3/29 AKB48 Concert at Kokuritsu Yukirin News Roundup

On March 29th, AKB48 held their own concert at National Olympic Stadium (Kokuritsu). I woke up at 3am (EST) to keep track of this concert. I am an AKB48 fan afterall. The excitement of an AKB48 only concert at Kokuristu prevented me from getting any sleep prior to the start. I wanted to catch a few hours of sleep but that didn’t really happen.

The setlist was amazing. It was a very Team heavy setlist and very few MCs. With the new Teams set to take effect soon, it was nice of them to do it this way. An AKB48 only concert meant they could perform songs that rarely gets done at concerts. It was refreshing see performances of these songs!!

The concert featured acrobats and lots of fireworks too.  Yukirin had her hair up as a ponytail, she always look great in that so I’m glad she decided to set her hair that way.  During both opening of the concert and UZA, Yukirin was wired up, hanging and flying in the air.  Yukirin plus Yuko, Takamina, Mayu & Paruru were in the air during Juuryoku Sympathy.  On Yukirin’s blog, she mentioned that she flipped around 4 times while in the air.  During UZA, Yukirin was hanging within a cube along with Yui, Yuko, Takamina and Mayu in the air.

Setlist of Songs that Yukirin Appeared In:

01. Korogaru Ishi ni Nare
02. First Rabbit
03. Aitakatta
04. Everyday, Kachuusha
05. Juuryoku Sympathy
06. Idol no Yoake (Umeda Team B)
07. Shonichi (Umeda Team B)
08. Yobisute Fantasy (Umeda Team B)
18. Mae Shika Mukanee
19. GIVE ME FIVE!
27. Senaka kara Dakishimeta (Oshima Yuko,Watanabe Mayu, Kashiwagi Yuki, Kojima Haruna, Takahashi Minami, Minegishi Minami, Yokoyama Yui )
28. Yuuhi wo Miteiru ka? (Oshima Yuko,Watanabe Mayu, Kashiwagi Yuki, Kojima Haruna, Takahashi Minami, Minegishi Minami, Yokoyama Yui )
29. AKB Festival
30. Hikoukigumo
MC#2: Kashiwagi Yuki, Kitahara Rie, Kojima Mako, Nishino Miki, Okada Nana
36. Honest Man (Umeda Team B)
37. Bokutachi no Kamihikouki (Umeda Team B)
42. UZA
43. Tenohira ga Kataru Koto
44. Manatsu no Sounds Good
45. Flying Get
46. Sayonara Crawl
47. Ponytail to Shushu
48. Gingham Check
49. Heavy Rotation
50. Sakura no Hanabiratachi
Encore 1. Labrador Retriever (36th single Senbatsu)
Encore 2. Shoujotachi yo
Encore 3. After Rain
Encore 4. Aitakatta
Encore 5. Koisuru Fortune Cookie

News Clips

Photoset:

Source:
http://mdpr.jp/music/detail/1344555
http://mdpr.jp/music/1344556
http://www.oricon.co.jp/photo/akb48/900/

I was sad but also looking forward to Yuko’s Graduation Ceremony. Yuko is the reason why I love AKB, why I got into AKB. She is my #2, really not that behind Yukirin in many ways. Happy that she gets to chase her dream. Yuko also does things differently. This time (her graduation) is no different, hahaha.

3 Responses to “3/29 AKB48 Concert at Kokuritsu Yukirin News Roundup”

1. tiffany says:

   March 30, 2014 at 2:19 pm

   yuko is a great member of akb,
   i just cant compare acchan, yuko, n yukirin.
   cuz three of them are what makes akb once completed(2011) and open path for 48G easy to accepted in society.

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   • maddie says:

     March 31, 2014 at 2:45 pm

     2011 was a great year for Yukirin!

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2. Black Gekikara says:

   April 6, 2014 at 11:40 am

   Indeed. 2011 and Flying Get’s line-up is forever my favourite live-up in history! Also still think of Flying Get as Yukirin’s song. Even though I know not why >.<
   I wonder also how that MC with Kitarie and the once three Ms went like LOL

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