NMB48 | |
Origin: | Osaka, Japan |
Years Active: | –present |
Current Member Of: | AKB48 Group |
Current Members: | Team N details Team M details Team BII details |
NMB48 (read "N.M.B. Forty-eight") is a Japanese idol group that debuted in 2011 as the second sister group to AKB48, produced by Yasushi Akimoto. NMB48 is named after the Namba district in Osaka city of Osaka Prefecture, where the group is based. The group performs at the NMB48 Theater, which is located in the basement of the Yes-Namba Building in Namba, Osaka. The group has sold over 9 million CDs in Japan.
On September 3, Eriko Jo, a member of Team M, announced that she would be leaving the group during the performance at the theater.[6] Her "graduation" performance was on September 28 at the NMB48 Theater. Following Jo's graduation, two members from Team M announced their resignation in early October. On October 9, three trainees were promoted to Team M to replace the members who had left. Fuuko Yagura became the new "center" member of Team M.[7]
On October 10, sixteen third-generation trainees formed Team BII.[8] On December 19, Yui Yokoyama was promoted to Team N.[9]
On October 15, 2014, Nana Yamada announced her graduation on the group's 4th anniversary live and will graduate on April 3, 2015.[13]
On July 15, 2015, the group released their 12th single Dorian Shōnen. This was Ririka Sutou's first center in senbatsu.
On October 7, 2015, the group released their 13th single Must be now.
On April 13, 2016, Miyuki Watanabe announced her graduation from the group. On the same day Sayaka Yamamoto announced her resignation from AKB48's Team K.[14]
On April 27, 2016, the group released their 14th single Amagami Hime.
On August 3, 2016, they released their 15th single Boku wa Inai. This was Miyuki Watanabe's last center in senbatsu as well as her last single with NMB48. The music video for the A-side was shot in Thailand.[15]
On December 28, 2016, the group released their 16th single Boku Igai no Dareka.
On April 4, 2018, the group released their 18th single Yokubomono.
On June 15, 2018, 6 members of NMB48 (Cocona Umeyama, Kokoro Naiki, Yuuka Kato, Miru Shiroma, Azusa Uemura and Sae Murase) joined Produce 48. Both Cocona Umeyama and Azusa Uemura withdrew from the show. Kokoro Naiki, Yuuka Kato, Sae Murase and Miru Shiroma ranked 87, 74, 22 and 20 respectively. None of them made it to the final line-up of Iz*One.
On July 30, 2018, Sayaka Yamamoto, captain of Team N announced in NMB48 LIVE TOUR 2018 in Summer that she would be graduating from NMB48.[16]
On September 25, 2018, the group released the music video for their 19th single Boku Datte naichau yo, which was released on October 17, 2018. .
On the same date, the project NAMBATTLE 2 was also announced, which, alongside other programmes, also include a general election for NMB48 members that will be held on March 27, 2022. The winner of the event was Chihiro Kawakami with 21,462 votes, and she will subsequently be the center for NMB48's 27th single.[19]
Team N is associated with the color Ochre Orange. The current captain is Haruka Sadano and the current vice-captain is Mai Hirayama.
Name | Birth date (age) | Election rank | |||||||||||||||
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AKB48 elections | NMB48 elections | ||||||||||||||||
data-sort-type="number" | 3[20] | data-sort-type="number" | 4[21] | data-sort-type="number" | 5[22] | data-sort-type="number" | 6[23] | data-sort-type="number" | 7[24] | data-sort-type="number" | 8[25] | data-sort-type="number" | 9[26] | data-sort-type="number" | 10 | data-sort-type="number" | 1 |
12 October 1998 | 15 | ||||||||||||||||
22 November 2004 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
22 December 2005 | |||||||||||||||||
1 August 1997 | 59 | 84 | 33 | 86 | 11 | ||||||||||||
16 July 1999 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
30 June 2002 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
25 August 1996 | 58 | 56 | 60 | 57 | 5 | ||||||||||||
2 August 1998 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
16 November 2002 | |||||||||||||||||
16 November 2002 | 20 | ||||||||||||||||
2 April 2001 | |||||||||||||||||
11 March 2002 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
29 March 1997 | 18 |
Team M is associated with the color Fuchsia Purple. The current captain is Karen Hara and the current co-captain is Wakana Abe.
