Team 8

AKB48's Team 8 (チーム8).

• Their team color is   Dark Blue.
• Formed on April 3, 2014. They will go on indefinite hiatus in April 2023. The members will fully transfer to the other teams of AKB48 (Team A, Team K, Team B, and Team 4) instead. .
• They have 30 members as of October 2022.
• The concept of Team 8 is "idols who go meet you".
• Each member of Team 8 comes from a different prefecture of Japan. The members participate in live performances and handshake events and special performances in various regions of Japan and internationally. They went on a tour around the country to visit the 47 Japanese prefectures (Team 8 National Tour 〜47 no Suteki na Machi e〜). The tour started in 2014 and was completed in 2021. (By December 2017, Team 8 had visited a total of 34 prefectures and traveled 33,426 km.)

History

Team 8 History

Members

Hokkaido & Tohoku

• Sakaguchi Nagisa (なぎ Nagi) - Hokkaido (Team B)
• Mitomo Mashiro (まっちゃん Macchan) - Yamagata (Team A)

Kanto

• Okabe Rin (べりん Berin, りんりん Rinrin) - Ibaraki (Team A)
• Honda Hitomi (ひぃちゃん Hiichan) – Tochigi (Team A)
• Shimizu Maria (まりあ Maria) - Gunma (Team A)
• Takahashi Ayane (あやね Ayane) - Saitama (Team K)
• Yoshikawa Nanase (ななせ Nanase) - Chiba (Team 4)
• Oguri Yui (ゆいゆい Yuiyui) - Tokyo (Team B)
• Oda Erina (おだえり Odaeri) - Kanagawa (Team K)
• Hidaritomo Ayaka (ひだあや Hidaaya) - Yamanashi (Team B)

Chubu

• Utada Hatsuka (はっつ Hattsu) - Aichi (Team 4)
• Hattori Yuna (ゆうな Yuuna) - Gifu (Team K)
• Hashimoto Haruna (はるpyon Harupyon) - Toyama (Team K)
• Sakagawa Hiyuka (ひゆか Hiyuka) - Fukui (Team 4)
• Hirano Hikaru (ひかるん Hikarun, ひか Hika) - Ishikawa (Team B)
• Takahashi Sayaka (たかさや Takasaya, さやりん Sayarin) - Nagano (Team 4)

Kansai

• Nagano Serika (SERIKA) - Osaka (Team A)
• Onishi Momoka (おおにし Oonishi) - Nara (Team K)
• Hama Sayuna (はまちゃん Hamachan) - Shiga (Team K)

Chugoku & Shikoku

• Tokunaga Remi (れみい Remii) - Tottori (Team B)
• Okuhara Hinako (ひーな Hiina) - Shimane (Team K)
• Shitao Miu (みう Miu) - Yamaguchi (Team 4)
• Gyoten Yurina (ゆりな Yurina) - Kagawa (Team 4)
• Takaoka Kaoru (かおるんば Kaorumba) - Ehime (Team 4)

Kyushu

• Yoshida Karen (かれん Karen) - Fukuoka (Team 4)
• Kawahara Misaki (みっさー Missaa) - Saga (Team 4)
• Kuranoo Narumi (なる Naru) - Kumamoto (Team 4)
• Yamada Kyoka (きょうか Kyoka) - Oita (Team B)
• Uemi Sorano (そらのん Soranon) - Miyazaki (Team K)
• Fujizono Rei (れいちゃん Reichan) - Kagoshima (Team B)

Graduated

List of members who have graduated.

