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Team B Members
By: adortion Date: March 1, 2025, 10:42 pm
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Introducing all Team B Members
#Post#: 94--------------------------------------------------
Re: Team B Members
By: adortion Date: March 1, 2025, 10:59 pm
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Name: Yuki Kashiwagi
Born: July 15, 1991 Kagoshima, Japan
Height: 5'4
Nickname: Yukurin
Joined: December 09, 2006
Trivia
Audition Song: Aoi Usagi (Sakai Noriko)
Hobbies: Karaoke, collecting cute things
Favorite AKB48 songs: Hizukehenkousen, Namida no Shounan
Favorite foods: Watermelon, acai Bowl
Least favorite foods: Carrot, milk
Favorite Sports car: Nissan Fairlady Z: Version ST (RZ34, 2024)
Special skills: Musical instruments
Good friends with: Watanabe Mayu (MaYuki), Miyazawa Sae
(SaeYuki), Katayama Haruka, Kitahara Rie
SaeYuki was a prominent pairing before Miyazawa Sae was
transferred to SNH48
Future ambition: Singer
Favorite Country: United States of America
Her favorite Dragon Ball character is Frieza.
Former member of French Kiss
Member of Drama Club
She auditioned for Morning Musume's 8th generation.
Passed AKB48's 1st Generation and 2nd Generation auditions, but
her mom didn't let her go to Tokyo.
In HKT48's TV show HaKaTa Hyakkaten, she chose Miyawaki Sakura
as her oshimen for her reaction in the massage therapy segment.
Coincidentially, Sakura's oshimen is also Yukirin, and they are
both from Kagoshima.
She often stated that she wanted all members of Team B to feel
that their opinion was valued, so she did not try to enforce her
command as captain during her first year. After observing the
team's dynamic for a year, she took on a more leader-like role.
Often does gravure photoshoots and is sometimes referred to as
"AKB48's Gravure Queen"
Some members teasingly call her "giraffe" because of her long
neck, which is also a pun of her nickname "Yukirin" (kirin
meaning 'giraffe' in Japanese)
Afraid of animals
She is known as "Ame Onna" (Rain Woman) among the members,
because every time they perform outside with her, it rains.
Her concurrency with NGT48 was canceled the same day the
management dissolved Team NIII and Team G to create NGT48 1st
Generation and 2nd Generation after the scandal following
Yamaguchi Maho's assault.
As of September 26, 2022, she has the all-time longest tenure in
AKB48 and any 46/48 Group franchise.
Also, as of November 2020, she is the all-time oldest member of
AKB48 and the 48 Group (not counting OJS48).
She is also the first member of any 46/48 Group to still be a
member past the age of 30 (long after SDN48's disbandment).
Unlike Suda Akari, who graduated just one day after her 31st
birthday, she remained an active member until her own graduation
at the age of 32.
As of March 2024, she has the most Senbatsu participations in
the entirety of AKB48's history with 52, overtaking Kojima
Haruna's record of 46. She also has the second most Senbatsu
participations in all of AKB48 Group, only surpassed by Matsui
Jurina with 68.
At the time of her graduation, she was the only AKB48 member
(with the exception of Team 8) to have never been a Kenkyuusei.
She is also the final 3rd Generation member and the final
founding member of any the original 3 teams.
She has the longest unchanged team tenure, having been in Team B
for sixteen years and ten months without being shuffled into
another team until October 2023, when all the teams were
disbanded.
She was also the only founding team member remaining at that
time.
Said in an interview that she plans to stay an idol until she
turns 40.
From 2009 to 2021, she was a weather girl on the TBS morning
show 'Hiruobi!'.
Was diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome, and was treated with
a successful 7 hour surgery. Because of this, she went on hiatus
from June 8 to July 24, 2021 to focus on her recovery.
Tested positive for COVID-19 on January 15, 2022.
She tested positive for the second time on July 9, 2022.[1]
Had initially announced that she would not graduate from AKB48
before the group turned 20.