Name | Birth date (age) | Election rank | |||||||||||||||
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AKB48 elections | NMB48 elections | ||||||||||||||||
data-sort-type="number" | 3 | data-sort-type="number" | 4 | data-sort-type="number" | 5 | data-sort-type="number" | 6 | data-sort-type="number" | 7 | data-sort-type="number" | 8 | data-sort-type="number" | 9 | data-sort-type="number" | 10 | data-sort-type="number" | 1 |
18 July 2001 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
23 October 1996 | |||||||||||||||||
17 December 1998 | 113 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
15 December 2005 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
28 May 2001 | 98 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
22 June 2001 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
10 December 2002 | |||||||||||||||||
15 March 2001 | 17 | ||||||||||||||||
29 May 1996 | 22 | ||||||||||||||||
12 January 2003 | 19 | ||||||||||||||||
26 September 2000 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
10 June 2002 | |||||||||||||||||
21 December 1998 |
Team BII, officially referred to as Team BII Kenkyuusei as of January 1, 2022, is associated with the color Navy Blue. The current captain is Aika Satsuki and the current co-captain is Wakana Sumino. All of its current members are kenkyuusei.
Name | Birth date (age) | Election rank | |
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NMB48 elections | |||
data-sort-type="number" | 1 | ||
6 February 2004 | 21 | ||
16 May 2000 | |||
16 December 2003 | |||
2 September 2007 | 13 | ||
7 April 2009 | |||
19 September 2004 | 24 | ||
2 August 2005 | |||
8 November 2005 | |||
24 December 2008 | |||
25 March 2002 | |||
30 April 2002 | |||
16 July 2003 | 10 | ||
2 March 2005 | |||
16 November 2007 | |||
19 September 2002 | 23 | ||
24 May 2005 | |||
24 June 2003 | |||
4 April 2001 | |||
22 May 2008 | |||
23 May 2006 | |||
13 January 2008 |
Name (Birthdate) | Election | Notes | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||
(23 May 1996) | Graduated on June 25, 2011. | |||||||||||
(18 June 1995) | Graduated on October 24, 2012. | |||||||||||
(22 September 1997) | Graduated on April 12, 2013. | |||||||||||
(8 December 1992) | 19 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 6 | Canceled concurrent position with NMB48 on May 20, 2013. | |||
(25 March 1993) | 43 | Graduated on July 1, 2013. | ||||||||||
(18 October 1999) | Graduated on July 2, 2014. | |||||||||||
(6 June 2000) | Graduated on January 26, 2015. | |||||||||||
(16 September 1994) | Graduated on March 12, 2015. | |||||||||||
(18 June 1994) | Graduated on April 30, 2015. | |||||||||||
(15 July 1991) | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | Canceled concurrent position with NMB48 on March 26, 2015. | |||
(29 July 1998) | 67 | 80 | 100 | Canceled concurrent position with NMB48 on March 26, 2015. | ||||||||
(20 November 1996) | Graduated on June 16, 2015. | |||||||||||
(24 August 1994) | 61 | 54 | Graduated on February 4, 2016. | |||||||||
(12 January 1998) | Graduated on April 11, 2016. | |||||||||||
(4 June 1994) | 66 | Graduated on October 15, 2016. | ||||||||||
(18 March 1995) | 40 | 58 | 36 | Graduated on April 18, 2017. | ||||||||
(2 December 1998) | 49 | 59 | 60 | 39 | Graduated on April 19, 2017. | |||||||
(23 November 1996) | 44 | 20 | Graduated on August 30, 2017. | |||||||||
(26 June 1995) | Graduated on December 24, 2017. | |||||||||||
(13 May 2004) | Graduated on March 28, 2018. | |||||||||||
