AKB48 Team B

Team B (2012)

Team B (チームB) is the third team that forms idol group AKB48. Their team color is Blue.

Members

Names in bold denote Team Captain.

Ishida Anna Ishida Haruka Ichikawa Miori Iwasa Misaki Umeda Ayaka Oba Mina Ooya Shizuka Kashiwagi Yuki Katayama Haruka Kato Rena Kojima Haruna Kojima Natsuki

Komori Mika Shimazaki Haruka Takeuchi Miyu Tanabe Miku Fujie Reina Nakamura Mariko Natori Wakana Nonaka Misato Minegishi Minami Yamauchi Suzuran Watanabe Miyuki

Former Members

Watanabe Shiho (Graduated October 2007) Kikuchi Ayaka* (Fired August 2008) Inoue Naru (Graduated September 2008) Noguchi Reina (Graduated February 2009) Matsuoka Yuki (Graduated February 2009) Saotome Miki (Transferred to AKB48 Kenkyuusei February 2009) Saeki Mika (Graduated August 2009) Urano Kazumi (Transferred to SDN48, April 2010) Oota Aika (Transferred to Team A, April 2010) Kohara Haruka (Transferred to SDN48, April 2010) Sashihara Rino (Transferred to Team A, April 2010) Nakagawa Haruka (Transferred to Team A, April 2010) Nakatsuka Tomomi (Transferred to Team K, April 2010) Nakaya Sayaka (Transferred to Team A, April 2010) Nito Moeno (Transferred to Team K, April 2010) Yonezawa Rumi (Transferred to Team K, April 2010) Oku Manami (Graduated April 2011) Hirajima Natsumi (Withdrew January 2012)

Suzuki Mariya (Transferred to SNH48, August 2012) Suzuki Shihori (Transferred to Team K, August 2012) Watanabe Mayu (Transferred to Team A, August 2012) Kasai Tomomi (Transferred to Team A, August 2012) Sato Amina (Transferred to Team K, August 2012) Sato Sumire (Transferred to Team A, August 2012) Sato Natsuki (Transferred to Team A, August 2012) Chikano Rina (Transferred to Team K, August 2012) Kobayashi Kana (Transferred to Team K, August 2012) Masuda Yuka (Transferred to Team K, August 2012) Miyazaki Miho (Transferred to Team K, August 2012)

Promoted Kenkyuusei to Team B

Saeki Mika (Promoted February 3, 2008) Sashihara Rino (Promoted August 2, 2008) Nito Moeno (Promoted August 5, 2008) Kohara Haruka (Promoted January 24, 2009) Nakatsuka Tomomi (Promoted January 29, 2009)

Ishida Haruka (Promoted May 21, 2010) Komori Mika (Promoted May 21, 2010) Sato Sumire (Promoted May 21, 2010) Suzuki Mariya (Promoted May 21, 2010) Suzuki Shihori (Promoted May 21, 2011)

Loan Members to Team B

From NMB48

• Watanabe Miyuki

From SKE48

• Ishida Anna

• Kikuchi Ayaka was fired from AKB48 following a scandal, but was allowed to re-audition for AKB48 Kenkyuusei

Information

AKB48 held its third audition in 2006, and the 3rd generation of members who were meant to be Team B made their first appearance in the theater on December 8, 2006. Around the same time, it was announced that Urano Kazumi, Hirajima Natsumi, Masuyama Kayano and Watanabe Shiho would be transferred to Team B to act as a teacher figure for the new members. After Orii Ayumi's graduation, however, Masuyama Kayano remained in Team A.

Team B debuted on April 8, 2008, and performed two revival stages throughout 2007. After Team B's first stage, Watanabe Shiho graduated from AKB48 and was replaced by Saeki Mika, the first kenkyuusei to be promoted to a team. In February, 2008, they began performing their first original stage. In August, 2008, Kikuchi Ayaka was fired due to a scandal.

In August 2009, Saeki Mika graduated and the announcement was made that the teams would be shuffled. Kitahara Rie, Sato Amina and Miyazaki Miho were transferred from Team A, Oku Manami, Kasai Tomomi, Kobayashi Kana, Sato Natsuki, Chikano Rina and Masuda Yuka were transferred from Team K, and Ishida Haruka, Komori Mika, Sato Sumire and Suzuki Shihori were promoted from Kenkyuusei. Suzuki Shihori withdrew from AKB48 shortly after the announcement (but rejoined later as a 11th generation Kenkyuusei), and Suzuki Mariya was promoted to Team B instead of Team A. Suzuki Shihori was then promoted back to Team B to replace Oku Manami following her graduation.

In January 2012, Hirajima Natsumi (and Yonezawa Rumi) was caught in a scandal and withdrew. Then in March 2012, during AKB48's concert in Saitama Super Arena, it was announced that Watanabe Miyuki of NMB48 would be joining Team B temporarily, as well as continuing her activities with Team N.

Discography

Stage Albums

• [2009.08.11] Team B 4th Stage "Idol no Yoake" (チームB 4th Stage 「アイドルの夜明け」)
• [2010.08.07] Team B 5th Stage "Theater no Megami" (チームB 5th Stage 「シアターの女神｣)
• [2013.01.01] AKB48 Team B 1st stage "Seishun Girls" ~studio recordings Collection~ (AKB48 Team B 1st stage「青春ガールズ」～studio recordings コレクション～)
• [2013.01.01] AKB48 Team B 2nd stage "Aitakatta" ~studio recordings Collection~ (AKB48 Team B 2nd stage「会いたかった」～studio recordings コレクション～)
• [2013.01.01] AKB48 Team B 3rd stage "Pajama Drive" ~studio recordings Collection~ (AKB48 Team B 3rd stage「パジャマドライブ」～studio recordings コレクション～)
• [2013.01.01] AKB48 Team B 4th stage "Idol no Yoake" ~studio recordings Collection~ (AKB48 Team B 4th stage「アイドルの夜明け」～studio recordings コレクション～)
• [2013.01.01] AKB48 Team B 5th stage "Theater no Megami" ~studio recordings Collection~ (AKB48 Team B 5th stage「シアターの女神」～studio recordings コレクション～)

Other

• [2008.06.13] AKB48 - Baby! Baby! Baby! (#4 Shonichi)
• [2008.10.22] AKB48 - Oogoe Diamond (Regular) (#4 Oogoe Diamond (Team B ver.))
• [2009.06.24] AKB48 - Namida Surprise! (#3 Shonichi)
• [2010.12.08] AKB48 - Chance no Junban (Type-B) (#3 Love Jump)
• [2011.06.08] AKB48 - Koko ni Ita Koto (#4 Ren'ai Circus, #11 Team B Oshi)
• [2011.12.07] AKB48 - Ue kara Mariko (Type-B) (#3 Yobisute Fantasy)
• [2012.08.15] AKB48 - 1830m (#2-6 No-Can)
• [2012.10.31] AKB48 - UZA (Type-B) (#3 Seigi no Mikata ja nai Hero - New Team B)
• [2013.02.20] AKB48 - So long! (Type-B) (#3 Soko de Inu no Unchi Funjau ka ne? - Umeda Team B)

Video Releases

• [2008.03.26] Team B 1st Stage "Seishun Girls" (チームB 1st stage ~青春ガールズ~)
• [2008.09.26] Team B 2nd Stage "Aitakatta" (チームB 2nd Stage「会いたかった」)
• [2009.04.03] Team B 3rd Stage "Pajama Drive" (チームB 3rd stage 「パジャマドライブ」)
• [2010.06.12] Team B 4th Stage "Idol no Yoake" (チームB 4th Stage 「アイドルの夜明け」)