SKE48's First Sub-Unit "Love Crescendo" to Debut in November

Japanese idol girl group SKE48 held "7th Anniversary Special Stage" at the SKE48 Theater in Sakae, Nagoya on October 5. They have announced that the group's first sub-unit "Love Crescendo" will release their first CD on November 25 and SEK48 will be releasing their second album next year.

SKE48's first sub-unit, "Love Crescendo," will consist of 7 members, including Yuna Ego, Yuna Obata, Ryouha Kitagawa, Haruka Kumazaki, Rara Goto, Maya Sugawara and Jurina Matsui. The average age of the members is 15.7 years old. The eldest, Matsui, has expressed the joy of the unit's CD debut, saying, "Even though this is my first time (when I'm the oldest) and I'm a little nervous, I've got to try and keep it together." At the same time, they also announced that Love Crescendo's 1st single will be coupled with songs from 4 other new sub-units, which are Caramel Cats, Transit Girls, Furumarion and Death Stock Diamond.

The 7th-anniversary concert with 70 members on stage was kicked off by the performance of the team S including the first generation Masana Oya and Matsui. They performed "overture Dance Version" which has been only performed a few times at the debut and become legendary among fans. In addition to SKE's signature songs, the setlist included songs by AKB48 which were often performed during their first 5 years.

Also, The SKE48 Theater manager Hiroshi Yuasa has announced that "SKE 48 Request Hour 2015" even at Nagoya Congress Center Century Hall on November 28 and 29 as well as the nationwide mini handshake tour.

Members of each Units

Love Crescendo
Haruka Kumazaki, Jurina Matsui, Maya Sugawara, Ryouha Kitagawa, Yuna Ego, Yuna Obata, Rara Goto

Caramel Cats
Haruka Futamura, Kanon Kimoto, Mina Oba, Sarina Soda, Sumire Sato

Transit GirlsAkane
Takayanagi, Akari Suda, Aya Shibata, Madoka Umemoto, Masana Oya, Sae Miyazawa

Furumarion
Nao Furuhata, Rion Azuma

Death Stock Diamond
Kaori Matsumura, Makiko Saito, Marika Tani, Suzuran Yamauchi