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AKB48
AKB48 started in 2005.
From our 61st single,
we decided to be together with Universal Music.
We have been watching AKB48's activities from a little distance.
We are very honored to be with you this time.
We will do our best to create a new history of AKB48 with you.
Thank you in advance.
We will announce the release date of the 61st single of AKB48,
which will be the first installment of Universal Music.
The release date of the 61st single of AKB48 is April 26, 2023.
We will now announce the members who will be chosen for the 61st single of AKB48.
First, Team A.
Chiba Erii.
Please come forward.
Please remove your mask and come forward.
Please come over here.
We will continue.
Team A and Team B.
Yui Oguri.
Now I'd like to announce the next team.
Team 8.
Team A.
Honda Hitomi.
Please come forward.
Team K.
Yamauchi Mizuki.
Please come forward.
Next, research student Sato Airi.
Let's continue. Team 4 - Murayama Airi.
Next, Team B - Kashiwagi Yuki.
Research student - Sora Yamazaki.
Team A - Mukaichi Mion.
Team 8 - Team A - Kennin.
Okabe - Rin.
Team 8 - Team 4 - Kennin.
Kurano - Narumi.
Team 8 - Team K - Kennin. Oda - Erina.
Next, Team B - Omori - Maho.
Team K - Mogi - Shinobu - please remove your masks.
Team 8 - Team K - Kennin - Onishi - Momoka.
The last one. Researcher, Hirata Yuki.
The center of the AKB48 61st single is...
Honda Hitomi.
I'm Honda Hitomi.
Thank you for having me.
First of all, thank you so much for choosing me as the center of the 61st single.
I never thought I would be able to join the AKB and stand at the center twice, so I'm really happy like a dream.
I joined the AKB in April of this year and will be joining for the tenth year.
Now that I've been given the opportunity of being at the center, I want to make the most of my previous activities and become a center that can convey the goodness and charm of the current AKB to many people.
I will continue to do my best. Thank you.
Thank you.
I still don't know what I'm good at or what I'm good at, but I hope I can grow up so that I can catch up with my seniors. Thank you.
Thank you. Next.
One of my goals as an AKB48 member was to make it to the selection, so I was surprised and very happy that I was chosen so soon.
I will do my best not to let other seniors in the selection down.
Thank you for your support.
That's all for the 61st single of AKB48.
16 members will be selected.
Thank you for your support.
Congratulations on your new album.
Thank you.
How do you feel now?
It's been 10 years since I joined AKB48.
It was my dream to join AKB48 in the first place.
I'm so happy that I got a second chance in my life.
18 members will join AKB48 in the future.
I'm so happy that I can join AKB48 again when a new AKB48 member joins AKB48.
I used to join AKB48 in the past.
I had a lot of experiences.
I learned a lot of things, including expressions and thoughts.
I hope I can make the most of my experiences.
Last time I sang a dance song.
I don't know what song I will sing this time.
I'm very nervous and excited.
No matter what song I sing, I want to express the charm of the song and the meaning of the lyrics with my whole body.
I will do my best to be a center who suits any song.
Thank you very much.
Those tears...
Until now...
I haven't done anything like "under" of seniors' voices or "replacement" of song programs.
I have been doing my best.
It's hard.
That's what I thought.
To be honest, I was surprised that you chose me.
My mind is blank now.
To those who chose me, I hope I can grow up like you, like Aichi and like other seniors.
Who do you want to tell now?
My mom.
I think this period of AKB48 is changing a lot.
So we are trying to follow AKB48.
We are trying to incorporate new things.
I hope many people know about AKB48.
I hope many people know about AKB48 and AKB48's good points.
Ms.Sakiyama, you have been selected as the 61st single of AKB48.
Congratulations!
Thank you!
How do you feel now?
I didn't think I would be selected.
Other than me, AKB48 has been sold a lot.
If I was selected as the 61st single of AKB48, I didn't think I would be selected.
I'd like to do my best to meet their expectations.
I was selected for the 60th single.
I've been working hard for AKB and the 17th graduate students.
But I didn't think I could leave any results.
I was very anxious.
I was selected for the 61st single like this.
Last time, I was told many times that I was out of luck or that I didn't need this kind of thing.
I'd like to show what I've experienced in the 60th single and what I've done in the 61st single.
And I'm very happy that the researchers chose me and two others.
At the same time, I don't want the researchers to be left behind.
I and two others will definitely be connected to the next generation.
Once again, congratulations on your selection.
Thank you. I'm really happy.
How do you feel now, honestly?
Well, Atlassic Universal has become a record company and I'm involved in their 61st single, which is their most important one.
As the manager said last time, they made a rescheduling again in place of Atlassic King.
I'm really happy to be selected in place of Atlassic Universal.
Well, there are a lot of new members and I feel like the group itself has changed a lot.
With that momentum, I would like to do my best to contribute to the group, including me, and to liven up the group.
I think each and every one of them is a selection member who has something good in them.
I hope that each and every one of them can make use of their good points and contribute to the group.
I hope that those who have become fans of the group will look back at the group and think, "It's cool now."
I will do my best in group activities and as an individual.
I will do my best in order to attract various fans.
Congratulations on your selection.
Thank you.
How do you feel now?
I feel like I'm really lucky.
Since I was selected last time, I wanted to do my best so that it wouldn't be a one-time memory.
I had been aiming to be selected in two consecutive works.
I had been aiming for it.
I feel like I'm really lucky.
I didn't expect that I would be selected last.
I'm really lucky.
Thank you.
I think that a record company changing is another mission.
