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Teens held in mugging needed cash for AKB48 garb

Four teenage boys were arrested earlier this month for allegedly robbing and injuring a man on a Tokyo street because they needed cash to buy custom-made outfits to sport in a handshaking event involving the pop idol group AKB48, police said Monday.

The boys, all from Saitama Prefecture, approached the victim, a 27-year-old graduate student, in Kita Ward on Aug. 11, grabbed him by the shoulder and demanded cash. Two of the youths, both 17, were arrested that day. The other two, both 15, were nabbed a week alter, the police said. The teens wanted to get money to buy the tokkofuku uniforms embroidered with names of their favorite AKB48 members.

Source: Japantimes.co.jp (the original article)

I am a huge fan of Mariah Carey but this takes the craziness to the next level..committing a crime to get money to get costumes so they can get AKB48’s attentions? It is outrageous!

AKB48 is a Japanese idol girl group. As of August 2013, the group has 88 members. The girls range in age from early teens to mid-20s. Produced by Yasushi Akimoto, it is one of the highest-earning musical acts in the world with 2012 record sales of over US $226 million in Japan. It has achieved such popularity in Japan that it has been characterized as a social phenomenon. (Wikipedia)