[News] Kenkyuusei to form Team 4

[maliciel]

I think it's good that they kept them as a team.

They were pushed as a team, promoted as a team, and definitely would gel very well as a team. In a way, this is the first team since B (A?) that really had an identity before they came into their own officially. I'm expecting good things. Now to sit back and await the Team 4 bandwagoners!

[jafeijai]

According to Togasaki, the Team 4 stage will be performed by the 10 official members + 6 kks that will fill in the remaining positions. These kks will be anyone up to 12th gen.

[winner]

I guess Yuko will be disappointed Project OSR48 will need to be postponed. again.

[tenkei]

Akimoto trolling at the speed of light.

I like some of them at least...
...but, what?

[SomethingWild]

What about adding some of the SKE48 kenkyuusei? When team S was formed, Nakanishi and Deguchi moved from the AKB48 kenkyuusei to SKE. This could be a nice moment to 're-pay' AKB? 

...just thinking of desperate ways to get kaotan in a team after many years of kenkyuusei status.

[Masa]

AKB48 expands with Team 4

Today, AKB48 announced the creation of its 4th team. 10 of the group’s research students have been promoted to the newly launched “Team 4,” with 6 more available spots to be filled in the future.

So far, AKB48 and its related groups have roughly followed a structure of having three 16-member teams (for a total of 48 main members) and a pool of “research students,” though the actual number of members assigned to a team has fluctuated with graduations and promotions.

AKB48 originally started just with Team A and later added Teams K and B. Naturally, they are continuing the naming scheme with Team 4, though it is unknown whether there are plans to eventually add a Team 8.

According to the announcement, Team 4′s first 10 members are:

    Ichikawa Miori
    Oba Mina
    Shimazaki Haruka
    Shimada Haruka
    Takeuchi Miyu
    Nagao Mariya
    Nakamata Shiori
    Nakamura Mariko
    Mori Anna
    Yamauchi Suzuran

For now, the remaining 6 positions will be support positions, filled in by other research students (currently up to the 12th generation) during Team 4′s stage performances.

The AKB48 blog has also announced details of the group’s upcoming nationwide tour, scheduled from August 1 to August 31. Team 4 has been assigned two of the tour dates, on August 2 in Kagoshima and August 8 in Tottori.

http://www.tokyograph.com/news/akb48-expands-with-team-4

[tenkei]

on one hand, happy for the the girls.


on the other, i just picture aki-p in his office all