HKT48

HKT48 (short for Hakata48) is a Japanese all-female idol group based in Hakata, Fukuoka, where they have their own theater in Hawks Town Mall. The group, established in 2011, is the fourth Japan-based sister group of AKB48. HKT48 is produced by Akimoto Yasushi and signed under Universal Music Japan. Currently the group consists of three teams: Team H, Team KIV and Team TII. In addition, the group also has trainees called kenkyuusei.

History

HKT48 Logo

Plans for a group entitled HKT48 were first revealed by AKB48 producer Yasushi Akimoto on 19 November 2008. The group takes its name from its proposed base location of Hakata-ku, Fukuoka. HKT48 was officially announced on 1 May 2011 at an AKB48 handshake event. Instead of the previously targeted Hakata, the HKT48's theater will instead be based in the Hawks Town Mall based in neighboring Chūō-ku, Fukuoka. The group is the third AKB48 sister group to be launched, after the groups SKE48 and NMB48. This location is next to the Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome. In addition, it was announced that the group will be accepting applications from girls whose age is between 11 and 22. The first-round of the first-ever HKT48 audition will take place from 31 May 2011, and successful applicants took part in the second round of auditions, consisting of a singing and dancing test, in the first half of July 2011.

500px-HKT48January2014 — HKT48, January 2014

HKT48's 21 first generation members were first revealed at an AKB48 handshake event on 23 October 2011. Of these 21 members, 17 of them are junior high school students or below, and two of the members are elementary school students. The youngest member of the group, Natsumi Tanaka, was 11 years old at the time of the announcement. She said that "joining AKB48 is my ambition since I was 5 years old, so it feels like a dream to be in this group.". The oldest member is Yoko Sugamoto, who is 17 years old at the time of the announcement. Altogether, the average age of the group is 13.8 years old, the youngest average age amongst all of the AKB48-related groups. The group will have their debut performance in the HKT48 theater at the end of 2011.

On January 11, 2014, HKT had a Team Shuffle, the shuffle happened at the HKT48 Kyushu 7 Prefecture Tour ~Kawaii Ko ni wa Tabi wo Saseyo~. The shuffle will only take effect in the spring.

Members

Teams

HKT48 Members

Team H

Team KIV

Team TII

HKT48 Kenkyuusei

Team H

Akiyoshi Yuka (ゆかちゃん Yukachan)
Ueno Haruka (はるたん Harutan)
Kojina Yui (じーな Jiina)
Kodama Haruka (はるっぴ Haruppi)
Komada Hiroka (ぴーちゃん Piichan)
Sakaguchi Riko (りこぴ Rikopi)
Sashihara Rino (さっしー Sasshi)
Tashima Meru (める Meru)
Tanaka Natsumi (なつみかん Natsumikan)
Tanaka Miku (みくりん Mikurin)
Toyonaga Aki (あき Aki)
Matsuoka Natsumi (なつ Natsu) (Captain)
Yabuki Nako (なこ Nako)

Team KIV

Imada Mina (みな Mina)
Iwahana Shino (しの Shino)
Ueki Nao (なお Nao)
Unjo Hirona (なっぴ Nappi)
Kumazawa Serina (せりーぬ Seriinu)
Shimono Yuki (しなもん Shinamon/Cinnamon)
Tanaka Yuka (ゆうたん Yuutan)
Jitoe Nene (ねねちゃん Nenechan)
Tomiyoshi Asuka (あすか Asuka)
Tomonaga Mio (みお Mio)
Fukagawa Maiko (まいこむ、まいこ Maikomu/Maiko)
Fuchigami Mai (まいちゃん Maichan)
Miyawaki Sakura (さくら Sakura) (Co-Captain)
Murashige Anna (あーにゃ Aanya)
Motomura Aoi (あおい Aoi) (Captain)
Moriyasu Madoka (まどか Madoka)

