“From now on, I will be on the cheering side Japan, AKB48 has churned out consecutive miland I am looking forward to seeing everybody lion-seller singles. The group has been trying to is doing great,” Maeda said before the concert boost its presence beyond Japan, with producer at AKB48 Theater in the Akihabara district in Yasushi Akimoto creating the Jakarta-based Tōkyo that marked her “graduation.”
JKT48 in 2011 and planning to launch the
Maeda was an original member of the group Taipeibased TPE48 and the Shanghai-based created in 2005 and named after the electronics SNH48 later this year. ❖ Kyodo and subculture district in Tōkyo. Fans picked her as their favorite in 2009 and 2011 polls. One of the most popular “idol” groups in
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