Team 8
AKB48's Team 8 (チーム8).
- Their team color is Dark Blue.
- Formed on April 3, 2014.
- They have 32 members as of November 2021, though 1 has announced graduation.
- The concept of Team 8 is "idols who go meet you".
- 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 went on a tour around the country to visit the 47 Japanese prefectures (Team 8 National Tour 〜47 no Suteki na Machi e〜). The tour started in 2014 and was completed in 2021. (By December 2017, Team 8 had visited a total of 34 prefectures and traveled 33,426 km.)
- See Team 8 History.
Members
Hokkaido & Tohoku
- Sakaguchi Nagisa (なぎ Nagi) - Hokkaido (Team 4)
- Mitomo Mashiro (まっちゃん Macchan) - Yamagata
Kanto
- Okabe Rin (べりん Berin, りんりん Rinrin) - Ibaraki (Team A)
- Honda Hitomi (ひぃちゃん Hiichan) – Tochigi (Team B)
- Shimizu Maria (まりあ Maria) - Gunma (Team B)
- Takahashi Ayane (あやね Ayane) - Saitama (Team 4)
- Yoshikawa Nanase (ななせ Nanase) - Chiba (Team B)
- Oguri Yui (ゆいゆい Yuiyui) - Tokyo (Team A)
- Oda Erina (おだえり Odaeri) - Kanagawa (Team K)
- Hidaritomo Ayaka (ひだあや Hidaaya) - Yamanashi (Team K)
Chubu
- Utada Hatsuka (はっつ Hattsu) - Aichi (Team 4)
- Hattori Yuna (ゆうな Yuuna) - Gifu (Team B)
- Hashimoto Haruna (はるpyon Harupyon) - Toyama (Team K)
- Sakagawa Hiyuka (ひゆか Hiyuka) - Fukui
- Hirano Hikaru (ひかるん Hikarun, ひか Hika) - Ishikawa (Team 4)
- Takahashi Sayaka (たかさや Takasaya, さやりん Sayarin) - Nagano (Team 4)
Kansai
- Nagano Serika (SERIKA) - Osaka (Team 4)
- Fukutome Mitsuho (とめちゃん Tomechan, ふくとめ Fukutome) - Hyogo
- Onishi Momoka (おおにし Oonishi) - Nara (Team 4)
- Hama Sayuna (はまちゃん Hamachan) - Shiga (Team 4)
Chugoku & Shikoku
- Tokunaga Remi (れみい Remii) - Tottori
- Okuhara Hinako (ひーな Hiina) - Shimane (Team B)
- Okumoto Hinano (のんのん Nonnon) - Hiroshima (Team A) (Announced Graduation)
- Shitao Miu (みう Miu) - Yamaguchi (Team A)
- Gyoten Yurina (ゆりな Yurina) - Kagawa (Team 4)
- Takaoka Kaoru (かおるんば Kaorumba) - Ehime (Team 4)
Kyushu
- Yoshida Karen (かれん Karen) - Fukuoka (Team A)
- Kawahara Misaki (みっさー Missaa) - Saga (Team B)
- Kuranoo Narumi (なる Naru) - Kumamoto (Team K)
- Yamada Kyoka (きょうか Kyoka) - Oita (Team K)
- Uemi Sorano (そらのん Soranon) - Miyazaki
- Fujizono Rei (れいちゃん Reichan) - Kagoshima
Graduated
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List of members who have graduated.
Stages
| # | Stage name | Date | Performances |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PARTY ga Hajimaru yo (PARTYが始まるよ) |
2014.08.05 - 2015.08.16 2015.12.05 2018.02.17 - 2018.11.03 2019.02.02 |
109 2 21 2 |
| 2 | Aitakatta (会いたかった) |
2015.09.05 - 2017.08.20 2018.02.12 - 2018.11.04 |
106 24 |
| 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 - 2018.01.08 | 24 |
| 4 | Sono Shizuku wa, Mirai e to Tsunagaru Niji ni Naru. (その雫は、未来へと繋がる虹になる。) |
2018.11.22 - 2023.04.21 |
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
- Hachinosu Dance from Teacher Teacher
- Sukida Sukida Sukida from Sustainable
- Jitabata from Shitsuren, Arigatou
- Seikoutoutei from Ne mo Ha mo Rumor
Stage Plays
- Kenran Toka Ranman Toka (2016)
- KISS KISS KISS (2018)
- Bee School (2019)
- Majimuri Gakuen - RAI (2021)
- KISS -8th Anniversary Special Performance- (2022)
Chart
| Team | Picture | Romaji | Kanji | Nickname | Birthdate | Birthplace | Blood Type | Age | Height | Agency | Generation | ||||||
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