Team

**Teams** (Japanese: チーム, Mandarin: 队) are what are used to separate members of AKB48, STU48, JKT48, BNK48, MNL48, SGO48, CGM48. By using 'Teams', members can be categorized more easily. Also, instead of the entire group performing a theater show, only one team is assigned to perform. This allows fans to focus on a certain group of members and give the girls days off.

Teams are named after the letters used in their group's name, except for AKB48's Team 4 and Team 8. In the case when a Team's name has already been taken up, roman numerals are used to signify which number of letter that team is. On rare cases, there can be a team with double letter (may be usual for AKB48 Team as Sister Group), for the example for Team SH and Team TP.

Each Team has their own captain, who may or may not be the Center of the Team. Traditionally, teams had 16 members, but since the Tokyo Dome Team Shuffle, there is no limit to the amount of members that can be on a team.

Also each team has their representative color. Usually, the first team represents its sister's group color for an example like JKT48 Team J, that team use "Red" color (as same as the color of JKT48 logo). But for few case, some first teams use another color.

The only groups that do not use teams are Nogizaka46, Keyakizaka46 and Hinatazaka46, where members were separated by using generations instead. Even without Teams, these three groups have their own captains. TPE48 didn't formed a team, instead they transferred all of their members to AKB48 Team TP.

A team has its own activity, such as has recording for Single/Album/Setlist Studio Recording for its team, doing a event/concer for its team, doing a setlist by a team, and etc. But, usually they still can interact with another member in another team (Senbatsu, concert, Himawarigumi, and etc).

Sometimes, there are special groups made within the AKB48 Group, such as single coupling song groups. An example of this is Team PB or Team YJ. These teams were only temporary and for marketing purposes, the members within them stayed part of their original teams as well. Other temporary teams, such as Team Undecided and Team Unknown, are used when a member is transferred or promoted, but there either is no team spot available, or they haven't been assigned to a team yet. Kenkyuusei, Trainee, Research Student, or Academy (they are the unders for promoted members) are sometimes referred to as Team Kenkyuusei, but is not official.

Currently, a special Team, Team Kaigai is being used for AKB48 members who have been understudy abroad.

A list with the current captains of the teams can be found here.

## Active Member Separation

### **Team Separation**

**AKB48 Group with 3 Letters Format**

■ Team A
■ Team K
■ Team B
■ Team 4
■ Team 8
■ Team J
■ Team KIII
■ Team T
■ Team BIII
■ Team MII
■ Team NIV
■ Team L

**AKB48 Team as Sister Group**

■ Promoted Team SH
■ Promoted Team TP

■ Promoted 1st Generation
■ Promoted 2nd Generation
■ Promoted 3rd Generation
■ Promoted 4th Generation

Keyakizaka46 (By Generation)
■ Promoted 1st Generation
■ Promoted 2nd Generation

Hinatazaka46 (By Generation)
■ Promoted 1st Generation
■ Promoted 2nd Generation
■ Promoted 3rd Generation

## See Also

* Team Kaigai (used for AKB48 members who have been understudy abroad)
* Concurrent Positions (a position where a member becomes a member of two different groups and teams at the same time)
* Graduation (a term used to refer to (a) member(s) that leave(s) their/her respective group)
* Captain and/or Leaders (Used to describe a member that is the authority (and many times the represent) of a certain team or group)