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Re: Team B Members
By: adortion Date: March 1, 2025, 11:01 pm
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Name: Mayu Watanabe
Born: March 26, 1994 Saitama, Japan
Height: 5'1
Joined: December 09, 2006
Nickname: Mayuyu
Trivia
Audition Song: KISS or KISS (Kitade Nana) (from the drama Anego)
Charm point: Eyebrows (used to be teeth)
Hobbies: Collecting polka-dotted things
Favorite drink: Pirukuru (a health drink)
Favorite food: Chicken Karaage, mushrooms
Least favourite food: Vegetables
Likes: Cute things, pink, Takarazuka, Nogizaka46
Favorite Nogizaka46 member: Ikoma Rina
Good friends with: Kashiwagi Yuki (MaYuki), Oshima Yuko (Oshiri
Sisters), Ota Aika, Kobayashi Marina
Former member of Watarirouka Hashiritai
Seiyuu of AKB0048
She has also worked as a seiyuu in other anime productions.
Failed AKB48's 2nd Generation Auditions
It is often said that her face looks like her mother's.
Has 2 older sisters
Was in the wind instruments club at her school and played
euphonium. She was also on the school health committee.
Wears contact lenses
Good at drawing
Known for her perfect butt. Members voted her #1 in a best butt
ranking
She and Oshima Yuko called themselves Oshiri Sisters ("Butt
Sisters") due to their love of butts.
Akimoto Yasushi commented that she was born for the sake of
being an idol.
Is sometimes called "CG" or "cyborg" due to her perfect idol
appearance, though the nickname became less common as she
altered her appearance
Often looks at the mirror
Her name was thought of by her grandmother, who wanted her to
grow up as quickly as a hemp (麻) and to make great
friends (友).
Her nickname was thought of by Yonezawa Rumi
Originally chosen as one of the Centers for AKB48's 28th single
UZA along with Matsui Jurina, but because she had problems with
the choreography, her center position was given to Oshima Yuko.
She is currently the only member (with exception of Maeda
Atsuko, Oshima Yuko, and Shinoda Mariko) who has never ranked
lower than #5 in the Senbatsu Election.
After graduating, she continued to pursue an acting career,
appearing in several TV dramas and two theater productions.
She announced her retirement from the entertainment industry on
June 1, 2020 due to poor health.
Shortly after her announcement, her official website and her
Twitter and Instagram accounts were taken down. Since then, she
has not had any online or public presence, and there have been
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Re: Team B Members
By: adortion Date: March 1, 2025, 11:07 pm
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Name: Tomomi Kasai
Born: November 16, 1991 Tokyo, Japan
Height: 156 cm
Joined: February 26, 2006
Nickname: Chiyuu
Trivia
Star sign: Scorpio
Likes: Going to the movies with her mother
Good friends with: Itano Tomomi (WTomo)
Former member of MINT, the winner unit of the AmebaPigg Unit
Battle
Younger sister of Kasai Rion, an idol
Her first solo photobook was supposed to be released on February
4, 2013 and titled "Tomo no koto, Suki? (Do you like Tomo?)". It
was cancelled because the preview image featured an underage
child holding Kasai's breasts, which was considered as child
pornography
Kasai, along with Ono Erena, made up and created cream puffs
filled with curry as a joker for episode 3 of AKBINGO!
On May 15, 2021, it was announced that she would be marrying
actor and gymnastics instructor, Keita Koyama. They officially
married on December 28 of that year.
On February 17, 2022, she announced her first pregnancy. On June
13, 2022, she announced the birth of a baby girl.[attachimg=1]
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Re: Team B Members
By: adortion Date: March 2, 2025, 12:26 am
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Name: Haruka Katayama
Born: May 10, 1990 Aichi, Japan
Height: 154 cm
Joined: December 09, 2006
Nickname: Haachan
Trivia
Audition Song: Omoikiri American (ANRI)
Hobbies: Doing nail art, listening to music, making ribbons, and
decorating.
Special Skills: Being able to harmonize in any song, kendama
tricks, and doing the moonwalk.
Favorite colors: Yellow, orange
Favorite fruits: Watermelon and melon ("because you can eat them
when you're thirsty")
Favorite food: Rice, fruit & miso cabbage
Least favorite food: Broad bean, green peas
Favorite drink: Hot chocolate, and her mother's special lemon
water
Favorite ice cream: Strawberry flavoured soft icecream sold at
the AKB48 Theater
Favorite phrases: "To lose yourself in something", "love &
peace"
Favorite sport: Table tennis
Favorite artist: HY
Favorite clothing brand: Dazzlin
Favorite magazine: ViVi
Favorite season: Spring
Favorite sport: Table tennis
Favorite TV show: Shabekuri 007
Favorite AKB48 single: Seifuku ga Jama wo Suru
Favorite AKB48 stage song: Junjou Shugi
Favorite AKB48 outfit: Tenshi no Shippo
She is former member of MINT, the winner unit of the AmebaPigg
Unit Battle.
