SDN48 held their graduation concert [NEXT ENCORE] yesterday, March 31st, in front of 3,000 fans at the NHK Hall in Tokyo.
As announced on October 2011, all 39 members of SDN48 graduated at the end of the concert yesterday. There were no surprise announcements at the concert. It was mentioned however that there will be a reunion concert held 1 year later.
Created in August 2009, SDN48 stood for SaturDay Night, and their concept was the adult equivalent of AKB48. All members of SDN48 are aged 20 and above, with the youngest being 21-year-old Fukuda Akane and the oldest being 34-year-old Nishikunihara Reiko. Because of their ages, the members were relieved on some of the classic idol rules like dating. One ex-member was even married when she was a member of the group.
SDN48 was based on the same Akihabara48 Theater as AKB48. Initially supposed to perform only on Saturday nights as their name suggests, after a while they started performing on weekdays too to relieve the pressure on the AKB48 teams performing in the same theater.
Debuted with the single [GAGAGA] on November 2009, SDN48 released a total of 5 singles, 1 album and 1 stage album throughout their career. Their first and final album [NEXT ENCORE] managed to achieve SDN48's 1st #1 ranking on the Oricon Charts.
At the end of the concert, there was a double encore. They also sang their representative song, Kodoku na Runner, twice. Then the 39 members stood in one line holding each other's hands and made their greetings. About 3000 fans were sobbing as they did an SDN48 call. The members hugged for about 5 minutes before making their final greetings and ending the concert.
With Captain Noro Kayo at the heart of the planning, the members considered the direction and configuration of how to showcase the 37 songs, starting from October last year. Noro appealed in tears, "We did not leave great records like AKB48 has, but please let this team be remembered."
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