Kinoshita Yukiko and Kato Tomoko announced their graduation from SKE48.
Kinoshita Yukiko will continue her activities with SKE48 until November.
Kato Tomoko will leave the idol group in September.
Kenkyuusei members Inuzuka Asana and Noguchi Yume have been promoted to SKE48 Team S.
The announcement was made during a special live performance on August 4.
Owaki Arisa announced her graduation from SKE48 on July 6 during Team E live performance.
She will continue her activities with the idol group until the end of July.
Owaki Arisa explained that she wanted to do new things. She thanked the fans for their support.
Nogizaka46‘s 9th single Natsu no Free & Easy (夏のFree&Easy) will be released on July 9.
The list of the 16 Senbatsu members has been unveiled on May 11 on their variety show Nogizaka tte, Doko? (乃木坂って、どこ？).
SKE48’s Matsui Rena is in the line-up. The center is still Nishino Nanase.
SKE48‘s 15th single Bukiyou Taiyou (不器用太陽) will be released on July 30.
The list of the 20 Senbatsu members has been unveiled.
An introduction video by the members of SKE48 and the MV have been released.
The 6th AKB48 Senbatsu General Election 2014 (AKB48 選抜総選挙 2014) was held on June 7, 2014 at Ajinomoto Stadium in Tokyo.
Watanabe Mayu ranked 1st at the AKB48 37th Single Senbatsu Sousenkyo (AKB48 37thシングル 選抜総選挙). Sashikara Rino and Kashiwagi Yuki came in 2nd and 3rd position.
The live stream ended. Check out the full results.
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.
SKE48 members Matsui Rena and Matsui Jurina appeared in a new CM for Baitoru (バイトル).
In this commercial, Matsui Jurina and Matsui Rena are using their smartphones for job hunting with Baitoru‘s application.
The video and its making-of have been released.
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.