December 2020

Thanks to @speranzom for help with the translation of the Showroom summary from https://jbbs.shitaraba.net/bbs/read.cgi/music/29852/1596542732/ for 12/31 (Thursday). Riko’s tweet https://i.imgur.com/v6VOUIB.png https://i.imgur.com/xK1kSyX.jpg https://i.imgur.com/6d7uEgI.png Yoshikawa Yasuo, Maho’s co-star, retweets MAQUIA https://i.imgur.com/5Wy3iNf.png The AKB Cafe, which had said it was relocating when it withdrew from Akihabara last year, has a grand opening in Fujian, China. Read more…

My translation of the summary from https://jbbs.shitaraba.net/bbs/read.cgi/music/29852/1596542732/ for 12/30 (Wednesday). Maho in MAQUIA’s review of 2020’s popular articles https://i.imgur.com/v0nD3Z2.png From MAQUIA Online: “Yamaguchi Maho is transformed! Pastel pink makeup goes well with browns for a fashionable look” https://maquia.hpplus.jp/makeup/news/43909/ Riko’s tweet https://i.imgur.com/8DTtw0y.png Note: I try to repeat the Japanese thread as Read more…

My translation of the summary from https://jbbs.shitaraba.net/bbs/read.cgi/music/29852/1596542732/ for 12/29 (Tuesday). An article saying, “The dishonest responses of the management company regarding the NGT incident made things worse and significantly degraded the reputation of all of the groups” https://i.imgur.com/evtWuKg.png From AERAdot: “AKB48’s rejection from Kouhaku — The sun is finally setting Read more…

My translation of the summary from https://jbbs.shitaraba.net/bbs/read.cgi/music/29852/1596542732/ for 12/28 (Monday). An article on Maho from WWSchannel From WWSchannel: “Yamaguchi Maho presents all of the outfits she showed off at her year-end event!” http://www.wws-channel.com/news2/245432.html?view=more Riko’s tweets and video https://i.imgur.com/NajMIXm.png https://i.imgur.com/XdeUU5g.png https://i.imgur.com/3JGKUk5.png “(Q&A) We throughly questioned Sugahara Riko!” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c03wkDp9MXw Rena’s tweet https://i.imgur.com/5Yalyva.png Read more…

My translation of the summary from https://jbbs.shitaraba.net/bbs/read.cgi/music/29852/1596542732/ for 12/27 (Sunday). Rena’s tweets and videos https://i.imgur.com/OCPpzAV.png https://i.imgur.com/cZ3aMdl.png https://i.imgur.com/qd2d9Hv.png https://i.imgur.com/WqLkOjv.png https://i.imgur.com/h22kiT0.png https://i.imgur.com/hQWChpk.png https://twitter.com/daieiOFFICIAL/status/1343059032542564354 “Hasegawa Rena’s radioclub.jp 2020.12.26 broadcast segment” https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/so38015471 “(ASMR) Since it’s Christmas, I tried eating some Kentucky Fried Chicken (chewing noises) — (ASMR)” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5l0PAaVQAsI Riko’s tweet https://i.imgur.com/97SHr58.png Rena talks just Read more…

My translation of the summary from https://jbbs.shitaraba.net/bbs/read.cgi/music/29852/1596542732/ for 12/26 (Saturday). Maho’s Instagram https://i.imgur.com/XSAVftn.png https://i.imgur.com/jxhLi1n.png Riko’s tweets https://i.imgur.com/vYT818u.png https://i.imgur.com/WTj8tID.png https://i.imgur.com/UTdYGUp.png https://i.imgur.com/MnhdBDi.png Rena’s tweets [and an interview mentioning Rena] https://i.imgur.com/MUlpBdD.png https://i.imgur.com/Usuv5KT.png https://i.imgur.com/rzFoXEA.png https://i.imgur.com/8xKJnCe.png From Real Sound: “Transformation from an idol to a voice actress —— Hanatani Maki talks about the hardships she Read more…

My translation of the summary from https://jbbs.shitaraba.net/bbs/read.cgi/music/29852/1596542732/ for 12/25 (Friday). Riko’s tweets and TV appearance https://i.imgur.com/bLXfpIY.png https://i.imgur.com/DzElnDc.png https://i.imgur.com/6kRfeNY.png https://i.imgur.com/52FfIlt.jpg https://i.imgur.com/J3WhV8J.png https://twitter.com/riko__sakuranbo/status/1342126316053663745 From Abema Times: “Sashihara Rino shocked at the blossoming of her junior Sugahara Riko — “Hasn’t she become so beautiful…”” https://times.abema.tv/news-article/8639646 From Sponichi Annex: “Former NGT48 member with “no Read more…

My translation of the summary from https://jbbs.shitaraba.net/bbs/read.cgi/music/29852/1596542732/ for 12/24 (Thursday). Maho’s tweet and Instagram https://i.imgur.com/gKrEVSZ.png https://i.imgur.com/RXWx2o7.png https://i.imgur.com/yIoIvSl.jpg https://i.imgur.com/QEKjuUu.jpg https://i.imgur.com/eBQkNQs.jpg https://i.imgur.com/gDwob6d.jpg https://i.imgur.com/CQf4i7q.jpg https://i.imgur.com/HNACsK7.png From the Instagram of a jewelry brand Maho wore at her event https://i.imgur.com/fD50dDI.png https://i.imgur.com/J9rucWU.png Riko’s tweets https://i.imgur.com/1vzpGZA.png https://i.imgur.com/krsKKt6.png https://i.imgur.com/YbLZG3U.png https://i.imgur.com/FqlEsSO.png https://i.imgur.com/6tGBiL7.png https://twitter.com/riko__sakuranbo/status/1341898714336514048 https://twitter.com/riko__sakuranbo/status/1341909948008054784 Rena’s tweets https://i.imgur.com/wskFiMG.png https://i.imgur.com/cN268QY.png A Read more…

My translation of the summary from https://jbbs.shitaraba.net/bbs/read.cgi/music/29852/1596542732/ for 12/23 (Wednesday). Maho’s Instagram https://i.imgur.com/bdl1aiI.png Rena’s and Riko’s tweets https://i.imgur.com/qB9gGrR.png The tweet from 11/12/2019 https://i.imgur.com/gaKDPvL.png Riko’s tweet https://i.imgur.com/BUCAAhg.png Takahashi Nanami advanced from the Tohoku qualifying to the nation-wide final (final stage) of the Beautiful Girl Pictoral Book Awards 2021. https://i.imgur.com/YtJrlMc.png Either Ogino Read more…

My translation of the summary from https://jbbs.shitaraba.net/bbs/read.cgi/music/29852/1596542732/ for 12/22 (Tuesday). Maho’s tweets and Instagram https://i.imgur.com/7uURNW6.png https://i.imgur.com/brwQ8bD.png https://i.imgur.com/G57V24o.png https://i.imgur.com/qCT2uNR.png https://i.imgur.com/BqK81TX.jpg https://i.imgur.com/ah0orsi.jpg https://i.imgur.com/pomHkJH.png Rena’s tweets https://i.imgur.com/LxTQVz1.png https://i.imgur.com/NxV036B.jpg https://i.imgur.com/vItu6I1.png https://i.imgur.com/kCpEbnk.png Riko’s tweets https://i.imgur.com/2JrIdi5.png https://i.imgur.com/14hbUyx.jpg https://i.imgur.com/rG3cfWN.png AKB’s Onishi Momoko: “With NGT… well people’s impression of the 48 Groups has fallen a bit, right” [Audio Read more…