★ AKB48 2014 Janken Taikai & 38th Single ★

2014 Janken Taikai 

The winner of this 5th Janken Taikai will be getting new solo single.
The winner will NOT be centering AKB48 39th single.
Rank 2 - 16 will be getting coupling song & its own MV.

Round 1

A Block
Nagisa Shibuya vs. Saya Kawamoto = Saya Kawamoto
Haruna Kinoshita vs. Rie Kitahara = Rie Kitahara
Shihori Suzuki vs. Natsuki Kojima = Natsuki Kojima
Kana Kobayashi vs. Fuuko Yagura = Fuuko Yagura
Shinobu Mogi vs. Saki Kono = Shinobu Mogi
Sayaka Yamamoto vs. Minami Takahashi = Sayaka Yamamoto
Hikari Hashimoto vs. Yuki Kashiwagi = Yuki Kashiwagi
Hitomi Honda vs. (bye) = Hitomi Honda

B Block
Yuria Kizaki vs. Rina Kawaei = Yuria Kizaki
Yuki Azuma vs. Nao Ueki = Yuki Azuma
Yukari Sasaki vs. Saki Goudo = Saki Goudo
Asuka Kuramochi vs. (bye) = Asuka Kuramochi
Shizuka Ooya vs. Nana Owada = Nana Owada
Miyu Omori vs. Serina Kumazawa = Serina Kumazawa
Izumi Umemoto vs. Ami Yumoto = Ami Yumoto
Ami Maeda vs. (bye) = Ami Maeda

C Block
Yuka Tano vs. Juri Takahashi = Yuka Tano
Ayana Shinozaki vs. Wakana Natori = Ayana Shinozaki
Hinana Shimoguchi vs. Yuki Arai = Yuki Arai
Ayaka Morikawa vs. (bye) = Ayaka Morikawa
Miyabi Iino vs. Yurina Takashima = Miyabi Iino
Haruna Kojima vs. Rina Ikoma = Haruna Kojima
Rio Okawa vs. Haruka Komiyama = Haruka Komiyama
Yumana Takagi vs. (bye) = Yumana Takagi

D Block
Natsumi Matsuoka vs. Mio Tomonaga = Mio Tomonaga
Akari Ishizuka vs. Anna Iriyama = Anna Iriyama
Mikoto Uchiyama vs. Tomu Muto = Tomu Muto
Haruka Shimazaki vs. (bye) = Haruka Shimazaki
Marina Kobayashi vs. Moe Goto = Marina Kobayashi
Moe Aigasa vs. Miho Miyazaki = Miho Miyazaki
Aeri Yokoshima vs. Rena Nozawa = Aeri Yokoshima
Miku Tanabe vs (bye) = Miku Tanabe

E Block
Haruka Kodama vs. Manami Ichikawa = Haruka Kodama
Aki Takajo vs. Nao Furuhata = Aki Takajo
Mayu Ogasawara vs. Tomoko Kato(grad) = Mayu Ogasawara
Nana Okada vs. (bye) = Nana Okada
Ryoka Oshima vs. Ayaka Okada = Ryoka Oshima
Saki Kitazawa vs. Sakura Miyawaki = Sakura Miyawaki
Seina Fukumoto vs. Saho Iwatate = Saho Iwatate
Anna Ishida vs. (bye) = Anna Ishida

F Block
Kiara Sato vs. Yurina Gyouten = Kiara Sato
Yuiri Murayama vs. Minami Minegishi = Minami Minegishi
Maria Abe vs. Mayu Watanabe = Maria Abe
Natsuki Takatsuka vs. (bye) = Natsuki Takatsuka
Rina Izuta vs. Ayano Umeta = Ayano Umeta
Mitsuki Maeda vs. Mariya Nagao = Mariya Nagao
Misaki Iwasa vs. Nana Fujita = Nana Fujita
Rena Nishiyama vs. (bye) = Rena Nishiyama

G Block
Shu Yabushita vs. Mariko Nakamura = Shu Yabushita
Karen Iwata vs. Haruka Shimada = Karen Iwata
Natsuki Uchiyama vs. Rena Kato = Natsuki Uchiyama
Chiyori Nakanishi vs. (bye) = Chiyori Nakanishi
Mion Mukaichi vs. Mariya Suzuki = Mion Mukaichi
Yui Yokoyama vs. Jurina Matsui = Jurina Matsui
Riho Kotani vs. Makiho Tatsuya = Riho Kotani
Miki Nishino vs. (bye) = Miki Nishino

