Previous Situation of AKB48 Single Selection General Election

Title: AKB48 13th Single Selection General Election "Swear to God, We Are Serious" (神様に vowって、ガチです)

News release: April 26, 2009 Day, end of NHK HALL concert

Hold time: June 23, 2009 to July 8, 2009

Timetable: Voting starts on June 23, 2009 at 0 hour Published in the evening of June 24, 2009 Published in the evening of July 1, 2009 Voting ends at 19:00 on July 7, 2009 Balloting location on July 8, 2009: Akasaka BRITZ

Balloting Master of Ceremonies : Togasaki Tomonobu (AKB48 theater director), Kayano Shinobu (AKB chief costume designer)

Candidate members: All full members of AKB48 and SKE48 and 98 graduate students

Selected member composition: Quota Ranking Group 30 1-12 Selection Group Media Group 13-21 General Selection 22-30 UnderGirl Single with votes: "涙サプライズ!"

Single determined by the general election : "Word い訳Maybe"

Suspense and significance:

1. In the history of Japanese idol groups, there has never been a clear and public way to rank the popularity of members, and the AKB48 general election is the beginning. A first of its kind.

2. Whether the core members of the selection team designated by the operation at that time were worthy of their name, and whether ACE Maeda Atsuko could withstand the test of popularity voting.

Highlights and influences:

1. The composition of the AKB48 elite super selection group "God Seven" was officially established;

2. Maeda Atsuko's "absolute The status of "ACE" and "Immovable Center" was officially established through the test of popularity voting;

3. Yuko Oshima proved her strength by placing second in the general election and officially replaced the ranking Eirina Ono, ranked 11th, has become Team K's undisputed ACE, and will become the only member who can threaten Maeda Atsuko's center position in the future;

4. Sato Yukari, Urano Kazumi, etc. have rarely been included in singles before Selected fringe members of the first generation, entered the selection in this general election.

Controversy:

Amina Sato, who was ranked 8th in this general election, just one step away from the Seventh God, and Amina Sato, who was ranked 22nd and served as the C/W song center Yonezawa Rumi was deliberately left out in the song MVs of their respective groups, with far fewer shots than other members. They did not receive the treatment they deserved due to their ranking.

Afterword:

1. The AKB48 general election was held when AKB was on the rise, which contributed to the rise of AKB and became an annual event after AKB became officially nationalized. The most major entertainment event that attracts the attention of media across Japan;

2. Two months after the end of this general election, the first AKB48 cabinet festival was held at the Budokan. General candidates such as Sato Yukari and Urano Kazumi were The initial members who entered the selection were transferred to SDN48.

Title: AKB48 17th Single Selection General Election "Swear to Mother, We Are Serious" (mother's oath, ガチです)

News release: March 25, 2010, end of Yokohama Arena concert

Hold time: May 25, 2010 to June 9, 2010

Timetable: Voting starts on May 25, 2010 0 hour report published on May 26, 2010 Announced by Japan Center on June 2, 2010. Voting closes at 15:00 on June 8, 2010. Voting location on June 9, 2010: JCB HALL

Balloting emcee: Kazuo Tokumitsu, Ayako Kisa

Candidate members: All full members of AKB48 and SKE48 and graduate students***140

Selected member composition: Quota and ranking group 40 1-12 Selection group media group 13-21 General selection 22- 40 UnderGirl Single with votes: "ポニーテールとシュシュ/Ponytail and Hair Tie"

Single decided by the general election: "ヘビーローテーション/Infinite Replay"

Suspense:

Can Maeda Atsuko maintain the first place, and can Oshima Yuko achieve a reversal from the bottom to the top.

Highlights and Impact:

1. Although the order of the top seven who established the name of the Seven Divine Seven in the first general election has changed, the list of seven remains unchanged. Since then, the status of these 7 people in the hearts of fans has become more stable. Although the list of the Seven Gods will be changed in future general elections, the status of these seven people still cannot be shaken.

2. Oshima Yuko narrowly won with an advantage of more than 500 votes and successfully defeated the top to win the first place. Maeda Atsuko's status as "immovable center" and "absolute ACE" was shaken. Although Maeda Atsuko continued to serve as the ACE and center of AKB48 in terms of subsequent developments, Oshima Yuko's status has been greatly improved.

3. SKE48’s ACE Matsui Jurina and Matsui Rena successfully entered the media group, and the other three SKE members entered the circle. SKE48 began to rise as a sister group.

