OUT OF 48

OUT OF 48 is Audition program created by AKB48. it premiered on April 19, 2023.

The show will run every Wednesday at 25.59 PM (JST) in NTV.

OUT OF 48 Promotion Image

Concept

"OUT OF 48" is a new audition program for the formation of a new girl group, consisting of both current AKB48 members and non-AKB48 members.

The group will be crated with a different 'girly pop x dance' concept, making the most of the strengths of AKB48 to make a leap forward.

Background

The show was first announced on the 44th episode of AKB48 Sayonara Mouri-san on February 23rd, 2023. It would replace the time slot covered by AAKB48 Sayonara Mouri-san. It was announced that the show would cover the journey of an audition for a new girl group, and contestants would include both AKB48 members as well as entirely unrelated contestants. The new group will be produced by Ichinomiya Yuki and have their own crown program alongside their debut.

The rules for applying included a maximum age of 22, no current affiliation with an agency and either living in Tokyo or the willingness to relocate to Tokyo once passing the audition. Applications for auditioning would be open from 01:29, February 24th, to 23:59, March 19th.

Throughout March, promotional images of AKB48 members in the following order: Hirata Yuki, Chiba Erii, Oguri Yui, Tokunaga Remi, Yamauchi Mizuki, Sato Airi, Yamazaki Sora and Shitao Miu. On March 16th, a promotional teaser video with a preview of the title song Your Super Girl was released on all official social media platforms.

The full title song was released on streaming platforms on April 20th, 2023 and it was sung by Saito Haruna, Muto Orin, Taguchi Manaka, Suzuki Kurumi, Kurosu Haruka and Sakaguchi Nagisa.

The first episode aired at 01:29 on April 21st, 2023.

Panel

• Maeda Goki
• Kashiwagi Yuki (AKB48 Team B)
• Machida Hironori (NTV Announcer)
• Ichinomiya Yuki (Group Producer)
• Hirai Hana (Dance Mentor)

Contestant

AKB48 Members

• Team A: Saito Haruna, Chiba Erii, Nagano Serika, Fukuoka Seina, Muto Orin
• Team K: Taguchi Manaka, Yamauchi Mizuki, Yamane Suzuha
• Team B: Asai Nanami, Oguri Yui, Sakaguchi Nagisa, Sato Minami, Suzuki Kurumi, Tokunaga Remi, Hashimoto Haruna, Yamada Kyoka
• Team 4: Kuranoo Narumi, Kurosu Haruka, Sakagawa Hiyuka, Shitao Miu, Nagatomo Ayami
• Kenkyuusei: Ota Yuki, Kohama Kokone, Sato Airi, Hashimoto Eriko, Hatakeyama Nozomi, Hirata Yuki, Hotei Moka, Masai Mayuu, Mizushima Miyuu, Yamazaki Sora, Akiyama Yuna, Arai Sae, Kubo Hinano, Kudo Kasumi, Narita Kohina, Sako Yumemi, Yamaguchi Yui, Yagi Azuki

Others Contestants

• Members (23): Iwamoto Aika, Kakimoto Rena, Kato Mikoto, Kanomata Mana, Sato Suzuka, Sugii Misaki, Suzuki Sara, Tanaka Rei, Chen Sasha, Nagai Kurumi, Nakamura Yuka, Nakamori Mikoto, Naruishi Arisa, Nishijima Ruka, Hatai Miyuu, Furuyama Nanami, Matsuura Yui, Matsuo Sara, Matsumoto Otoka, Murakami Ayaha, Yamazaki Fuka, Wakabayashi Yuna, Watanabe Karen

Evaluation

File Evaluation

39 members of AKB48 passed this evaluation.

• Sato Minami resigned even though she had passed.
• Only 38 members left who continued to dance evaluation.

Dance Evaluation

Group 1

• Muto Orin, Hotei Moka, Mizushima Miyu, Yamazaki Sora, Sakaguchi Nagisa

Group 2

• Tokunaga Remi, Kudo Kasumi, Hatakeyama Nozomi, Hashimoto Eriko

Group 3

• Yamada Kyoka, Kohama Kokone, Arai Sae, Sako Yumemi

Group 4

• Yamane Suzuha, Masai Mayuu, Yamauchi Mizuki, Nagatomo Ayami, Asai Nanami

Group 5

• Suzuki Kurumi, Yagi Azuki, Akiyama Yuna, Saito Haruna

Group 6

• Nagano Serika, Sakagawa Hiyuka, Hashimoto Haruna, Narita Kohina, Shitao Miu

Group 7

• Fukuoka Seina, Sato Airi, Chiba Erii, Oguri Yui, Hirata Yuki

Group 8

• Kubo Hinano, Yamaguchi Yui, Kuranoo Narumi, Kurosu Haruka

Eliminated

First Eliminated

• Surviving Members (24): Saito Haruna, Chiba Erii, Nagano Serika, Fukuoka Seina, Yamauchi Mizuki, Asai Nanami, Oguri Yui, Tokunaga Remi, Kuranoo Narumi, Sakagawa Hiyuka, Shitao Miu, Nagatomo Ayami, Sato Airi, Hashimoto Eriko, Hirata Yuki, Mizushima Miyuu, Yamazaki Sora, Akiyama Yuna, Arai Sae, Kubo Hinano, Sako Yumemi, Narita Kohina, Yagi Azuki, Yamaguchi Yui
• Added (23): Iwamoto Aika, Kakimoto Rena, Kato Mikoto, Kanomata Mana, Sato Suzuka, Sugii Misaki, Suzuki Sara, Tanaka Rei, Chen Sasha, Nagai Kurumi, Nakamura Yuka, Nakamori Mikoto, Naruishi Arisa, Nishijima Ruka, Hatai Miyuu, Furuyama Nanami, Matsuura Yui, Matsuo Sara, Matsumoto Otoka, Murakami Ayaha, Yamazaki Fuka, Wakabayashi Yuna, Watanabe Karen
• Eliminated (12): Muto Orin, Yamane Suzuha, Sakaguchi Nagisa, Suzuki Kurumi, Hashimoto Haruna, Yamada Kyoka, Kurosu Haruka, Kohama Kokone, Hatakeyama Nozomi, Hotei Moka, Masai Mayuu, Kudo Kasumi

Songs

Digital Songs

• Your Super Girl (2023)

Trivia

• Akihiro Kondo (Vocal mentor) previously work with SHINee, EXO, and NCT127. While Hirai Hana (Dance mentor) is the sister of TWICE's Momo.
• Sato Minami (AKB48 Team B) actually joined this program but withdrew.
• Taguchi Manaka (AKB48 Team K) & Ota Yuki (AKB48 Kenkyuusei) decided to withdraw from the program during the dance evaluation.
• There will only be 24 AKB48 members who will qualify for the next round and meet the other 24 participants who passed the audition (To be announced at AKB48's spring concert on April 29, 2023.).
• After this program ended, Suzuki Sara and Kakimoto Rena debuted as SKE48's 12th generation members.