Sunday, June 9, 2013

AKB48's 5th general elections

Yesterday, AKB48's 5th General Elections took place at the Nissan Stadium in Yokohama after their concert.

Honestly, These were the first elections I followed and watched live. I knew about the last and was happy for Yuko but I didn't know many members at that time (but yeah, Yuko was my first favourite ;) ). So, this was a very special event for me and I was really excited. And now, I have to say I enjoyed it sooo much.. I can't even wait for teh next one. :o It's so nerve-wrecking, but at the same time so interesting and fun.. Well, of course there were things I didn't like. What about These guys that commented when the Girls were announced. Seriously, I want to hear the names and not some random People talking!!! But it was kinda nice to have an english dub at the speeches.. :)

But now let's look into the results. First are the Future Girls:


64. Nakanishi Yuka (SKE48 Team S) 11,602
63. Kaneko Shiori (SKE48 Team E) 11,620
62. Hirajima Natsumi (Former Member) 11,806
61. Yamauchi Suzuran (AKB48 Team B) 11,888
60. Matsui Sakiko (AKB48 Team A) 11,961
59. Tomonaga Mio (HKT48 Kenkyuusei) 12,126
58. Isohara Kyoka (SKE48 Team S) 12,319
57. Ichikawa Miori (AKB48 Team B) 12,616
56. Iwasa Misaki (AKB48 Team A) 12,638
55. Tashima Meru (HKT48 Kenkyuusei) 13,246
54. Ogasawara Mayu (NMB48 Team N) 13,422
53. Maeda Ami (AKB48 Team K) 13,613
52. Sato Sumire (AKB48 Team A) 13,692
51. Kikuchi Ayaka (AKB48 Team A) 13,944
50. Yoshida Akari (NMB48 Team N) 14,684
49. Yabushita Shu (NMB48 Team BII) 14,745

First, I want to mention that there are so much more votes than last year! Even the last one, Yuka, doubled her amounts of votes!! Well it's sad she dropped a place, but at least she's still there..
I'm pretty happy for the rather unknown Girls of SKE (Shiori and Kyoka), the HKT KKS Mio and Meru and of course for the NMB Girls Maa-chun, Akari (^-^) and Shu (OMG, SHU IS CENTER!!).
There's also a graduated member, Hirajima Natsumi, which is pretty awesome!! It's sad that none other of them ranked, but it's cool that she did.. Miorin and Suu-chan ranked a bit higher than last year and Ayaka stayed the same. But of course there are also Girls, that dropped a few places the most notable being Iwasa Misaki. Wtf? She was the Next Girls Center last year and now she's in future Girls?? :o I mean, she has more votes but still, it's pretty bad.. Ran Ran, Sakiko and Ami also dropped and they didn't look pretty happy..


Next are Next Girls:

48. Oba Mina (AKB48 Team B) 15,064
47. Kobayashi Ami (SKE48 Team KII) 15,533
46. Ishida Haruka (AKB48 Team B) 16,072
45. Mutou Tomu (AKB48 Team K) 16,221
44. Yagura Fuuko (NMB48 Team M) 16,281
43. Ota Aika (HKT48 Team H) 16,401
42. Saito Makiko (SKE48 Team S) 16,508
41. Matsumoto Rina (SKE48 Team KII) 16,715
40. Jonishi Kei (NMB48 Team N) 17,381
39. Umemoto Madoka (SKE48 Team E) 17,819
38. Tano Yuuka (AKB48 Team A) 18,125
37. Kodama Haruka (HKT48 Team H) 18,145
36. Kuramochi Asuka (AKB48 Team K) 18,435
35. Nagao Maria (AKB48 Team K) 18,978
34. Katayama Haruka (AKB48 Team B) 19,158
33. Sato Amina (AKB48 Team K) 19,569

Wow, I'm happy for Oba Mina, that she's stepping up again.. And then we have three members of SKE members here (that didn't rank before!!), Love-tan and Haruppi of HKT48 (see that Aki-p, they are higher than Meru!!) and Fuuko and Keichi from NMB (OMG!!!!! These two!!). Ishida Haruka, Muto Tomu, Tano Yuuka, Nago Mariya and Katayama Haruka all went a few places up. But the most shocking were Mocchi and Amina. Both of them dropped from Under Girls, especially Mocchi. Amina wasn't in the prelimenary results, so this is pretty good, but it's still worse than last year. At least she's kinda happy to be Center for once.. :'D


Now it gets more serious with the Under Girls:


32. Fujie Reina (AKB48 Team B) 21,324
31. Kimoto Kanon (SKE48 Team E) 21,385
30. Iriyama Anna (AKB48 Team A) 22,869
29. Oya Masana (SKE48 Team S) 23,588
28. Yamada Nana (NMB48 Team M) 23,950
27. Furukawa Airi (SKE48  Team KII) 24,990
26. Miyawaki Sakura (HKT48 Team H) 25,760
25. Kawaei Rina (AKB48 Team A) 26,764
24. Matsumura Kaori (SKE48 Kenkyuusei) 27,566
23. Takyanagi Akane (SKE48 Team KII) 29,199
22. Kizaki Yuria (SKE48 Team S) 30,307
21. Kitahara Rie (AKB48 Team K) 33,121
20. Takajo Aki (JKT48 / AKB48 Team B) 33,129
19. Umeda Ayaka (AKB48 Team B) 36,282
18. Minegishi Minami (AKB48 Kenkyuusei) 38,985
17. Shibata Aya (SKE48 Team KII) 39,739

Wow. so many SKE members. :o Airin had her chibi again *-* And Kaori had a cam on the stage. xP
And Kanon finally joins the other 'popular' members of SKE (I thought it was weird that she was so low las year). I'm also pretty happy for the AKB Girls Reinyan, Annin and Rina, especially the last two who never ranked before!! Sakura also raised so much, which is really cool. But of course, here are also members that dropped (together with Oya, who dropped 2 places). They are Rie, Aki, Ume-chan and Mii-chan.. That's sad, because all of them were in sebatsu/ center of Under Girls last year.. I knew Mii-chan would drop, but it's still sad to see it.. Well, at least she's still here. ;)
A last shout out to Shibata Aya: You're awesome, girl.. :D


Until now, everyone knew who would be in Senbatsu. Just not the exact line-up. But here it is:

16. Suda Akari (SKE48 Team KII) 43,252
Akarin!!! Yeay, so cool to have her in Senbatsu!! She's one of the most energetic and athletic Girls in SKE and she really deserves it!!

