°C-ute Spring Tour °Celebration ~Chiba, 2017.05.21 14:00~

I went to °C-ute's Spring Tour °Celebration in Chiba.
This was first time going to a °C-ute CONCERT!!!
Since I am in the Hello!Project fanclub I tried to apply for some concerts, also some of °C-ute's last tour.. I also got a ticket for their last concert in Saitama Super Arena, but I was also happy to get another ticket for their Chiba concert in May. Trough this I will see them closer and in a smaller venue.  After all, Saitama Super Arena is quite big hahaha.

So  this day I went to Chiba to see °C-ute. It actually took me like 1 1/2 hours, which is okay. The Chiba Bunka Kaikan was actually quite easy to find so I went there and lined up for goods first. I bought the Himawari of Airi, and her Tour T-shirt and one of the set of all the members, to have some memories of this tour. The T-shirt I can wear again at Saitama Super Arena and I quite like the design, even though it is simple.
After the goods I still had some time, so I went through the park around that place. Chiba Castle was also really really close, so I sat down close to it and ate something. The weather was really nice and I walked a bit. Entrance was a bit late but then everything went quite fast. The venue is really really beautiful, I quite like halls with that size.
Actually, I was quite in the front in row 13. That made me really excited. A funny thing: I had some crazy Otaku next to me. He new ALL THE DANCES and has like three lightsticks. It was a lot of fun though hahaha.

Amai Wana - Kenshuusei


1. Dance Performance
2. Aitai Aitai Aitai na
3. Love take it all
4. Aitte Motto Zanshin
5. Kanashiki Amefuri
MC
6. The Curtain Rises
7. The Middle Management ~Josei Chuukan Kanrishoku~
8. Midnight Temptation
9. ENDLESS LOVE ~I Love You More~
MC
10. VTR: Retrospective of Past Tours
11. Solo Medley

• Natsu DOKI Lipstick - Yajima Maimi (with Hello Pro Kenshuusei as backdancers)
• Yuke! Genki-kun - Hagiwara Mai (with Hello Pro Kenshuusei as backdancers)
• Tokai no Neon ga Odoroku Kurai no Utsukushisa ga Hoshii - Okai Chisato
• Kagayake! Houkago - Nakajima Saki (with Hello Pro Kenshuusei as backdancers)
• Tsuugaku Vector - Suzuki Airi (with Hello Pro Kenshuusei as backdancers)

12. Bagel ni Ham & Cheese
13. Watashi ga Honki wo Dasu Yoru
14. Time Capsule
MC
15. Ai wa Itsumo Itsumo
16. ★Akogare My STAR★ (with Hello Pro Kenshuusei as backdancers)
17. FOREVER LOVE
18. Hitorijime Shitakatta Dake na no ni
MC
19. Final Squall
20. Arashi wo Okosunda Exciting Fight!
21. Dance de Bakoon! (with Hello Pro Kenshuusei as backdancers)
22. Chou WONDERFUL! (with Hello Pro Kenshuusei as backdancers)
23. Iron Heart (with Hello Pro Kenshuusei as backdancers)
Encore
24. Dare ni mo Naisho no Koishiteiru no
25. Rin 
MC
26. To Tomorrow

Amai Wana is a really ncie song, especially for a concert opening. The three Kenkyuusei performed. I actually knew all three of them, so I was quite happy. Danbara is really cute!! *-*

Then °C-ute came in and I already almost started crying x'D It's just that I saw them for the first time and I was actually quite close, so it was really great for me to finally see them in real life!!
And I think they were really awesome life. They had so much fun and their performance skills are so top! Having only 5 members, I could also look at all of them and ALL of them were shining so much!! They were so beautiful and I really liked their dances a lot. they actually started with some kind of dance performance.
About the songs, I really liked the setlist and the songs were a lot of fun. Starting with Aitai Aitai Aitai na was like a dream for me, since this is the song that was released when I became a fan. So I always watched it on YouTube and I was hyping it a lot. Seeing it live was definitely a highlight and made me excited. The following cool dance songs were also really awesome and created a nice atmosphere. Especially Midnight Temptation is a song that's just so awesome at concert, I think it makes everyone excited. The Restrospective of past tours was cool, because they showed tours like Monster that I always watched in Germany! Then we had solo performances of everyone and tehy were all great. MaiMai wanted the fans to interact at some part of Yuke! Genki-kun, that was fun to see!! And I really like Tsuugaku Vector and Suzuki Airi is such a lovely singer!
Bagel ni Ham & Cheese is a lot of fun live, I think I like it even more than the studio recording. Watashi ga Honki wo Dasu Yoru was also a lot of fun, but in the middle of the performance Maimi left the stage. I could see some of the members looking a bit confused so I thought something was wrong.. But the members still had fun haha. Then, Maimi came back for the next song and at the MC they talked about that. Apparently her outfit ripped, because she is too strong. HAHAHA. That was really funny and the other members 'scolded' her a bit. They continued talking about this at later points too and it just showed how much fun they have together and that they are like a family!!
★Akogare My STAR★ and Hitorijime Shitakatta Dake na no ni are two songs that I love a lot so I was really happy to see them performed!! Seeing Final Squall live was quite sad and made me remember that this group will split up (I almost forgot over the last songs). The songs after that were all really cool to see live and they made everyone jump around, especially Dance de Bacoon.
To Tomorrow being the last song was really really sad.


Everyone was really fan of their oshi, which was interesting for me to see. It was more hardcore than for example with Momusu. But still, the fans and the group were like a family and that's what I liked the most!!
I had a lot of fun and I love °C-ute so much. This was such a nice concert and I am so happy I got to see them live like this, up close and in a smaller hall.
Now it's Saitama Super Arena next! I'm kind of looking forward to it but it's also gonna be so sad!
Forever °C-ute!

I bought Airi's Himawari!!

