AKB48 Team 8 Members Revealed

A while ago, AKB48 announced that they would create a Team 8 sponsored by Toyota. On April 3, the members for this new team were introduced to the public for the first time.

47 girls, one for each prefecture, passed the auditions. They were selected from about 10,000 applicants. The average age is 14,4. The oldest member is 19, the youngest 12.

The concept for the new team is "idols who come to meet you" so from May on the new team will hold events all over Japan. Then sometime in the fall they will start a Toyota campaign.

It was also announced at the presentation event, that the new Team 8 members can participate at the Senbatsu Election!


AKB48 Team 8
Hokkaido- Sakaguchi Nagisa (13)
Aomori- Yokoyama Yui (13)
Akita- Tanikawa Hijiri (13)
Iwate- Sato Nanami (14)
Yamagata- Hayasaka Tsumugi (12)
Miyagi. Sato Akari (17)
Fukushima- Mougi Kasumi (16)
Ibaraki- Okabe Rin (17)
Tochigi- Honda Hitomi (12)
Gunma- Shimizu Maria (16)
Saitama- Takahashi Ayane (16)
Chiba- Yoshikawa Nanase (15)
Tokyo- Oguri Yui (12)
Kanagawa- Oda Erina (16)
Niigata- Sato Shiori (16)
Yamanashi- Hidaritomo Ayaka (15)
Aichi- Fujimura Natsuki (16)
Shizuoka- Yokomichi Yuri (13)
Gifu- Okubora Chinatsu (15)
Mie- Yamamoto Ai (18)
Toyama- Hashimoto Haruna (13)
Ishikawa- Kita Reina (14)
Fukui- Chou Kurena (13)
Nagano- Kondou Moeri (16)
Osaka- Nagano Serika (13)
Kyoto- Oota Nao (19)
Hyogo- Yamada Nanami (15)
Wakayama- Yamamoto Ruka (13)
Nara- Oonishi Momoka (16)
Shiga- Hama Sayuna (12)
Tottori- Nakano Ikumi (13)
Shimane- Abe Mei (13)
Okayama- Hitomi Kotone (13)
Hiroshima- Tani Yuuri (14)
Yamaguchi- Shitao Miu (13)
Tokushima- Hamamatsu Riona (18)
Kagawa- Gyouten Yurina (15)
Ehime- Takaoka Kaoru (13)
Kochi- Hirose Natsuki (16)
Fukuoka- Moriwaki Yui (16)
Saga- Fukuchi Rena (17)
Nagasaki- Iwasaki Moeka (13)
Kumamoto- Kuranoo Narumi (13)
Oita- Yoshino Miyu (13)
Miyazaki- Yaguchi Moka (12)
Kagoshima- Shimoaoki Karin (13)
Okinawa- Miyazato Rira (12)

The youtube news channel MAiDiGiTV has put up videos of the presentation event showing the new members:
Hokkaido - Fukushima
Ibaraki - Nagano
Osaka - Okinawa