Yukirin’s 3rd Solo Live DVD/BR Will be Released on 3/19

Yukirin’s 3rd Solo Live DVD & Bluray will be released on March 19. The limited edition will include an application card for a limited Yukirin Figure, only 100 will be available via lottery. There will also be handwritten message cards by Yukirin that will be included randomly in 100 limited edition disc as well. The DVD/BR will include all 26 songs plus a bonus video (20 minutes of behind the scenes and interview) and audio commentary. A special time limited bonus will be available from 2014/3/19 to 2014/5/31. Using an AR app called “AR レンズ”, available on Google Play and Apple Store, will allow you to view Sakura no Ki ni Narou performance in 3D popup. Details about the concert can be found here: http://kashiwagiyukirin.com/2013/11/07/1719/ Cost & Listing: DVD: 5,705 yen (before tax) Bluray: 4,752 yen (before tax) Tracks: 26 songs (19 Main, 5 Encore songs with French Kiss, 2 double encore songs) Bonus Video: A documentary of Yukirin World (approx. 20 mins) Pre-order Links: DVD: CDJapan* Amazon HMV Bluray: CDJapan* Amazon HMV *CDJapan has a poster as store bonus Mu-mo also has a special set, where you can buy the dvd or bluray with the Yukirin Daruma Penlight. The penlight is also available for purchase on its own. http://shop.mu-mo.net/a/item1/?jsiteid=mumo&seq_exhibit_id=105258&categ_id=102 http://shop.mu-mo.net/a/item1/?jsiteid=mumo&seq_exhibit_id=105244&categ_id=101 http://shop.mu-mo.net/a/item1/?jsiteid=mumo&merc_no=ANCD-22353 DVD Cover Bluray Cover Large size pictures of the covers available: http://imgur.com/UEy28jJ http://imgur.com/5SBjKGn Yukirin Figure: Sponichi News: Source: http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2033510/full/ http://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000099412 http://natalie.mu/music/news/108810 http://yukiring.jp/discography/ http://wegirls.jp/posts/view/44258...

1/27 Yukirin Mobame (Eng Trans)

With Yukirin going on a diet, she sure is thinking about food with the mobame title. lol 2014-01-27 14:12 Hamburger Today is Unit Matsuri♪ It’s been 5 straight days of going to TDC Hall… lol It’s like my second home o(^▽^)o Today is the last~! Let’s enjoy it♪♪ Picture was take yesterday, not sure why my face looks so stern....

1/27 Unit Matsuri 2014 Yukirin News Roundup

The 5th day at Tokyo Dome City for Yukirin. She participated in the 2014 Unit Matsuri. It was mostly performances from AKB48 5th album but Yukirin also performed with French Kiss and her own solo song! Note, picture set from Day 4 Request Hour has been updated! Songs that Yukirin participated in Units Matsuri: #04: After rain #12: Birthday wedding (Kashiwagi Yuki) #15: Romance Privacy (French Kiss) MC6 Kojima Haruna, Kashiwagi Yuki, Matsui Rena #23: Shower no ato dakara (Kojima Haruna, Kashiwagi Yuki, Matsui Rena) #27: Heart Ereki #29: Sayonara Crawl #30 Koisuru Fortune Cookie Encore 1: Maeshika Mukanee Encore 2: Heavy Rotation Yukirin Photoset from Units Matsuri: Source: http://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/akb48/news/f-et-tp0-20140127-1249782.html http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2033424/full/ http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2033400/full/ Rena’s Blog: http://ameblo.jp/ske48official/entry-11759307877.html g+ (members &...

