AKB48′s Rino Sashihara changes stage name to Sashiko (Updated)

Posted on August 29, 2010 by tokyograph

During NTV’s “24 Hour Television” telethon this weekend, it was announced in a commercial that AKB48 member Rino Sashihara (17) is changing her official stage name to Sashiko (さしこ).

Sashihara is the first AKB48 member to completely change her stage name, besides simply changing from kanji to hiragana. She has already commented on her blog about the name change, and the AKB48 website has already updated her profile.

UPDATE: The AKB48 blog has revealed that the name change was a joke.

Source:
Natalie

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