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Tomochin’s Letter to Acchan

During Acchan’s last birthday show in AKB theatre, it came as a surprise to me that Tomochin’s letter to her was read. That was Acchan’s final birthday show as an AKB member and I think the fact that tomo’s letter was chosen was really significant. It’s a letter full of love. Again, retranslated from the Chinese forums:

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To Atsuko,

Happy 21st Birthday! So sorry for not being able to make it to the theatre for Acchan’s last birthday celebration together. Actually, I really wanted to push the cake out for Atsuko, but I had a bad feeling about it so let’s forget about it (laughs).

Enough with the jokes, the first time I had a conversation with Atsuko was 4 days after auditions. We took the same transport after dance practice ended, and Acchan who seemed very shy approached me and asked ‘How should I address you?’, I remember this till now. Soon, we started performing in the theatre. We were junior high students then when we encountered many painful experiences; crying together on the way home, eating sushi that staff-san bought and telling each other ‘Let’s work hard for tomorrow too’. Memories with Atsuko are uncountable.

After this, 7 years have passed, and we have all became adults. Tomo turned 21 last week too. It was unimaginable when we were 14 that we can still be celebrating our birthdays together at 21.To Tomo, the Atsuko that is basically around everyday is an irreplaceable presence. When I first heard that Atsuko is going to graduate, compared to sadness, Tomo had a stronger emotion that is hoping that you will work hard and move forward positively. This has not changed till now.

But recently, Atsuko was not present in some shootings. The reality that Acchan is going further and further away from AKB hit me, and to be honest, I felt very lonely. And so, there is a me that is not getting used to an AKB without Atsuko. I feel that if it’s Atsuko, your dreams can definitely be fulfilled. Regardless of anything, Tomo is always Atsuko’s nakama (comrade/companion/partner). If anything upsetting ever happens again, please discuss with me, whenever & whatever it is. And then, let’s gather those that turned 21 and have a celebration together! Today, I really congratulate you!

P.S The letter which Atsuko wrote for Tomo’s birthday last year is still treasured and well-kept yo.

Tomo.

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by almonde on July 13, 2012  •  Permalink
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Posted by almonde on July 13, 2012

https://tomoland.wordpress.com/2012/07/13/tomochins-letter-to-acchan/

AKB48 X Detective Conan

Not too sure how many people are aware with this, but recently AKB48 is collaborating with popular japanese manga Detective Conan in a CM by Glico. By the way, Glico’s 2011 campaign was the immensely successful campaign of ‘Ice no Mi’ that involved a virtual AKB new member Eguchi Aimi. There will be a total of 5 parts to this murder mystery in the TV CM and the original mangaka of Detective Conan will even be drawing a 9 chapter manga version of this mystery case which has already debut in Weekly Shonen Sunday.

 

Official website: http://ice.glico.jp/jiken/index.html 

You can even vote for the most suspicious member out of AKB48 on the website.

 

I have basically gathered pictures/photos related to this new CM campaign that contains tomochin. Enjoy~

 

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by almonde on July 5, 2012  •  Permalink
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Posted by almonde on July 5, 2012

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Bubbleflop Endorsement & Thoughts on Graduation

Itano Tomomi (20), of popular idol group AKB48, attended Bubbleflop’s product launch press conference in Tokyo on the 26th. With regards to Maeda Atsuko’s graduation announcement, Itano revealed that “Me too, harbor dreams beyond AKB. Although parting is difficult, I still want to cheer for her dreams. One day, me too, will graduate from AKB to fulfill my own dreams.”

Since the formation of the group in 2005, Itano has since walked a long way with Maeda as a 1st Gen Team A member. “Acchan had discussed this with me previously when we met up for a meal”. “If my original dreams can be fulfilled, juniors can also advance towards their own dreams; I want to create this road”, she had said it with anticipation. Itano accepted Maeda’s determined “answer that she tried so hard to put together” and sincerely gives her support, “I hope Acchan’s dreams can all be fulfilled”.

Other than Maeda’s graduation announcement during the Arena concert, earnestly anticipated Tokyo Dome concert, along with the 4th Senbatsu Sousenkyo (6th June) was also announced. When asked about the General Election, Itano enthusiastically smiled and replied “Because it is the fourth time already, I would like to enjoy myself”.

Starting from the 26th, Itano will be the image character for the beach sandals brand which has started to sell officially in Japan. [Tomo, Moderu (Model)], is a series that will be produced by Itano, who has been involved in the planning and designing, will start to go on racks this mid June. “I had a really good time. Although I was often troubling over colours and stuff, I followed the theme of adding plus points for people who are wearing it and decided to go with white”, she also excitedly mentions “I want to quickly wear beach sandals for a walk along the beach.”