My first Idol concert - Morning Musume '16 in Pacifico Yokohama

So on November 3rd I went to my very first Idol concert!! I've been waiting for this day for a long time and it finally happened. I went to Morning Musume'16's concert in Pacifico Yokohama, which was part of their Fall Tour 2016.

I got this ticket quite late, but I got it and that's soooosososo great!

Since I didn't want to risk it, I bought Kudo Haruka's concert T-shirt via the e-lineup (which is now called e-mall) shop online. I bought a penlight and planned my trip to Yokohama.
I actually spent quite a few hours in Yokohama on that day and went through the city. I arrived at Pacifico Yokohama around 14:00, so I had plenty of time until the concert would start (opening doors at 17:30 and concert start at 18:30). Soooo, I lined up for the goods. That actually took quite a long time, but I didn't have anything else to do, so it wa s interesting. But being the only foreigner was a bit weird :'D
Oh, I was actually surprised to see a lot of female fans, because I didn't expect that many!! But that was cool to see.. Still, I was too shy to talk to anyone.. ^^'

I just got myself some photos. Of course I had to get Kudo's picture pf the day and I always wanted to have a picture of everyone, so I bought the whole set :3 I randomly got Ayumi's photocard and Mizuki's hair pin, which is awesome.

So I ate, went around the location and waited for the concert.. It was interesting to see all the fans coming out after the first concert, and I lined up for my concert exactly after that, so I was quite in the front of the queue. Everything went really fast and I could enter and then I saw people handing out lightsticks with Harunans colour (yellow) because it was kind of her birthday special on that day. I thought that was really cute :3
I searched for my seat. Since I knew, I was quite in the second floor and in the back, I wasn't surprised. But actually, I could see everything, which was great!!! Yeah, the view was okay. :D

So I was waiting for the concert to begin, tried to turn on my penlight etc.. They showed some Hello Project Singles promotions, which was really exciting. Everyone slowly turned on their penlights and when the concert began, it went crazy. (I was surrounded by Eripon and Duu fans by the way xD)
In Japan, you always have seats, but everyone still stands up, which is soo great!! The atmosphere was amazing and I enjoyed every bit of the concert!!

The whole My Vision theme, starting with the members talking was a reaaaally nice. The costumes are perfect and I love that song! It doesn't showcase the members individually thaaat great, but its an awesome opneing song. Ayumin, Ikuta and Duu's dancing was really good, I was a bit surprised.

I have to say, I LOVED every song they played that night. But actually, they didn't play that many old songs, which did surprise me. But it's nice to see this NEW Morning Musume, so I can't complain. And I love their newer songs.

When they played ther next few songs Tokyo to iu Katasumi, Brainstorming and Tsuyoki e Ikouze, everyone was really into it and the fans were soo excited. I was really excited!!
They performed Sexy cat no Enzetsu, which is great live and I'm such a big fan of that new song. Iroppoi Jiretai with Duu and Maria as the speakers was also cool. They did some sexy songs!!

12th gen was really shining with I'm Lucky Girl, and I started to appreachiate them even more in general with this concert! The medley was a lot of fun, I liked the solos of Ayumi, Eripon and Mizuki. Harunan also sang KoING, and surprisingly her voice was super awesome! I especially liked that everyone turned their colours into the member colour of the member singing and so did I. But except for that I was mostly orange, haha. Well..

Take off is now with Duu, Maachan and Oda was one of the best things EVERRRR!! They were so great and I love them lot. One of the best songs to hype up the audience was definitely Dokkan Capprichino. It was SO MUCH FUN. Just like What is LOVE, that one was amazing as well xD I was also really happy that they sang Watashi wa Watashi nanda, because it's an album song and maybe not that famous? But the best song was Wagamama Ki no Mama Ai no Joke!! I still love this song to death and it was and still is so special to them. Adding to that it's amazing at concert, and I know the dance so it's really cool. The second most amazing song was Saturday Night, because everyone got so excited and the memebrs had so much fun *-*

The encore was a Harunan call, and everyone had yellow lightsticks up! That was quite cool and she must've been happy about that :3

They also performed Sou janai, which is a Maria center and she was simply shining so much. And her wink in the end, she really got me with that!! <3
The last MC was sad and funny at the same time. Maachan was funny, Duu was so cute and told everyone to take care on the way back home, in the end Sakura held a lovely speech about being in Morning Musume and the importance of fans (I guess because she has been a member for 4 years now?)
Ending the concert with One Two Three was also a good choice. I love that song!!

This was such a great concert, and even though I couldn't see them that close, I had the best time of my life. I guess I like them even more now. Simply EVERYONE was shining so much and they had so much fun. Momusu's performance is really really great and you could see that they were giving their best. Especially Duu was so so so so so cute and I loved her voice and her performances!! Mizuki, Sakura and Maachan were soo great as well, especially Maachan's charisma is just wow. And the gap to her MC's, haha. Ishida was also pretty good and her solo fitted her really well! Ikuta's solo was ok, but her singing is still not thaat good from time to time.. Or not the best song choice, haha. But she is seriously the funniest, together with Harunan!! Out of 12th gen, Miki is definitely the one with the most talent but all of them are trying so hard and I love them even more now. Maria is always so genki, Akane's DJ part in Saturday Night was great and Haachin is so cute!

With Kanon and Riho's graduations, it finally feels like a totally different Morning Musume again! Adding to that, their new songs are really good and have a kind of different feeling to them if you know what I mean?

