AKB48 members Takahashi Minami, Watanabe Mayu, and Miyazawa Sae recently held a press conference after recording for their new radio program, “AKB Radio Drama Theater“.
Each week, the drama will focus on a theme that the girls could relate to, such as ‘first love’, ‘friendships’, ’stage’, and ‘rival’. Although AKB48 is prohibited from being in relationships, the first week’s theme will be ‘first love’. The three will appear in the drama’s pilot from October 3rd to the 6th, and other members are scheduled to star in later episodes.
Takahashi amped up everyone’s anticipations by saying, “Although we don’t have much experience, our power of imagination is amazing.” When asked what role she would want to take on next, she answered, “I want to try a risky love. Like a woman involved in a love affair. In reality, these kind of things are absolute.”
Takahashi later boasted about AKB48’s hectic schedule, “We found out we were doing this today. We looked through the script in the car on our way here. This is the AKB quality!” Miyazawa, who says she has prior radio experience with member Akimoto Sayaka, proudly said, “It was perfect to exaggerate my feelings as I acted. I think I did a great job for the first time.” She continued, “Voice acting is harder to manipulate than singing,” which made Takahashi blurt out, “Hey! Hey!“, pointing out the ‘problematic statement’.
Meanwhile, Watanabe smiled as she said, “I was really nervous, but I had assistance from the two, so I was able to enjoy it.”
Currently, “AKB48 All Night Nippon” is broadcasting on the same station, however, Watanabe commented, “I’m 17, so I’ve never appeared of ‘All Night Nippon’, but I’m happy this time is a recording. I want to be able to show fans my new charm.” She also expressed, “I want to try a comedy, as a strange character.”
“AKB Radio Drama Theater” will broadcast on 18 stations starting October 3rd, with Nippon Broadcast being its main station. It will air every week from Monday to Thursday at 11:50 pm for 10 minutes.
Check out photos from their recording below!
source: tokyohive AKB48 members Takahashi Minami, Watanabe Mayu, and Miyazawa Sae recently held a press conference after recording for their new radio program, “AKB Radio Drama Theater“.
Each week, the drama will focus on a theme that the girls could relate to, such as ‘first love’, ‘friendships’, ’stage’, and ‘rival’. Although AKB48 is prohibited from being in relationships, the first week’s theme will be ‘first love’. The three will appear in the drama’s pilot from October 3rd to the 6th, and other members are scheduled to star in later episodes.
Takahashi amped up everyone’s anticipations by saying, “Although we don’t have much experience, our power of imagination is amazing.” When asked what role she would want to take on next, she answered, “I want to try a risky love. Like a woman involved in a love affair. In reality, these kind of things are absolute.”
Takahashi later boasted about AKB48’s hectic schedule, “We found out we were doing this today. We looked through the script in the car on our way here. This is the AKB quality!” Miyazawa, who says she has prior radio experience with member Akimoto Sayaka, proudly said, “It was perfect to exaggerate my feelings as I acted. I think I did a great job for the first time.” She continued, “Voice acting is harder to manipulate than singing,” which made Takahashi blurt out, “Hey! Hey!“, pointing out the ‘problematic statement’.
Meanwhile, Watanabe smiled as she said, “I was really nervous, but I had assistance from the two, so I was able to enjoy it.”
Currently, “AKB48 All Night Nippon” is broadcasting on the same station, however, Watanabe commented, “I’m 17, so I’ve never appeared of ‘All Night Nippon’, but I’m happy this time is a recording. I want to be able to show fans my new charm.” She also expressed, “I want to try a comedy, as a strange character.”
“AKB Radio Drama Theater” will broadcast on 18 stations starting October 3rd, with Nippon Broadcast being its main station. It will air every week from Monday to Thursday at 11:50 pm for 10 minutes.
Check out photos from their recording below!
source: tokyohive
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On October 4th, singer Nishino Kana has unveiled a short audio preview of her upcoming song, “Tatoe Donna Ni“. This is her first single in six months since her previous single, “Esperanza” and is scheduled for release on November 9th.
“Tatoe Donna Ni” will be released in two versions: Limited Edition and Regular Edition. The limited version of this single will include one of three Original Stickers and an application for the first-come, first-serve live event ‘Kanayan X’mas 2011‘ to be held at Pacifico Yokohama!
Singer Sugawara Sayuri announced that she is going to release a new single “Ashita ni Naru Mae ni” on December 7th.
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AKB48 members Takahashi Minami, Watanabe Mayu, and Miyazawa Sae recently held a press conference after recording for their new radio program, “AKB Radio Drama Theater“.
Takahashi later boasted about AKB48’s hectic schedule, “We found out we were doing this today. We looked through the script in the car on our way here. This is the AKB quality!” Miyazawa, who says she has prior radio experience with member Akimoto Sayaka, proudly said, “It was perfect to exaggerate my feelings as I acted. I think I did a great job for the first time.” She continued, “Voice acting is harder to manipulate than singing,” which made Takahashi blurt out, “Hey! Hey!“, pointing out the ‘problematic statement’.
Currently, “AKB48 All Night Nippon” is broadcasting on the same station, however, Watanabe commented, “I’m 17, so I’ve never appeared of ‘All Night Nippon’, but I’m happy this time is a recording. I want to be able to show fans my new charm.” She also expressed, “I want to try a comedy, as a strange character.”
On October 3rd, singer-songwriter Angela Aki held an in-store live in UNIQLO’s Ginza branch, called “UNIQLO Special Live ~ Angela Aki Waga Kokoro no Uta ~“.
The CM song, “Tsugaru-Kaikyo Fuyugeshiki”, is a cover song of Ishikawa Sayuri’s 1977 hit song. Angela reflected upon her past and said, “My father liked this song, and he sang it to me as a lullaby, so I feel like I’ve matured with this song.” As she explained, “It’s a song I’ve always wanted to cover. I had this image that it was a song to sing with a four-handed piano performance. I made this with my own piano arrangement.”
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Oshima explained that they tried to make the PV as good as possible in order to properly convey the message of the lyrics. She said, “The quality of the PV had always been on our minds during the filming and we were often communicating with each other in order to assure a certain level. Whether you are going to learn something from the PV or not, I hope you will be able to enjoy it.”
Singer / voice actress Sakamoto Maaya has announced that she will be holding a one-man live in December.
Singer Sone Yukie has announced that she will release a new single on November 9th titled, “Kimi no Tonari ni“.
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On August 21st, the final audition for AKB48’s rival group, Nogizaka46, was held at the SME Nogizaka Building.
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