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Feb 1, 2013 · In the video posted on AKB48's official website, she said she had made the decision to shave off her long hair to show contrition for her "thoughtless and immature" actions.
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Feb 6, 2013 · In Japan, young women’s hair is cut short (though not shaved) in years nine and ten to maintain their modesty at the onset of puberty. The members of AKB48 all have long hair. Minegishi...
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Dec 13, 2019 · Japan. Music. In 2013, AKB48 singer Minami Minegishi had to shave her head to appease fans after photographs of her leaving the apartment of her boyfriend, a dancer in a boyband, surfaced. Read...
Feb 6, 2013 · After Minegishi's group AKB48 uploaded her shaved head video apology on its official YouTube channel, the clip soon went viral. It even became international news, with people around the world ...
Feb 5, 2013 · February 5, 2013. TOKYO (AP) -- A member of a hugely popular Japanese girl band has shaved her head and issued a tearful videotaped apology for violating the megagroup's no-dating rule, sparking a ...
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Feb 5, 2013 · The group denied forcing her to cut her hair. “If you ask me whether it was necessary for her to shave her head, I would say it wasn’t,” said AKB manager Tomonobu Togasaki in a statement. “But Minegishi said she felt strongly about it.”
Feb 8, 2013 · They reported the story in an issue published on January 31, and later that day the video was posted to the AKB48 YouTube channel. Tear-filled apologies are common following idol scandals, but ...