H Block
Chisato Nakata vs. Yuna Ego = Yuna Ego
Harika Ishida vs. Ayaka Okita = Ayaka Okita
Mayumi Uchida vs. Miyu Takeuchi = Mayumi Uchida
Rina Hirata vs (bye) = Rina Hirata
Mizuki Tsuchiyasu vs. Mako Kojima = Mako Kojima
Nao Ota vs. Kayoko Takita = Nao Ota
Sakiko Matsui vs. Kanna Okada = Sakiko Matsui
Miyuki Watanabe vs. (bye) = Miyuki Watanabe

Round 2

A Block
#1 Saya Kawamoto vs. #2 Rie Kitahara = Saya Kawamoto
#3 Natsuki Kojima vs. #4 Fuuko Yagura = Fuuko Yagura
#5 Shinobu Mogi vs. #6 Sayaka Yamamoto = Sayaka Yamamoto
#7 Yuki Kashiwagi vs. #8 Hitomi Honda = Yuki Kashiwagi

B Block
#1 Yuria Kizaki vs. #2 Yuki Azuma = Yuki Azuma
#3 Saki Goudo vs. #4 Asuka Kuramochi = Saki Goudo
#5 Nana Owada vs. #6 Serina Kumazawa = Nana Owada
#7 Ami Yumoto vs. #8 Ami Maeda = Ami Maeda

C Block
#1 Yuka Tano vs. #2 Ayana Shinozaki = Yuka Tano
#3 Yuki Arai vs. #4 Ayaka Morikawa = Yuki Arai
#5 Miyabi Iino vs. #6 Haruna Kojima = Haruna Kojima
#7 Haruka Komiyama vs. #8 Yumana Takagi = Yumana Takagi

D Block
#1 Mio Tomonaga vs. #2 Anna Iriyama = Mio Tomonaga
#3 Tomu Muto vs. #4 Haruka Shimazaki = Haruka Shimazaki
#5 Marina Kobayashi vs. #6 Miho Miyazaki = Miho Miyazaki
#7 Aeri Yokoshima vs. #8 Miku Tanabe = Aeri Yokoshima

E Block
#1 Haruka Kodama vs. #2 Aki Takajo = Aki Takajo
#3 Mayu Ogasawara vs. #4 Nana Okada = Nana Okada
#5 Ryoka Oshima vs. #6 Sakura Miyawaki = Sakura Miyawaki
#7 Saho Iwatate vs. #8 Anna Ishida = Saho Iwatate

F Block
#1 Kiara Sato vs. #2 Minami Minegishi = Kiara Sato
#3 Maria Abe vs. #4 Natsuki Takatsuka = Maria Abe
#5 Ayano Umeta vs. #6 Mariya Nagao = Mariya Nagao
#7 Nana Fujita vs. #8 Rena Nishiyama = Rena Nishiyama

G Block
#1 Shu Yabushita vs. #2 Karen Iwata = Shu Yabushita
#3 Natsuki Uchiyama vs. #4 Chiyori Nakanishi = Chiyori Nakanishi
#5 Mion Mukaichi vs. #6 Jurina Matsui = Jurina Matsui
#7 Riho Kotani vs. #8 Miki Nishino = Riho Kotani

H Block
#1 Yuna Ego vs. #2 Ayaka Okita = Yuna Ego
#3 Mayumi Uchida vs. #4 Rina Hirata = Mayumi Uchida
#5 Mako Kojima vs. #6 Nao Ota = Nao Ota
#7 Sakiko Matsui vs. #8 Miyuki Watanabe = Miyuki Watanabe

Round 3 (Senbatsu Elimination)

A Block
#1 Saya Kawamoto vs. #2 Fuuko Yagura = Saya Kawamoto
#3 Sayaka Yamamoto vs. #4 Yuki Kashiwagi = Yuki Kashiwagi

B Block
#1 Yuki Azuma vs. #2 Saki Goudo = Yuki Azuma
#3 Nana Owada vs. #4 Ami Maeda = Nana Owada

C Block
#1 Yuka Tano vs. #2 Yuki Arai = Yuki Arai
#3 Haruna Kojima vs. #4 Yumana Takagi = Haruna Kojima

D Block
#1 Mio Tomonaga vs. #2 Haruka Shimazaki = Mio Tomonaga
#3 Miho Miyazaki vs. #4 Aeri Yokoshima = Miho Miyazaki

