AKB48 Group

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AKB48 Group (Japanese: AKB48グループ, Chinese: AKB48集團) shortened to AKB48G, AKB Group, AKBG, refers to the sister groups of AKB48. Based on the same concept "idols you can meet", it currently consists of 5 sister groups in locations across Japan and 7 sister groups in major Asian cities overseas from Indonesia to India. The Japan-based sister groups not only release their own singles, but also perform on some of the AKB48 singles and events. They also send participants in the AKB48 annual events such as the AKB48 senbatsu election. The sister groups outside Japan release local-language versions of the AKB48 singles and original singles.

History

TBA

Current groups

Inside Japan
Group name Color Years active Teams
(if split)
Location
AKB48 Pink 2005 - Team A, Team K, Team B, Team 4, Team 8, Kenkyuusei Flag of Japan.png Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan
SKE48 Orange 2008 - Team S, Team KII, Team E, Kenkyuusei Flag of Japan.png Sakae, Nagoya, Japan
NMB48 Leopard Pattern 2010 - Promoted members, Kenkyuusei Flag of Japan.png Namba, Osaka, Japan
HKT48 Black 2011 - Team H, Team KIV, Team TII, Kenkyuusei Flag of Japan.png Hakata, Fukuoka, Japan
NGT48 White - Red 2015 - 1st Generation, 2nd Generation, 3rd Draft Flag of Japan.png Niigata, Niigata, Japan
STU48 Blue - White 2017 - 1st Generation, 3rd Draft, Kenkyuusei Flag of Japan.png Setouchi Region, Japan
Outside Japan
Group name Color Years active Teams
(if split)
Location
JKT48 Red 2011 - JKT48 Flag of Indonesia.png Jakarta, Indonesia
BNK48 Orchid 2017 - Team BIII, Team NV, Trainee Flag of Thailand.png Bangkok, Thailand
MNL48 Blue 2018 - Team MII, Team NIV, Team L, Trainee Flag of Philippines.png Manila, Philippines
AKB48 Team SH Pink - White 2018 - Team SH, Trainee Flag of China.png Shanghai, China
AKB48 Team TP Mango 2018 - Daisy, Bellflower, Sakura, Trainee Flag of Taiwan.png Taipei, Taiwan
SGO48 Lotus 2018 - Trainee Flag of Vietnam.png Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam
CGM48 Mint 2019 - Team C, Trainee Flag of Thailand.png Chiang Mai, Thailand

Former Groups

Inside Japan
Group name Color Years active Teams
(if split)
Location
SDN48 Silver 2009 - 2012 - Flag of Japan.png Akihabara, Japan
Outside Japan
Group name Color Years active Teams
(if split)
Location
DEL48 Orange - White 2019 - 2020 Trainee Flag of India.png Delhi, India
MUB48 Green - White Didn't debut - Flag of India.png Mumbai, India
  • TPE48 (short for Taipei48) was a Taiwanese Idol Group and the 4th international sister group of AKB48. On July 30, 2018 AKS has announced that they are launching a new 48 group in Taiwan known as AKB48 Team TP and have canceled TPE48.
  • MUM48 (short for Mumbai48) was a projected Indian Idol Group. The group was announced on December 27, 2017, until it was rebranded as MUB48 on June 19, 2019.

Other Groups

These groups are produced by the same company, but they are not considered part of the AKB48 Group.

  • OJS48 (short for Ojisan48) was an all-male Japanese group produced by Akimoto Yasushi. All the members are former police officers and detectives from Osaka. On October 13, 2010, after releasing its first single unsuccessfully, OJS48 was disbanded in the same year that it was formed. The members now work as security guards of the japanese AKB48 Groups.
  • IZONE (often stylised as IZ*ONE and pronounced as "eyes one") was a Korean-Japanese girl group formed in 2018 by CJ E&M through the Mnet television competition show Produce 48. They officially disbanded on April 29th, 2021.