Love Ban and rules

Love Ban (恋愛禁止条例 Ren'ai kinshi jōrei), or most commonly known to fans as the "Golden Rule", is a sacred rule for idols to not have any kind of relationship whatsoever while they are part of the group. This also applies to members who have inappropriate attitudes such as smoking, drinking alcohol and giving a bad image to society.

List of members who have punished

Some members have been fired or sanctioned because of this rule.

AKB48

• Akimoto Sayaka (Resigned as Captain)
• Hirajima Natsumi (Resigned)
• Yonezawa Rumi (Resigned)
• Minegishi Minami (Demoted to Kenkyuusei)
• Sashihara Rino (Transferred to HKT48)
• Masuda Yuka (Resigned)
• Kikuchi Ayaka (Dismissed)

SKE48

• Oba Mina (Resigned as captain and suspended)

NMB48

• Kinoshita Haruna (Graduated)
• Kondo Rina (Removed from Oh My God! senbatsu)
• Watanabe Miyuki (Removed from Oh My God! senbatsu)
• Yoshida Akari (Removed from Oh My God! senbatsu)
• Shimada Rena (Suspended)

JKT48

• Delima Rizky (Dismissed)
• Gabryela Marcelina (Dismissed)
• Ayu Safira Oktaviani (Demoted to Trainee)
• Ratu Vienny Fitrilya (Demoted to Trainee)
• Amanda Dwi Arista (Demoted to Trainee)
• Dena Siti Rohyati (Demoted to Trainee)
• Stephanie Pricilla Indarto Putri (Demoted to Academy)
• Eve Antoinette Ichwan (Demoted to Academy)
• Priscillia Sari Dewi (Demoted to Academy)

BNK48

• Maira Kuyama (Suspended)
• Mesa Chinavicharana (Maysa) (Suspended)
• Nayika Srinian (Can) (Suspended)

SNH48

• Li YuQi (Assigned as Trainee's instructor)
• Wu ZheHan (Demoted to Trainee)
• Cheng WenLu (Dismissed)
• Wang BaiShuo (Dismissed)
• Chen Yin (Dismissed)
• Jiang Shan (All external activities suspended)
• Zhang DanSan (Demoted to IDOLS Ft)
• Deng XinYue (Demoted to Trainee)

BEJ48

• Chen MeiJun (Dismissed)

GNZ48

• Zhu YiXin (Demoted to Trainee)
• Tang LiJia (Demoted to Trainee)
• Xie LeiLei (Demoted to Trainee)
• Zuo JingYuan (Demoted to Trainee)

SHY48

• Wang JinMing (Dismissed)

CKG48

• Shi Qin (Dismissed)
• Zheng YangYing (Dismissed)