Team 8
AKB48's Team 8 (チーム8). Their team color is Dark Blue. They have 45 members as of March 2018. The concept of Team 8 is "Idols who go meet you". They are sponsored by Toyota and are often considered an unofficial sister group.
Each member of Team 8 comes from a different prefecture of Japan. The members participate in live performances and handshake events and special performances in various regions of Japan and internationally. They are currently on a tour around the country (Team 8 National Tour 〜47 no Suteki na Machi e〜). As of December 2017, Team 8 visited a total of 34 prefectures and travelled 33.426km.
The name of their prefecture is written in parentheses ().
Hokkaido & Tohoku
- Sakaguchi Nagisa (なぎ Nagi) - (Hokkaido) (Team B)
- Yokoyama Yui (ヨコちゃん Yokochan) - (Aomori)
- Tanikawa Hijiri (ひじ Hiji) - (Akita)
- Sato Nanami (ななみん Nanamin) - (Iwate)
- Hayasaka Tsumugi (つむぎ Tsumugi, つっちゃん Tsucchan) - (Yamagata)
- Sato Akari (あかりぃ Akarii) - (Miyagi)
Kanto
- Okabe Rin (おりん Orin, りんちゃん Rinchan) - (Ibaraki)
- Honda Hitomi (ひとみ Hitomi) - (Tochigi)
- Shimizu Maria (まりあ Maria) - (Gunma)
- Takahashi Ayane (あやね Ayane) - (Saitama)
- Yoshikawa Nanase (ななせ Nanase) - (Chiba)
- Oguri Yui (ゆいゆい Yuiyui) - (Tokyo)
- Oda Erina (おだえり Odaeri) - (Kanagawa)
- Sato Shiori (しおりん Shiorin) - (Niigata)
- Hidaritomo Ayaka (ひだあや Hidaaya) - (Yamanashi)
Chubu
- Utada Hatsuka (はっつ Hattsu) - (Aichi)
- Yokomichi Yuri (ゆりやん Yuriyan, みっちー Micchii) - (Shizuoka)
- Hattori Yuna (ゆうな Yuna) - (Gifu)
- Noda Hinano (ひなのん Hinanon) - (Mie)
- Hashimoto Haruna (はる Haru) - (Toyama)
- Hirano Hikaru (ひか Hika) - (Ishikawa)
- Chou Kurena (くれにゃん Kurenyan, くれな Kurena) - (Fukui)
- Takahashi Sayaka (たかさや Takasaya, さやりん Sayarin) - (Nagano)
Kansai
- Nagano Serika (SERIKA) - (Osaka)
- Ota Nao (おおなお Oonao, なお Nao) - (Kyoto)
- Yamada Nanami (ななみちゃん Nanamichan) - (Hyogo) (Team A)
- Yamamoto Ruka (るかるか Rukaruka, るぅちゃん Rucchan) - (Wakayama)
- Onishi Momoka (もも Momo) - (Nara)
- Hama Sayuna (さーちゃん Saachan, さゆ Sayu) - (Shiga)
Chugoku & Shikoku
- Nakano Ikumi (いくみん Ikumin) - (Tottori) (Team K)
- Okuhara Hinako (ひーな Hiina) - (Shimane)
- Hitomi Kotone (こっちゃん Kocchan) - (Okayama)
- Okumoto Hinano (のんのん Nonnon) - (Hiroshima)
- Shitao Miu (みう Miu) - (Yamaguchi)
- Harumoto Yuki (ゆき) - (Tokushima)
- Gyouten Yurina (ゆりな Yurina) - (Kagawa)
- Takaoka Kaoru (かおるんば Kaorumba) - (Ehime)
Kyushu
- Yoshida Karen (かれん Karen) - (Fukuoka)
- Kawahara Misaki (みっさー Missaa) - (Saga)
- Terada Misaki (みさっきー Misakki) - (Nagasaki)
- Kuranoo Narumi (なるちゃん Naruchan) - (Kumamoto)
- Yamada Kyoka - (Oita)
- Yaguchi Moka (モカブレンド MokaBlend, モカブレ MokaBure) - (Miyazaki)
- Shimoaoki Karin (かりん Karin) - (Kagoshima)
- Miyazato Rira (らんりー Ranrii) - (Okinawa)
Contents
[hide]Graduated
List of members who have graduated or have cancelled her concurrent position
Stages
| # | Stage name | Date | Performances |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PARTY ga Hajimaru yo (PARTYが始まるよ) |
2014.08.05 - 2015.08.16 | 109 |
| 2 | Aitakatta (会いたかった) |
2015.09.05 - 2017.08.20 | 106 |
| 3 | Kimi mo 8 (eito) de Nakou janai ka (君も8（エイト）で泣こうじゃないか) |
2017.09.02 - | - |
Team 8 Songs on AKB48 Albums & Singles
- 47 no Suteki na Machi e from Kokoro no Placard
- Seifuku no Hane from Kibouteki Refrain
- Henachoko Support from Koko ga Rhodes da, Koko de tobe!
- Aisatsu kara Hajimeyou from Green Flash
- Kegarete iru Shinjitsu from Bokutachi wa Tatakawanai (Team 8 Senbatsu)
- Issho no Aida ni Nannin to Deaerudarou from 0 to 1 no Aida
- Ama Nojaku Batta from Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby
- Yume e no Route from Tsubasa wa Iranai
Chart
| Team | Picture | Romaji | Kanji | Nickname | Birthdate | Birthplace | Blood Type | Age | Height | Agency | Generation | ||||||
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