AKB48 (pronounced A.K.B. Forty-eight) is a Japanese idol girl group named after the Akihabara (Akiba for short) area in Tokyo, where the group's theater is located. The group has expanded since then to include over 130 members, aged from their early teens to their mid-20s.[1] [2]
All songs credited to AKB48 except when otherwise stated in the Artist field.
| Single no. | Music video / Artist(s) | Director | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indy – 1 | "Sakura no Hanabiratachi" | Yuichiro Hirakawa | ||
| Indy – 2 | "Skirt, Hirari" | Wataru Takeishi | ||
| 1 | "Aitakatta" | Yuichiro Hirakawa | ||
| 2 | "Seifuku ga Jama o Suru" | Hideaki Sunaga | ||
| 3 | "Keibetsu Shiteita Aijō" | Eiki Takahashi | ||
| 4 | "Bingo!" | Wataru Takeishi | ||
| 5 | "Boku no Taiyō" | Masaki Takehisa | ||
| 6 | "Yūhi o Miteiru ka?" | Eiki Takahashi | ||
| 7 | "Romance, Irane" | Wataru Takeishi | ||
| 8 | "Sakura no Hanabiratachi 2008" | Eiki Takahashi | ||
| 9 | "Baby! Baby | Baby!" | Yuki Mori | |
| 10 | "Ōgoe Diamond" | Eiki Takahashi | ||
| 11 | "10nen Sakura" | Eiki Takahashi | ||
| 12 | "Namida Surprise!" | Eiki Takahashi | ||
| 13 | "Iiwake Maybe" | Eiki Takahashi | ||
| "Tobenai Agehachō" / Under Girls | Tatsuya Saito | |||
| 14 | "River" | Eiki Takahashi | ||
| "Kimi no Koto ga Suki Dakara" / Under Girls | Tatsuya Saito | |||
| "Hikōkigumo (Theater Girls Ver.)" / Theater Girls | Hiroki Kadota | |||
| 15 | "Sakura no Shiori" | Shunji Iwai | ||
| "Majisuka Rock 'n' Roll" | Futoshi Sato | |||
| "Enkyori Poster" / Team PB | Tatsuya saito | |||
| "Choose Me!" / Team YJ | Takeshi Maruyama | |||
| 16 | "Ponytail to Shushu" | Eiki Takahashi | ||
| "Nusumareta Kuchibiru" / Under Girls | Tatsuya Saito | |||
| "Boku no Yell" / Theater Girls | Takeshi Maruyama, Masafumi Taguchi | |||
| "Majijo Teppen Blues" | Futoshi Sato | |||
| 17 | "Heavy Rotation" | Mika Ninagawa | ||
| "Namida no Seesaw Game" / Under Girls | Takeshi Maruyama | |||
| "Yasai Sisters" / Yasai Sisters | Kazuhiro Okuma | |||
| "Lucky Seven" | Takumi Shiga | |||
| 18 | "Beginner" | Tetsuya Nakashima | ||
| "Boku Dake no Value" / Under Girls | Takeshi Maruyama | |||
| "Kimi ni Tsuite" / MINT | Eiki Takahashi | |||
| "Nakeru Basho" / DIVA[3] | Tatsuya Saito | |||
| 19 | "Chance no Junban" | Takeshi Maruyama | ||
| "Yoyakushita Christmas" | Masatsugu Nagasoe | |||
| "Kurumi to Dialogue" / Team A | Taikou Nakamura | |||
| "Alive" / Team K | Takeshi Maruyama | |||
| "Love Jump" / Team B | Tatsuya Saito | |||
| 20 | "Sakura no Ki ni Narō" | Hirokazu Koreeda | ||
| "Gūzen no Jūjiro" / Under Girls | Yousei Ohashi | |||
| "Kiss made 100 Mile" / MINT | Takeshi Maruyama | |||
| "Area K" / DIVA | Taikou Nakamura | |||
| 21 | "Everyday, Katyusha" | Katsuyuki Motohiro | ||
| "Kore kara Wonderland" | Taikou Nakamura | |||
