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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 ...
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.
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.
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]
Honda at an AKB48 handshake event in 2017. From 2012 to 2014, when Honda was in elementary school, she appeared on Kodomojikan, a local program in her hometown. [1]Honda auditioned for AKB48's Team 8 in 2014 and was accepted into the group at the age of 12, representing Tochigi Prefecture. [2]
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 ...
"Flying Get" (フライングゲット, Furaingu Getto) [a] is the 22nd single by the Japanese idol girl group AKB48, released on August 24, 2011. [1] [2] Its members were chosen by the AKB48 2011 general election.
AKB48 Fes 2016 is the special event held by AKB48 and sister groups, recorded live at NHK Hall, in July 14, 2016 (). This program will air on October 22, 2016 () from 20:00 to 23:00 JST. The 3-hour special includes 41 songs and comedy skits, and features a live band in the last segment.