7/20 Yukirin at Team B Concert in Shiga

Team B finally returned to tour with their stop in Shiga Prefecture, home to Team B’s Tanabe Miku.  Team B performed to 1,800 fans at Lake Biwa Hotel. All 22 members of Team B was on tour (minus Hirari who is on break) although Nogizaka 46’s Ikoma Rina appeared in only a few of the Team songs. Since this was Tanabe Miku’s hometown, she centered a number of the Team songs including Flying Get, Heavy Rotation and Koi Suru Fortune Cookie. The Team B setlist included a number of popular Team B songs including Shiroi Shirts and Shonichi and less often performed B Songs likes B Garden and Boku no Sakura. For unit songs, Yukirin performed Heart-gata Virus with Akicha and Nozawa.   Setlist: Show Press Release (79 More Words) Opening Kageana: Tanabe Miku (Afternoon), Watanabe Mayu (Evening) M01　Flying Get M02　Everyday Kachusha M03　Aitakatta M04　Shonichi (Units) M05　Nage Kiss de Uchi Otose! M06　Heart Gata Virus (Kashiwagi Yuki, Takajo Aki, Nozawa Rena) M07　MARIA M08　Blue rose M09　Kimi to Boku no Kankei M10　Iiwake Maybe（Acapella） M11　Labrador Retriever M12　Hashire! Penguin M13　Shamu Neko M14　Yobisute Fantasy M15　Seifuku no Mannequin M16　RIVER M17　Theatre no Megumi M18　Honest Man M19　Boku no Sakura (Kashiwagi Yuki, Kuramochi Asuka, Takahashi Juri, Watanabe Mayu, Ikoma Rina, Ogasawara Mayu) M20　Ponytail to Shushu M21　Kimi no koto ga Suki dakara M22　Juuryoku Sympathy M23　Oogoe Diamond M24　Shiroi Shirts Encore EN1　B Garden EN2　Kimi to Niji to Taiyou to EN3　AKB48（Shiga48） EN4　 Koisuru Fortune Cookie Double Encore EN5　Heavy Rotation Ending Kageana: Kashiwagi Yuki (Afternoon), Kuramochi Asuka (Evening)   Photoset:   Following the evening concert, Yukirin was spotted outside the venue and happily signed for the fans.  She made a lot of fans happy. Many fans showed their signed item online.   Following the concert, Yukirin tweeted thank you and a few pics. 滋賀のみなさん❤ ありがとうございました!! 最高に楽しかったぜーい☻ ネコちゃん。にゃん。 pic.twitter.com/vZQw2nlgZq — 柏木由紀 (@Yukiriiiin__K) July 20, 2014   Source: http://mdpr.jp/music/detail/1392511 http://newslounge.net/archives/137421 https://plus.google.com/109032389081888190627/posts/Pk5RDEqmMCz  ...

7/18 Sae’s Letter to Yukirin (Eng Trans)

Sae wrote the letter for Yukirin’s 23rd Birthday Theatre show. The main contents and the style of the letter was kept as much as possible but the translation is done so that it flows and work in English for the most part.   Kashiwagi Yuki-sama, Happy Birthday!   When I was asked, would you write the letter, I thought what would be good to write for Yukirin’s birthday ceremony letter.   I’m really happy that amongst the hundreds of members within AKB group, I was chosen as the suitable person and be allowed to write a congratulatory letter to Yukirin.   For the first two years that we met, we were dreadfully and distinctly a senior & junior relationship. However, through the opportunity of AKB Kagekidan, Yukirin slowly opened her heart. First, it went from honorifics and change to casual language. From calling me by my last name, it became my first name. Lately, we’ve been calling each other by unofficial nicknames “Miyaza-san” & “Kashi”. And speaking of, amongst the members and the fans, we even became that hot hot well known pairing.   By appearance of course, our personalities are completely opposites so why do we get along so well? After giving it some thought, my answer was, it’s probably because we share the same values isn’t it?   After the 2nd General Election was over, together we thought, that Kami-7 wall is high, we cannot easily surpass it can we? That kind of talk, do you remember?   The next year, at the 3rd General Election, the Kami-7 wall that we thought that couldn’t be surpassed was topped with a bang, heading straight to Best 3. I was really moved for Yukirin, rather than feeling regret (for Sae herself), I was overwhelmed with happiness. Up to now, I have not forgotten that feeling.   You also debuted as a solo singer. And at Yokohama Arena, Yukirin held a solo concert. I thought, you are the pride of AKB group and the real idol.   Yukirin does not easily show her emotions so I always thought where is a place that can reveal your true feelings. That place is…when you entered AKB, she who traveled with you to Tokyo from Kagoshima, she who always waited for Yukirin to return home, it is your mother. I realized that when I saw Yukirin during Kazanbai at the solo concert.   To have become such good friends with Yukirin and a trusting relationship, I am truly grateful from the bottom of...

