In 2011, it was the sixth year of AKB48's debut.

In the past six years, AKB has tried to be abandoned by Sony and once caught in the turmoil of disbanding, and it has also tried to release a new single in the mainstream market for up to eight months...

However, these girls who have idol dreams in their hearts have survived in the face of all kinds of difficulties!

Since the song "RIVER", a strong whirlwind has officially blown in the Japanese entertainment industry, and since then it has slowly moved towards the peak of idols!

In the past two years, no matter whether it has been despised by many musicians or criticized by the media, AKB48 has become an unshakable national women's group in the Japanese music scene step by step with an invincible attitude and a proud achievement of more than one million singles!

Even the single of the sister group's debut, with its huge influence, refreshed the sales record of the first week of the female singer's debut!

It can be said that today's Japanese music scene is the era of AKB!

So, when Sony shouted the name of "AKB Formula Rival" and announced the creation of a new group of girl idol groups, how strongly the public's reaction to this was!

Not only Tokyo, but also Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Kyoto, Fukuoka and other big cities have taken up all their attention with this exciting news from Sony!

This selection is much grander than when AKB held a first-term student audition six years ago!

After all, this is the resources and contacts that Sony, dentsu, and Asahi, the three joint venture idol girl groups that can mobilize, it can be said that they are not much worse than AKB, which is now at its peak and has major firms involved!

The advertisement for "Nogizaka Recruitment for Beginners" was placed in more than 20 cities across the country, covering the whole of Japan!

Major media, networks, newspapers and magazines all focused on reporting on this national selection activity.

Moreover, in order to make full use of Sakamoto Kiyoshi's fame, Sony also specially asked him to shoot a short selection video to send the most sincere greetings to the girls across the country.

In the picture, Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was wearing a leisurely suit, sat on the sofa, looked at the camera, and smiled:

"Hello everyone, I'm Kiyoshi Sakamoto, and I'm also the producer of Nogizaka 46, so please give me a lot of advice. ”

"Nogizaka 46, as the "AKB formula opponent", will hold a national audition this June to recruit Nogizaka's first-term students! If you like the stage, you also like to sing and dance, and express your truest charm, then you should come to the audition!"

"Dreams are not just dreams! As long as you dare to take the first step, maybe the dream is in front of you!"

"I'll be waiting for you at Sony!"

Kiyoshi Sakamoto's VTR is like adding fuel to the fire, completely making the girls of the whole Japan boil!

They don't care if Kiyoshi Sakamoto has experience in making idol girl groups.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto's handsome face was enough for them to make the decision to sign up.

What's more, Nogizaka's primary election requirements are not many, but very few.

All you need to do is be between the ages of 12 and 22 and send a document with your photo and basic information.

Even, in order to facilitate girls, Sony has also opened a registration channel on the official website, so that girls can participate in it more simply and quickly.

It is precisely because of such a simple registration process, coupled with overwhelming publicity, that the fame of Sony and Kiyoshi Sakamoto has led to all the girls who aspire to become idols and sing and dance on stage across the country are eager to try.

Numerous e-mails and envelopes are like a pair of wings, and with the dreams of girls, they have flown to Sony's mailbox.

In just one week, the number of applicants for Nogizaka's selection has reached a staggering 20,000!

This number directly made Chiba Masaki, Kitagawa Kenji and others at the meeting happy.

The more people who sign up, the more options Sony has to offer.

And the quality of Nogizaka's qualified members,It will only get higher...

And Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was in the film studio and immersed himself in the later stage of the production of the "Kirishima" movie, also learned the good news by phone.

After briefly encouraging Chiba Masaki, Sakamoto Kiyoshi, who hung up the phone, also looked at the film in his hand and couldn't help muttering:

"It's begun... ”

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This audition, like a sudden storm, gathered the attention of the entire entertainment industry and the public.

Many people think that this is the most unprofessional young man in Japan, and he is testing the idol field again!

Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who has multiple identities such as singer, actor, writer, film director, and screenwriter, wants to add a new identity to himself this time: an idol girl group producer!

Moreover, he also pointed the finger directly at the founder of the idol girl group, the father of AKB, Yasu Akimoto!

The title of "AKB Formula Opponent", this is a challenge letter sent by Kiyoshi Sakamoto to Yasusu Akimoto, and it is also for Nogizaka 46, who has not yet debuted, to set a goal to surpass: AKB48!

This duel is not uninteresting...

There are also people who boldly speculate whether Yasushi Akimoto's AKB continues to dominate the female idol, or Kiyoshi Sakamoto's Nogizaka, like David challenging the giant Goliath, becomes the person who personally pushes AKB off the altar, this may be the most interesting long-term life TV series in the next few years!

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On June 22, the three-week registration period finally came to an end.

In the initial audition, there was no information about Mai Shiraishi, Nanami Hashimoto, and Nanase Nishino.

Although they have already decided to join the group, the three of them still have to participate in Nogizaka's selection and go through the motions.

It's just that the three people who signed a contract with Sony early will not participate in the primary selection, but directly enter the second round of selection, that is, the interview review stage...

On the other hand, after the registration ended, the staff was allowed to conduct a preliminary selection, and Masaki Chiba, as the executive producer, also immediately called Kiyoshi Sakamoto.

As soon as the call came, Kiyoshi Sakamoto knew that Chiba Masaki was here to report work.

Without too much politeness, he put down the scissors in his hand and asked directly, "The primary election is over?"

"Well, the registration closed yesterday. ”

On the phone, Chiba Masaki's tone was filled with unbearable excitement, "Guess how many of our final applicants this time are?"

"Uh... Eighty thousand?" Sakamoto Kiyoshi was helpless, and just reported a figure that was neither high nor low.

"Ding! Wrong! It's 96,351 people!!"

“。。。 So many?!" Although Sakamoto Kiyoshi wanted to complain about "just say more than 90,000 people", he was also somewhat taken aback by this number.

"By the way, Qing, the interview review will be held on the Shui Yao Day next week, are you over there, have you done it?"

"Well, almost. ”

"That's good... ”

Hanging up the phone, Kiyoshi Sakamoto did not immediately devote himself to the editing of the film, but fell into deep thought.

"Song, which one do you use... ”

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