[RANKING] The HKT48 Ranking Thread

I'm not really sure how legit this is as my mind changes whilst choosing... but Serina was my number three for a long time, I wonder what happened.

1 Murashige Anna
2 Yamauchi Yuna
3 Aramaki Misaki
4 Kurihara Sae
5 Miyawaki Sakura
6 Toyonaga Aki
7 Kumazawa Serina
8 Unjo Hirona
9 Jitoe Nene
10 Iwahana Shino
11 Tanaka Miku
12 Komada Hiroka
13 Tsukiashi Amane
14 Ui Mashiro
15 Hokazono Hazuki
16 Sakamoto Erena

 

1 Sashihara Rino
2 Jitoue Nene
3 Tsukiashi Amane
4 Tanaka Miku
5 Yabuki Nako
6 Yamashita Emily
7 Matsuoka Natsumi
8 Oda Ayaka
9 Toyonaga Aki
10 Matsuoka Hana
11 Kurihara Sae
12 Komada Hiroka
13 Tanaka Yuka
14 Tashima Meru
15 Matsumoto Hinata
16 Miyazaki Sono

 

HKT48 December 2017 Ranking
01. Yabuki Nako (=)
02. Tashima Meru (=)
03. Fukagawa Maiko (=)
04. Sakamoto Erena (=)
05. Yamashita Emiri (+1)
06. Jitoe Nene (-1)
07. Tanaka Natsumi (=)
08. Miyawaki Sakura (=)
09. Matsumoto Hinata (=)
10. Sakai Moeka (=)
11. Aramaki Misaki (+1)
12. Toyonaga Aki (+1)
13. Unjo Hirona (-2)
14. Murashige Anna (NEW)
15. Tanaka Miku (=)
16. Miyazaki Sono (-2)

Team H: 5/16
Team KIV: 5/16
Team TII: 6/16

 

HKT48 December 2017 Ranking
Senbatsu
1. Moriyasu Madoka
2. Matsuoka Natsumi
3. Tanaka Miku
4. Tashima Meru
5. Tanaka Natsumi
6. Kodama Haruka
7. Jitoe Nene
8. Sashihara Rino
9. Sakaguchi Riko
10. Matsumoto Hinata
11. Kojina Yui
12. Oda Ayaka
13. Imada Mina
14. Komada Hiroka
15. Yabuki Nako
16. Yamada Marina
Undergirls
17. Tanaka Yuka
18. Aramaki Misaki
19. Yamauchi Yuna
20. Murakawa Vivian
21. Miyazaki Sono
22. Murashige Anna
23. Ueki Nao
24. Toyonaga Aki
25. Ueno Haruka
26. Kumazawa Serina
27. Iwahana Shino
28. Takeda Tomoka
29. Sakai Moeka
30. Motomura Aoi
31. Fukagawa Maiko
32. Tomiyoshi Asuka
Next Girls
33. Unjo Hirona
34. Akiyoshi Yuka
35. Shimono Yuki
36. Imamura Maria
37. Shimizu Rio
38. Hokazono Hazuki
39. Yamashita Emiri
40. Kurihara Sae
41. Miyawaki Sakura
42. Ui Mashiro
43. Tomonaga Mio
44. Tsukiashi Amane
45. Fuchigami Mai
46. Yamamoto Mao
47. Sakamoto Erena
48. Matsuoka Hana

 

