SNH48 Group Honorary Graduates (荣誉毕业生) are members of SNH48 Group who graduated upon completing their contract. This group was formed on October 14, 2020 to commemorate the graduation of the remaining SNH48 1st Generation members, but has since been expanded to include individual members from subsequent generations and sister groups.
Honorary Graduates, August 2023
Information[]
- The requirements to successfully graduate from the group and join the Honorary Graduates are:
- For SNH48 1st Generation members, they only needed to be with the group for 8 years regardless of age.
- For SNH48 2nd Generation members onwards, they can only successfully graduate from the group when they turn 30 years old (as stated on their identity card) or have completed 8 years in the group (depends on which one is the longest).
- Under this rule, members who are 29 years old as of December 31 of the same year as the event, or those who have been sent out by the company to pursue other careers like acting, can choose whether or not to join the group's major events (Election/Request Time) in that same year.
- Some members may graduate before age 30 depending on certain conditions, but their contracts with the company will still be active.
- Some members have birthdays stated on their identity cards that are different from their actual birthdays, which was a common practice in China in the 1990s.
- Members who are still working with STAR48 under new contracts would also appear every so often at SNH48 Group events.
Members[]
SNH48[]
1st Generation (2020.10.14) (Team SII)[]
- Chen GuanHui (小艾 XiaoAi)
- Chen Si (教练 JiaoLian)
- Dai Meng (Diamond)
- Kong XiaoYin (Bee)
- Li YuQi (毛毛 MaoMao)
- Mo Han (Momo)
- Qian BeiTing (Money)
- Qiu XinYi (湾湾 WanWan)
- Wu ZheHan (五折 WuZhe)
- Xu ChenChen (CC)
- Xu JiaQi (Kiki)
- Zhang YuGe (Tako)
2nd Generation[]
- Jiang Yun (未来 Mirai) -- 2022.03.27 (officially), 2022.10.23 (graduation stage) (Team SII)
- Lu Ting (Lisa) -- 2021.09.25 (Team NII)
- Lin SiYi (Sissy) -- 2021.12.04 (Team HII)
- Sun Rui (Three) -- 2021.09.21 (Team SII, also promoted to SNH48 Dream Star Palace)
- Zhao Yue (Akira) -- 2022.09.11 (Team NII)
4th Generation[]
- Wang XiaoJia (Skygrass) -- 2023.08.19 (Team X)
5th Generation[]
- Jiang Shan (杉宝 ShanBao) -- 2024.08.18 (Team HII)
6th Generation[]
- Chen NanXi (Nancy) -- 2024.08.19 (Team NIII)
- Liu ShuXian (猪仙 ZhuXian) -- 2024.10.05 (Team NII)
GNZ48[]
1st Generation[]
- Nong YanPing (奶瓶 NaiPing) -- 2024.08.30 (Team Z, concurrent with Team HII)
Trivia[]
- First Graduates by Group:
- SNH48: SNH48 1st Generation, Sun Rui (individually)
- GNZ48: Chen NanXi
- First Graduates by Team:
- Team SII: SNH48 1st Generation, Sun Rui (individually)
- Team NII: Lu Ting
- Team HII: Lin SiYi
- Team X: Wang XiaoJia
- Team XII: Jiang Shan (post-disbandment; graduated as a member of Team HII)
- Team FT: Li YuQi (post-disbandment; graduated as a member of Team SII)
- Team NIII: Chen NanXi
- Team Z: Nong YanPing (concurrent member of Team HII)
- Graduates by Sub-Unit:
- Sun Rui is the first individual member to graduate.
- She is also the first member to be promoted to the SNH48 Dream Star Palace at the same time.
- Lu Ting is the first member to graduate from any team besides Team SII.
- Chen NanXi is the first member to graduate from any sister group.
- She is also the first transferred member to graduate (originally from SNH48 and transferred to GNZ48).
- Nong YanPing is the first member to graduate as an original member from any sister group.
- She is also the first member who was never a Trainee upon her debut or any other point.
- Liu ShuXian is the first member to graduate from her original group after having previously been a member of a sister group.
- She is also the first transferred member who returned to her original group prior to graduating.
- Originally an SNH48 Trainee, she was transferred to BEJ48 upon its formation on April 20, 2016. She was transferred back to SNH48 on September 4, 2020 following the initial disbandment of BEJ48's teams.
- While she would technically be the first Honorary Graduate who was a member of BEJ48, her graduation status only counts for SNH48 as it was the group she officially graduated from.
- She is also the first transferred member who returned to her original group prior to graduating.
- Zhao Yue was the last member to graduate before the age of 30 before the current rules were implemented.
- Despite this, Jiang Shan graduated at age 28 and Chen NanXi graduated at age 29 in 2024, since their birthdays stated on their identity cards are different from their real birthdays.
- Jiang Yun is the first member to graduate upon turning 30 under the current rules.
- She is also the first member who officially graduated before her graduation stage was held, as her final theater performance was postponed to October 23, 2022 due to the temporary closure of the SNH48 Theater as a result of the increase of COVID-19 cases in China.
- Wu ZheHan is the first graduated member who was demoted to Trainee status at one point before being promoted again.
- Li YuQi and Wu ZheHan are the first graduates who had a concurrent position in another team at any point, while Nong YanPing is the first graduate to have had a concurrent position in another group at any point.
- Wu ZheHan was initially promoted to Team X two months after her demotion from Team SII. She rejoined Team SII three weeks later with a concurrent position in Team X. Her concurrency with Team X was cancelled in 2016, thus making her a full-time member of Team SII until her graduation.
- Li YuQi had a concurrent position in Team FT from its formation on February 3, 2018 until its disbandment on January 19, 2019.