• Okubora Chinatsu (ちっぴ Chippi) - Gifu (2014)
• Moriwaki Yui (ゆいぴょん Yuipyon, ゆい Yui) - Fukuoka (2015)
• Fujimura Natsuki (なつき Natsuki) - Aichi (2016)
• Iwasaki Moeka (もえたん Moetan) - Nagasaki (2016)
• Yamamoto Ai (あいぽん Aipon) - Mie (2016)
• Kita Reina (れいちゃん Reichan, れいな Reina) - Ishikawa (2016)
• Kondo Moeri (もえり Moeri, もえりん Moerin) - Nagano (2016)
• Yoshino Miyu (みゆゆん Miyuyun) - Oita (2016)
• Fukuchi Rena (ぺな Pena) - Saga (2017)
• Tani Yuri (ゆぅりぃ Yuurii) - Hiroshima (2017)
• Hamamatsu Riona (りおな Riona) - Tokushima (2017)
• Abe Mei (めい Mei) - Shimane (2017)
• Mogi Kasumi (かすみん Kasumin) - Fukushima (2018)
• Hirose Natsuki (なっちゃん Nacchan) - Kochi (2018)
• Hayasaka Tsumugi (つむぎ Tsumugi, つっちゃん Tsucchan) - Yamagata (2018)
• Shimoaoki Karin (かりん Karin) - Kagoshima (2018)
• Yaguchi Moka (もか Moka) - Miyazaki (2018)
• Cho Kurena (くれにゃん Kurenyan, くれな Kurena) - Fukui (2019)
• Noda Hinano (ひなのん Hinanon) - Mie (2019)
• Yokomichi Yuri (ゆり Yuri) - Shizuoka (2019)
• Hitomi Kotone (こっちゃん Kocchan) - Okayama (2019)
• Nakano Ikumi (いくみん Ikumin) - Tottori (2019)
• Tanikawa Hijiri (ひじ Hiji) - Akita (2019)
• Sato Shiori (しおりん Shiorin) - Niigata (2019)
• Yamada Nanami (ななみちゃん Nanamichan) - Hyogo (2019)
• Ito Kirara (きらら Kirara) - Fukushima (2019)
• Sato Nanami (ななみん Nanamin) - Iwate (2019)
• Terada Misaki (みさっきー Misakkii) - Nagasaki (2019)
• Ota Nao (おおなお Oonao, なお Nao) - Kyoto (2019)
• Yamamoto Ruka (るか Ruka) - Wakayama (2020)
• Nunoya Riru (りる Riru) - Akita (2020)
• Inoue Miyuu (みゆこ Miyuko) - Iwate (2020)
• Shiobara Karin (かりんりん Karinrin) - Niigata (2020)
• Rissen Airi (りっせん Rissen) - Kochi (2021)
• Hasegawa Momoka (はせもも Hasemomo) - Fukushima (2021)
• Sato Akari (あかりぃ Akarii) - Miyagi (2021)
• Matsumura Miku (みっつん Mittsun) - Mie (2021)
• Kamachi Yukina (ゆっきーな Yukkiina) - Okayama (2021)
• Miyazato Rira (らんりー Ranrii) - Okinawa (2021)
• Onoue Mizuki (おみづき Omizuki) - Nagasaki (2021)
• Suzuki Yuka (ゆうかりん Yuukarin) - Shizuoka (2021)
• Harumoto Yuki (ゆき Yuki) - Tokushima (2021)
• Yokoyama Yui (ヨコちゃん Yokochan) - Aomori (2021)
• Okumoto Hinano (のんのん Nonnon) - Hiroshima (2022)
• Fukutome Mitsuho (とめちゃん Tomechan, ふくとめ Fukutome) - Hyogo (2022)

Stages

#	Stage name	Date	Performances
1	PARTY ga Hajimaru yo (PARTYが始まるよ)	2014.08.05 - 2015.08.16 2015.12.05 2018.02.17 - 2018.11.03 2019.02.02	109 2 21 2
2	Aitakatta (会いたかった)	2015.09.05 - 2017.08.20 2018.02.12 - 2018.11.04	106 24
3	Kimi mo 8 (Eito) de Nakou janai ka (君も8（エイト）で泣こうじゃないか)	2017.09.02 - 2018.01.08	24
4	Sono Shizuku wa, Mirai e to Tsunagaru Niji ni Naru. (その雫は、未来へと繋がる虹になる。)	2018.11.22 - 2023.04.21

Team 8 Songs on AKB48 Albums & Singles

• 47 no Suteki na Machi e from Kokoro no Placard
• Seifuku no Hane from Kibouteki Refrain
• Henachoko Support from Koko ga Rhodes da, Koko de tobe!
• Aisatsu kara Hajimeyou from Green Flash
• Kegarete iru Shinjitsu from Bokutachi wa Tatakawanai (Team 8 Senbatsu)
• Issho no Aida ni Nannin to Deaerudarou from 0 to 1 no Aida
• Ama Nojaku Batta from Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby
• Yume e no Route from Tsubasa wa Iranai
• Hachinosu Dance from Teacher Teacher
• Sukida Sukida Sukida from Sustainable
• Jitabata from Shitsuren, Arigatou
• Seikoutoutei from Ne mo Ha mo Rumor

Stage Plays

• Kenran Toka Ranman Toka (2016)
• KISS KISS KISS (2018)
• Bee School (2019)
• Majimuri Gakuen - RAI (2021)
• KISS -8th Anniversary Special Performance- (2022)

Chart

Team	Picture	Romaji	Kanji	Nickname	Birthdate	Birthplace	Blood Type	Age	Height	Agency	Generation
Hokkaido & Tohoku
Kanto
Chubu
Kansai
Chugoku & Shikoku
Kyushu

External Links

• Official Site