Hirate Yurina drops new song on YouTube

Keyakizaka46 leader Hirate Yurina revealed her next solo song “「角を曲がる」” (“Tsuno o magaru”). The song was used for Yurina’s first major motion picture Hibiki which came out last year. “Tsuno o magaru” was performed at their dome tour in Tokyo back on September 19 and 20. It has not been decided if “Tsuno o magaru” is going to be released with Keyakizaka46’s ninth single due out this winter, but you can check it out in the video below.

Keyakizaka46 plans to release 2018 concert

Mega female idol group Keyakizaka46 revealed they will be releasing a live recording of a three-day concert that took place in July of 2018. The concert in question took place at Fuji-Q Highland and features not only Keyakizaka46 but also Hinatazaka46. The full title of the concert is Keyaki Kyowakoku 2018 and the recording will be released August 14, released in four editions. The standard editions will be released in both DVD and Blu-ray formats and the same is true for the limited editions—however, the limited edition will also include a bonus disc that features a documentary of the group while on tour and they will come in a slipcase cover. But wait, there’s more: six postcards that are randomly selected from a pool of forty-six total. You can pre-order your copy here.

Standard DVD edition

Standard Blu-ray edition

Limited DVD edition

Limited Blu-ray edition

You should also check out Keyakizaka46’s smash hit “Kuroi Hitsuji”.

Keyakizaka46 member bids group adieu

Neru Nagahama announced that she is graduating from mega idol group Keyakizaka46. This announcement came March 7 via Nagahama’s personal blog. The reason for her departure is currently unknown, as are her plans for the future upon leaving the group.

A first generation member of Keyakizaka46, Nagahama was also the first member of sister group Hiragana Keyakizaka46, which was recently renamed to Hinatazaka46. Nagahama has been regarded as a fairly popular member of the group.

While Nagahama was absent from recent performances on “Music Station” and “Utacon”, she will participate in her last single, “Kuroi Hitsuji”.

We here at Ongaku To You wish Nagahama the best in her future endeavors. If you would like to check out Nagahama in “Kuroi Hitsuji”, you can do so below.

Hiragana Keyakizaka46 is reborn as Hinatazaka46

It was announced today that Hiragana Keyakizaka46 will be changing their name to “Hinatazaka46”. Up until now there were two groups that went by Keyakizaka46; the only difference between the two was how the names were spelled in Japanese.

The main group that is normally discussed among fans of Keyakizaka46 is spelled 欅坂46 (the entire name—sans the number, of course—is written in Kanji). Conversely, the sister group of the same name is spelled けやき坂46. In this instance, only the first word is spelled out with Hiragana. This name sharing has led to some confusion causing some people to believe that both groups were, in fact, a single group.

けやき坂46 will perform a concert at Yokohama Arena March 5-6 and release a brand new single March 27 under their new name. Check out their latest single, “Happy Aura”, below to build hype for the new one (pre-order it here)!

Yurina Hirate To Make A Record Breaking Comeback!

In December of 2018 management for the super girl idol group Keyakizaka46 announced that their leading star Yurina Hirate would have to take a leave of absence due to medical reasons. Well little over a month later and Keyakizaka 46 has announced the title of their upcoming single titled ”黒い羊”(”Kuroi Hitsuji”), set to release on February 27. Along with that announcement it was also revealed that Yurina Hirate would return to being the center for this upcoming single. This makes her the center for Keyakizaka46’s eighth single in a row. Currently Yurina Hirate is the only member under Akimoto’s brand to hold the center position in such a high consecutive amount.

If you are eger to support the group and Hirate’s big return preorder your copy of ”Kuroi Hitsuji” type A here, type B here, type C here, type D here, and the regular edition here.

Also check out Keyakizaka46’s the last single “Ambivalent” below.