Team 8

Team 8 (April 2018)

AKB48's Team 8 (チーム8) is a special Team that was announced during AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 200 2014. Their team color is Dark Blue. They have 39 members as of March 2021, although 1 has announced her graduation and 1 is currently in IZ*ONE. The concept of Team 8 is "Idols who go meet you" and were sponsored by Toyota before March 2021. They are often considered an unofficial sister group.

Each member of Team 8 comes from a different prefecture of Japan. The members participate in live performances and handshake events and special performances in various regions of Japan and internationally. They are currently on a tour around the country (Team 8 National Tour 〜47 no Suteki na Machi e〜). As of June 2017, Team 8 visited a total of 38 prefectures and travelled 31,693km.

Members

(History: Team 8)

Hokkaido · Northeast Area
Nagi Sakaguchi Nagisa Hokkaido (北海道  Hokkaido?)	Yokochan Yokoyama Yui (Team 8) Aomori (青森県  Aomori?)	Macchan Mitomo Mashiro Yamagata (山形県  Yamagata?)	Akarii Sato Akari Miyagi (宮城県  Miyagi?)

Kanto Area
Berin Okabe Rin Ibaraki (茨城県  Ibaraki?)	Maria Shimizu Maria Gunma (群馬県  Gunma?)	Ayane Takahashi Ayane Saitama (埼玉県  Saitama?)	Nanase Yoshikawa Nanase Chiba (千葉県  Chiba?)	Yuiyui Oguri Yui Tokyo (東京都  Tokyo?)	Odaeri Oda Erina Kanagawa (神奈川県  Kanagawa?)
Hidaaya Hidaritomo Ayaka Yamanashi (山梨県  Yamanashi?)

Chubu Area
Hattsu Utada Hatsuka Aichi (愛知県  Aichi?)	Yukarin Suzuki Yuka Shizuoka (静岡県  Shizuoka?)	Mittsun Matsumura Miku Mie (三重県  Mie?)	Harupyon Hashimoto Haruna Toyama (富山県  Toyama?)	Hika Hirano Hikaru Ishikawa (石川県  Ishikawa?)	Hiyuka Sakagawa Hiyuka Fukui (福井県  Fukui?)
Sayarin Takahashi Sayaka Nagano (長野県  Nagano?)	Yuna Hattori Yuna Gifu (岐阜県  Gifu?)

Kansai Area
Serika Nagano Serika Osaka (大阪府  Osaka?)	Tomechan Fukutome Mitsuho Hyougo (兵庫県  Hyougo?)		Momo Onishi Momoka Nara (奈良県  Nara?)	Hamachan Hama Sayuna Shiga (滋賀県  Shiga?)

Chugoku · Shikoku Area
Remi Tokunaga Remi Tottori (鳥取県  Tottori?)	Hina Okuhara Hinako Shimane (島根県  Shimane?)	Nonnon Okumoto Hinano Hiroshima (広島県  Hiroshima?)	Miu Shitao Miu Yamaguchi (山口県  Yamaguchi?)	Yuki Harumoto Yuki Tokushima (徳島県  Tokushima?)
Yurina Gyoten Yurina Kagawa (香川県  Kagawa?)	Kaorunba Takaoka Kaoru Ehime (愛媛県  Ehime?)

Kyushu Area
Karen Yoshida Karen Fukuoka (福岡県  Fukuoka?)	Missaa Kawahara Misaki Saga (佐賀県  Saga?)	Omizuki Onoue Mizuki Nagasaki (長崎県  Nagasaki?)	Naru Kuranoo Narumi Kumamoto (熊本県  Kumamoto?)	Kyoka Yamada Kyoka Oita (大分県  Oita?)	Soranon Uemi Sorano Miyazaki (宮崎県  Miyazaki?)
Reichan Fujizono Rei Kagoshima (鹿児島県  Kagoshima?)	Ranrii Miyazato Rira Okinawa (沖縄県  Okinawa?)

