Teen combination AKB48 for earthquake 500 million cover Sony Microsoft Nintendo

After a once-in-a-century earthquake and tsunami, several counties in northern Japan turned into ruins, thousands of people were killed and thousands were missing.　　In the face of such a scourge, the world has reached out to Japan, and Japan's local enterprises are not to be outdone at this time. Sony and Nintendo, the two biggest representatives of the Japanese gaming industry, have sacrificed their love (and money) for the quake-stricken areas in the near future, and the numbers are not small.　　But I'm afraid not many would have thought that the two big multinationals were going to be overtaken by a bunch of little girls (and an old man).　　Yes, they are the AKB48 that even the Martians know. Founded in 2005, AKB48 is a well-known Japanese girl idol group, with a large number of fans of all ages, ranging from teenage boys to more than 30-year-old otaku, covering all of Japan, even in many countries in Asia.　　Their recordings and TV shows are so angry with the Japanese that they now seem to be more capable of raising money. As we reported earlier, Nintendo and Sony each donated 300 million yen (about 3.6 million dollars) of money.　　AKB48 and his sister groups (SKE48, NMB48, SDN48), together with their performance company Aks and the producer Qiu Yuan Kang's firm, donated 500 million yen (about 6.2 million U.S. dollars) to the disaster area, making Sony and Nintendo sigh worse.　　In particular, Sony, although "only" donated 300 million yen, but because the tsunami also affected their factories in the north, so in fact, Sony will spend more than 300 million of the reconstruction, from this point is understandable. Nintendo, by contrast, is much luckier, and its mainframe manufacturing processes and assembly are largely outsourced to mainland Chinese companies, so it has not suffered much damage in the disaster.　　Similarly, Sony Gaming Department's main products are also outsourced in China, so PS3 and PSP series host production will not be affected too much. In general, whenever there is a catastrophe, it is a great opportunity for big business and celebrities to show their love and image, even if their own ability is limited, they can call on a surprising number of fans to support the team.　　After the quake, both Sony and Nintendo opened their own fund-raising accounts, calling on their loyal players to do their bit to help the affected areas. AKB48 members of the game, the former Tiandong and Surina for Microsoft body feeling around the Kinect to sing the topic of advertising song continue to return to our protagonist AKB48. Although the name has 48, but in fact this combination was first established only more than 20 members.　　But as they show more and more, especially in the otaku resort Akihabara regular tour, the scale of the AKB48 is also expanding, gradually into a group, K and B group, the fan team is the rapid development and expansion. Now, Akihabara's theater is still a.KB48 's important venues, but the combination of individual popular idols, has begun to the television advertising and variety show, SKE48 mainly in Nagoya, NMB48 Dabanfu as the base, SDN48 in Akihabara, the premiere is limited to every Saturday. However, compared with the profit created by this Superman combination, the income level of its members is not high in the performing world, especially compared with many singers and movie stars in the entertainment circle.　　For example, in the case of several girls who are more popular in AKB48, the 19-year-old former Tiandong and 24-year-old Kiwamu Tamari were the highest paid in 2010, but only about 20 million yen (about 240,000 dollars), followed by Oshima (about 18 million yen) and small lantau (about 16 million yen). AKB48 in the top three of the annual income of the former Tiandong, Kiwamu Tamari and Oshima (left) of course, compared to ordinary people, 20 million yen of the annual salary is quite rich, not to mention the combination of 48 people, even if some of the less popular members earn not so much,　　All the sums added together are definitely astronomical.　　AKB48, who is behind the scenes in Japan, is the veteran producer Qiu Yuan Kang, who has been playing for decades in the performing world, and has been composing music for the Japanese idol composition since the 80 's, and almost all the AKB48 and best-selling singles have come from his pen. Qiu Yuan Kang once supported the idol combination, more famous also "Kitten Club (おニャン son クラブ)". In the 80 's, the hit girl group, originally owned by the Japanese Fuji Television, at the time of the autumn Yuan Kang is only a part-time job, the income is relatively limited.　　Of course, the actors are even poorer, and the lead singer in San Tin is said to be less than 2000 yen a day, and still in the prime of the portfolio.　　The kitten club was dissolved for various reasons, with the successful business model of the idol combination, Qiu Yuan Kang has created several generations of new girls ' singing combinations, and the members of these groups have been rooting and flowering, resulting in more branches and sister groups, all of which have achieved varying degrees of success. Of course, the Yuan Kang, who earned a lot of money, didn't forget to repay the society, it is reported that he donated 6 million of dollars for the earthquake disaster, more than many big Japanese companies to donate money, to some extent, to those who want to rely on philanthropy or want to rely on disaster to make a fortune on the bosses of the lesson. (Edit/Xu Mingming)