- She is the first graduate who was a former member of a disbanded team.
- Nong YanPing was announced as a Support Member of SNH48's Team HII on October 11, 2020 due to her working with After Waves 9, and was given a concurrent position on June 5, 2022, which she held until her graduation.
- She is the first graduating member who actively had concurrent position at the time of graduation.
- She is also the first graduating member to have two graduation theater performances: her first was held at the GNZ48 Theater on August 31, 2024, and her second was held at the SNH48 Theater on September 28. Despite this, her graduation status only counts with her main group/team.
- She is also the first graduating member who was a Support Member.
- Wang XiaoJia graduated before any member from the 3rd Generation, making her the first member whose graduation took place before that of any of her predecessors who were still in the group at the time.
- All of the graduates from SNH48's 1st to 6th Generations were members of the group who debuted prior to SNH48 Group's independence from AKB48 Group on June 10, 2016.
- Nong YanPing is the first graduate member who debuted after SNH48 Group's independence.
- Qiu XinYi is the first graduating member from Taiwan or anywhere outside of Mainland China.
- Nong YanPing, who is of Zhuang ethnicity, is the first graduating member who is not of Han ethnicity.
- Lu Ting is the first graduating member to get married and have a child.
- She is also the first known graduate to have retired from the idol business.
- As of August 2024, Zhao Yue has the longest membership tenure (9 years, 29 days), and Nong YanPing has the shortest membership tenure (7 years, 11 months).
- SNH48's 1st Generation graduated 8 years to the very day of their debut on October 14, 2012.
- As of October 2024, the eldest and youngest Honorary Graduates are:
- By Birthdate: Xu ChenChen (eldest; born June 20, 1990), Qiu XinYi (youngest; born January 11, 1997)
- By Graduation Date: Liu ShuXian (eldest; 30 years, 5 months, 19 days on October 5, 2024), Qiu XinYi (youngest; 23 years, 9 months, 3 days on October 14, 2020)
- Sun Rui and Wu ZheHan were winners of the SNH48 General Election.
- Wu ZheHan won the 1st General Election in 2014.
- Sun Rui won the 7th General Election in 2020 and the 8th General Election in 2021, thus allowing her to join the SNH48 Dream Star Palace.
- Jiang Yun and Wang XiaoJia were the winning team of the first SNH48 Group Best Partners competition.
- The following Honorary Graduates performed the #1 ranked song from SNH48 REQUEST TIME.
- 3rd Edition: Zhao Yue -- Don't touch (with Ju JingYi & Zeng YanFen)
- 5th Edition: Dai Meng & Mo Han -- Jiu cha Yi Diandian
- 6th Edition:
- Cloud Group: Qian BeiTing & Kong XiaoYin -- Bu an Xing
- Blazing Group: Dai Meng & Mo Han -- WHO I AM
- Golden Glory Team Song: Lu Ting & Zhao Yue -- Hua zhi Ji (with Team NII)
- Golden Song: Lu Ting -- Hold Me Tight (with Feng XinDuo)
- 8th Edition: Jiang Yun & Wang XiaoJia -- Deep Down
- 10th Edition: Liu ShuXian -- Gei Weilai de Women (with Hu XiaoHui)
- Dai Meng, Jiang Shan, Jiang Yun, Kong XiaoYin, Liu ShuXian, Mo Han, Wang XiaoJia, and Zhang YuGe were all SNH48 Group MVPs.
- Liu ShuXian is the first Honorary Graduate who was an MVP for two different teams, as well as two different groups (Team B and Team NII)
- Dai Meng, Mo Han, Qian BeiTing were Captains of their teams at one point. The former two and Liu ShuXian were Co-Captains of their teams at one point.
- Mo Han was the original Captain of Team SII until September 2013, when she passed the role to Dai Meng and she became Co-Captain.
- Dai Meng would pass her role as Team SII Captain to Qian BeiTing and become Co-Captain in January 2019, and each would hold that respective role until their graduations.
- Xu JiaQi and Zhao Yue were both part of idol groups formed from Chinese survival reality shows.
- Xu JiaQi joined THE9 after finishing in 3rd place on Youth With You 2. She was still on hiatus from all SNH48 activities when she graduated, but was able to participate in the Senbatsu for Take Me and the final theater performance of the 1st Generation.
- Dai Meng, Mo Han, Sun Rui, and Zhang YuGe were also contestants on Youth With You 2.
- Zhao Yue joined Bonbon Girls 303 after finishing in 2nd place on Produce Camp 2020. She passed the original 8-year point in 2021, but because she was on hiatus from all SNH48 activities until Bonbon Girls 303's disbandment, her graduation took place a year later.
- Xu JiaQi joined THE9 after finishing in 3rd place on Youth With You 2. She was still on hiatus from all SNH48 activities when she graduated, but was able to participate in the Senbatsu for Take Me and the final theater performance of the 1st Generation.
- As of August 2024, there is yet to be a graduating member among the members of BEJ48, SHY48, CKG48, CGT48, or any member promoted from IDOLS Ft.
- Since SHY48 disbanded on January 19, 2019, any member from that group would graduate under their current group/team.
- There is also yet to be an Honorary Graduate among returning members from any group.
- As of January 2024, the following members are no longer signed to STAR48, though they are still listed as Honorary Graduates on SNH48's website:
- Kong XiaoYin (contract terminated September 26, 2022)
- Lu Ting (contract ended upon graduation)
- Mo Han (contract ended October 12, 2022)
- Qian BeiTing (contract terminated October 26, 2021)
- Wu ZheHan (contract ended November 30, 2022)
- Xu ChenChen (resigned January 9, 2021)
- Zhang YuGe (contract terminated January 18, 2024)