Tag: AKB48

Google+ TV CM Featuring AKB48 Election

Do people oversea believe the AKB48 election, to decide which girls of the idol group should sing in front line of bunch of members, are more important than political election for some Japanese? Google Japan, who chose AKB48 as its promotional force last Deccember, featured Atsuko Maeda’s speech during the last election for TV commercial… Continue reading Google+ TV CM Featuring AKB48 Election

AKB48 Girls In Augmented Reality Campaign For Hewlett Packard Japan

Hewlett Packard Japan [J] has announced the development of “Love PC, Love HP AR,” a series of augmented reality advertisements with smartphone support to appear in 7 comics, and the “Love PC, Love HP Trailer,” which will be going all around Japan until the beginning of February, as part of their “Love PC, Love HP”… Continue reading AKB48 Girls In Augmented Reality Campaign For Hewlett Packard Japan

Google Japan Runs AKB48 Commercial For Galaxy Nexus, Which Is Almost Free On Shop

Google is airing a commercial of its Android reference handset Galaxy Nexus, with AKB48, who is the top girls idol group, who also cooperates on Google+ promotion in Japanese. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZW2R9fPp-o The commercial song is sung by the selected members of AKB48 for Google+, called “Gugutasu Senbatsu”(Gugu = abbrev of Google, tasu=to add, senbatsu=selection) Gugutasu is… Continue reading Google Japan Runs AKB48 Commercial For Galaxy Nexus, Which Is Almost Free On Shop

Dole Japan Offers Special Bananas Listened AKB48 For Ripening At Tokyo Marathon 2012

2012 version of annual Tokyo Marathon will be held on February 26, with 36,000 runners who luckily win the lottery from 283,988 applicants. At the marathon, one of the official supplier Dole Japan is going to provide 96,000 “lucky” bananas, named “Goku Sen”(Extremely Selected) [J], which will be chosen from its over 100 kind of… Continue reading Dole Japan Offers Special Bananas Listened AKB48 For Ripening At Tokyo Marathon 2012

Aso-city Mayor Sings AKB Song At Coming-of-Age Day Celebration

Every year on the coming-of-age national holiday, when people celebrate reaching 20 years old, 2-channelers criticize youthful escapades, such like too drunk and/or violent behavior on a ceremony, reported on media. But this local mayor of Aso-city, Yoshioki Satoh went wilder than 20-yo first drunkers. He sang Masaharu Fukuyama and AKB48 songs in front of… Continue reading Aso-city Mayor Sings AKB Song At Coming-of-Age Day Celebration

Google+ Occupied By AKB48 Within A Day In Japan

After the unexpected collaboration announcement by Google and AKB48 project yesterday, Japanese Google+ scene is very reactivated. The word by Google’s product VP Bradley Horowitz, who is visiting Japan (likely) for the AKB48 announcement is good how huge it is in Japan, If you don’t know AKB48, you don’t live in Japan (or in fact,… Continue reading Google+ Occupied By AKB48 Within A Day In Japan

AKB48 Now On Google+ – Google’s Marketing Challenge

Japan’s popular girls idol corps AKB48 announces with Google that all of its members opened Google+ page today December 8. Google Japan cooperates to set up a special page you can browse all, or by AKB48 and its sister-groups. [Update] Nikkei reports [J] that this is a collaboration project between AKB48 and U.S. Google. According… Continue reading AKB48 Now On Google+ – Google’s Marketing Challenge

Ameba Pigg Puts Out Avatar Garments For AKB48’s New Single “Kaze wa Fuiteriu”

CyberAgent’s 2D virtual space “Ameba Pigg” is now offering virtual items for the new single by the popular idol group “AKB48,” “Kaze wa Fuiteiru” (The Wind is Blowing), at the “AKB48 Campus Area.” “Kaze wa Fuiteriru” is AKB48’s 23rd single, and as “earthquake recovery song” for east Japan’s great earthquake disaster, part of the earnings… Continue reading Ameba Pigg Puts Out Avatar Garments For AKB48’s New Single “Kaze wa Fuiteriu”

Japanese Girl Band AKB48 Gets Android And iPhone Applications

If you still doubt that Japan is in the middle of a smartphone revolution, here is another news item that serves as a good piece of evidence for it: Japanese pop sensation AKB48 released apps for the iPhone and Android today – in both English and Japanese (iTunes, Android market link). Fans of the country’s… Continue reading Japanese Girl Band AKB48 Gets Android And iPhone Applications