HKT48 January 2018 Ranking
Team H

1. Sakaguchi Riko
   
2. Matsuoka Natsumi
   
3. Kodama Haruka
   
4. Sashihara Rino
   
5. Tashima Meru
   
6. Tanaka Miku
   
7. Komada Hiroka
   
8. Kojina Yui
   
9. Tanaka Natsumi
   
10. Yamada Marina
    
11. Yabuki Nako
    
12. Toyonaga Aki
    
13. Ueno Haruka
    
14. Ui Mashiro
    
15. Akiyoshi Yuka
    
16. Yamamoto Mao

Team KIV

1. Moriyasu Madoka
   
2. Jitoe Nene
   
3. Tanaka Yuka
   
4. Imada Mina
   
5. Ueki Nao
   
6. Miyawaki Sakura
   
7. Tomiyoshi Asuka
   
8. Motomura Aoi
   
9. Unjo Hirona
   
10. Kumazawa Serina
    
11. Shimono Yuki
    
12. Fukagawa Maiko
    
13. Iwahana Shino
    
14. Murashige Anna
    
15. Tomonaga Mio
    
16. Fuchigami Mai

Team TII

1. Yamashita Emiri
   
2. Matsumoto Hinata
   
3. Aramaki Misaki
   
4. Yamauchi Yuna
   
5. Tsukiashi Amane
   
6. Murakawa Vivian
   
7. Imamura Maria
   
8. Oda Ayaka
   
9. Takeda Tomoka
   
10. Miyazaki Sono
    
11. Sakai Moeka
    
12. Matsuoka Hana
    
13. Hokazono Hazuki
    
14. Shimizu Rio
    
15. Sakamoto Erena
    
16. Kurihara Sae

 

0. Sasshi
1. Sakura
2. Hana
3. Jiina
4. Natsu
5. Nako
6. Emiri
7. Murashige
8. Ricopi
9. Maiko
10. Haruppi
11. Mao
12. Aramaki

 

February 2018 Ranking
1. Yabuki Nako (-)
2. Matsuoka Hana (-)
3. Hokazono Hazuki (+2)
4. Jitou Nene (-1)
5. Aramaki Misaki (+1)
6. Toyonaga Aki (-2)
7. Akiyoshi Yuka (+3)
8. Miyawaki Sakura (-1)
9. Sashihara Rino (-1)
10. Sakai Moeka (+6)
11. Tanaka Natsumi (-)
12. Kumazawa Serina (-)
13. Kodama Haruka (-4)
14. Tomiyoshi Asuka (-)
15. Ueki Nao (-2)
16. Murashige Anna (+1)

 

HKT48 March 2018 Ranking
Team H

1. Matsuoka Natsumi (+1)
   
2. Sakaguchi Riko (-1)
   
3. Kodama Haruka (-)
   
4. Sashihara Rino (-)
   
5. Tashima Meru (-)
   
6. Komada Hiroka (+1)
   
7. Tanaka Natsumi (+2)
   
8. Yamada Marina (+2)
   
9. Tanaka Miku (-3)
   
10. Yabuki Nako (+1)
    
11. Ueno Haruka (+2)
    
12. Kojina Yui (-4)
    
13. Ui Mashiro (-1)
    
14. Toyonaga Aki (-2)
    
15. Akiyoshi Yuka (-)
    
16. Yamamoto Mao (-)

Team KIV

1. Moriyasu Madoka (-)
   
2. Jitoe Nene (-)
   
3. Imada Mina (+1)
   
4. Ueki Nao (+1)
   
5. Fukagawa Maiko (+7)
   
6. Miyawaki Sakura (-)
   
7. Tomiyoshi Asuka (-)
   
8. Kumazawa Serina (+2)
   
9. Shimono Yuki (+2)
   
10. Iwahana Shino (+3)
    
11. Murashige Anna (+3)
    
12. Motomura Aoi (-4)
    
13. Unjo Hirona (-4)
    
14. Tomonaga Mio (+1)
    
15. Fuchigami Mai (+1)

Team TII

1. Matsumoto Hinata (+1)
   
2. Yamashita Emiri (-1)
   
3. Yamauchi Yuna (+1)
   
4. Aramaki Misaki (-1)
   
5. Murakawa Vivian (+1)
   
6. Sakai Moeka (+5)
   
7. Imamura Maria (-)
   
8. Oda Ayaka (-)
   
9. Takeda Tomoka (-)
   
10. Miyazaki Sono (-)
    
11. Matsuoka Hana (+1)
    
12. Tsukiashi Amane (-7)
    
13. Hokazono Hazuki (-)
    
14. Kurihara Sae (+2)
    
15. Sakamoto Erena (-)
    
16. Shimizu Rio (-2)

Draft Kenkyuusei

1. Watanabe Akari
   
2. Seki Ai
   
3. Baba Sayaka
   
4. Matsuda Yumi
   
5. Ito Yueru

 

Purely out of curiosity, I went through all of the twitter and instagram followers for HKT48 to try to rate them on how popular they are in general. It is calculated by taking the twitter followers and the instagram followers, multiplying the instagram follower number by the average ratio of twitter to instagram followers of everyone in the group and then taking an average. Anyone who has no instagram just has their twitter followers for their rating.
Here is how the rating stack up as of April 9.