1/26 Request Hour 2014 Day 4 Yukirin News Roundup

Day 4 of Request Hour 2014, the top 101-125 songs were revealed! Yukirin participated in 5 songs including her own unit song plus 4 encore songs. AKB48’s shihainin finally posted pictures throughout the concert so we get more pictures today! Today’s big announcement was the Big Sokaku Matsuri to take place on February 24. Sokaku is a word meaning the formation of a cabinet (for a government).  AKB48 first used the word in 2009 for their Budokan concert which resulted in the first reformation of teams.  The VTR that was shown had staff members shuffling members pictures around. It’ll be a month of speculations amongst the fans. Reformations are a good way of not letting things stale or reset things that have not gone as planned. Having been an AKB fan for so long, I don’t mind reformations or shuffles so much because I think it keeps things fresh, it creates road curves that are necessary to keep things going. There really aren’t a lot of details about this, but it sure is enough to rattle the entire 48 fandom. I look forward to seeing what will happen. After 4 days of Request Hour, Yukirin took part in 32 songs (including encores) and 5 MCs. Songs that Yukirin participated in on Day 4: #125: Uza (AKB48) #120: Iiwake Maybe (AKB48) #118: Sayonara Crawl #105: Gingham Check (AKB48) #102: Kuchi Utsushi no Chocolate (Kashiwagi Yuki, Katayama Haruka, Oita Aika) Encore #1: Kanashiki Kinkyori Ren’ai (Umeda Team B) Encore #3: Maeshika Mukanee (AKB48) Encore #4: Koisuru Fortune Cookie (Everyone) Encore #5: Heavy Rotation (Everyone) Yukirin Photoset from Day 4: *1/27 Updated with pictures from Oricon (Currently: 43 photos) Source: http://natalie.mu/music/news/108554 http://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/entame/entertainment/227994/ http://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/akb48/news/f-et-tp0-20140126-1249355.html http://www.daily.co.jp/newsflash/gossip/2014/01/26/0006664835.shtml http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/20140127/akb14012705020003-n1.html http://www.oricon.co.jp/photo/akb48/828/ g+ (members & staff) *NOTE: Will update if more pictures come...

1/25 Request Hour 2014 Day 3 Yukirin News Roundup

Day 3 of Request Hour 2014, the top 126-150 songs were revealed! Not many songs for Yukirin today so she got to watch from the stands. Yukirin did participate in 2 MCs with Sasshi and Miichan. One of the MCs featured a few of the draftees. They had a contest. Yukirin went head to head with Team B’s draftee, Kawamoto Saya in a winking contest. Yukirin lost to Saya in the most winks in 10 seconds. Saya said, “The next winking queen will be me!” In other news, Yukirin will be going to Hong Kong for a handshake and autograph event on February 4th & 5th. More details available here: HK AKB48 Facebook Songs that Yukirin participated in on Day 3: #150: Oogoe Diamond (AKB48) #143: Seigi no Mikata janai Hero (Umeda Team B) Encore#1: Boku wa ganbaru (AKB48, U-Can campaign song) Encore#3: Maeshika Mukanee (AKB48) Encore#4: Koisuru Fortune Cookie (Everyone) Yukirin Photoset from Day 3: (17 photos) Source: http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2033377/full/ http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/20140126/akb14012605060006-n1.html g+ (members & staff) *NOTE: Will update if more pictures come...

1/24 Request Hour 2014 Day 2 Yukirin News Roundup

Day 2 of Request Hour 2014, the top 151-175 was revealed! It was a day of graduation songs which means a lot of VTRs were shown. Yukirin appeared in 7 songs plus 3 encore songs.  Yui appeared in the most songs today with 10 and Kojiharu appeared in the most songs on Day 1 with 8. Yukirin also did an MC with Mayu only. The 35the single was also revealed today, it will be Yuko’s last single as an AKB48 member. The song 「Maeshika mukanee」 is centered by Yuko and some say, it had a Give Me Five feel. Yukirin’s position in the song does not appear to be a good one, she is in the last row for the first part of the song　（out of 5 rows) and moves up during the B Melody part. Songs that Yukirin participated in on Day 2: #174: Seventeen (AKB48) #163: Sugar Rush (AKB48) #162: Namida no sei janai (AKB48) #161: Party is over (AKB48) #160: Yuuhi wo miteiruka? (AKB48) #157: Saigo no doa (AKB48) #154: Yume no kawa (AKB48) Encore#1: 35th new single [Maeshika mukanee ] (AKB48) Encore#2: Heavy Rotation (AKB48) Encore#3: Koisuru Fortune Cookie (Everyone) Yukirin Photoset from Day 1: News clip of 35th Single Maeshika Mukanee Performance:   Source: http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2033359/full/ g+ (members & staff) *NOTE: Will update if more pictures come...

