AKB48 Cooking Senbatsu
AKB48 Cooking Senbatsu is an AKB48 single unit and SHOWROOM competition. The unit was formed by the winners of the AKB48 Cooking Senbatsu competition held on the streaming service SHOWROOM. They will appear in a coupling track on the upcoming AKB48 61st single (to be released in 2023) and will perform the song on an NTV music program.
The competition began on September 29th, 2022. 61 members entered the contest, and the 10 best were selected along with 10 others recommended by a jury. Then, in the October 7th, 2022 episode of AKB48 Sayonara Mouri-san, these 20 members were sorted onto 4 themed teams: Takoyaki-bu, Omurice-bu, Korokke-bu, and Dessert-bu. Each team has to create a menu fitting their team’s theme food.
Competition Results
- Winning members
- 10 - Ma Chia-Ling
- 09 - Shinozaki Ayana
- 08 - Hattori Yuna
- 07 - Iwatate Saho
- 06 - Taniguchi Megu
- 05 - Otake Hitomi
- 04 - Fukuoka Seina
- 03 - Okada Nana
- 02 - Hashimoto Haruna
- 01 - Shimizu Maria
- Jury special prize
- Utada Hatsuka
- Okabe Rin
- Nagatomo Ayami
- Komiyama Haruka
- Chiba Erii
- Mutō Orin
- Kuranoo Narumi
- Fujizono Rei
- Hidaritomo Ayaka
- Yamabe Ayu
- Teams
Takoyaki-bu: (Red)
- Utada Hatsuka
- Okada Nana
- Kuranoo Narumi
- Muto Orin
- Fujizono Rei
- Yamada Kyoka
- Gyoten Yurina
Omurice-bu: (Blue) Komiyama Haruka
- Ma Chia-Ling
- Chiba Erii
- Otake Hitomi
- Hashimoto Haruna
- Ichikawa Manami
- Yumoto Ami
Korokke-bu: (Green)
- Taniguchi Megu
- Shimizu Maria
- Nagatomo Ayami
- Hidaritomo Ayana
- Hattori Yuna
- Hashimoto Eriko
- Yoshihashi Yuzuka
Dessert-bu: (Yellow)
- Fukuoka Seina
- Ma chia-Ling Okabe Rin
- Shinozaki Ayana
- Iwatate Saho
- Yamabe Ayu
- Ishiwata Sena
- Kobayashi Ran
