Schedule Updates - 2009.01.27

Event

• Mira Takiguchi and Suzuka Morita appeared at the Orix Buffaloes Kyuudan Koushiki Cheer Koukai Audition on January 25.
• Mai Endo, Erica Tonooka, and Erika Yazawa will appear at a Tetsudou Musume ~Girls be ambitious!~ release event on February 7.
• Serina Nagano will have a release event for her Pure Smile DVD on February 7.
• Rumi Koizumi and Hitomi Miyake will have individual release events for their upcoming idol image DVDs, followed by a special joint event on February 8.
• Mai Endo and Erica Tonooka will participate in a series of events titled 1nichi Gentei Valentine Event on February 28.
• Mira Takiguchi will have another solo event, titled Miraccho no Ohitori-sama Live Part 3, on March 21.
• Mira Takiguchi will appear on a stage play titled Utsusemi from March 25 through March 30.

Internet

• AKBIdoling!!! will appear at the upcoming Push★1 idol competition, which will be streamed live over the Internet on January 31.

Magazine

• The new 16-member Idoling!!! appeared on the cover of Skyper! TV Guide on January 23.

Release

• Another Idoling!!! in Ishigakijima DVD--this time, the making of--will be released on March 18.
• Serina Nagano has an image DVD scheduled for release on March 25.
• Sayaka Kato has an image DVD scheduled for release on March 26.
• Suzuka Morita has an image DVD scheduled for release on March 27.
• AKBIdoling!!!'s debut single, Chuu Shiyou ze!, is scheduled for release on April 1.

TV

• Sayaka Kato and Erica Tonooka appeared on a show titled Fuyu Supo・Trend Daikoukai! Love Love Game Daisakusen!!! on January 28.
• Ami Kikuchi will appear on Akibatteki!! on January 28.
• Erica Tonooka will appear on Nep League on February 2.
• Sayaka Kato and Erika Yazawa will appear on Nabeachi! on February 3.
• Fonchi will appear on Bus de Koishite on February 6, 9, 13, and 16.
• Fonchi will appear on Nan Para Z! on February 7.
• Sayaka Kato and Hitomi Sakai will appear on Coscosplayplay on February 9.
• Rumi Koizumi and Hitomi Miyake will appear on Nabeachi! on February 10.
• Sayaka Kato will appear on a special episode of Mahjong Nou on February 14.
• The Push★1 idol competition will be broadcast on satellite TV on February 15.
• Sayaka Kato will appear on Idol no Hoshi on February 16.
• Sayaka Kato will appear on Uchiiku!! on February 19.
• Sayaka Kato will appear on Idol Jimusho Taikou Haru no Saiten SP on February 21.
• Suzuka Morita will appear on Samurai Sentai Shinkenger every Sunday starting on February 15.

Rumi Koizumi Graduates from Idoling!!!

At today's Idoling!!! 4th Live concerts, it was announced that Idoling!!! #2, Rumi Koizumi would graduate from the group after the concert series due to poor health.

Koizumi was one of Idoling!!!'s original nine members who made their TV debut in October 2006, which makes her tenure with the group a little over two years. She has taken time off from the group and its TV show in the past due to health problems, and most recently, she was unable to perform at many of the Idoling!!! mini-lives during the Hot Fantasy Odaiba 2008-2009 Christmas and New Year's event at Fuji TV.

Koizumi seemed to be absent from the Idoling!!! 4th Live concerts, but, before the encore of the afternoon and evening Idoling!!! 4th Live concerts, a message appeared on the screen to announce her graduation, and Koizumi appeared on the stage to explain the reason behind it. She then joined her fellow Idoling!!! members in performances of NA・GA・RA, Omoi no Uta, Koi Gokoro, and Snow Celebration with a couple of MC segments between songs. The last three songs in the setlist were chosen by Koizumi herself, and the Omoi no Uta performance was apparently a special Koizumi-only version. After Koi Gokoro at the evening concert, the other Idoling!!! members got a chance to give their last messages to their departing friend.

Rumi Koizumi will remain under the Watanabe Entertainment talent agency and will continue working in other areas of the entertainment business. Idoling!!! will continue on as a 16-member group.

Source

AKBIdoling!!! Single Details

Details about the AKBIdoling!!! roster and upcoming single have been revealed on the Push★1 web site. The following members from each group will be participating in the AKBIdoling!!! collaboration:

AKB48/SKE48
Tomomi Itano, Mai Oshima, Yuko Oshima, Erena Ono, Tomomi Kasai, Haruna Kojima, Atsuko Maeda, Jurina Matsui

Idoling!!!
Mai Endo, Erica Tonooka, Erika Yazawa, Rurika Yokoyama, Hitomi Sakai, Nao Asahi, Ami Kikuchi, Hitomi Miyake

AKBIdoling!!! will make their first appearance at the upcoming Push★1 idol audition event on January 31 and perform their debut single, Chuu Shiyou ze! The CD single is currently scheduled for release on April 1.

Source

Schedule Updates - 2009.01.13

Event

• Mai Endo and Hitomi Sakai will be participating in a Ukulele mini-live at a couple of upcoming Usui Naoko with E Komo Mai Band concerts on January 22.

Magazine

• Sayaka Kato will appear in Young Gangan on January 16.

Release

• Maria Eto has her first photobook, titled O・to・na?!, scheduled for release on February 25.

TV

• Sayaka Kato, Erika Yazawa, Yui Kawamura, and Ami Kikuchi appeared on Otoko Oba-san Moero! Digital Bu on January 14.
• The Idoling!!! 4th live is scheduled for broadcast on February 14.

Schedule Updates - 2009.01.05

Event

• Kyun Kyun Idoling!!! and Ban Ban Idoling!!! will be participating in release events for their single on January 7, 8, and 11.
• Mira Takiguchi will once again try her material at the annual solo comedian competition, R-1 Grand Prix on January 10.
• Idoling!!! will have a release event for their upcoming "image" DVD, Idoling!!! in Ishigakijima ~Gravure Idol no DVDppokushite Mimashitang!!!~ on February 14.

Release

• Idoling!!! had a photobook titled Idoling!!! in Ishigakijima released on December 12.
• Idoling!!! also has an upcoming 3-disc DVD box set, titled Idoling!!! in Ishigakijima ~Gravure Idol no DVDppokushite Mimashitang!!!~, that features footage from the group's trip to Ishigakijima scheduled for release on February 4.

TV

• Some of the members of Idoling!!! appeared on Dai 42kai Bakushou Hit Parade 2009 on January 1.
• Sayaka Kato, Mai Endo, Maria Eto, Erica Tonooka, Erika Yazawa, Rurika Yokoyama, Suzuka Morita, Serina Nagano, Hitomi Sakai, and Ami Kikuchi will appear on AKBingo! on January 8 and 15.