Yeah, I had sooo much fun and I'm so happy I saw them live! I can't wait to go to more concerts and events. I love this group so much and this day will always be special for me! :3

And I love Yokohama xD

''Minna Nakunjaneezo. Miyazawa Sae Sotsugyou Concert'' in Nippon Gaishi Hall

Yesterday and today were SKE48's Harucon concerts with the title ''Minna Nakunjaneezo. Miyazawa Sae Sotsugyou Concert'' in Nippon Gaishi Hall. As the title suggests, this is Miyazawa Sae's graduation concert from SKE48! It's finally happening guys, she will soon be a graduated member *cries*
So let's look at the setlist:

Day 1

Kageana : Kitagawa Ryoha and Goto Rara

00. Overture
01. Boku wa Shitteiru
02. Coquettish Juutai Chuu
03. Gomen ne, SUMMER
04. Banzai Venus
05. Gonna Jump 

MC 1

06. Bouenkyou no nai tenmondai (Passion for you senbatsu)
07. Kiss datte hidarikiki (Kenkyuusei) (Mizuno Airi center)
08. Houkago Race (Team S)
09. Kanojo ga iru (Team S) (Yakata Miki center)
10. Konya wa Join us! (Team KII)
11. Kiss Position (Team KII) (Obata Yuna center)
12. Banana kakumei (Team E)
13. Is that your secret? (Team E) (Takatera Sana center)

MC2. Kato Rumi present SUPPON GRAND PRIX (Kato Rumi, Oya Masana, Kimoto Kanon, Suda Akari, Yamada Juna, Shibata Aya)

14. Aozora Kataomoi (Goto Rara center) / Goto Rara, Nojima Kano, Obata Yuna, Sugawara Maya, Asai Yuka, Isshiki Rena, Mizuno Airi
15. Koutei no koinu (Takayanagi Akane (Bird), Matsui Jurina (Dog), Yakata Miki (Cat))

16. Hanabi wa owaranai (Futamura Haruka, Ego Yuna, Oba Mina, Suda Akari, Kumazaki Haruka, Souda Sarina, Tani Marika)

17. Scandalous ni ikou (Miyazawa Sae, Matsumura Kaori)

18. Machikado no Party (Yamashita Yukari (center), Sakai Mei, Takeuchi Mai, Kimoto Kanon, Shibata Aya, Tsuzuki Rika, Uchiyama Mikoto, Saito Makiko)

19. Mushi no Ballad (Yamashita Yukari)

MC3. Yamashita Yukari, Shibata Aya, Takagi Yumana, Obata Yuna, Shirai Kotono

20. Kataomoi Finally (Azuma Rion, Takeuchi Mai, Tsuzuki Rika, Futamura Haruka, Miyamae Ami, Yakata Miki, Uchiyama Mikoto, Ego Yuna, Oba Mina, Kitano Ruka, Souda Sarina, Takayanagi Akane, Ichino Narumi, Kumazaki Haruka, Saito Makiko, Sakai Mei)

21. Escape (Kitagawa Ryoha, Matsui Jurina, Yamauchi Suzuran, Ishida Anna, Hidaka Yuzuki, Furuhata Nao, Kimoto Kanon, Goto Rara, Suda Akari)

22. Sekai ga naiteru nara (Kitagawa Ryoha, Matsui Jurina, Yamauchi Suzuran, Ishida Anna, Hidaka Yuzuki, Furuhata Nao, Kimoto Kanon, Goto Rara, Suda Akari)

MC4. Miyazawa Sae, Matsumura Kaori, Tani Marika, Sato Sumire, Oba Mina

23. Sansei Kawaii!

24. Choco no dorei

25. Oki Doki

26. 1! 2! 3! 4! Yoroshiku

27. Mirai to wa?

28. Pareo wa Emerald

ENCORE [SKE48

EN 1. Chicken LINE

MC5. Chicken LINE senbatsu

EN 2. 12gatsu no Kangaroo

EN 3. Aishiteraburu!

Announcement: 

SKE48 "AKB49" Musical New Cast

EN 4. Te wo Tsunaginagara

Shimeana : Yamashita Yukari & Yakata Miki​

This was Day one. Well, this one isn't the heavy graduation day yet. There's a lot of showcases for the younger girls and the new single with its B-sides were performed. Btw Chicken LINE seems to be pretty cool!!! The Sae x Kaotan combi with Scandalous ni ikou is simply hilarious!!!! I also LOVE seeing Kataomoi Finally, Escape and Sekai ga naiteru nara being performed.. directly after each otehr! Like seriously, those are some of my favourite SKE songs ever *-*
All in all it's a ncie setlist!

Day 2

Kage-ana: Oya Masana and Yakata Miki

00. Overture
01. Kiseki wa Ma ni Awanai (Miyazawa Sae acapella solo in the beginning, hat attraction success)
02. Coquesttish Juutaichuu 
03. Gomenne, Summer
04. Banzai Venus
05. Boku no Taiyou 

MC.1

06. Chime wa Love Song (Kimoto Kanon and Kumazaki Haruka center)
07. Winning Ball (Team KII)
08. Kesenai Honoo (Team S)
09. Kiss Datte Hidarikiki (Kenkyuusei) (Mizuno Airi center)
10. Bouenkyo no nai Tenmondai (Passion for You Senbatsu)
11. Pinocchio Gun
12. Gonna Jump

MC2. (Oba Mina, Matsui Jurina, Goto Lala, Kitagawa Ryoha, Takayanagi Akane, Tsuzuki Rika)

13. Lost the Way (Miyazawa Sae, Sato Sumire, Saito Makiko, Yamauchi Suzuran, Takeuchi Mai)
14. Kimi wa Pegasus (Miyazawa Sae, Yakata Miki, Miyamae Ami, Azuma Rion)
15. Ashita wa Ashita no Kimi ga Umameru (Miyazwa Sae, Takayanagi Akane, Furuhata Nao)
16. Hajimete no Jelly Beans (Miyazawa Sae, Oya Masana, Goto Rara)
17. Ookami to Pride (Miyazawa Sae (Wolf), Kitagawa Ryoha (Little Red Riding Hood))
18. TWO ROSES (Miyazawa Sae, Matsui Jurina)
19. Tenohira (Kimoto Kanon, Shibata Ayan, Tsuzuki Rikach, Oba Minarun, Matsumura Kaori, Ishida Anna, Miyazawa Sae, Tani Marika, Suda Akari, Uchyiama Mikoto)