1. Sashihara Rino - Ratiing: 1818381
2. Miyawaki Sakura - Rating: 555569
3. Tomonaga Mio - Rating: 160870
4. Kodomo Haruka - Rating: 156782
5. Yabuki Nako - Rating: 78399
6. Tanaka Miku - Rating 71312
7. Moriyasu Madoka - Rating: 59368
8. Tashima Meru - Rating: 59212
9. Matsuoka Hana - Rating: 51852
10. Motomura Aoi - Rating: 49280
11. Matsuoka Natsumi - Rating: 35536
12. Toyonaga Aki - Rating: 33647
13. Tanaka Natsumi - Rating: 31219
14. Imamura Maria - Rating: 31176
15. Kojina Yui - Rating: 30606
16. Arimaki Misaki - Rating: 30406
17. Tsuikaishi Amane - Rating: 30187
18. Yamada Marina - Rating: 30132
19. Murakawa Bibian - Rating: 29727
20. Fuchigami Mai - Rating: 28340
21. Sakaguchi Riko - Rating: 27983
22. Murashige Anna - Rating: 27752
23. Iwahana Shino - Rating: 27729
24. Tomiyoshi Asuka - Rating: 27609
25. Yamashita Emily - Rating: 26901
26. Unjo Hirona - Rating: 23645
27. Akiyoshi Yuka - Rating: 23300
28. Matsumoto Hinata - Rating: 22720
29. Kurihara Sae - Rating: 22512
30. Ueki Nao - Rating: 22208
31. Sakai Moeka - Rating: 21953
32. Oda Ayaka - Rating: 21460
33. Jitou Nene - Rating: 20867
34. Kumazawa Serina - Rating: 20195
35. Takeda Tomoka - Rating: 19474
36. Ueno Haruka - Rating: 18319
37. Sakamoto Erena - Rating: 18319
38. Miyazaki Sono - Rating: 18032
39. Yamauchi Yuna - Rating: 16943
40. Shimizu Rio - Rating: 14669
41. Hokazono Hazuki - Rating: 14148
42. Shimono Yuki - Rating: 13243
43. Imada Mina - Rating: 13237
44. Yamamoto Mao - Rating: 12633
45. Fukugawa Maiko - Rating 12047

Komada Hiroka has no twitter or instagram (or at least I couldn't find it).

So, there we are. The most brutally objective look at who is and is not popular in HKT48 going into this year's election and a good idea just how much would need to change in order to shift their position.

The top 10 are pretty solidly fixed (and considering they had to make a girl center of the whole group for 2 straight years just to get her into the top 10 speaks to just how difficult it is to do) while the center of the pack is so close that there can be weekly, if not daily, fluctuation there. But it is impossible not to feel bad for those bottom 10, especially those who have been around for a while. I didn't expect to find 3 first gens in the bottom 5.

 

@Iizuka-Tengu I was shocked to see Fuchigami Mai at the bottom, but then I realised she's listed twice (#20)

 

I messed that one up when translating them from kanji. It was the other Fu~ Mai~ who has the least followers on twitter. Fuchigami is #20, Fukugawa is #45. Also, despite advertising her instagram on her twitter page, Maiko only has 3000 instagram followers, which is way lower than any other HKT48 member and further dropping her score on the metric I am using.

 

Sounds right

I realised I've never done a ranking here.

