OUT OF 48

OUT OF 48
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Genre	Variety & Survival
Country	Japan
Network	Nippon Television
Episodes	TBA
Airing Date	April 21, 2023 -
Running Time	30min
Presenters	Maeda Goki & Kashiwagi Yuki
Opening Theme	Your Super Girl
Official Web	Official Web / Twitter / Instagram / TikTok / Youtube

OUT OF 48 is a weekly AKB48 variety show, formed on the base of an Audition Show. It replaced the time slot of AKB48 Sayonara Mouri-san.

Overview

The show was first announced on the 44th episode of AKB48 Sayonara Mouri-san on February 23rd, 2023. It would replace the time slot covered by AKB48 Sayonara Mouri-san. It was announced that the show would cover the journey of an audition for a new girl group, and contestants would include both AKB48 members as well as entirely unrelated contestants. The new group will be produced by Ichinomiya Yuki and have their own crown program alongside their debut.

The rules for applying included a maximum age of 22, no current affiliation with an agency and either living in Tokyo or the willingness to relocate to Tokyo once passing the audition. Applications for auditioning would be open from 01:29, February 24th, to 23:59, March 19th.

Throughout March, promotional images of AKB48 members in the following order: Hirata Yuki, Chiba Erii, Oguri Yui, Tokunaga Remi, Yamauchi Mizuki, Sato Airi, Yamazaki Sora and Shitao Miu. On March 16th, a promotional teaser video with a preview of the title song Your Super Girl was released on all official social media platforms.

The full title song, Your Super Girl was released on streaming platforms on April 20th, 2023 and it was sung by Saito Haruna, Muto Orin, Taguchi Manaka, Suzuki Kurumi, Kurosu Haruka and Sakaguchi Nagisa.

25 AKB48 members and 23 general applicants will form 48 contestants to fight for the debut slot.

The first episode aired at 01:29 on April 21st, 2023.

Mentors

• Hirai Hana - Dance mentor/Choreographer
• Akihiro Kondo - Vocal mentor

Contestants

AKB48 Members (25 members)

• Team A: Saito Haruna, Chiba Erii, Nagano Serika, Fukuoka Seina
• Team K: Yamauchi Mizuki
• Team B: Asai Nanami, Oguri Yui, Tokunaga Remi
• Team 4: Kuranoo Narumi, Sakagawa Hiyuka, Shitao Miu, Nagatomo Ayami
• Kenkyuusei: Akiyama Yuna, Arai Sae, Kudo Kasumi, Kubo Hinano, Sako Yumemi, Sato Airi, Narita Kohina, Hashimoto Eriko, Hirata Yuki, Mizushima Miyuu, Yagi Azuki, Yamaguchi Yui, Yamazaki Sora

General applicants (23 members)

• Iwamoto Aika (21), Kakimoto Rena (17), Kato Mikoto (16), Kanomata Mana (22), Sato Suzuka (17), Sugii Misaki (16), Suzuki Sara (16), Tanaka Rei (16), Chen Sasha (20), Nagai Kurumi (18), Nakamura Yuka (18), Nakamori Mikoto (21), Naruishi Arisa (14), Nishijima Ruka (13), Hatai Miyuu (13), Furuyama Nanami (18), Matsuura Yui (15), Matsuo Sara (21), Matsumoto Otoka (13), Murakami Ayaka (13), Yamazaki Fuka (22), Wakabayashi Yuna (16), Watanabe Karen (13)

Performances

Dance Evaluation

• 36 eligible AKB48 members have 2 weeks to learn Your Super Girl choregraphy without mentor.
  • Taguchi Manaka and Ota Yuki resigned after the 1st meeting so they didn't participate.
• Only 24 members can pass and join with 24 general applicants to fight for a debut slot. It turns out only 23 general applicants were chosen and Yamaguchi Yui was the additional member to fill the spot.

