AKB members wins Piano Teppen contest Options

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No English subtitles but the Piano playing is self expressive.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDa4vNF3wm4

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Yeah, they didn't talk about the TV shows. Maybe they have some rules against indirectly promoting other TV stations' programs? Kin Sma is on TBS and AKBingo! is on Nippon TV for example.

Btw, the oldest member Shinoda Mariko will be 26 years old soon. Do you think she will have to "graduate" in a few years?

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Yeah, they didn't talk about the TV shows. Maybe they have some rules against indirectly promoting other TV stations' programs? Kin Sma is on TBS and AKBingo! is on Nippon TV for example.

Btw, the oldest member Shinoda Mariko will be 26 years old soon. Do you think she will have to "graduate" in a few years?

^ No, I think Aki-p wants AKB to be remembered as singers not TV personalities. Barbarically, AKBingo became popular because it made pretty girls do things that was unheard of until then: eat bugs, bungee jump, have fart perfume sprayed on them, get thrown into a pit of white powder, go up to a stranger and eat food of his plate, etc...

Marikosama and many others will be graduating in the next few years. They are all scrambling to set up their careers for post AKB. Can AKB maintain its popularity after many of their most famous faces leave? Only time will tell.

Sidenote: just watched NHK Kohaku Utagassen. It is the New Year song show that everybody watches and so it's very prestigious. BOA was the first foreigner to ever be invited to participate in the Utagassen. This year, both KARA and SNSD were there. They should feel very honored since many Japanese groups never appeared on the Utagassen even once. At the same time, they should pat themselves on the back since being invited to the Utagassen means recognition of their hard work in the music industry.

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Mariko looks cool as a fashion model. I read she's the editor of her own "Mariko Magazine". She's also an exclusive model for a magazine named "MORE".

MORE TV commercial

Sidenote: just watched NHK Kohaku Utagassen. It is the New Year song show that everybody watches and so it's very prestigious. BOA was the first foreigner to ever be invited to participate in the Utagassen. This year, both KARA and SNSD were there. They should feel very honored since many Japanese groups never appeared on the Utagassen even once. At the same time, they should pat themselves on the back since being invited to the Utagassen means recognition of their hard work in the music industry.

Kohaku is definitely the biggest music show of the year in Japan. The viewer rating seems exceptionally high. I think Cho Yong Pil was the first foreigner ever to be invited to Kohaku, which happened in 1987. BoA was just the first one relevant to us.

1987 第38回 NHK 紅白歌合戦

チョー・ヨンピル（韓国） 窓の外の女 // 조용필 (初)

1988 第39回 NHK 紅白歌合戦

ケー・ウンスク（韓国） すずめの涙 // 계은숙 (初)
チョーヨンピル・（韓国） 恨五百年 // 조용필 (2)

1989 第40回 NHK 紅白歌合戦

キム・ヨンジャ（韓国） 朝の国から // 김연자 (初)
ケー・ウンスク（韓国） 酔いどれて // 계은숙 (2)
パティー・キム（韓国） 離別（イビョル） // 패티 김 (初)
チョー・ヨンピル（韓国） Ｑ // 조용필 (3)

1990 第41回 NHK 紅白歌合戦

ケー・ウンスク（韓国） 真夜中のシャワー // 계은숙 (3)
チョー・ヨンピル（韓国） 釜山港へ帰れ // 조용필 (4)

1991 第42回 NHK 紅白歌合戦

ケー・ウンスク（韓国） 悲しみの訪問者 // 계은숙 (4)

1992 第43回 NHK 紅白歌合戦

ケー・ウンスク（堀内孝雄とデュエット） 都会の天使たち // 계은숙 (Takao Horiuchi와 듀엣) (5)

1993 第44回 NHK 紅白歌合戦

ケー・ウンスク（韓国） アモーレ～はげしく愛して～ // 계은숙 (6)

1994 第45回 NHK 紅白歌合戦

ケー・ウンスク（韓国） 花のように鳥のように // 계은숙 (7)
キム・ヨンジャ 川の流れのように // 김연자 (2)

2001 第52回 NHK 紅白歌合戦

キム・ヨンジャ イムジン河 // 김연자 (3)

2002 第53回 NHK 紅白歌合戦

BoA VALENTI (初)

2003 第54回 NHK 紅白歌合戦

BoA DOUBLE (2)

2004 第55回 NHK 紅白歌合戦

BoA QUINCY (3)
イ・ジョンヒョン（韓国） Heaven 2004 // 이정현 (初)
Ryu（韓国） 最初から今まで (初)

2005 第56回 NHK 紅白歌合戦

BoA 抱きしめる (4)

2006 第57回 NHK 紅白歌合戦

BoA 七色の明日 ～brand new beat～ (5)

2007 第58回 NHK 紅白歌合戦

BoA ウィンター・バラード・スペシャル (6)

2008 第59回 NHK 紅白歌合戦

東方神起 Purple Line～どうして君を好きになってしまったんだろう？ (初)

2009 第60回 NHK 紅白歌合戦

東方神起 Stand by U (2)

2011 第62回 NHK 紅白歌合戦

東方神起 (3)
KARA (初)
少女時代 (初)