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Finalists for the 5th "Voice of AKB48" announced

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#AKB48, #岩佐美咲 – On 19 and 20 January 2023, the two qualifying rounds for the fifth edition of the AKB48 Group singing competition “AKB48 Group Kasho Ryoku No. 1 Ketteisen” were held. The yuri, among which is EX-AKB48 Enka star Iwasa Misaki, has now announced the finalists. The finals of the competition by Japanese TV station TBS Channel 1 and AKB48 Group’s Japanese idol groups will be broadcast live on TBS Channel 1 from the Nippon Seinenkan Hotel on 3 March 2023. Furthermore, a “Unit Battle” between groups of three members will be held for the first time on 10 February 2023.

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Top 15:
01. Ikeda Yura (STU48)
02. Murayama Yuiri (AKB48)
03. Asai Nanami (AKB48)
04. Lee Siyeon (NMB48)
05. Okamura Rio (STU48)
06. Toyonaga Aki (HKT48)
07. Akiyoshi Yuka (HKT48), Okada Azumi (STU48)
09. Mineyoshi Arisa (STU48)
10. Omori Maho (AKB48)
11. Kato Yuuka (NMB48)
12. Sakamoto Erena (HKT48), Kurushima Yuka (STU48)
14. Sawada Kanon (SKE48), Kojima Aiko (STU48), Otake Hitomi (AKB48)

Juri:

  • Mizuno Airi (SKE48)
  • Taguchi Manaka (AKB48)
  • Ego Yuna (SKE48)
  • Oda Erina (AKB48)