(12 February 1994) | 39 | 58 | 57 | 53 | 79 | 81 | 61 | Graduated on May 1, 2018. | ||||
(14 July 1993) | 28 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 4 | Graduated on November 4, 2018. | |||||
(12 January 1996) | Graduated on January 28, 2019. | |||||||||||
(11 September 1998) | Graduated on February 13, 2019. | |||||||||||
(9 September 1995) | Graduated on February 24, 2019. | |||||||||||
(9 August 1993) | Graduated on September 13, 2019. | |||||||||||
(4 October 1994) | Graduated on October 13, 2019. | |||||||||||
(6 October 1998) | Graduated on October 16, 2019. | |||||||||||
(1 December 1999) | 52 | 27 | 23 | Graduated on November 30, 2019. | ||||||||
(5 December 1995) | 74 | 57 | 102 | Graduated on December 25, 2019. | ||||||||
(12 March 2003) | Graduated on February 2, 2020. | |||||||||||
(20 April 2001) | Graduated on June 29, 2020. | |||||||||||
(29 May 1995) | Graduated on October 6, 2020. | |||||||||||
(27 July 1999) | Graduated on October 15, 2020. | |||||||||||
(16 August 1996) | 50 | 72 | 64 | 77 | 16 | 14 | Graduated on December 21, 2020. | |||||
(30 March 1997) | 88 | 39 | 90 | Graduated on December 23, 2020. | ||||||||
(21 July 1999) | Graduated on January 11, 2021. | |||||||||||
(18 December 2000) | Graduated on February 6, 2021. |
Name (Birthdate) | Election | Notes | ||||||||
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3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||
(5 August 1997) | Graduated on May 6, 2012. | |||||||||
(27 November 1998) | 89 | 79 | Graduated on September 28, 2012, later returned to NMB48 as a Kenkyuusei on October 13, 2013. | |||||||
(25 November 1997) | Graduated on October 3, 2012. | |||||||||
(31 December 1996) | Graduated on October 25, 2012. | |||||||||
(8 November 1994) | Graduated on December 22, 2012. | |||||||||
(8 November 1998) | Graduated on May 30, 2013. | |||||||||
(28 April 1995) | Graduated on February 7, 2014. | |||||||||
(5 August 1993) | Graduated on April 7, 2014. | |||||||||
(2 June 1993) | Graduated on March 13, 2015. | |||||||||
(20 July 1996) | Graduated on March 16, 2015. | |||||||||
(3 April 1992) | 46 | 28 | 29 | Graduated on April 3, 2015. | ||||||
(6 December 1993) | Graduated on July 13, 2015. | |||||||||
(23 February 1997) | Graduated on January 27, 2016. | |||||||||
(13 July 1994) | Graduated on July 31, 2017. | |||||||||
(6 February 1997) | Graduated on September 27, 2017. | |||||||||
(24 August 1999) | Graduated on May 2, 2018. | |||||||||
(21 November 2003) | Graduated on August 20, 2018. | |||||||||
(2 July 2001) | Graduated on April 14, 2019. | |||||||||
(16 September 1995) | 116 | Graduated on October 30, 2019. | ||||||||
(29 January 1999) | Graduated on October 31, 2019. | |||||||||
(30 March 1998) | Graduated on December 2, 2019. | |||||||||
(10 December 1995) | Graduated on January 29, 2020. | |||||||||
(15 March 2000) | Graduated on January 30, 2020. | |||||||||
(17 August 1999) | Graduated on June 28, 2020. | |||||||||
(10 February 2003) | Graduated on June 28, 2020. | |||||||||
(12 May 1999) | Graduated on September 14, 2020. | |||||||||
(20 January 1995) | Graduated on December 27, 2020. | |||||||||
(7 August 2003) | Graduated on April 4, 2022. | |||||||||
(21 July 2001) | Graduated on April 13, 2022. |
Name (Birthdate) | Election | Notes | |||||||||||
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AKB48 elections | NMB48 elections | ||||||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 1 | |||
