Team Kaigai

Abe Maria (2018)

Izuta Rina (2018)

Team Kaigai is a AKB48 special Team for the Study Abroad Program members. They are either temporary members or permanent members of an international sister group.

Current Members

Team TP

• Abe Maria (Team TP)

BNK48

• Izuta Rina (BNK48 Team BIII)

Former Members

JKT48

• Takajo Aki (JKT48 Team J) (2014)
• Nakagawa Haruka (JKT48 Team J) (2016)
• Chikano Rina (JKT48 Team KIII) (2018)

SNH48

• Miyazawa Sae (SNH48 Team SII) (2016)
• Suzuki Mariya (SNH48 Team SII) (Cancelled) (2016)

History

First Exchange (2012)

All transfers were announced at the Tokyo Dome Team Shuffle, on August 24, 2012

• Miyazawa Sae - SNH48 (Team SII)
• Suzuki Mariya - SNH48 (Team SII)
• Takajo Aki - JKT48 (Team J)
• Nakagawa Haruka - JKT48 (Team J)

Return to AKB48 (2013)

On April 28, 2013, three of the Team Kaigai members returned to AKB48. They began to hold a Concurrent Position. Nakagawa Haruka, however, remained a JKT48 member only. On June 2013, Miyazawa Sae cancelled her concurrent position with Team K, becoming only a member of SNH48. Thus, the kennin positions were:

• Suzuki Mariya - Team A and Team SII
• Takajo Aki - Team B and Team J

Second Exchange (2014)

All transfers were announced at the AKB48 Group Daisokaku Matsuri

• Chikano Rina - JKT48
• Takajo Aki's kaigai position was cancelled. She returned permanently to AKB48, becoming a member of Team B
• Miyazawa Sae - Team S and Team SII

Third Exchange (2017)

• Izuta Rina - BNK48 (Announced on April 13, 2017)
• Abe Maria - TPE48, and then AKB48 Team TP (Announced on September 1, 2017)