Chapter 674: Akisaka and NGT
"Xiao Nan, you're getting fat again. Zhu Zi turned his head and found that Hoshino Minami's little face had become fleshy.
The girl's face flushed.
"Teacher Zhu Zi, I'm sorry. ”
"I think you must control your diet in the future, I'm doing this for your own good. Don't be long-winded. If you don't obey again, I won't care about you in the future. Zhu Zi said to Hoshino Minami very seriously.
"I see, Teacher Zhu Zi. The next time you see me, I'll definitely lose weight. Minami Hoshino said firmly.
"That's good, I know Xiao Nan is cute. Don't spend it, don't let me worry. ”
Eri Ikuta pouted very dissatisfied.
"Teacher Zhu Zi, your words really make me sad. ”
"You know how sad you are, I thought you had no heart. Zhu Zi quipped.
"I would like to express my strong protest against your words, Mr. Zhu Zi. By the way, Teacher Zhu Zi, didn't you promise that we were going overseas, and when are we leaving?" asked Ikuta Erika.
"It's February, both of you have birthdays in February, so give you both a nice birthday. Zhu Zi said with a smile.
"Have you thought about it, do you want to bring Sister Mayiyang?" Ikuta Eri cautiously peeked at Zhu Zi.
"No, just you, Konan, Kojimayo, Yamamoto, Ikoma, Watanabe, Sashihara, Kashiwagi, and Zai bring a few young members to feel the atmosphere. Zhu Zi rejected the girl's temptation without thinking about it, and he asked if he might not be able to see the girl's thoughts.
"Well, that's such a happy decision. Erika Ikuta and Minami Hoshino happily high-fived in celebration.
"If you two don't listen to me, don't come to me, I'll block everything about you. Zhu Zi said lightly.
The three girls, Minami Hoshino, Erika Ikuta, and Mion Mukaiji, have strange faces.
"Teacher Zhu Zi, would you still do such a thing?" asked Ikuta Erika.
"Of course, I'm more than happy to do this kind of thing. Zhu Zi's old face turned red and was disgusted by several girls.
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From January 21st to 25th, the "AKB48 Relive Time Best Track 1035 2015" will be held at TOKYO DOME CITY HALL, and the 1,035 songs of the 48 group series that have been released in the past will be ranked for the first time, and it was announced that the seventh sister group "NGT48" of AKB48 will be formed in Niigata City, the northern tip of the Hokuriku region of Japan, at the evening concert on the final day In addition, several personnel changes were announced, SKE48 Theater Manager Candidate Imamura Etsuro moved to NGT48 as theater manager, AKB48 theater manager manager Yuasa Hiroshi moved to SKE48 as theater manager, SKE48 theater manager Shibashi was promoted to SKE48 theater manager, and SKE48 theater manager graduate student Shibachi was also promoted to AKB48 theater manager
Coincidentally, Nogizaka 46's first idol group, Tsukizaka 46, is also planned to be established in a short period of time.
The appearance of Hisaka intensified the sense of crisis of the members of Nogizaka 46.
At the same time, many people also compare them to NGT48.
Although NGT48 and Akisaka 46 started their official activities on the same day as a female idol group, and Yasu Akimoto was also in charge of planning as a general producer, due to some essential differences between the two, there was a gap in their popularity in a wide area.
On January 22, 2015, the Nogizaka 46 Management Committee announced the launch of a new project and recruited members at the "Nogizaka 46 3rd YEAR BIRTHDAY LIVE" concert, and on June 28 of the same year, the group was named "Toriizaka 46" and the first phase of the competition was held at the same time, making it the second installment of the operator's "Sakamichi Series". "Toriizaka" is located in Azabu, Tokyo, and is the closest ramp to the Zepp Roppongi Blue Theater where Nogizaka 46 hosts "UNDER LIVE", hence the name of the group. The operator said that Toriizaka 46 is scheduled to launch performing arts activities in "Toriizaka", and there will be an exclusive title show similar to "Where is Nogizaka?".
On August 21, 2015, the final results of the first round of the examination of the first students of Toriizaka 46 were officially announced, and in addition to the members' first public appearance, the operator also announced that the name of the group was changed to "Keyakizaka 46", but did not explain the reason for the name change. Yoshio Konno, a veteran musician in charge of the operation of the two groups of the "Sakamichi Series", said in an exclusive interview with the media that the name "Toriizaka" could not be used for many reasons, and that when the operator was looking for an alternative name, he found that the word "zaki" would bring good luck through divination, and decided to make it the name of the group after discussing it with the chief producer Yasuya Akimoto, and the number of strokes of the word "zaki" was 21, which happened to be the number of members when Keyakizaka 46 was founded.
In fact, there are no ramps in Tokyo with the name "Keyakizaka", but there are ramps in Roppongi Hills near Nogizaka that are spelled in Hiragana with the same Japanese pronunciation. Coincidentally, Keyakizaka 46 was officially formed on May 8, 2016 as the Under Group, and Nogizaka 46 is similar, whose name is spelled Hiragana, and is also called "Hiragana Keyakizaka 46" or "Hiragana Keyakina Keyakina" in order to distinguish it from Keyakizaka 46.
According to the operator, different from the French romantic temperament of Nogizaka 46, Keyakizaka 46 is positioned as a "Morse" style that is biased towards the British style, and it looks more cold and handsome in terms of uniform design, song performance, MV creation, etc., which is especially reflected in the debut single "The Silent Majority", which also made Keyakizaka 46 attract the attention of the Japanese entertainment industry at the beginning of its debut, and "The Silent Majority" recorded more than 263,000 sales in the first week of the Oricon public trust chart, and was on Billboard Japan sold more than 280,000 copies in the first week, also surpassing HKT48's "Like, Like, Little Jump!", which also held the record for the sales of the girl group's debut single, and was invited to participate in the NHK Red and White Song Contest less than a year after her debut in the music industry.
Compared to Tsukisaka 46, NGT48 is a typical idol group that uses Niigata as a base for its activities, and this form of idol group can also be classified as a regionally limited idol. Regardless of the change in the nouns employed, the characteristics of this idol group are local. AKB48 is also classified as a idol group of this type, but the reason why it has become a national idol group is mainly related to the geographical advantage that it has because it is based in Tokyo. Most of the simulcast programs of the major TV networks are produced by the core. The geographical differences between 48 and Akisaka 46 lead to considerable differences between the two in terms of the scope of geographical influence and the degree of attention/fan attachment.
Compared to Tsukisaka 46, NGT48 is an idol group based on local independent theater performances. Although, it's hard to simply classify Shikisaka 46 as a group based on single release. But from an operational point of view, the two have different emphasis on the speed/frequency of single releases. Therefore, based on the different operating models, it can be said that it has directly led to the difference in the number of single releases between the two so far.