AKB48 joins forces with Idoling

In your face, Onyanko Club!!

… actually no, there’s no speculation yet on how large this group will actually be. But Tokyograph brings the news straight from AKB48 producer Akimoto Yasushi’s mouth: he will be putting together a new unit that combines members from AKB as well as Fuji TV’s group Idoling!!!. There’s already a single planned for February, even though all the members have yet to be chosen.

I don’t really follow either group, so I’m not going to speculate about the chosen members or anything–I just want to know what they’re going to call the unit. If the name doesn’t have lots of numbers and exclamation marks in it, I am going to be sorely disappointed.