My translation of the NGT48 official notice on the withdrawal of NGT48 KKS Watanabe Ayusa. At this time, we are reporting that we have received, and accepted, a request from NGT48 kenkyuusei Watanabe Ayusa to withdraw from activities. Watanabe Ayusa’s activities will end by June 30th (Sunday). We will post Read more…
My translation of the NGT48 official notice on the withdrawal of NGT48 KKS Takazawa Tomoka. At this time, we are reporting that we have received, and accepted, a request from NGT48 kenkyuusei Takazawa Tomoka to withdraw from activities. Takazawa Tomoka’s activities will end by June 30th (Sunday). We will post Read more…
My translation of the summary from https://jbbs.shitaraba.net/bbs/read.cgi/music/29852/1553736787 for 6/22 (Saturday). NGT kenkyuusei Takazawa Tomoka and Watanabe Ayusa are withdrawing from activities https://i.imgur.com/zssWKaK.jpg https://i.imgur.com/jU6nxDB.jpg Watanabe’s comments https://i.imgur.com/PZh3zr0.jpg Takazawa’s comments https://i.imgur.com/mwjpVw1.jpg Report on Rena’s Jashin-chan talk show https://i.imgur.com/26oUHiB.jpg Murakumo’s mobame. She participated in some sort of recording. https://i.imgur.com/zQvzQJi.jpg The Showroom thread from back when Read more…
My translation of the summary from https://jbbs.shitaraba.net/bbs/read.cgi/music/29852/1553736787 for 6/21 (Friday). Tweets about the talk show with Hasegawa Rena https://i.imgur.com/Aqzgymx.jpg https://i.imgur.com/VkCnq6O.jpg https://i.imgur.com/ZTSO6rU.jpg Response from attendees https://i.imgur.com/Ge9odeO.jpg Coverage from Asahi Shinbun Idol https://i.imgur.com/hMGk4Ts.jpg https://i.imgur.com/3CVZT2A.jpg https://i.imgur.com/0qQMjOt.jpg From Crocodile Official https://i.imgur.com/BJSNLFa.jpg https://i.imgur.com/cLgL8R5.jpg From Jashin-chan Official https://i.imgur.com/2fNN7yk.jpg https://i.imgur.com/GObsPIG.jpg An investigation into the doubts about there being a Read more…
My translation of the summary from https://jbbs.shitaraba.net/bbs/read.cgi/music/29852/1553736787 for 6/20 (Thursday). Hasegawa Rena may be going to Sendai https://i.imgur.com/WR12cd4.jpg https://i.imgur.com/75job5B.jpg Kado Yuria’s Photolog. NGT members had lessons again today. https://i.imgur.com/m991r5l.jpg Member’s mobame summary Ogino “My face got a little chubby” Kato “Was in poor health. Is feeling better with some medicine” https://i.imgur.com/f5aFEiZ.jpg [Some Read more…
My translation of the summary from https://jbbs.shitaraba.net/bbs/read.cgi/music/29852/1553736787 for 6/19 (Wednesday). Today is the final day Maho, Riko, and Rena’s Photologs will be available on the official website https://i.imgur.com/ORhA6Jm.jpg https://i.imgur.com/JEnmxkI.jpg https://i.imgur.com/sKxVAM8.jpg From Daily Sports: “Sugahara Riko tweets about the Niigata earthquake, “My family and I evacuated and are safe”” https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20190619-00000049-dal-ent Tweets from Riko Read more…
My translation of the summary from https://jbbs.shitaraba.net/bbs/read.cgi/music/29852/1553736787 for 6/18 (Tuesday). The page introducing the NGT theater has been removed from the 20th edition of [the travel guide] Rurubu Niigata Sado https://i.imgur.com/Khov0q3.jpg Introduction page from the 18th edition https://i.imgur.com/mIyE6JX.jpg Introduction page from the 19th edition https://i.imgur.com/yStauyc.jpg Video of Maho’s Showroom where she was Read more…
My translation of the summary from https://jbbs.shitaraba.net/bbs/read.cgi/music/29852/1553736787 for 6/17 (Monday). Riko tweets: “I had the privilege of going “cherry picking” in my home town of Seirou” https://i.imgur.com/3cFRsWQ.jpg https://twitter.com/riko__sakuranbo/status/1140581186395357184 KKS Kato Minami updates her Photolog https://i.imgur.com/w0ItLhM.jpg Takakura also updates her Photolog for the first time in a while https://i.imgur.com/G1UFyYt.jpg From yummy!: “Girls Crash! Read more…
I have a lot I want to say about NGT48 and the ongoing drama surrounding the bullying and assault of former member Yamaguchi Maho, but I’ll leave that for another post. At the end of April, I started to translate some of the daily posts from a Japanese matome site Read more…