4. Shimazaki Haruka obtained 28th place as a graduate student at that time, which was the highest ranking achieved by a graduate student entering the selection as of the fourth general election

Afterword:

1. Graduate student Takaki Ishiguro was fired on June 20, 2010, the 11th day after the general election, and did not participate in single recording and related activities. The 40th position is therefore vacant and has not been filled;

2. Regarding the highest ranking in graduate student selection: Although graduate students Kaori Matsumura and Minami Minegishi obtained a ranking higher than 28th in 2013, due to this The situation of the two of them is quite special, so strictly speaking, Shimazaki Haruka, as a real graduate student this year, has maintained the highest ranking among graduate students.

Title: AKB48 22nd Single Selection General Election "This year is also serious" (this year's もガチです)

Hold time: May 24, 2011 to June 9, 2011

Schedule: Voting starts at 10:00 on May 24, 2011. Published at 10:00 on May 25, 2011. No voting ends at 15:00 on June 8, 2011. Voting location on June 9, 2011: Nippon Budokan

Invoicing Master of Ceremonies: Kazuo Tokumitsu, Ayako Kisa

Candidate members: All full members and graduate students of AKB48, SKE48 and NMB48*** 152

Selected member composition : Quota Ranking Group 40 1-12 Selection Group Media Group 13-21 General Selection 22-40 UnderGirl Single with votes: "Everyday, カチューシャ/Everyday, Headband"

Single determined by the general election Song: "フライングゲツト/Flying Start"

Suspense:

1. The apex battle between the two trump cards of Maeda Atsuko and Oshima Yuko;

2 , can Jurina Matsui and Rena Matsui of SKE, who made a big jump in the rankings in the last session, continue to move forward;

Highlights and impacts:

1. There have been changes in the Shenqi lineup. Tomomi Itano, who was ranked 4th, fell out of the seventh place, while Yuki Kashiwagi, who was ranked 8th last time, not only entered the seventh place, but also made a huge leap to third place. After this general election, the title "Shenba" also began to appear;

2. Maeda Atsuko defeated Oshima Yuko by nearly 20,000 votes and regained the first place;

3. 2011 was the year when AKB48’s popularity exploded. The total number of votes this year also increased explosively compared to the previous year. The number of votes for the championship and runner-up battle reached the 100,000 mark for the first time, and Maeda Atsuko's vote count increased by 100,000 compared to the previous session, setting a record for the highest increase in individual votes in the history of AKB;

4. Matsui Rena won No. 10, while Jurina Matsui fell out of the media group and only ranked 14th (As of 2015, Rena Matsui did not participate in the election. This is the only time in 10 years that the two rankings are not connected, and the only time Reina Matsui ranked higher than Jurina Matsui. Rina);

5. Yokoyama Yui, who was outside the circle last time, reached the 19th place in the selection group.

6. Asuka Kuramochi returned to 21st place. She is the only member of AKB48 who returned to the selection group after falling out of the general election. Title: AKB48 27th Single Selection General Election "64 Seats Chosen by Fans" (～ファンが选ぶ64 Seats～)

Hold time: May 22, 2012 to June 6, 2012

Timetable: Voting starts at 10:00 on May 22, 2012. Published at 10:00 on May 23, 2012. No (cancelled). Voting ends at 15:00 on June 5, 2012. Voting ends in June 2012. Ticketing location on the 6th: Nippon Budokan

Billing emcee: Kazuo Tokumitsu, Ayako Kisa

Candidate members: All full members and graduate students of AKB48, SKE48, NMB48 and HKT48*** 237 members

The composition of the selected members: quota ranking group 64 1-16 selection group 17-32 UnderGirl 33-48 NextGirl 49-64 FutureGirl Single with votes: "Manatsu's sounds good!"

The single decided by the general election: "ギンガムチェック/Platform"

Suspense:

1. Two-time champion, "Absolute ACE" Atsuko Maeda is about to graduate , will not participate in this general election.

The focus of speculation by fans and media beforehand was on how Atsuko Maeda’s votes would flow to other members and what the results would be (and the final results showed that most of the votes from Atsuko Maeda’s fans were lost);

2. With Maeda Atsuko withdrawing, there is basically no suspense for Oshima Yuko, who was Maeda Atsuko’s only opponent in the general election, to win. But who will fill the vacancy left by Maeda Atsuko's withdrawal becomes the biggest attraction.

Highlights and Impact:

1. The lineup of Shenqiu changed again. Tomomi Itano failed to return to Shenqi. However, the person who entered the Shenqi and won the 4th place this time was Rino Sashihara, the 5th generation student who is characterized as a "waste" character. This is also the first time in the history of AKB that a member with a graduate degree has entered Shenqi.

