AKB48 Team 8

AKB48 Team 8 (2017)

Team 8 (チーム8) is the fifth team formed from AKB48. Their team color is Dark Blue. Unlike the other four teams, this team does not consist of the previous members. Rather than carrying the AKB48 concept "Idols you can meet," the concept of Team 8 is "Idols who go meet you." Each member represents the a different prefecture of Japan, and all members are sponsored by Toyota.

Members

Current Members

Hokkaido · Tohoku Sakaguchi Nagisa (坂口渚沙) (AKB48 Team 4) (Hokkaido) Yokoyama Yui (横山結衣) (AKB48 Team K) (Aomori) Tanikawa Hijiri (谷川聖) (AKB48 Team A) (Akita) Sato Nanami (佐藤七海) (AKB48 Team 4) (Iwate) Mitomo Mashiro (御供茉白) (Yamagata) Sato Akari (佐藤朱) (AKB48 Team B) (Miyagi) Ito Kirara (伊藤 きらら) (Fukushima)

Kanto Okabe Rin (岡部麟) (AKB48 Team A) (Ibaraki) Honda Hitomi (本田仁美) (AKB48 Team B / IZ*ONE) (Tochigi) Shimizu Maria (清水麻璃亜) (AKB48 Team B) (Gunma) Takahashi Ayane (高橋彩音) (AKB48 Team 4) (Saitama) Yoshikawa Nanase (吉川七瀬) (AKB48 Team B) (Chiba) Oguri Yui (小栗有以) (AKB48 Team A) (Tokyo) Oda Erina (小田えりな) (AKB48 Team K) (Kanagawa) Sato Shiori (佐藤栞) (AKB48 Team B) (Niigata) Hidaritomo Ayaka (左伴彩佳) (AKB48 Team K) (Yamanashi)

Chubu Utada Hatsuka (歌田初夏) (AKB48 Team 4) (Aichi) Yokomichi Yuri (横道侑里) (AKB48 Team K) (Shizuoka) Hattori Yuna (服部有菜) (Gifu) Noda Hinano (野田陽菜乃) (AKB48 Team 4) (Mie) Hashimoto Haruna (橋本陽菜) (AKB48 Team K) (Toyama) Hirano Hikaru (平野ひかる) (AKB48 Team 4) (Ishikawa) Cho Kurena (長久玲奈) (AKB48 Team A) (Fukui) Takahashi Sayaka (髙橋彩香) (AKB48 Team 4) (Nagano)

Kansai Nagano Serika (永野芹佳) (AKB48 Team 4) (Osaka) Ota Nao (太田奈緒) (AKB48 Team B) (Kyoto) Yamada Nanami (山田菜々美) (AKB48 Team K) (Hokkaido) Yamamoto Ruka (山本瑠香) (AKB48 Team B) (Wakayama) Onishi Momoka (大西桃香) (AKB48 Team 4) (Nara) Hama Sayuna (濵咲友菜) (AKB48 Team 4) (Shiga)

Chugoku · Shikoku Nakano Ikumi (中野郁海) (AKB48 Team K) (Tottori) Okuhara Hinako (奥原妃奈子) (AKB48 Team B) (Shimane) Hitomi Kotone (人見古都音) (AKB48 Team A) (Okayama) Okumoto Hinano (奥本陽菜) (AKB48 Team A) (Hiroshima) Shitao Miu (下尾みう) (AKB48 Team A) (Yamaguchi) Harumoto Yuki (春本ゆき) (AKB48 Team K) (Tokushima) Gyoten Yurina (行天優莉奈) (AKB48 Team 4) (Kagawa) Takaoka Kaoru (高岡薫) (AKB48 Team 4) (Ehime) Rissen Airi (立仙 愛理) (Kochi)

Kyushu · Okinawa Yoshida Karen (吉田華恋) (AKB48 Team A) (Fukuoka) Kawahara Misaki (川原 美咲) (AKB48 Team B) (Saga) Terada Misaki (寺田美咲) (AKB48 Team K) (Nagasaki) Kuranoo Narumi (倉野尾成美) (AKB48 Team K) (Kumamoto) Yamada Kyoka (山田杏華) (AKB48 Team K) (Oita) Vacant (Miyazaki) Fujizono Rei (藤園麗) (Kagoshima) Miyazato Rira (宮里莉羅) (AKB48 Team 4) (Okinawa)

