Promotions:
Hirata Rina --> Team K
Sasaki Yukari --> Team A
Omori Miyu --> Team B
Pretty cool, about time. I've taken a liking to Hilary especially. Seeing her as a full member of AKB48 will hopefully get her a bit more exposure.
Also happy for Yukarun, it's way passed time and she has more than proven herself.
Also melon pan.Concurrent positions cancellations:
Yokoyama Yui --> Team A only (end Team N)
Ishida Anna --> Team S only (end Team B)
Kitahara Rie --> Team K only (end Team KII)
Kotani Riho --> Team N only (end Team A)
Yui: What. The. Fuck. She was meshing GREAT in NMB. Honestly they should have canceled her spot in AKB if anything. This is a bad move, in my opinion. And I think Yui agrees. She looked PISSED.
Anna: Eh. Never really saw her much in AKB anyways except for LoD's which aren't an often occurrence of my routine, but she did do good work in Team B.
Rie: I'm not going to pretend like I liked her in SKE in hindsight. I didn't, at all. However, seeing the Google+ pictures and how the SKE girls reacted and came to her aid when this bomb was dropped, I'm happy to see she did apparently have a bond with them. It's good to see she was making friends and interacting with them somewhere, because honestly, from all I saw of how they interacted I thought she just showed up for work, finished her task and left. This transfer for some reason didn't mesh well with me, but for that, I give her props.
New concurrent positions:
Oba Mina (Team B + Team KII)
Furuhata Nao (Team E + Team K)
Yagura Fuuko (Team M + Team A)
Miyazawa Sae (SNH48 + Team K)
Suzuki Mariya (SNH48 + Team A)
Kodama Haruka (Team H + Team A)
Takajo Aki (Team J + Team B)
Ichikawa Miori (Team B + Team N)
Minarun: Minarun in KII... I'm okay with it.
I think her personality can work well with them. I'm not overly excited about it but... it's interesting, it can work. But I wonder what spot she'll take SKE senbatsu-wise. Unlike Rie, I don't think they'll let her shine over Churi since Churi's more popular in the grand scheme by a huge margin.
Nao, Fuuko: Bad trade for them. They are getting pretty popular in their native groups and this is only going to stretch them a bit thin. Like others have said I think these transfers are pure hype machine.
Sae: I feel bad for her. She did NOT look happy AT ALL.
Mariya: She didn't seem affected much, neither am I.
Haruppi: She looked pretty upset, and this headline-grabbing transfer is... well, it's hard to tell. HKT is still somewhat new, so this might actually help her some. But still, that's a lot of travel and stuff. D:
Akicha: I SAW SO MUCH RELIEF ON HER FACE.
I'm happy for her. I don't think she's enjoyed being in JKT much. She definitely hasn't embraced it too terribly much, so I'm glad she'll at least somewhat be back in an environment that she might be more enthusiastic about.
Lemon: Team N? Really? Really?!
When Sayanee steps on her in Virginity her vertebrae is going to snap. I'm not into this transfer.
Manager positions:
Sashihara Rino --> HKT48 Theatre Manager
Oh I was SO HOPING they'd put her back in AKB. I have no idea what to make of this. Although, given the ridiculous rumors of Sasshi being such a carnivorous dictator leader of HKT, it's pretty funny.
Never a dull moment in the AKB Empire.
While not all announcements were desirable, it keeps things fresh and moving forward. That's one of the things I love about AKB. It never settles, never stays the same. I may not like every pothole we hit but so far, this group has been and continues to be a pretty fun ride.
Topic: [News] AKB Group Promotions and shuffle (members with concurrent positions) (Read 6378 times)