| "Yankee Soul" | Futoshi Sato | |||
| "Hito no Chikara" / Under Girls | Takeshi Maruyama | |||
| 22 | "Flying Get" | Yukihiko Tsutsumi | ||
| "Flying Get (Dancing Version)" | Yukihiko Tsutsumi | |||
| "Dakishimecha Ikenai" / Under Girls | Taikou Nakamura | |||
| "Seishun to Kizukanai Mama" | Futoshi Sato | |||
| "Ice no Kuchizuke" | Takeshi Maruyama | |||
| 23 | "Kaze wa Fuiteiru" | Hideki Kuroda | ||
| "Kaze wa Fuiteiru (Dance! Dance | Dance! Ver.)" | Hideki Kuroda | ||
| "Kimi no Senaka" / Under Girls | Eiki Takahashi | |||
| "Vamos" / Under Girls Baragumi | Taikou Nakamura | |||
| "Gondola Lift" / Under Girls Yurigumi | Takeshi Maruyama | |||
| 24 | "Ue kara Mariko" | Eiki Takahashi | ||
| "Noël no Yoru" | Hiroyuki Nakano | |||
| "Rinjin wa Kizutsukanai" / Team A | Taikou Nakamura | |||
| "Zero-sum Taiyō" / Team K | Takeshi Maruyama | |||
| "Yobisute Fantasy" / Team B | Mika Ninagawa[4] | |||
| 25 | "Give Me Five!" | Shigemichi Sugita[5] | ||
| "Sweet & Bitter" / Selection 6 | Hiroyuki Nakano | |||
| "New Ship" / Special Girls A | Hideaki Fukui | |||
| "Hitsujikai no Tabi" / Special Girls B | Taikou Nakamura | |||
| 26 | "Manatsu no Sounds Good!" | Shinji Higuchi[6] | ||
| "Manatsu no Sounds Good! (Dance Ver.)" | Shinji higuchi | |||
| "Mittsu no Namida" / Special Girls | Hideaki Fukui | |||
| "Chōdai, Darling!" | Taikou Nakamura | |||
| "Gugutasu no Sora" | Yu-ya HARA | |||
| 27 | "Gingham Check" | Joseph Kahn[7] | Features actors Hideo Ishiguro, Kouhei Takeda, and Dori Sakurada[8] | |
| "Yume no Kawa" | Eiki Takahashi | |||
| "Nante Bohemian" / Under Girls | Taikō Nakamura | |||
| "Doremifa Onchi" / Next Girls | Yu-ya Hara | |||
| "Show Fight" / Future Girls | Takeshi Maruyama | |||
| 28 | "Uza" | Joseph Kahn[9] | ||
| "Uza (Dance Ver.)" | Joseph Kahn | |||
| "Tsugi no Season" | Hidenobu Tanabe | |||
| "Kodoku no Hoshizora" / Team A | Taikō Nakamura | |||
| "Scrap & Build" / Team K | Kensaku Kakimoto | |||
| "Seigi no Mikata ja Nai Hero" / Team B | Yasuhiko Shimizu | |||
| "Gingham Check (Director Eiki Takahashi Ver.)" | Eiki Takahashi[10] | |||
| 29 | "Eien Pressure" | Eiki Takahashi | ||
| "Totteoki Christmas" | Takeshi Maruyama | |||
| "Eien yori Tsuzuku Yō ni" / OKL48 | Taikō Nakamura | |||
| "First Rabbit" | Kensaku Kakimoto | |||
| "Team B Oshi" / Team B | Taikō Nakamura | |||
| "Sakura no Hanabira (Atsuko Maeda Ver.)" / Atsuko Maeda | Takeshi Maruyama | |||
| 30 | "So Long!" | Nobuhiko Obayashi | The full version of the video was 64 minutes long.[11] | |
| "Waiting Room" | Toshiro Sonoda | |||
| "Ruby" / Team A | Kensaku Kakimoto | |||
| "Yūhi Marie" / Team K | Yasuhiko Shimizu | |||
| "Soko de Inu no Unchi Fun Jau ka ne?" / Team B | Wataru Takeishi | |||
| "Sugar Rush" | Mika Ninagawa[12] [13] | |||
