When I look at former members of AKB48 and Nogizaka46, I get the feeling that a surprisingly large number of them manage to ...

Maeda Atsuko, a well-known Japanese singer, actress, and idol, may be planning to retire from the entertainment industry entirely. The star was once part of the Japanese pop group AKB48, and until her ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It is based on Kurumi Inui's 2005 bestseller of the same title that has sold 1.12 million copies. The director is Yukihiko ...

Since leaving her position in the wildly popular idol troupe AKB48 in 2012, Maeda Atsuko has been exploring her range as an actor. In 2022 she appeared in the film version of a hit 2015 play as part ...

31 Aug - It was not a sombre sent-off for Maeda Atsuko, who graduated from AKB48 with her final performance on 27 August at the AKB48 Theatre. According to Tokyo Hive, Maeda let the curtain fall on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Maeda Atsuko & Matsuda Shota in "1905" 18 Sep - It has been revealed that Japanese actor Matsuda Shota and former AKB48 member ...

Gyomu Renraku. Tanomuzo, Katayama Bucho! in Saitama Super Arena (業務連絡。頼むぞ、片山部長! in さいたまスーパーアリーナ, "Business Contract. I'll Ask, Katayama Director! in Saitama Super Arena") was AKB48's Spring Concert in ...

7 Apr – Maeda Atsuko has released a video statement as a follow up to her announcement that she would be graduating from the idol group during their concert at the Saitama Super Arena recently.

TOKYO — Hot young stars Sometani Shota ("Himizu," "Wood Job!") and Maeda Atsuko ("Tamako in Moratorium," "The Drudgery Train") star in Ryuichi Hiroki's new pic, "Sayonara Kabukicho." Sometani plays a ...

Shooting of the film "1905," starring former AKB48 member Atsuko Maeda has been canceled after its production and distribution company filed for bankruptcy, it has been revealed. The period ...

Former AKB48 idol Atsuko Maeda welcomed her first child recently, according to the actress' agency. Maeda (27) and her husband, actor Ryo Katsuji (32), married at the end of July. According to Maeda's ...