STU48 held a month-long paid vote for the selection of seven members for a special unit as part of their upcoming 6th single. The unit will be given it’s own song along with special media appearances as ambassadors to Setouchi. Here’s Fu’s comments on the results that were just announced: Read more
The talk leader marked by her smile! STU48’s Yabushita Fu, challenged to find “her own color” as an idol
Here’s a quick one; a nice simple sweet song in 瀬戸内の妹 (setouchi no imouto / Little Sister of Setouchi), from STU48’s just-released single 無謀な夢は覚めることがない (mubou na yume wa sameru koto ga nai / A Reckless Dream You Won’t Wake From) [Type-C]. A parent-y sort of song, actually, but I suppose Read more
Nothing serious (I think), but @singalem requested a translation of a tweet from STU48’s Kadowaki Miyuna. Miyumiyu was only recently allowed to start her own Twitter account (after monopolizing the members’ group Twitter for months) 😂. Anyway, it was actually quite long (and she used a ridiculous font), so I Read more
One of the cruel, and initially bewildering, things about Japanese pop music is the proliferation of slightly different versions of the same release. Regular and Limited, Type-A through Type-F, Anime Edition, Theater Edition, first-press pack-ins with various items…. The tragic thing for overseas fans is that the “Theater Edition” of Read more
I am quite pleased to be posting about this again. In a surprise appearance today, Fuuchan announced her return to STU48! #ふうちゃんおかえり She had announced her hiatus at the beginning of April, and she’s been gone since May 6th. With all the recent graduations from STU48, I was very worried Read more
Torochan is probably my third favorite STU48 member, and with Fu’s hiatus continuing, it was good to see her and my #2 (her “twin”) Imamura Mitsuki doing well with the group. Sadly, she just announced her graduation from the group effective late October. Here’s a translation of the official notice. Read more
STU48’s second single has a great A-side in 風を待つ (kaze wo matsu / Wait for the Wind) — it’s upbeat, catchy, and appropriately sea-themed. The video is a one-take they had to do nine times before they got the final cut, thought they eventually uploaded many of the unused runs Read more
I’ve decided to challenge myself to translating all of the tweets of Yabushita Fu (my STU48 oshimen), at least until her hiatus on May 6th. She doesn’t tweet that often, so it seems like something I could keep up with. If her posts really slow down, I may branch out Read more