1. Miyawaki Sakura
2. Tomonaga Mio
3. Hokazono Hazuki
4. Tanaka Miku
5. Sashihara Rino
6. Matsuoka Hana
7. Yamashita Emiri
8. Kurihara Sae
9. Yabuki Nako
10. Kodama Haruka (please come back)

 

HKT48 April 2018 Ranking
Team H

1. Matsuoka Natsumi (-)
   
2. Sakaguchi Riko (-)
   
3. Kodama Haruka (-)
   
4. Sashihara Rino (-)
   
5. Tashima Meru (-)
   
6. Komada Hiroka (-)
   
7. Tanaka Natsumi (-)
   
8. Tanaka Miku (+1)
   
9. Yabuki Nako (+1)
   
10. Yamamoto Mao (+6)
    
11. Kojina Yui (+1)
    
12. Toyonaga Aki (+2)
    
13. Ueno Haruka (-2)
    
14. Watanabe Akari (NEW)
    
15. Ito Yueru (NEW)
    
16. Akiyoshi Yuka (-1)

Team KIV

1. Moriyasu Madoka (-)
   
2. Imada Mina (+1)
   
3. Ueki Nao (+1)
   
4. Jitoe Nene (-2)
   
5. Fukagawa Maiko (-)
   
6. Miyawaki Sakura (-)
   
7. Unjo Hirona (+6)
   
8. Kumazawa Serina (-)
   
9. Tomiyoshi Asuka (-2)
   
10. Shimono Yuki (-1)
    
11. Motomura Aoi (+1)
    
12. Baba Sayaka (NEW)
    
13. Iwahana Shino (-3)
    
14. Murashige Anna (-3)
    
15. Tomonaga Mio (-1)
    
16. Fuchigami Mai (-1)

Team TII

1. Matsumoto Hinata (-)
   
2. Yamashita Emiri (-)
   
3. Yamauchi Yuna (-)
   
4. Aramaki Misaki (-)
   
5. Sakai Moeka (+1)
   
6. Murakawa Vivian (-1)
   
7. Miyazaki Sono (+3)
   
8. Matsuda Yumi (NEW)
   
9. Seki Ai (NEW)
   
10. Oda Ayaka (-2)
    
11. Sakamoto Erena (+4)
    
12. Tsukiashi Amane (-)
    
13. Takeda Tomoka (-4)
    
14. Imamura Maria (-7)
    
15. Kurihara Sae (-1)
    
16. Matsuoka Hana (-5)
    
17. Hokazono Hazuki (-4)
    
18. Shimizu Rio (-2)

 

Senbatsu
001. Matsuoka Natsumi (H) (-)
002. Ueki Nao (KIV) (+1)
003. Sakamoto Erena (TII) (+11)
004. Tashima Meru (H) (-2)
005. Kumazawa Serina (KIV) (+13)
006. Hokazono Hazuki (TII) (+4)
007. Murakawa Bibian (TII) (+7)
008. Toyonaga Aki (H) (-2)
009. Motomura Aoi (KIV) (+3)
010. Sashihara Rino (H) (-3)
011. Tomiyoshi Asuka (KIV) (-6)
012. Shimono Yuki (KIV) (-8)
013. Tomonaga Mio (KIV) (-5)
014. Miyawaki Sakura (KIV) (-5)
015. Komada Hiroka (H) (-)
016. Fukagawa Maiko (KIV) (+8)
Undergirls
017. Aramaki Misaki (TII) (+11)
018. Tsukiashi Amane (TII) (+5)
019. Yamauchi Yuna (TII) (+2)
020. Yamashita Emiri (TII) (+5)
021. Moriyasu Madoka (KIV) (+8)
022. Imada Mina (H) (NEW)
023. Tanaka Natsumi (H) (-4)
024. Tanaka Miku (H) (-13)
025. Akiyoshi Yuka (H) (-5)
026. Jitoe Nene (KIV) (-10)
027. Kojina Yui (H) (-1)
028. Shimizu Rio (TII) (NEW)
029. Kurihara Sae (TII) (-7)
030. Sakaguchi Riko (H) (-)
031. Unjo Hirona (KIV) (NEW)
032. Matsuoka Hana (TII) (-1)
Dropouts
017. Yamamoto Mao (grad)
027. Yabuki Nako (NR)
032. Tanaka Yuka (grad)

 

