Hello! Project 2013 Summer Cool Hello! will be held from July 27 to August 31.
2 different setlists titled Mazekoze! (マゼコーゼ！) and Sorezore! (ソレゾーレ！) will be performed.
Hello! Project Summer Tour 2013 will take place in Osaka, Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Hiroshima, Fukuoka, Sendai, and Sapporo.
Morning Musume, Berryz Kobo, °C-ute, S/mileage, Juice=Juice, and Hello! Pro Kenshuusei will participate in the concerts. The MCs will be Makoto and Mitsui Aika.
Okunaka Makoto (Passpo☆) will release her 2nd photobook Kawaikute Makoto ni Suimasen! (かわいくてマコトにすいません！) on April 15.
The photobook features photos of Makocchan in swimsuit, but also wearing various sexy and original costumes.
A release event will be held on April 20 at Fukuya Shoten shop in Shinjuku, Tokyo.
Okunaka Makoto is also starring in the Kamen Rider Wizard (仮面ライダーウィザード) series.
Check out the preview pictures.
NMB48 Eastern Japan Tour 2013 (NMB48東日本ツアー) will be held from June 11 to July 3.
As the title suggests, the concerts will take place through Eastern Japan in Kanagawa, Saitama, Shizuoka, Aichi, Ishikawa, Niigata, Sendai, and Tokyo prefectures.
The final live performance will be held at NHK Hall, Tokyo.
The list of the candidates for the 5th AKB48 Senbatsu Election 2013 has been revealed.
The current and former members of the AKB groups had to register before midnight April 7.
The AKB48 32nd Single Senbatsu Sousenkyo (AKB48 32ndシングル 選抜総選挙) will be held on June 8 at Nissan Stadium, Yokohama. The voting period will run from May 21 to June 7. The single will be released in August.
Check out the list of the members who sent their application, and the names of those who won’t participate in the election.
Berryz Kobo will hold Berryz Kobo Festival in Taipei on May 25.
It will be the 1st time that the idol group from Hello! Project will perform in Taiwan.
The event will take place at The Wall Live House.
More details will be announced later.
Hashimoto Nanami (Nogizaka46) will make regular appearances in the TV show ZIP!.
Hashimoto Nanami will co-host a segment titled Senryū Joshi (川柳女子) with other performers. It will be aired on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday morning at 6:20.
ZIP! is a morning news program broadcast on Nippon Television.
Hashimoto Nanami is also playing in the drama Bad Boys J featuring Itano Tomomi (AKB48) and 4 other members of Nogizaka46.
Akimoto Sayaka announced her graduation from AKB48. The date hasn’t been determined yet.
Sayaka explained on her blog that she wants to experience something new and to become an actress. She also added that she won’t participate in the 5th Senbatsu Election.
Akimoto Sayaka joined AKB48 in 2006 as a 2nd generation member. She is part of Team K that she captained. She is also a member of the sub-unit DiVA.
Dempagumi.inc, BiS, Up Up Girls, hy4_4yh, Negicco, and many other artists will perform at Aomori Rock Festival 2013 ~Natsu no Mamono~ (～夏の魔物～).
The live will be held on September 14 in Aomori.
Dempagumi.inc, BiS, and Up Up Girls already participated in the 2012 edition of the festival.
Kasai Tomomi will graduate from AKB48 on May 3 after the Shinoda Team A stage.
She had already announced her graduation on December 17 during the 2nd AKB48 Kouhaku Taikou Uta Gassen.
Kasai Tomomi will release her 2nd solo single a few days later on May 8. The title song will be used as the ending theme fo the drama Meshibana Deka Tachibana in which she is playing.
