AKB48 members Tomomi Itano, 21, and Mariko Shinoda, 26, appeared in more commercials endorsing products this year than any other celebrity. According to Nihon Monitor, Japan's oldest broadcast ...
Mega-popular all-girl idol group AKB48 won the top prize in 2012 for the second year running at the 54th annual Japan Record Awards ceremony. AKB48 picked up the gong for their single "Manatsu no ...
A Japanese pop idol, hair freshly shaved to the skin, takes to YouTube and bursts into tears as she begs for mercy over her transgression. “My name is Minami Minegishi of AKB48 Team B,” she says, ...