The 2nd AKB48 Group Draft Meeting (第2回AKB48グループ ドラフト会議 開催告知?) has been announced. In this event; after they scouted, members will start their activities as Kenkyuusei of their group before being full member. AKB48(except Team 8), SKE48, NMB48, HKT48, and NGT48 participated.
- First Screening
- Submitted documents - will be from January 23 to February 12
- Second Screening
- Interview - in Tokyo on February 21
- Third Screening
- Sing and Dance - in Tokyo on March 1, 2015
2nd AKB48 Group Draft Meeting Event
The second generation of draft members participated in the meeting which took place at the Ariake Colosseum on May 10, 2015 (15.00 - 19.00 JST)
Description
Like the previous edition, the meeting was a public audition where a number of pre-selected candidates had the chance to be drafted into a team by a group of the team's representatives.
The final event was organized into rounds, and each round the representatives selected a candidate they wanted for their team. The rounds went on until all teams decided to stop. In case of an overlapping choice, the team's captains decided the winner by a lottery. Members that remained after all teams stopped drafting were to be sent home.
Once a member was selected, they became a Draft Member for that team.
Team 8 did not participate in the draft. NGT48 however did participate, and their entry was announced on 3rd May, 2015.
Before the event, the following was announced: Starting from this year, these members will start out as Kenkyuusei, who are already bound to their destination team, as opposed to starting out as full members like in the previous edition.
The process leading up to the event, including candidate videos, was documented on the Official AKB48 YouTube channel.
Opening Event
Team Representatives performance.
- overture
- Bokutachi wa Tatakawanai (AKB48)
- Coquettish Juutai Chuu (SKE48)
- Don't look back! (NMB48)
- 12 Byou (HKT48)
- Kibouteki Refrain (All)
Team Representatives
- One team divided as Captain, Co-Captain (except Team B & NGT48), Adviser, and Spectator (except NGT48).
- Team A: Yokoyama Yui, Nakamura Mariko, Owada Nana, Maeda Ami, Takahashi Minami, Shimazaki Haruka
- Team K: Minegishi Minami, Shimada Haruka, Matsui Sakiko, Mukaichi Mion, Tano Yuka, Nagao Mariya
- Team B: Kizaki Yuria, Umeta Ayano, Kobayashi Marina, Uchiyama Natsuki, Kato Rena, Watanabe Mayu
- Team 4: Takahashi Juri, Okada Nana, Izuta Rina, Kojima Mako, Nishino Miki, Kawamoto Saya
- Theater Manager: Kayano Shinobu
The Candidates
Members (49): Ando Erina, Isshiki Rena, Imamura Maria, Ogino Yuka, Kamimura Ayuka, Shibata Yui, Shirai Kotono, Sugawara Maya, Takahashi Kira, Chiba Erii, Nishigata Marina, Nishinaka Nanami, Nomura Nao, Hongo Yuzuha, Matsuoka Hana, Mizuno Airi, Hiwatashi Yui, Hori Shion, Muranaka Yuki, Yasuda Momone, Murakawa Bibian, Yamabe Ayu, Hazama Miharu, Matsui Rina, Michieda Saki, Mukoyama Aira, Mega Yako, Yamane Suzuha, Shimazaki Hikari, Seiji Reina, Someya Marin, Tanino Arisa, Nagayama Rin, Nomura Miyo, Akasaka Misaki, Izumi Reina, Inoue Ruka, Iwata Hina, Kageyama Yuka, Kasai Kana, Kawaguchi Mami, Kawano Nanaho, Shibuya Hikaru, Miyamoto Haruka, Shirano Miyu
- Now in AKB48 Regular Members (2): Chiba Erii, Yamane Suzuha
- Now in Team S (3): Kamimura Ayuka, Nomura Miyo, Inoue Ruka
- Now in Team KII (1): Mizuno Airi
- Now in Team E (1): Sugawara Maya
- Now in Team KIV (2): Imamura Maria, Matsuoka Hana
- Now in NGT48 1st Generation (2): Nishigata Marina, Seiji Reina
- Now in STU48 1st Generation (1): Iwata Hina
- Now Graduated (18): Muranaka Yuki, Ando Erina, Isshiki Rena, Hiwatashi Yui, Shirai Kotono, Ogino Yuka, Kawano Nanaho, Yasuda Momone, Kubo Satone, Nishikawa Rei, Kusakabe Aina, Nishimura Nanako, Murakawa Bibian, Hongo Yuzuha, Kageyama Yuka, Michieda Saki, Yamabe Ayu, Hori Shion
- Former Kenkyuusei (4): Shibata Yui, Takahashi Kira, Nishinaka Nanami, Nomura Nao
- Unpicked members (13): Hazama Miharu, Matsui Rina, Mukoyama Aira, Mega Yako, Shimazaki Hikari, Someya Marin, Tanino Arisa, Nagayama Rin, Akasaka Misaki, Izumi Reina, Kasai Kana, Kawaguchi Mami, Shibuya Hikaru
- Withdrew (2): Miyamoto Haruka, Shirano Miyu
Michieda Saki, Yamane Suzuha, Seiji Reina, Nishimura Nanako, Nomura Miyo, Inoue Ruka, Iwata Hina, Kageyama Yuka, Kawano Nanaho and Kusakabe Aina were unpicked but then returned as members of their current groups
2nd Draft Member Performance
- Aitakatta
- Party ga Hajimaru yo
- Sansei Kawaii!
- Kamonegix
- Melon Juice
- Koko ga Rhodes da, Koko de Tobe!
Trivia
- Nishimura Nanako, Seiji Reina and Kusakabe Aina returned as NGT48's 1st generation members.
- Kageyama Yuka returned as a Hiragana Keyakizaka46 member.
- Inoue Ruka and Nomura Miyo returned as SKE48's 8th generation members.
- Michieda Saki and Yamane Suzuha returned as AKB48's 16th generation members.
- Iwata Hina returned as a STU48's 1st generation member.
- Kawano Nanaho returned as a NMB48 Draft 3rd Generation member.
- Shibata Yui was the first picked draftee to graduate.
External Links
- AKB48 Draft 2nd on the AKB48 Official Page