After a memorable birthday party, Kagawa went to NHK Concert Hall for this year's Red and White Song Party with the members of AKB in the afternoon.

At 7:15 p.m., the Red and White Song Party officially began, and the Red and White Song Party went very smoothly. This year's Red and White Song Club also held a special memorial event to mourn the recent death of Michael Jackson, the king of pop music, and Ayaka also announced her temporary retirement from the music scene in this year's Red and White Song Club, because of her health. The Red and White Song Party lasted for four and a half hours, and finally the White Group defeated the Red Team in this Red and White Song Party to become the winner of this year. This year's Red and White Song Festival did not leave a special impression on the audience, and even made people a little disappointed, the only thing that made them more satisfied was Sakai Izumi's performance on the stage of this Red and White Song Party, and the others can be said to have no bright spots, including Kagawa Yu, who has been highly anticipated before, did not have any outstanding performances at this Red and White Song Party, which made the audience very dissatisfied with NHK.

In the midst of this shouting, the Red and White Song Club came to an end.

On January 8th, Nogizaka members Hiyaka Nakamoto and Masatsu Akimoto officially returned to the team, and on the same day, their first single "Around the Curtains" was officially released, and the single sold a staggering 120,000 copies in the first week, ranking third among female debut artists or groups.

Nogizaka 46's outstanding debut results made them instantly become a new focus in the entertainment industry, and even overshadowed AKB48 in the limelight, and the girl group with an average age of only 13 years old immediately won many fans.

Nogizaka 46's strong debut performance made the AKB48 girls feel a lot of pressure, and soon AKS announced the selection list for AKB48's new single "Sakura Bookmark". In this single, Atsuko Maeda, Minami Takahashi, Mai Oshima, Mariko Shinoda, Yona Kojima, Yuko Oshima, Tomomi Itano, Mai Shiraishi, Mayu Watanabe, Yuki Kashiwagi, Reina Matsui and Jurina Matsui entered the audition, and in this single, many members who had previously attracted a lot of attention including Reina Ono, Sae Miyazawa and Saika Akimoto were not selected.

Reina Ono, who had never been absent from the selection before, was somewhat unqualified, as she had been an ace in Group K before. Yasu Akimoto and AKS also value the potential of this girl very much, but because the effect of the strong push is not ideal, coupled with the strength of Yuko Oshima and Tomomi Itano and the younger Nami Okujin has also begun to grow rapidly, her status has begun to be marginalized in AKB, and this failed single is just the beginning.

At the same time, this single is also the ending song of the TV series "Ma Lu Suga School Park",It is worth mentioning that "Ma Lu Suga School Park" was also officially launched in January,The members who are usually used to idol status have transformed into bad girls in the play。 Although this TV series is a late-night party, it is surprisingly enjoyable.

The performances of the members, especially Yuko Oshima, Mariko Shinoda, and Rei Matsui, in the drama have been unanimously affirmed and praised, and Mayu Watanabe has also received a lot of praise for playing a sinister girl with a black belly in the TV series. Compared to these idioms. Atsuko Maeda and Reina Ono's acting skills, who dream of becoming actors, have received some criticism, and even many people think that these two girls have no acting skills at all, and it is precisely for this reason that in the survey carried out on the official website, Minister Yuko played by Yuko Oshima, Reina Matsui played by Jira, SADO played by Mariko Shinoda, Rat Girl played by Mayu Watanabe and BLACK played by Yuki Kashiwagi are listed in the top five, while Atsuko Maeda and Reina Ono are ranked in the bottom position.

This result was a small blow to the two girls. Especially Reina Ono. Originally, she thought that she had an advantage over Mayu Watanabe in acting, but now this advantage is gone, and the girl is a little discouraged.

On February 27th, AKB48's fifteenth single "Sakura Bookmark" was released, and the day before the official sale, the day before the official sale, in the Oricon Daily Update on February 16th, the release was expected to sell 229,528 copies. This record is the second highest before the sale of Arashi's "Memories of Tomorrow". For the first time in the group's daily single sales report, it has been the first to sell for an entire week. Continuing the record of its predecessor "river", it is the first time that the group itself has won the first place in the sales volume of the Oricon weekly chart song for two consecutive years.

In the end, the single "Sakura Bookmark" sold more than 300,000 copies at the beginning. AKB48 used their excellent results to suppress the impact that Nogizaka gave him, and with this momentum, AKB48's popularity has once again increased to a new level. At the same time, the variety show "Golden Legend" supported by two girls, Yuko Oshima and Tomomi Itano, was officially launched, and several main members of the first program AKB48, Mai Oshima, Atsuko Maeda, Rino Shihara, Yuki Kashiwagi, etc., participated in the recording, and the project they challenged was how to live with 10,000 yen for a month.

After the show was launched on Fuji TV, the ratings continued to rise, and soon after, the variety show "AKB Republic of Ariyoshi" hosted by Yona Kojima, Hiroyuki Ariyoshi, and Rino Tsuhara was officially launched

Under the leadership of Kagawa Yu, BLUESKY has also begun to expand the company's business, especially after Aina Ashida has been reused in other firms because of her amazing performance in the TV series "Mother", many newcomers who have not been reused in other firms, but have a great acting talent, chose to jump ship and join BLUESKY, and the addition of many newcomers has also made the competition within BLUESKY become fierce. However, these artists who joined later obviously can't compare with the members of AKB and Aina Ashida in terms of resources, and many people can only play supporting roles in TV series and movies produced by the company at first, and if they perform well, they will have the opportunity to get the opportunity to be on camera in the next variety shows and TV series, which is the cruelty of the entertainment industry.

At the same time, the company's morning TV series "Doctor Xiaomei" in cooperation with NHK began filming, starring this TV series is Maki Horikita, in addition to the NHK TV series this year, Maki Horikita will also star in the movie "White Night Walking" specially produced by the company for her!

Just when everything was going very well, an incident occurred that shocked the entire entertainment industry. (To be continued......)