AKB48 AKB48 (short for Akihabara48) is a Japanese idol girl group of originally 48 members produced by Yasushi Akimoto. The group consists of 48 members divided into three teams (Team A, Team K and Team B), and each team contains 16 members. Unlike other idol groups in Japan, AKB48 is theatre-based and have their own theatre in the Akihabara district of Tokyo where they perform once every weekday, and twice on both Saturday and Sunday. Members: Ayaka Umeda, Tojima Hana, Kojima Haruna, Kobayashi Kana, Noro Kayo, Miyazawa Sae, Narita Risa, Akimoto Sayaka, Maeda Atsuko, Shinoda Mariko, Oshima Mai, Takahashi Minami, Ooe Tomomi, Matsubara Natsumi, Kasai Tomomi, Ooshima Yuko, Itano Tomomi, Nakanishi Rina, Rino Sashihara, Yui Yokoyama, Rena Kato, Yuki Kashiwagi, Nagisa Sakaguchi, Ryoka Oshima, Tomu Muto, Sayaka Yamamoto, Mayu Watanabe, Rina Kawaei, Juri Takahashi, Yuka Tano, Yuria Kizaki, Miki Nishino, Ryoha Kitagawa, Mio Tomonaga, Nagisa Shibuya, Haruka Kodama, Ikumi Nakano, Haruka Shimazaki, Mako Kojima, Saya Kawamoto, Miyuki Watanabe, Rina Ikoma, Jurina Matsui, Minami Minegishi, Nana Owada, Nana Okada, Mion Mukaichi, Sakura Miyawaki, Natsuki Sato, Yuka Masuda, Rie Kitahara, Moeno Nito, Mika Komori, Reina Fujie, Miho Miyazaki, Ayaka Kikuchi, Miori Ichikawa, Aika Oota, Aki Takajo, Haruka Shimada, Asuka Kuramochi, Sumire Sato, Mina Oba, Suzuran Yamauchi, Yuko Oshima, Mariya Nagao, Ami Maeda, Maria Abe, Mariko Nakamura, Marina Kobayashi, Anna Iriyama, Shiori Nakamata, Miyu Takeuchi, Shizuka Oya, Mariya Suzuki, Rina Chikano, Natsumi Hirajima, Haruka Ishida, Shihori Suzuki, Amina Sato, Tomomi Nakatsuka, Rumi Yonezawa, Misato Nonaka, Mayumi Uchida, Miku Tanabe, Sakiko Matsui, Haruka Katayama, Sayaka Nakaya, Haruka Nakagawa, Chisato Nakata, Misaki Iwasa, Mayu Ogasawara, Mutou Tomu, Yuka Nakanishi, Kaoru Mitsumune, Nana Fujita, Karen Iwata, Hitomi Honda, Milk Planet, Ono Erena

AKB48 Discography