| 31 | "Sayonara Crawl" | Mika Ninagawa | ||
| "Bara no Kajitsu" | Taikou Nakamura | |||
| "Ikiru Koto" / Team A | Maruyama Takeshi | |||
| "How Come?" / Team K | Yasuhiko Shimizu | |||
| "Romance Kenjū" / Team B | Hideaki Fukui | |||
| "Haste to Waste" / BKA48 | Wataru Takeishi | |||
| 32 | "Koi Suru Fortune Cookie" | Sekine Kosai | Involved 3800 extras.[14] | |
| "Ai no Imi o Kangaete Mita" / Under Girls | Teppei Nakamura | |||
| "Kondo Koso Ecstasy" / Next Girls | Tetsuo Inoue | |||
| "Suitei Marmalade" / Future Girls | Kazuaki Seki | |||
| "Saigo no Door" | Kubo Shigeaki | |||
| "Namida no Sei Janai" | Eiki Takahashi | |||
| 33 | "Heart Electric" | Shusuke Kaneko[15] [16] | ||
| "Heart Electric (Dance Ver.)" | Shusuke Kaneko | |||
| "Kaisoku to Dōtai Shiryoku" / Under Girls | Taikou Nakamura | |||
| "Kisu made Countdown" / Team A | Wataru Takeishi | |||
| "Sasameyuki Regret" / Team K | Tetsuo Inoue | |||
| "Tiny T-shirt" / Team B | Yasuyuki Yamaguchi | |||
| "Kimi dake ni Chu! Chu | Chu!" / Tentoumu Chu | Kazuaki Seki | ||
| "Seijun Philosophy" / Team 4 | Hideaki Fukui | |||
| 34 | "Suzukake Nanchara" | Ryuhei Kitamura | ||
| "Mosh & Dive" | Ryuhei Kitamura | |||
| "Party is over" | Eiki Takahashi | |||
| "Escape" / SKE48 | Takeshi Maruyama | |||
| "Kimi to Deatte Boku wa Kawatta" / NMB48 | Smith | |||
| "Wink wa Sankai" / HKT48 | Takatoshi Tsuchiya | |||
| 35 | "Maeshika Mukanee" | Kumazawa Naoto | ||
| "Kinou Yori Motto Suki" | Wataru Saito | |||
| "Kimi no Uso wo Shitteita" | Takeshi Maruyama | |||
| "Himitsu no Diary" | Takatoshi Tsuchiya | |||
| "KONJO" | Smith | |||
| 36 | "Labrador Retriever" | Tatsuyuki Kobayashi | ||
| "Kyou Made no Melody" | Eiki Takahashi | |||
| "Kimi wa Kimagure" | Wataru Takeishi | |||
| "Itoshiki Rival" | Taikou Nakamura | |||
| "B Garden" | Wataru Saito | |||
| "Heart no Dasshutsu Game" | Takatoshi Tsuchiya | |||
| 37 | "Kokoro no Placard" | Tanigawa Eiji | ||
| "Dareka ga Nageta Ball" | Wataru Saito | |||
| "Hito Natsu no Hankouki" | Smith | |||
| "Seikaku ga Warui Onna no Ko" | Wataru Takeishi | |||
| "Chewing Gum no Aji Naku Naru Made" | Takatoshi Tsuchiya | |||
| "Sailor Zombie" | Taikou Nakamura | |||
| "Oshiete Mommy" | Taikou Nakamura | |||
| 38 | "Kibouteki Refrain" | Hideyuki Tanaka | Graduates Atsuko Maeda, Yuko Oshima, Mariko Shinoda and Tomomi Itano made guest appearances.[17] | |
| "Ima, Happy" | Tarou Okagawa | |||
| "Ambulance" | Naokazu Mitsuishi | |||
| "Utaitai" | Kazuma Ikeda | |||
| "Seifuku no Hane" | Eiki Takahashi | |||
| "Kaze no Rasen" | Taikou Nakamura | |||
| 39 | "Green Flash" | Hirokazu Koreeda[18] | ||
| "Majisuka Fight" | Musou Matsui | |||
| "Haru no Hikari Chikadzuita Natsu" | Tsuyoshi Inoue | |||
| "Yankee Rock" | Musou Matsui | |||
| "Hakimono to Kasa no Monogatari" | Tetsuo Inoue, Toshiaki Hanzaki | |||
