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>>10709091

>>10709091

A japanese girl group consisting of around 61 members and 20 trainees (Kenkyuuseis). They have sister groups SKE48, NMB48, HKT48 as well as overseas groups JKT48 and SNH48.

For their singles they pick around 16 girls (usually the most popular) to promote the single and be on the music video and large scale events. However, every song by AKB is performed everyday at their theater in Akihabara, Tokyo.

Everyday in the theater, either team A, K, or B performs different songs and they just fool around and be fun. It's the same concept of teams for every sister group (e.g team S, team KII, team E for SKE).

Every year, there are general elections to determine who are the most popular girls among ALL the japanese *48 groups. The 16-21 most popular will be on the following single and generally get more attention.

Also they always do a bunch of handshake events since there are so many girls, which is what makes them so popular.

Also, in AKB48's singles, while there is a majority of AKB girls, they've been including the 2 most popular from each SKE, NMB and HKT.

The picture is the result of last year's election. The winner was Oshima Yuko, the 2nd girl is Watanabe Mayu and the 3rd one is Kashiwagi Yuki.