Former Members

• Okubora Chinatsu (奥洞千捺, graduated June 2014)
• Moriwaki Yui (森脇由衣, graduated January 2015)
• Fujimura Natsuki (藤村菜月, graduated April 2016)
• Iwasaki Moeka (岩崎萌花, graduated April 2016)
• Yamamoto Ai (山本亜依, graduated May 2016)
• Kita Reina (北玲名, graduated October 2016)
• Kondo Moeri (近藤萌恵里, graduated October 2016)
• Yoshino Miyu (吉野未優, graduated January 2017)
• Fukuchi Rena (福地礼奈, graduated May 2017)
• Tani Yuri (谷優里, graduated June 2017)
• Hamamatsu Riona (濵松里緒菜, graduated July 2017)
• Abe Mei (阿部芽唯, graduated August 20, 2017)
• Mougi Kasumi (舞木香純, graduated February 17, 2018)
• Hirose Natsuki (廣瀬なつき, graduated March 4, 2018)
• Hayasaka Tsumugi (早坂つむぎ, graduated April 29, 2018)
• Shimoaoki Karin (下青木香鈴, graduated August 2018)
• Yaguchi Moka (谷口もか, graduated October 21, 2018)

Loan Members to Team 8

Beginning in 2012, selected members would be chosen to serve concurrent (兼任; kennin) or dual positions within AKB48 and one of its sister groups. Although they participate regularly in both groups, these memberships are only temporary, and after a period of time, they will be released from their second post and returned to their original team.

The following members are native to Team 8 and hold a dual position within AKB48 Team A.

• Yamada Nanami (山田菜々美) (March 26, 2015–December 8, 2017)
• Okabe Rin (岡部麟) (December 8, 2017–)
• Okumoto Hinano (奥本陽菜) (December 8, 2017–)
• Oguri Yui (小栗有以) (December 8, 2017–)
• Shitao Miu (下尾みう) (December 8, 2017–)
• Tanikawa Hijiri (谷川聖) (December 8, 2017–)
• Cho Kurena (長久玲奈) (December 8, 2017–)
• Hitomi Kotone (人見古都音) (December 8, 2017–)
• Yoshida Karen (吉田華恋) (December 8, 2017–)

The following members are native to Team 8 and hold a dual position within AKB48 Team K.

• Nakano Ikumi (中野郁海) (March 26, 2015–December 8, 2017)
• Oda Erina (小田えりな) (December 8, 2017–)
• Kuranoo Narumi (倉野尾成美) (December 8, 2017–)
• Terada Misaki (寺田美咲) (December 8, 2017–)
• Nakano Ikumi (中野郁海) (December 8, 2017–)
• Hashimoto Haruna (橋本陽菜) (December 8, 2017–)
• Harumoto Yuki (春本ゆき) (December 8, 2017–)
• Hidaritomo Ayaka (左伴彩佳) (December 8, 2017–)
• Yaguchi Moka (谷口もか) (December 8, 2017–October 21, 2018)
• Yamada Kyoka (山田杏華) (December 8, 2017–)
• Yamada Nanami (山田菜々美) (December 8, 2017–)
• Yokomichi Yuri (横道侑里) (December 8, 2017–)
• Yokoyama Yui (横山結衣) (December 8, 2017–)

The following members are native to Team 8 and hold a dual position within AKB48 Team B.

• Sakaguchi Nagisa (坂口渚沙) (March 26, 2015–December 8, 2017)
• Okuhara Hinako (奥原妃奈子) (December 8, 2017–
• Ota Nao (太田奈緒) (December 8, 2017–)
• Kawahara Misaki (川原 美咲) (December 8, 2017–)
• Sato Akari (佐藤朱) (December 8, 2017–)
• Sato Shiori (佐藤栞) (December 8, 2017–)
• Shimizu Maria (清水麻璃亜) (December 8, 2017–)
• Hattori Yuna (服部有菜) (December 8, 2017–)
• Honda Hitomi (本田仁美) (December 8, 2017–)
• Yamamoto Ruka (山本瑠香) (December 8, 2017–)
• Yoshikawa Nanase (吉川七瀬) (December 8, 2017–)

The following members are native to Team 8 and hold a dual position within AKB48 Team 4.