| "Sekai ga Naiteru Kara" | Nobuaki Hongou | |||
| "Punkish" | Smith | |||
| "Aisatsu Kara Hajimeyou" | Takatoshi Tsuchiya | |||
| "Otona Ressha" | Eiki Takahashi | |||
| 40 | "Bokutachi wa Tatakawanai" | Keishi Ōtomo | ||
| "Summer side" | Naokazu Mitsuishi | |||
| "Bare Bare Bushi" | Tetsuo Inoue | |||
| ""Danshi" wa Kenkyuu Taishou" | Nobuaki Hongou | |||
| "Kafka to Dendenmu Chu!" | Takatoshi Tsuchiya | |||
| "Kegarete iru Shinjitsu" | Tsuyoshi Inoue | |||
| "Kimi no Dai-ni shou" | Taikou Namakura | |||
| 41 | "Halloween Night" | Kazuaki Seki | ||
| "Sayonara Surfboard" | Takatoshi Tsuchiya | |||
| "Mizu no Naka no Dendoritsu" | Naokazu Mitsuishi | |||
| "Kimi ni Wedding Dress wo..." | Taikou Nakamura | |||
| "Kimi Dake ga Akimeiteita" | Tsuyoshi Inoue | |||
| "Ippome Ondo" | Tetsuo Inoue | |||
| "Yankee Machine Gun" | Taro Otani, Setsurou Nishihori | |||
| 42 | "Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby" | Eiki Takahashi | ||
| "365 Nichi no Kamihikouki" | Takatoshi Tsuchiya | |||
| "Kimi wo Kimi wo Kimi wo..." | Tsuyoshi Inoue | |||
| "Madonna no Sentaku" | Wataru Takeishi | |||
| "Ama Nojaku Batta" | Inoue Tetsuo | |||
| "Senaka Kotoba" | Taikou Nakamura | |||
| "Yasashii place" | Nobuaki Hongou | |||
| "Oneesan no Hitorigoto" | Ryohei Shinguu | |||
| "Kin no Hane wo Motsu Hito yo" | Naokazu Mitsuishi | |||
| "Nanka, Chotto, Kyuu ni..." | Nobu Sueyoshi | |||
| 43 | "Kimi wa Melody" | Mika Ninagawa | ||
| "LALALA Message" | Shohei Goto | |||
| "Gonna Jump" | Yoshiharu Seri | |||
| "Shigamitsuita Seishun" | Takurou Okubo | |||
| "Make noise" | Yu-ya HARA | |||
| "Max Toki 315-go" | Taikou Nakamura | |||
| "Mazariau Mono" | Takeshi Maruyama | |||
| 44 | "Tsubasa wa Iranai" | Yasuo Baba | Features actor Dori Sakurada again, the first time in 4 years since Gingham Check. | |
| "Set Me Free" | Tetsuo Inoue | |||
| "Aishuu no Trumpeter" | Naokazu Mitsuishi | |||
| "Koi wo Suru to Baka wo Miru" | Takatoshi Tsuchiya | |||
| "Kangaeru Hito" | Taikou Nakamura | |||
| "Yume e no Route" | Taikou Nakamura | |||
| 45 | "LOVE TRIP" | Toshitsugu Ono | ||
| "Shiawase wo Wakenasai" | Michihiko Yanai | |||
| "Hikari to Kage no Hibi" | Taikou Nakamura | |||
| "Densetsu no Sakana" | Atsunori Toshi | |||
| "Shinka Shitenee Jan" | Yoshiharu Seri | |||
| "Kishi ga Mieru Umi Kara" | ZUMI | |||
| "2016-nen no Invitation" | Ryohei Shinguu | |||
| "Hikari no Naka e" | Naokazu Mitsuishi | |||
| 46 | "High Tension" | Matsuyama Shigeo | ||
| "Osaekirenai Shoudou" | Takatoshi Tsuchiya | |||
| "Happy End" | Toshitsugu Ono | |||
| "Better" | Naokazu Mitsuishi | |||
| "Hoshizora wo Kimi ni" | ZUMI | |||
| "Shishunki no Adrenaline" | Taikou Nakamura | |||
| "Seijun Tired" | Ryohei Shinguu | |||
| 47 | "Shoot Sign" | Yoshihiro Mori | ||
