AKB48 members touched and wowed by SNSD’s performances

On June 18th, Kikuchi Ayaka, Oota Aika, Nakagawa Haruka and 5 other members of Japan’s famous girl group, AKB48 visited SNSD in Tokyo, took photos with them and wrote about their experiences at SNSD’s ’1st Japan Arena Tour 2011′ concert in their blogs.

In the photos, SNSD and AKB48 members were seen in cute and friendly poses. The girls of AKB48 appeared to be in a really jovial mood while making some poses with the gifts they received at the concert.

One of the AKB48 who were present at SNSD’s concert in Tokyo, Kikuchi Ayaka stated, “I went to SNSD’s live concert. I’ve really learned a lot. They were really good in dancing. Indeed, their styles were really cool. I was shocked. I’ve already surrendered”.

Another member of AKB48, Oota Aika wrote, “They were really cute. It was touching and fun. Even though there were 9 members, they were always together in their performances and I was touched by this.”

‘FNS Music Festival’ rating soared to the highest during SNSD and AKB48′s collab

It’s because of SNSD too!

SNSD performed a collaboration with Japanese girl group AKB48 at Fuji TV’s ‘FNS Music Festival’ on December 4th where AKB48′s ‘Beginner‘ was the opener for SNSD’s ‘Genie’.

Japanese daily, Sankei Sports reported on December 7th that an average viewership rating of 21.7% was recorded. However, when SNSD and AKB48 appeared on stage, the rating soared to 29.4%, the highest recorded for the show.

SNSD to perform at music fest in Japan this weekend with AKB48, SMAP, Arashi and many more!

Korean female idols Girls' Generation will fly into Japan today to take part in annual music show "2010 FNS Music Festival" over the weekend.

A PR official from SM Entertainment told 10Asia over the phone, "The girls will perform at the annual music fest while member Tiffany will not participate in the show since she is still recovering from her knee injury."

Last month, Tiffany suffered an injury to her left knee after falling during a performance for their latest song "Hoot" on a televised music show.

This year’s FNS Music Festival, which will be held on Saturday, will include performances by Japanese artists SMAP, Arashi, V6, AKB48, EXILE, Tube, KinKi Kids and Ken Hirai.

The FNS Music Festival first took place in 1974 and has been produced and hosted every year by Fuji Network System and Fuji Television.

Nine-member girl group Girls' Generation has taken the Japanese music market by storm since making their debut in the country in August this year, attracting over 20,000 fans to their first showcase and becoming the first Korean girl group to place in at No. 1 on the prestigious Oricon chart.

Their Japanese singles "Gee" and "Genie" have each sold over 100,000 copies to be certified gold discs.

The girls have been busy promoting their latest song "Hoot" in Korea from their third mini-album of the same name which has topped various online and offline music charts since its release in mid-October.

AKB48's Maeda Atsuko wants to become like SNSD girls

Prominent member of popular Japanese girl group AKB48 Maeda Atsuko reveals her desire to become just like the lovely ladies of Korean idol group SNSD.

Maeda Atsuko mentioned on her blog that she has recently seen SNSD’s music video of Gee, on which she stated, “They’re cute. I also want a slender figure (like SNSD). The nine girls were also previously included in the list of idols who look like goddesses in Japan.

Looks like the AKB48 member is the newest fan of SNSD; she even has a copy of the girls’ Japanese single!