MC.3 (Miyazawa Sae, Shibata Aya, Yamashita Yukari, Oya Masana, Tani Marika, Azuma Rion, Yakata Miki) 

20. Escape (Kitagawa Ryoha, Matsui Jurina, Yamauchi Suzuran, Ishida Anna, Hidaka Yuzuki, Furuhata Nao, Kimoto Kanon, Goto Rara, Suda Akari)
21. Sekai ga Naiteru Nara
22. UZA (Yakata Miki, Miyazawa Sae, Miyamae Ami, Oba Mina, Noguchi Yume, Ichino Narumi, Kitona Ruka)
23. Viva Hurricane (Escape + UZA member)
24. BINGO! (Tani Marika and Matsumura Kaori center)
25. RESET (Team S)
26. Iiwake Maybe (Team KII and Miyazawa Sae)
27. Yuuhi wo Miteiru ka? (Team E and Miyazawa Sae)

MC.5 (Yakata Miki, Saito Makiko, Matsumura Kaori)

28. Chicken Line (Senbatsu)
29. Bukiyou Taiyou (Miyazawa Sae, Goto Risako, Obata Yuna, Yamada Juna, Takatera Sana, Arai Yuki, Ishida Anna, Uchiyama Mikoto, Kato Rumi, Kitano Ruka, Yamashita Yukari. With Miyazawa Sae solo in the beginning)
30. Pareo wa Emerald (Miyazawa Sae center)
31. Sansei Kawaii
32. Oki Doki
33. Boku wa Shitteru
34. Kyou Made no Koto, Kore Kara no Koto


Encore (Miyazawa Sae call)

En1. Aishiteraburu
En2. 1! 2! 3! 4! Yoroshiku! (All)

VTR : History of Miyazawa Sae

En3. Tabi no Tochuu (Miyazawa Sae Graduation Song)

Messege from Miyazawa Sae

En4. Yakusoku yo! (Miyazawa Sae hugs everyone)

En5. Nakama no Uta

Announcement:
- SKE48 Captain: Saito Makiko
- Team S Leader: Yakata Miki
- Team S Vice Leader: Matsumoto Chikako
- Team E Vice Leader: Fukushi Nao

Shime-ana : Matsui Jurina

Now THIS is the concert day with ALL THE FEELS!!! From the Kiseki wa ma ni awanai with everyone to all the Sae sub-units, including FRICKING TWO ROSES WITH JURINA!!! And omg, you don't even know how much I loved Chocolove, so the Ashita wa Ashita no Kimi ga Umameru is just the best thing ever. There are so many awesome songs here, and Sae looks so lovely. I like her dress a lot, it's just so much like her!!
I started crying from reading the setlist alone, I will die when I'm finally seeing the concert.. *cries*
Oh, and can I say how happ I am, that they chose Makiko for the new captain?? She's such a great leader person and I'm feeling so proud of her now. I'm really excited to see the SKE under her leadership. It's also nice to have girls from the first draft being vice leaders. You go girls!!

Wrapping this whole thing up, it is just overwhelming!!! This is simply a perfect way to leave SKE and I'm so excited for the Ori Team K Theater Stage.. Though I will probably cry even more :'(

With that, bye bye~

AKB48 Request Hour 2015 Best 1035: 50-01

It's that time of the year again: AKB48 held their annual Request Hour!! Since 2015 is their 10th anniversary they went a bit hardcore and ranked all the 1035 AKB48, SKE48, NMB48, HKT48, SDN48, sub-groups and soloist groups (The last two were excluded the past few years).

Well, they didn't perform all the songs, but they made videos with the rankings and performed the top200 again like last year. I kind of missed everything this year and only listened to the top10 or something (from a live stream). But I have to say it was a very interesting Request Hour. A lot of my favourite songs didn't even make the top200 (Kamonegix, Darkness, Dear J, Kaze wa Fuiteiru, a looot of stage songs [I mean hallooo, Sasae?] 
In the top200 have been a lot of surprises, too and because of the 10th anniversary, a lot of graduated members vame back like Maeda Atsuko, Oshima Yuko, Katayama Haruka, Masuda Yuka. That shows how special this year is.

You can read the full list on many sites like stage48, but here are the top50 from today:



50: Haruiro no Tsubasa (Akita Kazue)

49: Dakishimechaikenai

48: Soredemo Suki da Yo (Rino Sashihara)

47: Kimi no Hitomi wa Planetarium

46: Dakishimeraretara (Kuramochi Asuka, Kojima Haruna, Nagao Mariya)

45: Love Shugyou

44: Koi Yori mo Dream (Dasu, Tsuma, Nita)

43: Himitsu no Diary

42: Idol no Oujya (HKT48)

41: Ima, Kimi wo Omou (HKT48)

40: Ai no Sonzai

39: Heart Gata Virus (Kojima Haruna, Kojima Mako, Kojima Natsuki)

38: Seifuku no Hane (Team 8)

37: Souzou no Shijin (NMB48)

36: Namaiki Lips (Yabuki Nako, Tanaka Miku)

35: Dazai Osamu wo Yonda Ka? (NMB48)

34: Itoshisa no Accel (Takahashi Minami)

33: Ue Kara Mariko (Marika Tani Center) (Ue Kara Marika)

32: Rashikunai (NMB48)

31: Heart no Dasshutsu Game

30: Hatsukoi wa Minoranai (Ojarumaru Sisters Song)

29: Yokaze no Shiwaza (Kashiwagi Yuki)

28: May (Yokoyama Yui)

27: Kazanbai (Kashiwagi Yuki)

