Best of 2012: The 48 Edition - Shortlists

This is the second stage of the Best of 2012 series, where I narrow down the categories to only a few entries for further consideration.



Category winners to be announced in mid-January 2013.

Without further ado, I will announce the shortlists for the Best of 2012:

Members
AKB48: Minami Takahashi, Mayu Watanabe, Sayaka Nakaya
SKE48: Jurina Matsui
NMB48: Miyuki Watanabe

Breakthrough Members
AKB48: Rina Kawaei, Rina Hirata
HKT48: Sakura Miyawaki, Anna Murashige
Nogizaka46: Rina Ikoma

Soloist/Subunit Song
Kazanbai (Yuki Kashiwagi / French Kiss)
Kibou ni Tsuite (NO NAME)
Migikata (Atsuko Maeda)
Mujineki (Misaki Iwasa)
Otona Jellybeans (Mayu Watanabe)

C/W Song
HA! (NMB48)
Nante Bohemian (AKB48 Undergirls)
Kodoku no Hoshizora (AKB48 Team A)
Warukii (Miyuki Watanabe / NMB48)
Yume no Kawa (AKB48)

Song
Aishiteraburu (SKE48)
First Rabbit (AKB48)
Sakura no Hanabiratachi ~Maeda Atsuko ver.~ (AKB48)
Seifuku no Mannequin (Nogizaka46)
UZA (AKB48)

Covers
Gingham Check (AKB48) - all
Give Me Five! (AKB48) - all
Kitagawa Kenji (NMB48) - Type C
Seifuku no Mannequin (Nogizaka46) - all
UZA (AKB48) - all

C/W Music Video
Boku ga Mou Sukoshi Daitan nara (NMB48 Akagumi)
HA! (NMB48)
Hanikami Lollipop (SKE48 Shirogumi)
Kodoku na Hoshizora (AKB48 Team A)
Renai Higai Todoke (NMB48 Akagumi)

Music Video
Gingham Check (original version) (AKB48)
Hashire! Bicycle (Nogizaka46)
Hikaru Monotachi (Mayu Watanabe)
Manatsu no Sounds good (AKB48)
UZA (AKB48)