She is the former leader of the Art Club.
She is best friends with Kashiwagi Yuki.
Her oshimen is Ota Aika.
She takes sweets and her joke book everywhere with her.
If she thinks of something that she might be able to say in an
MC, she writes it down in her book.
She carries sweets with her because she becomes anxious without
them.
As a child, she wanted to become the owner of a biscuit shop.
She was in a school choir in junior high school.
On January 10, 2011, she attended “Coming of Age Day” with
Miyazawa Sae, Sato Natsuki, Sato Amina, Nakata Chisato,
Matsubara Natsumi and Matsui Sakiko.
Jokingly refers to herself as a "Showa Idol" because of her old
fashioned sense of humor and speech. She also said that she
likes music from the Showa era.
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Re: Team B Members
By: adortion Date: March 2, 2025, 12:32 am
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Name: Rie Kitahra
Born: June 24, 1991
Height: 159 cm
Joined: July 30, 2008
Nickname: Kitarie
Trivia
Audition Song: Cruel Angel's Thesis (from Neon Genesis
Evangelion)
Hobbies: Cleaning her room in one fluid movement
Charm point: Lips
Favorite AKB48 songs: Iiwake Maybe, Junjou Shugi, Dear my
teacher
Favorite artist: EXILE
Favorite brand: Milk, GILFY, Porno Graffitti
Favorite drink: Vegetable juice
Favorite food: Curry rice, shrimp al ajillo, eggs boiled in a
hot spring, finely chopped green onion
Favorite magazine: Shuukan Young Jump
Favorite manga: Spiral: The Bonds of Reasoning, One Piece,
Detective Conan
Her favorite One Piece character is Sanji.
Favorite school subject: History, English
Favorite season: Summer
Favorite TV show: Ametalk
Favorite word: "Happiness"
Special skill: Imitations, recreating dramas
Admired members: Akimoto Sayaka, Oshima Yuko, Shinoda Mariko,
Kasai Tomomi
Good friends with: Oya Shizuka, Sashihara Rino, Sato Amina,
Chikano Rina, Miyazaki Miho, Takajo Aki, Kashiwagi Yuki, Uchida
Mayumi
She and Oya Shizuka became friends after living together for a
year and half.
Similarly, she and Sashihara Rino became friends after
temporarily living together after moving to Tokyo
She and Kashiwagi Yuki often tease each other. On a radio show,
Yuki said she likes to touch other members' elbows, but not
Rie's because they are too rough. Rie responded that she is now
desperately taking care of her elbow skin.
She was the leader of Culture Club.
She was born in a hospital in Gifu prefecture near her mother's
childhood home.
She grew up in Aichi Prefecture. As a child she was lively and
friendly, and liked to take active roles in things. She was the
leader of her kindergarten playground group.
She has a younger brother named Takaya.
Her eyesight became poor in 3rd grade of elementary school. She
wore glasses, then switched to contact lenses in 1st grade of
middle school.
She was in the handball club in middle school.
She was in the brass band club in high school and was part of
the percussion team.
She had a part-time job at a Korean restaurant in high school.
She decided to audition for AKB48 because she wanted to be an
actress. She liked acting out fantasies and role-plays. She
originally wanted to be a voice actress, but gave up because she
had poor pronunciation.
After passing the audition for AKB48 she lived with five other
members of the 5th Generation in a dorm for one month. Later she
shared an apartment with Oya Shizuka.
She is good at academics and was known as "the honor-student
idol".
She describes herself as competitive and hot-blooded. She has a
negative mindset, but also recovers from things quickly.
She is good at English, and has passed the Eiken (English
Qualification) Level 2.
She is good at piano, and has passed the Yamaha Music
Proficiency Test for Piano Performance Grade 6.
She loves shoujo manga series and quotes.
