NMB48 Geinin The Movie Owarai Seishun Girls! (NMB48 げいにん！ The Movie お笑い青春ガールズ！) will be released on DVD on April 23.
NMB48 Geinin! The Movie Owarai Seishun Girls! is a school comedy drama. The film is a spin-off of the series broadcast between July and September 2012.
Check out the trailer.
NMB48’s 9th single Takane no Ringo (高嶺の林檎) will be released on March 26.
The MV, the tracklist, and the covers for Takane no Ringo have been revealed.
The list of the 16 Senbatsu members on NMB48’s 9th single has also been unveiled. The centers are Yamamoto Sayaka and Watanabe Miyuki.
Shimada Rena announced her graduation from NMB48.
The date of Shimada Rena’s graduation ceremony hasn’t been determined yet.
The announcement was made on Feburary 27 during the concert NMB48 Team M Osaka Tour 2014 ~Bench Attatemetemashita~ (NMB48 TeamM大阪ツアー2014 ～ベンチ温めてました～).
AKB48 Group Dai Sokaku Matsuri (AKB48グループ大組閣祭り～時代は変わる。だけど、僕らは前しか向かねえ！～) was held on February 24, 2014 at Zepp DiverCity in Tokyo.
This event was the 3rd big shuffle of the 48 Family groups. Several transfers between the units and concurrent positions have been announced : Ikoma Riona (Nogizaka46 / AKB48), Matsui Rena (SKE48 / Nogizaka46), Miyazawa Sae (SNH48 / SKE48), Kashiwagi Yuki (AKB48 / NMB48), Chikano Rina (JKT48)…
Check out the new line-ups of AKB48, SKE48, NMB48 and HKT48 after this team shuffle.
The 3rd AKB48 Kouhaku Taikou Uta Gassen 2013 (第３回 ＡＫＢ４８紅白対抗歌合戦) will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on April 9.
The DVD and the Blu-ray include the 32 songs performed during the live, and bonus footage (making-of, comments by the members od the idol units…).
134 members from AKB48, SKE48, NMB48 and HKT48 participated in this annual singing battle.
A video of the 3rd AKB48 Kouhaku Taikou Uta Gassen 2013 has been released.
AKB48 Kaigai Ryoko Nikki 3 ~Hawaii wa Hawaii~ (AKB48海外旅行日記３～ハワイはハワイ～) will be released on March 29.
35 popular members from AKB48, SKE48 and NMB48 participated in this trip in Hawaii.
The photobook is a kind of diary about the trip of the idols in Hawaii in late 2013. It includes pictures of the girls in swimsuit in beautiful landscapes and ot the beach.
Check out some photos and the trailer for AKB48 Kaigai Ryoko Nikki 3 ~Hawaii wa Hawaii~.
Umehara Mako announced her graduation from NMB48.
Umehara Mako explained that she had decided to leave the idol group in order to focus on her studies.
Her graduation ceremony will be held on February 21. She will continue her activities with the unit until March 2.
Umehara Mako joined NMB48 as a 3rd generation member in 2012. She is part of Team BII since October 2012.
NMB48’s 9th single will be released on March 26.
The title of the single and more details will be announced later.
It will include a voting ticket for NMB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 50 2014 (NMB48リクエストアワーセットリストベスト50).
AKB48’s 35th single Mae Shika Mukanee (前しか向かねえ) will be released on February 26.
This is the last single with Oshima Yuko as a member of AKB48. She will be the center on the title song.
The tracklist and the members of AKB48, SKE48, NMB48, HKT48, JKT48 and SNH48 selected in the various sub-units have been revealed.
A short version of the MV has been released.
Koyanagi Arisa announced her graduation from NMB48.
She told that she wanted to pursue her career in the field of fashion and clothing.
The date of her graduation ceremony hasn’t been determined yet.