AKB48 - Shoot Sign - Handshake Event 2017.06.25

This event was again at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, just like the events in January 2017. Because of that I wasn't as nervous as I was at some other events. But this would be the first time to meet Suda Akari, one of my all time favourite Idols. Adding to that, I was having tickets to meet Jurina again (for the first time in 6 months).

So when I arrived, I was heading to the SKE48 lanes and waiting for Dasu.

3rd slot

Okay, so as I was standing in line for Dasu, I could see Jurina next to her.. She was wearing a mask and looked really tired. I was instantely worried about her and as much as I wanted to meet her, I wanted her to rest!!
But first, I was meeting Suda and that was amazing:

Suda Akari

Me: Hello, I always wanted to meet you. I love you!
Dasu: Eeeh, thank you! Your Japanese is good
Me: Eeh
Dasu: Where are you from?
Me: From Germany
Dasu: Oh, Wiener right? So delicious
Me: Haha, right
Dasu: And beer is good too
Me: You drank German beer before?
Dasu: Yes! Fruits beer right? Beer with fruits
Me: wow, amazing
Dasu: Yeah right *waves*

Wow, I'm not kidding this was the best first Handshake I ever had. People aren't joking when they say she is the handshake queen. I already love her so much and this made me even happier. Dasu is so funny, cute and I think it's so cool that she likes German Sausages and Beer. XD Best thing ever.. (I had two tickets by the way)

I was still happy with this handshake, when it was announced that Jurina is not going to participate in this event anymore. It was still kind of sad, but I really really wanted to her to get better. I'm always worried about Jurina's health. And good thing is, that I already had tickets for the next single's event for her. But since this was the last event for the Shoot Sign single, staff wasn't sure if I could still use her tickets from this event there.. So I thought I would maybe see some other girls instead, because you can exchange tickets for other (less popular) members. I think that's cool, especially if the girl you have a ticket for is ill.

4th slot

But first of all, I had a really special ticket for some: Mayuyu!

Watanabe Mayu

Me: I love you! I'm sad aout our graduation announcement but I will support you
Mayu: Thank you

Wow, that was the shortest and most boring handshake ever. I mean, I can't blame Mayuyu but she also wasn't too escited and everything just went so fast.. She looked really cute though..

Taniguchi Megu

Me: Congrats on being 45th place in the Election
Magu: Thank you! Long time no see~
Me: Eh, you remember me?
Megu: Yes, you're from Germany right
Me: Yeah, Dankeschön
Megu: Dankeschön, dankeschön

I was sooo happy to meet Megu again! She is the sweetest, and she remembered me *-*

This time I was also not having too much time, but I tried to get Ogiyuka's sign (remember when I got a stamp from the last event that I could still use the sign ticket).
I still had to wait a bit, but not as long as last time. It felt weird because I was the only one with a CD though..

Ogino Yuka

Yuka: Hello (in English)
Me: Hello, thank you!
Yuka: *sees the CD* Ah, thank you for coming today
Me: No, thank you, I'm happy to be able to meet you!
Yuka: Waah, I'm happy. Ronja-chan right
Me: Yes. Congrats on being 5th in the election
Yuka: Thank you~~~~ waaah, I'm so happy
Me: Your Showroom is so funny. And you're so cute
Yuka: Really? Thank you so much! Please come again
Me: I'd like to!
Yuka: Bye bye

Seriously, she is amazing! So funny and open and happy.. She took so much time to talk to me and I guess everyone else was jealous, because they got way less time with her at the normal handshake.. Ogiyuka just started rising and I'm so happy to be able to talk to her and see in person how amazing she is!

5th slot

In this slot I finally had to decide what to do with my Jurina tickets.. So, I decided to use three of them for other members and keep one just in case for the next event.

