Other Idols Master Post 007

Love La Doll has updated their official shop on their website. (OHP Shop) The new items they have added is a T-shirt and a DVD with footage from their live in Singapore last year for Anime Festival Asia 2012.

They also have special bonuses for those who purchase items from the store, which for now includes photos and pin badges.

You do need a Japanese address to be able to purchase anything from the store.

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E-Girls' first album, Lesson 1, ranked number one on the Oricon chart for the week. This is the first time the group has ranked number 1 with one of their releases, number 2 being the highest they have gotten before.


So congrats to the girls for that. I just hope the groups that make up E-Girls all get chances to release something this year, though Dream is covered with a new single out next month.

Other Idols Master Post 006 (18APR2013)

It has been so long since I have checked this I discovered that I had news from over a month ago in it. So this post is going to focus on E-Girls, as they were the group I had the left over news from, and I will start catching up with the news for the few other non-Johnny's idols that I follow.

E-Girls looks like they have no plans to slow down as they have already announced a new single. The single is be titled Candy Smile and released on March 13th. It came in two versions, like most of their releases.

Candy Smile

E-girls

Candy Smile [CD+DVD]

E-girls

Shortly after the single release they announced that the mega-group will be releasing their debut album, title Lesson 1. It was released on April 17th and came in the usual two editions for the group.

Lesson 1

E-girls

Lesson 1 [w/ DVD, Limited Edition]

E-girls

While I was iffy about E-Girls when they first began the group has grown on me. And since Happiness is on break while one of their vocalists, Mayu, recovers it is probably going to be the only place I can see the girls being active right now. So I look forward to what they will come out with.

I am glad that I have not bought most of the group's singles, as the album pretty much has all the B-sides on it. If this is going to be the case with the group for the long term than I will just wait for the albums and get those. Of course it will be hard when they come out with a song I really like, as Celebration or Follow Me, but my pockets are not bottomless.

AKS Master Post 011 (11APR2013)

I know I have let a lot of news pass with NMB48 without doing one of these posts. Instead of trying to play catch up I want to instead just touch up on the more recent news for the group.


NMB48 have expanded their concert tour from just covering Western Japan but now Eastern Japan. Starting on June 11th they will begin touring cities in the Eastern half of Japan, finishing the tour on July 3rd at NHK Hall in Tokyo.

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The group's show, NMB48 Geinin!!, has been renewed as NMB48 Geinin!! 2 and has begun airing this month. Because of graduations the main cast of the show has been changed and the main girls featured are Yamamoto Sayaka, Watanabe Miyuki, Yamada Nana, Ogasawara Mayu, Kotani Riho and Yokoyama Yu. The other members of the group will be on the show as well.

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That is not the only TV show NMB48 has started already this month. They also now have a program titled Black Million, which like Geinin has the girls teaming up with comedians, but unlike Geinin it will be more like a game show.


NMB48 is really going to be the only AKS group I plan on following in the long term. Short term though Akimoto Sayaka is still in AKB48 so they have my interest for her at least. That and I find it interesting to follow things like the general election, even though I no longer feel the need to participate in it.

AKS Master Post 010

No, I have not quit doing these. Like I have mentioned before I do not follow non-Johnny's as much so there are times I will let my interest slip for the other groups or my interest with Johnny's eclipse my other interests. I have at least one more of these planned for AKS but this one I really only want to dedicate to one piece of recent news.


Akimoto Sayaka has announced that she plans of graduating from the group and thus has decided not to run in the upcoming general election. (aramatheydidnt)

Honestly I have been falling out of interest in AKB48 for a while and the only thing that had been keeping me in was Sayaka. She is the only girl that has not only gained but retained my interest over time. I admire her for being assertive and not willing to just take badmouthing from "fans" as well as being someone in AKB48 that took on a mentoring role to help other members out.

I am not surprised though that she has finally decided to graduate from the group. She was another member of the group that was not getting much out of being in the group, especially when they gave her position of team captain to someone else. But she has been a member that has gotten a good amount of solo work and she is aiming to continue her goal in becoming an actress so I feel that she will do fine post-graduation. If anything her time in the group has helped her make connections that should help her continue to get work, especially since she is not leaving because of a scandal.

I look forward to seeing what Sayaka's future will bring and hope to see her in future dramas I will want to watch.