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「ヤングチャンピオン 2024年14号」 永野芹佳

https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0D7M8YYKJ/

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... from Young Champion Magz (June 25th issue) (plus off-shot), celeberating a decade of her joining AKB48

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Everyone alters their catchphrases for Erii's seitansai

240411 AKB48 'Kyou wa Dare ni Koi wo Suru?' stage (Chiba Erii Seitansai)

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Hey Guys! Here are all the members of AKB48!

Team A 入山杏奈 [Anna Iriyama], 加藤玲奈 [Rena Kato], 佐藤美波 [Minami Sato], 篠崎彩奈 [Ayana Shinozaki], 鈴木くるみ [Kurumi Suzuki], 田口愛佳 [Manaka Taguchi], 千葉恵里 [Erii Chiba], 西川怜 [Rei Nishikawa], 古川夏凪 [Nazuna Furukawa], 道枝咲 [Saki Michieda], 宮崎美穂 [Miho Miyazaki], 向井地美音 [Mion Mukaichi], 山根涼羽 [Suzuha Yamane], 横山由依 [Yui Yokoyama]

Team K 市川愛美 [Manami Ichikawa], 岡田梨奈 [Rina Okada], 小林蘭 [Ran Kobayashi], 込山榛香 [Haruka Komiyama], 下口ひなな [Hinana Shimoguchi], 長友彩海 [Ayami Nagatomo], 永野恵 [Megumi Nagano], 武藤小麟 [Orin Muto], 武藤十夢 [Tomu Muto], 茂木忍 [Shinobu Mogi], 安田叶 [Kana Yasuda], 湯本亜美 [Ami Yumoto]

Team B 岩立沙穂 [Saho Iwatate], 大竹ひとみ [Hitomi Otake], 大盛真歩 [Maho Omori], 大家志津香 [Shizuka Oya], 柏木由紀 [Yuki Kashiwagi], 北澤早紀 [Saki Kitazawa], 久保怜音 [Satone Kubo], 齋藤陽菜 [Haruna Saito], 佐々木優佳里 [Yukari Sasaki], 田北香世子 [Kayoko Takita], 谷口めぐ [Megu Taniguchi], 中西智代梨 [Chiyori Nakanishi], 福岡聖菜 [Seina Fukuoka], 山邊歩夢 [Ayu Yamabe]

Team 4 浅井七海 [Nanami Asai], 石綿星南 [Sena Ishiwata], 稲垣香織 [Kaori Inagaki], 大森美優 [Miyuu Omori], 岡田奈々 [Nana Okada], 蔵本美結 [Miyuu Kuramoto], 黒須遥香 [Haruka Kurosu], 佐藤妃星 [Kiara Sato], 多田京��� [Kyoka Tada], 馬嘉伶 [Chia-Ling Ma], 村山彩希 [Yuiri Murayama], 山内瑞葵 [Mizuki Yamauchi], 吉橋柚花 [Yuzuka Yoshihashi]

Team 8 坂口渚沙 [Nagisa Sakaguchi], 横山結衣 [Yui Yokoyama], 御供茉白 [Mashiro Mitomo], 岡部麟 [Rin Okabe], 本田仁美 [Honda Hitomi], 清水麻璃亜 [Maria Shimizu], 髙橋彩音 [Ayane Takahashi], 吉川七瀬 [Nanase Yoshikawa], 小栗有以 [Yui Oguri], 小田えりな [Erina Oda], 左伴彩佳 [Ayaka Hidaritomo], 歌田初夏 [Hatsuka Utada], 服部有菜 [Yuna Hattori], 橋本陽菜 [Haruna Hashimoto], 平野ひかる [Hikaru Hirano], 坂川陽香 [Hiyuka Sakagawa], 髙橋彩香 [Sayaka Takahashi], 永野芹佳 [Serika Nagano], 福留光帆 [Mitsuho Fukutome], 大西桃香 [Momoka Onishi], 濵咲友菜 [Sayuna Hama], 徳永羚海 [Remi Tokunaga], 奥原妃奈子 [Hinako Okuhara], 奥本陽菜 [Hinano Okumoto], 下尾みう [Miu Shitao], 春本ゆき [Yuki Harumoto], 行天優莉奈 [Yurina Gyoten], 高岡薫 [Kaoru Takaoka], 吉田華恋 [Karen Yoshida], 川原美咲 [Misaki Kawahara], 倉野尾成美 [Narumi Kuranoo], 山田杏華 [Kyoka Yamada], 上見天乃 [Sorano Uemi], 藤園麗 [Rei Fujizono]

Wow! That's a lot of members!

