16th Single (2026.09.15)

Thank you so much for opening my blog

 

I am Sakurazaka46 third generation’s

21 year old Taniguchi Airi from Yamaguchi Prefecture 🐡

 

 

 

ーーー 愛 (Ai) MUST BE ーーー

 

The other day, on “Soko Magattara, Sakurazaka?”,

the formation for the 16th single “Ai MUST BE” has been announced.

 

This time, I have been given the opportunity to serve as the center for the tile track, “Ai MUST BE”

 

First of all!

To everyone who has always supported me,

Thank you very, very much

I hope this announcement made you all happy

 

I once wrote on my blog,

“I often find myself thinking that I don’t really have anything I’m particularly good at, and I’m just someone who’s average in every way”

 

When I wrote that blog post, I was struggling because I didn’t know which parts of myself I should work on or how I should change.

 

After thinking and worrying about it over and over, I came to the conclusion that if I kept worrying about it to the point that I lost sight of what I wanted to do, then I might as well just work on raising all my scores!

 

Singing, dancing, performing, variety shows, and so on…

I figured the more things there were that could give people a reason to like me, the better!!

 

I’m still a long way from 100 points, but I want to keep changing so that I can continue to grow as a person

 

I may be an imperfect jack-of-all-trades, but I will do my very best

 

I hope the 16th single receives lots and lots of love from all of you!

 

The music video for “Ai MUST BE” will be released on September 17 at 12:00 AM.

 

https://youtu.be/Sp4xl7wtqtc?si=68_0eNXiZQm5nMyk

 

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Sakurazaka46 ARENA TOUR 2026

Thank you all so much!

 

To everyone who came to see us,

And everyone who watched the livestream,

Thank you so much~ ˙ᵕ˙

 

I was so happy to spend the best summer with all of you!

🐰

 

We successfully made it through all 12 shows across 6 cities~

 

I was so happy that I got to make eye contact with so many of you and share all that excitement with you!

I tried wearing my hair in a bun for the first time~~

So fluffy

Merch goodies from Sakurazaka46 CAFE~

Did you try the “So Sour, Even Airi’s Surprised! Lemon Cold Noodles” that I came up with~??

 

If you’re not a fan of sour flavors, just a heads up, but these cold noodles are packed with all the ingredients I love, so please give them a try~!

This outfit is so cute, it’s one of my favorites~

Odd angle

 

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I have lots of behind-the-scenes photos with the other members from the tour, so I’ll post them soon!

 

See ya 👋🏻👋🏻