1/23 Request Hour 2014 Day 1 Yukirin News Roundup

It was Day 1 of the AKB48 Request Hour Best 200 2014! Yukirin participated in 8 songs including encore. She also took part in one of the MCs with Oshima Yuko, Takahashi Minami, Sashihara Rino, Matsui Rena, Shimazaki Haruka, Yamamoto Sayaka. Songs that Yukirin participated in on Day 1: #197: Yobisute Fantasy (Kashiwagi Team B) #195: Beginner (AKB48) #193 Romance kenjuu (Umeda Team B) #190 River (AKB48) #187: Mosh & Dive (AKB48) #184: Namida ni shizumu taiyou (Kashiwagi Yuki, Kuramochi Asuka, Kikuchi Ayaka) #177: Theatre no Megami (Kashiwagi Team B) Encore #3: Koisuru Fortune Cookie Yukirin Photoset from Day 1: Source: http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2033275/full/ http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/20140124/akb14012405040005-n1.html http://www.girlsnews.tv/unit/130979 g+ (members & staff) *NOTE: Will update if more pictures come...

1/22 Yukirin Mobame (Eng Trans)

2014-01-22 22:06 Here Here Kitarie-chan Same age. Good girl. Excellent appetite. lol To sum it up… Love her ( ′ ▽ `...

1/19 & 1/21 Yukirin Mobame (Eng Trans)

Two entries… 2014-01-19 15:30 Doesn’t matter where it’s from, just bring it on! Good Evening~ I’m gonna start dieting from today. Haha As expected, I have to declare it to make it happen! I will make it in time for Request Hour maybe… It will be 5 days including the Units Festival, so I will probably be thinner by the final day♪♪ lol I’ll do my best (^ ^) Uploaded headshot. lol 2014-01-21 20:51 Hair Hello☆ Lately, I’ve been addicted to rolling my hair! It’s because there aren’t members that normally curl their hair this way. You might not know which style so please see the picture (^ ^)...

1/15 Yukirin Mobame (Eng Trans)

2014-01-15 20:33 Sweets Girl This is like a cinnamon roll! It is sweet, looks like treats from overseas♪ haha Lately, I’ve got a big appetite. Ah… I had Chinese food just before and it was so tastyyyyy (′・_・`) I wanna eat sushiiii...

Yukirin x AKB48 Cafe Collaboration News Roundup

Yukirin has helped promote the Kagoshima Prefecture since 2011. In 2012, promotion was focused on regions west of the Kansai area. On January 14, 2014, a press conference was held at the AKB48 cafe to announce a special collaboration between the “Real. Kagoshima Prefecture” campaign and AKB48 Cafe.  Yukirin, as the Satsuma Ambassador, supervised the creation of 4 dishes for the latest promotion.  All four dishes were shown to the media and are part of the Cafe’s limited special “Kagoshima Prefecture Collaboration Menu” which starts from January 15 and runs until February 13 only.  Anyone that orders  a dish from the special Kagoshima Collaboration menu will also get a special limited coaster (as oppose to the normal coasters you get when you order something at the cafe). There are 12 versions total with pictures of Yukirin taken in Kagoshima. The Kagoshima Collaboration Menu: Top Left: Kagoshima TeriYuki Donburi   (Play on Teriyaki) Top Right: Kagoshima Yukirin Dakuma Sandwich (Play on Daruma, instead of ruma, it’s Kuma which means bear) Bottom Left: Sweet Potato Yukirin Dakuma Roll Bottom Right: White Yukirin Dakuma Jelly During the press conference, when asked which AKB48 member she would like to try one of her dishes, Yukirin answered “Mayuyu, from the same generation, loves to eat meat with rice so I want her to try the TeriYuki donburi.” As for Yukirin’s plans and hopes for 2014, she said “First, I want a successful live in March at the National Olympic Stadium with AKB members.” As for herself, “Personally, I want to study music more and sing songs that can resonate with people.” As for her second year as Satsuma Ambassador, questions about Kagoshima has increased quite a bit so she talked about “having a big responsibility” and that “she wants to promote the Kagoshima Prefecture to various people as the Satsuma Ambassador.”   Photoset:   Press Conference Video:   Source: http://www.advertimes.com/20140114/article143057/ http://news24.jp/entertainment/news/1631999.html# http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2032947/full/ http://www.asahi.com/and_M/interest/entertainment/NIK201401140079.html http://mainichi.jp/mantan/news/20140114dyo00m200020000c.html http://mantan-web.jp/2014/01/14/20140114dog00m200020000c.html...

