Yuko Suffering With A Lower Back Injury

Tomochin isn’t the only one suffering with an injury in AKB48. At the Nagoya handshake event yesterday, Yuko had to sit down to shake hands partway into the event due to a lower back problem. Apparently Yuko has been suffering with this problem for some time but it got worse yesterday and she was in some discomfort. She apologised to fans on her blog that she made them worry about her. If she doesn’t rest her back sufficiently enough, this problem will come back with a vengeance so she seek the advice of a doctor. Dancing around on stage doesn’t help things I imagine.

I hope your back gets better soon Yuko.

Tomochin Taking A Month Off From Singing

All is not well with Tomochin. She will not be participating in any singing activities which includes theater performances and music shows due to her vocal cords being slightly inflamed and she has vocal nodules it was announced at the “Flying Get” handshake event at Nagoya. Doctors have said she will will need 3 to 4 weeks of rest for the condition to improve but no surgery will be required. At the end of July, Tomochin was diagnosed with vocal cord nodules and was told to rest her voice at the time but obviously the condition has gotten worse.  This will not stop her from taking part in variety shows or other AKB48 activities such as photo shoots. Tomochin hopes the fans will respect the decision and that her health is a priority.

Get well soon Tomochin.

EDIT: It seems Tomochin’s official agency and record company is denying the fact that she’ll have to stop singing for a month. They hope she’ll recover well enough without having to stop singing.

Acchan Holds Her 1st Solo Live Event

Let’s have some happy news for a change after the doom and gloom over the weekend with the suspensions and resignation.

Yesterday saw Acchan hold her first solo live event at Yomiuri Land and 6,000 fans came to see her. Usually for AKB48 sub units when they do live events you can expect to see around 3-4,000 fans but this just shows how popular Acchan really is when you have 6,000 people turning up. Acchan seemed to be in a happy and smiling mood throughout the event in which she sang 4 songs from her debut solo single and she was accompanied by a band – singing live with a band is something she’s wanted to do for a while so she was happy that she was able to do that.

She shared with the fans that in an ideal event she would have liked her best friend Takamina to be the MC as she would liven things up before she hit the stage.

After performing, a handshake event was held. With so many people in attendance, Acchan had a lot of shaking hands to do!