“NMB48” ‘s first auditon is being held
NMB48, the newest group in the AKB48’s project is about to launch.
At the AKB48’s concert in the National YoyogiFirst Gymnasium on this Jul.10th, and11th, the project announced the plan of creating a new group based in Osaka, the third biggest city, which is one of thecenters of the western regions of Japan, in Japan called NMB48. The name represents Namba which is an area in Osaka where the new group is going to be based on. The first audition of recruiting members of MNB48 is being held until Aug.20th and the group is starting in the November. http://www.nmb48.com/ a girl who is 11-22 years old and is not contracted to any entertainment agency is eligible for the audition.

Miniskirt (/ミニスカート)
The title of AkB’s said concert in Yoyogi was “No Surprise”, however, actually it had a lot of surprisng announcements of news , such as Erena Ono’s graduation form AKB at the end of this summer, lifting the age restriction of visitors to SDN48’s concerts(currently only 18 or older may visit), start of a new subgroup “Mini Skirt” (/ミニスカート)consisting of three trainees , Miyu Takeuchi(/竹内美宥), Anna Mori(/森杏奈), and Haruka Shimada(/島田晴香) which debuted at the “International Tokyo Toy Show 2010” that I wrote about here before on the 18th. Especially, The announcement of the new way of choosing members of the new select team for the next new song of AKB were to be chosen by rock- paper- scissors shocked all the audience and fans. That method is quite equal and fair as to satisfy the fans who were discontentedwith the existing selecting system because only members who often appear and perform in public occasions naturally acquire popularity but , yet it is “too casual”. Some other subgroups from AKB have launched recently as well, such as “Team Dragon from AKB48” (/チームドラゴン from AKB48)and “French Kiss”(/フレンチ・キス), which tie up with anime and dramas and items such as “Dragon Ball” one of the most popular Japanese anime work worldwide. http://columbia.jp/teamdragon/ Team Dragon from AKB48(チームドラゴンfrom AKB48)

Team Dragon from AKB48 (/チームドラゴン from AKB48)

French Kiss(/フレンチ・キス)
AKB48 project keeps astonishing and entertaining a lot of people with fresh or shocking ideas.