Futamura Haruka

Me: Hello, I like you so much
Harutamu: Thank you~
Me: I'm sad that you are graduating but good luck to you!
Harutamu: Thank you! Your Japanese is really good
Me: Not yet
Harutamu: Where are you from (English)
Me: Germany
Harutamu: Guten Tag!
Me: Eeeeeeh, wow. Thank you!
Harutamu: Thank you *waves*

I was so happy to see Harutamu, since she just announced her graduation shortly before. She is part of the SKE48 that I really liked around 2014 and I always had a soft spot for her. I thought she would be rising even higher, but I understand her decision to leave the group. She was so so so beautiful, I'm not kidding. She is definitely one of the most beautiful Idols I ever met!

6th slot

Suda Akari

Dasu: Okaeri
Me: Tadaima! Congrats on being 6th in the election
Dasu: Thank you~~~ I want to go to Germany!
Me: Please come, I'll wait for you

Wow, one ticket with her is really not enough to talk about anything.. It was still really nice and she said Okaeri *-*

Kitagawa Ryouha

So I was meeting another foreign SKE fan and I was actually talking to him about how I'm not sure if I should change the tickets. I asked him about Ryoha and he said I should give it a shot, especially if I also mentioned Miyazawa Sae (we talked about her since we both loved her). So I thought to give Ryouha a try:

Uha: Eeeh
Me: Hello, you're cute
Uha: Thank you
Me: I was also a Miyazawa Sae Oshi
Uha: Tebasaki~
Me: Tebasaki~ I support you!
Uha: Thank you~~~

Ryouha was a bit surprised to see a foreigner.. And you could literally see her face lighten up when I mentioned Sae! That was the cutes thing ever. I see how she can be a bit shy otherwise but it was really nice to meet her!

I changed another ticket for a member who I also liked for quite some time (and who was just elected as Next Girls center):

Kato Yuuka

Uuka: Eeeh
Me: Hello, Congrats on being 33rd
Uuka: Thank you (in English)
Me: Ooh English! Thank you
Uuka: Thank you *makes heart pose*

Uuka was really cute, her smile was brighter than the sun. But really, it was so cool to meet her and she was just making heart poses and winking in the end.. so cute!

7th slot

I had one ticket left with Dasu..

Suda Akari

Me: I'm back!
Dasu: Wow, the 3rd time
Me: Yeah, but this will be the last time.. I'm sad
Dasu: So sad :(
Me: I will support you from Germany!
Dasu: Yay. let's do our best! How do you say 'I love you' in German?
Me: Ich liebe dich
Dasu: Eh
Me: Ich liebe dich
Dasu: Ih liiidi?
Me: That's ok, thank you so much
Dasu: I'm gonna learn that. Thank you!

This was quite long for only one ticket, but Dasu was holding my hands really tight.. She didn't want to let got, so staff couldn't push me out until she let go. The conversation was fun and just the whole situation was amazing.. I hope she will remember me, but I don't even know if I will ever meet ehr again.. would be cool though :)

Another really cool day, and since I was tired after that I went home.

AKB48 49th Single Senbatsu Sousenkyo 2017 Prelims - the Ogiyuka miracle

Yesterday on May 31st, the first day prelims of this years AKB48 Senbatsu Sousenkyo (General Election) were held at the AKB48 theater. This years Election will be on June 17th in Okinawa. Since this year some high ranked members like Kashiwagi Yuki, Yamamoto Sayaka, Kodama Haruka, Muto Tomu and Iriyama Anna are not participating in the Sousenkyo and the steady rise of HKT48, Team 8 and NGT48 is continuing. And we already got to see a nice surprise through the first day results. here they are:

1. Ogino Yuka (NMB48 Team NIII) (55,061)
2. Matsui Jurina (SKE48 Team S) (34,641)
3. Sashihara Rino (HKT48 Team H/STU48) (32,340)
4. Watanabe Mayu (AKB48 Team B) (27,614)
5. Hinata Homma (NGT48 Team NIII) (25,032)
6. Suda Akari (SKE48 Team E) (24,947)
7. Takakura Moeka (NGT48 Team NIII) (21,667)
8. Miyakwaki Sakura (HKT48 Team KIV/AKB48 Team A) (21,151)
9. Takahashi Juri (AKB48 Team 4) (17,047)
10. Okada Nana (AKB48 Team 4/STU48) (16,867)
11. Kato Yuuka (NMB48 Team M) (12,396)
12. Yokoyama Yui (AKB48 Team A) (12,031)
13. Kuranoo Narumi (AKB48 Team 8) (11,961)
14. Kawamoto Saya (AKB48 Team 4) (11,864)
15. Okita Ayaka (NMB48 Team BII) (11,373)
16. Kubo Satone (AKB48 KKS) (11,363)

17. Sutou Ririka (NMB48 Team N) (11,207)
18. Takeuchi Saki (SKE48 Team KII) (11,127)
19. Shiroma Miru (NMB48 Team M/AKB48 Team A) (11,084)
20. Fuchigami Mai (HKT48 Team KIV) (10,767)
21. Murase Sae (NMB48 Team BII) (10,737)
22. Goto Rara (SKE48 Team E) (10,489)
23. Taniguchi Megu (AKB48 Team A) (10,113)
24. Yamaguchi Maho (NGT48 Team NIII) (9,966)
25. Fukuoka Seina (AKB48 Team B) (9,624)
26. Ota Yuuri (NMB48 Team BII) (8,965)
27. Kojima Mako (AKB48 Team 4) (8,729)
28. Iwatate Saho (AKB48 Team 4) (8,653)
29. Mukaichi Mion (AKB48 Team K) (8,626)
30. Mogi Shinobu (AKB48 Team K) (8,448)
31. Miyajima Aya (NGT48 KKS) (8,401)
32. Kamata Natsuki (SKE48 Team E) (8,312)

33. Yoshida Akari (NMB48 Team M) (8,160)
34. Nishigata Marina (NGT48 Team NIII) (7,983)
35. Nagano Serika (AKB48 Team 8) (7,433)
36. Takahata Yuki (SKE48 Team E) (7,302)
37. Oguri Yui (AKB48 Team 8) (7,288)
38. Arai Yuki (SKE48 Team KII) (6,984)
39. Goto Moe (AKB48 Team B) (6,981)
40. Furuhata Nao (SKE48 Team KII) (6,954)
41. Ota Nao (AKB48 Team 8) (6,811)
42. Obata Yuna (SKE48 Team KII) (6,785)
43. Kumazaki Haruka (SKE48 Team E) (6,753)
44. Toyonaga Aki (HKT48 KKS) (6,684)
45. Tanaka Miku (HKT48 Team H) (6,681) 
46. Aoki Shiori (SKE48 Team KII) (6,516)
47. Omori Miyu (AKB48 Team 4) (6,496)
48. Yabuki Nako (HKT48 Team H/AKB48 Team B) (6,175)

49. Tomonaga Mio (HKT48 Team KIV/AKB48 Team 4) (6,144)
50. Tomiyoshi Asuka (HKT48 Team KIV) (6,031)
51. Sasaki Yukari (AKB48 Team A) (6,024)
52. Nakamura Ayuka (NGT48 KKS) (5,994)
53. Uchiyama Mikoto (SKE48 Team KII) (5,612)
54. Tani Marika (SKE48 Team KII) (5,594)
55. Komiyama Haruka (AKB48 Team 4) (5,557)
56. Takayanage Akane (SKE48 Team KII) (5,523)
57. Isshiki Rena (SKE48 Team S) (5,393)
58. Kumazawa Serina (HKT48 Team KIV) (5,361)
59. Muto Orin (AKB48 KKS) (5,286)
60. Shimono Yuki (HKT48 Team KIV) (5,230)
61. Onishi Momoka (AKB48 Team 8) (5,218)
62. Souda Sarina (SKE48 Team KII) (5,159)
63. Tanikawa Hijiri (AKB48 Team 8) (5,154)
64. Ida Reona (SKE48 Team E) (5,148)

