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Revision as of 10:27, 3 August 2021
COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on 48g. COVID-19 impacted the majority of the entertainment world, 48g included. Most of the groups had to close their theaters for a temporary period, pause the handshakes, and postpone releases and events. Some groups even underwent major changes to their line-up.
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AKB48
Events
On April 2, 2020, Minegishi Minami graduation concert was supposed to take place but had to be cancelled and postponed to May 22, 2021.
Theater
On June 13, 2020, a new batch of stages was launched entitled "Social Distance Stages" which are performed in the AKB48 Theater with no live audience. First stage were NaaOn Social Distance Stage.
SKE48
Events
On October 5 2019, Takayanagi Akane announced her graduation from SKE48. Her graduation concert was scheduled to be held on 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan. On April 10th, 2021, her graduation concert was held with an audience less than 50% of the venue's capacity.
On February 7, 2020, Matsui Jurina announced her graduation. Her graduation concert was scheduled to be held at the Nippon Gaishi Hall on September 26 and 27 and her farewell stage on October 5 at SKE48 Theater, which were eventually postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan. On April 11th, 2021, her graduation concert was held with an audience less than 50% of the venue's capacity.
STU48
Theater
STU48 management announced the group would terminate theater shows on their ship theater. Due to COVID-19 breakout, the theater was closed from February 2020 to June 2020. In the future STU48 will perform their shows on other ships and/or at ports.
JKT48
Formation Changes
On February 2, 2021, management announced that due to the impacts of COVID-19, Team J, Team KIII, Team T, and JKT48 Academy would all be disbanded. Only 33 members would remain in the group, and the ones who remained would no longer be split into teams, simply belonging to JKT48. Members who were removed from the group would be given special permissions in the future to bypass the audition period, should they ever wish to audition again.
DEL48
On October 9, 2020, their producer announced indefinite suspension of the group's activity due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
SNH48
Events
On August 2, 2021 the management officially announces that the SNH48 8th Senbatsu Election on August 7th will be held online only without an audience due to COVID-19 Delta variant surges in China. They will work with its ticketing partners to issue full refunds to fans who had already purchased offline concert tickets. August 8th and 9th handshake event is being rescheduled to September 11th and 12th
BEJ48
Formation Changes
On September 4, 2020, the management announced that due to the impacts of COVID-19 and the months-long closure of their theater, Team B, Team E, Team J and Trainee would all be disbanded. Most members from these teams were transferred to SNH48, and the ones who remained would no longer be split into teams, simply belonging to BEJ48.
Theater
BEJ48 Theater was officially closed on September 4, after months of closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
GNZ48
Formation Changes
As an expansion on the system that all SNH48 sister groups have used for online shows during the COVID-19 pandemic and in order to discover the various sparks of co-operation among the members, provide fans with a better watching experience, while maintaining the development vitality of GNZ48, GNZ48 implemented the new Class 4 and Class 8 "teams" while retaining the 3 existing teams. In the future, the members will perform either in teams or classes.
Theater
All team performances were suspended until June 2021, instead the Class 4 and Class 8 stages were kept.
Charity
Some groups released dedicated songs to support all the victims and the volunteers on the frontline of the COVID-19 Coronavirus.
- AKB48 - Hanareteitemo
- BNK48 - Touch by Heart
- AKB48 Team SH - Dareka no Tame ni
- CGM48 - Dareka no Tame ni
- Nogizaka46 - Sekaijuu no Rinjin yo
- SNH48 - Pingfan Yu Weida
COVID-19 Cases
List of members who had a positive case of COVID-19
= Graduated
