Request Hour
The Request Hour (リクエストアワー) is an annual event where fans can vote for their favorite AKB48, SKE48, NMB48, HKT48 or SDN48 song. The 200 songs who receive the most votes are announced on the day of the event, but votes are submitted beforehand.
SKE48, NMB48, JKT48 and SNH48 have their own version of Request Hour, where only the songs of each respective group can be voted.
Results
AKB48 Request Hour
- AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2008
- 1st Place: Sakura no Hanabiratachi
- AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2009
- 1st Place: Shonichi
- AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2010
- 1st Place: Iiwake Maybe
- AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2011
- 1st Place: Heavy Rotation
- AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2012
- 1st Place: Heavy Rotation
- AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2013
- 1st Place: Hashire! Penguin
- AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 200 2014
- 1st Place: Seijun Philosophy
- AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 1035 2015
- 1st Place: Kimi no Hohoemi wo Yume ni Miru
- AKB48 Tandoku Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2016
- 1st Place: Akai Pin Heel to Professor
- AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2016
- 1st Place: Kiseki wa Ma ni Awanai
SKE48 Request Hour
- SKE48 Request Hour Setlist Best 30 2010
- 1st Place: Kareha no Station
- SKE48 Request Hour Setlist Best 50 2011
- 1st Place: Kareha no Station
- SKE48 Request Hour Setlist Best 50 2012
- 1st Place: Hazumisaki
- SKE48 Request Hour Setlist Best 50 2013
- 1st Place: Anata to Christmas Eve
- SKE48 Request Hour Setlist Best 242 2014
- 1st Place: Mushi no Ballad
- SKE48 Request Hour 2015
- 1st Place (Theater Songs): Mushi no Ballad
- 1st Place (Single/Album Songs): Yuudachi no Mae
NMB48 Request Hour
- NMB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 30 2013
- 1st Place: Kesshou
- NMB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 50 2014
- 1st Place: Almond Croissant Keikaku
- NMB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2015
- 1st place: Souzou no Shijin
Trivia
- Kareha no Station, Mushi no Ballad and Akai Pin Heel to Professor are the only solo songs that won the Request Hour. All 3 songs have SKE48 members as the performing members (Matsui Rena, Yamashita Yukari and Matsui Jurina, respectively).
