Akane Takayanagi is a former member of the Japanese idol girl group SKE48. She joined SKE48 as a second-generation trainee in March 2009, before being promoted to Team KII. She was a member of SKE48 Team KII, and a former member of NMB48 Team BII.
The SKE48 Request Hour Setlist Best 50 2012 was held from October 11 to October 12, 2012 at Zepp Nagoya. Fans voted for their favorite SKE48 singles/albums/stage songs. The DVD of the concert was released on March 9th, 2013.
Two transfer students, Atsuko Maeda and Onizuka Daruma came at the all-girls school Majisuka Gakuen. In this school violence and fighting are common among the Yankee students. Noisy and trouble maker Daruma made a fuss as soon as she entered the school, win in her first fight but then was beaten easily by another gang shortly after. In contrary to Daruma's bold-but-powerless attitude, Maeda who is truthfully a strong girl despite of her silent nature found Daruma is beaten by Team Hormon before her. The word "Majisuka?" (means are you serious?) instantly awaken her true nature and made her won the battle against Daruma's attackers easily, thus made a big fuss at the school and the news even reached the strongest fighting group, Rappapa. Afterwards, Daruma acknowledged Maeda as her boss and as a result the friendship between the two girls began to grow along with their fights with fellow students at their school.
J-Pop Idol group SKE48 preform an all woman production of Shakespeare's HAMLET. Preformed on stage with minimal sets and props, the group turns the classic play into a strange mix of modern Japanese pop culture, musical numbers and wild fight scenes.