HKT48 May 2018 Ranking

01. Yabuki Nako (=)

02. Tashima Meru (=)
03. Fukagawa Maiko (=)
04. Sakamoto Erena (=)
05. Miyawaki Sakura (+3)
06. Jitoue Nene (=)
07. Yamashita Emiri (-2)

08. Tanaka Natsumi (-1)
09. Aramaki Misaki (+2)
10. Matsumoto Hinata (-1)
11. Toyonaga Aki (+1)
12. Unjo Hirona (+1)
13. Tanaka Miku (+2)
14. Imamura Maria (NEW)
15. Sakai Moeka (-5)
16. Murashige Anna (-2)

Team H: 5/13
Team KIV: 5/15
Team TII: 6/16
Kenkyuusei: 0/6

OUT: Miyazaki Sono (#16)

 

May 2018 Ranking.

1. Yabuki Nako (-)
2. Hokazano Hazuki (+1)
3. Matsuoka Hana (-1)
4. Akiyoshi Yuka (+3)
5. Jitou Nene (-1)
6. Aramaki Misaki (-1)
7. Sakai Moeka (+3)
8. Miyawaki Sakura (-)
9. Sashihara Rino (-)
10. Toyonaga Aki (-4)
11. Tanaka Natsumi (-)
12. Murakawa Bibian (NEW)
13. Shimizu Rio (NEW)
14. Kumazawa Serina (-2)
15. Murashige Anna (+1)
16. Tomiyoshi Asuka (-2)

 

HKT48 May 2018 Ranking
Team H

1. Matsuoka Natsumi (-)
   
2. Sakaguchi Riko (-)
   
3. Kodama Haruka (-)
   
4. Sashihara Rino (-)
   
5. Tashima Meru (-)
   
6. Komada Hiroka (-)
   
7. Tanaka Natsumi (-)
   
8. Tanaka Miku (-)
   
9. Yabuki Nako (-)
   
10. Toyonaga Aki (+2)
    
11. Kojina Yui (-)
    
12. Watanabe Akari (+2)
    
13. Ueno Haruka (-)
    
14. Ito Yueru (+1)
    
15. Akiyoshi Yuka (+1)

Team KIV

1. Moriyasu Madoka (-)
2. Imada Mina (-)
3. Ueki Nao (-)
   
4. Jitoe Nene (-)
   
5. Unjo Hirona (+2)
   
6. Fukagawa Maiko (-1)
   
7. Miyawaki Sakura (-1)
   
8. Kumazawa Serina (-)
   
9. Shimono Yuki (+1)
   
10. Tomiyoshi Asuka (-1)
    
11. Motomura Aoi (-)
    
12. Baba Sayaka (-)
    
13. Murashige Anna (+1)
    
14. Iwahana Shino (-1)
15. Tomonaga Mio (-)
    
16. Fuchigami Mai (-)

Team TII

1. Matsumoto Hinata (-)
   
2. Yamashita Emiri (-)
   
3. Yamauchi Yuna (-)
   
4. Aramaki Misaki (-)
   
5. Sakai Moeka (-)
   
6. Tsukiashi Amane (+6)
   
7. Miyazaki Sono (-)
   
8. Matsuda Yumi (-)
   
9. Seki Ai (-)
   
10. Murakawa Vivian (-4)
    
11. Sakamoto Erena (-)
    
12. Hokazono Hazuki (+5)
13. Kurihara Sae (+2)
    
14. Shimizu Rio (+4)
    
15. Takeda Tomoka (-2)
    
16. Oda Ayaka (-6)
    
17. Imamura Maria (-3)
    
18. Matsuoka Hana (-2)

 

Here are the current Social Media rankings for HKT48 as the election starts. Those who are likely to rank in haven't changed much since I made the list early last month.

