Nogizaka46 makes it's first appearance

Nogizaka46, AKB48's official rival group that is also produced by Akimoto Yasushi, has completed their auditions last month and today they made their first appearance to the public. There was a total of 38,934 applicants, a surprise for many since they weren't expecting people to be interested in it.

(conflicting reports for this. I'll give both sides of the story.)
1. Nogizaka46 will get their own Theater sometime in the future at Sony's Nogizaka SME Building.
2. Nogizaka46 will not be based in a Theater like AKB48 and will be going all over Japan to perform.

Official Website: http://www.nogizaka46.com/top.html

The group has already chosen their senbatsu members, frontgirls and even the center girl. The girl having the honor of being center of all Nogizaka46 is 14 year old Yoshimoto Ayaka from the Kumamoto prefecture. Her AKB48 rival is Itano Tomomi. The rest of the top 5 are Sakurai Reika (Rival: Eguchi Aimi), Akimoto Mantsu (Rival: Kojima Haruna), Ichiki Rena (Rival: Maeda Atsuko), and Hashimoto Nanami (Rival: Sashihara Rino).

That is not all. Nogizaka46 will have a unique way of deciding the senbatsu members. During all of their performances, everyone in the audience will get to vote for whichever member they want and the senbatsu will be decided according to the results. This will ensure different results and positions for each show and make it more entertaining.



The members of Nogizaka46 have an average age of 16 years old. Their variety show "AKB48 History" will start next month and a CD debut is in the works.

Members profile table, names romanised by Sada@Everyday48. Check out the original post for more information of the members. Do any of them interest you?

Akimoto Manatsu 秋元真夏	Andou Mikumo 安藤美雪	Asou Ririko 麻生梨里子	Etou Misa 衛藤美彩
Higuchi Hina 樋口日奈	Hatanaka Seira 畠中清羅	Hashimoto Nanami 橋本奈々未	Fukagawa Mai 深川麻衣
Hoshino Minami 星野みなみ	Ichiki Rena 市来玲奈	Ikoma Rina 生駒里奈	Ikuta Erika 生田絵梨華
Iwase Yumiko 岩瀬佑美子	Itou Nene 伊藤寧々	Itou Marika 伊藤万理華	Inoue Sayuri 井上小百合
Kashiwa Yukina 柏幸奈	Kawai Hina 川相陽菜	Kawamura Mahiro 川村真洋	Matsumura Sayuri 松村沙友里
Nakamoto Himeka 中元日芽香	Nakada Kana 中田花菜	Nagashima Seira 永島聖羅	Miyazawa Seira 宮澤成良
Nishino Nanase 西野七瀬	Saitou Asuka 斎藤飛鳥	Saitou Chiharu 斎藤ちはる	Saitou Yuuri 斎藤優里
Wada Maaya 和田まあや	Takayama Kazumi 高山一実	Shiraishi Mai 白石麻衣	Sakurai Reika 桜井玲香
Wakatsuki Yumi 若月佑美	Yamamoto Honoka 山本穂乃香	Yamato Rina 大和里菜	Yoshimoto Ayaka 吉本彩華