AKB48 Special Visit on 28th August

AKB48 Cafe Special Visit is here once more and this time we have Aamin, Maria and... ooh! Ranran is back again! (She came for the previous special visit) =D
[In fact all three of them came before for a special visit to the cafe, where Aamin and Maria came for the first visit - 'Summer Holiday Special Visit']

This time there would be two sessions, 12:30pm and 3pm, with each approximately 1hr 30mins. A set menu meal would be included with the usual, meet and greet session with the special guests. Tickets would be on sale from 12pm this Friday at the official cafe for $35 each.

Furthermore, three of them would be visiting the official shop on 5pm (as mentioned in the above picture)!

Would be there this Friday to get tickets for both sessions, not for me as I don't have spare cash =[, but for a friend of mine.

AKB48's New Team - Team 4

Initially when news came out that the ten Kenkyuusei that were promoted would be forming a new group called Team 4, I was kind of skeptical, for many reasons. Which I would talk about later. However, as more and more news surface on different sites about Team 4 and a double check on the Official site, I have come to realize that it was not just a rumor but is for real!

A quick glance at members that were promoted to form Team 4:

From 9th Gen

• 島田晴香 (Shimada Haruka)
• 島崎遥香 (Shimazaki Haruka)
• 大場美奈 (Oba Mina)
• 竹内美宥 (Takeuchi Miyu)
• 中村麻里子 (Nakamura Mariko)
• 山内鈴蘭 (Yamauchi Suzuran)
• 永尾まりや (Nagao Mariya)
• 森杏奈 (Mori Anna)

From 10th Gen:

• 市川美織 (Ichikawa Miori)
• 仲俣汐里 (Nakamata Shiori)

My previous post on the 10 promoted Kenkyuusei here.

Team 4 would be performing their own stage sometime soon but whether if it would be an original stage or reviving a new stage, it is not confirmed yet. Congratulations to the 10 promoted members!!

Okay, now come to the problem. I have been thinking, since a Team 4 is created, could there be a possibility that a Team 8 would be created in the future?

Whether or not that Team 8 would be created, with the addition of Team 4, wouldn't the total of members in AKB48 exceed 48 by a lot and not tally with it's name?

Could it be that Team 4 is a temporary group before there's space in Team A, K or B? (Which I highly doubt so)

Or could it be that there would be quite a handful of members form Team A, K and B be graduated as there was another news that appeared for quite sometime already, saying that Akimoto is going to kick about 8 members out due to halfheartedness or rudeness to the staff. Need to clarify on this piece of news though. (A total horror to the fans of those that would be graduating if this is true)

Any ideas? D=

Kenkyuusei Ichikawa Miori promoted to official member

Yesterday, 市川美織 (Ichikawa Miori) from the 10th Generation Kenkyuusei was announced to be promoted to official member status, though the team she would be in is not decided yet.
Along with her, 森杏奈 (Mori Anna), 永尾まりや (Nagao Mariya), 中村麻里子 (Nakamura Mariko), 大場美奈 (Oba Mina), 島田晴香 (Shimada Haruka), 島崎遥香 (Shimazaki Haruka), 竹内美宥 (Takeuchi Miyu), 山内鈴蘭 (Yamauchi Suzuran) and 仲俣汐里 (Nakamata Shiori) are also promoted with their teams not decided yet.

 市川美織 (Ichikawa Miori) - From 10th Gen

森杏奈 (Mori Anna) - From 9th Gen

永尾まりや (Nagao Mariya) - From 9th Gen

中村麻里子 (Nakamura Mariko) - From 9th Gen

大場美奈 (Oba Mina) - From 9th Gen

島田晴香 (Shimada Haruka) - From 9th Gen

島崎遥香 (Shimazaki Haruka) - From 9th Gen

竹内美宥 (Takeuchi Miyu) - From 9th Gen

山内鈴蘭 (Yamauchi Suzuran) - From 9th Gen

 仲俣汐里 (Nakamata Shiori) - From 10th Gen

Ichikawa Miori is my favourite in amongst the 10th Gen Kenkyuusei as she is really cute, not only the looks but the way she sing and speak too!

She was totally so cute in this episode of AKBINGO! ^^


As for the 9th Gen Kenkyuusei, my favourite is Shimazaki Haruka, aka Paruru. Started liking her in 'Majisuka Gakuen 2' where she acted as 'Kanburi' in 'Team Fondue'.

4th from the left

At AKB48SEIKENHOSO's Channel:

Congratulations to all of them!! ^^