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AKB48 Team 8
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
- Sakaguchi Nagisa (坂口渚沙) (AKB48 Team B)
- Yokoyama Yui (横山結衣)
- Tanikawa Hijiri (谷川聖)
- Sato Nanami (佐藤七海)
- Hayasaka Tsumugi (早坂つむぎ)
- Sato Akari (佐藤朱)
- Mougi Kasumi (舞木香純)
- Okabe Rin (岡部麟)
- Honda Hitomi (本田仁美)
- Shimizu Maria (清水麻璃亜)
- Takahashi Ayane (高橋彩音)
- Yoshikawa Nanase (吉川七瀬)
- Oguri Yui (小栗有以)
- Oda Erina (小田えりな)
- Sato Shiori (佐藤栞)
- Hidaritomo Ayaka (左伴彩佳)
- Fujimura Natsuki (藤村菜月)
- Yokomichi Yuri (横道侑里)
- Hattori Yuna (服部有菜)
- Yamamoto Ai (山本亜依)
- Hashimoto Haruna (橋本陽菜)
- Kita Reina (北玲名)
- Cho Kurena (長久玲奈)
- Kondo Moeri (近藤萌恵里)
- Nagano Serika (永野芹佳)
- Ota Nao (太田奈緒)
- Yamada Nanami (山田菜々美) (AKB48 Team A)
- Yamamoto Ruka (山本瑠香)
- Onishi Momoka (大西桃香)
- Hama Sayuna (濵咲友菜)
- Nakano Ikumi (中野郁海) (AKB48 Team K)
- Abe Mei (阿部芽唯)
- Hitomi Kotone (人見古都音)
- Tani Yuri (谷優里)
- Shitao Miu (下尾みう)
- Hamamatsu Riona (濵松里緒菜)
- Gyoten Yurina (行天優莉奈)
- Takaoka Kaoru (高岡薫)
- Hirose Natsuki (廣瀬なつき)
- Yoshida Karen (吉田 華恋)
- Fukuchi Rena (福地礼奈)
- Iwasaki Moeka (岩崎萌花)
- Kuranoo Narumi (倉野尾成美)
- Yoshino Miyu (吉野未優)
- Yaguchi Moka (谷口もか)
- Shimoaoki Karin (下青木香鈴)
- Miyazato Rira (宮里莉羅)
Former Members
- Okubora Chinatsu (奥洞千捺, graduated June 2014)
- Moriwaki Yui (森脇由衣, graduated January 2015)
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 outside of AKB48.
- Sakaguchi Nagisa (坂口渚沙) (March 2015–) (AKB48 Team B)
- Yamada Nanami (山田菜々美) (March 2015–) (AKB48 Team A)
- Nakano Ikumi (中野郁海) (March 2015–) (AKB48 Team K)
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 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 is a coupling 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 revealed 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.
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 )