7/13 & 7/16 Yukirin Mobame (Eng Trans)

Might as well do these two, she hasn’t sent many mobile mails lately. haha 2013-07-13 (no subject) Hokkaido now! Handshake is fun ^^ Where is my seafood rice bowl~~   I love her Ibiza Girl look. Love this song too!!! Such a great summer song! 2013-07-16 (no subject) A favourite rare hairstyle It’s hot~ I wanna sit~~ lol Yukirin took that picture at the airport. lol...

Thank You Yukirin World!

A big THANK YOU to all residing in Yukirin World. The 23rd Birthday Heart Project was a success! (and a lot of fun!) Yukirin trended at #1 for Famous People twice, the best one was of course within the hour when the clock hit midnight.   At 1am: Yukirin celebrated her birthday with French Kiss members abroad but I’m sure she felt the love around the world and from Japan. She thanked everyone on twitter and actually even used the same hashtag as the project!!!! I’m sure she was aware of the project just like she thanked fans last yr for the twitter project.   楽しい誕生日だった☻ みんなありがとう☻ #ゆきりん誕生日祭り — 柏木由紀 (@Yukiriiiin__K) July 15, 2014   Thanks everyone for participating and commenting nonstop on twitter and on her blog! I couldn’t keep up with all the tweets. LOL The Birthday Project was definitely a worldwide project! Access map for the Birthday Project English page here:     It’s Yukirin World after all, glad to be apart of it. Once again, thank you! Maddie...

French Kiss 6th Single 「Omoidasenai Hana」Release on 10/1

Details regarding French Kiss’s 6th Single 「Omoidasenai Hana」 was revealed on Yukirin’s Birthday!　Their 6th single will be released on October 1st. The girls are currently on location in Hong Kong (maybe) for the filming of their travel show Kiss Tabi. Omoidasenai Hana was used as the ending song to Akicha’s drama Save Point and the P&G cms that Yukirin is in. The single will come in 4 versions. Each version will contain 1 episode of Save Point on each dvd. There will be a special live at Zepp Tokyo on October 22 for 1,000 fans in connection with the single release. According to the tweets from the girls today and Osawa-san g+, they each get a solo song. 「Omoidasenai Hana」 is a folk song. You can listen to the preview of the song here, ripped from Save Point.   Track List: Type A CD: 1. Omoidasenai hana 2. Untitled 1 3. Untitled 2 4.-6. Instrumental DVD: 1. Omoidasenai hana MV 2. Special Video 1 3. Save Point Episode 1   Type B CD: 1. Omoidasenai hana 2. Untitled 1 3. Untitled 3 4.-6. Instrumental DVD: 1. Omoidasenai hana MV 2. Special Video 2 3. Save Point Episode 2   Type C CD: 1. Omoidasenai hana 2. Untitled 1 3. Untitled 4 4.-6. Instrumental DVD: 1. Omoidasenai hana MV 2. Special Video 3 3. Save Point Episode 3   Type D CD: 1. Omoidasenai hana 2. Untitled 1 3. Untitled 5 4.-6. Instrumental DVD: 1. Omoidasenai hana MV 2. Special Video 4 3. Save Point Episode 4   Other Bonus Limited Edition comes with Trading Card Special Live Application Form Bonus CD Sleeve Case if you buy all four versions (Similar to Yukirin’s Shortcake bonus)   今日情報解禁になった フレンチ・キスの6thシングル 【思い出せない花】のカップリングにね… ソロ曲が収録されるの♥️ あ…！私にとっては初めてのソロ曲です^ ^ 皆さんお楽しみにっ！！ pic.twitter.com/h0d8IaVl4B — 高城亜樹(あきちゃ) (@AKI_WISMALU) July 15, 2014   フレンチさん。和気あいあい☻ あのねっ!! 10/1発売の新曲「思い出せない花」の カップリングにねっ。3人それぞれのソロ曲が収録されるんだよ♡♡ pic.twitter.com/XX3tbbvmps — 柏木由紀 (@Yukiriiiin__K) July 15, 2014 10月1日発売のフレンチ・キスの新曲 【思い出せない花】 なんと！ 私のソロ曲も収録されることになりました♪ どんな曲なのかお楽しみに(((o(*ﾟ▽ﾟ*)o))) わくわく pic.twitter.com/MzUAr0AvoD — 倉持明日香 (@asuka_k911) July 15, 2014     Source: Osawa-san g+ http://tokyopopline.com/archives/27613...

