Some members belong concurrently to AKB48’s sister groups, and Mion Mukaichi is the general manager of AKB48 and its sister groups.ĪKB48 released its first independent-label single, “Sakura no Hanabiratachi”, in February 2006. On November 10, 2018, the group consists of 134 members, divided among several teams: Team A with 28 members, Team K with 27 members, Team B with 29 members, and Team 4 with 26 members, Team 8 with 45 members, the last of which have all members serving concurrently with other AKB48 teams. New members are called Kenkyuusei’s, who are understudies for the group,performing occasionally in the theater as a team.ĪKB48’s line up has frequently changed due to departures, admissions, team rotations, and transfers between AKB48 and its various sister groups. On December 8, 20 members debuted as “Team A” in the AKB48 Theater.ĪKB48 was intended to have 16 members on each of three teams, forming a total membership of 48, but its membership has varied over time and has exceeded 120 people. Of this longer number, 24 were chosen as first-generation group members. In July 2005, Yasushi Akimoto held an audition for AKB48, and 7,924 girls auditioned. They have 5 sister groups in locations across Japan (SKE48, NMB48, HKT48, NGT48 and STU48) in China (AKB48 Team SH), Indonesia (JKT48), Thailand (BNK48 and CGM48), Taiwan (AKB48 Team TP), the Philippines (MNL48), and Vietnam (SGO48), with two upcoming groups announced for India (MUB48 and DEL48). AKB48 included 134 members on December, 2018, with the concept of “Idols you can meet”.Īkimoto has expanded the AKB48 concept to several sister groups. They located on the 8th floor of Don Quijote (Akihabara, Tokyo). Yasushi Akimoto criated a idol girlgroup with own teather with the purpose to perfoming daily (unlike pop groups performing occasional concerts and seen on television). It set a record for “most number of same-product television endorsements within 24 hours” on February 28, 2012, after 90 group members appeared in 90 different commercials aired in the Kanto, Kansai and Tokai regions of Japan. AKB48 (short for Akihabara48), is a Japan idol girlgroup, produced by Yasushi Akimoto and signed to two label’s, You, Be Cool! and KING RECORDS.ĪKB48 holds several Guinness World Records, including being recognized on Decemas the “largest pop group” when it numbered 48 members.
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