Clik here to view.
Idol singer from Keyakizaka46 says she’s now working as a Tokyo bar hostess
”This is a type of work I’ve really been longing to do.” Youth is highly prized in Japanese show business, doubly so in the music sector, and triply so for idol singers. That means many idols retire...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Idol supergroup AKB48 abolishes team system, team sayonara concerts to be...
Dissolution of teams marks end of 18-year era for Japan’s biggest idol singer group. On Saturday, Japanese idol singer supergroup AKB48 held the first of its Spring Concert 2023 performances at Pia...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Former AKB48 idol to take on lead role in live-action Spirited Away stage play
Four actresses will now share the protagonist part for the adaptation of the Studio Ghibli anime. Last weekend the live-action stage play version of Spirited Away held its final performance of 2023,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Foreign man arrested for grabbing former AKB48 idol on Tokyo street, forcing...
Original AKB48 member was in Shibuya for book launch event. In 2005, Haruna Kojima became one of the inaugural members of AKB48, the Akihabara-based multi-vocalist unit that would go on to dominate...
View Article