Team TII

Aramaki Misaki (みるん Mirun)
Imamura Maria (まーさん Maasan)
Oda Ayaka (おだちゃん Odachan)
Kurihara Sae (さえちゃん Saechan)
Sakai Moeka (おいもちゃん Oimochan)
Sakamoto Erena (えれたん Eretan)
Shimizu Rio (りおちゃん Riochan)
Takeda Tomoka (もかちゃん Mokachan)
Tsukiashi Amane (あまちゃん Amachan)
Hokazono Hazuki (はづき Hazuki) (Co-Captain)
Matsuoka Hana (はなちゃん Hanachan)
Matsumoto Hinata (ひなたん Hinatan)
Miyazaki Sono (そのちん Sonochin)
Murakawa Vivian (びびあん Bibian / Vivian)
Yamauchi Yuna (ゆうな Yuuna)
Yamashita Emiri (エミリー Emiri) (Captain)

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HKT48 Kenkyuusei

Ito Yueru (ゆえる Yueru) (Team H)
Seki Ai (あいみゅん Aimyun) (Team TII)
Baba Sayaka (さやまる Sayamaru) (Team KIV)
Matsuda Yumi (ゆみみ Yumimi) (Team TII)
Watanabe Akari (あーちゃん Aachan) (Team H)

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Former Members

Komori Yui (Withdrew)
Sugamoto Yuko (Withdrew)
Taniguchi Airi (Withdrew)
Umemoto Izumi (2015)
Kusaba Manami (2015)
Goto Izumi (2015)
Ito Raira (2016)
Okada Kanna (2016)
Anai Chihiro (2016)
Wakatabe Haruka (2017)
Okamoto Naoko (2017)
Inoue Yuriya (2017)
Ota Aika (2017)
Tsutsui Riko (2017)
Tanaka Yuka (2018)
Ui Mashiro (2018)
Yamada Marina (2018)
Yamamoto Mao (2018)

Ancien Kenkyuusei

Eto Sayaka (Retiré)
Nakanishi Ayaka (Retiré)
Abe Kyoka (Retiré)
Otoshima Risa (Retiré)

Sister Groups

Terms

AKB48 Senbatsu Events

Senbatsu Elections

[2012.06.06] AKB48 27th Single Senbatsu Sousenkyo "Fan ga Erabu 64 Giseki"
[2013.06.08] AKB48 32nd Single Senbatsu Sousenkyo "Yume wa Hitori ja Mirarenai"

Senbatsu Janken Taikai

[2012.09.18] AKB48 29th Single Senbatsu Janken Taikai

Discography

Stage Albums

[2013.07.06] HKT48 Team H 1st stage "Te wo Tsunaginagara" ~studio recording~ (HKT48 Team H 1st stage 「手をつなぎながら」)

Singles

[2013.03.20] Suki! Suki! Skip! (スキ! スキ! スキップ!; Like! Like! Skip!)
[2013.09.04] Melon Juice (メロンジュース)
[2014.03.12] Sakura, Minna de Tabeta (桜、みんなで食べた ; The Sakura Everyone Ate Together)
[2014.09.24] Hikaeme I love you! (控えめI love you!; Humbly I Love You)
[2015.04.22] 12 Byou (12秒; 12 Seconds)
[2015.11.25] Shekarashika! (しぇからしか!; Annoying!) ft Kishidan
[2016.04.13] 74 Okubun no 1 no Kimi e (74億分の1の君へ; To the 1 in a 7.4 Billion You)
[2016.09.07] Saikou ka yo (最高かよ;Is This Amazing or What)
[2017.02.15] Bagutte Iijan (バグっていいじゃん;It's fine if it's buggy)
[2017.08.02] Kiss wa Matsushikanai no Deshouka? (キスは待つしかないのでしょうか？;Could a kiss be something for which one can do nothing but wait?)

