Well done to the AKB48 girls whose newest single Oogoe Diamond came in at No.3 in the Oricon Charts selling nearly 49,000 copies and becoming their biggest selling single so far, nearly double what they usually sell. I must say that the song is a solid good J-pop tune and I really like it. Combined with the recent hand-shaking events that have taken place over the last week or so it really seems to have done the trick. I hope this is only the start and their popularity will really kick in now with the ordinary Japanese public much like the meteoric rise that Perfume have endured over the past 12 months.
The beautiful Noro Kayo
A belated happy birthday to one of my favorite AKB48 girls Noro Kayo. Nonti turned 25 yesterday and I really hope the same fate that has befallen Meetan won’t happen to her. They’re both the same age so Akimoto could spring another surprise on Nonti pretty soon. I sincerely hope not. Team K wouldn’t be the same without her for me anyway. And as for Meetan, well it looks like her fate is pretty much sealed. I wonder if she’ll graduate the same time as the 5 girls that are leaving Team A?
