BIJP: Oku, Ono and ABK48

Submitted by YankeeOtaku on April 18, 2008 - 7:53am.

AKB48 rankings: Blessing and curse

Manami Oku of AKB48: Front-girl material, and potential for global stardom.

(No rating): This stems from J-Pop Obsession's excellent rating of all 48 members of AKB48, but we felt the bottom-of-the-barrel demotion of at least four key members -- Oku, Ono, Maeda and Nakanishi -- justified further comment in sister blog Best in J-Pop. The question: Why throw Oku and Ono under the bus, dropping them to an incredible 44th and 41st, respectively? JPO expresses "dislike" for Team K members, but why? The upside is that AKB48 continues to deepen in talent and strengthen in song and dance, to the delight of AKB48 fans worldwide!

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