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The Great Produce 48 Rewatch: The Unaired Auditions

Hey there, National Producer! (That's you!)

In the previous installment of my beautifully pointless Produce48 recaps, we finished off the majority of the auditions, but there were still a few more to talk about -- the ones that MNET didn't air at all, not even for a second, including the audition of soloist AleXa and future members of Lightsum and Secret Number. We also need to look at some pie charts and stuff to analyze the complete distribution of grades amongst the different contingents! So let's get to it! This is a relatively short post, so don't be afraid.

Let's start with

Audition 36

Shitao Miu(17), Nagano Serika (17), and Honda Hitomi (16), from AKB48, doing Mister by Kara.

In the photo above, left to right, that's Hitomi, with the colorful jacket, Miu with the hat on her belt, and Serika with the dark sneakers. 

Full audition here

My thoughts: At least they’re really trying to do a kpop song and choreo. The beginning part where they’re all doing different things is part of the original choreo of the song, if you're wondering. They don’t really nail that classic “butt” choreography that Mister is famous for, but it’s actually pretty deceptively difficult to do. They also manage to not clap on the beat at about the :45 mark when they’re supposed to be… you know… clapping on the beat. Aww, bless ‘em. But they are singing in Korean, they’re throwing themselves into the choreo, they’re singing on key, really this isn’t bad at all. 

I am distracted by these horrible pants, however. They look like something one of my aunts would order from the Chicos catalog and wear to the vortexes in Sedona. They look like 1990 threw up on a group of Y2K ravers. They look like something Balenciaga would convince a dumb millionaire to buy and wear to Ibiza. I don’t much care for them, is what I’m saying. 

Hitomi got a C; Miu got a D; and Serika got an F. I think the F for Serika is a bit harsh but as always it’s hard for me to hear their live singing.

Audition 37

future soloist AleXa, age 21, doing Gashina by Sunmi

Full audition here  

My thoughts: Oofta. She must have been really nervous. She was ahead of the beat a lot of the time, her vocals were shaky, and she was sharp most of the time. Her dancing was sort of vague, somehow. Just… really not so great. I think the judges were actually pretty kind to give her a B. We still love you, AleXa. You’ll be coming back into vogue. 

Audition 38

Ahn Ye Won (17, in all red) and Choi Yeon Soo (19, with the black skirt) from YG KPLUS, doing Only You by Miss A 

Full audition here

Yeonsoo, left, and Yewon, right

These are the two models, here from their modeling agency to show that they can do other things. But can they? The dancing is lazy and vague, but I’ve seen much worse. Yewon had that smile frozen on her face the whole time, while Yeonsoo forgot to smile even once, and I’m not sure which is worse. The singing sounded really good, but given that Yewon got an F from the judges and Yeonsoo got a D, I think that was all backup track. I can’t figure out why Yeonsoo deserved a higher grade than Yewon, so maybe it was their solo singing later. Really, they weren’t Hyewon level atrocious, and I don’t think Yewon deserved an F unless she literally couldn’t sing at all on her own. 

Audition 39

Kim Dahye (16?) and Kim Nayoung (15, future Lightsum) from Banana Culture performing I Don’t Like Your Girlfriend by Weki Meki

Full audition here

Nayoung, left, and Dahye, right

Overall, really not bad, though this choreo looks a little silly with only two performers. I don’t love Nayoung’s vocal color, but she was on key and strong. Dahye mostly rapped, and when she sang, her tone was strained and harsh. I think she’s applying for the rap position so she’s held to lower vocal standards. She did that kind of talk-rap that a lot of girl-group members do in Kpop (Twice, I’m looking at you). Dahye showed some pretty strong, sharp dance moves, and Nayoung mostly kept up. Nayoung had the better stage presence of the two, but neither of them seemed unusually nervous or shy.

