Author Topic: [News] Shinoda Mariko Graduation Ceremony 7/21 Graduation Performance 7/22 (Read 11768 times)

YKT · « **Reply #20 on:** June 24, 2013, 10:03:11 AM »

TGSK just announced graduation Performance dates at https://plus.google.com/116244092830131285439/posts/auxPDR7qoVW

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Shinoda, Itano and Akimoto have already announced their graduation. I will announce the schedule of their respective graduation performances to the fans.

Mariko Shinoda's Graduation Performance
July 22 (Monday)

Tomomi Itano's Graduation Performance
August 27 (Tuesday)

Sayaka Akimoto's Graduation Performance
August 29 (Wednesday)

This is the final schedule.

I'm going to post the time and other details next time.

cisda83 · « **Reply #21 on:** June 24, 2013, 10:58:54 AM »

YKT-san.. 29th august is Thursday

Ah... so these performances above were their final stage like Atsuko's final performance... in Akihabara theater right?

Well that's interesting that they made Tomochin's graduation performance earlier than Sayaka...

Thank you for the info...

I hope they are going to show them LIVE like Atsuko's

Can't wait to see them...

Jul3 · « **Reply #22 on:** July 17, 2013, 09:59:16 PM »

Official graduation goods online shop!

https://fan-goods.jp/shinoda/

https://fan-goods.jp/shinoda/

Mariko's been pimping this on her twitter:

Jul3 · « **Reply #23 on:** July 19, 2013, 09:35:38 AM »

Mariko's grad show will be available for livestreaming for DMM.com AKB48 monthly subscribers:

http://ameblo.jp/akihabara48/entry-11575915595.html

Will also be able to choose fixed-single-camera-LOD

YKT · « **Reply #24 on:** July 22, 2013, 09:33:57 AM »

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vV1Pqk693dM

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Jul3 · « **Reply #25 on:** July 22, 2013, 09:26:52 PM »

Mariko's graduation groupshots

Jul3 · « **Reply #26 on:** July 22, 2013, 09:37:07 PM »

Her graduation dress at Fukuoka Dome:

The traditional removal of the portrait from the AKB48 Theatre:

After her final performance, she gave the hightouch from the old cafe/shop, where she started off:

And she greeted fans Acchan-style from the balcony:

Her graduation show is now available for download from H!O

Selection of more pictures here: http://natalie.mu/music/news/95549

YKT · « **Reply #27 on:** July 23, 2013, 06:43:31 AM »

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On July 22, the graduation performance for AKB48 member Shinoda Mariko was held at AKB48 theater in Akihabara, Tokyo. With this performance, Shinoda ended her 7 and a half years as a member of AKB48.

As it was Shinoda's final performance, applications for the viewing flooded in, and the lucky 250 fans who were elected, sent her their support until their voices became hoarse.

Yokoyama Yui who Shinoda appointed as the next team A captain, made a comment while looking back the memories with Shinoda, "I would like to make a team that Shinoda-san would think it was a right decision to appoint me. I will make the new Yokoyama team A while succeeding Shinoda team A, but please allow me to depend on you just today."

Along with the team A members including Takahashi Minami, other 1st generation members like Kojima Haruna, Itano Tomomi, and Minegishi Minami, as well as team K's Oshima Yuko showed up on the stage for the encore.

When they were about to perform Shinoda's graduation song "Namida no Seijanai", Takahashi could not sing the beginning part since she started shedding tears, and it also made Shinoda weep in sympathy. After the performance, Takahashi apologized to the audience, saying, "Sorry, it was all because I started crying.", and Kojima told Takahashi, "Yeah, it was kind of too early." Though the audience were sobbing at the time, the atmosphere changed because of those two, and it burst into laughter.

During the encore, there was also a segment where Takahashi read a letter from Shinoda's mother, and of course, large tears trickled down on Shinoda's cheeks again.

Shinoda has a very unique career for an AKB48 member, as she started working as a staff at a cafe in the AKB48 theater after she failed the 1st generation member audition back in 2005. Even though she was not a member, she still received high popularity among fans, and it caught the general producer, Akimoto Yasushi's attention. At the time, Akimoto set a term for Shinoda to join AKB48 in which she had to be able to remember and perform 12 songs in 4 days, and after meeting the condition, Shinoda became a member of AKB48 as the "1.5 generation member." Because of it, Shinoda has a strong sense of gratitude toward the AKB48 theater stage itself, and also toward the fans. She said to the audience, "Every time I went inside the theater as a staff, I felt the distance from the stage, and that is why I cherish this stage. There were painful times, sad times, and times I kept crying, but now that it's all in the past, I was happy overall. That's the only word."

After performing her last song "Anata ga Itekuretakara", she said with a smile, "After the graduation, I will focus on works related to fashion. I will work hard to be able to become a person who people look up to."

After all the performance was over, she gave the audience send-offs with a high five from the cafe where was her starting point.