Former AKB48 member Rino Sashihara will make her first appearance with her new group HKT48 on July 5th.
The singer will be performing with Team H for its "Te wo Tsunaginagara" show at HKT48 Theater in Hakata, Japan. In addition, she will be competing with her new group mates for a chance to represent the group at the "AKB48 29th Single Senbatsu Janken Tournament" event on September 18th at Nippon Budokan.
Rino Sashihara was transfered from AKB48 to HKT48 after a sex scandal broke was reported on in tabloid magazines.
| Band name | AKB48 |
| Band type | girlband (91 members) |
| Debut | 8 December, 2005 (active) |
| Label | AKS, DefStar Records, King Records/You! Be Cool |
| Official website | http://www.akb48.co.jp/ |
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i wish i could kick her ex-bf ass
Ganbatte Sasshi :3

aww man thats hard. well good luck to ya and have fun. no more sex scandals, please.
I wish her good luck with HKT48
i'm horny right now~ kya...
goood luck!!
Goodluck to my 4th Oshi ♥
Ganbatte Sasshi...I'm sure she will be in the Single Senbatsu Janken Tournament xD .... GO FOR IT SASSHI!!!
ooo ok good luck!
I was wondering why it would take so long... I didn't think HKT would have their own songs yet so they'd just be recycling AKB songs, but I guess they're getting the SKE stage, haha.