During the first day of
AKB48's 3 day concert at Tokyo Dome, it was suddenly announced that the Teams of
AKB48 will have their members shuffled.
Team 4 will be abolished and
AKB48 will return to its 3 Team system, but with more members in each Team.
http://ameblo.jp/akihabara48/entry-11336894458.html
This is the second time
AKB48 has got it's Teams shuffled, the first was in
August 2009 during
AKB48's Budokan Concert.
Among the shuffle announcements,
Team A's Captain
Takahashi Minami was appointed as
AKB48's General Manager. She will still be a member of
Team A, but
Shinoda Mariko will take over her duties as Captain.
Oshima Yuko and
Umeda Ayaka will also be replacing the Captains of
Team K and
Team B respectively.
But the shuffles were not limited to just within
AKB48.
Takajo Aki and
Nakagawa Haruka have been transfered out to
JKT48,
Miyazawa Sae and
Suzuki Mariya to
SNH48.
Ota Aika was also transferred permanently to
HKT48, the five of them will no longer be part of
AKB48.
Kitahara Rie and
Yokoyama Yui have also been appointed as dual members, and will participate in both
AKB48 and
SKE48/NMB48 activities.
Even though each Team is overloaded and has 22/23 members currently, they will still perform with 16 members for Stage performances in the Theater.
The full shuffle list below
AKB48 General Manager:
Takahashi Minami
New Team A
Captain: Shinoda Mariko
Takahashi Minami (
ex Captain of Team A)
Kasai Tomomi (ex Team B)
Sato Sumire (ex Team B)
Sato Natsuki (ex Team B)
Watanabe Mayu (ex Team B)
Kikuchi Ayaka (ex Team K)
Nito Moeno (ex Team K)
Nakatsuka Tomomi (ex Team K)
Matsui Sakiko (ex Team K)
Yokoyama Yui (ex Team K) [Also a member of NMB48]
Iriyama Anna (ex Team 4)
Iwata Karen (ex Team 4)
Kawaei Rina (ex Team 4)
Nakamata Shiori (ex Team 4)
Takahashi Juri (ex Team 4)
Tano Yuka (ex Team 4)
Izuta Rina (Formerly w/o team)
Kobayashi Marina (Formerly w/o team)
Morikawa Ayaka (Formerly w/o team)
Oshima Ryouka (Promoted)
Kotani Riho [Also a member of NMB48]
New Team K
Captain: Oshima Yuko
Akimoto Sayaka (
ex Captain of Team K)
Itano Tomomi (No change)
Uchida Mayumi (No change)
Matsui Jurina (No change) [Also a member of SKE48]
Kuramochi Asuka (ex Team A)
Maeda Ami (ex Team A)
Matsubara Natsumi (ex Team A)
Nakata Chisato (ex Team A)
Nakaya Sayaka (ex Team A)
Chikano Rina (ex Team B)
Kitahara Rie (ex Team B) [Also a member of SKE48]
Kobayashi Kana (ex Team B)
Masuda Yuka (ex Team B)
Miyazaki Miho (ex Team B)
Sato Amina (ex Team B)
Suzuki Shihori (ex Team B)
Abe Maria (ex Team 4)
Nagao Mariya (ex Team 4)
Shimada Haruka (ex Team 4)
Fujita Nana (Formerly w/o team)
Mitsumune Kaoru (Promoted)
Muto Tomu (Promoted)
New Team B
Captain: Umeda Ayaka (ex Team K)
Kashiwagi Yuki (
ex Captain of Team B)
Ishida Haruka (No change)
Komori Mika (No change)
Watanabe Miyuki (No change) [Also a member of NMB48]
Oya Shizuka (ex Team A)
Iwasa Misaki (ex Team A)
Katayama Haruka (ex Team A)
Kojima Haruna (ex Team A)
Fujie Reina (ex Team K)
Minegishi Minami (ex Team K)
Nonaka Misato (ex Team K)
Tanabe Miku (ex Team K)
Ichikawa Miori (ex Team 4)
Kato Rena (ex Team 4)
Nakamura Mariko (ex Team 4)
Oba Mina (
ex Captain of Team 4)
Shimazaki Haruka (ex Team 4)
Takeuchi Miyu (ex Team 4)
Yamauchi Suzuran (ex Team 4)
Kojima Natsuki (Formerly w/o team)
Natori Wakana (Formerly w/o team)
Ishida Anna [Also a member of SKE48]
SKE48
Kitahara Rie [Also a member of AKB48]
NMB48
Yokoyama Yui [Also a member of AKB48]
HKT48
Ota Aika (ex Team A)
JKT48
Takajo Aki (ex Team A)
Nakagawa Haruka (ex Team A)
SNH48
Miyazawa Sae (ex Team K)
Suzuki Mariya (ex Team B)
