SNH48 Group

SNH48 Group (Japanese: SNH48グループ, Chinese: SNH48集团) shortened to SNH48G, SNH Group, SNHG, refers to the sister groups of SNH48. Based on the same concept "idols you can meet", it currently consists of 3 sister groups in locations across mainland China. Sister groups not only release their own singles, but also perform on some of the SNH48 singles and events. They also send participants in the SNH48 annual events such as the SNH48 senbatsu election.

History

On April 20, 2016, STAR48 held a press conference in Beijing and announced the launch of a sister group landing plan covering all core cities across the country. Through the construction of multiple independently operated sister groups, SNH48's business model has entered a new ecologicalization In the development stage, the first batch of SNH48 sister groups BEJ48 and GNZ48 were released for the first time. On June 9, 2016 AKB48 cut ties partnership with SNH48 after creating his own sister groups, next day the SNH48 management side insisted that they were an independent group from AKB48, they only have technical cooperation.

On June 2, 2017, the management announced the establishment of CKG48, the fourth sister group of SNH48 with Chongqing as their location, at the launching ceremony of the SNH48 4th Senbatsu Election. On September 25, 2017, the management announced that it would establish CGT48, but related plans have been canceled. Among the sister groups, the teams of SHY48 and CKG48 were disbanded after SNH48 Group Grand Shuffle 2019 in January 2019. Although CKG48 announced its reorganization in March of the same year, without teams.

In addition to SNH48 and its sister groups, the SNH48 Group has also established a number of composition plans, including four projects including IDOLS Ft, SNH48 Overseas Trainee, SNH48 Group Star Palace, and JNR48.

Current groups

Group name	Color	Years active	Teams (if split)	Location
SNH48	Light Blue	2013 -	Team SII, Team NII, Team HII, Team X, Trainee	Shanghai, China
BEJ48	Rose	2016 -	BEJ48	Beijing, China
GNZ48	Olive Green	2016 -	Team G, Team NIII, Team Z, Trainee	Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
CKG48	Brown	2017 - 2019 2019 -	CKG48	Chongqing (Chungking), China

Former Groups

Group name	Color	Years active	Teams (if split)	Location
SHY48	Magenta	2017 - 2019	Team SIII, Team HIII, Trainee	Shenyang, Liaoning, China

Other Groups

These groups are produced by the same company, but they are not considered part of the SNH48 Group.

• IDOLS Ft (short for Idol Studio Ft) also known as IDFt is an Chinese internet-based idol training group associated with SNH48. It is established on January 19, 2019. Members interact with their fans through their own channels such as Pocket48 and SNS as part of a STAR48 plan to realize a completely internet-based idol development operation model.

• JNR48 (short for JuNioR48) is a group project created by Shanghai Xiaoyuan Art Troupe and licensed by STAR48 with members from 6 to 14 years old.