Although it is my second selection, I don't think like "OK, I'm here. I'm stable now."
The system of talking with people changes.
I thought I had to pay attention to it again.
First of all, I would like to say thank you to KING RECORDS for helping me since I joined.
This is the first time that a record company is changing.
I don't know what it will be like yet.
But I would like to say thank you to UNIVERSAL MUSIC for helping me.
I hope that all of us of AKB can make each and every work into the best single.
I couldn't get used to this way of announcing.
I was nervous all the time.
I was excited.
I'm glad.
I felt that there were a lot of researchers joining and that it was becoming a new feeling, so I've been here for a long time, so I hope I don't lose to the new wind, but I hope we can liven up together.
I also want to work hard in a new environment.
AKB does a lot of things, so I think it's important to keep doing the same things, but I think it's important to adapt to changes.
How do you feel now?
To be honest, I'm really happy.
To be honest, I thought it wouldn't be possible next time, but there were a lot of people choosing to appear on a singing show, so I expected that there would be more people joining.
The energy of my juniors is amazing and everyone is amazing, so when I first heard that 16 people would be selected, I thought there was room for me to join.
I'm so happy that I don't know what would have happened if I hadn't been selected.
I've been working on this selection as my number one goal and I'm glad I was able to be selected again.
Thank you very much.
To be honest, how do you like it?
No...
I don't know...
When I was chosen for the election,
I was called by a lot of names.
From the end to the second one.
So if there is an election announcement,
I was wondering if there would be a lot of 17th generation members.
This time I was eliminated.
I was very anxious all the time.
At the end of the election, I was called by a lot of names.
I was happy and anxious at the same time.
So I had a lot of emotions.
From now on, the label will also be a new step in the form of ruins.
I'm very happy that I was chosen for that single.
I hope I can think about my position and do my best.
I was wondering what kind of announcement it would be.
Until now, I've been taking care of KING RECORD.
When I joined KING RECORD,
AKB48 was already taking care of KING RECORD.
I felt a sense of responsibility.
I was surprised.
These days, I'm going out to the world.
There are people who are working hard in the group.
There are people who are challenging outside work.
I want to do my best so that I can connect everyone with something.
I want to cherish what my seniors left me in the past.
I want to protect us.
I want to perform songs that everyone in the world knows.
Until now, I've had more of a role of connecting people.
Since AKB48 has changed, we have to make new things.
We have to think about what we're going to do.
I've been with AKB48 for the longest time.
I've been with KING RECORD for three years.
If AKB48 changes, I hope AKB48 will move in a good direction.
I don't think record companies will do their best.
I don't think it makes sense if we don't do our best, so I hope we can do our best and make AKB bigger instead of being enthusiastic.
A while ago, you were selected as a research student. Please tell me what you thought about it.
Well, I'm in my last year of high school now and I'm in my 18th year of high school.
Last time, AIRI was in her 18th year of high school by herself, and she worked really hard.
I saw her working hard as one of her seniors, and I had a lot of expectations for the entire 17th year of high school.
That's why I'm really looking forward to Sorara and Yuki joining us this time.
I think it's definitely more comfortable if we have more motivation.
I think my juniors will be nervous no matter what, so I want them to blow a new wind without being conscious of it.
Also, when we had a concert at the Budokan last year, the two of them were selected as a unit among their seniors.
I wish I had found it earlier.
I'm kidding, but I'm personally looking forward to it, so I'm looking forward to it.
As an AKB member, I'd like to support them if I can support them on TV.
I think it's a great opportunity for AKB to be reborn.
The record company's legacy, the single's announcement, and AKB's next new step.
That's what I thought on the first day, and I want to work harder with everyone.
As the staff said, when AKB moved from the previous record company to King Records,
I heard that it was a very difficult time for AKB.
I heard that AKB's so-called "the AKB" impression was shaped by that.
What AKB has been doing so far is just accepting and doing what our seniors have made for us.
I hope we can create a new history and events with UNIVERSAL.
There are a lot of new things happening.
We saw a new move as AKB, and the 61st single has been announced.
I feel like everyone's emotions and feelings are complicated.
I'm not just crying. I'm happy and complicated at the same time.
I'm sure some of you who aren't here right now are crying because you're frustrated when you go home.
When I think about it, I always think that I'm not good at preliminary announcements.
This time, the center is Hitomi Honda. She supported me a lot when I was doing "Motokare Desu".
Even though there is a pressure called the center, Hitomi herself doesn't care so much about it.
They trust me a lot and I hope everyone will be rewarded.
Have you ever challenged something?
It's really personal, but my good friend Nana Okada has graduated and it's my first single since she left.
I want to be independent this year and I want to be able to fight alone.
I want to support others and be confident about myself.
I want to work hard not only at work but also in my private time.
I was really surprised.
I'm happy that I joined AKB48 as a member of the group when I was starting a new AKB48.
It's been 10 years since I joined AKB48, so I want to expand my field of activity besides AKB48 activities.
I want to look at various places and try activities that will help AKB48 by myself.
I didn't know where I was going and I took a bus.
I took a bus for a long time and I didn't know what would happen.
It was a big announcement for AKB48.
Yes, it was a big announcement and I was very excited.
It was the first time for me to be selected like this, so I was wondering if I could stand like this.
I was selected for four times in a row by 16 members.
The record company has changed like this, and I will do my best to spread a new wind so that the world will be filled with AKB.
Since I started dancing with a single song like "Ne moja mo ruima", I think there are more and more people who know AKB now.
I don't know what will happen, but it's a new road, so I don't know what will happen, but I hope AKB will be more excited.