Hiatus

• Honda Hitomi (ひぃちゃん Hiichan) – (Tochigi) – (On hiatus due to participation in IZ*ONE)

Graduated

• Okubora Chinatsu (ちっぴ Chippi) - (Gifu) (2014)
• Moriwaki Yui (ゆいぴょん Yuipyon, ゆい Yui) - (Fukuoka) (2015)
• Fujimura Natsuki (なつき Natsuki) - (Aichi) (2016)
• Iwasaki Moeka (もえたん Moetan) - (Nagasaki) (2016)
• Yamamoto Ai (あいぽん Aipon) - (Mie) (2016)
• Kita Reina (れいちゃん Reichan, れいな Reina) - (Ishikawa) (2016)
• Kondo Moeri (もえり Moeri, もえりん Moerin) - (Nagano) (2016)
• Yoshino Miyu (みゆ Miyu) - (Oita) (2016)
• Fukuchi Rena (ぺな Pena) - (Saga) (2017)
• Tani Yuri (ゆぅりぃ Yuurii) - (Hiroshima) (2017)
• Hamamatsu Riona (りおな Riona) - (Tokushima) (2017)
• Abe Mei (めいこ Meiko) - (Shimane) (2017)
• Mogi Kasumi (かすみん Kasumin) - (Fukushima) (2018)
• Hirose Natsuki (なっちゃん Nacchan) - (Kochi) (2018)
• Hayasaka Tsumugi (つむぎ Tsumugi, つっちゃん Tsucchan) - (Yamagata) (2018)
• Shimoaoki Karin (かりん Karin) - (Kagoshima) (2018)
• Yaguchi Moka (モカブレンド MokaBlend, モカブレ MokaBure) - (Miyazaki) (2018)
• Cho Kurena (くれにゃん Kurenyan, くれな Kurena) - (Fukui) (2019)
• Noda Hinano (ひなのん Hinanon) - (Mie) (2019)
• Yokomichi Yuri (ゆり Yuri) - (Shizuoka) (2019)
• Hitomi Kotone (こっちゃん Kocchan) - (Okayama) (2019)
• Nakano Ikumi (いくみん Ikumin) - (Tottori) (2019)
• Tanikawa Hijiri (ひじ Hiji) - (Akita) (2019)
• Sato Shiori (しおりん Shiorin) - (Niigata) (2019)
• Yamada Nanami (ななみちゃん Nanamichan) - (Hyogo) (2019)
• Ito Kirara (きらら Kirara) - (Fukushima) (2019)
• Sato Nanami (ななみん Nanamin) - (Iwate) (2019)
• Terada Misaki (みさっきー Misakki) - (Nagasaki) (2019)
• Ota Nao (おおなお Oonao, なお Nao) - (Kyoto) (2019)
• Yamamoto Ruka (るかるか Rukaruka, るぅちゃん Rucchan) - (Wakayama) (2020)
• Nunoya Riru (りる Riru) - (Akita) (2020)
• Inoue Miyuu (みゆこ Miyuko) - (Iwate) (2020)
• Shiobara Karin (かりんりん Karinrin) - (Niigata) (2020)
• Rissen Airi (りっせん Rissen) - (Kochi) (2021)
• Hasegawa Momoka (はせもも Hasemomo) - (Fukushima) (2021)

Stages

• 1st Stage (PARTYが始まるよ / PARTY ga Hajimaru yo) [2014.08.05 - 2015.08.16, 2018.02.17 - ]
• 2nd Stage (会いたかった / Aitakatta) [2015.09.05 - 2017.08.20, 2018.02.12 - ]
• 3rd Stage (君も8（エイト）で泣こうじゃないか / Kimi mo 8 (Eito) de Nakou janai ka) [2017.09.03 - 2018.01.08]
• 4th Stage (その雫は、未来へと繋がる虹になる。/ Sono Shizuku wa, Mirai e to Tsunagaru Niji ni Naru.) [2018.11.22 - ]

Team 8 Songs on AKB48 Albums & Singles

• 47 no Suteki na Machi e from Kokoro no Placard
• Seifuku no Hane from Kibouteki Refrain
• Henachoko Support from Koko ga Rhodes da, Koko de Tobe!
• Aisatsu kara Hajimeyou from Green Flash
• Kegarete iru Shinjitsu from Bokutachi wa Tatakawanai (Team 8 Senbatsu)
• Issho no Aida ni Nannin to Deaerudarou from 0 to 1 no Aida
• Ama Nojaku Batta from Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby
• Yume e no Route from Tsubasa wa Iranai
• Hachinosu Dance from Teacher Teacher
• Sukida Sukida Sukida from Sustainable
• Jitabata from Shitsuren, Arigatou

Gallery

Team 8, Late 2016

Team 8, 2014

Team 8, 2014

Team 8 Formation Announcement

External Links

• AKB48 Team 8 in the AKB48 Official Website
• AKB48 Team 8 Special Site
• Official Facebook Page