1. Sashihara Rino
2. Miyawaki Sakura
3. Tomonaga Mio
4. Kodama Haruka
5. Yabuki Nako
6. Tanaka Miku
7. Moriyasu Madoka
8. Tashima Meru
9. Matsuoka Hana
10. Motomura Aoi
11. Matsuoka Natsumi
12. Toyonaga Aki
13. Tanaka Natsumi
14. Iwahana Shino
15. Murakawa Bibian
16. Imamura Maria
17. Tsukiashi Amane
18. Murashige Anna
19. Sakaguchi Riko
20. Aramaki Misaki
21. Fuchigami Mai
22. Tomiyoshi Asuka
23. Yamashita Emiri
24. Kurihara Sae
25. Kojina Yui*
26. Sakai Moeka
27. Ueki Nao
28. Oda Ayaka
29. Akiyoshi Yuka
30. Kumazawa Serina
31. Jitou Nene
32. Matsumoto Hinata
33. Ueno Haruka
34. Yamauchi Yuna
35. Unjo Hirona
36. Imada Mina
37. Takeda Tomoka
38. Hokazono Hazuki
39. Shimizu Rio
40. Shimono Yuki
41. Miyazaki Sono
42. Fukugawa Maiko
43. Sakamoto Erena*
NA. Komada Hiroka**

Italicized names are members who aren't in the election at all, so everyone below them can expect to shift up a rank in terms of expected outcomes.
* This member opened an Instagram account this month and not many fans followed it causing their ranking to drop more significantly than it should have.
** Komada Hiroka doesn't engages in neither Twitter nor Instagram, so she has no ranking.

Of course, this is just the general audience/fanbase size. Generosity/dedication on behalf of the fans can make a huge impact. For example, Fuchigami Mai has a small fanbase, but they always spend quite a lot more than any other member's fans during the election. I suspect this year will be no different.

 

October 2018 Ranking
0. Kodama Haruka

1. Hokazono Hazuki
2. Matsuoka Hana
3. Akiyoshi Yuka
4. Jitou Nene
5. Aramaki Misaki
6. Sakai Moeka
7. Murakawa Bibian
8. Sashihara Rino
9. Toyonaga Aki
10. Tanaka Natsumi
11. Shimizu Rio
12. Imada Mina
13. Murashige Anna
14. Ueno Haruka
15. Matsuda Yumi (NEW)
16. Seki Ai (NEW)

 

HKT48 February 2019 Ranking
* Without Kodama Haruka and Sashihara Rino

01. Yabuki Nako (=)

02. Tashima Meru (=)
03. Fukagawa Maiko (=)
04. Sakamoto Erena (=)
05. Miyawaki Sakura (=)
06. Yamashita Emiri (+1)
07. Tanaka Natsumi (+1)

08. Tanaka Miku (+5)
09. Matsumoto Hinata (+1)
10. Aramaki Misaki (-1)
11. Murashige Anna (+5)
12. Sakai Moeka (+3)
13. Jitoue Nene (-7)
14. Unjo Hirona (-2)
15. Matsuoka Hana (NEW)
16. Imamura Maria (-2)

17. Imada Mina
18. Motomura Aoi
19. Miyazaki Sono
20. Toyonaga Aki (-9)
21. Miyazaki Sono
22. Tomonaga Mio
23. Baba Sayaka
24. Kumazawa Serina
25. Watanabe Akari
20. Ito Yueru
26. Murakawa Bibian
27. Ueno Haruka
28. Matsuoka Natsumi
29. Ishibashi Ibuki
30. Oda Ayaka
31. Seki Ai
32. Hokazono Hazuki

33. Yamauchi Yuna
34. Tsukiashi Amane
35. Komada Hiroka
36. Fuchigami Mai
37. Akiyoshi Yuka
38. Takeda Tomoka
39. Shimizu Rio
40. Kurihara Sae
41. Ueki Nao
42. Shimono Yuki
43. Moriyasu Madoka
44. Goto Hinano
44. Mizukami Rimika
44. Kamijima Kaede
44. Kudo Haruka
48. Takemoto Kurumi

49. Tanaka Iori
49. Ogawa Sana
49. Ichimura Airi
49. Murakami Wakana
49. Kuriyama Rina
54. Kojina Yui
55. Iwahana Shino
56. Sakamoto Rino
56. Nagano Miyabi
56. Kawahira Hijiri
59. Tomiyoshi Asuka
60. Sakaguchi Riko

OUT of Top 16: Toyonaga Aki (#11→#20)
NEW in Top 16: Matsuoka Hana (UR→#15)