AKB48‘s website published the preliminary results of the AKB48 37th Single Senbatsu Sousenkyo (AKB48 37thシングル 選抜総選挙).
Sashihara Rino is ranked 1st with 37,582 votes, being possibly the first person to ever rank 1st twice in a row for the event.
Check out the ranking with some other surprises.
AKB48 Sousenkyo Official Guide Book 2014 (AKB48総選挙公式ガイドブック2014) will be released on May 14.
This guide book contains the profiles of the 296 members of AKB48, SKE48, NMB48 and HKT48 members participating in the annual event. It also includes interviews, articles, several photos, election poster visuals…
NMB48’s Yamamoto Sayaka is on the center of the cover.
The official Line account of AKB48 Group will be opened on May 1.
To commemorate this collaboration between the famous idol group and the social messaging application, the top 16 members who will be elected at the AKB48 37th Single Senbatsu Election (AKB48 37th シングル選抜総選挙) will get a personal Line sticker.
AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 200 2014 (AKB48リクエストアワー セットリストベスト200 2014) will be released on DVD on April 30 and on Blu-ray on June 4.
These editions include only the songs ranking from 200th to 101st. They performed during the first 4 days of AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 200 2014.
The event was held on January 23-26 at Tokyo Dome.
AKB48‘s 36th single Labrador Retriever (ラブラドール・レトリバー) will be released on May 21.
The list of the 36 Senbatsu members for Labrador Retriever has been revealed. The center is Watanabe Mayu.
The short version of the MV, the covers and the tracklist of each edition have been unveiled.
Akazawa Hono announced her graduation from NMB48. She left the idol group on April 16.
Akazawa Hono explained on her blog that she took this decision because of her poor physical health.
She was a member of NMB48 Team BII.
AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 200 2014 (AKB48リクエストアワー セットリストベスト200 2014) was held on January 23-26 at Tokyo Dome City Hall, and on April 6 at Saitama Super Arena.
Minegishi Team 4’s Seijun Philosophy (清純フィロソフィー) was ranked 1st. Suzukake Nanchara (鈴懸なんちゃら) and Koi Suru Fortune Cookie (恋するフォーチュンクッキー) reached the 2nd and 3rd position.
Check out the full results.
The album NMB48 Team N 3rd Stage Koko ni Datte Tenshi wa Iru (ここにだって天使はいる) will be released on March 31.
NMB48 Team N 3rd Stage is performed since November 19, 2013 at their theater in Osaka.
Miura Arisa has been promoted to NMB48 Team M.
The announcement was made on March 20 during the concert of the idol group in Osaka.
Miura Arisa is going to replace Team M captain Shimada Rena who held her graduation ceremony during this live performance.
NMB48 8 Live Collection will be released on March 31.
As its title suggests, this DVD box set contient 8 concerts including the 3rd anniversary live performances of the idol group. It consists of 11 discs.
Some DVDs are also on sale separately.