2. Watanabe Mayu successfully won the second place, establishing the position as the most powerful candidate for the next generation ACE;

3. The rise of SKE48, in this general election SKE48** *There are 15 members selected into the circle, more than 1/4 of the total quota. Especially in UnderGirl, SKE occupies half of the world;

4. While HKT48’s center Kodama Haruka and popular member Sugamoto Yuko are both outside the circle, Miyawaki Sakura became the only member of HKT48 who got 47 fame, making HKT48’s battle for the top become confusing;

5. While SKE was rising strongly, then graduate student Jumu Muto overcame many promising “next generation” official members to become the center of FutureGirl , making the prospect of AKB's generational handover not optimistic;

6. Starting from the first general election, Matsui Jurina, Sashihara Rino, Yokoyama Yui, who won 19th place, and this time from the previous circle Watanabe Miyuki, who jumped to the 19th place at the University of Foreign Affairs, was the target of the management before the election, or her ranking will jump significantly in the next election, so the saying of "God's 19th place" has also become popular;

7 , Miyazawa Sae won 11th place with 40,261 votes, a huge gap of 13,000 votes from 12th place with 27,005 votes, which is called "Miyazawa's Wall". Title: AKB48 32nd Single Selection General Election "～Dreams cannot be realized by one person～" (～梦は人じゃ见られない～)

Hold time: May 22, 2013 to June 8, 2013

Timetable: Voting starts on May 22, 2013, quick report published on May 23, 2013, mid-term published on May 23, 2013 None (cancelled), voting ends on June 7, 2013, voting begins in 2013 Ticketing location on June 8: Nissan Stadium

Bidding emcee: Kazuo Tokumitsu, Ayako Kisa

Candidate members:

All AKB48, SKE48, NMB48 and HKT48 Full members, graduate students, and graduates who have been enrolled for more than 4 years*** 248 members

Selected member composition: Quota Ranking Group 64 1-16 Selection Group 17-32 UnderGirl 33-48 NextGirl 49-64 FutureGirl Included The single voted for: "さよならクロール/Goodbye Freestyle"

The single decided by the general election: "Love's Fortune Cookie"

Suspense:

1. With the graduation of Atsuko Maeda, the next generation ACE Mayu Watanabe also quickly emerged and became the opponent of Yuko Oshima for the championship (but the champion was HKT48's Rino Sashihara);

2. The fifth general election of AKB48 adopts the "candidate" system for the first time. Whether to participate in the general election is decided by the members themselves, and graduated members who have been registered for more than 4 years are allowed to sign up.

Highlights and influences:

1. Rino Sashihara won the championship with 150,570 votes, becoming the biggest dark horse in the field and becoming the center of an AKB48 single for the first time.

As a variety show member with little outstanding appearance in singing and dancing, Sashihara Rino's victory also subverted the traditional concept of "idol";

2. Among the 64 shortlisted people in this general election, nearly Half of them are members of sister groups SKE48, NMB48, and HKT48, while many senior members of AKB48 who were once in the middle have dropped in ranking;

3. At the general election vote counting site, first-generation member Mariko Shinoda announced Will graduate from AKB48;

4. Miyazawa Sae entered the selection with 65,867 votes and announced that he will quit AKB48 and officially move to SNH48;

5. Shimazaki Haruka, NMB48 Yamamoto Aya and Miyuuki Watanabe, and SKE48's Akari Suda entered the selection for the first time. This is also the first time that sister group members other than the official ACE entered the selection;

6. Matsui Jurina and Matsui Rena won the 6th and 7th places respectively. The lineup of the Seven Gods changed again. Three of the seven members were from the sister group, but Tomomi Itano, who had already announced her graduation, fell to 11th place.

7. Natsumi Hirashima is the only graduate who entered the circle, ranking 62nd (he participated in the first three general elections before graduation, and ranked 26th each time). AKB48's 37th single selection general election "The dream is here~Where is the opponent?~" (Dream's present place~ライバルはどこだ?~)

Voting time: May 20, 2014 10 Until June 6th

Ballot opening time: June 7th, 2014

Timetable: Voting starts on May 20th, 2014, quick report published on May 21st, 2014 Published None (cancelled) Voting ends on June 6, 2014. Balloting will be opened on June 7, 2014. Balloting location: Ajinomoto Stadium

Balloting emcee: Kazuo Tokumitsu, Ayako Kisa

Candidate members: Members who belong to AKB48, SKE48, NMB48 or HKT48 after the Daikokaku Festival and are enrolled during the registration period (except members who announced their graduation before March 22, 2014) Rina Ikoma, who concurrently serves as AKB48 from Nogizaka46, moved to Overseas Sisters The group's former AKB48 members (Nakagawa Haruka, Konno Rina) newly revealed the "Team 8" member quota ranking group on April 3, 2014: 80 1-16 Selection group 17-32 UnderGirl 33-48 NextGirl 49-64 FutureGirl 65-80Upcoming Girls' single with votes: "ラブラドール?レトリバー/Labrador Retriever"

Single decided by the general election: "心のプラカード/心的 placard"

Suspense:

1. In 2013, a large number of senior members of AKB48 graduated, including 3 members of Genshin Impact and many backbone members, leaving a large number of vacancies in the middle and upper reaches of the rankings;

2. The last dark horse Rino Sashihara VS the next-generation ACE Mayu Watanabe is the pinnacle battle. Quick report: Can Rino Sashihara, who leads by a large gap, become the first member to win consecutive championships in history? Can Watanabe Mayu regain the first place in the division?