• Utada Hatsuka (歌田初夏) (December 8, 2017–)
• Onishi Momoka (大西桃香) (December 8, 2017–)
• Gyoten Yurina (行天優莉奈) (December 8, 2017–)
• Sakaguchi Nagisa (坂口渚沙) (December 8, 2017–)
• Sato Nanami (佐藤七海) (December 8, 2017–)
• Takaoka Kaoru (高岡薫) (December 8, 2017–)
• Takahashi Ayane (高橋彩音) (December 8, 2017–)
• Takahashi Sayaka (髙橋彩香) (December 8, 2017–)
• Nagano Serika (永野芹佳) (December 8, 2017–)
• Noda Hinano (野田陽菜乃) (December 8, 2017–)
• Hama Sayuna (濵咲友菜) (December 8, 2017–)
• Hirano Hikaru (平野ひかる) (December 8, 2017–)
• Miyazato Rira (宮里莉羅) (December 8, 2017–)

Information

On January 23, 2014, AKB48 announced plans for a fifth team, "Team 8." Auditions were held all throughout Japan on February 2015, in which one member from each of the 47 prefectures would be selected to form Team 8.

Team 8 debuted on April 3, 2014, and performed their first stage on August 5, 2014.

On June 18, 2014, Okubora Chinatsu became the first Team 8 member to graduate from the group. Shortly after her graduation, an audition was held in the Gifu prefecture to determine who would represent the prefecture. Hattori Yuna was announced as the winner of the audition, and on July 26, 2014, she debuted with Team 8.

The thirty-seventh single Kokoro no Placard marked the first single to feature Team 8. Their first original song 47 no Suteki na Machi e was a coupling track released on the single's theater edition. The thirty-eighth single Kibouteki Refrain marked the first single to feature a Team 8 member in Senbatsu. Nakano Ikumi was selected as one of thirty-two members to form the single's Senbatsu. The original song Seifuku no Hane was also released as a coupling track for this single.

On January 26, 2015, it was announced that Moriwaki Yui would graduate from the group. Shortly after her graduation, an audition was held in the Fukuoka prefecture to determine who would represent the prefecture. Yoshida Karen was announced as the winner of the audition, and on April 3, 2015, she debuted with Team 8.

On March 26, 2015, Sakaguchi Nagisa, Yamada Nanami, and Nakano Ikumi each obtained concurrent positions with Team B, Team A, and Team K, respectively, as part of the team shuffle that took place during the AKB48 Spring Concert 〜Jikiso Imada Shugyouchu!〜 concert. This makes them the first members to hold concurrent positions within their own team rather than with other sister groups.

On April 2, 2016, Fujimura Natsuki, Yamamoto Ai, and Iwasaki Moeka announced their graduations from the group. Fujimura and Iwasaki graduated the next day on April 3, and Iwasaki retired her application for the 8th Senbatsu Election. Yamamoto graduated on May 1, 2016.

Discography

Compilations / Other

• [2014.08.27] AKB48 - Kokoro no Placard (Theater) (#3 47 no Suteki na Machi e)
• [2014.11.26] AKB48 - Kibouteki Refrain (Type-D) (#2 Seifuku no Hane)
• [2015.01.21] AKB48 - Koko ga Rhodes da, Koko de Tobe! (#1-10 47 no Suteki na Machi e, #2-3 Henachoko Support (Type-A Only))
• [2015.03.04] AKB48 - Green Flash (Type-H) (#2 Aisatsu Kara Hajimeyou)
• [2015.05.20] AKB48 - Bokutachi wa Tatakawanai (Type-C) (#3 Kegareteiru Shinjitsu - Team 8 Senbatsu)
• [2015.11.18] AKB48 - 0 to 1 no Aida (Million Singles Edition) (#2-13 Isshou no Aida ni Nanibito to Deaeru no Darou)
• [2015.12.09] AKB48 - Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby (Type-C) (#3 Amanojaku Batta)
• [2016.06.01] AKB48 - Tsubasa wa Iranai (Type-C) (#3 Yume e no Route)
• [2016.11.16] AKB48 - High Tension (Type-C) (#3 Hoshizora wo Kimi ni - Team 8 EAST)
• [2016.11.16] AKB48 - High Tension (Type-D) (#3 Shishunki no Adrenaline - Team 8 WEST)
• [2017.11.22] AKB48 - 11gatsu no Anklet (Type-B) (#3 Ikiru Koto ni Nekkyou wo!)