AKB48 Team A
Team A (チームA) is the first team formed for theater-based idol group AKB48. Their team color is Pink.
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Members
Name in bold denotes Team Captain.
Former Members
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Promoted Kenkyuusei to Team A
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Information
In June 2005, Akimoto Yasushi had his first audition for his "Akihabara 48 Project", a project for a group that featured 48 girls who performed in their own theater. By October, he had picked 24 girls to be the first group of members for what came to be known as AKB48, and on December 8, 2005, 20 girls debuted in the Akihabara 48 Theater. At the end of Team A's first stage, Usami Yuki graduated to pursue a career in gravure.
In 2007, it was announced that Team A (who had just finished their fourth stage) and Team K (who had just finished their third) would be performing together as Himawari-gumi, a team of mixed Team A and K members who performed two stages together. At the time, it was unclear whether they would revert back to their original teams after the run.
In August 2009, it was announced that the teams of AKB48 would be shuffled in October 2009. The 'new' Team A consisted of Kuramochi Asuka and Matsubara Natsumi from Team K and Oota Aika, Katayama Haruka, Sashihara Rino, Nakagawa Haruka and Nakaya Sayaka from Team B, as well as the promotion from AKB48 Kenkyuusei of Iwasa Misaki, Ooya Shizuka, Suzuki Mariya and Maeda Ami. Suzuki Mariya, however, was added to Team B after Suzuki Shihori withdrew.
Discography
Stage Albums
- [2007.03.07] Team A 1st Stage "Party ga Hajimaru yo" (チームA 1st Stage「PARTYが始まるよ」)
- [2007.03.07] Team A 2nd Stage "Aitakatta" (チームA 2nd Stage「会いたかった」)
- [2007.03.07] Team A 3rd Stage "Dareka no Tame ni" (チームA 3rd Stage「誰かのために」)
- [2009.08.11] Team A 5th Stage "Renai Kinshi Jourei" (チームA 5th Stage 「恋愛禁止条例」)
- [2010.09.18] Team A 6th Stage "Mokugekisha" (チームA 6th Stage ｢目撃者｣)
Stage DVDS
- [2007.03.21] Team A 1st Stage "Party ga Hajimaru yo" (チームA 1st Stage「PARTYが始まるよ」)
- [2007.03.21] Team A 2nd Stage "Aitakatta" (チームA 2nd Stage「会いたかった」)
- [2007.03.21] Team A 3rd Stage "Dareka no Tame ni" (チームA 3rd Stage「誰かのために」)
- [2007.11.28] Team A 4th Stage "Tadaima Renaichuu" (チームA 4th Stage「ただいま恋愛中」)
- [2010.06.18] Team A 5th Stage "Renai Kinshi Jourei" (チームA 5th Stage「恋愛禁止条例)
Singles*
- [2006.02.01] Sakura no Hanabiratachi (桜の花びらたち; Cherry Blossom Petals)
- [2006.06.07] Skirt, Hirari (スカート、ひらり; Skirt, Flutters)
Other
- [2008.10.22] AKB48 - Oogoe Diamond (Regular) (#3 Oogoe Diamond (Team A Ver.))
- [2010.12.08] AKB48 - Chance no Junban (Type-A Edition) (#3 Kurumi to Dialogue)
- [2011.06.08] AKB48 - Koko ni Ita Koto (#2 Overtake)
- [2011.12.07] AKB48 - Ue kara Mariko (Type-A) (#3 Rinjin wa Kizutsukanai)
*Despite being released as AKB48, these single releases only featured members from Team A