26: Kimi no Koto Ga Suki Dakara

25: Choose me! (Kitahara Rie, Mukaichi Mion, Minegishi Minami, Sashihara Rino, Kuramochi Asuka, Nakagawa Haruka, Owada Nana )

24: Warukii (Watanabe Miyuki)

23: Nusumareta Kuchibiru

22: Dakishimetal Kedo (Yamamoto Sayaka)

21: Nakinagara Hohoende (Oshima Yuko)

20: Kono Namida wo Kimi ni Sasagu (No Name)

19: Natsu no Mae (HKT48 Team KIV)

18: Temodemo no Namida (Kashiwagi Yuki and Saeki Mika)

17: Escape (SKE48)

16: Watashi wa Watashi (Minegishi Minami)

15: Kareha no Station (Matsui Rena)

14: Eien Pressure

13: Watashi wa Blueberry Pie (HKT48)

12: Hikaeme I love you (HKT48)

11: 47 no Suteki na Machi e (Team 8)

10: Seijun Philosophy (Team 4)

9: Koko de Ippatsu (Suda Akari and Matsumura Kaori)

8: Ice no Kuchizuke (12th generation)

7: Kiseki wa ma ni Awanai (Miyazawa Sae, Matsui Jurina and Nakanishi Yuka)

6: Kokoro no Placard

5: Kibouteki Refrain

4: Koi Suru Fortune Cookie

3: Jane Doe (Takahashi Minami)

2: Tomodachi (Yamamoto Sayaka and Yamada Nana)

1: Suzuake Nanchara



There are a few things I want to talk about. First of all Akita Kazue's solo is at number 50!! I didn't expect her to come that high and seems like most SDN fans voted for her. I don't really know SDN that well, but it still makes me happy. :D

Well, there are a lot of solos in the list here but most songs were to be expected. It's cool that Yuko returned for Nakinagara Hohoende and it always makes me happy to see the Undergirls songs like Dakishimechaikenai, Kimi no Koto ga Suki dakara and Nusumareta Kuchibiru being so high.

Miichan and Rena are pretty close with their ranks (16th and 15th), but the highest solo song goes to Takamina with Jane Doe (at 3rd). Actually, this marks the highest solo song ever! It makes me really happy that Takamina's fans did this for her. *-* I honestly though a Team 8 song would win, but 47 no suteki na machi he at number 11 is still pretty good. Seeing Ice no Kuchizuke at number 8, is awesome for Yukarun and nice to see it being performed by the whole 12th gen. It makes me really, really happy that Kiseki wa ma ni awanai stays strong and only dropped one place. Sae fans are still there!!

                            

Sasshi with KFC beats both Kibouteki Refrain and KNP and shows that she's still standing strong. At number 2 is the beautiful song Tomodachi by Sayanee and Nana and I honestly believed this woul win. It didn't, but that's still a very nice rank.

    

Number 1 is... 鈴懸の木の道で「君の微笑みを夢に見る」と言ってしまったら僕たちの関係はどう変わってしまうのか、僕なりに何日か考えた上でのやや気恥ずかしい結論のようなもの

For those of you who can't read Japanese, this is the 2013 Janken song Suzukake Nanchara, centered by Jurina. As a Jurina oshi, this is a big surprise for me. I never expected it, but seems like last year wasn't enough.^^ I like Suzuke. I like the song, I love Jurina and the fact that there are so many unknown members in the line-up, so this makes me really happy.

It's also somehow nice to see an AKB song winning, even though the center isn't a whole AKB member. xD

But Request Hour wouldn't be Request Hour without a few announcements. This year there are two very big announcements.

First of is the senbatsu announcement for AKB48's 39th single, titled ''Green Flash''. It's mostly the main Kibouteki Refrain line-up, only Dasu is out for Mako. Milky still isn't in again, but I'm not that sad, because I do think she will have her comeback soon. Like this, there are more main AKB members, which is great for the 10th anniversary. oh, I didn't tell the most important part: Centers are Kojima Haruna and Kashiwagi Yuki! OMG, Yukirin!!! Finally, FINALLY. I was wishing for a Yukirin for a very long time now, and it finally is reality. Well, she shares it with Nyan2, which isn't the best turnout (nothing against Nyan, but she had Heart Ereki) but I'm still happy. We also already heard the short version of the song and I have to say it's a pretty interesting song. It doesn't sound like AKB and even has a little rap part (Done by Takamina and SayaRap). But actually, it is a more soft song and I like it.

Then we have the biggest announcement: A new group NGT48 will be created in Niigata!!

I think a new group is a nice move and everyone was already guessing it to be SPR48 (Sapporo). But I'm actually really shocked that it is Niigata. I know little about Niigata, which already shows, that it isn't as popular and big as some other cities. Of course, it's closer to Tokyo than Sapporo, but I'm still surprised about that move. Perhaps the is a nice sponsor over there or something. Well, I'm really, really interested how everything will turn out. This will be the first time that I witness the creation of a 48group, so I'm quite excited!! :D


There have been some little announcements, like the Majisuka stage play with Rena and Yui (which is pretty cool) and HKT & AKB tours.

