Team

Teams (Japanese: チーム, Chinese: 队) are what are used to separate members of AKB48, SKE48, NMB48, HKT48, NGT48, STU48, JKT48, BNK48, MNL48, SGO48, CGM48, DEL48, MUB48, SNH48, BEJ48, and GNZ48. By using 'Teams', members can be categorized more easily. Also, instead of the entire group performing a theater show, only one team is assigned to perform. This allows fans to focus on a certain group of members and give the girls days off.

Teams are named after the letters used in their group's name, except for AKB48 Team 4, Team 8 and SNH48 Team X. In the case when a Team's name has already been taken up, roman numerals are used to signify which number of letter that team is. For example, both AKB48 and SKE48 have the letter "K" in their names, so instead of forming a Team K in both AKB and SKE, the AKB team is called Team K and the SKE team is called Team KII. On rare cases, there can be a team with double letter (may be usual for AKB48 Team as Sister Group), for the example for Team SH and Team TP.

The Teams of SNH48's sister groups didn't follow this order, because they aren't AKB48 sister groups. For example, BEJ48 Team B and AKB48 Team B, but they follow the order of SNH48 actual teams. For example, SNH48 Team NII and GNZ48 Team NIII (Don't confuse with NGT48 Team NIII). Although AKB48 and SNH48 had been separated, AKB48 still continuing the order without caring the teams that were created and taken by SNH48 (SII, NII, and HII).

Each Team has their own captain, who may or may not be the Center of the Team. Traditionally, teams had 16 members, but since the Tokyo Dome Team Shuffle, there is no limit to the amount of members that can be on a team.

Also each team has their representative color. Usually, the first team represents its sister's group color for an example like JKT48 Team J, that team use "Red" color (as same as the color of JKT48 logo). But for few case, some first teams use another color for an example like HKT48 Team H, that team use "Green" color (which is not same as HKT48 logo color which use "Black" as its color).

The only groups that do not use teams are SDN48, Nogizaka46 and Keyakizaka46, where members were separated by using generations instead. Even without Teams, these three groups have their own captains, with Noro Kayo being the SDN48 captain, Sakurai Reika the Nogizaka46 captain, and Sugai Yuuka being the Keyakizaka46 captain. SDN48 was disbanded in 2012, however. TPE48 didn't formed a team, instead they transferred all of their members to AKB48 Team TP

A team has its own activity, such as has recording for Single/Album/Setlist Studio Recording for its team, doing a event/concer for its team, doing a setlist by a team, and etc. But, usually they still can interact with another member in another team (Senbatsu, concert, Himawarigumi, and etc). Himawarigumi (AKB48, HKT48, and JKT48) and Cattleyagumi (NMB48) are terms for a group which is formed by some members in a team that usually doing a stage rather than for another activity.

Sometimes, there are special groups made within the AKB48 Group, such as single coupling song groups. An example of this is Team PB or Team YJ. These teams were only temporary and for marketing purposes, the members within them stayed part of their original teams as well. Other temporary teams, such as Team Undecided and Team Unknown, are used when a member is transferred or promoted, but there either is no team spot available, or they haven't been assigned to a team yet. Kenkyuusei, Trainee, Research Student, or Academy (they are the unders for promoted members) are sometimes referred to as Team Kenkyuusei, but is not official.

Currently, a special Team, Team Kaigai is being used for AKB48 members who have been transferred to sister groups abroad.

A list with the current captains of the teams can be found here.

Active Member Separation

Team or Unit Separation

AKB48 Group   AKB48   Team A   Team K   Team B   Team 4   Team 8   SKE48   Team S   Team KII   Team E   NMB48   Team N   Team M   Team BII   HKT48   Team H   Team KIV   Team TII   JKT48   Team J   Team KIII   Team T   BNK48   Team BIII   Team NV   MNL48   Team MII   Team NIV   Team L   CGM48   Team C AKB48 Team as Sister Group   AKB48 Team SH   Promoted Team SH   AKB48 Team TP   Unit Daisy   Unit Bellflower   Unit Sakura SNH48 Group   SNH48   Team SII   Team NII   Team HII   Team X   GNZ48   Team G   Team NIII   Team Z   Class 4   Class 8 Other Separation AKB48 Group   NGT48 (By Generation) Promoted 1st Generation IZ*ONE (No Separation) Sakamichi Series   Nogizaka46 (By Generation) Promoted 1st Generation Promoted 2nd Generation Promoted 3rd Generation Promoted 4th Generation Yoshimotozaka46 (By Generation) ■ Promoted 1st Generation Keyakizaka46 (By Generation) Promoted 1st Generation Promoted 2nd Generation Hinatazaka46 (By Generation) Promoted 1st Generation Promoted 2nd Generation Promoted 3rd Generation Inactive and/or Disbanded Member Separation All of them are disbanded. Team Separation AKB48 Group NGT48 ■ Team NIII (Fused into 1st Generation) ■ Team G (Fused into 1st Generation) JKT48 ■ Team T (Inactivated until August 21, 2020) SNH48 Group SNH48 ■ Team XII ■ Team FT BEJ48 ■ Team B ■ Team E ■ Team J SHY48 ■ Team SIII ■ Team HIII CKG48 ■ Team C ■ Team K Another Separation AKB48 Group OJS48 (No Separation) SDN48 (Generation Separation) ■ Promoted 1st Generation ■ Promoted 2nd Generation ■ Promoted 3rd Generation TPE48 (No Separation, Redirected to AKB48 Team TP) Sakamichi Series Keyakizaka46 (By Group) ■ Kanji Keyakizaka46 (Splitted by Generation as there is no any separation anymore and known only as Keyakizaka46) ■ Hiragana Keyakizaka46 (Formed Hinatazaka46, Splitted by Generation) Kenkyuusei, Research Student, SEED, Understudy, Trainee, and/or Academy They are the unders for promoted members. Active AKB48 Groups ■ AKB48 Kenkyuusei (Previous name: AKB48 SEED) ■ SKE48 Kenkyuusei ■ NMB48 Kenkyuusei ■ HKT48 Kenkyuusei ■ NGT48 Kenkyuusei ■ STU48 Kenkyuusei ■ JKT48 Academy (Previous name: JKT48 Trainee) ■ BNK48 Trainee ■ MNL48 Trainee ■ Team SH Trainee ■ Team TP Trainee Inactive and/or Disbanded AKB48 Groups ■ SDN48 Understudy (Disbanded) Sakamichi Series ■ Nogizaka46 Kenkyuusei (Inactive ?) SNH48 Groups ■ SNH48 Trainee ■ BEJ48 Trainee ■ GNZ48 Trainee ■ SHY48 Trainee (Disbanded) ■ CKG48 Trainee (Disbanded) See Also Team Unknown and Team Undecided (used when a member is transferred or promoted) Team Kaigai (used for AKB48 members who have been transferred to sister groups abroad) Concurrent Positions (a position where a member becomes a member of two different groups and teams at the same time) Transferred Members Graduation (a term used to refer to (a) member(s) that leave(s) their/her respective group) Captain and/or Leaders (Used to describe a member that is the authority (and many times the represent) of a certain team or group) Number of members