15. Watanabe Miyuki (NMB48 Team N) 44,116
This was to be expected. But it also means, Sayaka is higher than Milky.. Nothing against Milky, but I like it more this way.. ;)

14. Yamamoto Sayaka (NMB48 Team N) 51,793
Sayaneee is here.. So cool!!!

13. Yokoyama Yui (AKB48 Team A) 53,903
Yuihan with her emotional specches.. LOL.. She even needed escorts that helped to go down the stairs!! xP But she (sadly) wasn't crying as much as the last years..

12. Shimazaki Haruka (AKB48 Team B) 57,275
Paruru... without any effort or excitement.. *sigh* I kinda like her still.. I like how she said 'I love AKB48', but I didn't like that she didn't talk much and didn't seem happy at all.. Just compare her with Yui and you will see what I mean.. Yui deserves to be higher than her!! Well These two are friends, so it's okay..

11. Itano Tomomi (AKB48 Team K) 63,547
Tomochin?? :O Well, I think we all reacted like that.. (but it also means Sae is in top Ten!!!)

10. Miyazawa Sae (SNH48 / AKB48 Team K) 65,867
Sae-chaaaaaan!!!!!! Top Ten!!!! Yesss!!!
*cough*
Well, she announced that she only wants to be in SNH48. First I was sad, but I think this is what she wants, so she has to do it!

9. Kojima Haruna (AKB48 Team B) 67,424
Nyan Nyan dropped a bit..

8. Takahashi Minami (AKB48 Team A) 68,681
..Takamina, too... I guess 1 gen. is slowly dying off..

7. Matsui Rena (SKE48 Team S) 73,173
Renaaaaa :D She cracked Kami7, so happy for her..

6. Matsui Jurina (SKE48 Team S) 77,170
And JURINA!!! I hoped she would be even higher, but this is still so cool!!!!

5. Shinoda Mariko (AKB48 Team A) 92,599
So Mariko-sama remains as the highest 1 gen (1.5 gen to be exact)!! And announced her graduation... Noooooooo! Why? You have to stay until you're 30!!! -.- *so sad*

4. Kashiwagi Yuki (AKB48 Team B) 96,905
Yep, I saw that coming..

3. Watanabe Mayu (AKB48 Team A) 101,210
Yeayyy.. Nothing against Mayu, but I don't think she would be a good ace and I rather want Yuko or Sasshi to be Center!! (and do you see how all the 'couples' are colse together? Mayuki, WMatsui, YuiParu etc..)

2. Oshima Yuko (AKB48 Team K) 136,503
Now everyone was like: o.O But Yuko stayed calm and still looked happy.. I find it kinda funny.. XP

1. Sashihara Rino (HKT48 Team H) 150,570
And here we have our new Center!!! SASSHI!!!
Such a nice change.. LOL. I wonder what Aki-p thinks now.. XP
Well, I really like Sasshi so I think it's a good result. She worked hard and even after her 'scandal' came back to the top and helped building HKT48!!


Hm, I kinda like this senbatsu very much.. :)
Sasshi, Sasshi, SASSHI!!!

Some notes:
What happened with Myao???!!!!
And why didn't Yukko rank? (Well, at least she's back in SKE senbatsu :D )
See how many sister group members ranked??? More than AKB48 members!!!!!

What shocked me the most was of course Mariko-samas graduation announcement. She even said it will be next month at Fukuoka Dome (her home town)!!!!



Mariko was always a member I respected. (there's a reason she's called Mariko-sama!!) She is the only AKB48 member that came in without any audition. She worked at the theather and gave away flyers. After she wanted to be in AKB48 so badly, the fans voted her in. Now she isn't only one of the talles members but also the oldest and is one of the most fashionablest of all: She even has 'ricori', her own clothing brand. She may not be the best dancer or singer but she's definetly one of the funniest and most entertaining members. She's even called Troll-Mari because she loves to troll the other members. On the other side she's also very nice to her Juniors, she loves to spoil especially Jurina.. She wanted them to come and take her high place. Since she's still on the 5th place, they obviously didn't come..
I can understand her decision, but it's still so sad. And why is it so sudden? Why won't she wait a bit longer until her graduation like all the other popular members are doing?

Well, we can't change her decision...

Talking about decisions...


Sae's decision about only being in SNH48 shocked me a bit.. But I respect her soo much for that!! She wasn't happy with that position in Team K, we could see that at Budokan.. Now she decided on HER OWN what she wants to do.. Yep Sae, you did the right Thing. As much as I want to see her in Team K with Sayaka and Yuko she seems happier with only SNH. She wants to achieve something with that group that she couldn't for the last year.. I really hope she gets her work permission soon, so that she can help the SNH48 members even more ON the stage.. Oh, and I love it when she talks in chinese.. :)

What an exciting day...
I'm so looking Forward to the next election.. :D And of course to the next single!!!!
I hope it's an original single with cool b-sides (because the other girls need some good Songs, too^^).

Bye, bye for now :)

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