(11 January 1999) | Graduated on February 21, 2014. | ||||||||||||
(24 May 1996) | Graduated on April 10, 2014. | ||||||||||||
(29 January 1997) | Graduated on April 16, 2014. | ||||||||||||
(29 November 1991) | 35 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 31 | 14 | 20 | 15 | 18 | Canceled concurrent position with NMB48 on March 26, 2015. | |||
(18 October 1998) | Graduated on June 30, 2015. | ||||||||||||
(24 October 1996) | Graduated on February 29, 2016. | ||||||||||||
(3 January 1989) | 32 | 22 | 16 | 19 | 35 | 56 | Graduated on March 31, 2016. | ||||||
(19 September 1993) | 19 | 15 | 18 | 12 | Graduated on August 9, 2016. | ||||||||
(2 February 1999) | Graduated on September 30, 2016. | ||||||||||||
(21 April 1998) | Graduated on October 23, 2016. | ||||||||||||
(9 June 1998) | Graduated on October 21, 2016. | ||||||||||||
(17 October 1993) | Graduated on April 28, 2017. | ||||||||||||
(1 February 1994) | 33 | 40 | 40 | 32 | 33 | 35 | 41 | Graduated on May 27, 2017. | |||||
(4 March 1997) | Graduated on July 7, 2017. | ||||||||||||
(24 February 1997) | 44 | 41 | 40 | 33 | Graduated on April 10, 2018. | ||||||||
(11 October 1995) | 25 | 48 | Graduated on September 6, 2018. | ||||||||||
(4 February 1999) | Graduated on December 3, 2018. | ||||||||||||
(27 November 1998) | 89 | 79 | Graduated as a member of Team M on September 28, 2012, later returned to NMB48 as a Kenkyuusei on October 13, 2013. Graduated as a member of Team BII on May 11, 2019 | ||||||||||
(6 April 1997) | 54 | Graduated on August 11, 2019. | |||||||||||
(11 December 2001) | Graduated on December 22, 2020. | ||||||||||||
(6 March 2002) | Graduated on January 31, 2022. | ||||||||||||
(31 October 2003) | Resigned on May 12, 2022. |
Name (Birthdate) | Election | Notes | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||
(17 February 1996) | Graduated on February 22, 2021. | |||||||||
(6 August 2002) | 111 | Graduated on March 19, 2021. | ||||||||
(12 December 2000) | Graduated on May 23, 2021. | |||||||||
(24 June 1998) | Graduated on May 31, 2021. | |||||||||
(4 July 2005) | Graduated on June 11, 2021. | |||||||||
(15 September 1998) | Graduated on June 15, 2021. | |||||||||
(16 May 2005) | Graduated on February 22, 2021. | |||||||||
(14 October 1997) | 43 | 34 | 24 | 12 | 20 | Graduated on August 31, 2021. | ||||
(11 July 1997) | Graduated on September 17, 2021. | |||||||||
(12 April 2001) | Graduated on February 22, 2021. | |||||||||
(18 May 2002) | Graduated on November 30, 2021. | |||||||||
(29 December 1999) | Resigned on December 12, 2021. | |||||||||
(8 June 2001) | Graduated on December 29, 2021. |
+List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales and certifications | Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | ||
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JPN [27] | Oricon | Billboard Japan | |||||
First week | Total | ||||||
Teppen Tottande! (Japanese: てっぺんとったんで!) |
| 1 | 328,436 | 421,129 |
×2 Platinum[28] | ||
(Japanese: 世界の中心は大阪や~なんば自治区~) |
| 2 | 325,249 | 399,721 |
| ||
(Japanese: 難波愛~今、思うこと~) |
| 2 | 159,387 | 203,303 | 214,316 |
| |
NMB13 |
| 1 | 138,869[29] | 174,814 |
Details | Peak chart positions | ||
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JPN | |||
Team N 1st Stage "Dareka no Tame ni" (Japanese: Team N 1st Stage「誰かのために」) |
| 18 | |
Team N 2nd Stage "Seishun Girls" (Japanese: Team N 2nd Stage「青春ガールズ」) |
| 24 | |
Team M 1st Stage "Idol no Yoake" (Japanese: Team M 1st Stage「アイドルの夜明け」) |
