2/28 Osawa g+ on Yukirin’s Concurrent Positions (Eng Trans)

Osawa Tsuyoshi – Shared publicly – 15:42 This is the cover of the Shukan Big Comic Spirits on sale on March 3rd. Please check it out! And, during the Reformation, it was announced that Kashiwagi will have a concurrent position in AKB48 Team B and NMB48 Team N. As her management company, we intend to continue to backup Kashiwagi’s dreams from now on as well. Also, Watanabe Entertainment actually has a Kansai Operational Headquarters in Osaka. So in Osaka, Watanabe’s manager will follow (monitor) her such as her health closely so everyone, please don’t worry. Link: Osawa-san...

2/26 Yukirin with CinDy & Nacchan

CinDy blogged today about going to a Snidel exhibition with Nacchan and ran into Yukirin. Yukirin is a big fan of Snidel clothing so it’s no surprise she went. It’s nice to see Yukirin with CinDy & Nacchan. Old Team B vibes!!! Source:...

2/24 “AKB48 Group Daisokaku Matsuri” Yukirin News (Updated)

On Feb 24, 2014 at Tokyo Zepp DiverCity, a 48 Group Shuffle event was held. New teams were formed for each group including transfers and new concurrency positions. Prior to the actual announcements of shuffle, each Team performed a song. Umeda Team B performed Team B Oshi. As for the shuffle, Yukirin will remain a Team B member as well as a concurrent member of Team N. Mayu will now return to Team B. Mocchi was named Team B Captain and Shiichan was named Assistant Captain. Akicha remains as a Team B member as well. All of Watanabe Pro members are now in Team B. When they asked Yukirin for comment during the event about Team N’s concurrency, she said she would like to bring some cuteness to NMB. Sayanee remains as Captain of Team N. Yukirin was of course shocked when her name was announced. As she was commenting, she realized she would be the oldest in NMB and went wide-eye (that was until they announced Umechan would be Vice-Captain of BII).   New Kuramochi Team B will look like this: Captain: Kuramochi Asuka (from Team K) Vice-Captain: Oya Shizuka Izuta Rina (from Team A) Uchiyama Natsuki (from Team 4) Umeta Ayano (from Team 4) Oshima Ryoka (from Team A) Kashiwagi Yuki (Concurrency with Team N) Takajo Aki (JKT48 concurrency cancelled) Takahashi Juri (from Team A) Takeuchi Miyu Tanabe Miku Watanabe Mayu (from Team A) Natori Wakana Nozawa Rena (from Team K, JKT48 concurrency cancelled) Hashimoto Hikari (from Team 4) Hirata Rina (from Team K) Fukuoka Seina (promoted from KKS) Owada Nana (promoted from KKS) Ogasawara Mayu (transfer from NMB48) Ikoma Rina (Concurrency with Nogizaka46) Tomonaga Mio (Concurrency with Team KIV) Yokoshima Aeri (Draft member) Kawamoto Saya (Draft member)   Personally, it’s nice that Yukirin gets to experience NMB48 and Team N and I’m sure she welcomes it. BUT, does she really need the added work, plus the traveling to Osaka given her current schedule already? Her workload is more than sufficient as is. I know she can get some attention in NMB and bring something different to NMB but I’m mostly worried about her workload. Overall, I’m really excited about the changes in 48 group. I like change, I always think it’s needed to spice things up and change the dynamics a bit. Looking forward to the new groups/teams and hopefully new stages (but that’s probably asking too much.) Other Photos: Source: http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2034425/full/ http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2034414/full/ http://natalie.mu/music/news/110569...

2/20 Yukirin Blog 「Deeply Moved」 Eng Trans

It’s SaeYuki!!! 2014-02-20 22:45:55 Deeply Touched Today, I went to watch the stage play, 「Kuzariana no Tsubasa」. Finally went （ ; ; ） It was the last show in Tokyo （ ; ; ） I was able to see Miyazawa Sae-chan, who I love and respect, working hard !! Afterwards, there will be shows at other cities though I won’t talk about the details… Everyone’s performance, the power and energy from the singing and dancing was fully conveyed. And, Sae-chan has worked hard at practices since last year. I started crying a minute after Sae-chan appeared. haha “Come see it” she said and, “You’ll see a more matured Sae-chan.” I thought of that while watching, ahh, Sae-chan has really worked hard. I wholeheartedly thought that she is amazing. I really love Sae-chan’s performance. This stage play has a lot of the playacting that Sae-chan loves. Such as the detailed expressions and movements. Sae-chan is amazing~ I’m really glad that I went to watch!!! I was really moved. Work hard at the other locales ok? (^^)” SaeYuki will slowly go eat dinner after the show is over.(^^) If you don’t know already I’m a big SaeYuki fan so I’ll link one of my favourite SaeYuki OPV, the creator has other good ones including an amazing movie trailer…...

2/19 Yukirin’s Diet Declaration News

Yukirin wrote in her February 18th blog that she went on a diet since yesterday. The diet is simply that she won’t eat anything 5 hours before sleeping. Yukirin mentioned that she has a habit of eating before sleep so she would like to change it. A news article was posted by Model Press about Yukirin’s diet declaration: http://mdpr.jp/diet/detail/1330175 The article talked about Yukirin’s diet plans and summarized some of fans’ comments… “Do your best but don’t over do it!!” “Do your best but please watch your health and body!” “Are you really serious?” “Yukirin is already thin so I don’t think dieting is...

Yukirin’s 3rd Solo Live – Shortcake Video

GyaO Yahoo (http://gyao.yahoo.co.jp/player/00071/v10092/v1000000000000001594/ ) has available the performance of Shortcake from Yukirin’s 3rd Solo Live. The video is restricted to within Japan only so overseas fans would need a proxy to view it on their site. Shortcake features Yukirin in a stunning red dress backed by an orchestra. Many fans also switched to the red for the Yukirin Daruma penlight which added to the awesomeness of the performance. Being able to view the performance really adds to the anticipation of the release of the concert bluray/dvd. Just over a month to go… I was gonna upload the video to an alternative site but a kind soul already has it on youtube so here it...

Yukirin’s 3rd Solo Live Flying Get Radio Preview

On Feb 8’s Yukirin Time radio show, Flying Get from Yukirin’s 3rd Solo Live was previewed. I can’t wait to see the concert, but in the mean time I think we’ll get to hear previews of several songs until the release of the concert in just over a month. Yukirin sang Flying in her first solo live. I think her approach to song hasn’t changed all that much in comparison. Here’s Flying Get...

2/5 Yukirin in Hong Kong Day 2 News Roundup

On Feb 5th, Yukirin and Renacchi took part in a handshake event at the Dragon Centre in West Kowloon where the Official AKB48 Hong Kong Shop is located.  They also met with the media and answered lots of questions on Feb 4th after the Genki Sushi promotional event. Photoset:   Videos: Hong Kong TV News Report   Fancams Source: Baidu Forum Hong Kong Apple...

2/4 Yukirin in Hong Kong News Roundup

Yukirin arrived in Hong Kong on Feb 4 with Renacchi. She attended the Genki Sushi promotional event and of course ate sushi! An autograph signing session was also held in the evening in association with the AKB48 Hong Kong Shop. Photoset:   Video:   Source: Baidu Forum...