AKB48 announces Sashi's final single!

Mega female idol group AKB48 announced their fifty-fifth single set for release March 13. Its title has not been announced as of this writing but this will be Rino Sashihara’s graduation single; Sashihara will be acting as the center for the song. As per usual, AKB48 will have several different editions for the single, with Type A including three additional songs which will serve as Sashihara’s own graduation songs. Type C will include songs sung by an all-star cast consisting of members from both the 48 and 46 groups—including a special guest from recently-debuting IZ*ONE from Korean reality TV Show Produce48, naming this all-star group IZ4648.

Rino Sashihara has been with AKB48 since 2007 and is mostly known for being in the sub-group Not Yet. However, in 2012 Sashihara was involved in a dating scandal that led her to a demotion to then-newly-formed HKT48. Even then, Sashihara’s popularity has only continued to grow, even winning her the 2013 Senbatsu (election) and enabling her to become the center for AKB48’s mega hit song “恋するフォーチュンクッキー” (“Koisuru Fortune Cookie”).

Pre-order this monumental single for Type A here and Type C here! Check out the song—“Koisuru Fortune Cookie”—that made Rino Sashihara a household name below!