3. Rina Ikoma, from the official rival group Nogizaka46 and also the member of AKB, was once the ACE of Nogizaka, but later fell into an embarrassing situation in the group. There are different opinions among fans about what kind of ranking she will achieve this time.

Highlights and influences:

1. Mayu Watanabe ascended the throne, AKB returned to the era of kingly idols, and HKT48 pointed out that Rino Hara dropped to the second place;

2. Among the members of the Seven Gods this time, only Mayu Watanabe is the first generation of the Seven Gods, and 4 of them are members of the sister group;

3. Haruka Shimazaki joins the Seven Gods for the first time;

4. SKE48’s Ami Shibata and Kawaei Rina, who was stabbed by a mob at a handshake meeting before the general election, entered the selection for the first time, and Ikoma Rina from Nogizaka46 won 14th place;

5. NMB48’s Aya Yamamoto entered the Seven for the first time, while Miyuki Watanabe fell out of the selection, and NMB's double ACE widened the gap.

AKB48's 41st single selection general election "The order is unpredictable, a night of stormy waves~" (The order is impossible to predict, a night of great wilderness~)

Voting time: May 20 to June 5, 2015

Ballot opening time: June 6, 2015

Timetable: Voting starts on May 20, 2015 Quick report published in 2015 Announced in the middle of May 20th None (cancelled) Voting ends on June 5, 2015. Balloting will be opened on June 6, 2015. Balloting location: Fukuoka Dome

Balloting emcee: Kazuo Tokumitsu, Ayako Kisa

Candidate members: Members of AKB48, SKE48, NMB48, HKT48 or NGT48 who were ranked in the top 20 last year, Rena Matsui, Haruna Kojima, Rina Ikoma (released from AKB48 concurrently), Rina Kawaei (graduation announcement) ), Anna Iriyama is not participating this year. Ranking group 80 1-16 Selection group 17-32 UnderGirl 33-48 NextGirl 49-64 FutureGirl 65-80 Upcoming Girls' single with votes: "Servant"

The single decided by the general election: "ハロウィン.ナイト/Halloween． Night》

Suspense:

1. A large number of selected members did not participate in the election, leaving one vacancy for Shenqi and 4 vacancies for the selection. The competition for selection was extremely fierce;

2. The top battle between Watanabe Mayu, Sashihara Rino and Kashiwagi Yuki: Can Watanabe, who has failed in the TV series' ratings, get rid of his humiliation in the general election? Can Sashihara regain his reputation with Fukuoka's home court advantage? Winning the championship, Kashiwagi is once again closest to the first place after falling to third place in 2012. This year may be her last general election;

3. The much-anticipated "Strongest Next Generation" Palace Whether Ryo Wakizaki can make it to the Seventh God, the battle with Haruka Shimazaki, the previous Seventh God, is full of suspense;

4. General Supervisor Takahashi, who will graduate on the occasion of the tenth anniversary in December 2015 Can Minami return to the Seventh God this time;

5. What will be the ranking of the next generation members who are strongly recommended by AKB48 headquarters.

Highlights and Impact:

1. Rino Shihara returned to first place with another record-breaking 194,049 votes, and Yuki Kashiwagi rose to second place, breaking the third consecutive year; Mayu Watanabe finished third, and was the previous number one who dropped the most in the history of the AKB48 general election.

2. Minami Takahashi won the highest personal ranking of 4th with 137,252 votes, an astonishing increase of 139 votes;

3. Miyawaki Sakura successfully won the 7th place, Shima Haruka Saki fell out of the Seventh God and finished 9th;

4. SKE48 has 26 members entering the circle in this general election, surpassing AKB headquarters for the first time to become the group with the largest number of members in the circle

4. Watanabe Miyuki and Kitahara Sato, who moved to NGT48, returned to the selection. This is the first time since the selection was reduced from 21 to 16 in 2012 that a member returned to the selection after falling out of the general election. ;

5. Jumu Muto, SKE’s Akine Takayanagi and Kaori Matsumura were selected for the first time, and Jumu Muto is the biggest dark horse this year;

6. AKB48’s strong recommendation for the next generation Members Mako Kojima (26), Mion Mukaiji (44) and Nana Owada (75) widened the gap;

7.SKE48 Suda Akari fell out of the selection group with 53,665 votes.