The results of the AKB48 Senbatsu "general election" event are in -- and the participants for the band's 32nd single, as announced at an event on June 8th in Yokohama. This year -- the fifth "general election" -- the AKB honchos changed the system slightly with "candidacies". 246 idols stood, the most of any of the elections since 2009, including girls from all the major AKB groups and the various teams within each group: AKB48, SKE48, NMB48, HKT48, JKT48 and SNH48. Six graduated members also stood, though not Tomomi Kasai. The big surprise was the victory of "disgraced" former ...

We've always known that the people behind AKB48 do not understand the meaning of bad taste, and here's the latest demonstration. From Lolicon kiddy dancing to "hand-bras", AKB48 continues to plumb the depths of the cringe-worthy. AKB48 member Yuki Kashiwagi is filmed grating a yam to make totoro for no better reason that than it is an excuse to show incredibly gratuitous and infantile shots of her drinking what is suggested to be cum. Seriously, this is embarrassing to watch. They literally show close-ups of the idol's mouth eating the white liquid -- and yet, Yuki is forced to ...

Apologies for the excess in AKB48-related posts recently. There's just been so much to write about. The latest member of the idol "music" group to hit the tabloid rumor lane is Yuki Kashiwagi. She apparently went on a gokon, the group date very common among young people in Japan. Yuki's late-night gokon might have been with Japanese soccer players and also famed Japanese porn star Kirara Asuka. Yuki is 21 and officially single -- so there should be nothing scandalous about this. Except she works at AKB48 where the members are not allowed to have private lives. This is ...

Anan magazine, the ladies' fashion monthly with a liking for nude or sexy shots of famous girls, has gone after another AKB48 member for its latest publicity-seeking cover feature. After rather lovely revealing shoots with Haruna Kojima and Yuko Oshima, it has now chosen Yuki Kashiwagi, the 21-year old AKB48 singer and model who has oft stood in the shadow of the limelight enjoyed by the other main members of the Akihabara-based idol army. She is the fifth member to appear in Anan, perhaps indicating more mainstream fame awaits Yuki. The seven-page shoot took place at a hotel and, though ...