AKB48
the primer!
warning first of all!!!
i’m just a fan guys
please understand there’s a lot of info and members so if i get something wrong don’t come for me
team 8 not included because most of them are basically also all over other teams
not meant to offend anyone
this is for fans and for people who wants to stan them, i hope it helps
this took me decades so pls if you want to steal it be considerate at the pain in the ass this took me okay
you can share it with anyone you want<3
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their history
sister groups
team a
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team k
team b
team 4
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graduated members
discography
sources
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ok so first of all what the hell is akb48?
don’t worry my friend please chill don’t be aggressive, we can talk about it so take a sit and grab some popcorn!!! there’s a lot of info to process so prepare yourself to dig into the amazing of akb48!!! i’m not responsible if one of your brain cells explode from too much information, i will try to be the most practical as possible to explain okay??
you have probably seen them from a song, a member, a video or whatever and got amazed and wanted to faint from so many members but don’t worry, it’s easier to stan them than it seems!!
so yes, start to know my girlies!
AKB48
AKB48 (short for AKihaBara48) is a japanese idol group created by the genius of akimoto yasushi, their producer of 99% of their songs and basically the big boss of akb
they debuted in their teather in december 8th, 2005 and later officially debuted with the indie single sakura no hanabiratachi and laaater they made their official debut with aitakatta
you are probably wondering why there are so many members, the reason why is because the idea of the group is that they will always have new members and if someone graduates there will always be someone to replace them basically like an infinite group
since there’s so many members they are divided by 4 teams: team a, team k, team b, and team 4 and additionally team 8, sponsored by toyota and team kaigai, a team of members that are in other foreigner groups
team 8 is different from the other teams, each member of team 8 comes from a different prefecture of japan, they participate in live events, handshakes and special performances in various regions of japan and internationally
they also have kenkyuuseis, that are basically trainees of the group that will be promoted to the group officially sooner or later or if not well sorry girl I DON’T MAKE THE RULES
they have their own theater in the eighth floor of the don quijote store in akihabara, tokyo, where they perform almost every day
they also have sister groups nationally and internationally and rival groups, shall we meet them?
sister groups inside japan
SaKaE48
debuted october 5, 2008
first sister group of akb
their theater is located in sunshine sakae, nagoya
currently haves team s, team kii, team e and kenkyuusei
NaMBa48
debuted march 21, 2011
second sister group of akb
their theater is located in the yes-namba building, in namba
currently haves team n, team m, team bii and kenkyuusei
HaKaTa48
debuted november 26, 2011
third sister group of akb
their non permanent theater is located at the nishitetsu hall, in tenjin
currently haves team h, team kiv, team tii and kenkyuusei
NiiGaTa48
debuted january 10, 2016
fourth sister group of akb
their theater is located in the lovela 2 building in niigata
currently doesn’t haves any team, they have the 1st generation and kenkyuusei
SeToUchi48
debuted january 31, 2018
fifth sister group of akb
their theater is in a boat and it travels through japan, hella cool right?
currently haves team stu and kenkyuusei
sister groups outside japan
JaKarTa48
debuted december 17, 2011
first international sister group of akb
their theater is located in fx sudirman, on jakarta, indonesia currently haves team j, team kiii, team t, and academy
BaNgKok48
debuted august 8, 2017
second international sister group of akb
their theater is located in the mall bangkapi on bangkok, thailand
currently haves team biii, team nv and trainees
MaNiLa48
debuted april 28, 2018
third international sister group of akb
their theater is located in the eton centris mall, in quezon city, metro manila
currently haves team mii, team niv, team l and trainees
Team SHanghai
debuted december 3, 2018
fourth international sister group of akb
they don’t have a theater
they have team sh and trainee
Team TaiPei
debuted august 25, 2018
fifth international sister group of akb
they don’t have a teather
they have team daisy, team bellflower and team sakura
sister groups outside japan
SaiGOn48
debuted november 17, 2018
sixth international sister group of akb
they don’t have a theater
currently doesn’t have any team, they only have sgo48 members and trainees
ChianGMai48
debuted october 26, 2019
seventh international sister group of akb
they don’t have a theater
currently haves team c and trainees
DELhi48
still haven’t debuted
eighth international sister group of akb they don’t have a theater
currently only haves trainees
update: disbanded
their rival groups aka sakamichi series that are practically their sister groups but aren’t they are just in the same agency and are basically like a whole competence itself
there’s also snh48 who used to be a sister group but they became independent from akb in 2016 bc of legal stuff and now they have a bunch of sister groups and it’s just a mess okay
and here’s a minute of silence for all of the disbanded groups
okay now that you met them, let’s get to know more about akb!
