AKB Idoling!!!

Idoling!!! and AKB48 perform together for first time as AKB Idoling!!!

Tuesday 14th April, 02:00 AM JST

TOKYO —

Pop groups Idoling!!! and AKB48 performed together for the first time this week under the name AKB Idoling!!! – a new group formed with eight members from each of the original groups. The 16 girls sang 6 songs in front of about 2,000 fans at ShinKiba Studio Coast, including their debut single “Chuu shiyou ze!” or “Let’s kiss!,” which was at No. 2 on the Oricon Style singles charts as of Monday.

Mai Oshima, 21, who will retire from AKB48 after their performance at NHK Hall in Shibuya on April 26, said: “I’m really happy to finish with these memories.” Erika Tonooka, 17, said of the new group: “If we put out a lot of songs, we can change the members and everyone can perform as AKB Idoling!!!”

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airrunwesker at 06:04 AM JST - 14th April

"the 16 girls"? What happened to the rest of them? There used to be 32 more of them...
telecasterplayer at 06:16 AM JST - 14th April

Three exclamation points cannot begin to highlight the earth-shaking significance of this development.
nonchalant at 08:03 AM JST - 14th April

“If we put out a lot of songs, we can change the members and everyone can perform as AKB Idoling!!!”

What does this mean??? Is she breaking up the group already??? Is she trying to include the missing girls??? Is there any way to stop the proliferation of gratuitous, useless punctuation???
Pukey2 at 08:39 AM JST - 14th April

Let's!!! Idoling!!!
soldave at 08:49 AM JST - 14th April

Best idolingists?
bamboohat at 09:02 AM JST - 14th April

!!!!! ????? %%%%%%
bamboohat at 09:03 AM JST - 14th April

My bad, best !!!!ist
Wakarimasen at 09:59 AM JST - 14th April

Picture's not big enough to see if they have a future in J-pop
saborichan at 10:10 AM JST - 14th April

No 'idling' jokes yet?

Idoling... Fail English is fail....
bamboohat at 11:16 AM JST - 14th April

All your Idoling are belong to us
Richard_III at 11:26 AM JST - 15th April

I'd love to go to one of their concerts, merely to see the evolution of the Japanese male.
smithinjapan at 06:25 PM JST - 15th April

Glad to see the 'we're losing popularity so let's move onto the next gimmick' scam is still alive and well. I doubt this 'new' band will have the same short shelf life as when Morning Musume started adding infants and old ladies in a bid to scatter the range of interest (exaggeration) and ended up with 18 members or so, but hey.

Come on... give us some bands where people can actually sing, write their own music, and/or actually play some instruments. As it is, 'talento' retains zero talent.
seggahme at 09:49 PM JST - 15th April

Oshima Mai-san will retire

noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!
usaexpat at 12:13 AM JST - 16th April

Wakarimasen: My thoughts exactly or if not J Pop maybe adult movies. Another pre-fab J-Pop group with no reason for being.