| 27 | |
Team BII 1st Stage "Aitakatta" (Japanese: Team BII 1st Stage「会いたかった」) |
| 33 | |
Team BII 2nd Stage "Tadaima Ren'ai Chū" (Japanese: Team BII 2nd Stage「ただいま恋愛中」) |
| 32 | |
Team N 3rd Stage "Koko ni Datte Tenshi wa Iru" (Japanese: Team N 3rd Stage「ここにだって天使はいる」) |
| 21 | |
Theater Performance CD "Angel's Utopia" (Japanese: 劇場公演CD『天使のユートピア』) |
| 10 |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | Albums | |||||
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JPN [30] | JPN Hot [31] | Oricon | Billboard Japan | |||||||
First week | Total | |||||||||
1 | "Zetsumetsu Kurokami Shōjo" (Japanese: 絶滅黒髪少女) | 2011 | 1 | 2 | 218,441 | 267,810 |
| Teppen Tottande! | ||
2 | "Oh My God!" (Japanese: オーマイガー!) | 1 | 3 | 265,435 | 325,784 |
| ||||
3 | "Junjō U-19" (Japanese: 純情U-19) | 2012 | 1 | 1 | 329,438 | 376,563 |
| |||
4 | "Nagiichi" (Japanese: ナギイチ) | 2 | 2 | 375,785 | 451,489 |
| ||||
5 | "Virginity" (Japanese: ヴァージニティー) | 1 | 1 | 315,205 | 396,543 |
| ||||
6 | "Kitagawa Kenji" (Japanese: 北川謙二) | 1 | 1 | 317,051 | 410,269 |
| ||||
7 | "Bokura no Eureka" (Japanese: 僕らのユリイカ) | 2013 | 1 | 1 | 481,843 | 558,892 |
| Sekai no Chūshin wa Osaka ya: Namba Jichiku | ||
8 | "Kamonegikkusu" (Japanese: カモネギックス) | 1 | 1 | 374,644 | 509,210 |
| ||||
9 | "Takane no Ringo" (Japanese: 高嶺の林檎) | 2014 | 1 | 1 | 406,579 | 451,949 |
| |||
10 | "Rashikunai" (Japanese: らしくない) | 1 | 2 | 420,326 | 499,659 |
| ||||
11 | "Don't Look Back!" | 2015 | 2 | 1 | 447,282 | 532,379 |
| |||
12 | "Durian Shōnen" (Japanese: ドリアン少年) | 1 | 2 | 371,276 | 450,301 |
| ||||
13 | "Must Be Now" | 1 | 1 | 307,036 | 418,060 |
| ||||
14 | "Amagami Hime" (Japanese: 甘噛み姫) | 2016 | 1 | 1 | 230,163 | 293,812 | 341,556 |
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15 | "Boku wa Inai" (Japanese: 僕はいない) | 1 | 1 | 304,315 | 363,583 | 450,771 |
| |||
16 | "Boku Igai no Dareka" (Japanese: 僕以外の誰か) | 1 | 2 | 266,813 | 321,458 | 442,134 |
| |||
17 | "Warota People" (Japanese: ワロタピーポー) | 2017 | 1 | 1 | 273,499 | 338,133 | 381,349 |
| NMB13 | |
18 | "Yokubomono" (Japanese: 欲望者) | 2018 | 1 | 1 | 193,740 | 271,856 | 308,673 |
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19 | "Boku Datte Naichau yo" (Japanese: 僕だって泣いちゃうよ) | 1 | 1 | 238,269 | 347,928 | 410,738 |
| |||
20 | "Tokonoma Seiza Musume" (Japanese: 床の間正座娘) | 2019 | 1 | 1 | 196,592[33] | 339,477 | 410,960 |
| ||
21 | "Bokō e Kaere | " (Japanese: 母校へ帰れ!) | 1 | 1 | 195,471[34] | 211,228 | 348,701 |
| ||
22 | "Hatsukoi Shijo Shugi" (Japanese: 初恋至上主義) | 1 | 1 | 166,684[35] | 199,840 | 316,716< | --188,386+16,297+9,409+9,888+8,070+7,919+6,495 +10,144 +22,046+13,317+7,282+5,948--> |
| ||
23 | "Datte Datte Datte" (Japanese: だってだってだって) | 2020 | 2 | 2 | 197,317 | 242,480< | --224,236+2,208+4,773+4,872+4,995+1,396--> |
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24 | "Koi Nanka No Thank You | " (Japanese: 恋なんかNo thank you!) | 1 | 2 | 130,416 | 170,474< | --146,941+6,503+7,564--> |
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25 | "Shidare Yanagi" (Japanese: シダレヤナギ) | 2021 | 133,931 | 193,337< | --146,941+6,503+7,564--> | |||||
26 | "Koi to Ai no Sono Aida ni wa" (Japanese: 恋と愛のその間には) | 2022 | 1 | 2 | 152,131[36] | 239,446< | --146,941+6,503+7,564--> | |||
27 | "Suki da Mushi" (Japanese: 好きだ虫) | 1 | 3 | 160,972[37] | 259,215 | |||||
28 | "Nagisa Saikō | " (Japanese: 渚サイコー!) | 2023 | 1 | 5 | 205,228[38] | 354,087 | rowspan="2" | ||
29 | "Kore ga Ai Nanoka?" (Japanese: これが愛なのか?) | 2024 | 2 | 6 | 203,488[39] | 280,540 |