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 and NMB48 have their own version of Request Hour, where only the songs of each respective group can be voted.
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
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 70 2014
- The event will be held on November 1 and November 2, 2014
NMB48 Request Hour
- NMB48 Request Hour Best 30 2013
- 1st Place: Kesshou
- NMB48 Request Hour Best 50 2014
- 1st Place: Almond Croissant Keikaku
Trivia
- Only team songs and singles from the Senbatsu Election have won the 1st place on the AKB48 Request Hour
- Matsui Rena's Kareha no Station is the only solo song that won the Request Hour
