30 Mar – Following the announcement and the overwhelming support that she received, AKB48's Maeda Atsuko spoke more about her feelings at the time when she announced that she would be graduating from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It is based on Kurumi Inui's 2005 bestseller of the same title that has sold 1.12 million copies. The director is Yukihiko ...

31 Aug - It was not a sombre sent-off for Maeda Atsuko, who graduated from AKB48 with her final performance on 27 August at the AKB48 Theatre. According to Tokyo Hive, Maeda let the curtain fall on ...

Maeda Atsuko, a well-known Japanese singer, actress, and idol, may be planning to retire from the entertainment industry entirely. The star was once part of the Japanese pop group AKB48, and until her ...

Since leaving her position in the wildly popular idol troupe AKB48 in 2012, Maeda Atsuko has been exploring her range as an actor. In 2022 she appeared in the film version of a hit 2015 play as part ...

TOKYO — Hot young stars Sometani Shota ("Himizu," "Wood Job!") and Maeda Atsuko ("Tamako in Moratorium," "The Drudgery Train") star in Ryuichi Hiroki's new pic, "Sayonara Kabukicho." Sometani plays a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Maeda Atsuko & Matsuda Shota in "1905" 18 Sep - It has been revealed that Japanese actor Matsuda Shota and former AKB48 member ...

Kiyoshi Kurosawa and Atsuko Maeda make an odd couple: The former is best known abroad as a master of horror, starting with his 1997 international breakthrough “Cure,” while the latter was a star of ...

Shooting of the film "1905," starring former AKB48 member Atsuko Maeda has been canceled after its production and distribution company filed for bankruptcy, it has been revealed. The period ...

Japanese star Maeda Atsuko, formerly of AKB48, is reportedly considering a full retirement from entertainment. Speculation intensified after she announced her first photobook in 14 years, stating it ...

TOKYO — Shota Matsuda and Atsuko Maeda, the former leader of the megahit AKB48 girl pop group, will star in “Initiation Love,” a romantic drama and mystery. It is based on Kurumi Inui’s 2005 ...