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At age 14, she became a member of AKB48's first group, Team A, [5] which was composed of 24 girls and debuted on December 8, 2005. In 2009, Maeda won the first edition of AKB48's annual general elections, which are described as a popularity contest. As a result, she was the headlined performer for the group's 13th single, "Iiwake Maybe". [6]
The highest voted member earns the right to be the center performer during the group's live performances. [4] [6] Narumi Kuranoo is the current leader or "general manager" of AKB48 and all of its sister groups. [8] The results from AKB48's annual general elections from 2009–2018 are included. Members are listed by order below as they appear ...
Its music video had 3,800 extras, [161] the most for any AKB48- and sister group-related video. [162] On August 24 the group announced the restoration of Team 4, with Minami Minegishi as captain and members promoted from the 13th and 14th generation of trainees.
AKB48 (pronounced A.K.B. Forty-eight) is a Japanese idol girl group named after the Akihabara (Akiba for short) area in Tokyo, where the group's theater is located. The group has expanded since then to include over 130 members as of December 2015 [update] , aged from their early teens to their mid-20s.
On June 15, 2018, AKB48 groups participated in the Korean reality competition show Produce 48, which acted as the third season for the Mnet series Produce 101.The show brought in 96 girls from South Korea, Taiwan, and Japan to compete for a spot in a 12-member girl group that would promote in both Korea and Japan for two and a half years. [31]
Watanabe ranked second overall in the 2012 AKB48 general elections with 72,574 votes. [12] [13] On August 24, she was moved from Team B to Team A during AKB48's reorganization announcement at their Tokyo Dome concert. [14] On July 25, she released her second solo single, "Otona Jellybeans" [15] which reached number three on the Oricon weekly ...
On March 26, 2012, AKB48 announced it would be holding an election to determine the lineup for its 27th major single. The field of candidates consisted of 243 members from AKB48, SKE48, NMB48, and HKT48, [3] and the ballots were available in the group's 26th single, "Manatsu no Sounds Good!" [4] The election results were announced on June 6 at Nippon Budokan and results were broadcast live on ...
Minegishi debuted with AKB48 Team A in 2005. She ranked 14th in the AKB48 2012 general election with 25,638 votes. [2] She is one of the three members of AKB48 sub-group no3b, [3] with whom she played in the drama Mendol, Ikemen Idol [4] in 2008 and sang its theme song as the fictional band "Persona".