She likes baseball. Her favorite team is the Chunichi Dragons.
She prefers cats over dogs, and would like to raise a cat.
She is a fan of Harry Potter and remembers the names of every
spell.
She is a longtime fan of K-Pop group Girls' Generation. She owns
the DVD of the group's concert, "The First Japan Arena Tour".
She said that she even asked the AKB48 stylist and makeup artist
to "make her look like Girls' Generation".
For many years she had a complex about her face, thinking she
was ugly. She said in 2008 that she often cried after going to
the beautician, because she would have to look at herself in the
mirror for so long during the appointment. During the 1st Janken
Taikai, she hid her face from the solo cameraman who had been
assigned to her, saying she was ugly and did was not wearing
makeup yet. The cameraman was confused by this. As a father
himself, he said that if he heard his daughter call herself ugly
he would be heartbroken. Rie apologized to him and said she
would no longer call herself ugly.
After the 2009 Team Shuffle, fans commented that Rie moving from
Team A to Team B seemed like a demotion. At the time, Team B has
regarded more poorly than Teams A and K. Rie commented on this
in an interview, saying "I want you to understand that it's not
like that at all. I see the transfer positively, as an
opportunity."
She wrote a skit for the Team YJ promotional event drama called
"Yuirgaoka Jogakuin". It was a story of students' school lunch
money being stolen. The story was well received, and she said in
the future she would like to write more content for AKB48.
She wrote the lyrics for guilty love, a B-side from Not Yet's
4th single Suika BABY.
She bought her first personal computer in 2010.
She likes horror movies.
Her favorite city is Shibuya.
She has a habit of saying the words dakeredo
(だけれど "but"), choichoi
(ちょいちょい "a little bit"
), and kekkou (だけっこう
"quite/pretty"). When it comes to kekkou, she emphasizes the
"ke" rather than the "ko" sound. This is not the standard
pronunciation, but is slightly more common in Aichi prefecture
where she is from.
In 2012 she participated in the reality TV show "Terrace House"
in which she would briefly live in a house with other men and
women. Her participation created buzz online, as some fans were
happy for her appearing on a popular television show, while
others were upset about the romantic aspect of the show and that
she would be living with men.
She is a former member of the fake idol group "SONE" with
Minegishi Minami, Sashihara Rino and Miyazaki Miho, that
regularly participated on Request Hour MCs. They "disbanded" in
2014.
On AKBINGO! she shared that her dream is to date a bass guitar
player. She has even created a fantasy situation in which she is
the singer in a band, and the bassist, guitarist, and drummer
all have feelings for her.
She created many fantasy (mousou) scenarios during her time as
an AKB48 member, such as a fantasy to “meet up with a boyfriend
in Shimokitazawa on a cold February afternoon and visit an indie
movie theater together”.[attachimg=1]
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Re: Team B Members
By: adortion Date: March 2, 2025, 12:36 am
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Name: Haruka Ishida
Born: December 2, 1993
Height: 153 cm
Joined: March 2008
Nickname: Harukyun
Trivia
Hobbies: Drawing, singing
Favorite anime: Yu Yu Hakusho, Hunter x Hunter, Ichigo Mashimaro
Favorite food: Natto, kimchi, curry, ramen, chocolate
Favorite number: 86
Favorite seiyuu: Ogata Emi
Good friends with: Fujie Reina
Reina refers to Haruka as her "husband".
She is a former member of Art Club and Driving Club.
She was a Seiyuu (or voice actress) for AKB0048.
After graduation, she has continued doing seiyuu work.
She has a yellow belt in judo and was part of judo club at
junior high school.
She is an anime otaku.
She was one of the 50 winners of the Young Jump Gravure
Competition.
She is the member with the 7th most theater appearances, with
839 appearances at the time of her graduation.
She is a former member of the unofficial "Potebari!!" unit with
Iwata Karen and Iwasa Misaki.
