Hasegawa Niina

Hasegawa Niina is an AKB48 Kenkyuusei. On August 27th, 2022, announced she would be withdrawing from AKB48.

Trivia

Admired members: Oguri Yui, Sakaguchi Nagisa, Mukaichi Mion
Charm point: Oldest member of 17th Generation but nobody can tell
Hobbies: Arts and crafts, making sweets
Special skill: Piano, flute, copying and playing music by ear
Favorite AKB48 song: Heavy Rotation
She was a popular SHOWROOM streamer before joining AKB48. She had been selected as a SHOWROOM Outstanding Ambassador in 2021.
- In addition to SHOWROOM, she had over 9,000 followers on Twitter and 84,000 followers on TikTok. One of her TikToks had over 1.4 million views at the time she joined AKB48. Both accounts still exist, but she no longer posts on them.
She is the oldest but shortest member of 17th Generation.
Fellow 17th Generation members describe her as impressively stoic and disciplined when doing work.
She has an older brother who often pesters her in the mornings.
She played the flute for six years, from her first year in middle school to her last year in high school. She continues to play it as a hobby.
- She demonstrated her flute skills on SHOWROOM by covering AKB48 songs on flute.
She would like to perform Gingham Check and Heavy Rotation someday.
She is known to send many mobile mails through AKB48's mail subscription service, often 5 or more per day. She admires Mukaichi Mion's friendly style of mobile mail writing, and wants to emulate her style.

She auditioned for Sakamichi Joint New Member Recruitment Audition but failed in the third round.

Gained traction as a streamer on SHOWROOM.
Took part in the "FRESH CAMPUS CONTEST 2020" on SHOWROOM and became the semi-grand prix winner (runner-up).

On April 14th, announced her graduation as a SHOWROOM streamer after 2 years via her twitter @Hasegawa_217.
On May 4th, joined AKB48 as a member of its 17th Generation.
On May 12th, started sending mail to the AKB48 Private Mail service.
On May 18th, had her first and only appearance on AKB48, Saikin Kiita? ~Issho ni Nanka Yatte Mimasen ka?~ (AKB48、最近聞いた？～一緒になんかやってみませんか？～).
On June 1st, had her theater debut as a "Zenza Girl" (undercard) at the Boku no Taiyou stage, alongside Sato Airi.
- They were the first members of the 17th Generation to appear as Zenza Girls.
On June 6th, had her first appearance on AKB48 Sayonara Mouri-san (AKB48サヨナラ毛利さん).
On July 10th, had her first appearance on AKB48 Ii na Kenkyuujou (AKB48いーな研究所).
On July 28th, tested positive for COVID-19 and had to pause her activities.
On August 8th, resumed her activities.
On August 27th, announced she would withdraw from AKB48 to prioritize her studies.

Joined AKB48 as an Kenkyuusei on May 4, 2022

AKB48, Saikin Kiita? ~Issho ni Nanka Yatte Mimasen ka?~ (AKB48、最近聞いた？～一緒になんかやってみませんか？～) (2022)
AKB48 Sayonara Mouri-san (AKB48サヨナラ毛利さん) (2022)

AKB48

Kenkyuusei
Members
Akiyama Yuna・Arai Sae・Ito Momoka・Okumoto Kairi・Kawamura Yui・Kudo Kasumi Kubo Hinano・Sako Yumemi・Shiratori Sari・Narita Kohina・Hanada Mei・Yagi Azuki・Yamaguchi Yui
Stages
Tadaima Renaichuu・Idol no Yoake・Renai Kinshi Jourei・Theater no Megami・RESET・Boku no Taiyou・Pajama Drive・16th Generation Kenkyuusei・Let's Go Kenkyuusei!・Soko ni Mirai wa Aru