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akb48.co.jp. AKB48 (pronounced A.K.B. Forty-Eight) is a Japanese idol musical girl group named after the Akihabara area in Tokyo, where the group's theater is located. AKB48 has sold more records than any other female musical act in Japanese history. [2] AKB48's producer, Yasushi Akimoto, wanted to form a girl group with its own theater and ...
Jan 19, 2012 · AKB48 (short for Ak iha b ara48) is a Japanese all-female idol group based in Akihabara, Tokyo, where they have their own theater in Don Quijote. The group, established in 2005, is produced by Akimoto Yasushi and signed under EMI Records Japan/Universal Music Japan, originally from DefSTAR RECORDS/Sony Music Japan and You! Be Cool!/King Records.
AKB48 Group (Japanese: AKB48グループ, Hepburn: AKB48 gurūpu), or AKB48 sister groups, shortened to 48 Group or 48g, refers to the sister groups of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. Based on the same concept "idols you can meet", it currently consists of five sister groups in locations across Japan and seven (DEL, SGO, MUB excluded ...
Aug 12, 2014 · An AKB48 fan meets one of his idols at a “handshake event”. These events were cancelled earlier in 2014 after two band members were attacked by a man wielding a saw at one of the events. The girls sustained minor injuries and the events were resumed with increased security in July. This staggering success has seen Akimoto’s protégés ...
AKB48 Group (AKB48グループ ?) is the general term used to address AKB48 and its sister groups as a collective. As of January 2024, AKB48 Group has thirteen groups under its name, with 6 based in Japan and 7 based in other countries across Asia.
It is popularly thought that the number 48 means the number of members, but instead it refers to the name of the group's President's office; "office48". The office is located in Chiba Prefecture, and in Japanese pronunciation , "Chiba" and "48" sound similar.
Nov 24, 2014 · The 48G is a Japanese idol girl group that consists of AKB48, SKE48, NMB48, HKT48, JKT48, and SNH48 with the concept of "idols you can meet" who perform daily. The 48G consists of AKB48 as the big sister group to all of the other little sister groups. The "48" part of their name refers to the original number of members who debuted in AKB48.