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Re: Team B Members
By: adortion Date: March 2, 2025, 12:43 am
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Name: Hirajima Natsumi
Born: May 28, 1992
Height: 154 cm
Joined: December 2005
Nickname: Naachan
Hobbies: Collecting manga and books, teddy bears
Motto: "Smile as much as possible"
(できるだけ笑顔で
;いること)
Saying: "Do it when you can do it"
(やる時はやる)
Good friends with: Urano Kazumi
Future ambition: Actress
Former leader of Watarirouka Hashiritai
Has had the nickname Nacchan since elementary school
Was the vice president of her student council in the first year
of junior high school
Hairstyle for Team B 1st Stage was inspired by Tanaka Reina's
latest look
Has said she doesn't admire any historical figures; the person
she respects most is her father
Personality quizzes from MCs during Team B 1st Stage have
revealed she will be an otaku in the future, and was a princess
in a past life
Admires Yonekura Ryoko because she's cute and can be a bad girl
If she could be born again, she'd like to be a boy
Likes science, but isn't so good at maths or English
Takes her own lunch to work, with a set given to her by Urano
Kazumi
She was involved in a scandal along with fellow AKB48 member
Yonezawa Rumi due to having violated the 'no dating rule'. She
was given a chance to apologize but decided to resign from both
AKB48 and Watarirouka Hashiritai
When she graduated in 2012, she was the AKB48 member with the
most performances in the AKB48 Theater (838 performances). This
was significantly more than any other active member at the time.
Her record has since been surpassed by other graduated members,
such as Minegishi Minami (1000+ performances).
She is now a gravure idol.[attachimg=1]
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Re: Team B Members
By: adortion Date: March 2, 2025, 12:47 am
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Name: Miho Miyazaki
Born: July 30, 1993 Tokyo, Japan
Height: 159 cm
Joined: December 2007
Nickname: Myao
Trivia
Favorite member: Kinoshita Haruna
Hobbies: Baseball (She is a big fan of Hokkaido Nippon-Ham
Fighters), shopping, karaoke
Special Skills: Bodyboarding, impressions, cartwheels, wind
instruments
Favorite Foods: Natto, okra, nameko mushrooms, and other sticky
foods
Disliked Foods: Red bean paste, tomatoes
She was the original 5th Generation ace.
She was a member of the now-inactive Drama Club.
She is a big fan of K-Pop and is learning Korean. As of 2022 she
can speak Korean at a conversational level.
She once did a collaboration photoshoot with the K-Pop group
Crayon Pop.
She also announced that she will be pursuing a career in Korea
after graduation.
Her family used to record every episode of AKBINGO! she appeared
on on VHS tape.
She has never lost a match of Shoujiki Shougi on AKBINGO!.
She, along with Watanabe Mayu and Ono Erena were regular members
of the "AKRangers" segment on AKBINGO!. This segment was a
parody of Super Sentai/Power Rangers. Miho played the Yellow
Ranger.
As shown in the episode of AKB600sec. dedicated to her, she
loves aquariums and has an annual pass to one.
She was a member of the fake idol group "SONE" with Kitahara
Rie, Sashihara Rino and Minegishi Minami, that regularly
participated on Request Hour MCs. They "disbanded" in 2014.
According to Oshima Yuko, she is the best in MC's.
She finished in 15th place on Produce 48.
She prefers Disneyland to Disney Sea. However, she likes
Universal Studios Japan most of all.
In 2022 in a YouTube Q&A she said that if she could be reborn,
she would not join AKB48. Instead she would want to live a
normal life, going to school and having part time jobs as a
cashier or movie theater ticket booth attendant.
Her MBTI personality type is ESFP (according to a test she took
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Re: Team B Members
By: adortion Date: March 2, 2025, 12:54 am
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Name: Yuka Masuda
Born: August 03, 1991
Height: 159 cm
Joined: April 2006
Nickname: Yuttan/Chiro
Favorite artist: misia
Favorite talent: Mizuki Alisa
Likes: Music
Former member of DiVA
Former member of Light Music Club and Driving Club
Only member of AKB48 to participate in Seifuku ga Jama wo Suru
and not chosen to appear in the photobook AKB48 JUMP & CRY
Known for her distinctive Osaka accent. In the shuffle version
of the song Koike, she takes the speaking parts originally given
to Shinoda Mariko, and says the entire thing in Osaka dialect
Appointed as the JVCA Culture Exchange Goodwill Ambassador
Winner of the 2012 "The Wiz" audition
First AKB48 Group member from Osaka prefecture.
During a voting in December 2021, the members from AKB48 voted
for Yuka as the second best singer out of all members of all 48
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