what makes her so special

i don't even know who is sakura

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okay izone member i don't know single member of izone

only know face of wonyoung & nako that's it

Ikw her but I can't recognise her in izone but I've heard she's popular but had an akgae problem ig. She is definitely famous in both japan and sk but idk why either. Maybe someone who followed the produce series might know.

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ppl say she is very memorable :confused:

Who's the anime charecter in your Sig??

her ass

everything about her makes her special

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Ikw her but I can't recognise her in izone but I've heard she's popular but had an akgae problem ig. She is definitely famous in both japan and sk but idk why either. Maybe someone who followed the produce series might know.

Probably because she was already a famous idol with a huge existing fanbase in japan years before produce, where she debuted in 2012 iirc. She was ranked #3 in the whole of AKB when she joined the produce show, and one of the few younger akb members the public might recognize.

The ranking then was decided by election once a year, where one vote equaled one physical copy of their latest single which basically cost the same as a normal album. She had 141k votes, so around 140k physical copies were bought by her fandom just to vote for her in the last election. In total since her first election in 2012, she accumulated 313k votes.

It also probably didn't hurt that she was basically the protege of Sashihara Rino who was the number one in akb from 2013 until 2019 when she quit (over 1m votes in total for her alone were cast in the elections over the years).

AKB used to be the biggest and most successful idol group in Japan, with over 300 concurrent members, the top 7 (called kami 7) were basically everywhere and probably among the most recognized female celebrities in the country when akb was at its peak (2009-2014). And while they are not as popular anymore they still sell around 1-1,5m per single, 4m+ every year.

I didn't get it before either until I saw a couple of her fancams. Her facial expressions are very good, especially her eyes.

probably her japanese fanbase.

i watched pd48 and never understood the hype around her - her dancing, rapping or singing is below average, she's pretty but everyone in izone is. she doesnt stand out in her group too much for me tbh

its her existing Japanese fanbase thats why

Time.

Sakura debuted in HKT48 in 2011. She's been working for more than ten years. Now if you ask me why she's more popular than girl group members who debuted in 2011 like idols from A Pink, Sistar, or Brave Girls, I can't tell you the answer.