So it was a really interesting Request Hour in my opinion. I'm just happy that we don't have a big shuffle announcement again. :D

Yuko's graduation concert at Ajinomoto Stadium

Today Oshima Yuko's graduation concert was held. The concert was originally scheduled in April, but was delayed due to the bad weather at that time. Now, she finally graduated at the big concert and will hold her Theater graduationg tomorrow. Here is the setlist:

Kageana: Oshima Yuko

VTR: About Yuko Oshima's Audition into AKB48

M00: Overture
M01: Naginagara Hohoende (Opening Piano: Inoue Yoshimasa)
M02: Heavy Rotation
M03: Aitakatta
M04: Everyday Katyusha
M05: Flying Get (Yuko Center)

MC1

M06: Shoujotachi Yo (37th Single Senbatsu)

MC2

M07: Itoshiki Rival (Yokoyama Team K)
M08: Heart no dasshutsu Game (Minegishi Team 4)
M09: Kimi wa Kimagure (Takahashi Team A)
M10: B Garden (Kuramochi Team B)
M11: Anata Ga ite kuerta Kara
M12: Scandalous Ni Ikou (Kojiharu and Yuko)
M13: Boku to Juliet to Jet Coaster (Yuko, Tomu, and Tanochan)
M14: Shuumatsu Not Yet (Not Yet)
M15: Juuryoku Sympathy

MC03 (Yuko, Rie, Yui, Miichan, Mayuyu)

M16: Iiwake Maybe (Team 8)
VTR of NMB48
M17: Ibiza Girl (NMB48)
M18: Nagiichi (NMB48)
VTR of HKT48
M19: Rock da yo, jinsei wa... (HKT48)
M20: Melon Juice (HKT48)
VTR of SKE48
M21: Mirai to Wa? (SKE48)
M22: Okidoki (SKE48)
M23: AKB Festival
M24: Hikoukigumo

MC04

M25: Oshiete Mommy (Mariko Tsukamoto, Mayu Watanabe, Jurina Matsui, Nana Owada, Mako Kojima)
M26: Kinou Yori Motto Suki (Smiling Lions)

MC05

M27: After Rain
M28: Kimi no Koto ga Suki Dakara

MC06

M29: Seishun no Inazuma (Yuko and Sae)
M30: End Roll (Yuko, Jurina, Miichan, Sayanee)
M31: 1994nen no raimei (Yuko, Yukirin, Mayuyu, Paruru, Rena)
M32: Kinjirareta Futari (Yuko and Takamina)

MC07 (Yuko and Takamina)

M33: RIVER (Mae Shika Mukanee Senbatsu)
M34: First Rabbit
M35: Oogoe Diamond
M36: Sayonara Crawl
M37: Gingham Check
M38: Yakusoku Yo

Main Concert Ended

ENCORE
EN01: Kyou Made no Melody
EN02: Sougen no Kiseki (2nd Gen)
EN03: Sasae
EN04: Mae Shika Mukanee
EN05: Heavy Rotation
EN06: Labador Retriever

Now, I will only comment on the setlist, I have a post dedicated to Yuko for tomorrow. ;)

I'm happy that the new Team songs got performed, it's always rare to see b-sides getting performed. I really wanna see Itoshiki Rival!!! :3 

Scandalous ni Ikou performed by KojiYuu for the last time. Boku to Juliet to Jet coster with TanoTomu, I WANT TO SEE THIS!! The sister group songs are nice, I'm looking forward to seeing Sae perform with SKE!!

Oshiete Mommy got performed, which is nice. Oh, another B-side, the latest Undergirls song Kinou Yori Motto Suki.

Yuko's units are soo freaking cool. Tap dance with Sae?? Hell, yeah!!!! End Roll with Jurina, Miichan and Sayanee. Woohooo! 1994nen no raimei with the more Idolly girls Yukirin, Mayuyu, Rena and Paruru! And then Kinjirareta Futari with Takamina, so cool!!

Of course the graduated second gen came for the encore, which is so cool (apperently even Erena and Manami??). While Sasae was playing, Yuko shook hands with EVERYONE out of the 48 groups. This is such a nice idea and shows how she wishes them luck.

So, we still have tomorrow left, but I'm already sad now. :(
YUKOOO!!!

AKB48 Request Hour Day 5 (6th April)

Yesterday finally was the last day of AKB48's Request Hour Best 200, the places 100-50 were performed in Saitama Super Arena! The places 200-101 were already performed back in January, so the exitement was a bit less now (especially after the big shuffle). Well, after finding an audio stream the exitement was back and it was a tense concert with many surprises.. Actually, I wondered how they can perform 100 songs in 1 day. Well, AKB48 is awesome so they can do everything (lol). But yeah, they had the day divided into two parts. So let's look at part 1 first:

Part 1 (100 ~ 51)
Kage-ana: Nishino Miki
100. Bird (Takahashi Minami, Okada Nana, Iwata Karen)
99. Hoshizora no Caravan (NMB48) (Shirogumi)MC. NMB48
98. Oteage Lullaby (Takahashi Minami)
97. Doro no Metronome (HKT48) (Umakuchi Hime)
96. Yuudachi no Mae (SKE48) (Kenkyuusei)
95. Koi wo Kataru Shijin ni Narenakute... (SKE48)
94. Me ga Itai Kurai Hareta Sora (SKE48) (5th Generation)
93. Enkyori Poster (Kashiwagi Yuki, Okada Nana, Maeda Ami, Nishino Miki, Takajo Aki, Ota Aika, Miyazaki Miho)
92. Onegai Valentine (HKT48) (Senbatsu)
91. Junai no Crescendo (Takahashi Minami, Kojima Haruna, Minegishi Minami)
90. Itsunomanika, Yowaimonoijime (SKE48) (Selection 8)
89. Tsuyogari Dokei (SKE48) (Senbatsu)MC. Kitahara Rie, Kizaki Yuria, Takahashi Minami, Kojima Haruna
88. TWO ROSES (SKE48) (Matsui Jurina, Matsui Rena)
87. Gyakuten Oujisama (Minegishi Minami, Uchida Mayumi, Shinozaki Ayana)
86. Team KII Oshi (SKE48) (Team KII)
85. HA! (NMB48) (Senbatsu)
84. Chance no Junban (Senbatsu)
83. Kimi no Senaka (Undergirls)
82. Nice to meet you! (SKE48)
81. Juuryoku Sympathy (Yokoyama Team A)MC. Tentoumu Chu!
80. Avocado Janeshi (Sashihara Rino, Watanabe Mayu)
79. Nandeyanen, Idol (NMB48)
78. Sansei Kawaii! (Senbatsu)
77. Team B Oshi (Kashiwagi Team B)
76. Kokoro no Hashi no Sofa (Fujie Reina, Kuramochi Asuka, Oya Shizuka)
75. Kesshou (NMB48) (Shirogumi)
74. Scandalous ni Ikou (Kashiwagi Yuki, Kojima Haruna)
73. Do Re Mi Fa Onchi (Next Girls)
72. Canaria Syndrome (SKE48) (Shirogumi)
71. Kioku no Dilemma (Takahashi Minami, Matsui Sakiko, Sasaki Yukari, Iwata Karen)
70. Wink wa Sankai (HKT48) (Senbatsu)
69. Kimi no Koto ga Suki yaken (HKT48)
68. Arashi no Yoru ni wa (Miyazaki Miho, Suzuki Mariya, Kuramochi Asuka, Suzuki Shihori)
67. Show Fight! (Future Girls)66. Bokura no Eureka (NMB48) (Senbatsu)
65. Ookami to Pride (SKE48) (Kizaki Yuria, Kitagawa Ryoha)
64. Shonichi (3rd Generation)
63. Omoide Ijou (SKE48) (Matsui Jurina, Kinoshita Yukiko, Miyamae Ami)
62. Nusumareta Kuchibiru (Undergirls)
61. Jungle Gym (NMB48) (Yamamoto Sayaka)
60. Tenshi no Shippo (Ota Aika, Tomonaga Mio, Akiyoshi Yuka)
59. Finland Miracle (SKE48) (Abiru Riho, Kato Tomoko, Yakata Miki)
58. Kurukurupa (Kobayashi Kana, Kawaei Rina, Kizaki Yuria)
57. Manazashi, Sayonara (SKE48) (Takayanagi Akane, Furukawa Airi)
56. Seishun no Laptime (NMB48)
55. First Rabbit
54. Temodemo no Namida (Kashiwagi Yuki, Sashihara Rino)
53. Cross (SKE48) (Takayanagi Akane, Matsumoto Rina, Iguchi Shiori)
52. Eien Yori Tsuzuku You ni (OKL48)MC. Kashiwagi Yuki, Sashihara Rino, Watanabe Mayu, Minegishi Minami
51. Kaisoku to Doutai Shiryoku

Encore
EN01. RESET (New Team K)
EN02. LOVE Shugyou (New Team 4)
EN03. Labrador Retriever (Senbatsu)Introduction of Team 8 members
EN04. Koi Suru Fortune Cookie (Senbatsu)

Announcement of AKB48's 4th Documentary, "Documentary of AKB48
The Time Has Come". It will air in theaters starting July 4th.

Announcement of AKB48's 4th Documentary, "Documentary of AKB48
First of all I'm very happy that Doro no Metronome (my favourite HKT song) got ranked here! I love that song so much. But Two roses and especially Team B Oshi (which is such a fan favourite..) dropped SOOOO much! :o Shonichi, Omoide Ijou, Jungle Gym.. So many songs that deserved to be much higher here! But I'm happy that Kurukurupa is still ranking.. xD And Temodemo namida with Yuki and Sasshi? cool xD Sorry, but the first part is a bit underwhelming..
As announcements we only have the introduction of the Team 8 members.. *yawn*
Ooooooh, and a new documentation! Well, that's good new.. xD

Let's take a look at Part 2 now:

Part 2 (50 ~ 1)
Kage-ana: Kuramochi Asuka
50. With my soul (NMB48) (Team M)
49. Heart Ereki (Senbatsu, Okada Nana for Oshima Yuko)
MC. Heart Ereki's members
48. Sunglasses to Uchiakebanashi (NMB48) (Kenkyuusei)
47. Yume no Dead Body (Yamamoto Sayaka)
46. Ai no Imi wo Kangaete Mita (Undergirls)
45. Kataomoi no Karaage (HKT48) (Amakuchi Hime)
44. Mitsubachi Girl (Team E)MC. Kotani Riho
43. Kimi Dake ni Chu! Chu! Chu! (Tentoumu Chu!)
42. ONEW no Uwabaki (Ichikawa Miori, Shiroma Miru, Kondo Rina)
41. Hatsukoi Butterfly (HKT48) (Senbatsu)
40. Dakishimechaikenai (Undergirls)
39. Heavy Rotation (Mukaichi Mion center)
MC. Akiyoshi Yuka, Tanaka Natsumi
38. Kimi no Hitomi wa Planetarium (15th Generation)
37. Hasute to Wasute
36. Fuyushougun no Regret (Namba Teppoudai Sono Ni)
MC. Special Guests - Maeda Atsuko and Itano Tomomi
35. Gugutasu no Sora
34. Ima ga Ichiban (HKT48) (Umakuchi Hime)
33. Bara no Kajitsu (Undergirls)
32. Mienai Sora wa Itsudemo Aoi (Yokoyama Yui, Kojima Haruna, Kitahara Rie, Takahashi Minami, Kawaei Rina, Shimazaki Haruka, Watanabe Mayu, Kashiwagi Yuki)
31. Itoshiki Natasha (Sashihara Rino, Katayama Haruka, Tanabe Miku)
30. Zipper (NMB48) (Watanabe Miyuki, Yoshida Akari, Jonishi Kei)
29. Melon Juice (HKT48) (Senbatsu)
28. Soko de Nani wo Kangaeru ka? (HKT48) (1st Generation)
27. Ue Kara Mariko (Guest appearance by Shinoda Mariko)
26. Heart Gata Virus (Kojima Haruna, Kojima Mako, Owada Nana)
25. Hashire! Penguin (Original Team 4. Yokoyama Yui for Nakamata Shiori)
24. Suki! Suki! Skip! (HKT48) (Senbatsu)
23. Junjou Shugi (Katayama Haruka, Kashiwagi Yuki, Watanabe Mayu)
22. Escape (SKE48) (Senbatsu)
MC. Minegishi Minami, Sashihara Rino, Kitahara Rie, Miyazaki Miho
21. Kareha no Station (SKE48) (Matsui Rena)
20. Warukii (NMB48) (Watanabe Miyuki)
19. Ice no Kuchizuke (Sasaki Yukari, Hirata Rina, Tano Yuka, Muto Tomu, Omori Miyu, Takahashi Juri)
18. Yokaze no Shiwaza (Kashiwagi Yuki)
17. Kondo Koso Ecstasy (Guest appearance by Sato Amina)
16. So long! (Senbatsu)
15. LOVE Shugyou
14. Kagami no Naka no Jean Da Arc (Kikuchi Ayaka, Tanabe Miku, Kuramochi Asuka, Nagao Mariya, Oba Mina)
13. Nakinagara Hohoende (Oshima Yuko)
12. Choose me! (Team YJ)
11. Itoshisa no Accel (Takahashi Minami)
10. Almond Croissant Keikaku (NMB48) (Team BII)
9. Eien Pressure (Senbatsu)
8. Kireigoto Demo Iijanaika? (HKT48)
7. Dazai Osamu wo Yonda ka? (NMB48) (Yamamoto Sayaka, Yokoyama Yui, Yamada Nana)
6. Kiseki wa ma ni Awanai (Miyazawa Sae, Nonaka Misato, Matsui Jurina)
5. Kimi no Koto ga Suki dakara (Undergirls - Takajo Aki, Kojima Natsuki, Fujie Reina, Iwasa Misaki, Kuramochi Asuka, Ota Aika, Katayama Haruka, Sashihara Rino, Fujita Nana, Nishiyama Rena, Ishida Haruka, Kikuchi Ayaka,Shimoguchi Hinana, Sato Sumire, Maeda Ami, Matsui Rena)
4. Koko de Ippatsu (SKE48) (Suda Akari, Matsumura Kaori)
MC. Ogasawara Mayu, Nakanishi Chiyori
3. Koi Suru Fortune Cookie (Senbatsu)MC.
2. Kimi no Hohoemi wo Yume ni Miru (Senbatsu)MC.
1. Seijun Philosophy (Team 4)

