Request Hour
The Request Hour (リクエストアワー) is an annual event where fans can vote for their favorite AKB48, SKE48, NMB48, HKT48 or SDN48 song. The 200 songs who receive the most votes are announced on the day of the event, but votes are submitted beforehand.
SKE48, NMB48, JKT48 and SNH48 have their own version of Request Hour, where only the songs of each respective group can be voted.
Contents
Results
AKB48 Request Hour
- AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2008
- 1st Place: Sakura no Hanabiratachi
- AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2009
- 1st Place: Shonichi
- AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2010
- 1st Place: Iiwake Maybe
- AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2011
- 1st Place: Heavy Rotation
- AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2012
- 1st Place: Heavy Rotation
- AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2013
- 1st Place: Hashire! Penguin
- AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 200 2014
- 1st Place: Seijun Philosophy
- AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 1035 2015
- 1st Place: Kimi no Hohoemi wo Yume ni Miru
- AKB48 Tandoku Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2016
- 1st Place: Akai Pin Heel to Professor
- AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2016
- 1st Place: Kiseki wa Ma ni Awanai
- AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2017
- 1st Place: Max Toki 315go
- AKB48 Group Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2018
- 1st Place: Sekai wa Doko Made Aozora na no ka?
- AKB48 Group Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2019
- 1st Place: 47 no Suteki na Machi e
- AKB48 Group Request Hour Setlist Best 50 2020
- 1st Place: Romantic Byou
- AKB48 Ouchi de Member Request Hour 2021
- 1st Place (Songs of 2005-2007): Dear my teacher
- 1st Place (Songs of 2008-2009): Nagai Hikari
- 1st Place (Songs of 2010-2011): Akogare no Popstar
- 1st Place (Songs of 2012-2013): Seijun Philosophy
- 1st Place (Songs of 2014-2015): Toy Poodle to Kimi no Monogatari
- 1st Place (Songs of 2016-2017): Mata Anata no Koto wo Kangaeteta
- 1st Place (Songs of 2018-2020): Namida no Hyomen Choryoku
- Revenge! Coupling Song Request Hour Best 30
- 1st Place: Yobisute Fantasy
- Theater Performance Song Request Hour Best 30
- 1st Place: Yokaze no Shiwaza
SKE48 Request Hour
- SKE48 Request Hour Setlist Best 30 2010
- 1st Place: Kareha no Station
- SKE48 Request Hour Setlist Best 50 2011
- 1st Place: Kareha no Station
- SKE48 Request Hour Setlist Best 50 2012
- 1st Place: Hazumisaki
- SKE48 Request Hour Setlist Best 50 2013
- 1st Place: Anata to Christmas Eve
- SKE48 Request Hour Setlist Best 242 2014
- 1st Place: Mushi no Ballad
- SKE48 Request Hour 2015
- 1st Place (Theater Songs): Mushi no Ballad
- 1st Place (Single/Album Songs): Yuudachi no Mae
- SKE48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2018
- 1st Place: Koko de Ippatsu
- SKE48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2023
- 1st Place: Anokoro no Locker
NMB48 Request Hour
- NMB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 30 2013
- 1st Place: Kesshou
- NMB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 50 2014
- 1st Place: Almond Croissant Keikaku
- NMB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2015
- 1st place: Souzou no Shijin
- NMB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 235 2016
- 1st Place: Niji no Tsukurikata
- NMB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 50 2023
- 1st Place: Swan Boat
HKT48 Request Hour
STU48 Request Hour
JKT48 Request Hour
- JKT48 Request Hour Setlist Best 30 2016
- 1st Place: Ame no Doubutsuen
- JKT48 Request Hour Setlist Best 30 2017
- 1st Place: Junai no Crescendo
- JKT48 Request Hour Setlist Best 30 2019
- 1st Place: Kegarete Iru Shinjitsu
- JKT48 Request Hour Setlist Best 30 2021
- 1st Place: Menanti
SNH48 Request Time
- SNH48 REQUEST TIME BEST 30
- 1st Place: Ookami to Pride
- SNH48 REQUEST TIME 2nd Edition BEST 30
- 1st Place: Oshibe to Meshibe to Yoru no Chouchou
- SNH48 REQUEST TIME 3rd Edition BEST 50
- 1st Place: Don't touch
- SNH48 REQUEST TIME 4th Edition BEST 50
- 1st Place: Chun Xia Qiudong
- SNH48 REQUEST TIME 5th Edition BEST 50
- 1st Place (Unit Song): Jiu cha Yi Diandian
- 1st Place (Team Song): Ben
- SNH48 REQUEST TIME 6th Edition BEST 50
- 1st Place (Unit Song): Hold Me Tight
- 1st Place (Team Song): Hua zhi Ji
BNK48 & CGM48 Request Hour
Trivia
- Kareha no Station, Mushi no Ballad, Akai Pin Heel to Professor and Yokaze no Shiwaza are the only solo songs that won the Request Hour. 3 of the 4 songs have SKE48 members as the performing members (Matsui Rena, Yamashita Yukari and Matsui Jurina, respectively). This makes Kashiwagi Yuki the first and only AKB48 member to perform a solo song which won the Request Hour.