their concept is that they are idols you can meet
they also have some sub units
they have had 57 singles, 6 albums, 13 stage albums, 4 best albums, janken sub unit songs, charity singles, music video collections, etc etc etc
they currently have had 16 generations
1st generation was announced in october 30, 2005 and formed the original team a
2nd generation was announced in february 2006, and formed the original team k
3rd generation was announced in december 9, 2006 and formed the original team b
4th generation was announced in may 26, 2007
5th generation was announced in october 6, 2007
6th generation was announced in april 2008
7th generation was announced in december 2008
8th generation was announced in april 2009
9th generation was announced in september 20, 2009
10th generation was announced in march 31, 2010
11th generation was announced in july 24, 2010
12th generation was announced in april 2011
13th generation was announced in september 24, 2011
14th generation was announced in july 2012
15th generation was announced in may 2013
16th generation was announced in december 8, 2016
1st draft generation was announced in november 10, 2013
2nd draft generation was announced in may 10, 2015
3rd draft generation was announced in january 21, 2018
akb taiwan audition was announced in october 2015
team 8 generation was announced in april 2014
okay i think you get it now
there are currently 95 members plus 8 kenkyuusei and 1 member in iz*one
they have the record guiness for the most members in a group ever
they had a group called sdn48 that performed every saturday night +18 shows, but they disbanded, anyways they were iconic and had pure bops we miss them
they have had a pretty perfect history without problems but in 2014 there was an attack to 2 members in a handshake and it was a really big mess but the man was arrested and the 2 girlies are okay now so it’s okay, but since then there’s really huge security changes
they also have had games, documentaries, dramas, radio shows, educational shows, a manga, an anime, literally everything
you will never get bored with them trust me
they are all gay and we are thankful
they have had like hundreds of reality shows till this day so i can’t name them all okay
they are the funniest group i have ever seen
all of them are so fucking cute
the group haves almost 15 years of history and hundreds of members so they don’t really even know each other that much, but generations and teams are usually really close between each other and like a family
all of them have different personalities, faces, humor, so you will always find someone who caughts your attention!!!
team a!!!
founded december 8, 2005
the first team to be ever created
their team color is pink
the first member to ever graduate was usami yuki in 2006
currently haves 19 members
they had 7 stage albums until now
adult or freedom image
original team a!!!
iriyama anna / annin
born december 3, 1995
10th generation
currently in a hiatus since she is studying abroad in mexico
she participated in a mexican TV drama called “L.I.K.E”
her spanish is so cute
bffs with kato rena
named as the smartest member in akb
her favorite drink is hot water (???)
an angel
HER VOICE IS SO CUTE LET ME HUG HER
we miss her
okabe rin / rinrin
born november 7, 1996
team 8 generation
the captain of team a
quiet baby
she’s good friends with all kanto members
hates spicy food
HER SMILE KDJFNKDV i love this girl so much
havana
her bye bye bye makes me uwu
seriously she is so cute?
a really good dancer
her little laugh...
oguri yui / yuiyui
born december 26, 2001
team 8 generation
teacher teacher naze
her stage presence
did i already say teacher teacher naze
her smile >>>>>>
punch me on the face!!!!
in this house we respect yuiyui centering teacher teacher
HER SMILE AT EVERY OUTRO LIKE HELLO???
majimuri gakuen’s main character
uhh,...,.., *nervous sweating*
okumoto hinano / nonnon
born october 9, 2003
team 8 generation
she describes herself as a cheerful samurai well okay
CAN I SQUISH HER CHEEKS?
a whole baby
her favorite word is “unifying the whole country”
her previous nickname was hinanon
a GIANT baby (169cm)
HER SMILE KDJFNKDV
she says her weak point is being arrogant but she’s a sweet baby anyways
kato rena / renacchi
born july 10, 1997
10th generation
eh, where are you looking at?
she once did her own sousenkyo
literally kisses all of her members in their lips
gay monster
hot af