AKB48 Group Draft Kaigi 2015
The AKB48 Group Draft Kaigi 2015 will take place on May 10th 2015 at the Ariake Colosseum.
Description
Like the previous edition, the meeting is a public audition where a number of pre-selected candidate members have the chance to get drafted into a team by a group of the team's representatives.
The final event is organized in rounds, each round the representatives select a candidate they want to have in their team. These rounds will go on until all teams decide to stop. In case of an overlapping choice the team's captains will decide the winner by a lottery. Members that remain after all teams have stopped will be sent home.
Once a member is selected they become a draft member for that team. Team 8 will not participate in the draft.
Starting from this year, these members will start out as Kenkyuusei, who are already bound to their destination team, as opposed to starting out as full members like in the previous edition.
Teams' Representatives
Each team will be represented by a number of people:
- Team Captain
- Team Co-captain
- Team Scout: This member is elected from the team to follow and scout out the candidates before the final event
The Theater Manager will also be involved for the group in general.
Schedule
- Application starts: 23rd January
- Application ends: 12th February
- Contacting candidates: 13-17th February
- Interview examination: 21st February
- Dance and Vocal examination: 1st March
- Final Event: 10th May
