 8, 2014 During her graduation announcement, Takahashi named 9th gen, Team

AKB48 38th Single “Kibou Teki Refrain” first public performance at All Star Kanshasai

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Earlier today (4th October 2014) AKB48 unveiled their 38th Single, Kibou Teki Refrain (Wishful Refrain / 希望的リフレイン) during the TV program All Star Kanshasai (All Star Thanksgiving). Of course, prior

Full version of AKB48’s 37th Single – Kokoro no Placard broadcasted on All Night Nippon, Kawaei Rina passes her Medicinal Cooking Coordinator course!

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During last night’s AKB48 ANN ( All Night Nippon ) radio broadcast that was hosted by Yokoyama Yui, Kawaei Rina and Kashiwagi Yuki, there’s a happy announcement that Kawaei Rina