2016 in SNH48 Group

The following is a list of events and releases that occurred in 2016 from the AKB48 Group.

Due to SNH48's departure from the AKB48 Group in June, only events prior to the split are featured.

Members

• April 20:
  • BEJ48's Team B is formed with 18 members and Team E 17 members.
  • GNZ48's Team G is formed with 17 members and Team NIII 16 members.
• July 16: Chen YaYu, Chen YiFei, Fang Lei, Ge SiQi, Huang EnRu, Li HongYao, Li Na, Liu Xian, Ren XinYi, Ren YueLin, Shan XiWen, Shi YuSha, Sun YuShan, Wang YuXuan, Wu YueLi, Ye MiaoMiao, Xu WanYu, Yang YiFan, Yang Ye, Zhang HuaiJin, and Zhang HanZiMo join BEJ48 as 1st generation members.
• September 15: Jiang ZhenYi, Liu JuZi, Liu Ying, Lyu Yi, Pan YanQi, Qi Jing, Xu ShiQi, Xu Yi, Xu Zhen, Yuan YiQi, Zeng XiaoWen, Zhao HanQian, and Zhang YaMeng join SNH48 as 7th generation members.
• October 1:
  • Huang LiRong and Xiang Yun join GNZ48 as 1st generation members.
  • Team J is formed with 16 members.
• October 2: Dai XinYi and Li YiHong join GNZ48 as 1st generation members.
• October 23: Chen GuiJun, Chen ZiYing, Dai Ling, Du QiuLin, Liu JiaYi, Long YiRui, Nong YanPing, Wang JiongYi, Wang QianNuo, Wang SiYue, Wang Ying, Wang ZiXin, Yang KeLu, Yang YuanYuan, Yu ShanShan, Zhang XinYu, Zhao XinYu, and Zhao YiMin join GNZ48 as 1st generation members. Team Z is formed with 18 members.

Trainee promotions

• April 20:
  • Hu BoWen, Liu ShuXian, Lin XiHe, Niu CongCong, Qing YuWen, Sun Shan, Wen Yan, Xia Yue, and Zhang MengHui are promoted to Team B.
  • Bi MengYuan, Chen JiaoHe, Chen QianNan, Feng SiJia, Lin Kun, Liu ShengNan, Li ShiYan, Li Xiang, Luo XueLi, Li YuanYuan, Li Zi, Ma YuLing, Su ShanShan, Xu SiYang, Yi YanQian, Zhang XiaoYing, are Zheng YiFan are promoted to Team E.
  • Hu YiYing, Luo HanYue, Wang XinYue, Zhang QiongYu, Zhou QianYu are promoted to Team G.
  • Chen HuiJing, Chen NanXi, Chen XinYu, Feng JiaXi, Hong JingWen, Liu LiFei, Liu QianQian, Lu Jing, Sun Xin, Tang LiJia, Xian ShenNan, Xiao WenLing, Xiong XinYao, Zheng DanNi, Zuo JiaXin, and Zuo JingYuan are promoted to Team NIII.
• September 15:
  • Lyu Yi, Pan YanQi, and Zhao HanQian are promoted to Team SII.
  • Jiang ZhenYi, Liu JuZi, Liu Ying, Xu Yi, Xu Zhen, and Zhang YaMeng are promoted to Team NII.
  • Yuan YiQi is promoted to Team HII.
  • Qi Jing is promoted to Team X.
  • Xu ShiQi and Zeng XiaoWen are promoted to Team XII.
• October 1:
  • Chen YiFei and Wu YueLi are promoted to Team B.
  • Li Na and Yang YiFan are promoted to Team E.
  • Chen YaYu, Fang Lei, Ge SiQi, Huang EnRu, Li HongYao, Liu Xian, Ren XinYi, Ren YueLin, Shan XiWen, Shi YuSha, Sun YuShan, Wang YuXuan, Ye MiaoMiao, Yang Ye, Zhang HuaiJin, and Zhang HanZiMo are promoted to Team J.
  • Huang LiRong and Xiang Yun are promoted to Team G.
• October 2: Dai XinYi and Li YiHong are promoted to Team NIII.
• October 23: Chen GuiJun, Chen ZiYing, Dai Ling, Du QiuLin, Liu JiaYi, Long YiRui, Nong YanPing, Wang JiongYi, Wang QianNuo, Wang SiYue, Wang Ying, Wang ZiXin, Yang KeLu, Yang YuanYuan, Yu ShanShan, Zhang XinYu, Zhao XinYu, and Zhao YiMin are promoted to Team Z.
• October 29: Xu WanYu is promoted to Team J.

Releases

EPs

• September 6: BEJ48 - The Awaking
• September 19: GNZ48 - YOU DON'T KNOW ME
• October 12: SNH48 - Princess's Cloak
• December 20: SNH48 - Happy Wonder World

Events

• July 30: SNH48 3rd Senbatsu Election

Concerts

• July 30: SNH48 3rd Senbatsu Sousenkyo Concert
• August 26: "Love Music Wing Up" GNZ48 Dream Departure Show Case Concert
• October 28: BEJ48 Team E Mini Concert in Hangzhou