FAVOURITE.......Fifteen
of the 16 favourite members of AKB48, voted by their fans
A CRIME syndicate member has
been arrested on suspicion of scalping a ticket to attend the 'election' of
J-pop group AKB48. According to Metropolitan Police Department, a 37-year-old
man from Machida in Tokyo, was nabbed on the evening of the polling day when he
sold a reserved seat ticket for the event on a street in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo.
The Wednesday's event to
choose the AKB members to sing on the group’s 27th single took place at Nippon
Budokan.
The man allegedly purchased
the ticket, which had a retail price of 3,000 yen (RM120), and sold it for
10,000 yen (RM401) to a company employee in his 40s, an act violating the Tokyo
metropolitan government ordinance banning scalping.
GIRLS.....From
left: Yuki Kashiwagi, Yuko Oshima and Mayu Watanabe
AKB48, a Japanese 64-member
girls group, is one of the highest-earning musical acts in the world. It has
its own theater and perform there daily.
The members, whose age
ranges from 14 to 20-plus, are not allowed to have boyfriends and must be
well-behaved. Failing which, they will be expelled from the group.
Since 2009, the group began
conducting the yearly "election" for the fans to vote their 16
favourite members. Elected member lineup get to participate in the recording of
a single.
Meanwhile, Yuko Oshima, 23,
has won in the event with 108,837 votes, followed by 18-year-old Mayu Watanabe
(72,574), Yuki Kashiwagi (71,076), Rino Sashihara (67,339), Mariko Shinoda
(67,017), Minami Takahashi (65,480) and Haruna Kojima (54,483).
The others are Tomomi Itano
(50,483), Jurina Matsui (45,747), Rena Matsui (42,030), Sae Miyazawa (40,261),
Tomomi Kasai (27,005), Rie Kitahara (26,531), Minami Minegishi (26,038), Yui
Yokoyama (25,541) and Ayaka Umeda (24,522). (Daily Yomiuri Online)
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