SKE48 Team E 2nd Stage [Saka Agari] Shonichi

Today was SKE48 Team E's 2nd stage [Saka Agari]'s Shonichi. [Saka Agari] being originally Team K's 5th stage and  performed for the first by another Team.

Sad part was that there was still no promotions, Kenkyuusei's were still filling in the spot for the 3 members that graduated (Nakamura Yuka, Yamada Erika and Mano Haruka). That is indeed very disappointing. Now that Team E's 2nd stage has begun, we will see promotions in the near future? Hopefully.


SKE48 Team E 2nd Stage [Saka Agari]
SKE48チームE2ndステージ「逆上がり」
Kage-ana: Umemoto Madoka

M01 - Tenohira
M02 - Saka Agari
M03 - Hitei no Requiem
M04 - Sono Ase wa Uso wo Tsukanai
-----MC1-----
M05 - End Roll (Hara Minami, Umemoto Madoka, Saito Makiko (KKS), Isohara Kyoka)
M06 - Wagamama na Nagareboshi (Kimoto Kanon, Shibata Aya)
M07 - Ai no iro (Ueno Kasumi, Sakai Mei, Takeuchi Mai, Tsuzuki Rika, Iwanaga Tsugumi (KKS), Furuhata Nao (KKS))
M08 - Dakishimetararetara (Kaneko Shiori, Kobayashi Ami, Takagi Yumana)
M09 - Mushi no Ballad (Yamashita Yukari)
-----MC2-----
M10 - Furishite Maneshite
M11 - Umi wo Watare!
M12 - Machikado no Party
M13 - Fan Letter

-----ENCORE-----
EN1 - Fugiri
EN2 - Hanpa na Ikemen

-----MC3-----
EN3 - Aishiteraburu!
EN4 - to be continued

SKE48 Team E 2nd Stage [Saka Agari] Shonichi Announced

Team E's first performance of their second stage will come in less than 3 weeks on the 14th of May. E2 will be a revival of original-Team K's 5th stage, which was performed more than 2 years ago from February 2009 to February 2010. Team E just wrapped up its first stage [Pajama Drive] at the end of March, and the girls are quickly preparing for their comeback.

With the graduation of 3 members from Team E, I wonder whether management will rotate research students in and out of performances, or just directly promote them to the team.

I'm especially interested in who the unit members will be, especially for the solo song, Mushi no Ballad. Since Team E has a cute image, I wonder how they will pull off cool songs like Dakishimeraretara and End Roll.

SKE48 Team E 1st Stage [Pajama Drive] Senshuuraku Announced

Today at Team E's stage performance, they announced the Senshuuraku (closing of the stage) of their 1st stage [Pajama Drive] to be on March 28th.

[Pajama Drive], originally performed by AKB48's Team B, was performed by Team E for their 1st Stage since January of last year. The title of the new stage, as well as the Shonichi (opening of the stage) will be revealed later.

March 28th will also be the last stage performance for Mano Haruka and Yamada Erika, who announced their graduation for the end of March. They will still perform at the SKE48 concert on April 14~15 at the Nippon Gaishi Hall.


Including Nakamura Yuka who graduated last year, there will be 3 vacant spots in Team E, which could mean that for the new stage, there will be promotion for some Kenkyuuseis. The probability of Team E doing a previous stage again for their 2nd stage is highly likely and I hope the Shonichi date will be announced soon, otherwise the Team E members will be without a stage for quite a while. I hope it won't be a repeat of KII 2nd stage revival.

SKE48's Mano Haruka and Yamada Erika Will Graduate Too

More SKE48 members have announced their graduation, this time it is Team E's Mano Haruka (left) and Yamada Erika (right). The two of them will graduate together with Team S's Ono Haruka at the end of March.

Just what is happening in SKE48? After a long time of stability with barely any graduations, now we have 3 graduations in just a week? And we're still in Week 1 of March. All these graduations and no promotions smells like an SKE team shuffle will come soon.

There goes another Haruka in SKE48. Now the only Haruka left is Kenkyuusei Futamura Haruka. Once Harurun and Erika graduate, there will be 3 empty spots in Team E, and a total of 5 in SKE48.



Here is a translation of the announcement after their performance today:

We have something to report to all of you.

I, Mana Haruka, and Yamada Erika, will both graduate at the end of March, after having gained a lot of experience in SKE48.

I have performed with the group for 3 years, but recently I find myself wanting to focus on my studies more, so I came to this conclusion.

I have received a lot of support from all the fans, and I am very very thankful.

There is still some time until the end of March, even though it's only a short time, please keep cheering for me.

As for me [Yamada Erica], I injured myself on January 16th, 2011.  The diagnosis is an herniated disc.

I have been getting treatment and it is getting better, but it may also come back in the future if I do not take good care of it.

So I have decided to graduate and focus on treatment.

Please keep supporting me until the end of March, which is just a short time from now.  Please also keep cheering for Team E.

Thank you for coming to the Team E performance.  To show our gratitude, we will high-five with all of the audience on your way out.

SKE48 Team E Nakamura Yuka to Graduate by End of 2011

Announced at Team E performance today, SKE48's Team E's Nakamura Yuka will be graduating by the end of 2011. The reason for her graduation is to focus on her studies as she will be taking high school entrance exam in 2012.

Nakamura Yuka's profile: http://www.ske48.co.jp/profile/?id=nakamura_yuka
Nakamura Yuka's blog: http://www.ske48.co.jp/blog/?writer=nakamura_yuka

Here's what she said when she announced her own graduation:

I, Nakamura Yuka, has something I would like to tell everyone. I will be a middle school year 3 next year.I am thinking of placing priority in studying for my high school entrance exam.

I am sorry for not voicing this out earlier. I am sorry graduating just as my schedule is becoming packed this year.

I am truly sorry for being the first to graduate from Team E, but I hope you will continue to support Team E and SKE48. Even though I am graduating, I still love SKE48. I aim to be Team E's greatest fan. I will work hard to become Team E's greatest fan so everyone please work hard as well.

Nakamura Yuka is the first and only member of Team E to graduate. She joined SKE48 in 2010 during the 4th Audition on September, and was promoted to Team E on December. Her unit song in Team E 1st Stage [Shonichi] is Temodemo no Namida, taking on Saeki Mika's lines in the song. Coincidentally, Saeki Mika has also graduated.

Screenshots of the graduation announcement: