Yes, it is certainly a social phenomenon as a middle age man like myself knows names of many members for this sort of young girls' group.
Interesting difference from other pop groups in the past is that just selected members, rather than all members, can be shown up. This system seems to promote high level of competitions among members.
There is an event of the group around this time of a year since 5 or so years ago, which many people in Japan and possibly other countries pay great attentions. The event is called "a general election," and this year's voting by fans is currently going on until June 7 (Fri) of this week, and the election returns will be in June 8 (Sat).
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| 2013 Election |
A candidate receiving the highest numbers of votes can take a center position of the unit group, which is very prestigious thing.
One of progress reports provides that current top is Yuko Oshima, who got No. 1 in the last year's election.
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| Yuko Oshima - Election Poster |
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| Rino Sashihara - Election Poster |
Will see who wins this year.
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