Official contestants: Fukuoka Seina (15th), Nagano Serika (Team 8), Oguri Yui (Team 8), Tokunaga Remi (Team 8), Kuranoo Narumi (Team 8), Sakagawa Hiyuka (Team 8), Shitao Miu (Team 8), Chiba Erii (D2nd), Yamauchi Mizuki (16th), Asai Nanami (16th), Nagatomo Ayami (16th), Saito Haruna (D3rd), Hashimoto Eriko (17th), Hirata Yuki (17th), Mizushima Miyuu (17th), Sato Airi (17th), Yamazaki Sora (17th), Akiyama Yuna (18th), Arai Sae (18th), Kudo Kasumi (18th), Kubo Hinano (18th), Sako Yumemi (18th), Narita Kohina (18th), Yagi Azuki (18th), Yamaguchi Yui (18th)
Eliminated: Muto Orin, Kohama Kokone, Yamane Suzuha, Hashimoto Haruna, Yamada Kyoka, Sakaguchi Nagisa, Suzuki Kurumi, Kurosu Haruka, Hatakeyama Nozomi, Hotei Moka, Masai Mayuu

First Round

• 8 contestants who excelled in dance skills and expressiveness were selected as leaders and selected 40 participants in a draft format to form a team. 8 songs from Japan and foreign countries were chosen.
• For Vocal Evaluation, contestants challenged Watashi wa saikyō (私は最強) by Ado.
  • Nagano Serika, Chiba Erii, Hirata Yuki and Nagatomo Ayami withdrew due to different reasons so they didn't partcipate in Vocal Evaluation.
  • Only Serika and Erii still continued to participate in Group Evaluation.
• Only 24/48 contestants were chosen to next round.

Team	Song	Name	Rank
Team Kuranoo	「Gomennasai no Kissing You」 (E-Girls) (ごめんなさいのKissing You)	Kuranoo Narumi	1
		Nagano Serika	Withdrew
		Yamaguchi Yui	17
		Yagi Azuki	24
		Tanaka Rei	12
		Kanomata Mana	Eliminated
Team Oguri	「Candy Pop」 (TWICE)	Oguri Yui	2
		Yamazaki Sora	23
		Arai Sae	20
		Fukuoka Seina	Eliminated
		Naruishi Arisa	15
		Nagai Kurumi	18
Team Sato	「WANNABE」 (ITZY)	Sato Airi	3
		Asai Nanami	4
		Sakagawa Hiyuka	5
		Hirata Yuki	Withdrew
		Matsumoto Otoka	21
		Matsuo Sara	Eliminated
Team Furuyama	「LOVE DIVE」 (IVE)	Furuyama Nanami	9
		Nakamura Yuka	11
		Tokunaga Remi	Eliminated
		Nagatomo Ayami	Withdrew
		Kubo Hinano	19
		Hatai Miyuu	Eliminated
Team Yamauchi	「Mister」 (KARA) (ミスター)	Yamauchi Mizuki	8
		Chiba Erii	Withdrew
		Wakabayashi Yuna	Eliminated
		Nishijima Ruka	Eliminated
		Kudo Kasumi	Eliminated
		Kato Mikoto	Eliminated
Team Sako	「Laser Beam」 (Perfume) (レーザービーム)	Sako Yumemi	14
		Akiyama Yuna	22
		Mizushima Miyuu	Eliminated
		Yamazaki Fuka	Eliminated
		Sato Suzuha	13
		Narita Kohina	16
Team Shitao	「FIESTA」 (IZONE)	Shitao Miu	6
		Chen Shasha	7
		Saito Haruna	Eliminated
		Matsuura Yui	Eliminated
		Sugii Misaki	Eliminated
		Murakami Ayaka	Eliminated
Team Nakamori	「Make you happy」 (NiziU)	Nakamori Mikoto	Eliminated
		Watanabe Karen	10
		Iwamoto Aika	Eliminated
		Suzuki Sara	Eliminated
		Kakimoto Rena	Eliminated
		Hashimoto Eriko	Eliminated

Trivia

• Akihiro Kondo (Vocal mentor) previously work with SHINee, EXO, and NCT127. While Hirai Hana (Dance mentor) is the sister of TWICE's Momo.
• Out of 39 eligible AKB48 members, only Sato Minami turned down the invitation.
• The contestants was first revealed at AKB48 Spring Concert 2023 ~Sukida! To Sakebou~.
• After eliminated, Kakimoto Rena and Suzuki Sara passed the audition and became SKE48 12th Generation.