Stage DVDs

[2013.07.06] HKT48 TeamH 1st stage "Te wo Tsunaginagara" (HKT48 TeamH 1st stage 「手をつなぎながら」)
[2014.01.09] Team H 2nd Stage "Hakata Legend" (チームH 2nd Stage「博多レジェンド」)

Concert DVDs

[2013.09.25] AKB48 Group Rinji Sokai ~Shirokuro Tsukeyojyanaika!~ (HKT48 Tandoku Koen)
[2014.01.11] HKT48 Kyushu 7 Prefecture Tour ~Kawaii Ko ni wa Tabi wo Saseyo~
[2014.04.05] HKT48 in Saitama Super Arena

DVDs

[2013.04.19] HaKaTa Hyakkaten (HaKaTa百貨店)
[2013.08.28] HaKaTa Hyakkaten 2 Go Kan (HaKaTa百貨店2号館)

Filmography

Movies

[2015.11.??] DOCUMENTARY of HKT48

HKT48 Events

[2012.11.25] HKT48 1st Anniversary

Stages

Team H

1st Stage 「手をつなぎながら」 (HKT48 Team H 1st Stage "Te wo Tsunaginagara") [2011.11.26~2013.02.17]
Waiting Stage　「博多レジェンド」　(HKT48 Team H 2nd Stage "Hakata Legend") [2013.03.01 - ]

Kenkyuusei

1st Stage 「手をつなぎながら」 (HKT48 Kenkyuusei 1st Stage "Te wo Tsunaginagara") [2011.11.26~2012.??.??]
2nd Stage 「PARTYが始まるよ」 (HKT48 Kenkyuusei 2nd Stage "Party ga Hajimaru yo") [2012.09.30~]

TV Shows

Aru Aru YY Terebi (with NMB48) (2012/03/23~)
HKT Variety 48
HaKaTa Hyakkaten
HKT48 no Odekake
HKT48 Tonkotsu Magical Girls' Academy (HKT48トンコツ魔法少女学院 HKT48 Tonkotsu Mahou Shoujo Gakuin^?)

External Links

HKT48

Members
Team H	Aramaki Misaki \| Ikuno Rina \| Ishibashi Ibuki \| Ichimura Airi \| Ito Yueru \| Kawahira Hijiri \| Kitagawa Hiiro \| Kurihara Sae \| Sakai Moeka \| Sakamoto Rino \| Shibui Mina \| Toyonaga Aki (Captain) \| Fujino Kokoha \| Fuchigami Mai \| Mogami Nanaka \| Yanase Reia \| Yamauchi Yuna
Team KIV	Akiyoshi Yuka \| Ihara Hanna \| Izawa Miyu \| Imamura Maria \| Eguchi Kokoha \| Ouchi Rinka \| Oba Risaki \| Kuriyama Rina \| Sakamoto Erena \| Takemoto Kurumi \| Tachibana Kokoro \| Tanaka Iori \| Jitoe Nene \| Fukui Karen \| Matsuoka Hana (Captain) \| Morisaki Saaya \| Yamashita Emiri
Kenkyuusei	Ishimatsu Yuina \| Matsumoto Urara \| Yasui Hina

Former Members
Team H	Komori Yui \| Sugamoto Yuko \| Taniguchi Airi \| Umemoto Izumi \| Anai Chihiro \| Wakatabe Haruka \| Okamoto Naoko \| Inoue Yuriya \| Ui Mashiro \| Yamada Marina \| Yamamoto Mao \| Sashihara Rino \| Kodama Haruka \| Komada Hiroka \| Tanaka Natsumi \| Kamijima Kaede \| Ueno Haruka \| Tashima Meru \| Mizukami Rimika \| Kojina Yui \| Matsuoka Natsumi \| Sakaguchi Riko \| Watanabe Akari \| Yabuki Nako \| Oda Ayaka \| Unjo Hirona
Team KIV	Kusaba Manami \| Goto Izumi \| Ito Raira \| Okada Kanna \| Ota Aika \| Tanaka Yuka \| Tomiyoshi Asuka \| Iwahana Shino \| Ueki Nao \| Tomonaga Mio \| Fukagawa Maiko \| Moriyasu Madoka \| Miyawaki Sakura \| Murashige Anna \| Kumazawa Serina \| Imada Mina \| Shimono Yuki \| Murakami Wakana \| Goto Hinano \| Baba Sayaka \| Motomura Aoi \| Nagano Miyabi \| Takeda Tomoka \| Tanaka Miku
Team TII	Tsutsui Riko \| Matsuda Yumi \| Tsukiashi Amane \| Shimizu Rio \| Matsumoto Hinata \| Seki Ai \| Murakawa Bibian \| Hokazono Hazuki \| Miyazaki Sono
Kenkyuusei	Eto Sayaka \| Nakanishi Ayaka \| Abe Kyoka \| Otoshima Risa \| Kudo Haruka \| Ogawa Sana \| Kawashima Yuna

