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A trailer of an upcoming pet-themed variety show featuring some prominent SNHG members:

The pet business has now become a huge industry in the country.

A poster for that show, featuring the current top SNHG couple:

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Another one, featuring another SNHG couple:

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A poster for an upcoming solo concert of the ace of the 2nd team of SNH48:

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Some promotion pics for it:

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More:

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Pics & gifs of the former group captain in the 1st team of BEJ48 solo-performing at the concert last weekend, posted by herself on her blog:

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Pics of a 4th-generation member in the 2nd team & a 9th-generation member in the 1st team of BEJ48 performing at the concert last weekend:

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JNR48 performing at the concert last weekend:

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Pics of a 12th-generation member in the 2nd team of BEJ48 at the concert last weekend, posted by herself on her blog:

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Pics of some prominent members of BEJ48 at the concert last weekend:

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Gifs & pics of a "0th-generation" member in the 1st team of CGT48 at the concert last weekend, posted by herself on her blog:

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Some gifs featuring a former group ace of SNH48, who's long been a solo artist under the same company since her graduation but has now left the company, posted by herself on her blog:

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A 5th-generation member in the 1st team of SNH48 & a 9th-generation member in the 1st team of BEJ48 performing a famous stage number of the SNHG at the concert last weekend:

 

[Rika-Chicchi]

A trailer of an upcoming pet-themed variety show featuring some prominent SNHG members:

The pet business has now become a huge industry in the country.

A poster for that show, featuring the current top SNHG couple:

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Another one, featuring another SNHG couple:

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A poster for an upcoming solo concert of the ace of the 2nd team of SNH48:

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Some offshots from it:

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Pics of some prominent members of BEJ48 at the concert last weekend:

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More:

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[Rika-Chicchi]

A poster for an upcoming solo concert of the ace of the 2nd team of SNH48:

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Some promotion pics for it:

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Some offshots from it:

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A trailer of a variety show featuring a cute couple of GNZ48 traveling to a northwestern region of the country:

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^ That small wooden house near the end of the trailer is a post office. lol

Some promotion pics for it:

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Some offshots from it:

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A former captain of SNH48's 1st team & a former captain of their 4th team performing at the concert:

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And their intro footage:

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Behind-the-scenes footage of that intro footage:

 

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Some promotion pics for it:

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More:

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Some offshots from it:

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Posters featuring members of CKG48 for a reality game show set in the Republican Period:

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^ Those members in the 1st three posters are donning qipao.

And the ones featuring members of CGT48:

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^ Only that member in the 1st one is donning a qipao.

 

[Rika-Chicchi]

Some promotion pics for it:

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Some offshots from it:

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Behind-the-scenes footage of it:

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[Re: The latter two parts of the preceding post] A trailer of that show:

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Some promotion pics for it:

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More:

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Some offshots from it:

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Behind-the-scenes footage of it:

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Footage from an invited performance of CGT48 at a college lately:

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^ That college has got a pretty professional, industry-standard stage, auditorium, & back stage, which's actually not surprising since it's a university specialized in the professional studies of movie & TV productions. lol

A poster featuring a former group ace of SNH48, who's already left the group for a pretty long time, for a historical horror drama starring her, posted by herself on her blog:

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^ That drama seems to be set in the Ming Dynasty, considering the look of her costume.

A trailer of the drama:

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Some intimate footage featuring a couple of a former CKG48 member in the 2nd team of SNH48 & a 2nd-generation member in the 3rd team of GNZ48:

 

[Rika-Chicchi]

A poster for an upcoming solo concert of the ace of the 2nd team of SNH48:

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Some offshots from it:

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Behind-the-scenes footage of it:

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[Rika-Chicchi]

Some promotion pics for it:

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More:

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Some offshots from it:

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Behind-the-scenes footage of it:

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Pics featuring a former member of CKG48 in the 3rd team of GNZ48 posing as a bloodied ancient intellectual, posted by herself on her blog:

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[Rika-Chicchi]

[Re: The former part of the preceding post] An official report on that concert last night (click the pics to view them in their original large sizes):

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Pics from the concert:

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^ An awesome birthday cake.

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^ Performing w/ her lover, an 8th-generation member in the 3rd team of SNH48.

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Pics of the concert's MCs, a former captain & the current captain of SNH48's 4th team:

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Her posing in front of the decoration set placed at the venue of the concert by her fanclub:

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Her intro footage shown at the concert:

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Behind-the-scenes footage of her intro footage shown at the concert:

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Offshots from her intro footage shown at the concert:

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Her meeting the media before the concert:

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Pics of the concert's venue:

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^ More pics from the concert:

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And pics from her fan-meeting event on the same day:

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Pics of a prominent 3rd-generation member in the 3rd team of SNH48 at a special theater performance of the team just lately:

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The very talented veteran, who's also the MVP of the team for the last season, is now a soul & "big guardian" of the team, if not even the whole group.

An official birthday poster of a 13th-generation member in the 2nd team of BEJ48:

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The Uyghur girl, whose nick means "princess," comes from a northwestern border autonomous region.

 

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Some posters for an upcoming stage exclusively for the latest generations of trainee members of SNH48:

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^ They're all 22nd-generation members & are donning their pretty militarized dress uniforms.

An official birthday poster of a 4th-generation member in the 2nd team of BEJ48, also doubling as a member of SNH48's 2nd team:

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The guzheng player is the current top ranking member of BEJ48.

The official announcement of a concert of the top couple of GNZ48, including their fan-meeting event & the peripheral goods of that concert:

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A poster for the next two legs of the concert tour:

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Pics from one of those legs:

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Pics from a joint birthday special theater performance for a "0th-generation" member & a former member of SHY48 in the 1st team of CGT48 just lately:

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And pics from their joint birthday party:

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A poster featuring a former group ace of SNH48, who's already left the group for a pretty long time, for a historical horror drama starring her, posted by herself on her blog:

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^ That drama seems to be set in the Ming Dynasty, considering the look of her costume.

A trailer of the drama:

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Another trailer:

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[Re: The 1st part of the preceding post] More:

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^ They're all 22nd-generation members.

An official report on that concert last night (click the pics to view them in their original large sizes):

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Behind-the-scenes footage from the concert:

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Footage from the concert:

Some prominent members of CGT48 visiting a TV station, where they appeared on a live show:

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And their pics from it:

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[Re: The 1st part of the preceding post] More:

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^ They're all 22nd-generation members.

Pics featuring a former captain of GNZ48's 2nd team at a special theater performance of the team just lately:

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^ The 1st pic shows her donning a costume of ancient emperors. lol

The "0th-generation" member is the MVP of the team for the last season.

And her backstage pics, posted by herself on her blog:

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An English-subbed footage from a skit featuring a 4th-generation member & a former member of BEJ48 in the 1st team of SNH48 at an MC session in a White Day special theater performance of the team just lately:

^ That host in the skit is the top vocalist of the team, a 5th-generation member.

 

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[Re: The 1st part of the preceding post] More:

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^ The 1st & last ones are 22nd-generation members & the rest are 21st-generation members.

 

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The official announcement of a concert of the top couple of GNZ48, including their fan-meeting event & the peripheral goods of that concert:

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A poster for the next two legs of the concert tour:

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Pics from one of those legs:

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^ At their fan-meeting event.

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[Rika-Chicchi]

The opening sequence for the 1st leg of a concert tour of 5IRE, an ad hoc subgroup of the SNHG, at a city in a southern inland province ATM:

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Some recent pics of a former group ace of SNH48, who's already left the group for a pretty long time, posted by herself on her blog:

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