| "Kidzuka Renai you ni..." | Takahashi Eiki | |||
| "Accident Chu" | Nozomi Tanaka | |||
| "Vacancy" | tatsuaki | |||
| "Mayonaka no Tsuyogari" | Smith | |||
| "Tomaranai Kanransha" | Takatoshi Tsuchiya | |||
| "Midori to Mori no Undokouen" | Taikou Nakamura | |||
| "Dare no Koto wo Ichiban Itoshiteru? / 46Group" | Atsunori Toshi | |||
| 48 | "Negaigoto no Mochigusare" | Okuma Ryohei | ||
| "Ima Para" | ZUMI | |||
| "Maebure" | Toshitsugu Ono | |||
| "Tenmetsu Pheromone" | Naokazu Mitsuishi | |||
| "Ano Koro no Gohyaku Yen Dama" | Shuichi Bamba | |||
| "Setouchi no Koe" | Hiroyuki Nakano | |||
| 49 | "
| Takahashi Eiki | ||
| "Darashinai Aishikata" | Tsuyoshi Taniyama | |||
| "Tomadotte Tameratte" | Toshitsugu Ono | |||
| "Jibuntachi no Koi ni Kagitte" | Tsuyoshi Inoue | |||
| "Tsuki no Kamen" | Nobu Sueyoshi | |||
| "Private Summer" | ZUMI | |||
| "Give Up wa Shinai" | Yoshiharu Seri | |||
| 50 | "11gatsu no Anklet" | Fumiko Hirano | ||
| "Sayonara de Owaru Wake Janai" | Takahashi Eiki | |||
| "Omoidasete Yokatta" | Toshitsugu Ono | |||
| "Ikiru Koto ni Nekkyou wo!" | Yoshiharu Seri | |||
| "Hohoemi no Toki" | Tomoo Noda | |||
| "Yaban na Kyuuai" | Naokazu Mitsuishi | |||
| "Hotei Sokudo to Yuuetsukan" | ZUMI | |||
| 51 | "Jabaja" | YKBX | ||
| "Pedal to Sharin to Kita Michi to" | Toshitsugu Ono | |||
| "Position" | Nakamura Taikou | |||
| "Ai no Moake" | Toshihiro Sonoda | |||
| "Hetowoutsu" | Shinichi Kudo | |||
| "Buttaoerru Made" | ZUMI | |||
| "Tomodachi de Imashou" | Yoshiharu Seri | |||
| "Kokkyo no Nai Jidai" | Atsunori Toshi | |||
| 52 | "Teacher Teacher" | Kei Uehara | ||
| "Kimi wa Boku no Kaze" | Yoshiharu Seri | |||
| "Romantic Junbichuu" | Mitsunori Yokobori | |||
| "Shuuden no Yoru" | Naokazu Mitsuishi | |||
| "Atarashii Chime" | Satoshi Kuroda | |||
| "Neko Allergy" | ZUMI | |||
| 53 | "Sentimental Train" | Eiki Takahashi | The winner of the 2018 AKB48 Senbatsu Sousenkyo, Jurina Matsui did not take part in the MV due to ill health, and was replaced with a CGI version in the MV, marking the first time a Sousenkyo winner did not appear in the MV.[19] Matsui eventually shot parts of the MV separately after her return, and her scenes were added to the original MV digitally.[20] | |
| "Sandal ja Dekinai Koi" | Yoshiharu Seri | |||
| "Tomodachi ja nai ka?" | Nozomi Tanaka | |||
| "Aru Hi Fui ni..." | Taikou Nakamura | |||
| "Hitonatsu no Dekigoto" | Toshitsugu Ono | |||
| "Nami ga Tsutaeru Mono" | Mitsunori Yokobori | |||
| ""Suki" no Tane" | ZUMI | |||
| 54 | "No Way Man" | Seiichi Hishikawa | ||
| "Ike no Mizu wo Nukitai" | Yoshiharu Seri | |||
| "Wakariyasukute Gomen" | Taikou Nakamura | |||
| "Soredemo Kanojo wa" | Naokazu Mitsuishi | |||
| "Ohayo Kara Hajimaru Sekai" | Toshitsugu Ono | |||
