Yamaguchi Maho, Hasegawa Rena, and Sugahara Riko have announced their graduation recently during NGT48‘s Team G’s final performance at the group’s theater on April 21. Mahohon (@maho_yamaguchi) :"The good place …
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“Overflow” is produced by Moon Yirang for the third release in YonYon‘s project ‘The Link‘. From what I gather, this is a project that brings together three artists (including YonYon) …
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About a week ago, NGT48 shared the results of a third-party investigation in regards to the assault of Yamaguchi Maho, and they basically said they’ll change some stuff but clarified …
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