caption associated_acts years_active label article_title landscape background genre image origin name
-lrb- nogizaka46 at japan expo 2014 -rrb- akb48 ske48 sdn48 nmb48 hkt48 jkt48 snh48 ojs48 2011 -- present sony records/n46div nogizaka46
 yes group_or_band pop nogizaka46 jpg at japan expo 2014 -lrb- 1 -rrb- . tokyo , japan nogizaka46
nogizaka46

`` nogizaka46 '' was named after the place where the sme nogizaka building , which houses sony music japan 's office , is located in .
their producer yasushi akimoto also said that the number `` 46 '' was chosen as a direct challenge to akb48 .
