New rankings! Staying with the #Top25 format because it works great.
AKB48
01. Kashiwagi Yuki 02. Oshima Yuko 03. Watanabe Miyuki 04. Matsui Jurina 05. Yokoyama Yui 06. Miyazawa Sae 07. Takahashi Minami 08. Yagura Fuuko 09. Shinoda Mariko 10. Katayama Haruka 11. Maeda Ami 12. Okada Nana 13. Furuhata Nao 14. Kojima Haruna 15. Kitahara Rie 16. Minegishi Minami 17. Akimoto Sayaka 18. Kodama Haruka 19. Iwasa Misaki 20. Watanabe Mayu 21. Kawaei Rina 22. Kojima Mako 23. Kojima Natsuki 24. Kuramochi Asuka 25. Iwata Karen | | SKE48
01. Takayanagi Akane 02. Matsui Jurina 03. Suda Akari 04. Kizaki Yuria 05. Suga Nanako 06. Furukawa Airi 07. Matsui Rena 08. Ooya Masana 09. Ishida Anna 10. Furuhata Nao 11. Oba Mina 12. Kaneko Shiori 13. Isohara Kyoka 14. Kato Rumi 15. Kito Momona 16. Saito Makiko 17. Sato Mieko 18. Yakata Miki 19. Shibata Aya 20. Umemoto Madoka 21. Kato Tomoko 22. Kobayashi Ami 23. Kinoshita Yukiko 24. Iwanaga Tsugumi 25. Deguchi Aki | | NMB48
01. Watanabe Miyuki 01. Yamamoto Sayaka 03. Fukumoto Aina 04. Ogasawara Mayu 05. Yamada Nana 06. Jonishi Kei 07. Yagura Fuuko 08. Yoshida Akari 09. Kinoshita Momoka 10. Mita Mao 11. Kadowaki Kanako 12. Kotani Riho 13. Kawakami Rena 14. Kondo Rina 15. Yogi Keira 16. Takano Yui 17. Ichikawa Miori 18. Yabushita Syu 19. Ishizuka Akari 20. Okita Ayaka 21. Shimada Rena 22. Kishino Rika 23. Murase Sae 24. Koyanagi Arisa 25. Tanigawa Airi | | HKT48
01. Sashihara Rino 02. Miyawaki Sakura 03. Kodama Haruka 04. Matsuoka Natsumi 05. Tomonaga Mio 06. Anai Chihiro 07. Motomura Aoi 08. Ota Aika 09. Tani Marika 10. Nakanishi Chiyori 11. Moriyasu Madoka 12. Okada Kanna 13. Murashige Anna 14. Tashima Meru 15. Sakaguchi Riko 16. Ueki Nao 17. Tanaka Natsumi 18. Fuchigami Mai 19. Wakatabe Haruka 20. Abe Kyoka 21. Goto Izumi 22. Imada Mina 23. Kusaba Manami 24. Kumazawa Serina 25. Shimono Yuki | | Nogizaka46
01. Takayama Kazumi 02. Shiraishi Mai 03. Ikuta Erika 04. Matsumura Sayuri 05. Sakurai Reika 06. Inoue Sayuri 07. Ikoma Rina 08. Nishino Nanase 09. Wakatsuki Yumi 10. Akimoto Manatsu 11. Noujou Ami 12. Nakada Kana 13. Hashimoto Nanami 14. Ichiki Rena 15. Saito Yuri 16. Nagashima Seira 17. Miyazawa Seira 18. Ito Marika 19. Fukagawa Mai 20. Saito Asuka 21. Yamato Rina 22. Eto Misa 23. Hoshino Minami 24. Ito Nene 25. Wada Maaya |
Notes, etc:
- I'm not sure what prompted Takamina to drop a bit below some of this transfer members. I feel like her solo debut didn't make the splash I was hoping for, so maybe she lost some PR recently with me. Not sure. Honestly I kind of disagree with my own ranking right here.
Though Sae back in the mix explains it a bit too, and she has gained some major points for her EPIC ballsy speech at the sousenkyo.
- Tying into above, my next ranking I'm debating ignoring the transfer members and ranking them in their main group only. I feel like it just screws the ranking up and the only thing these transfer members do is stages, which I seldom if ever watch.
- My SKE rankings are extremely different this time, but then again so is the group. Six of my previous top 25 are gone.
- NMB ranks are about the same. Mita Mao gets a boost, totally fallen for her. <3 And yes, SayaMilky are still tied, I'm not ready to pull that trigger.
- HKT rankings feel more solid this time due to plenty of HKT content exposure, but amazingly not much changed. The introduction of Tani Marika, Tomonaga Mio, Okada Kanna and some others moved people around, Aoi got a pretty decent bump for being Aoi, but really, things stayed pretty stable.
- Nogizaka rankings are mostly stable. I'm afraid I haven't been exposed to their show in a couple of months so not much to go on recently, but there were a few subtle shifts. Akimoto Manatsu has a pretty good rank already. I really like her.