About ken0601

Alumni and former writer/photographer for SP Lifearts. The eyes behind the lenses for most of the photos for this site. Proud fan of May'n部長.

Yu, Yu, Yukirin…

Last Thursday was the release day of AKB48′s Team B captain Kashiwagi Yuki’s 2nd photo book titled “Yu, Yu, Yukirin…”. And thanks to Amazon Japan, I have gotten my own copy the very next day.

ゆ、ゆ、ゆきりん。。。

And let’s proceed with a little look of this book, less words, more pics!

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May’n: 3rd album “HEAT” jacket revealed + tracklist.

The galactic fairy or 部長 as she is known to her fans, May’n will be releasing her 3rd full album titled “HEAT” this March 21st, just 1 day after Yokohama Arena one-man LIVE.

Just about 6 weeks away from the release, her official website has released the jacket cover and the tracklist for the album.

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AKB48: AKB48 Request Hour Set List Best 100 Day 1.

The annual top 100 countdown concert “AKB48 Request Hour Set List Best 100″ by AKB48 is here and with the first day started yesterday at Tokyo Dome City Hall.

Spread over 4 days, members from ALL 48 groups will be performing songs as voted by fans in this top 100 countdown. So for yesterday’s performance, it covers ranked 100 to 76.

This year’s request hour will be void of unit songs so the likes of No Sleeves, French Kiss will not be performing nor their songs are in the voting list last year. Which means, we can get to see more of the stages songs which was probably pushed out back in 2011.

Let’s move over to the last quarter of the ranking.

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AKB48: Seibu Dome DVD box set.

This July 22nd to 24th, AKB48 and her sister groups held their first ever dome concert at Seibu Dome located in Saitama. It was one heck of a concert spanning 3 hours at least per day amid the harsh Japanese summer where average temperatures were at 40 degress.

And here I have, is the DVD box set containing the video footage of the concert for all 3 days and a making of/behind the scenes DVD disc.

Removing all the goodies from the box and here it is. The DVDs, photo booklet, random photos and the extra item, random pencil case.

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SKE48 Request Hour Set List Best 50 2011 Result.

Over the past weekend in Nagoya Congress Center Century Hall, SKE48 held their “SKE48 Request Hour Set List Best 50 2011″.

This request hour is a fan polled concert whereby fans will vote for their favorite song(s). The ranking is based on the votes accumulated and from there, the concert set list is determined. Saturday began with the 50th to 26th songs.

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