7/14 Osawa-san g+ (Eng Trans)

Osawa Tsuyoshi – 14:41 Details regarding French Kiss’s 6th Single will be revealed… TOMORROW!!! ※The 3 members of French Kiss are on location today for Kiss Tabi~   Link:...

7/10 Yukirin at Team N NHK Hall Concert Day 2

The second day of Team N’s concert at Tokyo NHK Hall. The setlist changed a little bit from the previous day’s concert as members list changed a bit. HKT’s Murashige joined but Ririka was pulled out early morning so there were minor shuffling of positions as well. HKT’s Melon Juice was added to the setlist. At the end, they even did a double encore as fans did not want to leave. I read a lot of fans comments, not all Yukirin oshis (so this is not fully bias lol), but many noticed a different Yukirin in a very good way. Being in NMB48 seems to have brought out more from Yukirin and I’m really excited to hear that!     NMB48 Team N at NHK Hall Day 2 Setlist (July 10): Show Press Release (132 More Words) M00 Overture M01 Takane no ringo 高嶺の林檎 M02 Fumou no tochi wo mankai ni… 不毛の土地を満開に… M03 Korogaru ishi ni nare 転がる石になれ M04 Nagiichi ナギイチ M05 Oh My God! オーマイガー! M06 Bokura no Eureka 僕らのユリイカ M07 Flying Get フライングゲット M08 Melon Juice メロンジュース M09 Koko ni datte tenshi wa iru ここにだって天使はい M10 Cattleya no hana o miru tabi ni omoidasu カトレアの花を見る度に思い出す M11 Mushi no Ballad虫のバラード M12 Jungle Gym ジャングルジム　(Kashiwagi Yuki) M13 Faint M14 Temo demo no namidaてもでもの涙 M15 Kono sekai ga yuki no naka ni umoreru mae ni この世界が雪の中に埋もれる前に M16 Zipper ジッパー　(Kashiwagi Yuki, Muro Kanako、Yoshida Akari) M17 Zannen shoujo M18 Hajimete no hoshi 初めての星　(Kashiwagi Yuki, Kato Yuka, Kotani Riho, Joneshi Kei, Yamauchi Tsubasa, Yamamoto Sayaka, Yoshida Akari) M19 “Seito techou no shashin wa ki ni haitteinai” no housoku “生徒手帳の写真は気に入っていない”の法則 (New themesong for NMB48’s Geinin movie) M20 100 Nen saki demo 100年先でも M21 Kamonegix カモネギックス dance mix M22 HA! M23 Todokana soude todoku mono 届かなそうで届くもの M24 Kitagawa Kenji 北川謙二 M25 Teppen tottande! てっぺんとったんで ENCORE EN1 Jounetsu Highway 情熱ハイウェイ EN2 Densha wo oriru 電車を降りる (New Team N Song for the Album) EN3 Ibiza Girl イビサガール EN4 Seishun no Lap Time 青春のラップタイム DOUBLE ENCORE EN5 Nagiichi ナギイチ EN6 Teppen tottande! てっぺんとったんで   Photoset:   Sources: NMB48 Shihainin Kaneko Tsuyoshi’s g+ Scramble Egg g+ Various NMB48’s g+ @Yukiriiiin__K @kuriQ   Video: News clip from Day 1 Concert  ...