The judges give Dahye an A and give Nayoung a C. I think I would have given them both Bs. I really don’t understand the A for Dahye in particular when she didn’t really display any vocals. 

Audition 40

Park Seoyoung (19) and Park Jinny (20), ex YG-trainees, doing Roller Coaster by Chung-ha

Full audition here

Park Seo Young, left, and Park Jinny (future Secret Number), right. 

Seoyoung sang mostly decently, though she obviously relied heavily on the backup track. Jinny rapped over it with a lot of CL/LE-style swag to her voice, in a way that sort of threw me off because it’s not in the original song and sounded a little out of place. It wasn’t “bad”, just surprising. It reminded me of that old skit about Obama’s anger translator, where President Obama says something in a formal, political way and his “anger translator” says that thought in angry slang/AAV. 

𝅘𝅥𝅯𝅘𝅥𝅯I remember very first time in love 𝅘𝅥𝅯𝅘𝅥𝅯 ⦿I remember, unh, I remember, unh⦿  

Both of them danced pretty well -- this choreo isn’t easy -- and had decent stage presence, though Jinny was a little… too much. They both get Cs. I actually think that’s pretty fair. 

Bonus “Audition”: Tanaka Miku and Tabuki Nako, both age 16, from HKT48

Not really the audition, but here 

Ok, bear with me. This is the best we can do to see what their audition would have been like, since their audition isn’t on Youtube due to MNET censorship. The song is about two bananas talking to each other about who will mature sooner. I mean, obviously -- what else would a song be about? These lyrics are suggestive in a variety of ways, and I think that’s on purpose, but MNET really over-reacted. I’m not going to list all the more suggestive things mentioned in many of the other auditions, but you probably have a sense. In any case, I can’t actually evaluate this as it wasn’t really live, but I guess it’s cute…? Their audition didn’t go very well, I guess, since they both got Fs from the judges. 

57:45 The auditions are over

The judges announce the final ranking results, including how many trainees were in each grade. Here’s the overall break-down:

It’s worth taking a look at the difference between outcomes among the two groups. 

There are 39 Japanese girls and 57 other girls (most are Korean, though a few are from other countries and signed to a Korean label) in the competition. Since about 40% of the trainees are Japanese, you’d hope that about 40% of each “grade” would be Japanese. But most the Japanese girls got D or F, and most of the Fs and Ds were among the Japanese girls. 

Here’s the break down for the trainees signed to Korean labels:

Here’s the break down for the Japanese girls:

Put differently: 

15 As were awarded, and only 2 of them went to Japanese girls (13%)

25 Bs were awarded, and only 4 of them went to Japanese girls. (16%) 

22 Cs were awarded, and only 5 of them went to Japanese girls. (22%) 

15 Ds were awarded, and 11 of them went to Japanese girls. (73%)

19 Fs were awarded, and 17 of them went to Japanese girls. (89%)

So the Japanese girls have quite an uphill battle in front of them. 

The End of the Audition Phase

Per AleXa in her interview with Grazy Grace, that first day of filming was 24 hours, with only short breaks for food. Wow! And it only took me, what, two weeks to write all this. So that’s almost as good. Thanks for being with me so far. Next segment will be about them trying to learn the “signal song,” Pick Me aka Naekkoya! 

Stick around, and hope all is well with you, Constant Reader.  

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永野芹佳 (AKB48) - Twitter - Mon 01 Aug 2022

8月になったから言います🙋🏻‍♀️ I say this since it’s August🙋🏻‍♀️ 実はこの前BUBKAさんの撮影に 行ってきました！🤭 Actually, I went to BUBKA’s photo shoot the other day!🤭 お待たせしました（？）👙 初水着です！ Thank you for waiting(?) 👙 My first-time swimsuit! 発売お楽しみに🫣 #BUBKA #10月号 Looking forward to its release🫣 #BUBKA #October Issue

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AKB48 Team8 - BIG ONE GIRLS

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「B.L.T. 2024年6月号」 永野芹佳

https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0D1VWXXRH/

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[JP/EN Lyrics] Downtown Hotel 100gou Shitsu

240222 AKB48 'Kyou wa Dare ni Koi wo Suru?' stage

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