AKB48

AKB48 (Akihabara48) is a Japanese all-female idol group formed in Akihabara, Tokyo, where they have their own theater in Don Quixote. The group, established in 2005, is produced by Akimoto Yasushi and signed under King Records, originally from DefSTAR RECORDS/Sony Music Japan. Currently the group consists of five teams: Team A, Team K, Team B, Team 4 and Team 8. In addition, the group also has trainees called Kenkyuusei, and an international transference team, Team Kaigai. They hold the record for highest overall single sales for a female group on the Oricon charts and also hold the Guinness World Record for world's "largest pop group" and usually averages over 100 members with dozens active at any time.

Members
For a list of all AKB48 members, click here.

Main Sub Units

 * No Sleeves
 * French Kiss
 * Not yet
 * AKB48 TeamOgi
 * DIVA
 * Watarirouka Hashiritai 7

Single Unit

 * Yasai Sisters

One-Shot Sub Unit

 * Sukeban Girls
 * Team Z
 * Beauty Giraffes

Special subunit

 * AnRiRe

Soloists produced
The following members and former members have debuted as soloists:
 * Oshima Mai (大島麻衣) (2010)
 * Hayano Kaoru (早野薫) (2012)
 * Maeda Atsuko (前田敦子) (2011)
 * Itano Tomomi (板野友美) (2011)
 * Kasai Tomomi (河西智美) (2012)
 * Iwasa Misaki (岩佐美咲) (2012)
 * Ono Erena (小野恵令奈) (2012)
 * Watanabe Mayu (渡辺麻友) (2012)
 * Kashiwagi Yuki (柏木由紀) (2013)
 * Kuramochi Asuka (倉持明日香) (2013)
 * Takahashi Minami (高橋みなみ) (2013)
 * Fujita Nana (藤田奈那) (2015)
 * Takeuchi Miyu (竹内美宥) (2019)
 * Goto Moe (後藤萌咲) (2020)

Active

 * SKE48 (SaKaE48 | Nagoya Sister Group in Sakae, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan)
 * NMB48 (NaMBa48 | Osaka Sister Group in Namba, Osaka, Japan)
 * HKT48 (HaKaTa48 | Fukuoka Sister Group in Hakata, Fukuoka, Japan)
 * NGT48 (NiiGaTa48 | Niigata Sister Group in Niigata, Japan, Japan)
 * STU48 (SeToUchi48 | Setouchi Sister Group in Setouchi, Okayama, Japan)

Disbanded

 * SDN48 (SaturDay Night48 | Mature Sister Group of AKB48 in Tokyo, Japan)
 * OJS48 (OJiSan48 | Osaka, Japan | Security Guards of AKB48)

Active

 * JKT48 (JaKarTa48 | Indonesian Sister Group in Jakarta, Indonesia)
 * BNK48 (BaNgKok48 | Thai Sister Group in Bangkok, Thailand)
 * MNL48 (MaNiLa48 | Filipino Sister Group in Manila, Philippines)
 * AKB48 Team SH (AKihaBara48 Team SHanghai | Sister Group in Shanghai, China)
 * SGO48 (SaiGOn48 | Vietnamese Sister Group in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)
 * AKB48 Team TP (AKihaBara48 Team TaiPei | Taiwanese Sister Group in Taipei, Taiwan)
 * CGM48 (ChianG Mai48 | Thai Sister Group in Chiang Mai, Thailand | Chiang Mai Sister Group of BNK48)

Inactive

 * MUB48 (formerly MUM48 (MUMbai48) | MUmBai48 | Indian Sister Group in Mumbai, India)
 * DEL48 (DELhi48 | Indian Sister Group in Delhi, India)

Disbanded

 * TPE48 (TaiPEi48 | Taiwanese Sister Group in Taipei, Taiwan; Rebranded to AKB48 Team TP)
 * SHY48 (SHenYang48 | Sister Group of SNH48 in Shenyang, China)
 * CKG48 (ChungKinG48 | Sister Group of SNH48 in Chungking, China)

Independent

 * SNH48 (ShaNgHai48 | Independent Chinese Sister Group of AKB48 in Shanghai, China)
 * BEJ48 (BEiJing48 | Sister Group of SNH48 in Beijing, China)
 * GNZ48 (GuaNgZhou48 | Sister Group of SNH48 in Guangzhou, China)

Rival Groups

 * Nogizaka46
 * Sakurazaka46 (formerly known as Kanji Keyakizaka46/Keyakizaka46)
 * Hinatazaka46 (formerly known as Hiragana Keyakizaka46/Keyakizaka46)
 * Yoshimotozaka46

Discography
For a more regularly updated discography, please see AKB48's discography page on AKB48 Wiki.