1/3 Yukirin Blog 「2014」 Eng Trans

imNikky’s been busy so Yukirin’s blog hasn’t been translated. I will do this one since it’s Yukirin’s feelings of the end 2013 and for 2014. 2014-01-03 21:45:17 「2014」 Happy New Year!!! 2014!! It finally came!! lol On the final day of 2013, I participated in Kouhaku Uta Gassen. 110 people wearing different outfits representing 110 countries. My outfit was this　♪ What country was it… It was Finland (^ ^) The blue is pretty and cute~ At the start of New Year’s, I sang “Birthday Wedding” on CDTV. It’s been awhile so I was nervous! (>_< ) I’m grateful to be able to continuing sing my solo song. And… Yesterday was the New Year’s Day theatre show.   (*Note: should have been the day before as the show was on Jan 1st) This year’s calligraphy is… “Musician” lol I wrote lyrics for the first time last year. I would like to compose music this year and practice more and more songs. I want to sing songs that can affect people’s hearts. And, anew for 2014!! I would like to spend each day happily with a smile. Therefore, I want to participate in events so that fans who have been supporting me will be smiling too. Although hard work and perseverance may not lead to results right away, the effort will definitely not go to waste right? Let’s work hard♪♪ Thank you for your support this year too. (*^^*) Kashiwagi Yuki Link: http://ameblo.jp/yuki-kashiwagi-we/entry-11742503837.html Blog translations require a lot more thinking, I will stick to mobame translations...

2014

Happy New Year!!!! Thanks to everyone who have checked this blog out last year. The last few months of 2013 was a little hectic and I didn’t get a chance to post as often as I would like. I also never got a chance to finish up Tagarin (which I apologize for). What will 2014 bring to Yukirin World? We’re all in for a ride, but hopefully great things. Surely, a new solo single, 3rd Solo Concert DVD/BD release and perhaps 4th solo concert. What will 2014 bring to this blog? Ummm, I’m not sure. Haha! I would like to keep it as minimalistic as possible. It will be more or less the same thing, Yukirin Everything!!! Mobame & g+ translations, news & article translations, short video subs, news roundup, etc. I don’t normally translate stuff already done by others, I will try to link them more which I didn’t do much of last year. All the Best to Everyone in 2014!! これからもよろしくお願いします！　Thank you for your continuous support. Cheers, Maddie aka Sillythings, Permanent resident of Yukirin...

12/31 Kouhaku & CDTV Yukirin News Roundup

The finale to 2013 was of course the 64th Kouhaku Uta Gassen.  The White Team won (yet again for the umth time). AKB48 performed Koisuru Fortune Cookie and Heavy Rotation. For Koisuru Fortune Cookie, all the girls were dressed representing a country.  Yukirin was Finland. The shocking news of the night was Yuko announcing her graduation prior to Heavy Rotation (I will write about this in a separate post). After the Kouhaku show, Yukirin along with other 48 group girls rushed over to the TBS studio to appear on the CDTV New Years Special which ran from 11:45pm to 5:00 am.  AKB48 performed Koisuru Fortune Cookie, Sayonara Crawl and Namida Surprise.  Yukirin performed Birthday Wedding much later in the program, around 3:30am. Additional photos from the actual Kouhaku and CDTV, not many new pics.   Source: newslounge Renacchi’s g+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/112984877710421269938/posts/SpsRbWFpW9q Yukirin’s g+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/109547251260290757268/posts/Y6PU5R69wNo https://plus.google.com/u/0/109547251260290757268/posts/DBjTwBE78VX...