A K B [E]

Minegishi Minami (Miichan), Takahashi Minami (Takamina), Oshima Yuko (Korisu or Korin), Oota Aika (Lovetan or Aichan) & Kashiwagi Yuki (Yukirin).

Okay, so I did get back on last night, but I ended up blogging on H!PE instead, hehe. So I decided first thing today I needed to work on this. And to start things off, I'm going to take a look at some of Rae's faves (cause she has good taste, lol). It'll help me to learn some more girls a little better, but also; I get to do some covering of subgroups! I'll be doing a video that has each of the above five girls in it.



Here's Miichan & Takamina! (& Haruna!) I am not new to No Sleeves at all~ I first stumbled across this video some odd months ago and totally loved them. I then followed with listening to their other two singles, which I'll get to in a later entry. As for this song; it's just freaking epic. I think the girls sound awesome! Plus the colors, outfits and dancing just rock.

Haruna I am a little familiar with, but not from AKB, just from this group. She is pretty, and seems to take a leader-like role in the group. Miichan (o wo) is sooooo adorable!! I love her. Takamina is good too, more in the mature/lovely voice than the utter cuteness of Miichan. So they are both cool in their own way.

Miichan and Takamina are also both on Team A in AKB48~



EDIT; The video was deleted, so now it's this boring one.

Here's Oshima Yuko (Korisu), along with Ono Erena, Kasai Tomomi, Sato Natsuki, & Imai Yu, to make up ICE for AKB48. This subgroup was created for the purpose of voice-acting for the anime ICE. These girls also sang the opening theme for the anime; ICE Aisareru to iu koto.

I think this song is very very pretty. But here is where I fail at telling them apart, lol. I like how they are wearing their anime character costumes! I couldn't pick out Korisu, cause I'm lame. So if you know which girl she is, let me know :'D

Korisu is also a member of AKB48's Team K~



Annnd, last but not least; Oota Aika & Kashiwagi Yuki! (And Nakaya Sayaka) More fail at faces. I think the girl in the middle with the hat is Aichan (the dimple helped me out). The girl on the starting left with the lacey handband and her hair down is Yukirin (this time it was the bangs that helped). And the last girl, with her hair up is Nakayan (process of elimination? lol).

I am having no luck at all figuring out if this performance is based off an anime (with those adorable costumes), or if it's just some song that was written solely as a trio concert song. If you have any information, please let me know!

Aren't those outfits just so cute?! I love how they have different bow colors, though you don't notice right away. (Aichan = pink, Nakayan = yellow & Yukirin = purple). They make me think loli a little bit. I adore the boots, and I love the little dance moves. Plus all three girls sound awesome!

AHA! I have discovered what the whole YJ and PB team thing means. Rae gave me an idea of what she thought it was; and she was close! When I was just browsing through AKB pages on j-ongaku.org, I happened across this little tidbit of information! ;

"It was announced that some members of AKB48 would split into two groups for the Japanese magazines Weekly Playboy and Young Jump and will compete against each other. . . .The teams will be featured in their respective magazines for the duration of the competition and fans are asked to vote for their favorite member.

Each team was also given a song used to promote their team, which were released on the single Sakura no Shiori as b-sides. (Type A = PB's Enkyorii Poster, Type B = Team YJ's Choose Me!). They will perform these songs in their own concerts at the AKB Theater and end with a joint concert between the two teams, where the winner will be announced."

Interesting, eh? OH AND BTW. I totally bought AKB48's Sakura no Shiori Theater ver CD. I couldn't resist. I got some other things, but they are all H!P (and I'll share my lovely buys with you on H!PE once I recieve them)~

Well that's it for this entry, and I must say, I'm proud of myself! It took me a bit to actually get into AKB, since it was something so new to me, and I felt a little lost. But I made progress today! I typed out all the AKB48 subgroups and their songs in wordpad for easy use, I learned a good handful of nicknames and can match some of them pretty well to faces. I built up my A K B [E] playlist on Youtube some more too!

Starting tomorrow it's 5 days of work until my next day of freedom (x wx) So there'll be updates when I have the time~ But on the bright side, I get paid tomorrow. So I can buy me some more wonderful asian music goodies!

OH, here is my playlist! Songs are listed as to what Subgroup or Team sang them. If it's by the whole 48, or if I'm unsure; I'll just list it as by AKB48.

Choose Me! / Team Youth Jump (YJ)
Sakura no Shiori / AKB48
Enkyorii Poster / Team Playboy (PB)
ICE Aisareru to iu koto / ICE from AKB48
Sakura no Hanabiratachi / Original Team A
Dear My Teacher / AKB48 (Ori Team A ?)
Majisuka Rock'n Roll / AKB48
Tane / No Sleeves
Tenshi no Shippo / Aichan, Yukirin & Nakayan
Aozora no soba' Ni ite / AKB48 (Ori Team A ?)
Skirt Hirari / Sukahira Seven (Team A back-up vocals)