65. Kawakami Rena (NMB48 Team M) (5,112)
66. Nakano Ikumi (AKB48 Team 8) (5,048)
67. Kitagawa Ryoha (SKE48 Team S/AKB48 Team 4) (4,972)
68. Kato Rena (AKB48 Team B) (4,909)
69. Hokazono Hazuki (HKT48 Team TII) (4,800)
70. Ichikawa Manami (AKB48 Team K) (4,795)
71. Motomura Aoi (HKT48 Team KIV) (4,789)
72. Hiwatashi Yui (AKB48 Team A) (4,741)
73. Oba Mina (SKE48 Team KII) (4,692)
74. Akiyoshi Yuka (HKT48 Team H) (4,679)
75. Fukagawa Maiko (HKT48 Team KIV) (4,673)
76. Ueki Nao (HKT48 Team KIV) (4,666)
77. Murashige Anna (HKT48 Team KIV) (4,659)
78. Kitazawa Saki (AKB48 Team 4) (4,641)
79. Kokoro Naiki (NMB48 Team N) (4,618)
80. Aramaki Misaki (HKT48 Team TII) (4,431)

81. Eriko Jo (NMB48 Team BII) (4,421)
82. Tashima Meru (HKT48 Team H) (4,407)
83. Nakai Rika (NGT48 Team NIII) (4,404)
84. Matsuoka Natsumi (HKT48 Team H) (4,396)
85. Hidaka Yuzuki (SKE48 Team KII) (4,388)
86. Takagi Yumana (SKE48 Team KII) (4,324)
87. Ichino Narumi (SKE48 Team E) (4,290)
88. Tsukiashi Amane (HKT48 KKS) (4,261)
89. Tano Ayaka (NGT48 Team NIII) (4,199)
90. Tanaka Yuka (HKT48 Team KIV) (4,150)
91. Matsumura Kaori (SKE48 Team KII) (4,111)
92. Kitahara Rie (NGT48 Team NIII) (3,948)
93. Kushiro Rina (NMB48 Team BII) (3,850)
94. Nara Miharu (NGT48 KKS) (3,848)
95. Madoka Moriyasu (HKT48 Team KIV) (3,833)
96. Sakaguchi Nagisa (AKB48 Team 8/AKB48 Team B) (3,819)
97. Shibuya Nagisa (NMB48 Team M/AKb48 Team 4) (3,799)
98. Natsumi Tanaka (HKT48 Team H) (3,770)
99. Suenaga Oka (SKE48 Team E) (3,682)
100. Tanigawa Airi (NMB48 Team N) (3,531)

Ogino Yuka at first place!!

And like everyone else, I was really shocked to see these results. Especially since OgiYuka has so many votes, which almost definetely guarantee her a place in Senbatsu. About her, she has been trying a lot of times to be an Idol (AKB 15th gen, Baito AKB, Draft for NGT), so to finally see her with NGT and now being recognized through Seousenkyo makes me really happy.. Her reaction made me cry actually!!

Even though I don't think she will be 1st place in the end, this is a nice sign and I hope she stays as high as possible!! NGT is going strong and I really like it. Even though it is surprising to see Rika so low and Katomina not ranking in at all..

Other than that, there are a lot of SKE and HKT members, and some high ranking NMB members.. I'm quite surprised at Yuuka!! And our lovely Team 8 girls, especially Narumiii. Not Tano to be seen, but maaa I was expecting that..

Then I am surprised at Sakura's rank at 8th, but in the end it's only the first day and I think she will get a lot more votes and get to like 4th or 5th place!!

But yeah, the Ogiyuka thing is so cool!!

Even though, in the end it will be a battle of Sasshi, Mayuyu and Jurina, with me hoping to see Jurina first.

I'm even more excited for Sousenkyo now, yeayyy!! :)