E Block
#1 Aki Takajo vs. #2 Nana Okada = Nana Okada
#3 Sakura Miyawaki vs. #4 Saho Iwatate = Saho Iwatate

F Block
#1 Kiara Sato vs. #2 Maria Abe = Kiara Sato
#3 Mariya Nagao vs. #4 Rena Nishiyama = Mariya Nagao

G Block
#1 Shu Yabushita vs. #2 Chiyori Nakanishi = Chiyori Nakanishi
#3 Jurina Matsui vs. #4 Riho Kotani = Riho Kotani

H Block
#1 Yuna Ego vs. #2 Mayumi Uchida = Mayumi Uchida
#3 Aika Ota vs. #4 Miyuki Watanabe = Miyuki Watanabe

Round 4 (Senbatsu)

A Block Senbatsus
#1 Saya Kawamoto vs. #2 Yuki Kashiwagi = Saya Kawamoto

B Block Senbatsus
#1 Yuki Azuma vs. #2 Nana Owada = Nana Owada

C Block Senbatsus
#1 Yuki Arai vs. #2 Haruna Kojima = Haruna Kojima

D Block Senbatsus
#1 Mio Tomonaga vs. #2 Miho Miyazaki = Miho Miyazaki

E Block Senbatsus
#1 Nana Okada vs. #2 Saho Iwatate = Saho Iwatate

F Block Senbatsus
#1 Kiara Sato vs. #2 Mariya Nagao = Mariya Nagao

G Block Senbatsus
#1 Chiyori Nakanishi vs. #2 Riho Kotani = Riho Kotani

H Block Senbatsus
#1 Mayumi Uchida vs. #2 Miyuki Watanabe = Miyuki Watanabe

Round 5 (Semi-Semi-Final)

A Block Saya Kawamoto vs B Block Nana Owada = Saya Kawamoto
C Block Haruna Kojima vs D Block Miho Miyazaki = Haruna Kojima
E Block Saho Iwatate vs F Block Mariya Nagao = Saho Iwatate
G Block Riho Kotani vs H Block Miyuki Watanabe = Miyuki Watanabe

Round 6 (Semi Final)

Saya Kawamoto vs Haruna Kojima = Haruna Kojima
Saho Iwatate vs Miyuki Watanabe = Miyuki Watanabe

Round 7 (Final)

Haruna Kojima vs Miyuki Watanabe


Result

Janken Queen : Watanabe Miyuki 
Runner Up : Kojima Haruna 
3rd Place : Saya Kawamoto & Saho Iwatate

So, Milky will be getting new solo single and Kojiharu will centering its coupling song. Not bad!

38th Single

AKB48 38th single will be released on November 26th, 2014
The list of the Senbatsu members has been announced on September 17th 2014 during the AKB48 Janken Tournament 2014 (AKB48グループ じゃんけん大会 2014) at Nippon Budokan, Tokyo.

WCenter : Watanabe Mayu + Miyawaki Sakura
Total senbatsu 32 members

Senbatsu

• AKB48
  • Team A: Shimazaki Haruka, Kojima Haruna, Takahashi Minami, Kawaei Rina, Iriyama Anna, Muto Tomu
  • Team K: Yokoyama Yui, Kojima Mako, Tano Yuuka
  • Team B: Watanabe Mayu, Kashiwagi Yuki, Takahashi Juri, Owada Nana, Oshima Ryoka, Kawamoto Saya
  • Team 4: Minegishi Minami, Mukaichi Mion, Kato Rena, Kizaki Yuria
  • Team 8: Nakano Ikumi

• SKE48
  • Team S: Miyazawa Sae, Matsui Jurina
  • Team E: Matsui Rena, Suda Akari

• NMB48
  • Team N: Yamamoto Sayaka
  • Team M: Shiroma Miru
  • Team BII: Watanabe Miyuki

• HKT48
  • Team H: Sashihara Rino, Kodama Haruka
  • Team KIV: Sakuratan, Moriyasu Madoka

• Nogizaka46
  • Ikoma Rina

Nice mix&match members for this single senbatsu.

I can see new faces here like Tomu, Sayaya, Mion, Mirurun, and Madoka for their first time on AKB48 senbatsu.
Especially Ryoka, I'm really waiting for her time to shine considered she is the ace of 13th generation. Glad finally she can made into senbatsu.
And do not forget that new Team 8's Ikumin. First time Team 8 join the main single senbatsu.

Good job Aki-P, GOOD JOB!
I love Sakura center♡