AKB48 Cooking Senbatsu
AKB48 Cooking Senbatsu is an AKB48 single unit and SHOWROOM competition. The unit was formed by the winners of the AKB48 Cooking Senbatsu competition held on the streaming service SHOWROOM. They will appear in a coupling track on the upcoming AKB48 61st single (to be released in 2023) and will perform the song on an NTV music program.
The competition began on September 29th, 2022. 61 members entered the contest, and the 10 best were selected along with 10 others recommended by a jury. Then, in the October 7th, 2022 episode of AKB48 Sayonara Mouri-san, these 20 members were sorted onto 4 themed teams: Takoyaki-bu, Omurice-bu, Korokke-bu, and Dessert-bu. Each team has to create a menu fitting their team’s theme food. The following week 8 more members were added to the completion, with 2 joining each of the teams. The winning team will be featured in the coupling track.
On December 1st, 2022, the Dessert-club won first place in the SHOWROOM Appeal Battle.
Individual Round Results
- Winning members
- 10 - Ma Chia-Ling
- 09 - Shinozaki Ayana
- 08 - Hattori Yuna
- 07 - Iwatate Saho
- 06 - Taniguchi Megu
- 05 - Otake Hitomi
- 04 - Fukuoka Seina
- 03 - Okada Nana
- 02 - Hashimoto Haruna
- 01 - Shimizu Maria
- Jury special prize
- Utada Hatsuka
- Okabe Rin
- Nagatomo Ayami
- Komiyama Haruka
- Chiba Erii
- Muto Orin
- Kuranoo Narumi
- Fujizono Rei
- Hidaritomo Ayaka
- Yamabe Ayu
- Additional Members
- 08 - Yoshihashi Yuzuka
- 07 - Hashimoto Eriko
- 06 - Yumoto Ami
- 05 - Ichikawa Manami
- 04 - Kobayashi Ran
- 03 - Gyoten Yurina
- 02 - Yamada Kyoka
- 01 - Ishiwata Sena
Team Round Assignments
| Takoyaki-bu (Red) | Omurice-bu (Blue) | Korokke-bu (Green) | Dessert-bu (Yellow) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utada Hatsuka (captain) | Komiyama Haruka (captain) | Taniguchi Megu (captain) | Fukuoka Seina (captain) |
| Okada Nana | Ma Chia-Ling | Shimizu Maria | Okabe Rin |
| Kuranoo Narumi | Chiba Erii | Nagatomo Ayami | Shinozaki Ayana |
| Fujizono Rei | Otake Hitomi | Hidaritomo Ayaka | Iwatate Saho |
| Yamada Kyoka | Hashimoto Haruna | Hattori Yuna | Yamabe Ayu |
| Gyoten Yurina | Ichikawa Manami | Hashimoto Eriko | Ishiwata Sena |
| -- | Yumoto Ami | Yoshihashi Yuzuka | Kobayashi Ran |
Showroom Appeal Battle
- Dessert: 21,024,565pt
- Takoyaki: 20,944,630pt
- Korokke: 19,129,479pt
- Omurice: 18,770,330pt