Discography
Singles	1. Suki! Suki! Skip! \| 2. Melon Juice \| 3. Sakura, Minna de Tabeta \| 4. Hikaeme I love you! \| 5. 12 Byou \| 6. Shekarashika! \| 7. 74 Okubun no 1 no Kimi e \| 8. Saikou ka yo \| 9. Bagutte Iijan \| 10. Kiss wa Matsushikanai no Deshouka? \| 11. Hayaokuri Calendar \| 12. Ishi \| 13. 3-2 \| 14. Kimi to Doko ka e Ikitai \| 15. Biisan wa Naze Naku Naru no ka? \| 16. Kimi wa Motto Dekiru \| 17. Baketsu wo Kabure!
Album	1. 092 \| 2. Outstanding
Other Songs	Hatsukoi Butterfly \| Wink wa Sankai \| Otona Ressha \| Make noise \| Tomaranai Kanransha \| Buttaoreru Made
Stages
Team H	Te wo Tsunaginagara \| Hakata Legend \| Seishun Girls \| Saishuu Bell ga Naru \| Theater no Megami \| RESET \| Mokugekisha
Team KIV	Theater no Megami \| Saishuu Bell ga Naru \| Seifuku no Me \| Koko ni Datte Tenshi wa Iru
Team TII	Te wo Tsunaginagara \| Renai Kinshi Jourei
Himawarigumi	Pajama Drive \| Tadaima Renaichuu \| Yuuwaku no Garter
Kenkyuusei	Te wo Tsunaginagara \| PARTY ga Hajimaru yo \| Nounai Paradise \| Kibou no Tsubomi

Units and Sister Groups
One-Shot Units	Team Surprise \| Team BS
AKB48 Group inside Japan	AKB48 \| SKE48 \| NMB48 \| HKT48 \| NGT48 \| STU48
AKB48 Group outside Japan	JKT48 \| BNK48 \| MNL48 \| AKB48 Team SH \| AKB48 Team TP \| CGM48 \| KLP48
Former Groups	OJS48 \| SDN48 \| TPE48 \| MUM48 \| SGO48 \| DEL48 \| MUB48

Events
Sousenkyo	4th Senbatsu Sousenkyo - 27th Single "Fan ga Erabu 64 Giseki" 5th Senbatsu Sousenkyo - 32nd Single "Yume wa Hitori ja Mirarenai" 6th Senbatsu Sousenkyo - 37th Single "Yume no Genzaichi ~Rival wa Doko da~" 7th Senbatsu Sousenkyo - 41st Single 8th Senbatsu Sousenkyo - 45th Single 9th Senbatsu Sousenkyo - 49th Single 10th Senbatsu Sousenkyo / Sekai Senbatsu Sousenkyo - 53rd Single
Janken Taikai	3rd Senbatsu Janken Taikai - 29th Single 4th Senbatsu Janken Taikai - 34th Single 5th Janken Taikai - Solo Debut + 38th Single 6th Janken Taikai - Solo Debut 7th Janken Taikai - Unit Formation + Debut 8th Janken Taikai - Unit Debut
Group Draft Meeting	AKB48 Group Draft Meeting 2013 AKB48 Group Draft Meeting 2015