Thursday, June 23, 2011

Why the japan group AKB 48 only has 47 members?

Question:


Lately I just got a AKB 48 poster and I counted the members and realised that there are only 47 girls in this group instead of 48 members. Why is that so? Any reasons?

Answer:


"48" didn't mean number of members.
They actually have more members and these numbers are not fixed. Some girls often in and out.
They usually have 60 - 70 girls, including some backup members and apprentice.

Why "48" ?
In their live theater in Akihabara district (AKB), they used to have 3 stages in one day.
16 girls performed for each stages. I'm not sure if they still have live performances like this.
That's the reason they named their team AKB 48.

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