Translated from original article: http://beauty.oricon.co.jp/news/2009147/full/
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by almonde on March 26, 2012  •  Permalink
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Posted by almonde on March 26, 2012

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Acchan’s Graduation

 

Has everyone recovered from the shock that the face and ace of AKB48 is actually graduating? The past 3 days of concert at Saitama has brought us a lot of shocks and surprises, though nothing surpasses yesterday’s shocking announcement by Acchan. No doubt I expected some graduation announcement, but Acchan was definitely out of my expectation. I am not an Acchan oshi but being a fan of the group, her future absences has huge impacts on the group; it’s only know that she is graduating that I truly appreciate her presence in the group and I know I will sorely miss her when she officially disappears from AKB activities and releases.

And if we as fans are starting to miss her already, I cannot start to imagine Tomochin and other 1st gen members who have been her friend, her comrade and her family right from the beginning.

I believe Acchan will graduate with a blast at Tokyo Dome, but I fear that she will not be the only top girl who will be leaving the group on that day. And as much as I do not want to start thinking about Tomochin’s graduation, I think it is becoming closer and more real with Acchan’s announcement.

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by almonde on March 26, 2012  •  Permalink
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Posted by almonde on March 26, 2012

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New HP CM

Although tomochin did not appear in the HP Support Angels CM last year, she is recently selected as 1 of the 5 members of AKB48 to star in the new HP CM. The five members involved are Tomochin, Acchan, Mariko-sama, KojiHaru and 13th gen research student Mitumune Kaoru, whom you may remember as the only 13th gen research student who performed in last year’s AKB48 Kouhaku event.

I must say I was pretty surprised myself to see this new girl getting so much push before she even made it to a official member but I do not deny that it is a good tactic to generate interest and discussion since AKB is pretty much involved in every single product endorsement that people may not take so much notice in this new series of endorsement of HP laptops.

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by almonde on February 26, 2012  •  Permalink
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Posted by almonde on February 26, 2012

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Myojo Readers Vote for Their AKB48 Oshimen

Myojo, a popular teen magazine that mainly covers male celebrities, especially those of the Johnny Jimusho, released an AKB48 Oshimen Ranking. As the main target market of the magazine is junior high girls, this ranking may not accurately reflect any indication towards the AKB election results this year but definitely does provide an interesting insight into the likes of Japanese young girls who are most probably avid Arashi or NYC Boys fans.

The ace of AKB is indeed the ace; Acchan leads the pack with 783 while tomochin is lagging just a little behind at 724 votes ♥ There is a huge gap between tomochin and Mayuyu who got a total of 345 votes. The votes for the rest of the girls are undisclosed but I am surprised that Yuko ranked all the way at 7th and Miichan actually got a 4th (miichan is my oshi too so yay for that too). From the older AKBingo episodes and fan reports of handshake events, tomochin is probably the member with the most number of children fans; kids from elementary school to early junior high years. If these fans continue to be dedicated and not oshihen (change oshi) as they grow up and gain buying power, tomochin’s future is bright.

When the mid-way results were released, Mayuyu was 2nd while Tomochin was 3rd. More and more fans of tomochin began to vote and at some point of time, her votes nearly surpassed Acchan’s. The magazine also highlighted that other than common reasons such as her duck lips charm point, surprisingly, many voters commented about how they liked tomochin’s my pace attitude and her sometimes sarcastic comments.

The chart also got me wondering if the magazine is actually based in Kansai region or if a large percentage of the voters came from that area as the NMB48 members that ranked here surprisingly does not include Sayanee, the only NMB member featured at all in AKB48’s senbatsu. So I gather those voters must have watched the NMB48 shows personally or follow their television programs and grow to like the other girls like Yamada Nana (since their television programs are only shown in the Kansai region).

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by almonde on February 12, 2012  •  Permalink
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Posted by almonde on February 12, 2012

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2011 Fast-rising Blogs Ranking

I am not too sure if that is the right name to call this rank but basically it refers to the top 10 Ameblo blogs which received the greatest increment in views and hits in 2011. Among the top 10, for AKB have Yuko at number 1, Acchan at number 3, Sasshi at number 4 and tomochin at number 7. I am personally happy for tomochin to be ranked 7th despite her not updating as frequently as the other members. I am pretty sure her blog is going to have even more daily views if she updates more often with more text and more personal and member photos, but this is my pace tomo for you, lol.

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by almonde on February 9, 2012  •  Permalink
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Posted by almonde on February 9, 2012

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