AKB48

Another JPOP young girls band. But for my taste they are too young. But someone always like this :). Also they are too many (even 3 teams now!). But afaik they are popular enough. In any case check (especialy attractive for young school J-girls lovers :-)

Bio: AKB48 is an all-female Japanese theater/idol group produced by Yasushi Akimoto. AKB48 currently consists of 48 members divided into three teams: Team A, Team K and Team B. Each team contains 16 members. Unlike other idol groups in Japan, AKB48 is theatre-based and has their own theatre in Akihabara.

Foundation history: In July 2005, Yasushi Akimoto held an audition for a new theater based idol girl group. Of the 7,924(!) girls that applied, 45 passed the first round of auditions. Finally, only 24 girls were chosen to be in the group.

Check:

AKB48 - Ohgoe Diamond (M%2DON! MPEG2).mpg

AKB48 - Sakura no Hanabira%2Dtachi 2008 (M%2DON! MPEG2).mpg