| "Saikyou Twintail" | Fujimaru Totsuka | |||
| "Yume e no Process" | Shin Okawa | |||
| 55 | "Jiwaru Days" | Cezan Iseda | ||
| "Watashi Datte Idol!" | ZUMI | |||
| "Generation Change" | Toshitsugu Ono | |||
| "Hatsukoi Door" | Atsunori Toshi | |||
| 56 | "Sustainable" | Eiki Takahashi | ||
| "Sukida Sukida Sukida" | Toshitsugu Ono | |||
| "Seishun Da Capo" | Naokazu Mitsuishi | |||
| "Monica, Yoake da" | Fujimaru Totsuka | |||
| 57 | "Shitsuren, Arigatō" | Cezan Iseda | ||
| "Mata Aeru Hi Made" | Toshitsugu Ono | |||
| "Omoide My Friend" | Fujimaru Totsuka | |||
| "Jitabata" | ZUMI | |||
| 58 | "Nemohamo Rumor" | Takeshi Tomohisa | ||
| "Hanareteitemo" | Dai Isomi | Graduates Atsuko Maeda, Yuko Oshima, Haruna Kojima, Tomomi Itano, Minami Takahashi, Mariko Shinoda, Rino Sashihara and Sayaka Yamamoto, as well as SKE48 member Jurina Matsui, made guest appearances[21] | ||
| "Kimi ga Inaku Naru 12gatsu" / Yui Yokoyama | Yui Yokoyama | |||
| 58 | "Moto Kare Desu" | Minoru Fujimoto | ||
| "Kowasanakya Ikenai Mono" / Nana Okada | ||||
| Year | Show | Network | Format | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007–2009 | AKB48+10! | 24ep x 60m | – | ||
| 2008 | 10ep x 30m | – | |||
| 2008 | Nihon TV | 26ep x 30m | – | ||
| 2008–2019 | AKBingo! | Nippon TV | 30m weekly | 560 episodes (last episode: September 24, 2019) | |
| 2008–present | 11ep x 30m | 33+ seasons + specials | |||
| 2009–2012 | 30m weekly | – | |||
| 2009–2010 | AKB1/48 | 8ep x 30m | – | ||
| 2010–2016 | 30m weekly | with Hiroiki Ariyoshi | |||
| 2010–2011 | Sukachan | 6ep x 45m | 2 seasons | ||
| 2010 | AKB600sec. | Nihon TV | 16ep x 15m | – | |
| 2010–2016 | 60m | monthly + specials and extras | |||
| 2011 | Nihon TV | 1ep | – | ||
| 2011 | 1ep | – | |||
| 2011-2012 | 20ep | – | |||
| 2013–2019 | AKB48 SHOW! | 30m weekly | The show ended on March 24, 2019 after 216 episodes. | ||
| 2013–2017 | 60min, once a month | – | |||
| 2018 | 12ep | Culminated in the formation of K-pop group IZ*ONE | |||
| 2021 | AKBINGO! NEO | Nippon TV | 3ep x 60m | One-time special revival of AKBINGO!. Participating members for each episode were chosen via the mobile phone game AKB48 no Dobbon | Hitori Jime Originally planned for 1 episode, more episodes were subsequently added due to popular demand |
| 2021 | TV Tokyo | 13ep x 30m | 58th single senbatsu announcement on the first episode. Suspended on September 29, 2021 due to the Covid-19 Pandemic After a 3 month hiatus, the show was subsequently renamed to AKB48, Saikin Kiita? | ||
| 2022– | TV Tokyo | 30m weekly | Revival of Nogizaka ni, Kosaremashita after a 3 month hiatus | ||
| 2022–2023 | Nippon TV | 30m weekly | Revival of AKBINGO! | ||
| 2023 | OUT OF 48 | Nippon TV | weekly |
All AKB48 old Team K members appear; former member Ayumi Orii as a star.