Encore
EN01. Sobakasu no Kiss (New Team B)
EN02. AKB Sanjou! (New Team A)
EN03. Labrador Retriever (Senbatsu)

Audition for the main character from a horror movie directed by Nakata Hideo. All the members can candidate.
Team A Waiting Stage's Senshuraku - April 21. Renai Kinshi Jourei's Shonichi - April 25.
Team K 4th Stage Revival's Senshuraku - April 16. RESET's Shonichi - May 7.
Team B Waiting Stage's Senshuraku - April 23. Pajama Drive's Shonichi - April 28.
Team 4 2nd Stage's Senshuraku - April 15. Idol no Yoake's Shonichi - April 24.
EN04. After Rain (Senbatsu)

Now it gets more exciting with the top50.. Heart Ereki so low? Didn't some people think it would be number1? I'm very happy that Sunglasses to Uchiakebanashi, Yume no Dead Body, Kimi dake ni Chu!Chu!Chu!, ONEW no Uwabaki and Dakishimechaikenai ranked so high, because I love these songs. And didn't I say they would vote for Sayanee's new solo song? But I'm surprised Lemon's song is so high.. xDBut then the shock, Heavy Rotation at 39!! o.O WTF? And Yuko chose Mion as center, which is pretty cool (I mean, she could have centered it herself, but she is so nice to the young members..).Then Kimi no Hitomi wa Planetarium, Bara no Kajitsu, Zipper and Escape.. Thes esongs are so damn cool! But why did Kareha no Station drop? :( And Hashire Penguin.. hello?????It's cool that Ice no Kuchizuke ranked so high. I'm happy for Aimi, errr, I mean Yukari!! xDAmina came back for Kondo Koso Extacy, Yuko performed Nakigara Hohoende and Mariko came back for Ue kara Mariko.. And don't forget that Acchan and Tomochin came to the stage..It's also awesome that Choose me ranked so high, it's such a beautiful song! *-* The same with Dazai Osamu wo Yonda ka? being at number 7. Yossh!!And then comes my song. One of my favourite Songs. The song I voted for. The song that represents one girl. The song that represents one of my favourite girls: Kiseki wa ma ni Awanai. Yep, Sae-chan remains in the top10. She dropped a few places, but she's still the highest stage song!! xDSeems like Akicha's fans got together and voted for Kimi no Koto ga Suki dakara so that it's now top5. Interestingly, HKT48's Kimi no Koto ga Suki yaken already ranked at 69.. Well, seems like the fans love that song.. Koko de ippatsu is number4. WTH? OMG, that's so cool.. Dasu and Tsuma did it, they not only have the highest ranked SKE song, but also the highest unit song! xDNumber 3 is Koisuru Fortune Cookie. Oh, really? I was actually one of the persons that thought it would be number 1 (even though I hoped it would be Suzukake nanchara.. or even Kiseki.. xP) Well, it isn't that bad.. Than at number 2 comes Suzukake Nanchara!! Yeah!! Jurina's fans are awesome.. But I guess do tue the fact that the voting tickets were included in this single and many Jurina fans bought the SINGLE because of her, they all voted for that song.. ;) Aaaaaaand after last years number 1, which was Old Team 4, Seijun Philosophy by the new Team 4 is now the number 1!!!! I'm happy for Miichan &co and I have to say that I love this song. Okay, it perhaps isn't as catchy as the winenrs before, but it's still a pretty nice song!! :)About the announcements: A horror movie? This will be interesting!! xDAnd there will be revivals of old stages now.. Oh why can't we have new stages???? *facepalm*So yeah, all in all I have to say that especially the lat half was pretty interesting! xDI love these events and I wished they had a live stream. But I'm looking forward to the Sousenkyou.. There will definetely be a live stream, right??? ;)