7/09 Yukirin at Team N NHK Hall Concert Day 1

NMB48 Nationwide tour started today with Team N performing at Tokyo NHK Hall. Yukirin will be taking part in both NHK Hall concert on July 9th and 10th. Yukirin performed Sayanee’s solo song Jungle Gym. She also performed her unit song Zipper. Two new songs were also revealed at the concert, Geinin movie’s themesong as well Team N’s song for NMB48’s 2nd Album. Yukirin also centered Flying Get.   NMB48 Team N at NHK Hall Day 1 Setlist (July 9): Show Press Release (131 More Words) M00 Overture M01 Takane no ringo 高嶺の林檎 M02 Fumou no tochi wo mankai ni… 不毛の土地を満開に… M03 Korogaru ishi ni nare 転がる石になれ M04 Nagiichi ナギイチ M05 Oh My God! オーマイガー! M06 Bokura no Eureka 僕らのユリイカ M07 Flying Get フライングゲット M08 Koko ni datte tenshi wa iru ここにだって天使はいる   INTRO MC M09 Cattleya no hana o miru tabi ni omoidasu カトレアの花を見る度に思い出す M10 Mushi no Ballad虫のバラード M11 Jungle Gym ジャングルジム　(Kashiwagi Yuki) M12 Faint M13 Temo demo no namidaてもでもの涙 M14 Kono sekai ga yuki no naka ni umoreru mae ni この世界が雪の中に埋もれる前に M15 Zipper ジッパー　(Kashiwagi Yuki, Muro Kanako、Yoshida Akari) M16 Zannen shoujo M17 Hajimete no hoshi 初めての星　(Kashiwagi Yuki, Kato Yuka, Kotani Riho, Joneshi Kei, Yamauchi Tsubasa, Yamamoto Sayaka, Yoshida Akari) M18 “Seito techou no shashin wa ki ni haitteinai” no housoku “生徒手帳の写真は気に入っていない”の法則   (New themesong for NMB48’s Geinin movie) M19 100 Nen saki demo 100年先でも M20 Kamonegix カモネギックス dance mix M21 HA! M22 Todokana soude todoku mono 届かなそうで届くもの M23 Kitagawa Kenji 北川謙二 M24 Teppen tottande! てっぺんとったんで M25 Boku no uchiage hanabi 僕の打ち上げ花火   EN1 Jounetsu Highway 情熱ハイウェイ EN2 Densha wo oriru 電車を降りる (New Team N Song for the Album) EN3 Ibiza Girl イビサガール EN4 Seishun no Lap Time 青春のラップタイム Middle MC – N – Yamagishi Natsumi Y – Yukirin N: Yukirin-san wears mouton boots during lessons even though it’s so hot. Looks smelly! Y: Natsumin! N: Does it smell? Y: Cause I’ve had it for two years…After the concert is over, shall we sniff it together? Ending Kageana – Yukirin: “First time on tour with Team N was amazingly fun. Great memories were made. Did everyone also have fun?”   Photoset: Sources: http://news.dwango.jp/?itemid=8676 http://www.daily.co.jp/newsflash/gossip/2014/07/09/0007130176.shtml http://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/akb48/news/f-et-tp0-20140709-1331561.html http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2039636/full/ NMB48 Shihainin Kaneko Tsuyoshi’s g+ Various NMB48’s g+ @Yukiriiiin__K...

7/6 French Kiss 6th Single News?

Been busy with my friend’s wedding, been collecting a lot of Yukirin news but no time to post it.     Anyways, Osawa-san g+ about reminding everyone that the French Kiss no Kiss Tabi show is available of BS Family channel. He then said French Kiss Family may have an inkling about this… French Kiss 6th Single is in the works. Source: https://plus.google.com/u/0/115719063745850111024/posts/75h7eoNKAxD Rather than a single, I wanted an album...